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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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developing world issues and technologies. Page 11.1285.8ETHOS sponsors local and state science fair awards, given to junior or high school studentswhich presents a project directly exemplifies the mission statement of the ETHOS program. Intotal, five awards have been given. ETHOS students attend the science fair, rate all projects andpresent the award to the winning student.Conclusion and RemarksThe Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian Opportunities of Service- learning (ETHOS) programis an effective pedagogy for curriculum- integrated engineering service- learning at the Universityof Dayton School of Engineering. Reflection quotes, by participating

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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; • An integration of basic math and science onto themselves, but most importantly, intertwining the theory to serve engineering principles and engineering applications; • Proper connectivity between pre-college math & science with their counterparts in first year engineering; • A vertical integration of the curriculum so that multiple objectives within the same course and time period can be achieved, i.e., lower–division students no longer face a set of isolated individual courses but rather a vertically integrated package that would be team developed and team taught; • Emphasis on inquiry-based learning and pedagogies of engagement with less dependence

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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gregory zieren, Austin Peay State University

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railroads, ships,factories and foundries and took a course in general business as it applied to a practicingengineer. Physics, chemistry and higher mathematics were integral to the curriculum inthe sense that they were taught in conjunction with an engineering application and asnatural sciences in themselves.10 He envisioned laboratories to aid in testing materialsstrength and elasticity, determining coefficients of friction and lubrication testing, tooltesting, power transmission and engines of all sorts. In 1874 the trustees of StevensInstitute approved his request to set up a mechanical laboratory and purchase tools,equipment, testing devices and engines.4The Philadelphia CentennialThurston’s opportunity to show his laboratory and popularize his

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University

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students: understanding professional responsibility through examples. 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1661.67. Bhatt, B. L. 1993. Teaching professional ethical and legal aspects of engineering to undergraduate students. 1993 ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, p. 415-418.68. Fulle, R., C. Richardson, G. Zion. 2004. Building ethics and project management into engineering technology programs. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, Session 1348.69. Alford, E. and T. Ward. 1999. Integrating ethics into the freshman curriculum: an interdisciplinary approach. Proceedings of the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Steven Eisenbarth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

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solvesocietal problems (i.e. clean water, energy, food, health problems, etc.). The paper will addresssome of the issues related to engineering in the global context and how Baylor University isapproaching the integration of this subject through its curriculum and extra curricular activities(i.e. language requirement, interdisciplinary overseas summer school, classroom exercises, andappropriate technology studies/trips) and what is planned for the future (School Committee onGlobal issues, Advisory board activities, and Classroom Activities).IntroductionThe U.S. production of scientists and engineers has continued to fall in relative terms whencompared to Asian rim countries.1 For example, in 2005 Indian schools awarded approximately112,000 engineering

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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deliver software on time,within cost, and meeting the objectives of the system and the customer. Its documented successresulted in the proliferation of CMM-based models to improve engineering processes, which in1998, prompted industry, the US government, and the SEI to begin the Capability MaturityModel Integration (CMMI) project12, providing a single, integrated framework for improvingmulti-disciplinary engineering processes in organizations. Their success, acceptance andmaturation prompt a closer look at the potential application of CMM-based models to improvethe process of engineering education.The next sections presents an overview of the CMM, and the proposed CMM-based model forengineering and technology program assessment, called

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismet Anitsal, Tennessee Tech University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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Fidan, Tennessee Tech University Dr. Ismail Fidan is an Associate Professor in the Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Department, College of Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN. Dr. Fidan received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1996. His teaching and research interests are in computer-integrated design and manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, rapid prototyping, e-manufacturing, online teaching, and manufacturing processes. Page 11.209.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Overview of an

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State College; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy

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, Utah. He received his MS and PhD in Computer Science from University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. His research focuses on diverse areas such as: Database Design, Data Structures, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Page 11.203.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An International Study of Robotics Courses in the Computer Science/Engineering CurriculumAbstractRobots are great motivation tools for teaching different concepts in engineering as well ascomputer science. Many courses involve simple robot construction and its

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Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Sarah DeMaris, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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2006-2020: PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCEFOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT A SMALLINSTITUTIONEric Johnson, Valparaiso University Eric Johnson is the Paul and Cleo Brandt Professor of Engineering and an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Valparaiso University. His area of scientific research is design process methodologies and his teaching interests include introductory computer design courses and the development of international experiences for engineering students.Sarah DeMaris, Valparaiso University Sarah DeMaris is Professor of German and Director of the Kade-Duesenberg German House and Cultural Center at Valparaiso

