19th IEOM Global Engineering Education
Harare, Zimbabwe, December 8-10, 2020
IEOM Society International addresses the issues of Global Engineering Education. There are various levels of readiness of engineering graduates from various parts of the world. One of the main themes is how to reduce the readiness gap of engineering graduates around the world. The special focus is given to Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering including Engineering Management. Are the engineering graduates ready to take on the challenges of the current global economy? With the great success of Global Engineering Education Series of last IEOM conferences, IEOM Conference will have a dedicated session for the Global Engineering Education where distinguished speakers will discuss the readiness of engineering graduates for workforce around the world. Fifteen featured speakers will be from various part of the world to address engineering education challenges and opportunities.
Global Engineering Education Topics can be related on:
- Accreditation
- Learning Assessment
- Problem based learning
- Project based learning
- Active collaborative learning
- Student learning assessment
- Teaching and learning
- Pedagogy
- Curriculum improvement
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Global engineering education challenges
- Industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, integrated engineering, reliability engineering, quality engineering and similar Education
Each speaker needs to submit a title of the talk, photo and a short bio as well as power point presentation. All will be included in the IEOM 2020 Harare Conference proceedings. If you are interested to be distinguished feature speaker, please contact info@ieomsociety.org for details.
All speakers need to register for the 5th NA IEOM Zimbabwe Conference. Please pay your registration fee ONLINE: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=u5ZLnln
Global Engineering Education Chairs
Distinguished Speakers
Session I: Global Engineering Education
Session Chair: Dr. Şirin Tekinay, American University of Sharjah, UAE
12:00 – 1:40 pm (Tuesday, December 8)
12:00 – 12:20 pm (Tuesday, December 8) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Şirin Tekinay
Dean
College of Engineering
American University of Sharjah
Sharjah, UAE
chair, Global Engineering Deans Council
Prof. Şirin Tekinay joined American University of Sharjah as Dean of Engineering starting February 1, 2020. Prof. Tekinay has held posts of academic administration as Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Vice President for Research and Development, and Rector during the last decade. Prior to her tenure in Istanbul the last decade, she lived in the United States where she served as Program Director at the US National Science Foundation; she was tenured faculty at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Director of NJ Center for Wireless Telecommunications. She is the elected ’19-’21 Chair of Global Engineering Deans Council (https://www.gedcouncil.org ) and a Board Member of the European Society for Engineering Education. Before starting her academic career, she was a researcher at Bell Laboratories. Dean Tekinay holds the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from George Mason University, Virginia, and the MS and BS degrees in Electrical-Electronics Engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul.
Professor Tekinay holds nine patents and has authored numerous publications in her field. She has graduated six doctoral students. Her areas of interest include network science, mobile networks, sensor networks, and applications. She founded the first digital local fabrication laboratory in Turkey; “FabLab Istanbul,” and has helped develop the next few FabLabs in the country. SU boasts the 4th and best equipped FabLab in Turkey. She also started the first comprehensive program in Urban Engineering research and education.
She is one of the pioneers of the five-dimensional STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) approach to education and research, in addition to new multidisciplinary lines of study, innovation and entrepreneurship, and the Maker Movement through FabLabs.
In the global arena, she is a member of European Engineering Deans Council – EEDC. She is a consultant and expert reviewer for the European Commission (EC) on Science and Technology. She sits as elected member on the Board of Directors of the European Society for Engineering Education (Societe Europeenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs – SEFI) and on the Executive Committee of the Global Engineering Deans Council – GEDC. Nationally, she is an honorary member of the board of Beyaz Nokta Development Foundation and a member of the advisory board of KAGİDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey).
Education
Ph. D. Electrical and Computer Engineering George Mason University, VA 1994
M.S. Electrical & Electronics Engineering Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey 1991
B.S. Electrical & Electronics Engineering Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey 1989
12:20 – 12:40 pm (Tuesday, December 8) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi
Professor
Abdelmalek Essaadi & Mohammed V Universities
Past Dean, ENSIAS
Past Director International Coop. at Ministry of General Affairs and Governance, Morocco
Rabat, Morocco
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi is professor Abdelmalek Essaadi & Mohammed V Universities. He was Dean of ENSIAS College of Engineering of Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco from December 2011 to 2019 and he was a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco from 1993 till 2011. He is the founder and past Chairman of the IEEE Morocco Section (2005-2015), co-founder of IEEE Computer & Communication Societies Joint Morocco Chapter, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Morocco Joint Chapter and EEE Education Society Morocco Chapter. He has been also the founding Director of the Morocco Office of Arab Science and Technology Foundation, ASTF (2006-2009) and the Coordinator of ASTF RD&I Network of Electro-Technology since 2006. He has also founded several IEEE Student Branches in different Moroccan universities and engineering schools. Furthermore, he has been a nonvoting member of IEEE Global Committee on Accreditation activities since 2015.
