HOOD Higher education prOperties Oriented Design  Applied Research in Higher Education Systems

Organization: Institute Mines-Télécom Research center: Lab-STICC (French CNRS unit 6285) Hosting unit: IMT Atlantique (aka TELECOM Bretagne, formerly ENST-Bretagne) Service: Department of Computer Science Email: siegfried  dot  rouvrais  at imt-atlantique.fr Phone (office): +33 (0)2.29.001504 Phone (secretary): +33 (0)2.29.001406 Fax: +33 (0)2.29.001282 Postal Address:  IMT Atlantique Technopôle Brest-Iroise - CS 83818 F-29238 BREST Cedex 3 - France

• drivers, properties & illities and criteria; 
• educational program architecture modeling, renewal and merge processes;
• evaluation models for accreditation and quality assurance: an intl. perspective

Higher Education Systems Engineering

• STEM & Engineering Education R&D:
• Architectures & Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Europe and internationally
• processes for Quality Enhancement in Higher Education, re-engineering Science & Engineering curricula
• curriculum properties and illities: e.g. 
• accuracy, adaptability, agility, auditability, consistency, composability, comprehensibility, desirability, efficiency, equity, extensibility, flexibility, fluidity, heterogeneity, inclusivity, interoperability, maintainability, modifiability, portability, recoverability, reliability, resiliency, responsibility, reusability, simplicity, scalability, stability, sustainability, transformability, updatability, versatility, viability, vulnerability, etc
• openness, coupledness, responsiveness, etc.
• Design & Transformations:
• large systems: 
• architectures, component-based approaches, service composition;
• business processes and Enterprise Architectures;
• Models and Frameworks:
• concerns, views & quality alignment;
  
• formal specification and verification: 
• non-functional requirements (NFR), non functional properties (NFP) & illities, 
• NFP-oriented model transformation, model comparison.

Current Activities

• [2022-25] DECART (Design of higher Education Curricula for Agility, Resilience & Transformations), project coordinator, HED220 cooperating strategic partnership in higher education: 400.000 Euros
• coordinated by IMT Atlantique, with Reykjavik University, Rennes School of Business, Vilnius University, University of KwaZulu Natal, IT Del.
• [2022-] VUCASTEM: VUCA-based transformations and transitions of STEM and engineering education programmes

Publications

• Higher Education Systems Publications:
  

1. Does a Master's Program in Engineering Require a Final Project? H. Audunsson, S. Rouvrais, R. Rudd, R. Kristjansson, and O. M. S. Moschetta.
   In Proceedings of the 18th International CDIO Conference, hosted by Reykjavik University, Reykjavik Iceland, June 13-15, 2022. [PDF]
   
   
2. If you please, draw me a resilient curriculum! S. Rouvrais, I. Liem, H. Audunsson, and C. Gerwel Proches
   In Proceedings of the 18th International CDIO Conference, hosted by Reykjavik University, Reykjavik Iceland, June 13-15, 2022. With talk. [PDF]
   
   
3. Industry engagement and competence integration into STEM educational programs. S. Rouvrais, G. Jacovetti, C. Langlais, P. Lenca, D.V. Dien, et al. 
   Research Report, Euro-Asian Collaboration for Enhancing STEM Education. March 2022. [PDF]
   
   
4. A Decision Skills Framework for Higher and VET Education to face VUCA situations. S. Rouvrais, N. Chelin, S. Dunn, L. Esnault, T. Friðgeirsson, et al.
   Research report, August 2020. [PDF]
   
   
5. University-Industry collaboration themes in STEM higher education: An Euro-ASEAN perspective. S. Rouvrais, G. Jacovetti, P. Chantawannakul, N. Suree, and S. Bangchokdee.
   In proceedings of the 16th International CDIO Conference, hosted on-line by Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 9-11 June 2020. [PDF]
   
   • also see presentation of the history of French Engineering Education, from Ecole des constructeurs de vaisseaux 1.0, Kosa Pan, to Society 5.0 and beyond, during the 1st Euro-Asia STEM Education Conference (EASTEM-EC) at Science and Technology Park (SteP). [PDF]
     
6. Work-based Learning Models in French Engineering Curricula: Insight from the French experience. Rouvrais, S., B. Remaud, and M. Saveuze.
   EJEE European Journal of Engineering Education, Special Issue, Volume 45 Issue 1, pp. 89-102, online in March 2018. [PDF] - Ranked Q1 SJR
   draft version in the Proceedings of the 13th CDIO Intl. Conference, University of Calgary, pp. 766- 781. Brennan, Edström, Hugo, Roslöf, Songer & Spooner (Eds). Canada, June 18-22, 2017. With talk. [OpenAccess online]
   
   
7. Collaborative Quality Enhancement in Engineering Education: an Overview of Operational Models at a Programme Level. Bennedsen, J., Rouvrais, S., Roslof, J., Kontio, J., and McCartan C.D.
   EJEE European Journal of Engineering Education, Pages 73-88, Feb. 2018. [OpenAccess online] - Ranked Q1 SJR
   
