2016 ifees executive committee nominee information · 2016-12-16 · kuala lumpur 2016. he advised...

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IFEES2016ExecutiveCommitteeNomineeInformation

InternationalFederationofEngineeringEducationSocieties2016Election

Candidates for the Executive Committee

Ahad Ali

Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society – IEOM United States of America

BIOGRAPHYDr. Ahad Ali is an Associate Professor and Director of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA. Dr. Ali is Director of Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group. He earned B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, Masters in Systems and Engineering Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Ali is the Executive Director of IEOM Society and Conference Chair of the Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and operations Management, Kuala Lumpur 2016. He advised six doctorate students in Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems. Dr. Ali has published journal and conference papers. He was past President of IIE Lean Division. Dr Ali has done research projects with Chrysler, Ford, DTE Energy, Delphi Automotive System, GE Medical Systems, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, International Truck and Engine Corporation (ITEC), National/Panasonic Electronics, and Rockwell Automation. His research interests include quality, reliability, six sigma, manufacturing, simulation, optimization, scheduling, maintenance, e-manufacturing, lean, CAE and GD&T and. He is one of founding members of IEOM Society and IEOM Conference. He was conference co-chair for IEOM 2010 Dhaka, IEOM 2011 Malaysia, IEOM 2012 Istanbul, IEOM 2014 Bali, IEOM 2015 Dubai, IEOM 2015 Orlando, and IEOM 2015 Malaysia. He is serving as a conference co-chair for IEOM 2016 Detroit and IEOM 2017 Istanbul. Dr. Ali has also initiated a successful IEOM Global Engineering Education where many diverse academia and industry practitioners have participated. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, IEOM, IIE, INFORMS, and SME.

RATIONALESTATEMENT I am glad to know that I am nominated to serve as a member of the IFEES executive team. I have initiated a global forum from IEOM Society (Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society) for the IEOM Global Engineering Education. We have started IEOM journey from Dhaka, Bangladesh and later spread in Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, UAE, China, Colombia, Morocco, USA and now globally based on the requests from our participants. I am glad to bring a diverse group in the IEOM events. We have participation from close to 100 countries. I will be using IEOM platform to reach a diverse group for IFEES. I will also support regular IFEES activities. The gap between western countries and other parts of the world is huge for engineering graduate. My emphasis would be how we could reduce the gap through IFEES platform. I will be able to bring more IFEES members from Africa, Asia, and South America. I would play roles to facilitate western engineering education systems to developing and underdeveloped countries.

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Steffen Kersten Ingenieur – Padagogische Wissenchaftsgesellschaft - IPW

(Scientific Society of Engineering Education) Germany

BIOGRAPHY Dr. phil. Steffen Kersten has been working in teaching and research at Dresden University of Technology for more than 25 years. In 1989 he competed his study course in electrical engineering and vocational pedagogy. Until the end of the year 1992, he worked at the Department of "logic and methodology of teaching practice" (Prof. Harald Zimmer). Since 1993 he has been working in the field of didactics of vocational education and engineering education. Dr. Kersten successfully completed his doctoral thesis with very good results in 1995. The designing of teaching and learning processes based on theory of action, the development of requirement oriented curricula, the development of evaluation tools for vocational education and engineering education and requirements on teaching staff in engineering education are in the focus of his application oriented research. In addition to his educational studies, he has gained very extensive university teaching experience through his extensive teaching duties. Dr. Kersten has collected a lot of experiences in field of international development work in the last 20 years. He coordinated research and development projects in Vietnam and Central Asia. In his academic career, Dr. Kersten has realized numerous visiting professorships and visiting lectures at international universities (Hanoi University of Technology, University of Technology and Education Ho Chi Minh City, Beijing Institute of Technology).

In the Saxon educational landscape Dr. Kersten has been involving in the scientific discussion on appropriate concepts of teacher training for many years. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Centre for Teacher Education, and Educational Research (ZLSB).

In the area of engineering education, he is working successfully in the field of engineering didactics. He is member of the International Society of Engineering Padegogy (IGIP) and Vice President of the Scientific Society for Engineering Education (IPW).