He has authored and co-authored 5 books and more than 200 papers in international refereed journals and conferences in the field of Electrical and Information and Communication Technologies. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal on Information and Communication Technologies, Serial Publications, India (2007-2011). He is also an active member of the editorial boards of several IEEE and other indexed international journals in the field of information and communication technologies.
Prof. Essaaidi is the founder and the General Chair of several IEEE technically sponsored international conferences, including Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (since 2000), Information and Communication Technologies International Symposium (2005, 2007), International Conference on Multimedia Systems and Computing i(2009, 2011, 2012, 2014) International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (2011, 2013, 2015) and International Conference on Complex Systems (2012, 2013, 2015). He has also been involved in the Organizing and Scientific Committees of several other international conferences held worldwide.
He holds 10 patents in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. He was also a member of the IEEE 802.16 Sponsor Ballot Pool of IEEE Standard Association that defined the technical specifications for WiMAX. Prof. Essaaidi supervised several Ph.D. and Masters Theses and has been the principal investigator and the project manager for several international research projects.
12:40 – 1:00 pm (Tuesday, December 8) – Zimbabwe Time
Prof. Hannes van der Walt
Dean
Faculty of Engineering
Namibia University of Science and Technology
Windhoek, Namibia
ID 554: Undergraduate Engineering Education During Covid-19
Hannes van der Walt is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Namibia. He holds a B.Eng. (Mech) and a M.Eng. (Mech) from the University of Pretoria (UP) and a Ph.D. (Mech/Aero) from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).
Prof van der Walt spent equal parts of his 35-year engineering career in industry and in academia intermittently in two stints each. This places him in the unique position to bring a real and up-to-date view of the requirements of industry to academia and vice-versa.
He previously occupied the role of Principal Thermal and Process Engineer at Gasco Pty Ltd for 12 years, a design and manufacture company in the oil and gas industry in Melbourne, Australia. He also worked at Rio Tinto Alcan as a Senior Process Optimisation Engineer, applying Lean Six Sigma principles to the aluminium smelting process. He also spent several years as a senior aircraft design and development engineer. He also acted as a senior software consultant for M-Tech Industrial, the company who developed the well-known Flownex systems modelling software used in the thermo-fluids field.
In his academic career, Prof van der Walt is currently the Dean of Engineering at NUST, Namibia. Previously he also served as the Head of Mechanical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. His tenure at Swinburne lasted 12 years. He also served as an Associate Professor at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, in the Mechanical Engineering department.
During his tenure at Swinburne, Prof van der Walt developed a keen interest in engineering education and co-authored several papers in this field, especially on project-based education. The arrival of Covid-19 has brought along several new challenges in the engineering education domain. Within the NUST engineering faculty, significant effort went into developing new methods to teach engineering students within a Covid-19 environment. The lessons learned from this experience will be shared with attendees at this conference.
1:00 – 1:20 pm (Tuesday, December 8) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Funso Falade
Professor of Civil Engineering
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Founding President and the current President of the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA)
Engineering Education Pedagogy: Project-Based and Team-Based Learning
Funso Falade is a Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Lagos. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 1986 as an Assistant Lecturer. He commenced teaching as Lecturer I at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Lagos in 1992. He was appointed Professor in 2001. He was Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and he is the current Dean of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Lagos. He has published widely on the short- and long-term structural behaviours of innovative construction materials and engineering education. He has to his credit over 95 articles published in local and international reputable journals and has made contribution to two books. Prof. Falade is the author of a book titled ‘Strengthening of Distressed Buildings’. He has presented over 45 papers at workshops and seminars on such subjects as project management, quality control, maintenance of facilities and contract procurement process etc. He was given an Award at the First Nigerian Universities Research and Development Fair for the presentation of a research project of high standard and with relevance to National development in 2005. He obtained University of Lagos best researcher award in Faculty of Engineering in 2005 and 2010. In 2010, he won the National Universities Commission (NUC) individual Award in Science and Technology (Research) at the 4th Edition of the Nigeria Universities Research and Development Fair held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). In 2016, the International Federal of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) 10th Anniversary Leadership Award was presented to Prof. Funso Falade along with other Five person from the other regions in the world for their consistent, meaningful contributions to the work of the IFEES community and global engineering education since its inception. He also teaches at the Redeemed Christian Bible College, Christchurch Parish, Lagos, Nigeria. He was appointed Member, 2017 Pan-African Adjudication for the Prestigious DSTv Eutelsat Star Awards in Uganda in April, 2018. Prof Falade is a Member, UNESCO Engineering Report (ER) II Advisory Board. Prof. Falade is the Coordinator of the Higher Education Partnership in Sub-Sahara Africa (HEPSSA) Project in University of Lagos. University of Lagos is a Spoke University attached to the Hub University – University of Port Harcourt. The position was given to University of Lagos based on the proposal that Prof. Falade and his team submitted to the Royal academy of Engineering, UK in 2017.
