Shaping Together #8 – IEEE Education Week in Romania 2: Trends and Challenges in Engineering Education

Organized in collaboration with IEEE Romania

Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 6:00 p.m. EEST

The Shaping Together #8 webinar on April 6, 2022, will bring into the spotlight a debate on the sustainability of engineering education and the role of the IEEE in supporting student training, a debate on online and offline education, how to train future engineers and how to attract young people to study engineering sciences.

Professors and students from the technical universities of Timisoara, Bucharest, Cluj Napoca, and Iasi will discuss the trends and possible solutions for integration and individual development. They will also present these solutions at the university level, of an engineering student, at all levels of education (bachelor, master, doctorate).

Speakers

Prof.dr.eng. Lucian Toma – Politehnica University of Bucharest, President of IEEE Romania

Prof.dr.eng. Paul Svasta – Politehnica University of Bucharest, IEEE Romania Chapters Coordinator

Prof.dr.eng. Vasile Ţopa – Rector, Technical University Cluj Napoca

Prof.dr.ing. Ovidiu Pop – Dean,  Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Lorena Muscar – master student, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, IEEE SBC Chair Cluj-Napoca

Prof.dr.eng. Daniela Tărniceriu – Dean,  Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Technical University “Gh. Asachi” Iasi 

Conf.dr.eng. Florin Dragan – Rector, Politehnica University of Timisoara

Acad.Prof.dr.eng. Radu Precup -Director of the Council for Doctoral Studies, Politehnica University of Timisoara

Bianca Lazăr – master student at the Politehnica University of Timisoara, IEEE SBC Chair Timisoara

Eng. Florin Ciocan – Ecosystem & Innovation Garage Manager, Nokia Romania

Eng. Cosmin Moisa – Head of Product Development, Continental Romania

Moderators:

Prof.dr.ing. Radu Vasiu – President of the Senate, Politehnica University of Timisoara

Dr.ing. Diana Andone – Director of the e-Learning Center Politehnica University of Timisoara

We also invite you to participate in the webinar Virtual mobility collaboration project, based on the TalkTech project, which will take place right after the Shaping Together 8 webinar and will be held in English, by Diana Andone (Politehnica University of Timisoara) and Mark Frydenberg (Bentley University), the professors that initiated and run continuously this project since 2008. Registration is open here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C4NnizDFQrSuwfIAErVH-w 

More details about the events from the program here: https://educationweek.ieee.org/events/