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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pedro Gazmuri, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Gonzalo Pizarro, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Jose Bilbao, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

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country’s elementary and highschool system, which show low performance levels when compared to international standards3.According to the opinion of many, this last is the key factor that explains why a significantpercentage of the population (approximately a 20%) is not capable of generating an incomesufficient for a dignified life.The second part of the article briefly describes the structure of the actual curriculum, which isvery similar to the one in the Universidad de Chile. Being both schools the leaders in thecountry, the remaining universities have shown a tendency to follow these curricular designs. Inthis perspective, what these two schools develop in the area of curricular change will most likelygenerate curricular changes in all the

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Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Joshua R. Wyrick, Rowan University; Dustin M. Kuzan, Rowan University; Carolyn D. Braun, Rowan University; Jared S. Krause, Rowan University; David M. Santino, Rowan University; Mary E. Wellspeak, Rowan University

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holds a Ph.D. from Oregon State University and an M.E. from Texas A & M University. His research interests are in the areas of river morphology and restoration, sediment transport and megafloods. Dr. Wyrick teaches fluid mechanics and water resources courses.Dustin M. Kuzan, Rowan UniversityCarolyn D. Braun, Rowan UniversityJared S. Krause, Rowan UniversityDavid M. Santino, Rowan UniversityMary E. Wellspeak, Rowan University Page 12.497.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Developing Global Engineers: An Integrated Approach to International ProjectsAbstractInternational

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie Mello, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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residentialProject Centers. Page 12.771.2WPI’s Global Perspective Program was designed upon established learning principles 3 - 10 thatsupport learning by doing, challenging students with open-ended ambiguous problems,overcoming segmented thinking by working outside of the major discipline, and exposinglearners to cultural, social, and intellectual diversity. It has its roots in a university-widecurriculum reform that began in 1970 when a new curriculum replaced a traditional, course-based technical curriculum with a project-based program emphasizing teamwork,communication, and the integration of technical and societal concerns. WPI worked to structurea

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gregory Moses, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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and facilitated in international curriculum development efforts and collaborativedevelopment of global engineering programs. Gerhardti 25gives an example of facultyinvolvement in international collaboration in program development and offering: We also have strongly promoted faculty involvement not only implicitly through advising but explicitly through international curriculum development. Supported by FIPSE funding through 2000, seven pairs of international university teams reviewed and analyzed curricula offerings at their universities emphasizing compatibility of programs. This was done in 6 different disciplines in 5 countries. … a sufficient amount of compatibility was found to consider the future

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

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fields as well as in activities meant toimprove their writing and oral skills. The third objective is to make these students aware of theopportunities that are available in graduate programs by providing the participants with relevantand timely information about graduate program application procedures, deadlines, requirements,and funding opportunities. The fourth objective is to improve the students’ ability to learnindependently.Social and educational activities play an important role in this program. These activities promotesocial integration and academic discussion among participants as well as cultural exchange andfriendship. Social activities in our program include: pool parties, welcome and closing lunches,visits to recreational parks and

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University

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9544, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9544; telephone: (+1) 662.325.4240; e-mail: apowe@engr.msstate.edu. Page 12.1165.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Practical English: Teaching Technical Communication Abroad Based on a Preexisting Technical Writing Course in Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes a technical communication course offered at Kyungpook NationalUniversity (KNU) in Daegu, Korea, during the summer of 2006. I, an American technicalwriting instructor employed by Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering

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International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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called Embedded SystemsEngineering.Concluding RemarksThe tremendous growth in the area of embedded systems requires the academic institutions toupdate their education in the area of embedded system design. Otherwise, it will become verydifficult to design tomorrow’s complex embedded systems. The process of updating thecurriculums requires a close interaction with industry to provide the right focus. In this paper,the authors have done an international study of the curriculums in other institutions of highereducation to decide how to integrate embedded systems design in their curriculum in thecomputer science department. It appears from the study that the best solution for them is to adda new area of specialization in their computer science

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International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Holger Dahms, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jens Thiedke, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

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experience being an academic year-long experience, were central to launchingthe program, the maintenance and ultimate health and success of the program hinged on buildingrelationships, relationships, relationships, the exchange program’s equivalent to the well knownadage of the real estate market.Exchange Program Description and InstitutionsThe Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and the Lübeck University of Applied Sciences,Lübeck, Germany jointly developed and implemented a unique international student exchangeprogram in the discipline of Electrical Engineering (EE). The uniqueness of the program lies inthe fact that it is fully integrated into the EE curriculum of both institutions and constitutes aspecific degree path at both institutions

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Hilda dos S. Alves COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and SciencesAbstractThe real challenge for all the Engineering Schools lately is to form the professional to act in thenew work market. Nevertheless many Institutions have been searching hard for the best way todo so. Some of them have promoted new kind of curriculum more flexible and more adequate tothe new student. One question remains: How to prepare the engineer for professional life? Forsome it is the internship that will provide the student the taste of what is to be an engineer. InCivil Engineer, the best way is also the internship at the building site if the choice of the studentis to make constructions. For Civil