In 2002, Prof. Falade initiated the African Regional Conference on Engineering Education (ARCEE) which led to the establishment of the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA) in 2006 in South Africa. He was the founding President and the current President of the Association. He was a Vice-President of International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES; 2008-2012). He is a member of the Governing Board of the International Centre for Engineering Education (UNESCO Category II Centre) jointly owned by Tsinghua University and Chinese academy of Engineering, China. In 2013, Prof. Falade championed the inauguration of the African Engineering Dean’s Council (AEDC) which took place during the 5th African Regional Conference on Engineering Education 2013 (ARCEE 2013) at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. He was the Chairman, ARCEE Organising Committees in 2002, 2004 and 2013. He coordinated the 2006 and 2008 series of the African Regional Conference on Engineering Education in South Africa and Tanzania respectively. He has organised Capacity Building Workshops for Engineering and Technology Educators in West and Central Africa in 2015 and 2016 respectively. He has developed a network with African Engineering Educators in Diaspora who now facilitate at Capacity Building Workshop to assist in skills acquisitions by the engineering educators that are home-based in Africa.
Prof. Falade was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Research (JER), Faculty of Engineering in 2008 – 2012. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Unilag Journal of Medicine, Science and Technology in 2014 – 2017. He is also the editor-in-chief of the African Journal of Engineering education (AJEE) which maiden edition was launched during the 6th AEEA International Conference at Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, South Africa in September, 2016.
Prof. Falade was a Member/Chairman of the National Universities Commission (NUC) ad hoc Panels and Member/Chairman Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) Accreditation panels to evaluate engineering programmes in some Nigerian Universities. He also served as a Member/Chairman, Federal Ministry of Environment Technical Panels to review the Environmental Impact Assessments of some proposed project. He is a COREN Registered Engineer; Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers; Fellow, Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers; Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Engineering; Fellow, African Engineering Education Association; Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators and a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
Abstract
This paper examines innovative method and advocates a paradigm shift from passive to active teaching methods that provide better engagement between the teachers and students as well as among students working in different groups. Two pedagogical methods are discussed in this paper namely; project-based and team-based learning. The challenges inherent in their adoption are highlighted.
The paper recommends the need for the training of engineering and technology educators in the use of innovative teaching methods for them to be more imperative to their students thus enhancing the quality of engineering and technology graduates.
1:20 – 1:40 pm (Tuesday, December 8) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Gamal S. Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Najran University
Saudi Arabia
Past Professor, Researcher, and Consultant at Ministry of Education, Egypt
Dr. Gamal S. Ahmed is working as an assistant professor at Najran University, Saudi Arabia. He was a professor, researcher, and consultant at Ministry of Education, Egypt, from 1986 to 1998. He received PhD in Education (Curricula & Methods of Teaching) Educational Studies Institute, Cairo University, Egypt, 1998-2001. Dr. Gamal was as Associate Professor of Education (teaching methods, science teaching, curriculum, and microteaching) including teacher education program adviser. He worked at Educational Studies Institute – Cairo University, Faculty of Education, October 6 University, EGYPT, 2001 -2004. EL-Gabal EL-Garby University, LIBYA, 2004-2007. He is an academic supervisor for master and doctorate at ABMS Switzerland. Dr. Gamal is a reviewer of the American Journal of Education and Information Technology, The International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE), and The International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT). He has published numerous papers. Dr. Gamal is a professional trainer, covering management, education, media, and humanity development fields. Deanship of the Community Service, Najran University, Saudi Arabia. From 2013 up to now.
Session II: Global Engineering Education
Session Chair: Dr. Maxwell Chanakira, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe
10:00 – 11:40 am (Wednesday, December 9)
10:00 – 10:20 pm (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Prof. Oswell Hapanyengwi
Dean: Faculty of Education
University of Zimbabwe
Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Oswell Hapanyengwi is currently the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Zimbabwe. He is an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Educational Foundations. Prior to his appointment as the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education in 2015, Professor Hapanyengwi was the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education and Chairman of the Department of Educational Foundations. He heads the secretariat of the Senate Sub-Committee on Associate/ Affiliate colleges that superintends over all associate colleges of the University of Zimbabwe. Professor Hapanyengwi is leading in the transformation of the Faculty of Education to enable it to fulfill its mandate as defined in Education 5.0, the University of Zimbabwe strategic Plan 2019-2025 and national Vision 2030. He believes that education is the pulse of the nation and defines and determines its developmental trajectory.
