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Host: Loughborough University
Sponsor: The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, The Institution of Civil Engineers and The Institution of Chemical Engineers
Homepage: http://www.ima.org.uk/mathematics/confengineers.htm
Organizers: Leslie Mustoe (Loughborough University), Stephen Hibberd (Nottingham University), Trevor Easingwood (IMA), Duncan Lawson (Coventry University); Heather Liddell (QMW), John McWhirter (DERA), Stephen Reid (UMIST), Ralph Smith (Jaguar)
Deadline for abstracts: December 03, 1999
Description:
The first two conferences "Mathematical Education of Engineers" held at
Loughborough provided an overview of the then current general education
background relevant to the teaching of mathematics to engineers. Within
these conferences, teachers of engineering mathematics from a wide variety
of higher educational institutions, together with engineering colleagues and
participants from industry, were able to discuss issues of improved quality
assurance, relevance of topics in the syllabus and the maintenance of both university and professional
standards. Further, experience and ideas were shared in meeting the challenges posed by decreased
teaching time, increased number of students and of embedding the use of IT. Following the 1994
conference some important reports focussing on the issues raised were published, including
'Mathematics Matters in Engineering' issued under the auspices of the IMA and a group of
Engineering Institutions. Since the 1997 conference some of the problems highlighted still cause
concern, with a continued decline in the mathematical ability of entrants to undergraduate engineering
degree courses at the heart of things. The Engineering Council's revisions to SARTOR (Standards
And Routes To Registration) are likely to have considerable effect on the content and presentation of
degree programmes in engineering and this will, in turn, impinge on the mathematical component. This
conference aims to reflect the progress and experiences of initiatives within the teaching of
mathematics to engineers in recent years, to debate areas of known concern and to learn together
from current best practice. A further key aim is to examine collectively as mathematicians, academic
engineers and engineers in industry the engineering mathematics provision for the future in the context
of ever-widening demands of competence, effectiveness, quality and relevance. The programme will
include invited speakers, contributed papers (or posters), workshop sessions and a forum.
Date received: July 12, 1999
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