文档介绍：Engineering Education in CAETS countries
. A. Van Cauwenberghe
CAETS Past-President
Mission of CAETS
“to foster effective engineering and technological progress for the benefit of societies of all countries” through:
The exchange of information . identify the issues of concern (CAETS convocation, Tokyo, 2007)
Climate change due to human activities
Sustainable energy: prepare the exit of the carbon-fuel based era by
energy saving
more renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro, biomass)
CCS (carbon capture and storage)
Nuclear power (3rd and 4th generation nuclear reactors)
Modification of social infrastructures (more public transportation …)
Development of Global Climate/Earth/Ocean Observation Systems
Clean (drinking) water supply
Promoting R&D and education for engineers:
Shortage of engineers (except in China, Korea, Russia, …) will hamper the economy
More female engineering students are needed
More hands-on experience (exp’l teaching) needed in primary and secondary schools, using . renewable energy as a subject
Conclusions of a recent “INAE-CAETS Conference on International Engineering Education”(Madras, India, March 1-2, 2007) are summarized below.
A memo of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering on “Capacity building and engineering education in Australia” is added as well.
At last a paper by Prof. L. Gelders on