The Academic Forum will be held on Monday May 24th as part of the conference and reflects the regional character of the conference and the conference theme (Systems Engineering and Innovation).
The aim of this EuSEC’s Academic Forum is to illustrate the way academia prepares students for their future work in the field of Systems Engineering, to investigate the influence of cultural differences on the way Systems Engineering is taught, learned and performed and to discuss the relation between Systems Engineering and innovation. Each of these three aspects is addressed in a session of 60 to 90 minutes and will be shortly introduced by experts in the field, followed by a discussion with the audience. The Academic Forum features speakers from a number of organisations to present different viewpoints from the academic and the industrial side and stimulate debate. A short report of the Academic Forum will be presented at the final conference day.
Cultural differences play a role in the way the engineering trade in general is performed. Do they also play a role in the way the Systems Engineering trade is performed? Is their influence on the Systems Engineering process or on the way Systems Engineering education is performed different? Does culture influence SE research?
Speakers from the academic and the industrial SE world identify typical differences and give examples of e.g. the way these may be handled in the education of culturally mixed groups, the place and role of “soft engineering” skills in this context, and how to achieve a uniform application of Systems Engineering in multinational enterprises. Panel members for this session are Prof. Ivica Crnkovic, Dr. Gunnar Hult, Prof. Hermann Kaindl and Christine Pohl-Winkelmann. Moderator of the session is Dr. Cecilia Haskins of the Dept. of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
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| Ivica Crnkovic | Gunnar Hult | Hermann Kaindl | Christine Pohl-Winkelmann |
Brief overview of this INCOSE sponsored project by Prof. David Olwell of the Naval Postgraduate School, USA.
Which is the appropriate path for SE Education – Bachelor, Master, PhD or postgraduate second degrees? What is the value of case studies and projects as part of the education of SEs? Should Systems Engineering be taught as a discipline on itself or as part of the curriculum of another engineering discipline? Which expectation has the application field of a student trained in Systems Engineering?
Some examples of Systems Engineering education on BSc, MSc, PhD and post-graduate education are given and are confronted with demands coming from industry. Special attention is paid to innovations in teaching SE. Panel members for this session are Prof. Viktor Batovrin, Dr. Maarten Bonnema, Prof. Paolo Gaudenzi, Prof. Gerrit Muller, Prof. David Olwell and Dr. Martin Wilke. Moderator of the session is Paul Schreinemakers of SEPIAdvies, the Netherlands.
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Often it is suggested that application of Systems Engineering in a project limits the creativity of engineers in inventing new products, pointing at the disciplined and methodical character of Systems Engineering. In this session speakers explore whether this is a paradox, what can or must be done to prevent that Systems Engineering hampers innovation, or whether Systems Engineering may even stimulate innovation.
Panel members for this session are Paola Di Maio, Professor Petter Krus and Dr. Hermine Schnetler. Moderator of the session is Avigdor Zonnenshain of Rafael Industries.
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