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International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Kirandeep Kaur, University of Florida; Sarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida

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AC 2009-409: OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR MALAYSIA, FLORIDAAND QATARFazil Najafi, University of FloridaKirandeep Kaur, University of FloridaSarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida Page 14.922.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR MALAYSIA, FLORIDA AND QATARAbstractThe purpose of this research is to compare oil spill contingency plans of Malaysia, Florida andQatar. The idea behind the comparison is to identify best oil spill contingency plan practices toexpedite the removal of the spill. Furthermore, the three places are selected due to increased oiltankers traffic. Oil spill is 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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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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faculty membersactually deliver the curriculum is more important than the formal curriculum, that is: its content,collection, and sequence of courses. The thesis here is that current teaching-learning practices inthe Region do need overhauling! The real challenge in college teaching today, is not covering thematerial for the students, but rather uncovering the material with the students. Engaging studentsin learning is the underpinning that will have enduring values.Therfore, educators, researchers,administrators, and policy makers have to take bold steps and lay out plans for advancingpedagogies aimed at enhancing students’ involvement in their learning: those that are classroom-based and predicated on cooperation, and simultaneously, do

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Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University; Chao Liu, Southeast University; Xiaodong Zhang, Southeast University

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engineering educationexperiences into Chinese undergraduate engineering curriculum, and guides Chinese students inthe project development to enforce the new enhancements in the student’s project.This study executes a comprehensive test plan in a junior software development project, toresearch the feasibility of the curriculum enhancement. Also, it measures the effectiveness ofstudent learning in the areas of critical thinking and practical problem solving. Modifications ofteaching methods are made as the project progresses. At the end of the project student learningperformance is evaluated, using various methods, such as observation, interview, survey andreport. The survey results are processed with the help of statistical methods and

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International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rodolfo Yzasmendi Arellano, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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Southern Association of Colleges andSchools (SACS) has accredited UDLAP in the United States. SACS comprehensive standard3.5.1 states: “the institution identifies college-level general education competencies and theextent to which graduates have attained them”. Therefore UDLAP had to clearly define itscollege-level general education competencies, and develop an assessment plan to learn about theextent to which graduates have attained UDLAP’s college-level general education competenciesas well as to enhance student learning and development of these competencies. As a result,UDLAP’s General Education Committee identified the following competency areas: Written andOral Communication in Spanish and English, Critical Thinking, Information

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace & Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan Vaughan, University of Texas, Austin; Janet Ellzey, University of Texas, Austin

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University ofTexas at Austin, students have shown their enthusiasm for these activities through thecampus chapter of Engineers Without Boarders (EWB). In 2008, a multidisciplinarydesign course with both technical and cultural components was developed with a EWBproject as its focus. During the semester, students worked on a water treatment anddistribution system for a girls' school, Saker Baptist College (SBC), in Cameroon, Africa.Non-enrolled students were also given the opportunity to participate on an as-neededbasis. Students were divided according to skill level and preference into one of fiveproject teams. These teams were intended to cover the major areas of product design,project planning, community/customer relations, and community health 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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modernize engineering education at Herat University. Phase I of the programincludes a number of activities such as curriculum review and revision, faculty development, andlaboratory upgrading. Currently we are midway in Phase I. Phase II focuses on expanding thecurrent undergraduate engineering program to areas beyond civil engineering that are critical forthe continued development of infrastructure and capabilities in Afghanistan.While reviewing and planning to expand the current engineering program to areas beyond civilengineering, the focus evolved to adding two new undergraduate engineering programs, one inelectrical and one in mechanical. However, after further evaluation of the needs, priorities,financial constraints and infrastructure

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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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societies and industry leadershighlighting initiatives. The initiatives were grouped under an area of focus in the IFEESStrategic Plan: Infrastructure and Accreditation; Research, Development and Entrepreneurship;Student Success; and Lifelong Learning. This paper presents an analysis and summary of theoutcomes of the Summit.IntroductionThe International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)1 was created on the 9thof October 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Within days IFEES joined the Organization ofAmerican States (OAS), the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Engineeringfor the Americas (EftA), the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of EngineeringInstitutions (LACCEI), the Asociación Iberoamericana de

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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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14.842.2international co-operation with sister institutions in developing countries and in particularwith those in poor countries.”3 The plan also recognized the need for academicdevelopment and improving skills and learning methods and called for establishment of“appropriate staff development structures and/or mechanisms and programmes.”3Since 2003, the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point has had a closerelationship with the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) in Kabul andhas been working to accomplish some of these goals. Throughout this relationship, WestPoint has, over time, increased and improved the level and quality of assistance, duelargely to our learning and understanding as we have gone along. The authors have