For more information, use http://wwwpub.zih.tu-dresden.de/~kersten

RATIONALESTATEMENTThe development of engineering and ensuring the quality of engineering education are essential to solve the problems of human society. Engineers shape technology for human welfare. This includes technical, social, ethical and ecological aspects. The IFEES is the umbrella under which experts from various fields of engineering and engineering pedagogy find a forum of scientific exchange. This scientific exchange, with a special focus on engineering educational issues considering cultural diversity and sustainable development, I would like to support as a member of IFEES Executive Committee.

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As a long-standing member of the International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP) and as a founding member and Vice President of the Scientific Society of Engineering Education (IPW) I'm involved in the international engineering pedagogy discussion for over 20 years.

I see both the potential and the social responsibility of IFEES as a global player, to participate in designing of demand-oriented Engineering Education under the influence of developments in business, science and society.

My motivation for this application results from my interest in the design of demand-oriented, but also target group oriented academic engineering education.

In this context, I can contribute based on my many years of experience in the field of engineering pedagogy

- to align engineering education to the requirements of modern production and service structures (for example, industry 4.0)

- to design study courses in engineering sciences in an appropriate proportion between structuring according scientific disciplines and working process orientation

- to develop specific didactical concepts for teaching and learning of student teams with growing cultural diversity

- to develop international standards for qualification in field of engineering didactics of teaching staff in academic engineering education.

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Dr. K Manivannan. M.Sc.,M.Phil., M.Tech., Ph.D., MISTE, FUWAI Indian Society for Technical Engineering – ISTE

India BIOGRAPHY Dr K Manivannan is currently working as Dean-Planning & Development and Professor of Information Technology at RMK Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Fluid Mechanics with distinction. He earned his M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. His research interest and expertise include Theoretical Computer Science, Theoretical Fluid Mechanics, Fuzzy Logic and Transform Techniques. He is also the co-ordinator of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre, sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. He is chiefly prominent as a stickler for quality, team builder and a natural motivator with perseverance and integrity. Complemented with these qualities Dr K Manivannan’s excellent communication skills and leadership qualities have earned him several headship and management positions. He is now the National Vice-President of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, one of the largest professional organizations in India, with the motto of Career Development of Teachers and Personality Development of Students and overall development of Engineering Education System. Before assuming this coveted position he has been elected as National Executive Council Member of ISTE for five terms. He was the member of Academic Council of the prestigious University of Madras for two terms of six years. He is also a member of various professional organizations such as IEEE CSI, Society of Statistics, Computer & Applications, Indian Society for Probability & Statistics, Ramanujan Mathematical Society, Association of Mathematics Teachers of India and Director – Commonwealth Science and Technology Academy for Research (C-STAR), Chennai. Dr K Manivannan is a frequent contributor to national and international journals and a regular speaker at conferences. He has visited Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Argentina, Dubai and Italy to participate in the International Federation for Engineering Education Societies (IFFES) & Global Engineering Deans’ Council (GEDC) International Conference and to interact with various Stakeholders in Engineering Education. Dr K Manivannan’s life philosophy has always been: “Laugh so Hard That even Sorrow Smiles at You, Live Life so Well that even Death Loves to see you Alive, Fight so Hard that even Fate accepts its Defeat....” RATIONALESTATEMENTWith more than 28 years of experience as teacher, I am now serving as the Dean, Planning & Development and Professor of Information Technology, in RMK Engineering College affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. This long experience as a teacher has given me a great understanding of the teaching learning process. Meeting brilliant students, erudite teachers and proficient industry professionals taught me to contribute to and learn from the academically challenging environment.

