CDIO ASIAN REGIONAL MEETING
The 2014 Asian Regional Meeting of the CDIO Initiative promoting engineering education reform with innovative and global perspectives will be held in Japan for the first time, in the city of Kanazawa.
Greetings
Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) will host the 2014 CDIO Asian Regional Meeting in cooperation with Kanazawa Technical College (KTC). Countries with remarkable and rapid economic growth, such as Singapore, Malaysia, ietnam, and China, have been quick to recognize the importance of the education that the CDIO Initiative promotes, and higher education institutions in those countries have joined the CDIO Initiative partners in the US and Europe to bring about sustainable innovation in engineering education. With the aim to create engineering education which enables innovation in the next generation, it is expected that the Meeting can provide a platform for lively discussions on education reform among engineering educators and staff members from institutions of higher education, engineers from industry with invested interest in education, and others from Japan as well as the rest of Asia. Please join us!
About CDIO
Engineering education in higher education institutions is facing a major paradigm shift all over the world. To produce engineers who can create innovations with ingenuity, what sort of engineering education programs are needed? How might we cultivate engineers who can succeed on a global scale, while fostering collaboration with local communities? The CDIO Initiative is a framework for engineering education reform that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded along with three Swedish universities in 2000. It has since expanded rapidly beyond the US and Europe as more than 100 leading universities and colleges in various regions of the world have joined the Initiative.
The CDIO framework aims to provide an integrated curriculum focused on the actual practice of engineering through the “Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate” process of real-world products and systems development. By offering such an education, the Initiative aims to educate the next generation of engineers who can:
1. master engineering fundamentals;
2. lead the design, development, and operation of new products and systems;
3. understand the strategic impact and importance of technological development and research in the real world.
Program
Dates: March 24-26, 2014
Venue: Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Ohgigaoka Campus, Sakai Memorial Hall
(7-1 Ohgigaoka, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, 921-8501, JAPAN)
Theme: "Steps toward Sustainable Innovation in Engineering Education"
Under the auspice of Nonoichi City, City of Kanazawa, Japanese Society for Engineering Education,
Hokuriku Shin-etsu Society for Engineering Education, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
March 23 (Sun.) 18:30-20:00
Venue: Kanazawa Excel Hotel Tokyu
Welcome Party
March 24 (Mon.) 9:00-20:00
Venue: Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Sakai Memorial Hall
| 9:00-9:10 | Welcome Address | Ken-ichi Ishikawa, President, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan |
| 9:10-10:00 | Keynote Lecture 1 |
"A CDIO Review: Engineering Education for the 21st Century"
Johan Malmqvist, Professor, Product Development, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Co-leader and Co-founder of the CDIO Initiatives
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| 10:20-11:10 | Keynote Lecture 2 |
"Enhancement of University Reform and Quality Change of Education"
Kumiko Bando, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
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| 11:10-12:00 | Keynote Lecture 3 |
"The Ideal Engineer: What Industry is Looking For"
Kazuhiko Tsutsumi, Executive Officer, Vice President, Corporate Research and Development, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
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(Lunch at Restaurant LA TERRA, Bldg.#21)
| 13:30-15:00 | Plenary Session 1 |
"Innovative Engineering Education with Community-Based Projects at Kanazawa Institute of Technology"
Keiichi Sato, Dean of Academic Affairs, and Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
"Engineering Education Initiatives at KTC"
Robert Songer, Assistant Professor, Global Information Technology, Kanazawa Technical College, Japan
"Effects of Industry-Academia Collaborative Education in KIT Re-Design Apartment Project"
Tomohiro Miyashita, Associate Professor, Architectural Design, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
"Activity of KIT Geospatial Information Project"
Masaaki Shikada, Dean of Major Basic Education, and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
"On the PBL Education Program For Developing Students’ Skills of Creativity and Innovation"
Eiichi Sentoku, Chair and Professor, Practical Engineering Education Program, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
