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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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knowledge of a large number of diverseundergraduate students in the area of PLC usage and robotics. Also it promotes the use of remotecontrol laboratory and maximizes utilization of equipment and facilities.Online enrollment in higher education classes has been increasing at a substantially higher ratethan overall enrollment for several years. More than 3.5 million students took at least one onlineclass in 2006 an increase of almost 10% from the previous year1. However, the teaching oftechnical disciplines often requires the use of costly laboratory materials which are frequentlybeyond the reach of some universities. Particularly, under developed countries, with insufficientbudgets have the major challenge of absorbing the cost of remaining

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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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. Participants (see Table 1 and Figure 1) were selected to represent: (1) a diverse rangeof educational models; (2) a wide geographical distribution within both North America andAfrica; (3) diversity in the career point of the participants and a diversity in the gender and ethnicbackground of the participants. African participants were from Benin, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania,Uganda, and South Africa. Participants from academia range from Students, Assistant Professorsto Full Professors, Department Heads and Associate Deans. There were also participants from ahigh school, industry, the Cape Town Municipality, and the National Research Foundation inSouth Africa. The participants have impressive research and teaching track records and manyindicators of

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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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on engineering in a global context.The challenges of forming global engineers, the professors that teach them and a system thatcontinues to build their capacity and adapt to the changes throughout their lifetime, requirescollaboration, sharing resources, expertise and perspectives to build effective and sustainableinitiatives. A first step in building these initiatives is to know the perspectives of existingengineering education organizations and how to interact with them. This paper describes theLatin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions, LACCEI. Its mission,vision, objectives, initiatives and resources are described, as well as future initiatives in whichtheir constituents are seeking strategic partners for

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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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andteaching to better prepare engineers for the global economy. The planning phase involvedalmost 200 academic and business leaders from both countries and resulted in raising close toUS$1M to fund the first Summer Faculty Leadership Institute. The Institute was designed as aseries of 23 one-week Train-the-Trainer workshops taught by US faculty members and corporaterepresentatives known for their pedagogical skills. The topics covered general effective teachingtechniques as well as best practices teaching in specific engineering disciplines. The workshopswere held during a six week period during the Summer 2008 at the InfoSys Technologies’Global Education Center in Mysore India. The 585 Indian faculty participants were selected froma pool of 1400

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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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designing new programs. However,designing and executing the support facility for such program in a foreign land is extremelychallenging; especially given the location of Herat University, and the security conditions in awar torn country.We, the University of Hartford team, concluded that in order to support such a program inMechatronics Engineering, several laboratories needed to be established in addition to theexisting laboratories: • a Circuit/Electronics/Digital Laboratory • a Mechatronics Laboratory • a Computer Laboratory for teaching • a Distance Learning Facility to provide real-time support for faculty.A detailed design for each of the laboratories was developed and all specifications wereprovided, including cost estimate and

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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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Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture at the University of Hartford. He is also an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He holds a BSEE from Aleppo University, an MS from Ohio University, and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.Beth Richards, University of Hartford Beth Richards is director of Rhetoric and Professional Writing Program at the University of Hartford, where she is teaching technical writing, critical literacy, business and management communication, and editing, as well as first year writing course conducted jointly with introduction to engineering and design.Abdul Hai Sofizada, SHEP Abdul Hai Sofizada is the Policy

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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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shown inappendix 1. The course description for these subjects in the curriculum does not exist andthe teaching material has been based on old notes that were translated from Russian tolocal languages, i.e. Pashto and Dari over thirty years ago. Furthermore, the curriculum isnot supported by any experimental work because of the lack of proper laboratory andequipment. This archaic curriculum is not compatible with the needs of the nation or thestudents’ career development. It has very limited or no balance between theoretical andexperimental knowledge and approaches, out of step with most universities across theworld, providing little context or practice into the learning. Furthermore, the level ofsome subjects in the curriculum may not be

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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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the new requirements are different from the old requirements. The philosophy ofthe course outlines is different. The learning objectives and goals are also new and different.We have introduced several new courses and modified several existing ones.We also propose using new teaching methods such as Group Study approach and Project-BasedApproach to help student learning.There are many challenges to implementing our proposals. One of them is ability to providelaboratory equipment and design laboratory experiments for the new and some existing courses.To be able to help meet this need, we propose using available tools such as MIT’s iLab, etc.In addition, we also have availability of MIT Open Courseware which can be downloaded freeonline and has