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In addition to my academics, I have been very active, participating in professional bodies and served in different leadership positions. I have been a Member of Board of Studies, Board of Examinations, Industry-Institution-Interaction Cell and also elected as Academic Council, University of Madras, National Vice-President, Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, Executive Committee Member of Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications, New Delhi and these positions provided me new experiences so as to push myself and broaden my horizons apart from contributing to engineering education. My participation as an Indian delegation in the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) and Global Engineering Dean’s council (GEDC) at Singapore (2010), Beijing (2011), Argentina (2012), Dubai (2014), Florence (2015) gave me a great opportunity to interact with various Stakeholders in Engineering Education. I am happy to mention that, as a panel member, my presentation ‘Cultivation of Practical Ability of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education’ at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in May 2016 and my presentation at Asian Engineering Dean’s Summit at NUS, Singapore in May 2015 were well-received. I also grew to a much more independent and confident person. I am now comfortable adapting to new situations and interacting with people, who are different from me, qualities which will be tremendously useful when interacting with global audience. I am well aware that world now is facing greater challenges than any time in the past. Global warming, pollution, terrorism, un-employability, and financial meltdowns are just a few of the problems today’s students will be called upon to tackle. With a multitude of challenges facing our younger generation, along with direct connectivity to an international society, students of engineering should be exposed to these challenges and also they should be equipped well with skills to overcome them. I strongly believe that my Executive Committee Membership of International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) has certain alluring components like multidisciplinary interactions with performing engineers, several networking opportunities, international exposure which I will be able to take back to India and help aspiring engineering students to solve some of these challenges. Generally, partnership and alliance have been accepted as key components that are vital to accomplish significant and efficient solutions. At present it has become progressively clearer that partnership is not only important but necessary for students and professionals, due to globalization and the rise of technology. As a coordinator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre and Business Incubation, I reckon that this kind of association will also help student community to be ‘job creators’ in other words ‘Entrepreneurs’ than ‘job seekers’. I strongly believe that modern youth should nurture creativity. Only a creative intelligence complemented with entrepreneurial skills can couple creative ideas to life in a business setting. So my exposure to an international body like IFEES will help me to bridge my students’ creativity with international business acumen. Also with more than 16 million students graduating from 3000+ institutions offering engineering education in India, my partnership with IFEES will help me contribute something credible to at least few of these students if not to all. I end, quoting IFEES’ statement that my Executive Committee membership of IFEES will help me gain skills and expertise that will ‘enhance the ability of engineering faculty, students and practitioners to understand the varied cultures of the world and work effectively in them.’ I thank you for the opportunity.

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Michael K. J. Milligan, PHD, PE, CAE ABET

United States of America BIOGRAPHYMichael K. J. Milligan is Executive Director and CEO of ABET, a nonprofit organization that accredits nearly 3,600 college and university programs in the disciplines of applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology located in 29 countries. In this role, Milligan leads a full-time staff headquartered in Baltimore supporting the operations of over 2,200 accreditation experts. Milligan is responsible for all aspects of ABET’s global operations and reports directly to the Board of Directors. Prior to joining ABET, Milligan worked for the Aerospace Corporation developing a new generation environmental satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He also served 24 years as a career U.S. Air Force officer working in the areas of operations, international research & development, and technology acquisition. He served six years as an associate professor and Deputy Department Head in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado. Milligan earned a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, an M.S.E. from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and a B.S. from Michigan State University - all in electrical engineering. He also earned an M.B.A. from Western New England College, Springfield, MA and is a Certified Association Executive (CAE). Milligan is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, and a registered professional engineer in Colorado and Maryland. He lives in Severna Park, Maryland, with his engineer wife and their two sons. RATIONALESTATEMENTI would like to continue my work with IFEES both as a member of the executive. I have seen IFEES mature as an organization – both in membership and mission. IFEES provides engineering educators – and their constituents - an important global forum to address the many issues facing higher education today. I would like to continue to make IFEES even more successful in the future.

