1st WIETE Annual Conference Proceedings

World Institute for

Engineering and Technology Education (WIETE)

SERVING THE INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY

1st WIETE Annual Conference on Engineering and Technology Education

Proceedings

Contents

	Front cover	0
	Initial pages	1-5
Z.J. Pudlowski	Preface	6
A. Kalanidhi & K. Manivannan	Enriching research in academic institutions (Opening Address)	7
H.P. Sjursen	Global, integrated engineering education: a curriculum for the 21st Century (Opening Address)	10
A.F. Nesterov & V.M. Zhurakovskiy	New challenges for Russian institutions of higher engineering education and their realisation through the priority national project	17
L.G. Boussiakou & E.C. Kalkani	Learning through technology, using the Internet at home for first year engineering students	20
E.A. Danilova & Z.J. Pudlowski	Public understanding of engineering: consequences and solutions	28
J. Machotka, Z. Nedić, A. Nafalski & Ö. Göl	Collaboration in the remote laboratory NetLab	34
A. Nafalski, Z. Nedić, J. Machotka, Ö. Göl, J.M.M. Ferreira & I. Gustavsson	Student and staff experiences with international collaboration in the remote laboratory NetLab	40
J.M.M. Ferreira, Z. Nedić, J. Machotka, A. Nafalski & Ö. Göl	International collaborative learning using remote workbenches for 8-bit microcontroller courses	46
I. Gustavsson, K. Nilsson, J. Zackrisson & L. Håkansson	Open your laboratories for remote access to offer experimenting for students on-campus or off-campus 24/7	52
S. Wiak, D. Jeske, M. Krasuski & R. Stryjek	An innovative interactive e-learning platform	58
P. Anastasiadis & G. Metaxas	Sustainable city and risk management	64
W. Makasiranondh, S.P. Maj & D. Veal	Remote teaching environment for internetworking students in Thailand	68
P. Vohra, M. Tahernezhadi & R. Kasuba	A system for generating and sustaining interest in engineering	74
L.G. Boussiakou, A. Al-Mozeini & E.C. Kalkani	Handwriting in homework associated with student performance	79
N.I. Katsiadramis, A.V. Sotiropoulou, Z.G. Pandermarakis & G. Metaxas	Experimental and comparative study on the characteristics of self-levelling mortar for optimisation with marble as aggregate	85
A.S. Rocha, M. Veerachamy, V.K. Agrawal & S.K. Gupta	Jatropha liquid gold – the alternative to diesel	91
D.Q. Nguyen & Z.J. Pudlowski	The internationalisation of environmental engineering education and its significance in creating the future of the environmental engineering profession	97
A. Materka, P. Dębiec, M. Strzelecki, S. Hausman & S. Wiak	A secure Internet database system for teaching and research information management at the Technical University of Łódź	102
S. Pushenko	Double-Masters programmes as a way for international student collaboration	108
G. Kabouridis	An innovative approach to face the first-year mechanical engineering students’ conceptual difficulties in engineering design	110
G. Hassapis, S. Tzortzidou, V. Alexandrov & C.D. Kloos	A trans-European, multi-departmental course on network and e-business centred computing	114
K. Yoshida, M. Takasugi & T. Suzuki	Analyses of loci of bamboomerangs and their educational effects	119
S. Thatcher	Development of a low cost flight simulator to enhance students’ learning of technical and non-technical flight skills	123
	Index of Authors	128