   
8. The South African Engineering Education Model with a European Perspective: History, Analogies, Transformations, and Challenges. Kloot, B., and Rouvrais, S.
   In the European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE), "European Models of Engineering Education: Evolution and Challenges", Taylor & Francis, Vol. 24(2), pp. 188-202, March 2017. [OpenAccess online] - Ranked Q1 SJR
   article also presented during the 11th Annual Higher Education Conference, "Higher Education Today: Crises, Contestations, Contemplations and Futures", 27-29 September 2017, Durban, South Africa. [abstract] [article]
   
   
9. The Power of Self-evaluation based on Cross-sparring in Developing the Quality of Engineering Programmes. Shrey-Niemenmaa, K., Clark, R., Matthiasdottir, A., Georgsson, F., Kontio, J., Bennedsen, J., Rouvrais, S., and Hermon, P.
   In Proceedings of the 6th World Engineering Education Forum & The Global Engineering Deans Council. Springer. 6-10 November 2016, Seoul, Korea. Also in Book: "Engineering Education for a Smart Society", Springer, International Association of Online Engineering, M.E.Auer & Kwang-Sun Sim (Eds), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series, 627(1), January 2018. [PDF]
   
   
10. Using Accreditation Criteria for Collaborative Quality Enhancement. Bennedsen, J., Clark, R., Rouvrais, S., and  Shrey-Niemenmaa, K.
    In Proceedings of the 5th World Engineering Education Forum, Interactive Collaborative Learning, IEEE Xplore, pp.334-341, 20-24 September 2015, Florence, Italy. [IEEE link][PDF]
    
    
11. An Assessment Framework for Engineering Education Systems.  Rouvrais, S. and Lassudrie, C.
    In Proceedings of the 14th intl. SPICE Conference. 4-6 November  2014, Vilnius University,  Springer CCIS series, 447. A. Mitasiunas et al. (Eds.), pp. 250--255. With talk. [lSpringerlink] [PDF] - ERA ranked B
    
    
12. Educational Program Evaluations: Rationalizing assessment models and processes for engineering education quality enhancement . Rouvrais, S., Lassudrie, C., Ech-Chantoufi, S., and Bakrim, S.
    In Proceedings of the 10th intl. CDIO Conference: "Sharing Successful Engineering Education Experiences." 15-19 June, 2014, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. With talk.[PDF]
    
    
13. Managing the Continuous Improvement Loop of Educational Systems: Students as key actors in program evaluation. Lassudrie, C., Kontio, J., and Rouvrais, S.
    In Proceedings of the 9th intl. CDIO Conference: "Engineering Leadership in Innovation and Design". 9-13 June, 2013,  MIT & Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA. With talk. [PDF]
    
14. Architecting the CDIO Educational Framework Pursuant to Constructive Alignment Principles.  Rouvrais, S. and Chiprianov, V.
    In International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education (IJQAETE), Vol. 2(2). IGI Global (USA), pages 80-92, April-June 2012. [abstract][personalpaper]
    
    
15. Resistance to Change in Institutionalizing the CDIO Standards: From a Waterfall to and Agile Improvement Model. Rouvrais, S. and Landrac, G.
    In Proceedings of the 8th International CDIO Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, July 1-4, 2012. With talk. [PDF] [slides]
    
    
16. Modeling and Architecting Educational Frameworks. Rouvrais, S. and Chiprianov, V.
    In Electronic Proceedings of the 7th International CDIO Conference, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, June 20-23, 2011. With talk.
    See for a shorter version  Intl. Journal QAETE 2012, Vol. (2)2 supra. [PDF]
    
    
17. A Starter Activity Design Process to Deepen Students Understanding of Outcome-related Project Learning Objectives. Rouvrais, S., Mallet, J., and Vinouze, B.
    In Electronic Proceedings of the 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2010), Arlington, Washington D.C., October 27-30, 2010. With talk. [PDF] [slides] - ERA ranked B
    
    
18. A Mixed Project-based Learning Framework: Preparing and Developing Student Competencies in a French Grande Ecole. Rouvrais S., Ormrod J., Landrac G., Mallet J., Gilliot J-M., Thepaut A., and Tremenbert P.
    EJEE European Journal of Engineering Education, "Engineering Competencies". Volume 31, Number/Issue 1. Pages 83--93. March 2006. - Ranked Q1 SJR, ERA ranked A
    In this journal article, you will find our V-semester-projects cycle for engineering programs. [abstract, full paper]
    
    
19. Changement de curriculum : le projet comme bras de levier pour de la pédagogie active et un référentiel de compétences. Landrac G., Rouvrais S., Gilliot J-M., and Houcke S.
    In French. In Proceedings of the 21th Congress of association internationale de pédagogie universitaire, pages 157-158. AIPU'04. Marocco, 3-7 May 2004.
    

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