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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Ring, Dublin Institute of Technology; Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University

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International

2006-2408: FACULTY PERSPECTIVES ON INSTRUCTIONALCOLLABORATION AS A COMPONENT OF INTERNATIONAL LINKAGEMichael Dyrenfurth, Purdue UniversityMichael Ring, Dublin Institute of Technology Page 11.634.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006TO: Dr. Nick SafaiFrom: Michael DyrenfurthRe: International Program SessionHello & Please note that the progress on the session we discussed is moving along wellalthough we will not be able to submit more than drafts of the papers at this time.I have been in touch with the Dean of DIT in Ireland and they will be finalizing plans as towho is coming this week and that will need to be reflected in the final papers.Given this, I am

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

undergraduate minority enrollment. The model is designed for bothshort-term and long-range practice. To achieve diversity, the IHE strategic plan shouldhave a target year that shows the existing enrollment of minority students as well as theprojected future trend. The model suggests that an undergraduate (UG) and graduate (G)minority program must be established first. The IHE organizational flowchart shouldinclude the UG & G program. Dedicated and committed efforts are needed throughoutthe university colleges and departments to actively participate in the implementation ofsuch a model. The success of the model depends on aggressive recruitment, retention,and orientation through planned professional development workshops. A workable modelcan be

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Ring, Dublin Institute of Technology; Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University

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International

country approaches • Increase understanding of international dynamics • Become more competitive • Potentially identify overseas internship • Have funRealities of International Exchange/Collaborations • Travel funding is tight • How do I handle my other classes • Securing visas & passports • Where will I stay • Will this count towards my degree • How do I communicate & plan in advance • Maintaining contact with family • Trepidation of first time overseas…Similarities and Differences within the institutions and courses • Content Covered • Types of activities • Theory—Application Balance • Lecture/presentation styles • Assessment differencesStudent Differences & Similarities • Motivation

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Direk Lavansiri, Chulalongkorn University; Boonchai Sowanwanichakul, Chulalongkorn University; Manoj Lohatepanont, Chulalongkorn University

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International

Engineering, Chulalongkorn UniversityAbstractThe Faculty of Engineering at Chulalongkorn University recognizes the growing demand for e-learning and has developed strategy and implementation plan accordingly. In this paper, wedescribe the classification of e-learning readiness of the faculty and show a steady progresstowards greater e-learning readiness. A strategy map based on the balanced scorecard conceptwas developed to formalize and guide our implementation of e-learning based courses andprograms. We show, in this paper, how all of the four perspectives—stakeholder, process,capacity building, and finance—are balanced in our strategy map. We describe our currentmajor e-learning projects, which comprise of three

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Murphy; Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University

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International

large part on who is asking. Different people atthe university may well have different reasons to pursue (or not) international collaboration.Hunter2 reported on American efforts and Knight & deWitt3 shared international perspectives onboth such reasons and the condition of internationalization. Page 11.438.2Perspectives matter • Institutional (President) The position promulgated by institution Presidents and senior leadership is usually readily discernable in documents such as a Strategic Plan. Additionally, these positions are often reflected in the comments made by such leaders when addressing senate meetings, convocations and other gatherings of faculty and students. Note that, in the

Conference Session

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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International

globalwarming, economic considerations and a shift of focus within the oil and gas industry itself, notonly is such an initiative relevant, but (we advocate) should be a planned and programmed partof our curriculum development process. It should be both cross-curricular and interdisciplinaryand project based in nature. Already, engineering programs in the Gulf region such as those inKing Faisal University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Universityinclude ASE issues and components in their curriculum, albeit at differing stages ofdevelopment.It is further significant in our context in that we are committed to developing behavioralcompetencies outlined by our sponsor, the national oil company- teamwork, organization,planning; time

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashok Goel, Michigan Technological University; Hyun-Chan Cho, Korea University of Technology and Education

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International

, networks and electronics.These are 1 or 2 week long intensive courses offered during the summer and winter vacationperiods. HRDI advertises these courses in the newspapers and through a daily web-site. In thispaper, the course instructor (AG) and the course moderator (HC) list the HRDI programs at KUTand present their experiences with one such course on VLSI Design.Human Resources Development Institute at KUTEstablished by the support from the Ministry of Labor in January 1999 as part of theGovernment's new five-year economy plan, HRDI has played a unique role of providingspecialized vocational training skills. Specifically, this institute has been set up in order toprovide both teachers from vocational training schools and technicians from

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard McGinnis, Bucknell University; Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University

