September 5, 2011
Dear Colleagues:
Greetings! Innovations 2011, the iNEER Special Volume for 2011 has been
published. You can access information and order copies by clicking this link.
The Board of Editors for Innovations 2012, the next edition of
the iNEER Special Volume scheduled for publication in 2012, is pleased to send
you this special invitation to contribute a paper. The next book will
be: “Innovations 2012: World Innovations in Engineering Education and
Research.” To ensure being included
in this issue, please submit your paper early, preferably by October 5 but no later than November 1, 2011, using the template which may
be obtained by sending an e-mail to waung@ineer.org. Paper guidelines and review
are posted here.
The hard cover iNEER Special Volumes (click to view details) has been
published every year since 2002. The series has an International Standard Serial
Number ISSN number 1553-9911 and a U.S. Library of Congress Control No.
2004215784, and each book is identified by a distinct ISBN number. Past issues
are still available from purchase through the iNEER website. Each paper is peer
reviewed.
Please consider disseminating your innovations if you have recently
updated the courses that you teach, helped establish new degree or certificate
programs, created new courses or course modules, designed innovative programs to
involve students in your research, or otherwise worked on the integration of
research and education. Consider the benefits to you and your institution of
disseminating and publicizing these and other innovations, sharing experiences
and lessons learned, and further enhancing innovation and the productivity of
your work through a dialog with members of the international peer
community.
Many of you and/or your colleagues in engineering and allied disciplines
have published their work in past iNEER Special Volumes. You can see examples of
chapters published in Innovations 2011 by clicking here.
Focused on promoting further advances in education and research
worldwide through international partnerships, the International Network for
Engineering Education and Research (“iNEER Network”) is a non-profit
professional organization formed by the world community in engineering and
allied fields to foster communication and collaboration. The widening iNEER network of educators
and researchers currently covers 98 countries, and is linked through the iNEER
website, archival publications, e-mails,
conferences, workshops, and retreats.
The most recent event of the iNEER Network, ICEE-2011, was hosted by the
University of Ulster and held in August 2011 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Past
conferences have been hosted by universities in Portugal, Puerto Rico, Poland,
Brazil, Czech Republic, UK, Norway, Taiwan, and USA. In 2012, we will be hosted by Saratov
State Technical University, Saratov, Russia, at ICIT-2012 in June, Turku University of
Applied Sciences at ICEE-2012
in Turku, Finland in July-August, and by Hong Kong Polytechnic University at
iCEER-2012 in November. Copies of Innovations books will be included in the
registration packages for these events. We hope you will be able to join us.
Papers for iNEER Special Volumes are accepted and reviewed on a first
come first served basis; so, to ensure being included in the next issue, please
submit your paper early, preferably by October 5 but no later than November 1, 2011. Before submitting your articles, please be sure to refer to the
paper
guidelines. If your paper is accepted for publication, the corresponding
author of the paper will receive a complimentary copy of the book from
iNEER.
IF YOU PLAN TO SUBMIT AN ARTICLE, PLEASE REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL; please be
sure to copy and paste in your reply the Authors’ Certification (see below) in
your e-mail. (Please note that there is a page charge of US$90 per page payable
at the time of paper submission, that is refunded if the paper is not
accepted.)
Upon receiving your e-mail response, we will send you a manuscript
template in MS Word.
With best regards.
Win Aung, Ph.D., Dr.h.c.
Board of Editors, Innovations 2012
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