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From: iNEER
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Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: Items from iNEER Secretariat 5-3-04
TO: Members, iNEER Community
FROM: iNEER Secretariat, ineer@ineer.org
Win Aung, Ph.D., P.E., Dr.h.c.,
Secretary-General
Greetings!
(1)
From time to
time, we have been writing with information about iNEER - its people, its
organization and its programs. Much of that information is posted on the iNEER
website. If you have questions or suggestions, please just drop us a note. We
welcome your suggestions in working with us to foster mutual progress in
engineering education through international cooperation.
Now, it is my pleasure to say a few words about
the current Chair of the iNEER Board, Professor Tomas Cermak, who is also
Rector of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, and the host of iCEER-2004
that will convene in June, 2004 in Bouzhov Castle, Czech Republic. A great fan
of ice hockey, including the Washington Capitals, from whom you have heard from
time to time recently or have met at a recent iNEER conference or workshop, he
was elected as Rector of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava in November
2002. He first came to VSB in 1964 as a senior assistant, rising to become Head
of the Department of Electrical Machines and Drives at VSB in 1985. In 1990 he
became Rector, which position he held until 1997. In 1997, he was appointed to be Vice Rector for R&D and
Foreign Affairs. His service record includes membership of the Scientific Board
of VSB and of the State Committee for Scientific Degrees. He chairs the Engineering
Division of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. He was a past member of the
Scientific Board of the Technical University of Kosice, Slovak Republic; the
Czech Engineering Academy; Vice President of Czech Universities Council; and
General Assembly of Czech Academy of Science. An early believer of the value of
international cooperation in engineering education and research, he has been
actively involved with the organization of ICEE since ICEE-1997. He is a member
of the International Steering Committees of ICEE and iCEER. The Chairman of the
Board of Vesuvius (formerly Hinckley) Slavia Group, he is also Chairman and
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of OZOBEL and Vitkovice Steel Company,
respectively. He teaches courses in control of electrical drives and machines;
and power energy systems, among others.
He has written 9 textbooks, edited 1 book, and published 50 papers in
journals and conference proceedings, with another 35 research papers based on industrial
collaboration. He holds 4 patents. He
is a co-editor of the 2004 iNEER Special Volume: Innovations 2004 – World
Innovations in Engineering Education and Research.
If you attend iCEER-2004 in June, please say
“hello” to him.
(2)
Now, I join
Prof. Cermak to announce the solicitation for papers for for the 2005 iNEER
Special Volume. We invite you to submit your articles. Guidelines along
with information on past special volume have been posted on the iNEER
website: http://www.ineer.org/iNEERPapers/Welcome.htm
(3)
We also invite
you to recommend session/workshop topics that you would like to include at
iCEER-2005 (March 1-5, 2005, Tainan, Taiwan). You may suggest new
topics, or repeats of topics for past conferences. To see Calls for Papers for
past conferences, go to http://www.ineer.org
and click on the links for: iCEER-2004, ICEE-2003, and ICEE-2002. For format,
copy and paste any one of the Calls for Papers into a MS-Word document and
make the necessary changes and send it to me at: ineer@ineer.org. Your suggestions will be
forwarded to the iCEER-2005 Organizing Committee and you will be contacted.
Since we plan to review all suggestions at the committee meeting in June,
please let us hear from you by May 20, 2004.
(4)
We are pleased
to invite you to participate as a member of the iNEER delegation to a unique
event in engineering education: the SSTU-iNEER Engineering Education
Partnership Workshop. The Workshop that will be held in Saratov,
Russia under the joint auspices of Saratov State Technicial University
(SSTU) and iNEER. Our host will be Prof. Yury Chebotarevsky, Rector of SSTU,
one of the top-ranked universities in the Russian Federation. The dates are
September 16-19, 2004.
Membership on the iNEER delegation is by invitation
and only a limited number of openings are available on a first come first
served basis. Members of the delegation pay their own travel, lodging, and
local expenses.
A nation with a history of excellence in engineering
education and research, the Russian Federation is undergoing dramatic
transformation. In keeping with recent developments around the world, Russian universities
are upgrading their programs and there is an increasing interest in
accreditation. The SSTU-iNEER workshop will give us a unique opportunity
to meet face to face with influential representatives from several
education institutions in Russia, to review recent progress and explore areas
of common interests for future interaction. NOTE: For a sense of the
amazing transformation going on in Russia, consider a recent light-reading
article in the Washington Post newspaper published under the title:
"For Russian Women, A Whiff of the Good Life," accessible free of
charge for the next few days via the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51478-2004Apr28.html
Professor Chebotarevsky has provided a list of
possible Russian institutions that will meet with the iNEER delegation, and the
list is appended to the end of this e-mail.
If you are interested, please reply to this e-mail
by May 7, 2004. I apologize in advance if the slots in the iNEER delegation are
filled and we cannot accommodate your request.
List of possible Russian institutions participating
in the SSTU-iNEER Engineering Education Partnership Workshop:
Ministry of Higher Education RF, International
Department
Uljanovsk State Technical University
Samara State Technical University
Volgograd State Architechture Academy
Volgograd State Technical University
Astrakhan State Technical University
Samara
Airspace University
Orel
State Technical University
Taganrog
State Radiotechnical University
Kazan
Technical University
Voronezh
State University of Civil Engineering and Architechture
Donskoy
State Technical University
Institute
of Technology of Penza State University
Nizhny
Novgorod State Technical University
Altai
State Technical University
and others.