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International

Industrial Revolution, into modern times; 2. Understand the limitations of technology and how today’s engineering solutions can become tomorrow’s societal problems; 3. Develop a historic perspective on the development of the United Kingdom; 4. Understand how traditions, customs, and culture impact engineering projects; 5. Understand how projects in one country can be affected by policies, laws, and customs of other countries; 6. Understand how political, financial, and environmental constraints affect the planning, design, construction, and operation of large engineering projects; 7. Understand why personal property rights that are so important in the US are less important in European countries

Conference Session

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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International

liberal arts component, which currently enrolls approximately 3000undergraduate students, of whom 350 are enrolled in the College of Engineering. The universityemploys a full-time faculty of 264, with 21 faculty members in the College of Engineering. Withsuch small numbers of both students and faculty, the challenge was to create an internationalexperience that fulfilled the university’s mission, attracted engineering students and was cost-effective. One of three “directional themes” in Valparaiso University's Strategic Plan states thatthe university “will deliver a distinctive education that integrates fields of study . . . [and]combines liberal with professional education, . . . in order to form men and women who willflourish in an increasingly

Conference Session

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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International

Page 11.820.3air pollution in President Bush’s 2003 State of the Union Address included the Clear Skies Act inthe administration’s plan. Compared to the Clean Air Act, the Clear Skies Act is not the bestchoice for sustainability. It is reputable for its considerable weakness in environmentalregulation, and it allows for industries to release even more pollution into the air (See Figure-2).3These figures do not serve to merely condemn the administration’s plan for inadequateenvironmental regulation, but rather to exemplify evidence supporting a critical need for actionto be taken through educational research in engineering technology. Figure-1. Major Air Pollutants from Power Plants Administration Plan

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

oriented program for forward motionUNESCO plans for capacity buildingIn 2003, the United States of America rejoined UNESCO after an absence of 18 years.The US government indicated to UNESCO that it wanted a significant portion of theincreased funds that it would provide to its budget to be allocated to enhancing itsprograms in engineering and engineering education. A major proposal on how to mountan enhanced program, entitled “Cross-sectoral activities in technical capacity-building”,was developed and submitted to UNESCO for consideration. This effort, to he housed inthe science sector and reporting directly to the Assistant Director General for Science,will focus broadly on building personal and institutional capabilities in

Conference Session

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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International

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

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

efficient use of all the available direct contact hours. Hence, it was important that any material presented by the exchange faculty member would be relevant, be presented at the appropriate level for the student cohort and fit seemlessly into their course of study. For planning purposes, exchange timelines typically need to be agreed at least 2.5 months in advance. We found it appropriate and useful for the exchange faculty member from the partner institution to propose a list of possible topics where they believed they could bring particular value. Subsequently, we sought the advice and guidance of our overseas partner as to its suitability. In every case, this feedback proved useful in aligning the material appropriately for the cohort

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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International

distributed throughout country living in smallvillages and generally isolated farms.The present energy situation in Moldova is clearly not sustainable and highly undesirable.However, the lack of traditional energy resources and mineral wealth, combined with the factorspreviously noted, excludes traditional energy solutions. Hence any long-term energy plan mustfactor in the present debt load, the general lack of mineral resources, a distributed populationbase, and the existing agricultural economy. Consequently the unique conditions that currentlyexist in Moldova are conducive to unconventional approaches for resolving the presentdependence on foreign energy. Given the lack of an existing wide-spread power grid combinedwith lack of energy resources

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenlung Li, National Taipei University of Technology; Jhy-Cherng Tsai, National Chung-Hsing University, TAIWAN; Wei-Chung Wang, National Tsing-Hua University, TAIWAN; Cheng-Kuo Sung, National Tsing-Hua University, TAIWAN; Jennie Wu, Ministry of Education, TAIWAN

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Education (MOE) has initiated the ‘The Research and EducationAdvancement Project’ (REAP) to assure both quantity and quality of the manpower can meet theneeds. The major goal is to re-arrange the educational resources in such a way that they can bemore efficiently used while the quality of graduates can be further raised. Firstly, several so-called the “strategic industries” are identified depending on the country’s economy plans. In themean time, the programs that matching with those strategic industries are initiated one afteranother by MOE. Unlike the traditional educational programs, the REAP emphasizes the inter-university collaborations. Among these many capstone programs in REAP, the precisionmechatronics program, started in 1997, includes

Conference Session

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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International

