INNOVATION-2-innovation: Engineering Design Education, Why It Is Important and How We Can Pursue It
If you missed this lecture, we are pleased to provide a video page so that you might see and hear it. Our thanks to Dr. Ruth and to the University of Windsor team at CFL (Centre for Flexible Learning) for making is possible.
Presented by: Douglas Ruth, PEng, PhD
CDEN Distinguished Lecturer for 2005
Professor and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba
The lecture was presented on monday, May 2nd, 9 am in the University of Windor's Anthony P. Toldo Health Education Center, Room 200 (corner of Sunset Ave and Fanchette St). The lecture is approximately 40 minutes in duration
The Lecture:
The talk begins with a review and redefinition of the much overused word "innovation". The speaker will show that there is a range of "innovation", from spectacular scientific breakthroughs to individual engineering design details. The speaker will then give his interpretation of how engineering education has swung from the training of design engineers to the education of engineering scientists. Using excerpts from his talk "Engineers: Enablers of Civilization" the speaker will then demonstrate how important design engineering education is to the future standard of living of everyone in the audience. Following this, the speaker will share some experiences that he has had while serving on the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), as they relate to Design Education. The talk ends with a tour of the initiatives that the University of Manitoba has taken to ensure that Design Education becomes and remains an integral component of our undergraduate and graduate programs.
The Lecturer:
Douglas Ruth was born and raised in Manitoba. He holds a BSc (Mech Eng) and an MSc (Mech Eng) from the University of Manitoba, and a PhD from the University of Waterloo. He has held teaching positions at the University of Calgary and the University of Manitoba, and industrial research/design positions with Temro, GEOTECHnical resources, and Petro-Canada. At various times he has been registered as a professional engineer in Ontario, Alberta, and Manitoba. He is active in the Society of Core Analysts, and is the incoming Chair of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board. He has also participated as a member of the selection committee for the NSERC Design Engineering Chair. He is presently entering his second term as the Dean of Engineering at the University of Manitoba and is well known as a shameless promoter of everything engineering. He is currently enjoying his 35th year of marriage, has three great children and the most handsome and intelligent grandson in the world.