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ISEE2010 Professional Institutions Forum
(14.25 - 15.15, July 1st, Boole 1)
Theme: Appropriate relationships between sustainability/sustainable development and engineering education for the 21st Century |
ISEE2010 will incorporate a Professional Institutions Forum where delegates will be afforded the opportunity to hear from a number of Professional Institutions on their conception of the future appropriate relationship between sustainable development/sustainability and professional engineering education. The forum will allow for an interactive discussion and reflection on the issues involved.
The forum will be chaired by Professor David Shallcross, Qualifications Vice President of IChemE and editor of the IChemE/EFCE transactions journal “Education for Chemical Engineers”. Professor Shallcross is Head of the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Melbourne and is a widely published authority on engineering education. Professor Shallcross will deliver a keynote presentation just preceeding the forum where he will reflect on the potential relationships between sustainability and engineering education, drawing upon his own research and publications in this area.
Adobe Presenter PDF of the forum proceedings be downloaded here.
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Participating Institution: |
Representative: |
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Engineers Australia |
Prof. Alan Bradley (Associate Director Accreditation) |
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Engineers Ireland |
John Power (Director General) |
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IChemE |
Dr Colin Pritchard, University of Edinburgh (IChemE Sustainability Subject Group Executive) |
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IMechE |
Prof. Joseph Tatler, Glyndwr University (University of Wales) |
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Each of the panel members will make a brief (5-7 minute) presentation outlining their own respective institutions' conception of the appropriate relationship between sustainability and their professional programmes and practice in the 21st Century. After that, there will be an open discussion session involving delegates and the panel, which will be moderated by Professor Shallcross. |
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Professional Institutions Forum Panel Members |
John Power BE CEng FIEI
Chartered Engineer
John Power is Director General of Engineers Ireland. Prior to joining Engineers Ireland in September 2007 he was Head of Corporate Affairs at ESB. John has held several key positions during his time with ESB; Managing Director of ESBI Consultants, Executive Director of ESB International Services, as well as holding senior roles in Human Resources and Corporate Change. Before joining ESB, he was a Technical Advisor with General Electric in the USA and in South America. John is a graduate of UCD, holding a Masters in Industrial Engineering and an MBA. A native of Tralee, Co Kerry, he was also Secretary of the Irish Committee of the World Energy Council.
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Emeritus Professor Alan B Bradley FIEAust CPEng
Professor Bradley was appointed to the position of Engineers Australia – Associate Director Accreditation in February of 2002 following a 30-year career at RMIT University holding the positions of Associate Dean and Head of Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering. His academic career included leadership of a Signal Processing Research Group within the Centre for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications.
On behalf of the Engineers Australia Accreditation Board, Professor Bradley manages the systems and processes of accreditation for engineering education programs implemented by Australian educational institutions both in Australia and internationally. Professor Bradley is also influential in the activities of the Washington Accord and other education accords under the International Engineering Alliance. This work involves mutual recognition processes between signatory nations, the development and maintenance of exemplar graduate outcome statements, periodic monitory of signatory accreditation systems and the mentoring of new jurisdictions seeking admission to the accords.
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Dr. Colin Pritchard EurIng CEng CEnv FIChemE
Colin Pritchard is a chartered chemical engineer and environmentalist, and Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Energy Systems at Edinburgh University. He has over 40 years’ experience in energy recovery, low-energy separations and industrial energy systems. He is currently working on biomass conversion technologies in an international consortium funded by DfID; and on Engineering Education in Africa with the UK National Commission for UNESCO.
He has served on the IChemE International Committee, as Chair of the Scottish Branch, and as a Trustee of “Engineers Against Poverty”; and is a member of its Sustainability Committee. He runs a sports charity in Uganda.
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