Sarah Cotterill, University College Dublin, Ireland There is no uniquely correct solution to most engineering problems, but some solutions are preferable to others. Engineering ethics can help us to recognize these. Ethics is one of the cornerstones of the engineering…
Edmond Byrne, University College Cork, Ireland A decade ago, I published a paper on “Teaching engineering ethics with sustainability as context” (Byrne, 2012), reflecting on what Herkert (2000) had previously identified as “the traditional preoccupation of engineering ethics with specific…
Ben Pauli, Kettering University, USA For those of us who are not engineers, it is easy to forget just how much of life depends upon competent and principled engineering. We go about our daily affairs within an engineered environment, but…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT20DmauMFU How was the SEFI@Work session with the Best papers of SEFI2021? by Tinne de Laet, chair of SIG on Engineering Education Research On December, 7th the SEFI SIG on Engineering Education Research organized an online SEFI@Work session, around the best…
25 January 2022 The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Education and Learning (CEL) is launching the second run of its MOOC on Multidisciplinary Research Methods for Engineers on edX on January 25, 2022. Course Instructors prof. Marcus Specht and dr. Gillian Saunders-Smits…
Blended Learning in Engineering Education: challenging, enlightening – and lasting? We are delighted to announce that SEFI 2021 Annual Conference proceedings have been published. Almost 1600 pages of latest research in engineering education! The ISBN reference is 978-2-87352-023-6. It was held…
Friday, 10 December 2021, 12:00-13:00 CET Register here Introduction to SEFI Engineering Skills Special Interest Group. What is the contemporary engineering skill set and are we ready to teach it? Results from the 2021 SEFI Engineering skills survey completed by…
Engineering Skills for a Future to Build Universidad Carlos III – Madrid – 17-19 November 2021 - The first in-person event of SEFI was the European Convention of Engineering Deans. Although online participation was also possible, most attendees travelled to…
Towards Better Learning – Methods and Practices of Teaching Physics in Engineering Education Register here! The PTEE2022, the 11th International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education, will be held on 11-13 May 2022, in the city of Tampere (Finland).…
Thursday, 20 January '22 3pm - 5pm CET SEFI acknowledges the importance of bringing to the attention of engineering students themes related to sustainable development. The seminar explores innovative approaches to implementing and teaching sustainability in the engineering curriculum.…