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Tront, Virginia Tech; Rebecca Gunter, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Peed, Virginia Tech; Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech

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course. It also brings together alumni abroad and industry stateside, withfaculty and students to develop a program for global experienceThere are multiple goals to the RSAP program: spark interest in future international experiencessuch as an internship or studying abroad for a semester; expose engineering students to differentcultures and customs in the workplace, school and daily life; attract and retain women byproviding interesting social, cultural and art related experiences; attract culturally disadvantagedstudents, raise them up and level the playing field for them; and broaden the student engineers’horizons to better prepare them for being productive employees in the global workplace.This paper will review the steps in planning and

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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region / International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Abdullah Kazemi, Herat University; Mahsa Khatibi, University of Hartford; Michael Crosbie, University of Hartford

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conditionsand were more satisfied with their lives then than they are now. The “then” referred to is the eraof the Timurids Dynasty in Herat, which can be summed up as the best period in Herat’s history.In fact, whatever is left as the magnificence and glory of Herat is the inheritance of that period.The remains of this glorious civilization, proof of which was their magnificent architecture, wasdestroyed during the wars starting in 1978. Everything was affected so completely during thoseyears that we can say that no specific architectural style remains in Herat. Not only the buildingmaterials but also the appearance and structural plans have been totally changed.The reason for Heratis’ better lives at the time of the Timurids was not that they had

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Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; John Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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chapter at the Universityof Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). We recently completed our first project in the smallvillage of Quejchip, in the northwestern highlands of Guatemala. Quejchip’s potablewater comes from natural mountain springs located at various elevations throughout theirvillage. As the village’s population of 460 residents grows, they will inevitably buildnew homes and move up the mountainside. In 2007, the village purchased a spring at thehighest altitude available in hopes of building a distribution system for the upper part ofthe village located above the existing water system. After our initial site assessment visitin June 2007 and a year of subsequent planning and designing, our EWB student chapterreturned to Quejchip in June, 2008 to

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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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the classroom, pedagogical innovations, and student-centered learning.Since the partnership began a total of 12 instructors from Herat University have begun graduatestudies in Civil Engineering. In addition to their coursework leading to a master’s degree, theyshadow UH instructors. Through this mentoring they are learning technological applications thatare available (and that will be installed at HU via the World Bank funding), and are developingupdated, student-centered course materials, assessment methodologies, and plans for continuingeducation and professional development strategies for when they return to HU. A number of theinstructors also will be prepared to implement the Mechatronics and Architecture programs.These two curriculum

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International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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worldconferences in Brazil on the scope and research in engineering education.At Kettering University, there are several steps followed to establish a new study exchangeprogram that can take up to six months or more. Students who are typical in their Junior termof studies apply up to one year or more in advance to study abroad. They basically preparetheir course plan for each of their academic terms until they graduate. One of the mainfunctions of the faculty advisor is to make sure that the courses offered at the host schooltransfer back (with a Pass or Fail grade). Due to high demand for study abroad in theMechanical Engineering at Kettering, the minimum cumulative grade point to apply for studyabroad as well as to pass a course at the host school has

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shi-Jer Lou, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology; C. Ray Diez, University of North Dakota; Hsi-Chi Hsiao, Cheng Shiu University; Wen-Hsiung Wu, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences; Shu-Hsuan Chang, National Changhua University of Education

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most prominent students, modify tax policy to encouragedomestic investment in research and development 5. Therefore, we could find that Americangovernment, schools and businesses have committed themselves to the promotion of STEMintegrated teaching. After completing the study on the girls who participated in a contest, DeBartolo & Bailey6 concluded that the number of girls who recognized that the engineering could solve theproblems in daily life increased and they were more precise on the affirmation of engineeringproducts. Women participated in the Robot plan showed positive changes in both ofperceptibility and work interest in STEM field 7. Rebecca 8 conducted a study on the 8th to 12thgrade of students and pointed out that after

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International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristine Lalley, Univerity of Pittsburgh; Josephine Olson, University of Pittsburgh; Brant Hawk, University of Pittsburgh

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participation in the Plus3Program. One goal of the Plus3 program is to encourage students to participate in another, longer studyabroad program or international internship during their college studies. For CBA students, 60% (15) of therespondents had already completed an additional study abroad experience or international internship afterPlus3, and another 8% (2) planned to do so prior to graduation. Combining these two statistics, 68% of CBAstudents who participated in Plus3 either studied abroad again, or planned to go abroad a second time. As forengineering students, 18% had already participated in an additional study abroad program, and 22% plannedon participating in an additional program prior to graduation. In total 41% of engineering students