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Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Marcek

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systemic engineering education reforms and the realization of harmonized systems of quality assurance as a fundamental basis for both hemispheric progress and their own future business success. • Foster a broad dialogue on Innovation that addresses research as an integral part of quality education and facilitates an expanded capacity for inquiry, especially in the applied sciences, as an essential ingredient to improving university capabilities and expanding intellectual and economic opportunity throughout the region. • Engage faculty in curriculum reform, the creation of quality learning environments, and the shaping of policy and strategies aimed at creating the educational infrastructure

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International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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goals in order to follow the present-day reality that demands increased innovation in enterprises so as to face global competitionwas felt. The introduction of entrepreneurial skills has been an established goal since 1999,but, only after a first external evaluation process was momentum created that enabled this totake place under the guidelines of the Bologna Declaration on the European Space for HigherEducation. Therefore, in the 2002 academic year, a reorganization in the OperationsManagement curriculum took place, bringing together the (not so) classic contents ofdesigning productive systems (both products and services

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International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Mike Murphy

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, problem solving and creative skills must also be developed in theworkforce along with an ability to learn and research and think critically13.Adult students are recognised by adult educators such as Malcolm Knowles as havingdifferent learning needs. Knowles argues that adult learners require a differentpedagogy, curriculum design and institutional organisation. In fact, the term pedagogyitself is out of place as it refers to the science of teaching children. Androgogy is theterm which Knowles advocates should be used to refer to the science of teachingadults. Most androgogical researchers advocate according the learner a role in shapingthe purpose and process of learning. This promotes personal development and ismotivating to adult learners

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Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; MohammadOmar Andar, Kabul University; Maria Beebe, Washington State University

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settingstandards in Afghanistan as they are more attuned to donor requirements.Finally, purists in civil engineering are reluctant to consider why more management-orientedcourses, as in construction management, maybe necessary to integrate in the curriculum to equipgraduates to successfully compete for civil engineering projects. Moreover, the integration ofinformation-based tools, such as, AutoCad, engineering graphics, digital drawings, and globalinformation systems (GIS) in civil engineering2 has not been fully considered as non-existenttraditional laboratories remain the focus of attention.To address some of these issues, a series of workshops and meetings were held in 2006 withthose who follow the Kabul University model with an attempt to modify the

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Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Martina Trucco, Hewlett-Packard; Edgardo Torres-Caballero, Hewlett Packard; Francisco Andrade, Hewlett-Packard México, S. de R.L. de C.V.

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AC 2007-147: HEWLETT PACKARD UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: HELPINGBUILD ENGINEERING CAPACITY IN LATIN AMERICALueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Lueny Morell, M.S., P.E., is director of 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

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International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Butsch Michael, FH-Konstanz, Germany

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references are mentioned in this paper and therefore thelist is by no means complete. Study abroad programs and international educational experience insome form or the other have been in existence for many decades. Most recently, from around1995 to 2000, the number of U.S students studying abroad increased over 45% from nearly90,000 to almost 130,000 students. Here at Kettering University, we have seen enrollment instudy abroad programs in numbers from less than 20 to 80 students in the same period of time.Driving this trend is a strong commitment by the President of the University to increase numbersof students who study abroad in addition to the expectation among students that studying abroadis an integral and important part of their undergraduate

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Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Waugh, Hewlett-Packard Company; Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC; Nancy Hafkin, Knowledge Working

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an African beachhead and a prototype for regional capacity building, to build in gender equity at each stage of the process, and to design for scaling throughout Africa, based on stakeholder engagement. The innovation for engineering education consists of building and leveraging multi-stakeholder megacommunities focused on building sustainable capacity through engineering education through strategic co-leadership by the private sector. .I. Introduction – on capacity building, technology infrastructure and innovation The process of capacity building and the role of technology infrastructure and innovation is discussed more thoroughly in “HP University Relations: helping build engineering capacity in Latin America.” In her paper

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; John Lloyd, Michigan State University

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courses. That is, the need toevolve traditional classroom courses into dispersed virtual learning experiences.Much of the motivation for writing such a report hinges on globalization. Without the currentstatus of globalization, the report would not have been written. The process of globalization hascreated an environment where we must do more for engineering education to influence the USeconomy such that the United States is able to retain its leadership position.Globalization will drive more uniformity in the educational systems between that of the UnitedStates and those around the world. We will require additional knowledge to remain globallycompetitive and maintain that global leadership.Globalization also levels the playing field for

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International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alec Simcock, Victoria University; Robert ives, Victoria University; Paul Bronson, Victoria University; Charles Mphande, Victoria University; Juan SHI, Victoria University

