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IRF2018 Lisbon / Portugal 22-26 July 2018 |
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6th International Conference INTEGRITY-RELIABILITY-FAILURE THEME: AUTOMOTIVE, LOCOMOTIVE, AEROSPACE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING Lisbon / Portugal, 22-26 July 2018 |
IRF2018 Lisbon / Portugal 22-26 July 2018 |
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Conference Main Topics and Open Forum The objective of this meeting to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of recent advances in three related areas: Integrity, Reliability and Failure of engineering structures, components and systems. The goal is to enable mechanical, aeronautical, space, civil, automotive, biomedical, environmental, and nuclear engineers, researchers and scientists to exchange ideas on the following topics, and others that may be proposed for the different Thematic Symposia :
OPEN FORUM The conference will also include an Open Forum on Strategies for Changing Faculty Behaviour: Balancing Teaching, Research and Service Coordinated by Professor Shaker A, Meguid (U.Toronto, Canada) Needless-to-say, Professors worldwide typically devote more time and effort to research than to teaching and service. It is their belief that the latter two are inferior to research, which is used as a measure of intellectual superiority. To change this behavior, and balance the three, university administrators encourage academic staff to devote greater time to teaching through, for example, teaching workshops, staff evaluation criteria, teaching awards, and financial incentives. With the changing role of universities and the drastic cuts of funding by governments worldwide, diminished research activities and contract research could lead to inferior quality education and standing within the community as well as the inability to maintain the university mission as “houses of learning and knowledge advancement”. A significant amount of inventions as well as progress and development are the result of research active universities. The questions to be discussed in this open forum include: (i) How important is undergraduate education? (ii) How can we improve undergraduate education without compromising research and service? (iii) Can we use postgraduates to effectively teach undergraduates? (iv) How important is research? (v) How important is service to university wellbeing? (vi) Can we truly balance these activities? (vii) What should the weighting be for these activities? (viii) Should we develop two main streams: teachers’ stream and researchers’ stream? (ix) Can the “teachers stream” truly provide an up-to-date education to undergraduates? (x) What is the price of diminished research activities upon the university mission as houses of learning and knowledge advancement?
All delegates are invited to participate in this forum
Please see also IRF2018 Thematic Symposia
Page created on 25 May 2017 / Last update on 16 January 2018
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KEY DATES: Abstracts: 15 Jan 2018 Early Reg: 31 Jan 2018 Full Papers: 15 Mar 2018
PARALLEL & POSTER SESSIONS The IRF2018 Program will be organized in series of Prallel and Poster sessions covering the different areas of the conference Main Topics and of the proposed Thematic Symposia
KEY DATES: Abstracts: 15 Jan 2018 Early Reg: 31 Jan 2018 Full Papers: 15 Mar 2018
SYMPOSIA: A number of thematic Symposia will also be organised under the auspices of the IRF2018 conference. Individuals interested in promoting such a Symposium should contact the conference chairs about their intention, as soon as possible.
KEY DATES: Abstracts: 15 Jan 2018 Early Reg: 31 Jan 2018 Full Papers: 15 Mar 2018
KEYNOTES: The IRF2018 program will include a number of Keynote Lectures by distinguished professionals and scientists in the different areas covered by the Main Topics and Symposia of the conference, to provide thematic presentations of their most recent findings and developments
KEY DATES: Abstracts: 15 Jan 2018 Early Reg: 31 Jan 2018 Full Papers: 15 Mar 2018
PARALLEL & POSTER SESSIONS The IRF2018 Program will be organized in series of Prallel and Poster sessions covering the different areas of the conference Main Topics and of the proposed Thematic Symposia
KEY DATES: Abstracts: 15 Jan 2018 Early Reg: 31 Jan 2018 Full Papers: 15 Mar 2018
SYMPOSIA: A number of thematic Symposia will also be organised under the auspices of the IRF2018 conference. Individuals interested in promoting such a Symposium should contact the conference chairs about their intention, as soon as possible |