About Us | World SPEED

The Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED) is a worldwide non-profit student organization where you can share ideas, knowledge, and cultural experiences in learning and education around engineering.

This independent platform is a space for dialogue between students, academia, civil society, and industry. This exchange promotes cooperative/network work and experiences towards a common goal: generate a positive effect of engineering on society and the environment, and the participation of students in the decision-making process.

Recognized Organization

Proudly members of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)

Best Members

We decided to be engineers, not to compete with each other, but to rise up together.

Many Events

Participate with us and our partners on our present and future events.

Along with SPEED, there has been the GSF.

The GSF is a global conference organized by the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED), which draws academicians, representatives from government, industry, and non-profit organizations, and an increasing number of students from around the world to discuss issues pertinent to Engineering Education.

During this event, students are part of an international experience, submerged in the atmosphere of cross-cultural communication and creative thinking. Participants take part in workshops aimed at providing them with tools to find innovative solutions with a global perspective and apply them in their local communities to improve upon EE. Students get a chance to learn about existing student projects, get involved, and/or start their own regional and global initiatives with the aim of maximizing the student voice within the EE community.

Our Vision

With its strong student-based organization, SPEED brings students, educators, industry, and society together through dialogue, education development in engineering and its contributions, to be part of key decision-making.

Our Mission

SPEED strives to be a benchmark of a strong organization, recognized for its activities and its large network of empowered students in all continents and countries. It seeks to be renowned for its global action and consciousness, and the relationships it has with academia, industry, and civil society organizations.

Organizational Values

SPEED's values define priorities, principles, limits, and ethical criteria that will be essential for decision-making within the organization.

Diversity and non-discrimination
Passion, commitment
Innovation, creativity, and curiosity
Cooperation
Accountability, respect, and trust
Resilience

Meet Our Team

People behind the scenes that make this possible

Felipe Gomez Gallo President felipe.gallo@worldspeed.org
Felipe Gomez Gallo is a master's student in Environmental Engineering with majors in Environmental and Civil Engineering and a minor in Biodiversity studies and Environmental science at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Originally from Cartagena (9th GSF flashbacks start rolling) and with a great interest in sustainability, climate change adaptation, risk assessment and EDUCATION. He has been a member of SPEED since 2015 as a participant of the 11th GSF in Florence and working as an Ed. Content officer and later as a facilitator for the 12th GSF in Seoul. He served as Educational content VP in 2017 and 2018 leading both the Kuala Lumpur and Albuequerque's GSF educational content. Finally, he is a huge eurofan since Athens 2006.

Radhika Gunaji VP - Administration radhika.gunaji@worldspeed.org
Radhika Gautam Gunaji, who belongs to India is a PhD student majoring in Petroleum Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She has been a member of SPEED since 2017 working as a Ed. content officer in 13 th GSF held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the 14 th GSF held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Her research involves developing a Biopolymer using Natural Resources for Enhanced Oil Recovery that would help in Sustainable Oil Production. She brings with herself a strong leadership experience as the President of Post Graduate Student Society for School of Chemical and Energy Engineering and Vice President (womenâ€™s affair) of International Student Society at her current University. She is a travel enthusiast and highly self-motivated individual who in her words will not like to leave any corner unexplored.

Maria Laura Polo VP - Educational Content ml.polo@worldspeed.org
Maria Laura Polo is an Environmental Engineer from Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia. She is currently pursuing further studies in New York City in her various fields of interest, which include Engineering Education, Anthropology and Psychology. She is particularly drawn towards educational techniques and cognitive processes. She has been a member of SPEED since 2017, when she worked as an Ed. Content officer and facilitator for the 13th GSF in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Maria Laura is a curious soul, travel fan and animal lover, always searching for something new to learn from the world.

