Committee on Education in Engineering (CEIE)
CEIE focuses on the sharing best practices in engineering education through its annual conference and the IDEAS Journal and supporting the professional development of educators, and professional engineers through training provided by the WFEO Academy.
The Myanmar Engineering Council (MEngC) serves as the host of the Committee on Engineering in Education from 2024 to 2027.
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Vision and Mission
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The World Federation of Engineering Organizations has a key strategy to advance the UN
Sustainable Development Goals through engineering.
The Vision of the Committee on Education in Engineering (CEIE) is to ensure that there are
more engineers with quality engineering education that will provide the engineering skills
that are needed sustainable development. This is a key strategic objective of WFEO. The
Mission of the Committee on Education in Engineering is to:
- Promote high standards of engineering education to ensure that engineers have the right skills to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals,
- support the individual engineers that are the members of WFEO member institutions, with opportunities for professional development and lifelong learning,
- Encourage the development of professional engineering institutions that are the members of WFEO to be strong institutions,
- Work in collaboration with the members, standing committees, working groups and partners of WFEO to share training and learning resources and develop programs that are mutually beneficial to engineers everywhere.
The Committee on Education in Engineering (CEIE) will work towards excellence in engineering education.
The main issue is to bring the profession into higher levels in research and development and to focus on the issues of accreditation for the mobility of engineering professionals, sustainability and globalization of engineers around the world. The committee will work on establishing webinars and conferences on the issue of accreditation.
In partnership with its national members and other WFEO standing committees, the WFEO-CEIE will execute a thematic, results-oriented program that:
- Increases the understanding of the international, national, and regional awareness on the impact of globalization in engineering education.
- Pushes the mobility of engineering professionals process through local and international accreditation of engineering programs at universities.
- Gathers and disseminates information and provides recommendations for the accreditation of engineering programs.
- Develops and promulgates appropriate educational programs in the industry/university to keep poverty away from developed nations.
- Engages with the appropriate United Nations agencies, international, non-government organizations and national members of World Federation of Engineering Organizations to provide engineering advice and strategies related to the international accreditation processes.
- Works on the issue of sustainability for the wellbeing of the engineering profession.
- Supports and raises WFEO’s profile and participation in the work of UNESCO and other UN agencies as it relates to engineering education.
- Engages with other international bodies like IEA, and on projects that support the practice of engineering.
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Focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The key focus of the Committee on Education in Engineering (CEIE) will be the UN Sustainable Development Goals 4 as shown below:
- To address the need for more engineers with the right skills through Engineering Education and Professional Development.
- To develop strong engineering education and professional engineering Institutions and accreditation bodies and
- To work with the members, standing committees, working groups and partners of WFEO including the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) to achieve the international engineering education standards and the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) and the Federation of International Consulting Organizations (FIDIC) to share best practices and training materials for the benefit of individual engineers that are the members of the professional engineering institutions of the world that are the members of WFEO.
- This also contributes to SDG 16, for strong institutions in engineering education.
- The Committee is also working in partnership with partner organizations which is relevant to the SDG17.
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Objectives and Activities
The key objective and activities of the Committee on Education in Engineering (CEIE) are:
- Regular annual International Conference on Engineering Education Accreditation (ICEEA)
- Publication of IDEAS Journal
- Ongoing Development of WFEO Academy training website to provide training and development to support the work of the professional engineering institutions that are the members of WFEO and to support lifelong learning of their members
These activities will have worldwide benefit to the economies of nations as well as to individual engineers and engineering institutions.
Zaw Min Aung, Chair of CEIE
Dr. Zaw Min Aung started his career with the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) in March, 1992 as an Instructor at the Electronic Engineering Department, and mainly taught Basic Electrical Engineering subjects at YIT. He then moved to the Mandalay Institute of Technology (MIT) in September, 1993. He had worked there for 12 years and was promoted as Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor. Dr. Zaw Min Aung got his Master Degree from the Tottori University, Japan, in 2000. He researched the degradation of a blue laser diode for his Master Degree.Â
From 2001 to 2005, he did his doctoral research, especially on active filters in the telecommunication field at the Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Russia, and finally, he got a Doctorate Degree in 2005.
He wrote 27 International Papers concerned with electronic fields beside the research papers for a Master Degree and a Doctorate Degree. Furthermore, Dr. Zaw Min Aung served as a Rector of the West Yangon Technological University from 2005 to 2010. Then he was appointed as a Director-General for the Department of Technical and Vocational Education (DTVE) from August, 2010 to February, 2013. When working as the Director- General, he implemented many human resource development programs concerning technical education under his supervision and management.
