E&PDE2010-Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway

Dear Aede Hatib Musta'amal,

The 12th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
will be organised by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
in Trondheim, Norway in partnership with the Design Education Special Interest
Group (DESIG) of the Design Society and the Institution of Engineering
Designers (IED). The conference in 2010 will address the relationship between
design education and design research.

This year's conference theme, "When Design Education and Design Research meet
. . . . " aims to provide a platform for participants to explore how
scientific research and education within the engineering and product design
arena do, can or should strengthen each other. This theme has been chosen as
it has remained relatively unexplored in previous years' conferences; yet,
design research has, especially in the past decade, grown to become a mature
scientific discipline.

Conference topics include:

- Industrial relevance of design education
- Research-based education
- International collaboration
- Creating scientific attitudes among design students
- Linking Bachelor, Master and PhD level education
- New design education paradigms
- Synergies between engineering and product design education
- Teaching Design Methodology
- Best practices in design education
- Scientific methods for course evaluation
- Professional perspectives for design students
- The role of design within a technical university environment
- Technology transfer through design

The Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN. Abstracts of no more than 500 words should
be submitted through the Conference Management System at
https://www.conftool.net/epde10/ by 4th December 2009.

For full information please see http://www.iepde.org/epde10/

Yours sincerely

E&PDE 2010 Organisers