Siara Isaac, Yousef Jalali, Valentina Rossi, Joelyn de Lima (Centre for Learning Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne -EPFL, Switzerland) Siara Isaac The importance of transdisciplinarity in engineering is increasing due to its centrality in addressing complex issues that…
Adina Imanbayeva, Robin de Graaf, Cindy Poortman (University of Twente, the Netherlands) Adina Imanbayeva Today's world faces increasingly complex and multifaceted challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity, the need for sustainability, and the overwhelmingly fast pace of technological development.…
During the 2024 SEFI Annual Conference hosted by EPFL on our Lausanne campus in early September, a series of new initiatives were introduced by the organizing committee to reinforce diversity, equality and inclusion. Of these, the sponsored childcare service was…
Xiaoqi Feng, Julia Sundman, Hanna Aarnio (Aalto University, Finland) Hanna Aarnio As technological advancements, such as the proliferation of AI, intersect with escalating socio-environmental challenges, they present both opportunities and dilemmas for engineers. Self-driving cars, for instance, promise reduced emissions…
We are proud to announce the publication of The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education! The Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education is now available and in digital format for free! This comprehensive guide, edited by Shannon Chance, Tom Børsen,…
The CBL2025 Conference invites educators, researchers, and professionals from around the globe to join us from 7-8 April 2025, at TU Eindhoven in the Netherlands. This exciting event will delve into the transformative power of Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) in addressing…
SEFI@work: Triggering ethics competency development in engineering students by integrating irritation as a didactical principle | The (un)certainty (dis)comfort series from the SEFI Ethics SIG Date : Jan 17, 15h30-16h30 (CET) Description:Engineering students need to develop certain ethical competences in…
SEFI@work: Ambiguity in Engineering Problem Solving | The (un)certainty (dis)comfort series from the SEFI Ethics SIG Date : Dec 16, 15h30-16h30 (CET) Description:What is ambiguity ? That is the central question that has driven our research on engineering problem solving.…
Kristin Winkens from RWTH Aachen Germany on Resilience with Neil Cooke and Natalie Wint Discussion around the need for engineers to navigate increasingly complex and uncertain challenges (e.g., climate change, digitalisation) features heavily within engineering education research and leads to…