Seminar - Towards humane engineers?
The challenges of the humanities in engineering education.
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A half-day symposia at Aalto University School of Engineering
Thursday November 12, 2015, 1.30-5pm
Open for all.
Venua: Undergraduate Centre, U-wing, Lecture Hall U9, Otakaari 1M, Otaniemi Campus
Please sing up to Ms Paula Thomsson, paula.thomsson@aalto.fi latest on 9 November.
In 1997 the US Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in adopted the requirement that engineering graduates should have “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context”. Since then several initiatives worldwide have been introduced to augment the training of engineers with perspectives from the humanities and social sciences. The symposia will discuss how some leading technical universities has met this challenge and explore the possible role of humanities in the future of engineering education.
Program
1.00 Welcome & introduction, Professor Mats Fridlund, Aalto University
1.30 The role of liberal arts in engineering education,
Professor Deborah K. Fitzgerald, Kenan Sahin Dean (2006-15) of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
2.00 The Eindhoven revolution in engineering education,
Professor Erik van der Vleuten, Eindhoven University of Technology
2.20 Crafting hybrid engineers in a classical university,
Senior Lecturer Jenny Beckman, Uppsala University & Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2.40 Discussion
3.10 Coffee
3.30-5.00 Panel discussion: The present and future role of humanities in engineering education
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Senior Lecturer Jenny Beckman, Uppsala University & Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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Professor Deborah K. Fitzgerald, MIT
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Associate Professor Per Lundin, Chalmers University of Technology
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Professor Erik van der Vleuten, Eindhoven University of Technology
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Associate Professor Nina Wormbs, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Moderator: Professor Mats Fridlund, Aalto University
Welcome!