Oswell Hapanyengwi is currently the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Zimbabwe. He is an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Educational Foundations. Prior to his appointment as the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education in 2015, Professor Hapanyengwi was the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education and Chairman of the Department of Educational Foundations. He heads the secretariat of the Senate Sub-Committee on Associate/ Affiliate colleges that superintends over all associate colleges of the University of Zimbabwe. Professor Hapanyengwi is leading in the transformation of the Faculty of Education to enable it to fulfill its mandate as defined in Education 5.0, the University of Zimbabwe strategic Plan 2019-2025 and national Vision 2030. He believes that education is the pulse of the nation and defines and determines its developmental trajectory.
10:20 – 10:40 am (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Maxwell Chanakira, Ph.D.
Pro Vice Chancellor
Harare Institute of Technology
Harare, Zimbabwe
Dr. Chanakira is an Electrical Engineer, holding the City and Guilds (London) Full Technological Certificate in Telecommunications, a B. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering and a Post Graduate Certificate in Digital Telecommunications Technology, (AOTS, Japan). He also earned an MBA from the Management College of Southern Africa, South Africa in 2005 and a Doctor of Technology degree in Organisational Leadership from the Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, which he attained in 2009.
A proven industry practitioner and academic in the areas of Telecommunications Engineering, Organizational Leadership and Strategy, Dr. Chanakira’s career spans over thirty years. His first appointment was in 1985; with the Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Corporation as a Telecommunications Technician. He rose through the ranks becoming a Chief Telecommunications Technician, Area Manager and was later appointed Manager – Access Network CBD East Harare,- a post equivalent to that of Regional Manager. After leaving the PTC, Dr. Chanakira became the Project Manager for the Telecommunications Network Rehabilitation in Lesotho. In 2005, Dr. Chanakira was appointed a Lecturer in Strategic Management, MIS and Operations Management at the Management College of Southern Africa,- with subsequent appointments at the Regent Business School and Tshwane University of Technology Business School.
In March 2010, Dr. Chanakira joined the Harare Institute of Technology as a Lecturer. He has taught courses in the areas of Technoprenuership, Innovation, Business Leadership and Strategy. He has published and presented over 25 papers in the areas of strategy, innovation, incubation, and commercialisation of technology, including five book chapters. He has also reviewed several international journals in Europe and the United States and is an external examiner of PhD theses for several local institutions.
He has distinguished himself in institutional advancement and has garnered financial support and partnerships for the Institute over the years. In the area of community service, Dr Chanakira has served on local boards in varying capacities. He was a Deputy Board Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Msasa Industrial and Training College (MITC). He also serves as Chairperson of the National Manpower Advisory Council (NAMACO) Technical Committee on Public Private Partnerships.
Prior to his appointment as Pro Vice Chancellor, Dr. Chanakira served as the Acting Director of the Technopreneurship Development Centre at HIT.
10:40 – 11:00 am (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Prof. Dr. Ripu Ranjan Sinha
Professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Asia)
Commonwealth Vocational University Tonga
Tongatapu, Tonga, India
Prof. Dr. Ripu Ranjan Sinha is Indian Academician, Global Promoter United Nation Sustainable Development Agenda 2030, Sustainable Development Growth Index India@75, Uganda Development Agenda 2040, Development Consultant of Republic of South Sudan and African Union Agenda 2063. Prof Sinha is born and raised in Bihar the Land of Gautam Buddha and Studied Computer Science and Knowledge Management. He holds an academic brilliance of Master’s and Bachelor’s from St. Xavier College of Computer Studies, Patna and, Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Sciences in Strategic “Knowledge Management Prop Up for Software Engineering”. He attained excellence in research through QIP on “Business Informatics” and ” Research Methodologies” form IIT Kanpur and IIT, Mumbai where he developed an innovative vision to contribute for sustainable peace and Development.
Prof. Sinha is Higher Education Expert , Board Member of Asia Africa Development Council (ADCO) a Trademark Managed By Council for Sustainable Peace and Development ( a Promising Council to support and promote sustainable peace and Development Globally).He spent two decades as a Professor and research administrator mainly at leading academic and research labs and is intimately involved in Computer Society of India as Chairmen Jaipur Chapter. He came to be known as ” MAN WITH INNOVATIVE VISION” for his work on sustainable peace & Development. He also played a pivotal organizational, technical role in strategic alliances with a vision to promote innovation, Peace and Sustainable Development.