States’sEngineering for the Americas Symposium, the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium ofEngineering Institutions (LACCEI) proposed an assessment model that provides a five-levelevaluation that could lead to accreditation. This paper describes the model, which applies amulti-level, model-based process improvement model widely used in the software systemsengineering, called the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), to Engineering Education. Model-based process improvement uses a model to guide the improvement of an organization’sprocesses and aims to increase the capability of work processes. Process capability is theinherent ability of a process to produce planned results. This paper presents an overview of theCMM and proposes three CMM-based models for

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Husfeld, Valparaiso University; Carmine Polito, Valparaiso University; Elizabeth Gingerich, Valparaiso University

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International

2006-1043: LESSONS IMPLEMENTED ON AN INTERNATIONAL SERVICELEARNING PROJECTRachel Husfeld, Valparaiso University RACHEL HUSFELD served as the 2005 student president of the Valparaiso University chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Originally from Houston, Texas, she is a senior civil engineering major graduating in May 2006. Rachel plans to pursue a master’s degree in structural engineering beginning in the fall of 2006.Carmine Polito, Valparaiso University CARMINE POLITO is the Frederick F. Jenny, Jr. Professor of Emerging Technology at Valparaiso University, where he has taught civil engineering courses for the last five years. He serves as a faculty advisor to the Valparaiso University

Conference Session

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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International

,February 26-27, 2004.The workshop structure included sessions entitled Inspiration, Discernment, Breakout Discussionand Collective Summation and Planning. The overall goal was to define the major issues in GEEand to reach consensus on action items to further the success and spread of GEE. Concludingwith action items was a strategic necessity. Ending the workshop with a list of issues andconclusions without “marching orders” would have been incomplete. The action items help the Page 11.1027.2attendees to continue the workshop discussion as they return home and give a sense of purposeand a plan for continuing the workshop in coming years.Among the

Conference Session

Convergence of Quality Assurance Systems Around the Globe

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Murphy; Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University

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International

is not intended as a mechanism tostandardise European higher education. [2] In theory, principles of autonomy anddiversity are respected for each country. There is a recognition that, in spite ofdifferences, European higher education systems are facing common internal andexternal challenges and thus the Bologna Declaration (now often referred tocolloquially as “Bologna”) reflects a search for a common European answer to Page 11.1364.2common European problems.It must be emphasised that the Bologna Declaration is not simply a political statement(which it is), but also a commitment to an action plan. The overall common goal is tocreate, by 2010, a

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton; Donna Summers, University of Dayton

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International

musical performance at the Institute.SuzhouAfter Nanjing, the group went to Suzhou, specifically the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). SIP is amaster planned community that borders the city of Suzhou. Over 200 foreign-investedenterprises have committed to the community. When fully developed, the SIP will accommodatea population of 600,000 and provide jobs for 360,000 employees. The group stayed in themodern SIP hotel and a classroom was reserved for us at the Higher Education Town. Hsu3indicates that international alliances develop student learning in ways not learned in traditionaleducational settings. The University of Dayton has formed a 3+1 agreement with ShanghaiNormal University (SNU). At Suzhou, six students from SNU joined the group from

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mulchand Rathod, Wayne State University; Mary James Legatski, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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International

the re-organization of the society and thereare currently no plans to re-establish it. The "lesson learned" here was that a program successfulat the student section level (i.e., the DAG Program) may not have the same degree of appeal atthe senior section level. Ironically, that is the very location within ASME that diversity andinclusiveness promotion could be most valuable. E Outreach Activities Page 11.93.5 Outreach to organizations that represent and support minorities and women inengineering to share information and discuss ways to potentially work together has long been ahallmark of ASME’s diversity activities and include

Conference Session

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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Board, Educational Activities Board, Fellow Committee, EAB Accreditation Policy Committee, EAB Planning and Review Committee, Admission and Advancement Committee and Director of the IEEE-Monterrey Section. In 1998 he received the© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 IEEE-EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities “for leadership in establishment of the engineering accreditation system in Mexico” and in 1992 an ABET Award “in recognition of distinguished leadership in engineering education accreditation in Mexico”.Luiz Scavarda Do Carmo, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro LUIZ C. SCAVARDA DO CARMO is Vice Rector of the Pontifical Catholic

Conference Session

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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studydue to the project’s focus on the design of global but “unspecific” products. For example, theproject topic for Fall 2004 was “(re)design any product with emphasis on its sustainability.” Theinter-disciplinary team of students selects the product after a detailed market analysis. It is thusnot specific to any one field of study (a few sample product ideas are shown in Figure 1). Forexample, aerospace students may be required to design a better wing and in the process, calculatewing stiffness. They would not focus on the development of a more efficient householdrefrigerator by considering basic principles from the customer’s point of view. In addition,students in GPD are expected to fabricate a working prototype and present plans for the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming

