Thursday, June 17, 2004

Arrival at: Guest House of the University of Utah, 110 South Fort Douglas Blvd., Salt Lake City (for directions, see: www.guesthouse.utah.edu)

6:00 pm
Meeting Point: Lobby of Guest House
Transfer to Market Street Grill by TRAX

6:30 pm
Dinner ( Market Street Grill, 48 West Market Street )
Return to Guest House by TRAX

Friday, June 18, 2004

Continental Breakfast in the Guest House Lobby

7:45 am
Meeting Point: Lobby of Guest House
Transfer by bus to College of Engineering, Computer Science Conference Room, Kennecott Building,
1515 Mineral Square (on campus)
 
8:15 am
Preliminary Discussion (in German)
 
9:00 am
Welcome, Dean, College of Engineering
 
9:15 am - 11:00 am
Panel Discussion: Common Grounds and Differences in Engineering Education in Germany and the US
Michael Gibbons, Project Manager, ASEE; Heide Naderer , DAAD NYC; Tom Peterson, Dean School of Engineering, U of Arizona; George Leitmann , Associate Dean, School of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
 
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Coffee break
 
11:15 am - 1:00 pm
Accreditation of Engineering Programs
Otto Gregory, Associate Dean, University of Rhode Island; David Holger, Associate Dean, Iowa State University; Dietmar von Hoyningen-Huene, President, University of Applied Science, Mannheim; Guenter Heitmann, Senior Researcher, Technical University Berlin
 
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Luncheon (The Point Restaurant @ the Huntsman Institute, 200 Circle of Hope) (on campus)
 
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Language Challenge: Should Engineering Programs in Germany be Taught in English or German?
Wolff von Schmidt, Chair, Department of German, University of Utah, Rosemarie Morewedge, Chair Department of German, SUNY Binghampton
 
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm
Coffee break
 
3:20 pm - 5:00 pm
Successful Models of Transatlantic Cooperation
Phil McKnight, Chair, School of Modern Languages, Georgia Tech, Larry Shuman, Associate Dean, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Kraig Olejniczak, Dean, College of Engineering, Valparaiso University
 
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Wrap-up (in German)
 
6:15 pm
Meeting Point: Lobby of Guest House
Transfer to Dinner location by bus
 
6:45 pm Dinner (Log Haven Restaurant, Millcreek Canyon Road, Salt Lake City; Phone: (801) 272-8255)
 
Return to Guest House by bus
 
Saturday, June 19, 2004

Continental Breakfast in the Guest House Lobby

8:40 am
Meeting Point: Lobby of Guest House
Transfer to College of Engineering
 
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Curriculum Development in Different Engineering Fields ( working groups)
Mechanical Engineering (Klaus Henning, RWTH Aachen )
Electrical Engineering, N.N.
Civil Engineering (Carsten Ahrens, FH Oldenburg)
 
11:30 am – 11:45 am
Coffee break
 
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Presentation of Working Group Results
 
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Luncheon ( College of Engineering )
 
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Scientific Computing Imaging Demonstration ,
College of Engineering (Visual Super computing room)
 
2:30 pm
Coffee break
 
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Roundtable Discussion on Experiences in German and American Engineering Education
 
5:45 pm
Meeting Point: Lobby of Guest House
Transfer to Squatters Pub Brewery by TRAX
 
6:30 pm – 9 pm
Buffet Reception
(Squatters Pub Brewery, 147 West Broadway)
 
Return to Guest House by TRAX