"The Factory for Dreams and Ideas: Workspaces to Support and Encourage Hands-on and Experiential Learning of C-D-I-O”"
Masakatsu Matsuishi, Director, Project Education Center, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
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| 15:30-17:00 | Introductory Workshop |
"Designing a CDIO Programme: The CDIO Syllabus and Standards"
Helene Leong, Director, Department of Educational Development, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore. Co-chair of CDIO Asian Region
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| 15:30-17:00 | Campus Tour 1 | Ohgigaoka Campus, Bldg. #26 & #41 (Yumekobo: Factory for Dreams and Ideas) |
Banquet 18:00-20:00 at Kanazawa Excel Hotel Tokyu
March 25 (Tue.) 9:10-17:30
Venue: Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Sakai Memorial Hall
| 9:10-10:00 | Invited Lecture 1 |
"Engineering Education in Japan"
Youichi Kenmochi, Executive Director, Japanese Society for Engineering Education, Japan
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| 10:20-11:10 | Invited Lecture 2 |
"'Just for fun' crosses boarders : Unity as a knowledge canal"
Hiroki Omae, Regional Director/Product Evangelist, Unity Technologies Japan
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| 11:10-12:00 | Invited Lecture 3 |
"SRI's Five Disciplines of Innovation -Sustainable entrepreneurship is key to a strong economy-"
Youssef Iguider, Representative Director and Senior Director of Business Development, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International, Japan
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(Lunch at Restaurant LA TERRA, Bldg.#21)
| 13:30-15:00 | Plenary Session 2 |
"Systems Thinking and Engineering-based ‘Global Project Based Learning’"
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Professor, Machinery and Control Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
"Recent Innovations in Engineering Education in Hub Center for Engineering Education of Yeungnam University"
Dong Joo Song, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Korea
"Reshaping Engineering Learning from a Social Design Perspective"
Wen-Ling Hong, Assistant Professor, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
"CDIO Implementation at VNU-HCM: From Pilot to Widespread Implementation"
Chinh Q. Nguyen, Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, and Director of Academic Affairs Department, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Trinh T. M. Doan, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, and Vice Director of Academic Affairs Department, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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| 15:30-17:00 | Advanced Workshop |
"Introduction to Design Thinking: Reframing Problems into Opportunities"
Omihito Matsushita, Associate Professor, Global Information Technology, Kanazawa Technical College, Japan
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| 15:30-17:00 | Campus Tour 2 | Yatsukaho Research Campus |
| 17:15-17:30 | Closing Address | Hirofumi Yamada, President of Kanazawa Technical College, Japan |
March 26 (Wed.) 9:10-12:00
Venue: Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Bldg.#23 Innovation and Design Studio
| 9:10-10:00 | Plenary Session |
"Sustaining educational change – The case of a strategic and long-term CDIO implementation at Chalmers University of Technology"
Johan Malmqvist, Professor, Product Development, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Co-leader and Co-founder of CDIO
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| 10:20-11:10 | (Beginners) |
Introduction to CDIO
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| 10:20-11:10 | (Members) |
CDIO Members Meeting (Case Study and Discussion)
Coordinator: Helene Leong, Director, Department of Educational Development, Singapore Polytechnic. Co-chair of CDIO Asian Region
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| 11:10-12:00 | Project Meeting | |
Speakers
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Johan MalmqvistCo-leader and Co-founder of the CDIO InitiativesProfessor, Product Development, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SwedenJohan Malmqvist obtained his PhD from Chalmers in 1993 and was appointed professor in 2005. His research focuses on development methodologies and IT support for product development (PLM). His current projects investigate methods and tools for development of product-service systems and knowledge-based engineering tools. He is also heavily engaged in the renewal of engineering education. As a dean of education, he is responsible for Chalmers education programmes in mechanical, automation, industrial design engineering as well as the naval programmes. He was one of the co-founders of the Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate Initiative, an international effort that aims to develop a new vision for engineering education. The approach towards engineering education that has been developed by the CDIO Initiative has been adapted by a large number of international unversities.