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roland Kempter, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College; Neil Cotter, University of Utah; Lee Brinton, Salt Lake Community College

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academicadvisory” position – similar to an international advisor - in all colleges across Utah. Ourresearch is a first step towards the goal of achieving unified engineering programs acrossinstitutions.I. Introduction Typically, student transfer in higher education occurs at the bachelor’s level,leading into a master’s or PhD degree. In addition, recently there has been a steadyincrease in student transfer at the undergraduate level from community colleges to stateuniversities in Utah. Naturally, curriculum development in higher education isapproached as an integral and challenging process, which needs to be constantly Page 11.316.3monitored, optimized and

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International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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Society forEngineering Education. Page 11.1071.2 Recruitment in Engineering and Technology Programs Integrating Home Schoolers, Women and International StudentsAbstractThere is an increasing need for a technically literate workforce for the United States to maintainits leadership in today’s interconnected global economy. Unfortunately, although the demand forengineering and technology graduates has increased the number of graduates has not increasedfor the last fifteen years. Because of phenomenon growth in emerging technologies andeconomic globalization it is rewarding to focus our whole hearted effort to recruitment. That iswhy the author has

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Dalton, The Petroleum Institute; Isoroku Kubo, The Petroleum Institute

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2006-461: SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN AMIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY - AN APPROACHDavid Dalton, The Petroleum Institute David F Dalton is a senior lecturer in Communications at the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi. He has sixteen years experience of teaching language and communications at universities in the UK, Spain, Mexico and the UAE. He also has extensive experience of curriculum design and educational management. His current work focuses on teaching a range of practical, synthesized communications and research skills to students who will later work in the oil and gas industry as engineers, managers and administrators.Isoroku Kubo, The Petroleum Institute Dr

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Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Iskandar Hack, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; CARMEN BOJE, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

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fromsources anywhere in the world based on quality and cost. If you want to get promoted today inAmerican industry, you'd better gain substantial overseas experience. At MIT and elsewhere,books are being published and courses taught on the World Wide Web… We inhabit a worldwith a rapidly expanding population, an increasingly globally integrated economy, disparatecultural values, and one that faces varied environmental threats… Today, we are more likely tobe motivated to design for low-cost, high-quality manufacturability, rapid time to market,environmental friendliness, and ease of use than we are for power and sophistication. We have tocompete in all dimensions against every nation and every company in the world, not only withour products but for

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International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

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, given thatthe program must comply with two sets of these simultaneously. An integral component of thedesign of the dual Masters degree program was therefore to capture and summarize thesepolicies, procedures, and traditions so they can easily be shared among the participating faculty,staff, and students. This summary was reviewed and refined a multitude of times, both formallyand informally, with regards to past policies, procedures, and traditions, and with regards towhere these two degree-programs are most likely heading. Indeed this experience quicklyhighlighted the maintenance challenge associated with a dual degree program. In this case it wasthe Technische Universität Darmstadt that made a few minor changes to its Masters degreeprogram

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Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Alice Abreu, OAS; Marta Cehelsky, InterAmerican Development Bank; Teofilo Ramos, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey; Daniel Marcek; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC; Luiz Scavarda Do Carmo, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; John Spencer, Microsoft Corp.; Jorge Yutronic, Conicyt - Chile

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2006-283: ENGINEERING CAPACITY BUILDING IN LATIN AMERICALueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard LUENY MORELL, M.S., P.E., is a member of the University Relations staff of the Hewlett Packard Company. She is responsible for relations with universities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining HP, Lueny was full professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez where she held positions at the Campus and UPR system level, including director of the UPRM R&D Center. Recipient of the 2006 US National Academy of Engineering Bernard M. Gordon award, her work in curriculum, research, accreditation and economic development activities has been published in more

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Mehran Elahi, Elizabeth City State University

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obsolete, manually controlled, universal testing machine into a hot press withcommunication capabilities. This required utilizing load cell, heating platens, and meters tocontrol and monitor the process.The Capstone Course is designed to be offered in the last semester of the Industrial Technologyprogram. This course provides students with an opportunity to tie together some key learningoutcomes from the curriculum and be able to demonstrate some competencies that they have Page 11.360.4learned during the major. The students are assigned to teams of three to four students and eachteam has its own single project. Each team has a faculty advisor who

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Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and Effat College in Saudi Arabia wereawarded a Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) award to establish a new and innovativecurriculum in computer engineering at the Bachelor of Science level at Effat College. The newcurriculum is to include instruction in information processing, information technology andnetworks. Partners are developing a curriculum through the: (1) identification of an appropriatecurricular theme; (2) development of a theme-based introductory course and major curriculumthat includes fundamental concepts of electrical and computer engineering (ECE); (3)development of theme-based design courses that integrate core technical competencies; and (4)use of MATLAB throughout the

