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International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Aliza Williams, Elizabeth City State University; Kerry Krauss, Elizabeth City State University; Amir Rezaei, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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AC 2009-1410: A REMOTE- ACCESS ROBOTICS AND PLC LABORATORY FORDISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMAkbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University Dr. Akbar Eslami is a professor and Engineering Technology coordinator in the Department of Technology at Elizabeth City State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. His research interests are in computer aided manufacturing, remote control, and automation.Aliza Williams, Elizabeth City State University Mrs. Aliza Williams is a senior student in the Department of Technology at Elizabeth City State University and 2008 McNair and VA-NC LSAMP-NSF Scholar. Her research interests are in networking, and

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Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Akram abu-aisheh, University of Hartford; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Nasir Ali Ahmady, Herat University, Afghanistan; Devdas Shetty, Lawrence Technological University

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support, it was obvious that two programs would create aburden that would not be feasible at this time. A program in Mechatronics emerged as the best fitto meet the current and near future needs and augments the current offerings in civil engineering.Approval has been received for a Mechatronics Engineering program from the Ministry ofHigher Education in Afghanistan and the financial support from the World Bank.This paper will focus on the needs, resources and plan to develop a program in Mechatronics atHERAT University. The paper will focus on the preparation for laboratories, equipment,curriculum, faculty, etc. including the difficulties in helping to start a new program in anothercountry.IntroductionThe College of Engineering, Technology and

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe / International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Kathryn Jenner, University of Florida; Sarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida

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expectations3.Truss Bridge LaboratoryThe second portion of the lecture is a brief tutorial on basic engineering concepts as theyapply to a truss bridge. Some concepts that are covered include, but are not limited to,tension, compression, neutral axis, stress, strain, buckling, and deflected shapes3. Theseconcepts are related to the students through demonstration with a foam board anddrawings on the blackboard. The instructor conveys the purpose of the laboratory, whichis to design and build a truss bridge, in teams, that will hold the most weight and “cost”the least. Finally, the instructor discusses the main failure modes for the bridge, so thatthe students could apply the engineering concepts they learned to design a more effectivebridge. For example

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Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford; Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Abdul Hai Sofizada, SHEP

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and UK began to contact the Ministry of Higher Education directly.A new leadership in the Ministry of Higher Education and the creation of a strongerimplementation team in the summer of 2006 were the turning point toward building effectivepartnerships between Afghan and foreign institutions of higher learning. Table 1 reflects theUniversity Partnership Program.The partnership between the University of Hartford (UH) in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA,and Herat University (HU) in Herat City, Afghanistan was initiated in August 2007 to developand implement a modern program to strengthen and modernize engineering education at HU.The program includes a number of activities such as curriculum review and revision, facultydevelopment, and laboratory

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International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Robert Herrick, Purdue University; Richard Hayes, Dublin Institute of Technology; James Barnes, James Madison University; PU H-DA PSU DIT Students, Dublin Institute of Technology

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. The travel arrangements for the DIT students were arranged by DIT. The PU students received $5,000 which covered their travel and some of their lodging. DIT students received £5,000 which covered their travel, lodging, and because of the current exchange rate, the Dublin students had some money for other exchange activities.Academic and Intellectual AchievementInterestingly, all four students felt that the level of courses was at a lower level than at their home institution, but that the appropriateness of content was about right. The only exception was the sophomore student from Purdue. The two DIT students felt that the effectiveness of teaching and laboratory experience was about right. They also were very impressed with the nature of the

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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Tim Katz, University of Brighton

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Polytechnic Institute was founded with the technical assistance from the USSR in1963. The Polytechnic had eleven degree awarding departments and the curriculum of allthe departments were developed using models from Polytechnics that existed in theUSSR at that time. Furthermore, the laboratory equipment to support the curriculum wasalso based on the technology in the USSR at the time. The curriculum was developedover three decades ago and has not been updated in the light of new technologicaldevelopment around the world.Since then, the beautiful campus of KPU has reverted to a wilderness and the buildingshave been severely damaged due to neglect and war damage. Furthermore, some of theacademics have been killed or forced to leave the country and those

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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Nyarsuk, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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students with GPA of 3.83.Admission RequirementsAdmission at UF is based on the student’s high school GPA, Scholastic Aptitude Test 1 (SAT1) and the American Collegiate Test (ACT). International students are required to have a highschool degree in an English speaking country or provide TOEFL results4.The minimum requirements for qualification into the program are5: 1. Graduation from a regionally accredited or state-approved secondary school or the equivalent General Education Degree (G.E.D.). 2. Fifteen academic units, including 4 years of English, 3 years of math, 3 years of natural sciences (two with laboratories), 3 years of social sciences, and 2 sequential years of a foreign language. 3. A cumulative C average in the

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe / International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anatoliy Protasov, National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”

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professional skills. Page 14.1245.7It is known that any system of education consists of two aspects connected to each other:theoretical lectures and practical training. Future engineers use laboratory equipment for theirtraining. That is why our system of creative thinking forming combines student operation onreal devices with computer simulation. This principle is a base of student laboratory trainingfor following subjects: Electronics, Microprocessors, and Signal Processing. Working withsystem “device- computer”, students have possibility not only to see confirmation of knownlaws and rules, but to implement research their models, change parameters, and

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Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashraf Alkhairy, Alfaisal University; Leland Blank, Texas A&M University; Duane Boning, MIT; David Cardwell, University of Cambridge; W Craig Carter, MIT; Nick Collings, University of Cambridge; Allan Hayhurst, University of Cambridge; William Milne; Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge; Warren Seering, MIT; Kenneth Smith, MIT; Sallie Sheppard, Texas A&M University; Bill Stronge, University of Cambridge

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AC 2009-1182: COMPARISON OF INTERNATIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMESAND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING CURRICULAAshraf Alkhairy, Alfaisal University Ashraf Alkhairy, PhD is the Founding Dean of Engineering at Alfaisal University. He received the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, where he worked as a research scientist. He has served on the faculty of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, and was a visiting scientist at the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT and the Schlumberger Carbonate Research Center.Leland Blank, Texas A&M University Leland Blank, PhD, PE is currently Visiting Professor at Texas A&M University at

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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, we have two concentrationsnamely electronics and biomedical (newly added). In electronics we have two programsentitled Electronic Engineering Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology. Thestudents will have to take 22 hours allocated for biomedical concentration. This is theminimum number of hours required by the TAC of ABET for the concentration of anarea. The courses are biology, physiology, chemistry, medical instrumentation, digitalsignal processing and associated laboratories. The students need to take other corecourses such as digital communication, classical controls, advanced electronics,microcontroller, etc. As an elective they can take a wireless communication coursewhich is offered in the department. These courses will

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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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exposed to both basic and applied courses as well as laboratory and industrial training to enablethem satisfy the manpower needs of the public and industrial sectors of the Nigerian economy. Thegraduates are expected to be able to design and supervise Engineering projects and construction,develop new products and techniques as well as maintain Engineering Units. The program also offerssufficient depth to enable the promising graduates to undertake postgraduate work in Electronic andElectrical Engineering or related disciplines in Science Engineering.The program is organized such that two years of basic training in Electronic and ElectricalEngineering Science is followed by more detailed professional training in the field of Electronic

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Romitkumar Gajjar, University of Florida; Kirandeep Kaur, University of Florida; Sarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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or state approved high school or equivalent with at least 15 academic units. These units should include but are not limited to 3 years of Math, Three years of Natural Science with laboratories, 3 years of social science, 4 years of Page 14.325.3 English and 2 sequential years of foreign language. A minimum grade C is required for admit to University of Florida. ≠ For SAT a total score of 1330 is required with a minimum of 440 in either of verbal and quantitative. ≠ A composite score of 19 is required in the ACT with a minimum of 19 on math, 17 on English and 18 on reading. ≠ Applicants

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Ashutosh Upadhyay, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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). International students are required to have either beeneducated in an English speaking country or provide results of the TOEFL test6.The minimum requirements for qualification into the engineering program are8:1. Graduation from a regionally accredited or state-approved secondary school or the equivalent (General Education Degree, G.E.D.) Page 14.326.32. Fifteen academic units, including 4 years of English, 3 years of math, 3 years of natural sciences (two with laboratories), 3 years of social sciences, and 2 sequential years of a foreign language.3. A cumulative C average in the academic core, as computed by the university, at all institutions

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Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan Lima, North Dakota State University

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Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.was born in Juazeiro, BA, Brazil. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil, in 1995, the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in the field of photonics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, in 2003. In 2006, he served as Faculty Fellow in the 2006 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, USA. In 2003, Dr. Lima received the IEEE LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship Award, and he was co

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aparajita Mazumder, Formerly Director of International Relations

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avirtualclassroombringingstudents, laboratories, white boards to the other side of the globe. Thisis a new direction in global education practice that can be used effectively to buildinternational competency. The emergence of the global classroom is apparent in the GlobalProduct Realization course offered simultaneously via satellite initially to students in theNetherlands, at Delft Institute of Technology, in Korea, at Seoul National University,and atthe University of Michigan in 2000 (refer to Michigan Engineer, Spring/Summer 2001,article on “Going Global,” pgs. 4-5).Time zone differences were accommodated with theclass meeting at 8 am in Michigan, 2pm in the Netherlands, and 10 pm in South Korea onthe same day. A multicultural team worked on a team project together

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International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andy Ward, Ohio State University; Ann Christy, Ohio State University; Robert J. Gustafson; Jessica D'Ambrosio; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Mobile and Online Laboratories for Engineering Education and Research in Africa Florida Atlantic The Laboratory at Distance for Education and Research (LAB@DER) that aims University to set up an online laboratory brokerage system that offers: 1) learning scenarios and tools to create distributed users’ interfaces that meet the standards pertaining Télé-université/UQAM, learning objects and distributed hardware in the loop (HIL) systems cooping with Canada the new “Internet of things” research trend; 2) mechanisms that allow user interfaces storage and their

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Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Voice, Michigan State University; Volodymyr Tarabara, Michigan State University; Mark Wiesner, Duke University; Merlin Bruening, Michigan State University

