8th WCCEE, Toronto More details on the conference are available at: Electralis 2001 "Campus," Belgium Cité: an expo that will offer a glimpse of the electric world in the 21st century, held from March to November 2001 in Liege, Belgium. Campus:
a research-to-business convention devoted to the new electricity technologies, held 14-17 March 2001, in Liege, Belgium. This conference will focus on robotics and automation, microsystem, nanotechnologies and MEMS, aerospace research, information and communication technologies, and power and energy. Forum: a world geopolitical congress with the theme of "clean and cost-effective electricity for all in an information century," to be held in November 2001.
For more information, or to register for any of the three events, see: Global E³ To submit items for the International News section, please send information at least 12 weeks
prior to desired publication to ASEE Today, e-mail:
The 8th World Conference
on Continuing Engineering Education will be held in Toronto, Canada, on May 12-16. Held in North America for the first time in 15 years, the conference will attract a multinational group of pioneers and practitioners in the field
of education, training, and skills enhancement for professional engineers. Topics to be covered will include: emerging technologies for distance education, core competencies for employability, making learning more accessible to
developing countries, and quality issues in continuing engineering education
Electralis 2001 is a year of international events
addressing electricity, devised at the initiative of the Electropôle Association. The goal is to launch a wide-ranging debate on the role of electricity in our society by highlighting the challenges and opportunities involved in
mastering electricity. The year will be organized around three events:
The Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E³) is an international exchange program designed specifically for engineering students. The program is designed
to allow students to take courses overseas for credit at their home institutions, and receive practical training in another country, if desired. At the same time, the Global E³ program strives to minimize the increased costs
associated with most study abroad programs. Following an academic term, students are then eligible for overseas internships. For more information, see:
IMAC-XIX, Bethel CT MRS Spring 2001, San Francisco MARCON 2001, Gatlinburg TN
The Society for
Experimental Mechanics (SEM) will be sponsoring the IMAC-XIX: A Conference & Exposition on Structural Dynamics, to be held February 5-8 in Kissimmee, Florida. The theme of the conference, "Future Directions in Structural
Dynamics," offers the opportunity to present new and innovative approaches to the structural dynamics community. Abstract information, and details on the conference, are available on the SEM Web site at: www.sem.org.
The Materials Research Society will hold its
spring 2001 meeting in San Francisco from April 16-20. A symposium on "Impacting Society through Materials Science and Engineering Education," the meeting will cover topics that include: integration of graduate education with
research, use of information technology in materials science and engineering education, role of industrial interactions in materials education, and teaching materials science and engineering to non-science majors. See
The University of Tennessee's
Maintenance and Reliability Center is sponsoring the Maintenance and Reliability Conference 2001, to be held in Gatlinburg, TN from May 6-9. The conference will cover new technologies for effective maintenance and reliability
engineering and practices, best practices and case studies of successful reliability and maintenance applications, and asset management strategies and approaches. For more information, see:
37th HTFMI, Sacramento
Topics to be explored will include: fundamentals and applications of heat/mass transfer and fluid mechanics, including computational methods, measurement and control techniques, combustion and energy conversion devices,
environmental applications, fluidics, hydraulics, and biomedical engineering. Papers or summaries should be sent to: Frederick H. Reardon, 37th HTFMI General Chairman, School of Engineering and Computer Science, California State
University-Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. For more information, see: FIE 2001, Reno Topics for abstracts include: Capstone and
creative design experiences, globalization initiatives and programs, historical perspectives and lessons, innovative degree programs, laboratory innovations, software engineering education, women in engineering, and teaching
diversity. All abstracts are due by January 5. See: ISEBS 2001, Malvern PA
The 37th Heat
Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute has issued a call for papers. The meeting will be held from May 31-June 1 on the campus of California State University-Sacramento. Papers or summaries should be submitted by January 15.
The Frontiers in Education Conference 2001 will be held in Reno, Nevada, from October 10-13, with the theme of "The Future - Impact on Engineering and Science
Education." The conference will be a celebration of FIE's 31st anniversary, and will continue the tradition of disseminating new ideas in engineering and computer engineering education.
The International Symposium on Electronic
Business and Systems has issued a call for papers, with a conference theme of how e-business is achieved and sustained successfully only through clear technical and business systems perspectives. The symposium, to be held from
October 9-11 in Malvern, Pennsylvania, invites technical papers and case studies on bridging the gap between use of e-commerce and its technology. Submissions are due by May 15. For more information, see:
