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Patrick Tunno

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internationalexperience participants appeared to offer the potential to 1) create momentum for global learningand leadership in returnees 2) allow a space to creating meaning from one’s experiences 3)establish a dedicated student corps to promote an increase in global experience participation.With these ideas as guiding principles, the Global Engineering Fellows Program was launched.History and Program ComponentsSince 2016, when the Global Engineering Fellows Program was founded, it has evolved to awell-known organization at Penn State with the following mission statement “Empowersglobally minded engineering students through targeted professional development that integratesinternational perspectives, cultural intelligence, and the ability to deliver a compelling

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

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Dimitrios Stroumbakis PE, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College

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skills sets that contribute the growing field known as Public InterestTechnology (PIT). PIT describes a new brand of civic-minded engineering graduates who can apply high-end technology skills along with public policy to better serve the interests of the for the overall good ofsociety. Moreover, as a consortium of 21 universities and funded by the Ford Foundation and NewAmerica, the PIT University Network (PIT-UN) is committed shaping educational course a curriculum tobetter integrate technology, public policy, and social sciences.In this paper, we described the creation, implementation and first-pass assessment of mini modules designto teach Project management as the added value skill set and to indoctrinate the students to Public Sectorover a

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

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Kyle P Fuller, Northeastern University; Andrew J Lopreiato, Northeastern University; Raiden L Schodowski, Northeastern Univeristy; Alec W Silverman, Northeastern University; Samantha L Bowman, Northeastern University; Caitlynn E. Tov, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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for a hospital in the United Statesmay not work well in a hospital in Ethiopia. Students learn that just because a solution mayappear better for a context they are familiar with doesn’t mean it actually is better for the contextin which the product will be used. By learning about and engaging with the difficulties ofdesigning medical devices for a low-resource hospital, students must also reckon with the rolethat engineering plays in social and economic inequalities, both globally and domestically.Products like medical devices tend to be designed for communities with the most money to payfor them and the most resources to build them, and therefore often can’t meet the needs of thosewho need them the most.With these ideas in mind, the surgical