6U-HAPPIER has pleasure in announcing its
2018 Professor Rod Smith Innovative Teaching Workshop
for Younger Faculty
The Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
The workshop is a one-and-a-half-day event conducted in English by
Professor Roderick A. Smith:
- Past President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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Member, Future Rail Research Centre, Imperial College London
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Consultant, JR EAST
Hokkaido University: September 13th/14th, 2018
(full-funding available for
Kyudai, Handai, Meidai, Tokodai, and Tohokudai out-of-town participants)
Aims of Professor Smith and 6U-HAPPIER:
- Encouraging inspired and enlightened teaching in all situations
- Using our own research and experience in our teaching
- Exploring differences between training, teaching and learning
- Stimulating university students to become lifelong-learners
- Provoking and supporting in-class interaction with all students
- Promoting the key role of engineering in solving global issues
- Broadening our interests beyond a single narrow specialization
- Supporting critical discussion and informed debate in English
Please visit the 6U-HAPPIER homepage to
check out the short introductory video of a past workshop
For registration or inquiry, send an e-mail to