Laura Restrepo VP - Strategic Development laura.restrepo@worldspeed.org
Laura Restrepo Alameda, proudly Colombian, is finishing her undergraduate degree in environmental engineering at the Universidad de Los Andes. In addition to serving as vice president of strategic development at SPEED, she is president and co-founder of the Uma Kiwe Foundation for Participatory Action Research Centre, youth leader of the Earth Charter International, director of the social responsibility committee at the Universidad de Los Andes, national coordinator of education and campaigns of the International network of SDGs promoters and an associate consultant to the Colombian Green Chamber of Commerce; future ambassador of the Institute of Economics and Peace. Member at the National Water network and the Colombian Networks of Engineering and Social Development. She studies the relationship between engineering and peacebuilding from community-based research perspectives. She has been part of SPEED since 2018 in the educational team; in the WEEF of the same year, that took place in Albuquerque, she participated as a panellist in the intergenerational panel. She is VP since 2019 endings.

Ximena Velandia VP - Latin America xcvelandiav@worldspeed.org
My journey with SPEED started in Cartagena, Colombia. SPEED's Global Student Forum (GSF) 2012 It allowed me to discover there is a great opportunity to contribute to strengthen the teaching -learning processes from student perspective. After being a GSF participant, I became an internal affairs officer and ended up being elected as VP Parthner Organizations and then VP stratgic development. Today, I'm the current VP América Latina of this enriching network as "student voice". My participation at SPEED has paralleled my life from undergraduate to master's student, without a doubt it has been a great opportunity to grow as a person and as a professional.

Kelvin Kiprono VP - Africa kelvin.kiprono@worldspeed.org
I am Kelvin Kiprono, aged 20 and am from Kenya. I am an undergraduate student engineer, pursuing Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering at Moi University in Kenya. I have been working with SPEED for about six months now and it has been such a wonderful and enlightening experience. I believe in positive change especially in things that have great effect to the society that we live in and I also believe in teamwork with a safe space and SPEED brings these aspects together in ways you can never imagine, that is the main reason why I joined SPEED and became the Vice President SPEED-AFRICA. I want to create a â€œSquadâ€ of student engineers across Africa that will have Engineering, SPEED and positive motive to bring change to Africa and to the world as a whole. I am smart, hardworking, a team player, cooperative, diligent, focused and I always give my best no matter how small a situation may be. I hope with all this I will be able to achieve all that I have planned for Africa and the world. â€œAFRICA NEEDS SPEED AND SPEED NEEDS AFRICA.

Raheel Pathan VP - Members Relations raheel.pathan@worldspeed.org
Raheel Pathan is pursuing B.tech Mechanical Engineering from I.T.M. Vocational University, and currently he is Vice-president of Member relations. He is working with SPEED since 2016, and facilitated various Regional Students Forum. He was a part of organising committe in the 2018 GSF conducted in ABQ,USA and also coordinated the recently conducted ISF-2019. He is focused on analysing most efficient process with flexible and high quality production in Industrial sector by maintaining balance in Environment and Technology. By the approach towards INDUSTRY 4.0 " A new rise of Industrial technology.

Our History

How we started, origininated during the 5th American Society of Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Global Colloquium on Engineering Education (GCEE).

2020

SPEED Rebrand

We are giving a new look to SPEED

GSF 2020

This year GSF will be completely virtual. From December 7th to 13th.

2018

14th GSF

The voice of students in peace Engineering: share, magnify, revolutionize.

Albuquerque, United States

2017

13th GSF

Sustainability full spectrum: green Engineering and beyond.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2016

12th GSF

Empowering the millennials

Seoul, South Korea

2015

11th GSF

Engineering Education for multifaceted Engineers

Florence, Italy

2014

10th GSF

Engineering Education without borders

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2013

9th GSF

Developing a global voice for creativity and innovation in Engineering Education

Cartagena, Colombia

2012

8th GSF

Engineering Education for sustainable development and social inclusion.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

2010

7th GSF

Developing future global Engineers

Singapore, Singapore

2009

6th GSF

Ensuring equitable and diverse global representation within Engineering Education

Budapest, Hungary

5th GSF

GLOCAL Engineer: skills and competencies

Saint Petersburg, Russia

2008

4th GSF

Creating local awareness

Bhubaneswar, India

3rd GSF

Sustainability in Education

Cape Town, South Africa

2007

2nd GSF

Role of students within Engineering Education

Istambul, Turkey

2006

1st GSF

Conception of SPEED

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil