AC 2009-484: SUSTAINABILITY AND IMPACT OF GLOBAL PROJECTSJared Geddes, Brigham Young UniversityW. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young UniversityRandy Lewis, Brigham Young University Page 14.1107.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Sustainability and Impact of Global ProjectsAbstractA Global Projects in Engineering & Technology course at Brigham Young University has beenin existence for three years to broaden the learning experience of engineering students by solvingreal-world engineering challenges using multi-disciplinary teams. The first two classes involvedprojects implemented in Tonga (2007) and Peru (2008). With the class currently in its
AC 2009-657: TRAINING ENGINEERING LEADERS THROUGHINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTSMeagan Vaughan, University of Texas, Austin Meagan Vaughan is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin. While researching lower limb prosthetic socket design, she also helps oversee community development projects as a teaching assistant.Janet Ellzey, University of Texas, Austin Dr. Janet Ellzey is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to conducting research in combustion, she is Assistant Dean for International Engineering Education. She is also faculty adviser to the University of Texas chapter
AC 2009-1089: BUILDING TRUST DURING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTWORK: A CASE STUDY OF A RECENT EWB PROJECTMarissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Marissa R. Jablonski is a Graduate Student of Civil/Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). She has served as Co-chair of UWM's Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders since its beginning in 2007 in which time-span they have successfully completed a water distribution project in Guatemala. Her research efforts focus on water resources and the role of ionic strength on the adhesion and detachment of E.coli bacteria in its transport through porous media. Marissa was a 2008 recipient of the National
AC 2009-2034: AN INTERACTIVE PANEL SESSION ON MEASURING THEIMPACTS OF PROJECT-BASED SERVICE LEARNING ON ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, BoulderChris Swan, Tufts University Page 14.202.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Interactive Panel Session on Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning onEngineering EducationABSTRACTThrough both planned and organic developments, project-based service learning (PBSL) hasemerged as a powerful force in engineering education over the past decade. This paper highlightsefforts to provide much needed clarity to the design, implementation, and
AC 2009-424: PREPARING BETTER ENGINEERS: COMPULSORYUNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT UNIVERSITIESAND THE PROFESSIONAisling O'Sullivan, University of Canterbury Dr Aisling O'Sullivan has been teaching and researching in the discipline of Ecological Engineering as a senior lecturer (US associate professor) at the University of Canterbury since 2004. Prior to that, she was a visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Oklahoma and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the National University of Ireland in Dublin. Along with Dr Thomas Cochrane, she has led curricular developments, including undergraduate research projects, for the Natural Resources Engineering Programme. Aisling
Student Learning OutcomesAbstractThis paper presents an initiative of an engineering curriculum enhancement and an example ofcollaborative junior student’s project development, based on the enhanced curriculum. The maingoal of this research is to integrate the best practices from the American engineering educationprograms into existing engineering curriculum, and to study the effectiveness of theenhancement, made up of a number of new focus areas in critical thinking and practical problemsolving.The research is carried out to study the feasibility and effectiveness of newly designed projectcollaborations between an American professor and a Chinese student, involved in a juniorproject. American professor helps to integrate successful American
classes in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics Departments at Michigan Tech, North Dakota State University, and at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Dr. Oliveira current research interests include optical fiber communication systems, Monte Carlo simulations, digital signal processing, wireless communications, and engineering education. She has authored or co-authored 13 archival journal publications and 27 conference contributions. From 2007-2011 Dr. Oliveira is serving as the Michigan Tech project director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium on Renewable Energy that is funded by FIPSE from the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Oliveira is an ABET evaluator
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
paramount for U.S. engineers and researchers to develop the skills and backgroundnecessary to effectively work, communicate and innovate on an international scale and to be ableto collaborate on complex engineering and research projects with colleagues and collaboratorsacross the world. Countries such as China and India, by virtue of their size, are graduating everincreasing numbers of engineers and scientists each year and are making great strides inscientific research. The effects of the globalization of science, engineering and manufacturinghave been particularly felt in rust-belt states such as Michigan and Ohio where the loss of marketshare by the big three U.S. automakers has resulted in large job losses and a migration of agrowing number of
size of the world and significantly reduce the technical difficulties and complexitiesassociated with forming international project teams. Consequently, companies in many industriesnow face a need to cooperate and work with people from other cultures and value systems inorder to remain competitive.Although many of the physical challenges related to globalization have been overcome, socialchallenges including communication and cultural, economic, and political differences remain.The skills required to deal with such challenges have generally been overlooked by traditionalengineering education, which has focused primarily on teaching the technical skills necessary forstudents to be successful engineers. Communication, leadership, teamwork, and