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systems. In addition to these two primary thrusts, complimentaryresearch is also conducted when appropriate and productive. Typically, these involveopportunities to advance membrane applications for important classes of practical problems, andto understand related environmental implications of membranes.The heart of the PERMEANT project involves individual student projects designed withcollaborative links between projects and with foreign institutions. Students conduct much oftheir research as they would with any other laboratory-based project. A key difference is thattheir projects are designed around teams involving US and international co-advisors, studentsfrom both countries, and a study design based some activities being carried out in the

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Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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. The modular curriculumThe EE curriculum is a modular one as follows: Module Description Credits at least Core Modules 8 Theoretical and Practical Engineering Pedagogy 6 Laboratory Methodology 2 Theory Modules 4 Psychology and Sociology 3 Ethics (1 credit) or Intercultural competencies (1 credit) 1 Practice Modules

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Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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University of Central Florida. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Physics from Kansas State University in 1979; and a M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology, in 1981 and 1992 respectively. From 1980 to 1986 he was a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories. His research interests currently include quantum optics, nonlinear dynamics, communication and control system performance assessment and refinement, solar energy, and optical sensors.Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University Walter W. Buchanan is J.R. Thompson Chair Professor and Department Head of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A

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Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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levels. At the undergraduatelevel, income from out-of-state tuition payments provided important financial resources,as well as providing diversity of perspectives in the classroom and on campus. At thegraduate level, foreign students typically filled teaching assistant and research assistantpositions, providing necessary classroom and laboratory support for faculty members.Graduate students from abroad have been particularly important in engineering andscience, at a time when too few American students chose to enter these difficult fields ofstudy. And the foreign graduates of master’s and doctoral programs in engineering andscience have provided a necessary and desirable flow of employees to American firms –particularly those in the high tech

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International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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:• Faculty and student exchange• New and/or higher level academic programs• Dual/joint degree and certificate programs• Distance, continuing and e-education• Laboratory development and sharing of resources• Curriculum development, course equivalency and accreditation support• Faculty development, including higher degrees• Industry internship, cooperative programs and career development• Joint training and research programs, and solicitation of funds• Development, commercialization and transfer of technology• Dissemination of scholarly achievements and other accomplishments by member institutions. Page 14.296.3LACCEI has developed some initiatives and

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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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developed nation. They are not used torigorous study requirements outside of the classroom, laboratory experiences, or differentinstructional methods other than a lecture. Although Afghan and adjunct faculty areeager to learn and succeed, they have not yet shown the ability to develop credibleacademic courses on their own. The engineering faculty, as all technologically educatedfaculty in Afghanistan, have many other opportunities for employment that will compete Page 14.842.6for their time or take them out of higher education all together. In Afghanistan theauthors encountered this first hand. Each member of the Kabul University civil engineerfaculty

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International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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for Social, Economic of engineering base to Organizations to achieve9 classroom/laboratory facilities and infrastrural be funded by all set objectives in terms of development stakeholders (e.g. awareness and funding of government, companies) activities - To assess funds from funding global

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xia Wang, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; LianXiang Yang, Oakland University; GuangZhi Qu, Oakland University; Ishwar Sethi, Oakland University

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) Demmert, W. J., Jr. and Towner, J. C., “A Review of the Research Literature on the Influences of Culturally Based Education on the Academic Performances of Native American Students”, Portland OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003.7) Cheng, K., “Can education values be borrowed?”, Looking into cultural differences, Vol. 73, No. 2, Pages 11-30, 1998.8) Zha, P., Walczyk, J. J., Griffith-Ross, D. A., Tobacyk, J. J., Walczyk, D. F., “The Impact of Culture and Individualism–Collectivism on the Creative Potential and Achievement of American and Chinese Adults”, Creativity Research Journal 18:3, 355-366, Online publication date: 1-Jul-2006.9) Kim, K. H., “Learning From Each Other: Creativity in East

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International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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E James Nelson, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University; Lourdes Manley, Brigham Young University; Oscar Dzul, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas; Joshua Draper, Brigham Young University

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attributes are mainly what the MESAprogram focuses to teach and assess in the students that enroll in the study abroad.The MESA course has its beginnings from internally funded grants that allowed some students totravel to Egypt and Chile to help train civil engineers in the use of water modeling softwaredeveloped by the Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory (EMRL) at BYU. In March of2005, a similar trip to Mexico was received with deep interest and led to an ongoing relationshipwith the University of Zacatecas (UAZ). This partnership has subsequently expanded to includeITESO University in Guadalajara. Because the benefits derived from the grants included thedevelopment of global engineering attributes in students that participated, an official

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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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should share the work load, and share the credit. Thus promoting each others learning. ≠ Accountability- Each student’s role and performance is to be assessed, and the results are those of the group (and for the group). Keeping track of the contribution and knowledge gained by each member could be monitored, as well, by either testing each and every student in the group, or by randomly selecting a group member (or members) to be tested and thus proxy for the group. ≠ Sharing known skills- Students who possess certain skills (examples: computer skills, laboratory skills, data reduction skills, presentation skills) should be willing to pass it on, and/or share it