Prof Sinha is the Founder Leader of World Academy of Informatics and Management Sciences and Founder President of Innovation Society ( India) a platform for Innovative Culture Establishment in PAN India focusing the Youth. He made contribution in framing of India Africa ICT Knowledge Consortium for the Promotion of Bilateral Relation among India and Africa. Prof. Sinha believes that without nourishment of Innovative culture a developing countries may not able to gain ‘ Developed’ status and all his efforts are in same direction.
Prof Sinha is Secretory General of Indo Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and agriculture an international agency promoting and supporting innovative culture through various chambers and professional excellence. He is also associated with Professional Body as Member/Board of Directors like CSI, Brain Rhyme, AASGON United Kingdom, SMIACSIT Singapore , SIAEngg Hong Kong.
Prof. Sinha is Country Director of Public Opinions International an organisation involved in promoting attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through information Dissemination, Public Awareness, Public Relations, issues Research, training and mentorship, Investment Advisory services, etc. Prof. Sinha is Main Celebrant of Red Green Movement ( An Initiative For Innovate India , Sustain India and Developed India @ 2030) and South Sudan Green and Industrial Revolution 2030 as per the Directive of Smart Africa Project 2063 in line with United Nation Sustainable Agenda 2030 Under Holistic Development Programme of South Sudan.
Prof. Sinha is Editor-In-Chief of Wings India, Endeavour, Innovation Next, Sustainable Peace Affairs Magazine (Annually Published by World Academy of Informatics and Management Sciences. He is recipient of several prestigious awards and Honored for Excellence to Promote innovate Culture and Made in India Initiative in conference/seminar/meetings in the SRI LANKA , BHUTAN , NEPAL, UAE , UNITED KINGDOM and PAN India. Presently he is associated College at Repute with Rajasthan university and Rajasthan Technical University Kota. Before Associated with the College he worked as Dean(Research & Development), Associate Dean(Research and Development, Professor, Principal at University of repute. The professional journey of Prof Sinha leads him in values and ethics that aid him to discover innovate vision towards society and mankind. His writer heart loves shaping his innovative vision and thus making him great author of books like don’t kill innovation. Prof Sinha is Academician, Author of Numerous Books, Journals, Mentor of PhD Research Scholars, Innovative Leaders with SAP Consultants, Quality Assurance Professional.
11:00 – 11:20 am (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Noha Mostafa
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management
The British University in Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Noha Mostafa is an assistant professor of industrial engineering and management in The British University in Egypt. She was a visiting PhD student in Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 2016 and she finished her PhD degree in 2017 from Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Alexandria, Egypt. She has broad research interests including supply chain management, logistics, Internet of Things, sustainability, quality management, design thinking, Lean manufacturing, information systems, and entrepreneurship. In addition, she is supervising M.Sc. students and graduation projects and has participated in several international and local conferences and competitions. She is the founder and faculty advisor of IEOM student chapter in Zagazig University.
11:20 – 11:40 am (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Rex Aurelius C. Robielos
Dean
School of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Mapua University
Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
Industrial Engineering Education in the Philippines : Issues and Concerns
Rex Aurelius C. Robielos is the Dean of the School of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at Mapua University. Before joining Mapua, he was Section Manager of Operations Research Group, Analog Devices General Trias. He has a BS in Applied Mathematics from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, and a Diploma and MS in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He is pursuing Ph.D in Industrial Management (candidate) at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taiwan. He is the current Secretary of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of the Philippines and Director of the Philippine Institute of Industrial Engineers and Operations Research Society of the Philippines.
Session III: Global Engineering Education
Session Chair: Dr. Adedeji Badiru, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA
12:00 – 1:40 pm (Wednesday, December 9)
12:00 – 12:20 pm (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. William Msekiwa Goriwondo
Dean
Faculty of Engineering
National University of Science and Technology
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Engineering Education through Industry – Academia Partnerships in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era
A registered Professional Engineer with an MSc. degree in Manufacturing Systems & Operations Management as well as a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. Proven track record of technical, operational and strategic leadership, spanning over 20 years in Industry and Academia. Currently the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), a Senior Lecturer, Researcher and an Engineering & Management Consultant. He is member of the Institute of Directors Zimbabwe (IoDZ), Fellow and Board member of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (ZIE). Dr Goriwondo has won several Awards that include the ZIE’s Stevens Award (2019) for his work on training engineering practitioners on Project Management principles using computer software. He has also won the Global Engineering Education Award by the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society. An experienced Project Manager and team player with advanced strategic planning skills. Dr Goriwondo is a published researcher with over 25 peer reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings as well as several other technical newspaper articles. He is a passionate leader in engineering education, manufacturing excellence, resource utilisation and World Class Manufacturing (WCM). Prior to joining NUST in 2006, he held several engineering and management positions at BP and Shell Marketing Services as well as being Production Manager at Turnall Fibre Cement. Dr Goriwondo has been involved with many collaborative projects with national, regional and international partners. He has been engaged as an external examiner for postgraduate projects at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) , Tswane University of Technology (TUT) as well as Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT).
