The Design Education Committee (DEC) actively participates in many events to promote design education:

• The DEC will determine topics of interest to the DEC members and actively collaborate with other ASME groups -including appropriate Technical Divisions, the ASME Board on Engineering Education, the ASME Board on Pre-College Education, and local sections - to develop sessions and workshops on design issues of mutual interest. The primary dissemination mechanism for any symposia, paper sessions, poster sessions, panel sessions and workshops will be held at the International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC).
• The DEC will actively support international design education dialogues and interactions.
• The DEC will administer the (DEC's Young Design Engineer's Paper Competition) by soliciting and reviewing entries, selecting the winner(s), and by arranging for the winning papers to be published and presented. Contact Phil Doepker (doepker@udayton.edu) for competition guidelines.
• The DEC will construct and maintain an informative website (linked to the ASME's and DED's web presence) to disseminate DEC information.
• The DEC will hold at least one formal meeting each year, normally at the IDETC and conducts additional business as appropriate by e-mail and teleconferences. The most recent meeting minutes are available through this webpage. For any questions about the minutes, please contact the current Secretary." 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dear Colleague:
Stay tuned for information concerning the 2011 ASME/IDETC: 8th Conference on International Design and Design Education

Katie Grantham, Conference Chairwoman,
Zahed Siddique, Program Chairman

Call for Papers: MUDD Design Workshop VIII 

Harvey Mudd College, 26-28 May 2011; two-page abstracts by 31 January 2011 - send electronically to sydney_torrey@hmc.edu & clive_dym@hmc.edu for more details please check HERE.

Registration for MUDD Design Workshop VIII now open:
The Preliminary Program  and Registration Form for the Mudd Design Workshop VII, "Design Education: Innovation and Entrepreneurship," have been released. The conference is to be held at Harvey Mudd College during 26–28 May 2011.

Please note that both attachments incorporate the following (with the approval of the relevant NSF program director): MDW VIII Fellowships may be available to defray expenses for participants from under-represented groups or minority-serving institutions. The cognizant NSF program officer has recommended funding, but a formal award has not yet been tendered. To apply for an MDW VIII Fellowship, please submit the relevant particulars together with this [registration] form.