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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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Education and SciencesAbstractIn order to accomplish the strategic plan of COPEC - Council of Researches in Education andSciences, the engineering education research team has started to offer another Program: theInternational Engineering Educator Program. The goal is to improve the formation of theengineering educator providing her/him with all the competencies necessary to teach at the stateof the art with the best available teaching technologies. As COPEC has already the IGIP NationalMonitoring Committee that provides the courses for engineering educators, and a largeexperience developing and implementing engineering programs, the engineering educationresearch team has decided to develop and to offer a graduation level program for

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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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degree in Mathematics and a PhD in Computer Science under Neil Wiseman. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.Warren Seering, MIT Warren Seering, PhD is Weber-Shaugness Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT. His prior positions at MIT have included Division Head of the Design and Systems Division of Mechanical Engineering, Co-Director of the Nissan Cambridge Basic Research Laboratory, and Co-Director of the MIT Center for Innovation in Product Development. He has won several teaching awards and is a Fellow of ASME.Sallie Sheppard, Texas A&M University Sallie Sheppard, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at

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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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here is to renew the call for a new and freshoutlook at engineering education in the Region, commensurate with increasing demand for morerounded engineering graduates with the ability to function in a modern business climate.Engineering graduates must have the abilities and the skills to cope with challenges broughtabout by a highly competitive and global marketplace; and also, are able to develop the capacityto adapt to unforeseen changes that could arise in the future.The core issue, in author’s view, is the mode of teaching and learning that is practiced. (3, 4, 5)Learning “about” things does not enable students to acquire the abilities they will need for thetwenty first century. (8, 9) How students approach their education and how the

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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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AC 2009-2496: INTERNATIONALIZING TOMORROW’S RESEARCHERS –STRATEGIES AND EXPERIENCES FROM THE PARTNERSHIP FOREDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN MEMBRANE NANOTECHNOLOGIESThomas Voice, Michigan State University Thomas C. Voice is Professor and Director of the Environmental Engineering Program at Michigan State University, and Co-Director of the PERMEANT project described in this presentation. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental chemistry and environmental systems and processes. His research interests focus on the fate and transport of contaminants in environmental systems, environmental health, and physical-chemical processes and technologies. Much of this work has a significant

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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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“shellfish” brought to you. If we look at the educationalbackgrounds of people who make up a global team you may find differences in degree durations,timing when a particular material is taught, grading systems,teaching and learning styles andterms used for even degrees earned (Haksa, Vordiplom, Kandidat. Ptychion, Licenciado,Oklevel, Bachelors). A global skill that will no doubt enhance performance for the technologist Page 14.857.3is to be aware of differences and commonality, which might be subtler than the earlier squeakywheel and nail examples from the West and the East.Verbal and Non-Verbal CommunicationKohls and Knight describes intercultural

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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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engineering.IntroductionThe Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, named after Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad, one ofthe visionary rulers of Baroda, is one of the renowned universities of India and the largestuniversity in Gujarat state of India. It is well known throughout Asia for the Faculty of fine Arts,Technology and Engineering and many more. The Faculty of Technology and Engineering andthe Faculty of Science are the best in Gujarat. This distinguished institute for education,Established in 1881, was originally known as Baroda College of Science. It was recognized as auniversity in 1949 after the independence of the country, It is both teaching and residentialuniversity in the sense that it offers all its courses under a single roof. It is the only university

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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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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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Page 14.842.5students after a four year program.6,7 But beyond the institutional level of success, thecivil engineering program is particular noteworthy. This program has been a source ofpride for NMAA as well as a method of outreach to the rest of the country. Due to a lackof trained and educated engineers in the Afghan National Army, the ideal and moretypical source of faculty for NMAA, a cooperative effort with Engineering School atKabul University was established, where their faculty would teach at NMAA as adjunctfaculty. This arrangement provides a much needed second source of income for theKabul University faculty, keeps them working in the educational field, and exposes thefaculty to modern textbooks and teaching methods. The faculty

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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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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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AC 2009-1282: INTERNATIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN CHINA FORENGINEERING STUDENTS AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITYXia Wang, Oakland University XIA WANG (wang@oakland.edu) is an assistant professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Oakland University. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, with an emphasis on fuel cell technology. She is the faculty coordinator of the 2008 OU SECS trip to China.Gary Barber, Oakland University GARY BARBER (barber@oakland.edu) is the chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Oakland University. His research and teaching interests lie in the area of tribology. He is the co-faculty coordinator of the

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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