12:20 – 12:40 pm (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Yudi Samyudia
Dean
School of Applied Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Universitas Prasetiya Mulya
Jakarta, Indonesia
A collaborative learning by enterprising for Engineering Education
Dr. Samyudia has had academic career spanning more than 25 years as an academia working in Australia, Indonesia, United States of America, Netherlands, Canada, and Malaysia. My research has been in the area of process systems engineering, i.e. modelling, control, optimization and design, where I have co-authored one book and published more than 100 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and have been successful in securing competitive research grants from industries and government and in managing a number of consulting projects with industries and government. Examples include R&D projects funded by companies like Shell (Amsterdam), Akzo Nobel (Netherlands), Steel Manufacturing Companies in Canada (Stelco, Inc.; DOFASCO), McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (with members of 20 companies from around the world), Shell (Malaysia), Bintulu Palm Oils, Malaysian Pepper Board, and Tokuyama (Malaysia). I have held a number of administrative and leaderships positions at the university.
12:40 – 1:00 pm (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Thamsanqa Maqubela
CEO
SA Council for Graduates Cooperative
Cape Town, South Africa
1:00 – 1:20 pm (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Adedeji Badiru
Dean
Graduate School of Engineering and Management
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA
Dr. Deji Badiru is the Dean and senior academic officer for the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). Dr. Badiru was previously Professor and Head of Systems Engineering and Management at AFIT, Professor and Department Head of Industrial & Information Engineering at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Dean of University College at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is a registered professional engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. He holds BS in Industrial Engineering, MS in Mathematics, and MS in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. His areas of interest include mathematical modeling, systems efficiency analysis, and high-tech product development. He is the author of over 30 books, 35 book chapters, 75 journal articles, 115 conference proceedings and presentations. He also has published 30 magazine articles and 20 editorials and periodicals. He is a member of several professional associations and scholastic honor societies. Deji Badiru has won several awards for his teaching, research, and professional accomplishments. He is the recipient of the 2009 Dayton Affiliate Society Council Award for Outstanding Scientists and Engineers in the Education category with a commendation from the 128th Senate of Ohio. He also won 2010 IIE Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He also won 2010 ASEE John Imhoff Award for his global contributions to Industrial Engineering Education, the 2011 Federal Employee of the Year Award in the Managerial Category from the International Public Management Association, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, the 2012 Distinguished Engineering Alum Award from the University of Central Florida, and the 2012 Medallion Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers for his global contributions in the advancement of the profession. In February 2013, he was selected as a finalist for the Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program by the US National Academy of Sciences and the US Department of State. Dr. Deji was the leader of the AFIT team that won the 2013 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for Air University C3 (Cost Conscious Culture). His most recent award is the 2015 National Public Service Award at the overall US Air Force level.
Deji Badiru has served as a consultant to several organizations around the world including Russia, Mexico, Taiwan, Nigeria, Ghana, and Canada. He has conducted customized training workshops for numerous organizations including Sony, AT&T, Seagate Technology, U.S. Air Force, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Oklahoma Asphalt Pavement Association, Hitachi, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, and ExxonMobil. He holds a leadership certificate from the University Tennessee Leadership Institute. He has served as a Technical Project Reviewer, curriculum reviewer, and proposal reviewer for several organizations including The Third-World Network of Scientific Organizations, Italy, National Science Foundation, National Research Council, and the American Council on Education. He is on the editorial and review boards of several technical journals and book publishers. He is also a program evaluator for ABET, the international engineering and technology accreditation body. In 2011, Prof. Badiru led a research team to develop analytical models for Systems Engineering Research Efficiency (SEER) for the Air Force acquisitions integration office at the Pentagon. He has led a multi-year composite manufacturing collaborative research between the Air Force Institute of Technology and Wyle Aerospace Group. He is the founder of the Association of Military Industrial Engineers (AMIE).
