Re-Engineering the Engineering Education

SPEAKER: Dr. Jung Uck SeoABSTRACT: A new look at the traditional Engineering educational model and how emerging global trends have resulted in a shift in the current career paradigm. Demands and requirements from employers have set in motion the need for enhanced educational engineering skills.BIO: Dr. Seo is Chief Executive Officer of the e-trade Program Office, Korean International Trade Association. Among other achievements in his noteworthy career he was President and Vice Chairman of SK Telecom, where he commercialized the CDMA cellular mobile telephone for the first time in the world; President of Korean Council on System Engineering; Chair Profession of both Sunchon National University an Myongji University; Minister in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Chairman of the Korea Foundation of International Cooperation of Science. Dr. Seo has also received numerous academic, business and technological distinctions and honors throughout his career.Host: Professor Keith M. Chugg, chugg@usc.edu

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - -248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Mayumi Thrasher