SCHEDULE

Asian Deans’ Forum 2024
The Rising Stars Women in Engineering Workshop

 

 

*Schedule may be subject to changes.

 

 

 

Sunday, 17 November 2024
Time Event
18:00 – 18:30

Workshop Onsite Registration
Venue: Milkyway Foyer, Novotel Singapore on Stevens

 

18:30 – 19:00

Reception

Venue: Milkyway Foyer

19:00 – 20:30

Welcome Mixer & Dinner

Venue: Polaris I & II

 

Monday, 18 November 2024
Time Event
07:45 Bus Pickup at Hotel Lobby
08:30 – 09:00 Workshop Onsite Registration
Venue: NUS E7, Level 3
09:00 – 09:10 Opening & Welcome Remarks
Professor Kie Leong Teo
Dean, College of Design and Engineering, NUS

Venue: NUS E7, Seminar Room 4
Plenary Theme: Cultivating Leadership in Academia
Moderator: Professor Silvija Gradecak-Garaj
Vice Dean (Research & Technology), College of Design and Engineering, NUS
09:10 – 09:40 Plenary Presentation Turning Dreams into Reality
Professor Bin Liu
Deputy President (Research & Technology), NUS
09:40 – 10:20 Panel Discussion I
Panel speakers:
Professor Bin Liu, Deputy President (Research & Technology), NUS
Professor Rita Henderson, Deputy Dean, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Professor Kumiko Oguma, Department of Urban Engineering, UTokyo
10:20 – 11:00 Coffee Break
Keynote Theme 1: Women Leadership in Engineering Education
Moderator: Associate Professor Young Min Kim
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SNU
11:00 – 11:30 Keynote I Guided Freedom - Empowering Students through Modular Curricula Design

Professor Kuei-Yuan Chan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, NTU
11:30 – 12:00 Keynote II Heat Transfer & Heart Transfer

Professor Ruina Xu
Department of Energy and Power Engineering, THU
12:00 – 12:25 Panel Discussion II

Panel Speakers:
Professor Ruina Xu, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, THU
Professor Kuei-Yuan Chan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NTU
Associate Professor Szu Hui Ng, Head, Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, NUS
Assistant Professor Youngeun Kim, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, SNU
12:25 – 13:50 Lunch
Keynote Theme 2: Women Driving Breakthroughs in Research
Moderator: Assistant Professor Sunmi Shin
Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS
13:50 – 14:20 Keynote III Passion, Perseverance, and People

Professor Hui Su
Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST
14:20 – 14:50 Keynote IV Supervising and Mentoring the Next Generation of Researchers

Associate Professor Vidhyasaharan Sethu
Associate Dean (Research Training), School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
14:50 – 15:20 Keynote V Developing Leadership in Research

Professor Cordelia Selomulya
Associate Dean (Research), School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
15:20 – 15:45 Panel Discussion III

Panel Speakers:
Professor Hui Su, Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST
Associate Professor Vidhyasaharan Sethu, Associate Dean (Research Training), UNSW
Professor Cordelia Selomulya, Associate Dean (Research), UNSW
15:45 – 16:25 Coffee Break
16:25 – 18:30

Participants’ Elevator Pitch
Moderators:

Assistant Professor Iris Yu, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS

Assistant Professor Pearl Li, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS

18:30 – 20:30

Workshop Dinner

RSE Group Photo Taking

Venue: NUS EA Atrium, Level 1

20:30 Bus Pickup at EA Entrance

 

Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Time Event
08:00

Bus Pickup at Hotel Lobby 

Keynote Theme 3: Women Engineers Reaching Out to Society and Community
and Tackling Global Challenges

Moderator: Professor Kumiko Oguma
Department of Urban Engineering, UTokyo
09:00 – 09:30

Keynote VI Medical Robot Systems for Enhancing People's Quality of Life (QOL) through Strong Medical-Engineering Collaboration

Professor Etsuko Kobayashi, Department of Precision Engineering, UTokyo

 

Venue: NUS E7, Seminar Room 4

09:30 – 10:00 Keynote VII Contributing to Society from the Academic Platform

Professor Rita Henderson, Deputy Dean (Societal Impact & Translation), School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
10:00 – 10:25 Panel Discussion IV

Panel Speakers:
Professor Etsuko Kobayashi, Department of Precision Engineering, UTokyo
Professor Rita Henderson, Deputy Dean (Societal Impact & Translation), UNSW
Professor Pei-Te Chiueh, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, NTU
10:25 – 11:05 Coffee Break
11:05 – 12:30 Poster Session
12:30 – 13:40 Lunch
13:40 – 14:30 Lab Tours
14:30 – 16:00 Mentoring Session
Moderator: Assistant Professor Sunmi Shin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS

Professor Ruina Xu
Department of Energy and Power Engineering, THU

Professor Akiko Kumada
Vice Dean, School of Engineering, UTokyo

Dr Imrana Kabir
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW

Professor Pei-Te Chiueh
Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, NTU

Associate Professor Sui Zhang
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS

Assistant Professor Ruohan Zhan
Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics, HKUST

Assistant Professor Bonnie Danqing Zhu
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST

Associate Professor Soo-Yeon Lee
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SNU

Venue: NUS E7, Seminar Room 1-4
16:00 – 18:00

Coffee Break

Meetings with Deans / Department Heads of Engineering of Organizers (by invitation)

18:00 – 18:30 Closing Remarks

Associate Professor Martin Lindsay Buist
Deputy Dean (Education), College of Design and Engineering, NUS

Venue: NUS E7, Seminar Room 4
18:30 Bus Pickup at E7 Entrance