Industrial Engineering

Biography

Despo Ktoridou is currently an Associate Professor and Head of Management & MIS Department at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. Dr. Ktoridou holds a B.Sc. (1991), M.Sc. (1993) In Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. (2000) in the field of Expert Systems from Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University in Russia. Dr. Ktoridou has worked as a Senior Computer Engineer for different organizations in Cyprus (1992 – 1999), from 2000 – 2007 as an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology and currently as an Associate Professor of MIS at the University of Nicosia. Dr. Ktoridou’s research focuses on areas of Information Communication and Social Technology application in education, Innovative Teaching /Learning Pedagogies in Higher Education and Engineering and Technology Management education. Dr. Ktoridou has presented papers in numerous refereed international conferences and has published several papers in refereed journals. Dr. Ktoridou participated in EU and local funded programs and has been invited by foreign universities as a guest lecturer

Abstract

Abstract : Engineering management: Preparing engineering managers to drive technological and social change