In February 2013, Dr. Zaw Min Aung was appointed as a Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Science and Technology. He supervised drawing up science and technology development and policies, human resource development policies. He also guaranteed the implementation programs of the departments under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Then he was reshuffled as a Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Education in July, 2013. He participated in drafting the National Education Law, Strategies, Policies, and Plans for educational reform and education development. On 31 March 2016, he retired from the Ministry of Education and started business in the energy field as a Chairman of Green Alliance Energy Co., Ltd.
He is currently serving the country as a Full Member of the Myanmar Academy of Technology. He continues to take part in quality engineering education reform as the Chair of Engineering Education Accreditation Committee of Myanmar Engineering Council.
Activities
Publications – IDEAS Engineering Education Journal
Members
Members list
| Member | WFEO Member / Institution | Country / Region |
| Abdelali Ben Loukilia | Union Nationale des Ingénieurs Marocains | Morocco |
| Abdulah Ekinci | European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE) | International |
| Adel Hasan Jasim | Iraqi Engineers Union | Iraq |
| Alan LAU | Hong Kong Institution of Engineers | Hong Kong, SAR of China |
| Alexandre Kounitzky | Swiss National Committee for Engineers Europe | Switzerland |
| Angely Paola Valle Castro | Peruvian Engineers Association | Peru |
| Bander Alhakbani | Saudi Council of Engineers | Saudi Arabia |
| Bashar AlTarawneh | Jordan Engineers Association | Jordan |
| Bernadette Foley | Engineers Australia | Australia |
| Biljana Ivanovic | Engineers Chamber of Montenegro | Montenegro |
| Celestino Lanzi | Ordem of Engineers of Angola | Angola |
| Damaris K. Oyaro | Institution of Engineers of Kenya | Kenya |
| Darrel John Danyluk (advisor) | Engineers Canada | Expert / Canada |
| David Alonso Lorenzo | Instituto de la Ingenieria de España | Spain |
| David Lapp (advisor) | Engineers Canada | Expert / Canada |
| Dawn Bonfield | Institution of Civil Engineers UK | UK |
| Debora Rubina Santos | Ordem dos Engenheiros Tecnicos Portugal | Portugal |
| Fabien Lassueur | Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France | France |
| Goran Jeftenic | European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE) | International |
| Ivan Ivanovic | Serbian Chamber of Engineers | Serbia |
| José MarÃa Goicolea | Instituto de la Ingenieria de España | Spain |
| Juergen Kretschmann | DMT Society for Teaching and Education | Associate / Germany |
| Karen Uriarte | Peruvian Engineers Association | Peru |
| Khin Sandar Tun | Myanmar Engineering Council | Myanmar |
| Lam Chi Chiu (Angus) | Macau Institute Of Engineers | Macau, SAR of China |
| Luis Chivilches | Peruvian Engineers Association | Peru |
| Luis Filipe Almeida | Ordem dos Engenheiros Tecnicos Portugal | Portugal |
| Mahamadou Saley | Ordre des Ing. G. Civil Niger | Niger |
| Manuel Manso Burgos | Instituto de la Ingenieria de España | Spain |
| Marlene Kanga | Engineers Australia | Australia |
| Massimiliano Capezzali | Swiss National Committee for Engineers Europe | Switzerland |
| Mustapha Hassan Bichi | Nigerian Society of Engineers | Nigeria |
| Mya Warken | Engineers Canada | Canada |
| Nasir Khan | Pakistan Engineering Council | Pakistan |
| Natha Kuptasthien | Council of Engineers Thailand | Thailand |
| Norlida Buniyamin | Institution of Engineers Malaysia | Malaysia |
| Pang Haishao | China Association for Science and Technology | China |
| Patrick Bekoe | Ghana Institution of Engineers | Ghana |
| Paul Jowitt | Commonwealth Engineers Council | International |
| Rodrigo Cama | Ordem of Engineers of Angola | Angola |
| Rodrigo Pérez Fernández | Instituto de la Ingenieria de España | Spain |
| Roger El Ashkar | Federation of Lebanese Engineers | Lebanon |
| Sin Seong Lai (Alex) | Macau Institute Of Engineers | Macau, SAR of China |
| Slavisa Kondic | Serbian Chamber of Engineers | Serbia |
| Sutha Khaodhiar | Council of Engineers Thailand | Thailand |
| Thura Naing (Joint secretary) | Myanmar Engineering Council | Myanmar |
| U Soe Myint | Myanmar Engineering Society | Myanmar |
| Vincent Honorat | Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France | France |
| WANG Xue | China Association for Science and Technology | China |
| Wesam Habis | Saudi Council of Engineers | Saudi Arabia |
| Wlodzimierz Miszalski | Polish Federation of Engineering Associations | Poland |
| Yonas Ayalew Tessema | Ethiopian Association of Civil Engineers | Ethiopia |
| Zaw Min Aung (Chair) | Myanmar Engineering Council | Myanmar |
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