International Engineering Education: Proceedings of the INAE-CAETS-IITM Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India 1 - 2 March 2007

CONTENTS......Page 18
Preface......Page 6
Advisory Committee......Page 8
Organising Committee and Event Sponsors......Page 10
Conference Report......Page 12
Full Papers......Page 20
1. Introduction......Page 22
2. Overview......Page 23
4. The Industry Study......Page 27
5. The University Consultation......Page 29
6. Key Messages......Page 32
7.1. To Government......Page 36
7.3. To Industry......Page 37
7.7. To the Engineering Subject Centres......Page 38
9. Appendix 1......Page 39
10. Appendix 2......Page 40
11. Appendix 3......Page 42
12. Appendix 4......Page 43
13. Appendix 5......Page 47
1. RAISON D'ETRE FOR RE-DESIGN OF THE XXI CENTURY ENGINEERING EDUCATION SYSTEM......Page 48
2.1 A Management Perspective......Page 49
3.1 Inputs......Page 50
3.3 The Environment / Ambience......Page 51
3.4 Strategic Goals of Engineering Education......Page 52
4.2. The Link Between Innovation and Entrepreneurship......Page 53
5. PETER DRUCKER'S NEW RULES FOR R&D......Page 54
6. RE-ENGINEERING ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR THE TWENTY -FIRST CENTURY......Page 55
References......Page 56
1. Trends in New Technologies......Page 57
3. Engineering Curriculum......Page 58
4. Career & Opportunities......Page 59
5. Capacity Building for the Nation......Page 60
6. Diversity in Technical Education......Page 62
7. Quality Assurance......Page 63
2. Which are the most important challenges in engineering education?......Page 64
3.1. The Bologna Process......Page 65
3.3. The importance of life long learning......Page 67
4.1. Partners for innovations......Page 68
6. The implementation of the Bologna process in Germany......Page 69
7. Conclusions......Page 70
2. The Education Profile......Page 72
4. Tbe International Compulsions......Page 73
6. Barriers to Education Export......Page 74
7. Internationalization of Higher Education......Page 75
9. Foreign Universities in India......Page 76
11. Apprehensions about Globalization......Page 77
References......Page 78
Innovation of Higher Education in Architecture Engineering Prof Xu Delong......Page 79
1. Formation of the Notion which Lays Equal Stress on Cultural Quality Cultivation and Engineering Education......Page 81
2. Establishment of Specialty Training System Featured by Solid Foundation and Great Adaptability......Page 83
3. Designing a Training Procedure for Engineers: Periods, Stages and Modules......Page 85
References......Page 88
1. THE MONTESSORI EXPERIENCE AND TEL......Page 90
3. TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING......Page 91
6. THE CHALLENGE......Page 92
8.1. Organisational Issues......Page 93
9. Deployment Strategy......Page 94
10. INITIAL RESPONSE......Page 95
REFERENCES......Page 96
1. Globalization and the Knowledge Economy......Page 97
2. Enhancing Engineering Education in India......Page 98
3.1. Issues related to Globalization of Education......Page 99
4. The Turning Point......Page 101
2.2. Steep Growth Rate in Degree level Engineering and Regional and other Imbalances......Page 102
2.2.3. Maximum number of seats in engineering with privately administered colleges......Page 103
2.3. Key Concerns o/the Technical Education Establishment......Page 104
2.3.3. Outdated curriculum and teaching and evaluation methods......Page 105
2.4.2. Flexible and innovative teaching methods......Page 106
2.4.5. Introduction of relative grading across the country......Page 107
2.4.9. Some essential changes in the regulation of universities for more effective functioning......Page 108
3. Conclusion......Page 109
1. Introduction......Page 110
2. Human Resource Development......Page 113
2.1 Indian FBR programme and Challenges......Page 114
2.2 Comprehensive HRD strategy followed at [GCAR......Page 115
2.3 Mentoring......Page 117
2.4 Peer Review Exercise......Page 118
2.5 Homi Bhabha National Institute......Page 119
2.7 Networking of Academic Institutes, Research Centres and Industry......Page 120
3. Knowledge Management......Page 121
3.1 R&D in Knowledge Management......Page 122
4. Summary......Page 124
1. Introduction......Page 125
2. Role of Engineering......Page 127
3. What is Engineering Ethics?......Page 131
4. Education of Engineering Ethics - A Comparative Study......Page 135
5. Humanities Education - A Comparative Study......Page 138
6. Culture and Social System......Page 139
7. Conclusion......Page 141
References......Page 142
2. General Morality and Engineers' Professional Ethics......Page 144
3.1. Engineers as managers......Page 147
4. Risks, Safety and Liability......Page 148
5. Client Professional Agreements......Page 149
8. International Context......Page 150
10. Cultural Values, Traditions, and Practices......Page 151
11. Engineer's Rights......Page 152
12. Roles of Professional Associations......Page 153
13. Conclusions......Page 154
A Perspective of Engineering Education in Canada Prof Ravi (C) Ravindran......Page 155
References......Page 158
Abstracts......Page 160
4. Challenges Facing Engineering Technology in China......Page 162
5. Trends of Engineering Education in China......Page 163
ABSTRACT......Page 164
Industrial Perspective for Technical Education in India......Page 166
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Acronyms......Page 172
Author Index......Page 174