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carried from here. I had carried the sameinformation brochures that Dr. Suresh Muknahallipatna [18] had prepared for the recruiting tripthough Asia Foundation, a for-profit organization for recruiting graduate students from India.I had discussions with several faculty members and administrators at IIT on the topic ofInternational Engineering program initiative. The IIT administration showed interest in studentand faculty exchange programs with US universities, however they did not have a clear plan orexperience in doing so. This campus was perhaps ahead of other IIT campuses in internationalactivities (short term visitors from developed countries, research collaborations,…). Still, itseemed they were not prepared for providing facilities and

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simo Lehto, Helsinki Polytechnic

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International

successof the work. There are three basic types of reaction:-active positive responses: taking care of the problem or turning the problem intobenefit/victory (leading to continuing the work)-passive responses: giving up or fleeing (leading to interrupting the work):-active negative response): struggle against the obstacle (leading to interrupting or continuingthe work depending on the outcome of the response).These three reactions correspond to the three modes of survival. The first requires consciousthinking and planning. The second and third are usually unconscious reactions that basicallycorrespond to the methods of survival in the animal world: freezing, fleeing and fighting.Requirements of the three modesThe routine work can be divided to

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Miner, Iowa State University; Andrew Riha, Iowa State University; Julia Apple-Smith, Iowa State University

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International

collaborators, internationalacademic partners and industrial partners, we plan to double the number of studentsstudying/working abroad and experience even greater success with preparing our students fortheir global leadership roles.Bibliography[1] Engineering International Programs & Services, http://www.eng.iastate.edu/intlprogs.[2] Iowa State University, College of Engineering, Strategic Plan (draft), 2005-2006.[3] L. Shuman, B. Bidanda, K. Thomes, and L. Feick, “The Global and Societal Challenge – An Innovative Approach to ABET Criterion 3.h and Beyond,” (CD) Proceedings, 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Conference.[4] College of Engineering Departments, http://www.eng.iastate.edu/dept_units.asp.[5] Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado-Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado-Boulder; R. Scott Summers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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International

communities. These include water provisioning and purification,sanitation, power production, shelter, site planning, infrastructure, foodproduction and distribution, and communication, among many others. Suchproblems are not usually addressed in engineering curricula in the United States,however. Thus, our engineers are not educated to address the needs of the mostdestitute people on our planet, many of them living in industrialized countries.This is unfortunate, because an estimated 20% of the world’s population lacksclean water, 40% lacks adequate sanitation, and 20% lacks adequate housing.Furthermore, engineers will be critical to addressing the complex problemsassociated with refugees, displaced populations, and the large-scale movementof

Conference Session

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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International

affordable.Students log onto TTU website (http://webct.tntech.edu) and use the interactive course materialspresented at the course site in WebCT [1], which is a widely used e-learning system across thenation. Some of the interactive teaching methods include cases, competitive computersimulation, applied problem solving, team building exercises, cross-functional activities,scenario planning, role playing, and feasibility projects. “The campus-based and distance-basedprograms earn the same degree” [2].In the summer semester of 2004/05 academic year, the authors were able to offer fullyundergraduate and graduate level online courses for their degree programs. These courses wereCAD (Computer Aided Design) for Technology (undergraduate level) and Strategic

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evan Thomas, University of Colorado-Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado-Boulder; Andrew Azman, University of Colorado-Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado-Boulder

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International

collection of rainwater, or rainwater catchment, is one means by whichan additional source of water can be secured at a relatively low cost. A year of planning, designand fundraising while working with the Muramba College and Muramba Parish culminated in animplementation trip in May 2005. During this trip, gutter systems were installed on a dormitorybuilding and the cafeteria with the drainage being stored in two 6,000 liter tanks. The dormitorysystem consisted of all prefabricated material purchased in Kigali, while the cafeteria systemconsisted of a tank constructed with locally produced bricks. This installation was based on theavailability of storage tanks, budget constraints, rainfall data, and rainwater catchment potentialat the Muramba

Conference Session

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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International

mechanical engineering along withmaterial science and computer science can also incorporate development issues into thecurriculum. At the undergraduate level the Senior/Capstone design project is one way toincorporate international development service learning projects. Even at the freshman levelstudents can postulate and research possible engineering solutions to development problems.Students can be steered to take general education classes in the social sciences in internationalrelations, trade, public policy, international development, urban planning, social systems, ruraldevelopment, etc.Other engineering educational examples include the University of Colorado BoulderEngineering for Developing Communities11 (EDC) program which “educates