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National Conference on Engineering
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The Training of Engineers
The Academic Committee of the National Engineering Conference (CNI) has as its mission to analyze the topics that especially emphasize the substantive functions and relevant activities in the process of training young engineering students. Based on the experiences and contributions of the academic community aimed at enriching knowledge, methodologies, and tools for the comprehensive training of engineers.
On this occasion the contributions and recommendations of previous conferences have been reviewed, which managers and academics from the affiliated institutions have provided us, as well as the proposal of the Headquarters, who expressed the importance they have in the integral training process of the students of engineering, educational innovation, research activities, the development of technology transfer projects, consulting, linking with the environment, the impact of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with their environment, mobility and internationalization programs , among other.
In previous editions, the CNI has addressed a specific theme, giving the academic community the opportunity to exchange experiences and good practices on topics that are very relevant for the training of engineers. Some examples have been: Education by competencies, the incidence of information technologies in the training of engineers, sustainable development, the quality and relevance of engineering programs, internationalization, and linkage.
These topics, addressed in different editions of the CNI, have remained valid throughout the last years. The IES have continued making important efforts in the development of academic experiences for engineering students that contribute efficiently to the development of disciplinary and personal competences, which allow them to be competitive nationally and internationally. Experiences oriented towards detonating skills such as effective communication orally and in writing, the command of the English language, the connection with the environment, consulting, research and technology transfer. All this within an international context.
These activities, developed by the academics and managers of the IES, correspond to medium and long-term strategies and work plans, where progressive results can be seen that have had a very important impact on the training of engineering students. In such a way that, for this Academic Committee, it is of great value to open the CNI to several of these topics, which have proven to be pertinent and valid.
As it has been observed through the different events that the ANFEI has carried out, a large part of these issues have been very important because of the impact they have on the students’ formation, allowing them direct contact with reality, and the opportunity to participate personally in the study and solution of problems that generate a high added value.
The development of strategies and good academic practices, as a result of educational innovation projects, have made it possible to establish highly efficient and reliable higher education models that allow the development of disciplinary competencies in engineering students. The linking of HEIs, through projects of social and community impact, allows students to generate awareness of the co-responsibility they have with their environment. The development of consulting and technology transfer projects confronts students and professors to real-life scenarios, where the creative and innovative application of engineering knowledge is essential. The mobility and internationalization programs allow teachers and students to have a broader conception of the world and its discipline.
Finally, the academic quality, without a doubt, has its sustenance in an efficient leadership, that allows the development of practices, policies and procedures oriented to improve important indicators, such as the reduction of the desertion, the terminal efficiency, and the degree. Therefore, the Academic Committee of the National Engineering Conference proposed an important change of the CNI format to the Executive Committee of the Association, which decided to include several chapters based on the topics that have been considered, relevant, current and pertinent.’
Based on the aforementioned, all Higher Education Institutions, as well as organizations and professionals interested in the subject of the training of engineers, are invited to participate in the XLVI National Engineering Conference that will take as its theme:
“THE TRAINING OF ENGINEERS”
The topics to be addressed, aligned with the general theme of the CNI are:
Educational Innovation
Linkage with the environment (social impact).