Welcome to the first episode of Season 3 of the SEFI podcast! During this season we will discuss changes in European engineering education and engineering education research over the last few decades and its release coincides with SEFI 2023 being hosted by TU Dublin in Ireland.
In this episode we speak to Professor Emeritus Mike Murphy, former president of SEFI (2017-2019). We talk about Mike’s return to academia and his role in successful establishment of TU Dublin, Ireland’s first designated technological university and how, as Director of the Faculty of Engineering, he helped build TU Dublin’s reputation for both engineering teaching and research.
After obtaining his undergraduate degree at what became the Dublin Institute of Technology, Mike moved to the USA to student towards a Masters and PhD at Stevens Institute of Technology. After a year as an assistant professor, he decided to move to industry and worked for Bells Labs and Bellcore, whilst still maintaining relations with academia as agile faculty. It is Mike’s experience in industry and academia, as well as internationally and in high tech industries, that enabled him to become Dean of Engineering. His management roles include Faculty Director of Engineering, and Director and Dean of the College of Engineering and Built Environment. In 2022 he was appointed interim national coordinator for the EU funded €40 million national initiative to transform teaching and learning across the technological university sector in Ireland.·
Show notes: https://www.sefi.be/2023/09/11/podcast-season-3-episode-1-european-engineering-educators-is-online/
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about managing transformational change.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.31 Podcast Intro
0.53 Experiences of change from Natalie and Neil
1.55 Mike’s Background
5.05 TU Dublin and the Technological University Sector in Ireland
9.15 Mike's Key ingredients for a successful transformation
13.17 Strengths and Challenges at DIT
17.19 From industry to academia and attending conferences
20.23 From inward to outward facing: the role of Fulbright Scholars and external validation in development of EER
23.40 Milestones and objectives in the transformation journey
28.37 The role of external forces on influencing change
34.20 Bumps in the road
39.53 Lessons learnt about leading change
43.17 The role of external communities
46.11 Final advice from Mike
50.29 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil.
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