Christians in Engineering & Technology Announcements Newsletter October 2005 Contents: - Christian Engineering Education Conference 2006 - American Scientific Affiliation Conference - Engineering track - About this email distribution --------------------------------------------------------------------- Christian Engineering Education Conference 2006 =============================================== The next Christian Engineering Education Conference will be on June 21-23, 2006, immediately following ASEE. We will begin on Wednesday evening, June 21 with a fellowship dinner and worship time. We will finish with lunch on Friday, June 23. The conference will be held on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University, located in Bourbonnais, Illinois (about 50 minutes south of Chicago). Round trip transportation from Chicago will be available. Cost of the conference (including lodging, meals, and registration fee, but not transportation) is expected to be around $150. If you are interested in helping organize the conference or willing to serve as a reviewer, please contact Steve VanderLeest (svleest@calvin.edu). A Call for Papers has been issued. You can find it on the CEEC website, http://engr.calvin.edu/ces/ceec. Abstracts are due by Dec. 1, 2005. Example topics include but are not limited to: * Engineering as a Christian Vocation * Witnessing to the Engineering Profession through Work * Integrating Faith and Learning in the Engineering Classroom * Defining Christian Scholarship in Engineering * Engineering Problems that Christians Ought to Care About * Mentoring Students for Kingdom Careers in Engineering * Engineering, Technology and Ethics * The Interactions Between Technology and Culture * The Influence of Christians on Technology * The Relationship between the Church and Technology * A Christian Approach to Philosophy of Technology * Christian Engineers and Academic Culture * Opportunities for Inter-School Cooperation * Sustainable Design * Diversity, Reconciliation, and Justice in Engineering and Technology Proposals on topics of general interest to Christian engineering education are also welcome. Panel discussions can also be proposed (be sure to indicate the discussion topic and suggested panelists). Abstracts and other proposals should be sent to the program chair, Gayle Ermer, germer@calvin.edu. For more details, see http://engr.calvin.edu/ces/ceec. A PDF version of the Call for Papers is available on the website. Please consider printing this out and posting it where appropriate. American Scientific Affiliation Conference - Engineering track =============================================== Call for Papers and Posters The 61st Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation, to be held July 28-31, 2006 at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. The conference theme is "EMBEDDING CHRISTIAN VALUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY". Track 5: Christian Values in Engineering, Technology, and the Physical Sciences Papers in this symposium should focus on how our common faith affects practice in engineering, technology, and the physical sciences. This includes how we consider and implement the ethical codes of our professions, how we teach engineering and science students, and how we use our engineering and scientific talents to the glory of God by developing technology for the good of humanity, the creation and the Kingdom. Topics such as whistleblowing, environmental ethics, engineering design from a Christian worldview, technological norms (such as justice and stewardship), appropriate technology and sustainable technology are all welcome. Discussions of how to satisfy the ABET criterion of instilling in students an understanding of ethical practice would also be appropriate. How does the work we do look different than that of our colleagues who are not Christians? Is there such a thing as a Christian bridge or Christian computer chip? If there were no Christians in engineering, how would our profession look different? If there were no Christians in astronomy, computer science, geology, or physics, how would our disciplines look different? We look forward to enlightening dialogue in this symposium. Session coordinators: Ruth Douglas Miller, Department of Electrical and Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, 261 Rathbone Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5204; (785) 532-459 6; rdmiller@ksu.edu; and Steve VanderLeest, Department of Engineering, Calvin College, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546; (616) 526-6559; svleest@calvin.edu About this email distribution ============================= The ces-announce listserv is for the Christians in Engineering & Technology newsletter and occasional special announcements. You should get no more than one email per month from this listserv. Send requests for announcements to Steve VanderLeest, svleest@calvin.edu. 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