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Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, PhD Society for Engineering Education Malaysia- SEEM

Malaysia

BIOGRAPHYProfessor Dr. Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof is the Director of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Centre of Engineering Education (CEE), promoting meaningful research and scholarly practices in engineering education and managing the PhD in Engineering Education program. She obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering for the University of Waterloo, Canada. Prior to becoming the Director of CEE, she was the Deputy Director at the Centre for Teaching & Learning (2008 – 2011), and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department (2006-2008). She is a trainer for the Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT) under the Malaysian Ministry of Education and conducts training workshops in Asia, Europe and North America. Her research is focused on engineering education, and dynamic process modeling and control. She has also won several awards, including the 2015 Frank Morton Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Global Award for Chemical Engineering Education Excellence, Best Paper Award at the 2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference in Amman, Jordan, the 2013 Institution of Chemical Engineers Malaysia Award for Education and Training and the Best of the Best Award at the 2014 Innovative Practices in Higher Education Exposition in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Currently, she is in the Editorial Boards of several journals: Journal of Engineering Education (JEE), ASEAN Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, IChemE Education for Chemical Engineers Journal and the European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE). Professor Khairiyah is an executive committee of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (2014-2016), President for the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM), and board member representing Asia for the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN). To promote the transformation of engineering education, she chaired and organized various Engineering Education Conferences in Malaysia, including the 2013 International Research Symposium on PBL in collaboration with the Aalborg University UNESCO Chair on PBL in Engineering Education and AKEPT, and the 2013 Research in Engineering Education Symposium in collaboration with REEN, AKEPT and SEEM. RATIONALESTATEMENTI have been passionate about engineering education ever since I started reading the Chemical Engineering Education journal when I was a graduate student in the US in the early 1990's. This early exposure to scholarly implementation and publication in engineering education became ingrained in my own practice when I became an academic staff in the Department of Chemical Engineering in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. I was able to provide leadership when I was appointed to lead the Active Learning and PBL Taskforce in the early 2000, organize the Regional Conference in Engineering Education starting from 2005, and to be part of the taskforce to develop the PhD in Engineering Education

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program in UTM in 2007. By the time I was appointed as the founding Director of the UTM Centre of Engineering Education (CEE) in 2011, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from and work with the "Guru" in Engineering Education, such as Prof. Richard Felder, Prof. Karl Smith, Prof. Duncan Fraser, Prof. Anette Kolmos, Prof. David Radcliffe, Prof. Ruth Streveler, Prof. Jeff Froyd, Prof. Erik de Graaff and many others. My learning opportunities in engineering education led to my desire to spread scholarly and evidence based practices throughout the engineering education community, especially in the Asian region. From the work that we have done in the CEE with the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia, there is a clear need for this to ensure meaningful practices with impact, so that the benefit attained at least commensurate with the cost, if not more. The research element in engineering education will not only provide the evidence, but also bring out the experience and culture from different parts of the world which is very much needed to promote understanding. If elected as one of the IFEES executive committee, I would like to utilize my experience and knowledge to provide leadership for the growth of scholarly practices in engineering education. My experience and skill as a trainer of teaching and learning techniques for the outcomes based approach, as well as research in engineering education, can definitely help in planning and supporting engineering faculty development through IFEES. In addition to supporting activities, I would also like to institute several "pull" factor for excellence in engineering education through IFEES, such as through the 2014 Innovative Practices in Higher Education Exposition which CEE organized in collaboration with IFEES, SEEM and AKEPT, where gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded for entries that were judged to be qualified. With our experience in working with the international community, I hope to contribute the expertise available in CEE and SEEM for IFEES, especially from the Asian perspective.

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Raymond Houe Ngouna African Engineering Education Association – AEEA

Cameroon

BIOGRAPHYRaymond Houé Ngouna is currently a lecturer at "Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs" from Tarbes (France), an Engineering School from "Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse" - INPT (France). He is also an invited Professor at Saint Jerome Douala (Cameroon) where he serves as the Dean of the Engineering School.

After a Degree in Applied Mathematics and a Research Master in Industrial Engineering, Raymond Houé Ngouna also held a PhD in Industrial Engineering (speciality industrial systems) from INP Toulouse. His main research activities relate to knowledge and competencies management in complex systems, including socio-technical systems. He is thus particularly interested in systems thinking approaches for the design of systems (manufacturing systems, organizational systems, IT systems, singular systems), and in artificial intelligence approaches coupling fuzzy logic, multi-criteria decision and constraints propagation tools for decision support systems design. He has published articles in academic journals and peer reviewed conferences.