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Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edmundo Tovar, Polytechnic University, Montegancedo; Paola Carina, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Karen Castillo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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between some Maturity Models for EducationStages Description Per Maturity ModelLevel 0 EMM: Not performed: Not done at all.Level 1 E-CMM: Initial: Ad-hoc Processes EMM: Initial: Ad-hoc Processes ERP Maturity Model on Education: Initial: Enterprise systems curriculum not well defined CEMM: Initial: Educational processes are informal and poorly controlledLevel 2 E-CMM: Independent: Basic education level processes are established. EMM: Planned: Clear and measurable objectives for e-learning projects ERP Maturity Model on Education: Repeatable: One or more courses are defined with ERP concepts CEMM: Repeatable: Planning and

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International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Hornfeck, Lafayette College; Antonia Gohr, Jacobs University Bremen

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two) information sessions are scheduled early in the springsemester, nearly one year prior to participation. Students are given ample time to consult withparents, plan their curriculum, and talk with student colleagues in coming to an informed decisionto study abroad. Students from the prior year’s program are often enthusiastic to help recruit thenext study abroad group. Students considering study abroad then have the summer months toconsider their participation. They are asked to complete a preliminary statement indicating theirintention to apply to the program. They are provided with a copy of the College’s study abroadhandbook, advised of relevant websites, and encouraged to interview faculty and priorparticipants.Based on preliminary

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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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). The plan includes sevencore undergraduate courses in a discipline during the second and third year, and the fourthyear requires six advanced-level courses plus a capstone design project course.The core courses, which cover the major knowledge bases in a specific discipline, representthe second level of courses within a field of study, and teach applied science and engineeringanalysis. The advanced courses include considerable depth of topics in the discipline withoutsacrificing breadth. Page 14.346.10 Table 4. Generic BS Degree Plan Subject Subject

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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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AC 2009-245: CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT THE RAJIV GANDHITECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, INDIA AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAFazil Najafi, University of FloridaAshutosh Upadhyay, University of Florida Ashutosh is a student at University of Florida.Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College Page 14.326.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT THE RAJIV GANDHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, INDIA AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAIntroductionCivil engineering is treated as the first true engineering field. It is a field involved in planning,design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation, environmental

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology

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consensus, acquiring the required skills, providing incentivesand resources, and establishing a realistic action plan. This is best illustrated in Fig 2below. Having these components Results inVision Consensus Skills Incentives Resources Action plan Change Consensus Skills Incentives Resources Action plan ConfusionVision Skills Incentives Resources Action plan SabotageVision Consensus Incentives Resources Action plan AnxietyVision Consensus Skills Resources Action plan ResistanceVision Consensus Skills Incentives Action plan FrustrationVision

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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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on Education, Washington DC, 2008. 4) William C. Symonds et al, “Colleges: The Newest U.S. Export”, Business Week, 9 February 2004. 5) Philip G. Stack, “Venturing Abroad: Delivering U.S. Degrees through Overseas Branch Campuses and Programs”, Planning for Higher Education, 36(3): 81–82, 2008. 6) Line Verbick, “The International Branch Campus: Models and Trends”, International Higher Education, Number 46, Winter2007, p14-15. 7) Grant McBurnie and Christopher Ziguras, “The International Branch Campus”, http://www.iienetwork.org/page/84656/, 2008. 8) Burton Bollag, “America’s Hot New Export: Higher Education”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 February 2006. 9) Lawrence S. Bacow, “Planning a Branch Campus

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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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Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University; Barbara Chaparro, Wichita State University; Veronica Hinkle, Wichita State University; Colin Davidson, Spirit Aerosystems; Chris Wilkinson, Spirit Aerosystems

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describes the motivation for the Spirit Global Design Challenge, itslinkage to ABET outcomes, defines global learning and how it integrates into the Engineer of2020 program, and provides pilot implementation lessons learned and the initial assessment ofstudents’ global perceptions (pre and post global design experience). The paper then concludeswith plans for the next implementation. I. Introduction and MotivationIndustry has made clear the need to graduate engineers with more than just technical skills. Akey component for today’s graduate is the ability to thrive in a globally collaborative workplace.Engineers must work with global colleagues in both face-to-face and computer mediatedenvironments. Efforts to assess virtual team projects have