1:20 – 1:40 pm (Wednesday, December 9) – Zimbabwe Time
Mrs. Barbara Nhemachena
Quality Promotion and Development Officer
Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education
PhD Candidate Rhodes University, South Africa
Past, Lecturer Faculty of Engineering, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe
Session IV: Global Engineering Education
Session Chair: Dr. Tamale T. Kambikambi, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Zambia
12:00 – 1:40 pm (Thursday, December 10)
12:00 – 12:20 pm (Thursday, December 10) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Noreffendy Tamaldin
Dean, Center for Graduate Studies
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Air Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia
Noreffendy Tamaldin received his BSc Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Honors CUM Laude) in 1998 and M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering – specialization Mechatronics in 2000 from the University of Hartford, CT, USA. He received several Awards during his study such as the Malaysian Embassy Washington DC Excellent Awards, Cum Laude and ASME Senior Capstone Project Award in 1998. He received his PhD Degree in Automotive Engineering from Coventry University, U.K. in 2010 with research consortium between Jaguar Land Rover, Ford Motor, EMCON Technologies (Faurecia), and Johnson Matthey. In 2014 he has successfully completed Executive Management program at Kellog School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.
He started his career as New Product Development & Introduction Engineer (R&D) at ON Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd (formerly Motorola) in 2000 and later joint Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UiTM Shah Alam in 2002 and, UTeM in 2003. Upon completion of his PhD study, he has been promoted to senior lecturer in 2011 and later to Associate Professor in September 2014 and Professor in November 2018. Currently, he is supervising 4 Ph.D. and 5 Master and graduated 1 Phd and 12 Master students. He has also successfully completed more than 50 research projects, over 20 consultation with industries and currently; there are more than 7 ongoing projects at both national and international levels including industry grants worth over RM3 million. The most prestigious grants involved are from European Union for 2 Erasmus+ Capacity building program worth approximately RM4.8 million each project with consortium from 6 countries in which 3 from Europe ( Germany, Austria, Italy) and 3 from South East Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia) as well as 2 industry partners from Thailand and Malaysia.
His expertise in Automotive and mechanical engineering has been recognized locally and internationally by giving public lecture, invited speaker and Keynote Speech in more than 12 sessions at local and international level including in Borobudur International Symposium 2019, International Conference on Advanced Processes and Systems in Manufacturing 2016, National Hybrid Automotive Seminar 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Smart Automotive Climate Control 2012, Wiesbaden, Germany, Proton and MPOB. His publications include more than 70 journals and proceedings in both ISI and Scopus indexed articles. He also received Outstanding Paper Award 2017 by Emerald Publishing UK for publication in Industrial Lubrication & Tribology.. Recently, he has authored 1 handbook translation in Plain Bearing in collaboration with Japanese Plain Bearing Standard Association (JPBSA). More than 20 conferences, seminars, workshops and courses at both international and national levels have been attended. He has won more than 23 academic and research awards. Four (4) intellectual properties have been filed involving Patent for HHO, River Trash system and Copyright lubrication technology. Currently, he is the Dean of Centre for Graduate Studies, UTeM. In addition, he is also a Chartered Engineers with IMechE, UK and Professional Technologist with MBOT Malaysia as well as member of BEM, IEM and Executive Member of Malaysian Tribology Society (MYTRIBOS).
12:20 – 12:40 pm (Thursday, December 10) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Eng. Wilson R. Nyemba
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Past Dean, Faculty of Engineering
University of Zimbabwe
Mount Pleasant
Harare, Zimbabwe
Dr. Wilson R. Nyemba is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe with over 30 years of experience both in industry and academia. He designed and developed a wide range of engineering products in different capacities in industry from product development to engineering management. He also formulated and led a number of successful ventures at the University of Zimbabwe where he served as Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering as well as Dean of the Faculty Engineering. He also served as Chairman of WaterNet and Project Manager for the Royal Academy of Engineering projects for enhancing practical skills for engineering academics in Southern Africa. He is an accomplished consultant and researcher with interests in Engineering Education, Capacity Building and Sustainability, Systems Thinking and Modelling as well as Computer Aided Engineering. Wilson holds a BSc Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe, an MSc degree in Advanced Mechanical Engineering from the University of Warwick in England through the Overseas Development Authority Scholarship and a Doctor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa where he was funded through the National Research Foundation (NRF), Research and Innovation Scholarship. He is also currently appointed as a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Quality Assurance and Operations Management at the University of Johannesburg. He has authored and published 51 peer reviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings as well as several consultancy reports. He has received awards and recognition for outstanding research papers at conferences such as the World Congress on Engineering in London in 2016, Industrial Engineering and Operations Management in Bristol, UK in 2017 and Global Conference for Sustainable Manufacturing in Kentucky, USA in 2018.
12:40 – 1:00 pm (Thursday, December 10) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Tamale T. Kambikambi
Deputy Vice Chancellor
University of Zambia
Board Member – Zambia Qualifications Authority
Dr. Tamale T. Kambikambi holds a PhD in Agronomy from the University of Zambia (UNZA). She started out her career in the private sector in 1985 when she joined the then sole seed company ZAMSEED as an agronomist. From there she moved into academia in 1996, at UNZA, rising through the ranks to Senior Lecturer level. She briefly left UNZA and went to serve as Deputy Vice Chancellor at Cavendish University Zambia (CUZ) from 2018 to February 1st 2020 and then returned to rejoin UNZA as Deputy Vice Chancellor.
