There will be 4 keynote presentations, several oral presentation sessions of which 4 of them are for the student’s project award. Besides, there will be 5 to 10 active learning workshops.
We are pleased to start announcing our renowned keynotes!
“Getting Every Student Ready for Every Class”
Eric Mazur is the Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and Area Chair for Applied Physics at Harvard University and Member of the Faculty of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also the Past President of the Optical Society, the leading professional association in optics and photonics, home to accomplished science, engineering, and business leaders from all over the world.
Mazur is a prominent physicist known for his contributions in nanophotonics, an internationally recognized educational innovator, and a sought after speaker. In education he is widely known for his work on Peer Instruction, an interactive teaching method aimed at engaging students in the classroom and beyond. In 2014 Mazur became the inaugural recipient of the Minerva Prize for Advancements in Higher Education. He has received many awards for his work in physics and in education and has founded several successful companies. Mazur has widely published in peer-reviewed journals and holds numerous patents. He has also written extensively on education and is the author of Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual (Prentice Hall, 1997), a book that explains how to teach large lecture classes interactively, and of the Principles and Practice of Physics (Pearson, 2015), a book that presents a groundbreaking new approach to teaching introductory calculus-based physics.
Mazur is a leading speaker on optics and on education. His motivational lectures on interactive teaching, educational technology, and assessment have inspired people around the world to change their approach to teaching
“Reducing student resistance to active learning”
Maura Borrego is Director of the Center for Engineering Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin, U. S. A. Dr. Borrego is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and a Senior Associate Editor for Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. She previously served on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstanding publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, U.S.A, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.
“The UCL Integrated Engineering Programme: Implementing a project-based curriculum in a research-intensive university”
John E. Mitchell is Professor of Communications Systems Engineering in the UCL Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Vice-Dean Education in the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Co-director of the UCL Centre for Engineering Education. Between 2012 and 2016 he was on secondment to the UCL Engineering Sciences Faculty office, where he led the introduction of the Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP). The team that led this major revision of the curriculum across the engineering faculty has recently been awarded the HEA Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE). In 2009, he was awarded the UCL Provost’s award for teaching and has published on curriculum development with engineering education. Professor Mitchell is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member of the Board of Directors of the European Society for Engineering Education and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Education.
“Teacher Professional Development in Higher Education – engaging students”
Manuel João Costa is Associate Professor at the School of Medicine. Pro-Rector for Educational Innovation and Student Affairs at the University of Minho and coordinator of the University of Minho’s center for innovation and development to teaching and learning (IDEA-UMinho. He is appointed member to education committees of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federation of European Biochemical Societies and delegate at the faculty development committee of the Association for Medical Education in Europe. Served as associate editor for international journals, including PLOS One and BMC Medical Education and is editorial board member of the journal Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. Researcher ID: C-3900-2009; ORCID: 0000-0001-5255-4257.