EUCEET Association

EUCEET Association in brief

The EUCEET Association was founded on 12th March 2007, under Belgian Law, as an expression of the sustainability strategy promoted by the Thematic Network EUCEET (European Civil Engineering Education and Training). Between October 1998 and March 2010, the Thematic Network EUCEET run four projects with the support of grants received from the European Commission – Directorate General for education and Culture.

Members of the EUCEET Association can be higher education institutions, professional associations, companies.

The Association has the following objectives:

a. promote cooperation between higher education institutions offering programmes in civil engineering;
b. foster good practice in civil engineering education and training;
c. contribute to the establishment of educational criteria in civil engineering, based on learning outcomes and competences;
d. encourage the development of programmes of education and training in civil engineering, especially those concerning innovative approaches;
e. operate as a consultant or assessor in programmes concerning education and training in civil engineering;
f. establish permanent links with the construction industry of Europe, ensuring that the point of views and needs of the industry concerning the educational programmes become known by the academia;
g. promote the mobility of students and teaching staff of the higher education institutions offering programmes in civil engineering;
h. cooperate with established professional or other associations in the furtherance of the objectives;
i. promote continuing education as an indispensable mean for the professional development of civil engineers;
j. participate to programmes of the European Commission in the field of education;
k. foster the cooperation of its members in the field of research;
l. cooperate with other international organisation with related interests from Europe and outside Europe.

The main activities of the Association in pursuing its objectives are:

a. participating to programmes of the European Commission.
b. organising Conferences, Symposia and Workshops and publishing proceedings as necessary;
c. establishing and maintaining a data bank on degree courses within higher education institutions in Europe in the field of civil engineering;
d. publishing a regular newsletter to be circulated to the membership;
e. collaborating with other international organisations with related interests.

The General Assemblies of the Association are called on an annual basis.
So far, the EUCEET Association held 16 General Assemblies:

Warsaw, 2008, hosted by the Warsaw University of Technology.
Paris, 2009, hosted by Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees.
Barcelona, 2010, hosted by the Universidad de Catalunia, Escuela Tecnico Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (ETSICCP).
Patras, 2011, hosted by the University of Patras.
Pisa, 2012, hosted by the University of Pisa.
Moscow, 2013, hosted by the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU).
Vilnius, 2014, hosted by the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
Florence, 2015, hosted by the Congress and Exhibition Center of Florence, Italy.
Cluj-Napoca, 2016, hosted by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.
Ekaterinburg, 2017, hosted by the International Exhibition Center "Ekaterinburg-EXPO", Russia.
Barcelona, 2018, hosted by the UPC BarcelonaTech
Paris, 2019, hosted by the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech.
On-line meeting, 18th September, 2020.
Hybrid meeting in Thessaloniki, 2021, hosted by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Hybrid meeting in Tirana, 2022, hosted by POLIS University.
16th General Assembly of EUCEET Association was held on 21 October 2023 in Pisa, Italy.

Next GA will be hosted in ESTP Paris.

The Association organizes Conference in cooperation with the University which is hosting the General Assembly in the respective year.

Five Conferences of the Association took place so far:

1^st Conference of the EUCEET Association, with the theme “New Trends and Challenges in Civil Engineering Education” in Patras, on 24-25 November 2011.
2^nd Conference of the EUCEET Association, with the theme “Civil engineering education: are we meeting the needs of the industry and society?" in Moscow, on 14-15 October 2013.
3^rd Conference of the EUCEET Association, with the theme "Resilience by design of civil engineering works" in Florence, on 22-23 September 2015, organized under the umbrella of the World Engineering Education Forum 2015.
4^th International Conference of the EUCEET Association with the theme "Challenges for the third millennium" in Barcelona, on 5-8 September 2018.
The first Joint Conference of EUCEET and AECEF with the theme “The role of education for Civil Engineers in the implementation of the SDGs” in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 12^th November 2021.
The second Joint Conference EUCEET-AECEF with the theme "The role of interactive teaching/learning approaches in the development of soft skills for Civil Engineering Education" took place in Pisa (Italy) on 19^th October 2023.

History

The EUCEET Association was founded on 12th March 2007, under the Belgian law. The founding members of the Association were: Prof. Marie-Ange Cammarota (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées Paris), Prof. Iacint Manoliu (Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest), Prof. Jean Berlamont (Catholic University of Leuven), Prof. Laurie Boswell (City University London), Prof. Eivind Bratteland (Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim), Prof. Gyorgy Farkas (Budapest University of Technology and Economics), Prof. Pericles Latinopoulos (Aristotle University Thessaloniki), Prof. David Lloyd Smith (Imperial College London).

Statutes of the EUCEET Association

Learn about the principles that drive our work.

Administrative Council

Prof. Jose TURMO

(President)

UPC Barcelona Tech
Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Šarūnas SKUODIS

(Vice-President)

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Vilnius, Lithuania

Prof. Jaak MONBALIU

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Assoc. Prof. Ilda RUSI

Polis University
Tirana, Albania

Assoc. Prof. Jose Antonio LOZANO-GALANT

University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ciudad Real, Spain

Prof. Thibaut SKRZYPEK

Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
Paris, France

PhD Andreea Florentina CONDURACHE

Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania

Prof. Diego Carlo Lo PRESTI

University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy

Prof. Iacint MANOLIU

(Former General Secretary)

Technical University of Civil Engineering
Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania

In Memory of Prof. Manoliu: A Tribute to a Remarkable Educator.

Prof. Manoliu was not just a teacher; he was a mentor, an inspiration, and a beacon of knowledge who touched the lives of countless students and colleagues. 5 April 1934 - 12 June 2018

IACINT MANOLIU K-NOTE LECTURE BY PROF. EUAN LINDSAY AALBORG UNIVERSITY ON THE NEW CE PROGRAM AT CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY

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While he never abandoned international cooperation efforts, in later years he found time to return to journalism, this time writing about his sister Lia Manoliu (1932–1998), the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics (1952–1972). Lia Manoliu won two bronze medals (1960: Rome, 1964: Tokyo) and one gold (1968: Mexico City) in discus throw. Being in the USA on a scholarship, Iacint managed to travel to Mexico City, to be at the Olympic stadium and celebrate the gold medal with Lia.

Prof. Euan Lindsay