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Mitar Pitzek

Global Education: Exchanges for Engineers and Entrepreneurs - Ge4 Austria

BIOGRAPHY In 2013, I took the position of the Ge4 Executive director. Ge4 stands for “Global Education: Exchanges for Engineers and Entrepreneurs”. Ge4 has been working worldwide since 1996 as a nonprofit network of universities, offering students an opportunity to study, research, or even do internships in another country. In the last three years, we have restructured and improved the Ge4 network and are on the best way to establish a modern structure and good frame conditions for all Ge4 members by working closely with more than 60 engineering schools worldwide. We are developing tight links between HEI through network services. The main purpose of my current efforts within the Ge4 network is bringing the engineers and engineering schools all over the world together, supporting them in exchanging ideas, establishing contacts and promoting their own institution in the best way. Within the Ge4 Network we support a continuous exchange between all member institutions, we organize an annual conference, rotating every year in another region. Next year, in 2016, we are celebrating 20 years of Ge4 in Vienna, which is the next big opportunity within the network to bring many excellent engineering schools together putting the focus on the better exchange between engineering, entrepreneurship, start-up scene and last but not least the industry and the companies. I look forward to share my specific skills and savvy strategies to be a contributing leader to foster global education on the Executive Committee. I am determined and dedicated to continue my career to transform higher education for future generations. RATIONALESTATEMENTIt would be an honor to share my expertise, energy, enthusiasm and education to serve on the Executive Committee of the IFEES community. In the last 15 years, I contributed creatively and comprehensively with my activities in the international and national academic exchange programs in the field of Engineering. Between 2002 and 2014, I was employed in the International Office of the Vienna University of Technology, where I was in charge of different academic exchange programs (Erasmus, Joint Study, Tempus, ATHENS, Ge4 and many bilateral agreements). Between 2002 and 2013, I was managing the Ge4 program at the Vienna UT, focusing different regions: ASE3 (Asian Universities), LAE3 (Latin American Universities) and AE3 (US Universities). I participated actively in many bilateral and multilateral projects, university agreements, conferences, curricula development projects and visited engineering schools all over the world. Exchanging experiences with the colleagues from different cultural backgrounds and academic cultures and learning together from them is one of the most important results I would link to bring to the Executive Committee. My activity in the VUT International Office was focused on the US, Asian, European, Russian and Latin American Engineering Schools by supporting students, academics and international offices in different aspects of their academic

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activities. In 2012, I founded INNES – International Network for Educational Support in Higher Education. The main motivation for this step was the idea of establishing a high quality platform for academics coming from all world regions, where they shall be able to promote their academic field in the form of intensive academic programs (Summer Schools). After only three years INNES is the leading Austrian and one of the leading European Summer School organizations offering hundreds of students a dynamic space for deep education and dialogue. INNES is evolving already into a sophisticated space for creative and compassionate open minded academics from all over the world to advance knowledge and being a good place for creative and open minded academics from all over the world.

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Christina White National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Scholar Program - NAE-GCSP

United States of America

BIOGRAPHY Dr. Christina White completed her doctoral degree from Columbia University where she studied humanitarian engineering education. Dr. White is currently a postdoctoral research associate with the Singapore MIT Alliance for Technology and Research where she is exploring global competencies and 21st century skills in engineering education. Dr. White is the Global Chair for the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) and is the IFEES representative for the GCSP. She works with universities around the world to design their own Grand Challenges Scholars Programs. Much of her interests are in developing humanitarian, design-based curriculum and entrepreneurial opportunities with Grand Challenges. Dr. White serves as a mentor in an incubator for student-based startup companies and hopes to continue to help universities encourage engineering as an engine for economic growth. RATIONALESTATEMENT Dr. White has a deep commitment to engaging in critical dialogue about engineering education from diverse perspectives. She believes the IFEES forum provides avenues to make positive changes in engineering education because it is a platform to prompt research, collaboration, and participation of universities and industry based on the critical dialogue and action plans developed by this international community of thought leaders. She hopes to join the IFEES Executive Committee to serve alongside her peers to support the initiatives of the members and hopefully engage a broader cohort of students, faculty, and industry in the future.