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learning outcome of students. 3 To improve the conditions for the staff. 4 To establish an interdisciplinary learning environment. 5 To sustain integration of research in the education. 6 To present a teaching and learning institution that matches the demands of modern society. 7 To sustain a learning setting where solutions are correlated with the context of which it will serve. 8 To create a setting where changes in demands from industry and society can be integrated in the curriculum when the demands appear. 9 Increase the cooperation with industries and society. 10 International competition. 11

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Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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earlier gains, characterized stage two. Stage three:the stage of pondering and deliberations, which has lingered on for a long time, is characterizedby calls from industries, engineering graduates, and invited experts, for more rounded engineerswith the skills and abilities to function in a modern business climate. Unfortunately, the responseto these calls has been slow. The “piece meal” approach and/or periodic adjustments to analready over-burdened curriculum, in an attempt to meet a broad set of demands, have not beeneffective in meeting objectives, and have convinced many stakeholders that the time has comefor a radical departure from the traditional layered and sequential structure that has prevailed fordecades. There are clearly significant

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1143.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

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Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

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Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1145.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

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Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1142.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

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Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; David Bowker, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University; Mi'schita' Henson, Purdue University

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an interculturalexperience that1. immersed students in the Greek Cretan culture and reinforced their own cultural identities;2. explored the creative process and exercised a variety of communications techniques;3. synthesized their experience through a feasibility study of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) design through service learning curriculum; and4. developed teamwork and a sense of community across ages and disciplines.Course LeadershipInstruction was a team effort that included included Carolyn Percifield, Director of StrategicPlanning and Assessment; David Bowker, Director of Undergraduate Recruitment; DemetraEvangelou, Professor of Engineering Education and Amanda Newton, a Purdue alumna andIndustrial Engineer

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Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute

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associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi. Prior to this he was an associate professor of manufacturing engineering at Wichita State University. Dr. Ahmad teaches freshman design courses in addition to typical mechanical engineering curriculum. His research interests include manufacturing of composites, applications of composite materials in the aerospace and oil-gas industries and teaching engineering design. Page 12.968.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing Global Stewardship To

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Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Eger Bill; Phillip Aaron, University of Dayton; Charles Schreier, University of Dayton

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communication, leadership and business skills.Furthermore, globalization in industry makes international experience an important, but oftendifficult to implement part of the engineering curriculum.1, 2 Experiential learning can be implemented into the engineering curriculum in a variety ofways including co-ops, internships, project and problem based learning, laboratory experiencesand service-learning. However, integration of international experience into an already packedengineering curriculum can be a little more difficult to attain. Study abroad, internationalinternships and co-ops and international service-learning represent some of the ways in whichengineering academia has provided international experiences for some of its students

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Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bethany Jones, James Madison University; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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efforts have an impact on the engineering curriculumand deserve the attention of engineering educators. Even while working for internationalstandards, teaching with English texts and collaborating with western engineeringcolleges, engineering educators in the Arab world should keep in mind that the majorityof their students will practice at home, in the region, in Amman, in Muscat, in Liwa, andnot in Toronto, Los Angeles, or Bonn. The admonition to think globally and act locallyhas never been more appropriate. For an Arab engineering educator acting locally mightinclude the integration of entrepreneurship skills into the engineering curriculum,collaboration with local agencies and private businesses for practical experience,requiring students to

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International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ian Robinson, Edge Hill University; Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University

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Benchmark acknowledged that the increasing pressure to embrace the needfor a general business and commercial foundation, yet at the same time include the coreengineering subject curriculum, meant that the typical three year Bachelors degree providedinsufficient study time. Consequently, both this national benchmark, and the latest version ofSARTOR recognised the preferred educational base for registration as a professionalengineer to be the completion of a four year Master of Engineering degree course. In suchcourses, an integrated programme embraced both a standard Bachelors curriculum, togetherwith a further year of post-graduate study. The national guidance also significantly reducedthe emphasis upon student professional and personal skills

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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integrator, as projectcoordinator or project manager. Mechatronics engineers also tend to work with applications, withsystems rather than components and with synthesis and design rather than analysis.In the perspective of globalization the skills required of the mechatronics engineer has to be validon an international market, and “international skills” ought to be included in the curriculum. Thisarticle presents experiences from different modes of integration of international skills intocapstone courses and curriculum in mechatronics at KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology inStockholm, Sweden.In conclusion, international collaboration in the settings described can provide experiences ofworking in a global setting in order to prepare students for

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Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

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studying the changes inpopulation, human resource flows (migration), the changing distribution of design andmanufacturing/construction work, urbanization, diseases, resource management, environmentaldegradation, economic integration, knowledge dissemination, information technology,biotechnology, nanotechnology, conflict, and governance.2 Therefore, the best way to conciliateboth pro and against positions is to understand the unavoidable changes and take the necessarysteps in minimizing their impact in the society.These rapid changes in the world entail a change in the role of engineers in the global economyand, as a consequence, in the engineering education. There is an increasing perception of theneed to educate competent engineers for the global