Dr. Kambikambi is currently a Board member for the Zambia Qualifications Authority and has in the past served in various public service roles including Board Chairperson of the Zambia Daily Mail Limited, Chairperson of the Zambia National Women’s Lobby and as Chairperson of the National Governing Council for African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Zambia. She has also served on the Global Environmental Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), National Steering Committee of the United Nations Development Fund and has served as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee to the Board of Environment Council of Zambia (now Zambia Environmental Management Agency. She is a Fellow of the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) and a keen Rotarian.
1:00 – 1:20 (Thursday, December 10) – Zimbabwe Time
Regai Tsunga
Director: A Self-help Assistance Program (ASAP), Education Consultant, Human Rights Defender, Development Programmer
Mutare, Zimbabwe
1:20 – 1:40 pm (Thursday, December 10) – Zimbabwe Time
Dr. Joseph M. Ogundu
President/CEO
Emerald Global Consulting Inc.
West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA
Dr. Joseph M. Ogundu is the president /CEO of Emerald Global Consulting Inc., a Farmington Hills, Michigan based consulting firm. Dr. Ogundu has extensive experience in academia, leadership, project management, business process excellence, lean transformation, six-sigma, supply chain management and supplier quality, change management, operations, industrial engineering, manufacturing and process engineering, quality engineering and quality assurance. Dr. Ogundu is a lean practitioner and six-sigma practitioner that sees lean six-sigma as operations management philosophy that is based on the relationship between waste reduction and elimination, quality improvement and operations performance measures.
Dr. Ogundu was Adjunct professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering at both Lawrence Technological University, Southfield Michigan and Oakland University, Rochester Michigan, as well Adjunct Professor: Business Administration, Kettering University, Flint Michigan. He thought courses in both undergraduate and graduate levels and the courses were Lean Systems Application, Quality Assurance and Control, Total Quality Management, Operations Research and Stochastic Processes, Manufacturing Processes, Advanced Quality Planning, Supplier Quality, Business Statistics, Lean Six-Sigma, Production Planning and Control, Materials and Inventory Management and Operations Management, Dr. Ogundu worked in the following industries, Automotive, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Consulting, Energy and Health Care. Dr. Ogundu is the author of the book “The Relationship between Types of Waste and Operating Performance Measures.
Dr. Ogundu graduated with a Doctorate Degree in engineering and manufacturing systems, Masters in business administration from Lawrence Technological University, Master’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Wayne State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Tennessee. Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Ogundu spent the earlier years of his career in engineering, leader and senior management positions as director and executive director at Country Coach Inc, process engineering manager at DaimlerChrysler AG, Senior Operations leader at Chrysler Corporation, facilities engineer and project manager at Ford Motor Company and Senior Product Engineer at General Motors Corporation. Dr. Ogundu has served as board member of Lawrence Tech University College of Management Alumni Association, Finer Cabinetry & Woodwork Inc., Citation Plastics, LLC., River State Foundation Inc., as well as Board member of Health Care Management department at South University Novi, Michigan Campus. Also, he served as Vice President of Chapter Development Institute of Industrial Engineers SE Michigan/Toledo Chapter from 1991 to 1992.
Past Programs of IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2014 IEOM Bali Global Engineering Education Speakers
- 2015 IEOM Orlando Global Engineering Education Speakers
- 2015 IEOM Dubai Global Engineering Education Speakers
- 2016 IEOM Kuala Lumpur Global Engineering Education Speakers
- 2016 IEOM Detroit Global Engineering Education Speakers
- 2017 IEOM Bogota, Colombia
- 2017 IEOM Bristol, UK
- 2017 IEOM Rabat Global Engineering Education Speakers
- 2018 Pretoria – IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2018 Washington DC – IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2018 Paris – IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2018 Bandung – IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2019 Riyadh – IEOM GEE
- 2019 Toronto – IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2019 Pilsen – IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2019 Bangkok – IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2020 Dubai- IEOM Global Engineering Education
- 2020 Detroit GEE
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- Dr. Jinwoo Park
- Prof. Don Reimer
- Dr. Hongyi Sun
- Dr. Ilham Kissani
- Dr. Eugene Rex Jalao
- Dr. Gulnara Abitova
- Dr. James Chen
- Dr. FJ Kahlen
- Dr. Erik Sundin
- Dr. Abdul Hakim Halim
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