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International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shi (Stan) Lan, DeVry University-Chicago; Yaqing Mao, Beijing Normal University, China

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(2005), typically the number of required credit hours to complete a bachelor’s degree inelectronics in China was substantially more than the number of required credit hours in theUnited States.1 This factor alone provided explanations, to a certain extent, to the findings thatelectronics students sampled in China should spend significantly more time on attendingclassroom lectures and scheduled labs, and on studying outside the classroom than theircounterparts in the United States.Lan & Lee (2005) found that, by comparing Tsinghua University at Beijing, and the Universityof Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the typical electronics curriculum in China required 171 - 176credit hours, which resulted in an average of 22-23 credit hours per semester

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Scheibler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Glenn Wrate, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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, Ulla, Integration of Psychology, Economics and Information Technology in anEngineering Curriculum, Computer Science Education; August 1999, p. 162,34 Morel, Laure, Guidat, Claudine, Innovation in Engineering Education: a French Sample of Design and ContinuousUpdating of an Engineering School to Industrial Needs, International Journal of Technology Management, 2005,pp. 57-72.35 Hyde, R. A., Karney, B. W., Thinking Like a Fish: Curriculum Enhancements for Increased EnvironmentalLearning in Hydraulics, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, November 1999, pp.11-14,36 Pigozzi, Mary Joy, A UNESCO View of Global Citizenship Education, Educational Review, February, 2006, pp.1-437 Bollag, Burton, Panel Supports Grants for Study Abroad,. Chronicle of

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Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Jane Parmentier, Arizona State University; Haritha Mogilisetti, Intel; N.K. Kishore, IIT, Karagpur; Uma Devi Sundararajan, National Highways, India; Krutarth Mehta, Arizona State University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University

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area,with policies and best practices potentially having relevance in both parts of the world. Bothareas, for example, could re-examine tradition engineering courses in light of local developmentneeds. Engineering curriculum which focuses solely on globally competitive engineers andinnovation runs the risk of being overly outward-looking and lacking the resources to addressesthe problems within.Possible Solutions for India and Latin America • Integration - A framework for linking engineering education to local development should consist of an integrated approach that begins with an analysis of how accessible the engineering programs are to the society as a whole; conduct a monitoring of investments from the private

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International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University; Tim Mulroy, Sheffield Hallam University; Ian Robinson, Sheffield Hallam University; Boon Han Lye, Kolej Bandar Utama International College

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recruits from only the top 10% ofpredominantly Chinese, Indian and Malay school leavers. The engineering curriculum at TARC isheavily analytical and demanding, but generally lacking exposure to modern technology andequipment.The formal agreement was approved initially as a transitional arrangement for two years, pendingdevelopments, which, it was hoped, would lead to an integrated SHU/TARC dual award fordelivery in Malaysia. It has since been extended until the summer of 2006, and last year sawdevelopments of additional top-up degrees in Automation and Manufacturing Systems. To date thestudents’ results have been excellent, their performance more than justifying SHU’s confidence inthe academic standards of the TARC awards. The pass rate has been

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jongwon Kim, Seoul National University; Dong Mok Kim, Seoul National University; Stefano Consiglio, Technical University of Berlin; Semih Severengiz, Technical University of Berlin; Guenther Seliger, Technical University of Berlin; Lalit Patil, University of Michigan; Debasish Dutta, University of Michigan

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launch of the GPD course did not pose any problem. This is due to theinbuilt flexibility in graduate programs in the U.S. and Korea. The course was started as an Page 11.46.3“experimental” course in UM (ME 599) and as a “temporary” course at SNU (Advanced MEDesign Problem II with the subtitle of GPD). Such courses at the graduate level can be offeredby any faculty at UM and at SNU and require minimal approvals.The integration into the curriculum (i.e., conversion from experimental/temporary to a regularcourse) did require formal paperwork and approvals. There were unique issues that had to beaddressed during this process. First, the offering of

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Henderson, Arizona State University

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Figure 1: Technology and Its Distance from Socio-cultural IssuesThe question then is: How can we as engineering educators and mentors create anatmosphere to engender this Global Competency?Engineering education routinely addresses technology and does it well. However, typicalengineering students avoid social and cultural subjects because they either would rather tinkerwith technology or because there is no room in the curriculum for that material or both. Addingglobal content exacerbates the problem by increasing the material in an already bulgingcurriculum.The Symposium attendees did keep this problem in mind throughout the discussions whichincluded breakout sessions on the following issues. These issues were extracted from the

