Leadership Team
Alaa Ashmawy // President
2020-2022, United Arab Emirates
Middle East and North Africa Regional Engineering Education Society
Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy is Special Advisor with ABET, the global accreditor of academic programs in engineering, computing, engineering technology, and applied and natural science. Formerly, he was dean of engineering at the American University in Dubai, and professor of civil engineering at the University of South Florida. He is a founding member of MENAREES, and serves as its managing director.
Soma Chakrabarti // First Vice President & Treasurer
2019-2021, United Kingdom
ANSYS Granta & International Association for Continuing Engineering Education
Dr. Soma Chakrabarti has over twenty years of experience in leadership, administration, teaching and research in both academia and industry. She is the Education Resources Team Leader ANSYS Granta and President of IACEE.
María Teresa Garibay // Vice President of Capacity Building
2019-2021, Argentina
Consejo Federal de Decanos de Ingeniería
María Teresa Garibay was dean Faculty of Exact Sciences, Engineering and Surveying of the National University of Rosario between 2015 and 2019. She was instrumental in the creation of CONFEDI’s Commission of Women in Engineering during her term as the organization’s Vice President.
Felipe Gómez Gallo // Vice President for Student Affairs
2020-2022, Colombia
President of the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED)
Master’s student in Environmental Engineering with majors in Environmental and Civil Engineering and a minor in Biodiversity studies and Environmental science at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. With a great interest in sustainability, climate change adaptation, risk assessment, and engineering education.
Ramiro Jordan // Immediate Past President
2018-2020, United States of America
Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium
Ramiro Jordan is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and also Associate Dean of Engineering for International Programs at the University of New Mexico. He was one of the organizers and hosts of WEEF-GEDC 2018 Albuquerque.
Eleonore Lickl // Executive Committee
2020-2022, Austria
International Society for Engineering Pedagogy
Eleonore Lickl is a current member of IGIP’s Executive Committee and former Secretary General. Her interests are in all areas of engineering education, especially in the professionalization of engineering faculty. For the past 12 years, she has worked in Vocational Teacher Education.
Gloria Kim // Executive Committee
2020-2022, United States of America
Korean Society for Engineering Education
Dr. Gloria Kim is the Associate Chair for Research of the Department of Engineering Education in the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. She received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from Seoul National University, M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mario Chauca // Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
2019-2021, Peru
International Institute of Innovation and Technology
Mario Chauca is the General Chair of the International Institute of Innovation and Technology. He has a bachelors in electronic engineering and a masters in business administration. He is actively engage in a multitude of initiatives and events.
Dora Smith // Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
2019-2021, United States of America
Siemens
Dora Smithis the senior director of the global academic program for Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of Siemens Digital Factory Division. Under Dora’s leadership, the global academic program is now a company-wide strategic initiative for the company.
Luis Manuel Sánchez Ruiz // Executive Committee
2020-2022, Spain
European Association for Engineering Education, SEFI
Professor Luis Manuel Sánchez Ruiz is Director for Research and Innovation Area at Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV, Spain), with his MSc and PhD in Mathematics obtained at Universidad de Valencia (UV, Spain). Former SEFI Vice President during 2015-20, he keeps being SEFI BoD member.
Ariela Sofer // Vice President for Communication
2020-2022, United States of America
International Council on Systems Engineering
Ariela Sofer is the Academic Director of INCOSE and had served as the organization’s chair for over a decade. She is also the Associate Dean for Administration and Faculty Affairs in the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University.
You Zheng // Executive Committee
2019-2021, China
Chinese Society for Engineering Education
Professor You Zheng obtained his Bacehlors, Masters and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He was dean of Tsinghua University’s School of Mechanical Engineering before become President Assistant and then Vice President of Tsinghua University in 2015.
Şirin Tekinay // GEDC Chair (Ex Officio)
2019-2021
Global Engineering Deans Council
Şirin Tekinay is the Chair of the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC). She most recently served American University of Sharjah as Dean of College of Engineering starting February 1, 2020 for a year. Her areas of interest include network science, mobile networks, sensor networks, and applications.
Office of the Secretariat
Hans Jürgen Hoyer | Secretary General
United States of America
Hans Jürgen Hoyer is Secretary General for IFEES, Executive Secretary of the GEDC, and a Resident Scholar in Global Engineering at George Mason University Volgenau School of Engineering. He has decades of experience working globally.
Aliki Pappas
International Communications Manager
Salma Wahba
International Programs Associate
Consultants