Overview of Socio-Cultural and Technical Tours

8th Annual Global Colloquiumon Engineering Education

Budapest, HungaryOctober 12-15, 2009

Dedication: Prof. Robert M KenediGlobal Scholar and Educator

Born Budapest 19 March, 1921

Innovative Civil Engineer Pioneer Biomedical Engineer Scholar, Educator, Mentor Global Citizen

BSc, PhD(Glas), Honorary University Doctor (Strath), Fellow Inst. Mechanical Engineers, Fellow Hong Kong IE, Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh, Foreign Associate NAE (USA)

Learning Objectives

1. International delegates gain an appreciation of some aspects Hungarian culture and history with an engineering dimension.

2. Delegates (academics, students, practicing engineers) from the Hungary and around the world get to know each other and form networks through a shared experience of the engineering and cultural heritage of Budapest.

Learning Activity1. Read short summary of options in your conference booklet.2. Register (Sign up) at ASEE Conference Desk – numbers are limited.3. Meet your local guide near the ASEE desk on Wednesday at 2pm4. If a tour is full, consider making your own self-guided tour.

Reflection (Assessment)1. Groups discuss their impressions at a local café or restaurant. 2. Delegates give the organizers feedback on the conference evaluation form.

How it Works

Option 1: Visit the Zwack Museum

Travel: by tram (duration approx. 30 minutes from conference location)Ideal attendee number: 20 – 30Cost: approx. 1.800 HUF (~10 USD)/person entrance fee + 600 (~3 USD)/person return ticket cost for public transportationDeparture: on Wednesday, at 14.15

Option 2: Millennium Underground Railway

Travel: by walking (duration approx. 5 minutes from conference location to Deák tér)Ideal attendee number: 20 – 25Cost: approx. 300 HUF (~1,5 USD)/person entrance fee + 600 (~3 USD)/person return ticket cost for public transportationDeparture: on Wednesday, at 14.15

Option 3: Budapest Bridges and Pasta Bridge Competition

Travel: by tram (duration approx. 25 minutes from conference location to Budapest Polytechnic, Népszínház u. 8.)Ideal attendee number: 25 – 30Cost: approx. 600 (~3 USD)/person return ticket cost for public transportationDeparture: on Wednesday, at 14.15

Option 4: Visit the House of Terror Museum

Travel: by tram (duration approx. 20 minutes from conference location to Andrassy street)Ideal attendee number: 5-10 or 20+Cost: full price ticket 1.500 HUF (~9 USD) and approx. 600 (~3 USD)/person return ticket cost for public transportationDeparture: on Wednesday, at 14.15

Option 5: Visit Transport Museum of Budapest

Travel: by Metro 1 (duration approx. 30 minutes from conference location to Széchenyi fürdő station + 10 minutes walk)Ideal attendee number: 20-25Cost: Group admission fee: 300 HUF (~1 USD)/person and approx. 600 (~3 USD)/person return ticket cost for public transportationDeparture: on Wednesday, at 14.15

Community service and outreach activities are an integral part of the Global Student Forum

Engineering educators and students cannot sit and wait for the change they feel is necessary to make it happen. 

Activity: Painting a Budapest Polytechnic University student dormitory.  This community service event will allow participants to provide a need identified by local stakeholders.

Outcome: A lasting experience between students and professionals alongside our local partners.

Option 6: Community Service Activity

Option 8:  Design Your Own Tour!

Enjoy!! But don’t Enjoy!! But don’t get lost!get lost!