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International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology; Kazuya Takamata, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Tetsuro Furukawa, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Loo Ching Nong, Singapore Polytechnic

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their project with the Project Supervisor. Although the time formeetings with the Project Supervisor and the time allocated for practical work arewritten into the student timetable, students are free to work outside these allocated timeslots. Students are expected to spend an average of three hours per week on their project.Project work is not "structured". Every project is unique and every problem may havemore than one possible solution.Students of the final year project are given 30 weeks to complete a project which will becredited as one module in their curriculum. The project theme was “Design of Smalland Light Civil Engineering Structures, and the subtitle was “Bus Stops composed ofPedestrian Overhead Bridges and Bollards”.(3) Students of

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simo Lehto, Helsinki Polytechnic

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world. It is divided into scientific disciplines with different conceptsand terms, subjects, basic and professional subjects, and courses, and relies on personalexaminations for grading. The inherent structure directs the students and teachers towards theroutine repetition mode, working alone, and using the time and resources ineffectively. Thepractical example is that when a new need is detected, a course is added to the curriculum.For example, if there is a need for learning ethics, a course in ethics is added.The fundamental reason for the fragmentation is that the knowledge and teaching/learningneeded to achieve the professional level of the engineer (“engineerness”) is first differentiatedand then integrated. As an example, project

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Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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global competencywill depend both upon their integration across the full range of the engineering curriculum,including in engineering science courses, and upon widespread acceptance among engineeringeducators of the importance of giving as much weight and time to problem definition as iscurrently given to problem solving.”Introduction We begin with a short quiz on problem definition in engineering. The quiz consists of twoquestions, one on international differences in what is emphasized in engineering work and oneon international differences in what counts as engineers. All are true. The first is an example from World War II. During the summer of 1940, British freighterswere sinking, victims of Nazi U-boats. Doubting its survival, the U.K

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Brian Dansberry, University of Cincinnati; Louis Trent, University of Cincinnati

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is thus to operationalize the conceptualoutcome in some way (e.g., to develop a test of competence in critical thinking).”3Professional Practice faculty recognized that students achieve a host of significant learningoutcomes through co-operative education work experiences, many of which are described byCates and Jones. “From the standpoint of academic faculty there are several outcomes of co-operative education that are critical. As an educational strategy, co-operative education provideslearning that is related to the students’ curriculum. From the standpoint of industry, it isimportant that students have the technical knowledge that their academic preparation provides,but it is equally important for them to develop workplace knowledge.” 4

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Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gunter Heitmann, Technical University-Berlin

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. After world war II Europeancountries started the process of collaboration, harmonisation and integration, beginningalready in 1955 with the Treaties of Rome. Since that time Europe has increasingly promotedstudents, graduates and the work force in general to be prepared for an internationally orientedpractice and at least a common European labour market. Strengthening the globalcompetitiveness of Europe in general and of the European Union in particular the activitiesshifted more and more from “Europeanisation” towards a global focus. The European Unionin cooperation with its meanwhile 25 member states increased its activities to prepare studentsand graduates for an international practice and to attract students from abroad to study and

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Lee Poe, Middle Tennessee State University; Olivia Dees, Middle Tennessee State University

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encouraged through environmental integrity. The complying industries receive betterreputation, known as an important intangible asset.RemediationCorporations should be held responsible for the sole remediation of their pollution. Remediationis the process of correcting or counteracting harmful acts such as the release of toxins. Theincentive herein is for companies to be more environmentally-conscientious and to takepreventative measures in their production techniques. A greater degree of pollution correlateswith a much more costly clean-up, so the scale of damage could produce a factor whereby thefine is multiplied. Fairness is more accurately assessed in this manner. This would alsodistribute restitution between small polluters and large polluters

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia; Donald Harby, University of Missouri-Columbia; Dong Y. Jang; Wei Zheng, Xiamen Unviersity, China

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Capstone Design Manual. A tentative table of contents is as follows:0. Introduction to the Manual: An ASEE 2004 National Conference paper, describing the effortof internationalizing the capstone design course.*1. Introduction to Capstone Design: This lecture describes the conceptual difference betweendesign analysis and synthesis, the process approach and system integration approach to teachingand learning mechanical design, and the expectation and outcome of the course.2. Design team organization and dynamics: Design team can be organized by personality andtemperament, or by random drawing. Team members play different roles in a synergetic way toproduce the successful design.*3. Collecting information for design and protecting intellectual