"Sustaining educational change – The case of a strategic and long-term CDIO implementation at Chalmers University of Technology"
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Kumiko BandoDeputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, JapanKumiko Bando graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and entered the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (MONBUSHO) in 1977. After holding various posts such as Director of the Women’s Education Division of the Lifelong Learning Bureau, MONBUSHO, and Director of the Copyright Division of the Cultural Affairs Department in the Agency for Cultural Affairs, she served as Deputy Governor of Akita Prefecture from 1998 to 2000. Returning to the ministry, she served as Director of the Financial Affairs Division of the Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Director of the Higher Education Policy Planning Division of the Higher Education Bureau, MEXT, Director of the Personnel Division in the Minister’s Secretariat, MEXT, Deputy Director-General of the Minister’s Secretariat, and was appointed Director-General of the Gender Equality Bureau in the Cabinet Office in 2006. After serving as Director-General of the Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau, MEXT, from 2009 and Director-General of the Higher Education Bureau, MEXT, in 2012, she was appointed to her current position.
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Kazuhiko TsutsumiExecutive Officer, Vice President, Corporate Research and Development, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
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Youichi KenmochiExecutive Director, Japanese Society for Engineering Education, JapanYoichi Kenmochi graduated in 1969 and also received a master degree in 1974 from Keio University, Japan. His employment history is as follows, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (IHI) from 1974 to 2003, includes manager of Mechatronics Dvelopment Section (1987) and chief of Engineering training Institute (1995). Also he acted as president of Creative Service Co. Ltd. (IHI Training Center) from 2003 to 2008. Now he is the director of the Japan Society for Technical Communications, and the director of the Kodaira Cultural Promotion Foundation.
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Hiroki OmaeRegional Director/Product Evangelist, Unity Technoloies JapanHiroki has been a game programmer since age of fourteen. He worked for decade in Japan’s game industry with a strong passion of improving game development workflow. Today he works for Unity to help Japanese developer community have more creative freedoms.
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Youssef IguiderJapan Representative Director and Senior Director of Business Development, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International, JapanYoussef Iguider heads SRI’s Japan office, and helps to introduce SRI's technology solutions and capabilities to the Japanese market, by communicating with potential clients, delivering seminars, publishing articles, and attending tradeshows. Prior to joining SRI International in 2007, Iguider spent 18 years in the information technology and telecommunications fields. He held various positions at Panasonic and Cisco Systems, providing him a multidisciplinary background in R&D, product marketing, OEM and alliances, compliance and regulations, technology solution sales, and international business development. By working with multinational groups in Japan, the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East, he acquired an understanding of international business challenges. As laureate of the Japanese Government Scholarship, he joined a preparatory program at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and completed his PhD in computer science at the University of Electro-Communications. He received his Masters Degree in computer science from the Odessa Polytechnic Institute, Odessa, Ukraine (Laureate of the Scholarship of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine). He speaks Japanese, English, French, Arabic and Russian.
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Other Speakers
Access
Way to Kanazawa
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Way to KIT Ohgigaoka Campus
http://www.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/ekit/map/index.html#m2
Kanazawa Tourist Information
Kanazawa Tourist Information Guide
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Weather forecast : Ishikawa
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About K.I.T.
Excellence in Education
We aim 'to be the top school in Japan in value-added education' through the fostering of good character formation.
Practical objective: encouraging the development of active-minded engineers
Excellence in Research
We aim to 'realize engineering innovation and academic-industrial cooperation through joint-work and joint-creation.'
Practical objective: the development of science and technology that will contribute to the international community
Excellence in Service
We aim to raise the level of satisfaction in our students as well as in those concerned with our school (clients) through 'the maturation of a self-inspection and assessment system.'
Practical objective: the realization of the Yumekobo campus
Practical objective: encouraging the development of active-minded engineers
Practical objective: the development of science and technology that will contribute to the international community
Practical objective: the realization of the Yumekobo campus
