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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: Performing art improvisation techniques for mech
 anical engineering design teaching and learning
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Simon Henein\, Patek Philippe Chair in Micromechanical a
 nd Horological Design\, EPFL School of Engineering (STI)\, Institute of Mi
 croengineering (IMT)\nAbstract:\nIn 2017 Prof. Henein initiated a new cour
 se bridging the Engineering and Humanities faculties at EPFL: Collective C
 reation: Improvised Arts and Engineering (Improgineering). This year-long 
 course\, is part of EPFL’s Social and Human Sciences (SHS) program. It i
 s open to all first-year Master’s students\, with classes held once a we
 ek throughout the academic year. The course is hosted and supported by the
  Centre d’art scénique contemporain (ARSENIC) in Lausanne\, a well-know
 n incubator of contemporary performing arts. The course examines the creat
 ive processes in science\, engineering and the performing\narts (dance\, m
 usic\, theatre) and put them in perspective with the design approaches use
 d in engineering.\n\nIn 2018\, the Improgineering course has been selected
  as a subject of study by researchers from the Institute of Psychology and
  Education\, University of Neuchâtel (Prof. Kloetzer’s team) who launch
 ed the Performing Arts as Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education (ASCOPET) p
 roject\, in collaboration with Prof. Henein. The observation and analysis 
 of the pedagogical setting of this course covered the entire 2018-2019 aca
 demic year. The results of this study show that the use of performing arts
  in higher education has the potential to transform not only the relations
 hip of the students to themselves\, to the others\, and to the topic under
  study\, but also to transform the relationship between teachers and stude
 nts\, the relations between artistic and academic institutions\, as well a
 s the understanding of the central role of the body in collaborative activ
 ities\, collective creation\, and in particular in mechanical engineering 
 design.\n\nBio:\nSince obtaining his Ph.D. in Microengineering in 2000 fro
 m EPFL\, Simon Henein has become a recognised leader in the design of nove
 l mechanisms with sophisticated dynamic properties\, dedicated to mechanic
 al watches\, surgical instruments\, and aerospace applications. His relate
 d undergraduate and graduate teaching focuses on micromechanical design\, 
 with an emphasis on the creative process. In parallel\, he developed a str
 ong interest in improvised arts\, particularly in dance instant compositio
 n. He participated in numerous workshops led by internationally renowned i
 mprovisers\, developed his own artistic practice and founded a dance compa
 ny in 2013. His experience in these two creative disciplines allowed him t
 o identify a powerful synergy: improvisation as an efficient technique for
  developing collective work approaches\, reflexivity\, situated knowledge 
 and embodied cognition. Simon Henein is currently Visiting Professor at th
 e Centre for Theatre Studies (CET)\, Faculty of Arts\, University of Lausa
 nne and Associate Professor at EPFL\, Head of the\nMicromechanical and Hor
 ological Design Laboratory INSTANT-LAB\, Institute of Microengineering.
LOCATION:Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/s/87688979401
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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