1st Ibero-American Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education

PAEE’2009

1^st Ibero-American Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education

"The Added Value of Team Work"

21 - 22 July 2009

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 1^st Ibero-American Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE’2009), which will take place at the University of Minho, Guimarães, from 21 to 22 of July 2009.

The Department of Production and Systems and the Research Centre for Education of the University of Minho are hosting the symposium in cooperation with the SEFI Curriculum Development Working Group to join teachers, researchers on Engineering Education, deans of Engineering Schools and professionals concerned with Engineering Education, to enhance Project Approaches in Engineering Education through workshops and discussion of current practice and research.

We are especially honoured to announce our international keynote speakers:

· Alex Stojcevski –Victoria University (Australia)

The Problem-Project-Practice Approach in Engineering Education

· Jordi Segàlas – Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain)

Effective Team building in international interdisciplinary frameworks: EPS experience at UPC.

· Arvid Andersen – Copenhagen Engineering College (Denmark)

Project Management and Teamwork

For those of you who are looking for hands-on experiences in project approaches for engineering education, we would like to draw attention to the strong workshop component of the symposium, aiming to encourage discussion of current practice and research on project approaches. The workshops will focus on the following themes:

· Workshop A – Project Approaches in Engineering Education

· Workshop B – Evaluation and Assessment of Project Approaches

· Workshop C – Student and Staff Involvement

· Workshop D – Project Management and Team Work

· Workshop E – Team Work in Project-Led Engineering Education

Workshop E is organised by Wim Weenk and Maria van der Blij from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, who have longstanding experiences in Project-Led Engineering Education (PLEE).

A Special Paper Session on ICT and Projects will be held on Tuesday July 22, with the Invited Lecturer Susan M. Zvacek – University of Kansas (USA).

More information on the programme and workshops will soon be updated on the Symposium website http://paee2009.dps.uminho.pt/.

We are looking forward to welcome you in July, at the University of Minho!

Best regards,

Dinis Carvalho (Associate Professor, Production and Systems Department, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal)

Natascha van Hattum-Janssen (Educational Researcher, Research Centre for Education, University of Minho, Portugal)

Rui M. Lima (Assistant Professor, Production and Systems Department, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portu