Plenary Lecture

Introducing Sustainable Development Concept and "Human Being Teaching" in a Scientific Engineer School: A Difficult Challenge but a Collective Responsibility

Professor Philippe Dondon
ENSEIRB Rue A Schweitzer 33400 Talence
France
E-mail: Philippe.Dondon@enseirb.fr

Abstract: Since a few years, politics and scientific specialists speak about sustainable development. They describe the future trend for the world. The question is how University teachers can contribute to this new deal with their students. First, a state of art in France will be done. Then, we will present the main difficulties and resistances in introducing this new way minding in scientific engineer school. We will speak about some human development tools usable to improve the human being and behaviour. Finally, we will give some concrete examples we are doing in our electronic department for sensitizing students to human behaviour impact and concrete electronic project in the way of sustainable development. At least, we will discuss about a possible extension of the concept and a redefinition of electronic teaching totally based on sustainable development.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Dr. Ph. Dondon was born in 1960. After his electronic engineer diploma in 1983, he worked first 5 years as product manager in T.R.T, a french radiocommunication systems company. Then, he received the Ph.D.in Bordeaux from IXL laboratory in microelectronic design in 1992.
He has a great experience in electronic teaching and is also involved in pedagogy method process.
He is also working on motivation and psychological process of teaching with Yoga masters and psychotherapist.
He has published more than 40 papers in Journals and international Conferences. He took five patents in micro electronic circuits design.