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Yao Zheng Chinese Society for Engineering Education - CSEE

China

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Yao ZHENG is a Cheung Kong chair professor with Zhejiang University, appointed by the Ministry of Education of China since 2001. He is the director of Center for Engineering and Scientific Computation (2002-), the founding deputy dean of School of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2007-2013), and the vice dean of Faculty of Engineering (2014-), all in Zhejiang University, China.

His research has spanned computational mechanics, numerical simulation, combustion and propulsion, and flight vehicle design. He is the author or coauthor of 4 books and over 200 papers. He has been awarded a Chinese National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2002, NASA Tech Briefs Award and Software Release Award in 2004, and an APACM (Asian-Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics) Computational Mechanics Award in 2013.

He serves as a Vice President (2005-) of the Chinese Association of Computational Mechanics (CACM), and am a member of the General Council (2004-2013) and the Executive Council (2013-) of the Asian-Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics (APACM), and a member of the General Council (2004-) of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM).

He serves as an associate editor of Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, and is on the editorial boards of 10 national and international journals such as International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Journal of Zhejiang University - SCIENCE A, Journal of Astronautics (in Chinese), and Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics.

He earned a BSc in Mathematics from Hangzhou University, China, in 1984, a MSc (Eng) in Mechanics from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 1986, and a PhD in Computational Modeling from University of Wales Swansea (UWS), UK, in 1995. Prior to joining UWS in 1989 under a joint doctorate program, he pursued doctorate study in Civil Engineering at Zhejiang University, China, for two and a half years.

He had been a Senior Research Scientist for NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, from 1998 to 2002. Prior to moving to NASA, he had been a Senior Software Scientist with Analysis and Design Application Company (currently CD-adapco), New York from 1997 to 1998; and a PhD candidate and a Senior Research Assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales Swansea, UK for eight years. He left NASA Glenn Research Center for Zhejiang University in March, 2002.

During his stay with the Turbomachinery and Propulsion Systems Division, NASA Glenn Research Center, he had created a 3D DRAGON grid system and the DRAGONFLOW solver. His main task was to accomplish further

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development and applications of the DRAGON grid technology to turbomachinery and propulsion systems, and to conduct of flow analyses relevant to NASA Glenn programs.

After his return to Zhejiang University from NASA Glenn, his main research achievements include: large-scale numerical simulation for real applications in aerospace vehicles and high-speed trains; and development of a High End Digital Prototyping (HEDP) system for multidisciplinary applications. As far as the aerospace applications are concerned, He is leading to develop a collaboration design system, and to conduct complex flow simulations such as combustion and multi-bodies separation modeling. For the Chinese high-speed railway program, he is leading a team to develop an aerodynamics simulation platform for high-speed trains.

He is a chair of Steering Committee of AEDS 2016, held in Hangzhou, China.

RATIONALESTATEMENT

To begin with, I must say that it is a great honor and privilege for me to be considered as a candidate for the IFEES Executive Committee election.

The IFEES is committed to enhance the effectiveness of member organizations and to contribute to the improvement of engineering education around the world. As a founding and active member organization of the IFEES, the China Society of Engineering Education (CSEE) also aims to develop engineering education under globalization perspective for more than 25 years, strengthening cooperation among schools, enterprises and research institutions. While it is important for the IFEES to continue to play a more active role in the area of engineering education, as an executive member of the CSEE, which has joined in Washington Accord recently, I am also keen to enhance wide collaboration and communication among the IFEES members regarding professional certification and engineering talents training.

If elected as a member of the executive committee, I would like to promote global diversity, to deal with cross-cultural challenge and to facilitate the engineering education inclusion. In addition, as the vice dean of Faculty of Engineering, Zhejiang University, I have engaged in industrial-academic-research cooperation and interdisciplinary cooperation for many years. My experience and skills can definitely help to achieve a co-development between academia and industry.

I am therefore ready to offer the IFEES my experience and strong dedication in forging the communication and long lasting partnerships among members, and to contribute the IFEES by growing its influence and effectiveness.

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