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Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference (IEDEC) Announces Program, Focus on Trends Changing the Landscape of Interdisciplinary Engineering Education
SANTA CLARA, CA, Jan 28, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
The (IEDEC) announced its 2013 program featuring keynotes and
invited talks by industry and academia experts with over 40 technical
presentations that cover critical issues related to excellence in
interdisciplinary engineering design education. Two awards are open
for nomination to honor and pay tribute to organizations and
educators who exemplify excellence in interdisciplinary engineering
education -- Education Leadership Award and Quality Educator Award.
"Interdisciplinary education is a critical mean to replicate what our
customers experience every day," said Thom Tremblay, Industry
Strategy Manager at Autodesk. "Working across disciplines gives
students additional perspectives and a broader view of the field they
are studying."
Registration for IEDEC is now open. Deadline to submit nominations
for the educator awards is February 20th, 2013. Here are the
Conference highlights:
Keynote Speeches:
-- Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS): From Big Data to Action Webs
S. Shankar Sastry, Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
-- Connecting Through the Cloud
Thomas Tremblay, Global Design,
Lifecycle and Simulation Industry Manager
Autodesk Education
-- SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment)
Dr. Paul
Kim, CTO, Graduate School of Education
Stanford
Invited Speakers:
-- You Can't do that in a Virtual Classroom!
Peter Ryce - Adobe
-- Interdisciplinary and Integrative -- Engineering Education for a
Changing World
Dean S. K. Ramesh - California State University,
Northridge
-- Wireless Health: Remaking of Medicine by Pervasive Technologies
Prof.
Mehran Mehregany - Case Western Reserve University
-- Education for Everyone
Relly Brandman - Coursera
Technical Sessions:
-- Advanced Technologies for Microelectronics Engineering Education
-- Curriculum Development for Interdisciplinary Engineering Education
-- Advanced Technologies for Software Engineering Education
-- Effective Teaching in Engineering Education
-- Advances Electronics Education
-- Critical Topics in Education
Education Awards:
IEDEC Education Awards honor organizations and
educators who exemplify excellence in interdisciplinary engineering
design education. Nominations are open until February 20, 2013. Visit
the IEDEC website today to submit your nominations and to learn about
sponsorship opportunities.
About IEDEC
The Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education
Conference (IEDEC) is the premier event committed to excellence in
interdisciplinary engineering education and creating
interdisciplinary programs and products. Conference attendees include
educators, mentors, engineers, managers, researchers, students, as
well as representatives from industry and consortiums. IEDEC furthers
education in engineering design by improving the quality of
engineering designers worldwide.
IEDEC is organized and sponsored by the International Society for
Quality Electronic Design and is collocated with the 14th annual
International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) and
SensorsCon. IEDEC is held with technical sponsorship of the IEEE
Education Society. Corporate sponsors include Autodesk, Synopsys and
Silicon Valley Polytechnic Institute.
For more information and to register, visit the conference site at
http://www.iedec.org.
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