Organization

The 40th IGIP International Symposium on Engineering Education – IGIP'2011, happened in Santos, State of São Paulo in Brazil, on March 27 to 30, 2011.

The theme of the congress was: "Forming International Engineers for the Information Society".

The official languages were English, Spanish and Portuguese.

The host Institution was UNISANTA - Santa Cecília University.

Prof. Dr. Claudio R. Brito
General Chair

General Chair:
Claudio R. Brito

Technical Program Chair:
Melany M. Ciampi

IGIP President:
Michael E. Auer

IGIP Honorary Life President:
Adolf Melezinek

IGIP Vice-Presidents:
Melany Ciampi
Pavel Andres
Viacheslav Prikhodko

Scientific Committee:

Bernd Luebben, (coordinator) Germany
Traugott Schelker, (co-coordinator) Switzerland
Claudio R. Brito, Brazil
Erik de Graaff, Netherlands
Georg Spöttl, Germany
Gudrun Kammasch, Germany
Hans-Bernhard Woyand, Germany
Joachim Hoefele, Switzerland
Martin Bilek, Czech Republic
Melany M. Ciampi, Brazil
Ralph Dreher, Germany
Sorin Zaharia, Romania
Stefan Stankowski, Switzerland
Tatiana Polyakova, Russia

Executive Committee:

Axel Zafoschnig, Austria
Melany Ciampi, Brazil
Pavel Andres, Czech Republic
Roman Hrmo, Slovakia
Tatiana Polyakova, Russia
Teresa Restivo, Portugal
Tiia Rüütmann, Estonia
Viacheslav Prikhodko, Russia

International Monitoring Committee:

Dana Dobrovská, Czech Republic (coordinator)
Adolf Melezinek, Austria
Claudio R. Brito, Brazil
Galimkair Mutanov, Kazakhstan
Jos H.J. Stakenborg, Netherlands
Wassiliy Zhurakowskij, Russia

Advisory Committee:

Anette Kolmos, President of SEFI
Denis Willemin, President of RCI
Khalil S. Taraman, President of SME Education Foundation
Krishna Vedula, President of IFEES
Muthar Al-Ubaidi, President of INTERTECH
Renata S. Engel, President of ASEE
Rob Reilly, President of IEEE Education Society

Technical Program Committee:

Melany M. Ciampi, Chair of Committee, Brazil
Alexandre Botari, Brazil
Ana Júlia Ferreira Rocha, Brazil
André Reda, Brazil
Anita Westerström, Sweden
Arnaldo Mazzei, USA
Claudio Borri, Italy
Claudio R. Brito, Brazil
Dan Budny, USA
Daniel Litynski, USA
David V. Kerns, USA
Edmundo Tovar, Spain
Federico Flueckiger, Switzerland
Göran Westerström, Sweden
Irina Avenarious, Russia
James Wolfer, USA
Janak Dave, USA
José Carlos Metrôlho, Portugal
Jose Couto Marques, Portugal
José Salvado, Portugal
Leonardo Pineda Serna, Colombia
Luis Amaral, Portugal
Manuel Castro, Spain
Márcia Silva de Oliveira, Brazil
María Feldgen, Argentina
Maria Uskova, USA
Martín Llamas Nistal, Spain
Nick M. Safai, USA
Osvaldo Clua, Argentina
Pierre Padilla, France
Rosa Vasconcelos, Portugal
Russ Meier, USA
Sanaa Taraman, USA
Sherra E. Kerns, USA
Teresa Larkin, USA
Teresa Restivo, Portugal
Victor Schutz, USA
Vladimir G. Zakharov, Russia
Vladimir Uskov, USA
Walter W. Buchanan, USA
Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite, USA

• Curriculum Development
• International Aspects of Engineering Education
• Knowledge Management and Computer-aided Technologies
• Language and Humanities in Engineering Education
• Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Engineering Education
• People and Technology
• Postgraduate Education and Qualifications Framework
• Research in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Education
• Technical Teacher Training
• Women in Technical Careers
• Working with Projects