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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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Bhushan Trivedi; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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Beginning to Apply IUCEE Effective Teaching Strategies in India: An Experience in a Master of Computer Applications ProgramAbstractThe Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) initiative is focused onpreparing the next generation of engineering faculty in India and the United States, anddramatically increasing the number of collaborations in research and teaching to better prepareengineers for the global economy. After two years of planning in India and the US involvingalmost 200 academic and business leaders from both countries, and raising close to US$1M, thefirst Faculty Leadership Institute was offered on the Infosys Technologies’ Global EducationCenter in Mysore, India for a six week period during the

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bob Lahidji, Eastern Michigan University; Walter Tucker, Eastern Michigan University; Jianhua wang, Eastern Michigan University

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, they accepted his condition.What the Companies Do: What Skills Are Needed?For the purposes of this study, we will assume that the initial design is complete (eitherby the OEM Design Responsible Engineer (DRE) or in conjunction with the Tier OneDRE) as per the AIAG Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) criteria to includepart print with special characteristics, design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA),potential process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA) yielding at a minimum, apre-production control plan.18 A short production run to comply with Production PartApproval Process (PPAP) has been completed and the system is ready to run at rate.Quality will be monitored as per the production control plan. Furthermore, using

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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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Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University

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program rules and guidelines, the capability to complete acustomized degree using credits from several universities. In this work we present hybrid e-learning with a virtual face-to-face methodology that we have used for distance delivery ofgraduate level electrical engineering courses. It should be noted that among the recent publishedstudies in this area, some define hybrid learning as a combination of “face-to-face” and“asynchronous” 6-10 and some, like ours, as “synchronous” and “asynchronous” 11-12, where thesynchronous part is a “face-to-face” or virtual face-to-face. This methodology is a special caseof common hybrid delivery, where technology plays a more significant role, and at the sametime, it is more difficult to plan and administer

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

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approved by the Manufacturing Engineering GraduateCommittee.It is recommended that the student develop a plan of study early in the Ph.D. program incooperation with the dissertation advisor and the dissertation committee. The plan of study maybe submitted to and approved by the Manufacturing Engineering Program prior to taking theexam. The application for candidacy with the plan of study should be submitted to theCommittee on Graduate Studies and Research after the exam is passed.The additional requirements of the Manufacturing Engineering PhD Program are:Independent Research Presentation: Prior to admission to candidacy for the Ph.D. inManufacturing Engineering the student must present a seminar for the ManufacturingEngineering Faculty;Written

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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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search of academic partnerships is that of New York University with the AbuDhabi Emirate of the United Arab Emirates. According to a 2008 article in the New YorkTimes 2 the President of New York University was approached by an investor trying toentice him to open a branch in the United Arab Emirates. Not sure what to make of theproposal, the President asked for a $ 50-million donation to the University as earnestmoney – saying that he would then take the proposal seriously. As things developed, themoney did materialize, from the government of Abu Dhabi.NYU had long been committed to building its international presence, and had increasedstudy-abroad sites to places such as Singapore, Accra and Buenos Aires. But the plan thathas developed for a

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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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: Mathematics, Chemistry,Physics, IT and social science and the authors are unaware of the KPU plan to update orintegrate these subjects. However, the curriculum for subjects related to electrical Page 14.885.4engineering has been updated in order to: ≠ Provide a basic knowledge of electrical engineering principles along with the required supporting knowledge of mathematics, science, computing, and engineering fundamentals. ≠ Develop the basic skills needed to design and build basic electrical and electronic circuits and projects. ≠ Develop the ability to formulate problems and projects and to plan a process for their

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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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as research/teaching collaborationswith several foreign universities. In developing the plan for this exchange program, the OUfaculty team sought to draw upon its numerous professional and personal contacts andcollaborators at a number of different universities in China and paid visits to a number of theseuniversities. For the 2008 trip, it was determined that Beijing Jiaotong University would providethe best fit for this program in terms of the compatibility of their research with that of the OUfaculty team, and their ability to host U.S. students and provide them with a rich educational andcultural immersion experience.Founded in 1896, Beijing Jiaotong University is one of the oldest Universities in China. BJTU isa multidisciplinary

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Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education / International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University

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courses on the study plans, and requiring studentsto have a manuscript in the process of publication prior to graduation.What do the Findings Tell Us?What challenges do international ESL GA’s in the sciences and engineering face in fulfilling thewriting responsibilities of their assistantships and academic programs? The findings suggestthat the four most important challenges for ESL GA’s are, listed in order of significance: (a)advisor/major professor issues, (b) basic communication issues, (c) writing for theirassistantships (research reports, journal article manuscripts, conference proceedings, etc.), and(d) the fact that the writing courses that are offered at the university where this study wasconducted usually don’t count as part of their