studentideas are brought to reality. Examples include the introduction of new undergraduate andgraduate courses in innovation engineering, close integration between project courses offered atPIEp partner universities, joint research projects, and workshops that allow entrepreneurs andcompanies to better utilize student ideas and projects.During the first years of PIEp, in the build-up phase, a large effort has been placed on creating aninternational network of ‘innovation friends’. The founders strongly believe that the ‘wheelshould not be invented again – rather that there is an obligation to search for, find, and gather allrelevant actors within this field, on a global arena. Within the rather limited network of partnersand friends established this
Polytechnic University (KPU) since 2005. Since December 2006, Dr. B. Baha has been helping Engineering Educational Institutions in Afghanistan under a DFID funded project, which is called Developing Partnership on Higher Education (DelPHE); this programme is managed by the British Council. The details about various activities of this project can be found at the following website: http://www.uobkupartnership.talktalk.net. The University of Brighton has recently signed a major partnership contract with Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU) and the Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan under the World Bank sponsored programme, which is called Strengthening Higher Education Programme
this paper.PreliminariesAt one of the legal predecessors of the Centre for Teacher Training and Engineering Educationof Budapest Polytechnic, at the Institute for Engineering Education, an electronic syllabuspackage of four modules was developed in 2004 as a result of a project supported by ”Apertus”Public Foundation (project leader: Dr. Péter Tóth). The objective of the project realised underthe leadership of one of the authors was the development of an electronic syllabus package withunlimited availability in space and time together with accompanying methodological aids in thetopics of education technology and multimedia. The main areas of the application for thesyllabus package are teacher training and in-service teacher training as well
the majority havenow undertaken graduate studies. Two students (one in 2007 and another in 2008) made returnvisits to implement aspects of their designs. Another group of 4-6 students will participate in2009. These projects add to engineering capstone design opportunities by providing a moreglobal experience, a unique cultural opportunity, experiential10 and service learning11opportunities, humanitarian objectives, and the potential to aid in developing design solutionsthat could extend well beyond those of most undergraduate projects. This initiative wasestablished by Professor Ward who has lived in South Africa and has relatives living in thevicinity of Cape Town.Throughout the nation some engineering educators have instituted international
degree programs,global simulation projects, international internships and team projects, study abroad and globalcourses provide valuable information on different educational models currently in place ininstitutions.International leadership whether it be in academia, industry or government calls for motivationof a workforce coming from diverse academic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds. “Making of aglobal engineer,” is a valuable tool for the global technical enterprise. It explores the twinquestions of “why?” cross-cultural education is vital for the global engineer and shows “how?”to attain this education through an educational process. It tries to provide a direction to follow.IntroductionThe interfacing of culture and technology
Advisor/Project Manager for the Strengthening Higher Education Program (SHEP) which is a World Bank funded program for supporting the Ministry of Higher Education and six major public universities in Afghanistan. His experience has been primarily in the area of social development. He holds an MA in Post-war Recovery studies from the University of York, UK. Page 14.884.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Modernizing Engineering Education at Herat University A Partnership between University of Hartford and
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
AC 2009-853: BUILDING RESEARCH COMMUNITIES AND COLLABORATIVENETWORKS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: LACCEI VISIONAND INITIATIVESIvan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engineering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in collaboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the International Division of
been taken;•The student may fail the exam and not be allowed to continue in the Manufacturing EngineeringPh.D. program at COPEC Institute of Education and Research. This result may be determinedafter just the written component of the examination or after both the written and oral componentshave been taken.7. Ph.D. Research ProposalAt least one year prior to completion of the Ph.D. dissertation, the student must present a formalseminar to the public describing the proposed dissertation research project. It is part of a bigproject developed by the team in which the student is involved. This Ph.D. Research Proposalwill normally be presented after admission to candidacy and in most of the cases its thecontinuation of the project part of the Master
CE604 120 Management – I 3 1 0 L T P Environmental Engineering – I CE603 200 3 1 2 L T P Irrigation Engineering CE602 120 3 1 0 L T P Minor Project – I CE606 100
course and program selection. The three main goals of the programare 1) expansion of language study among students, 2) pursuit of additional study abroad or otherinternational educational experiences throughout each student’s college career, and 3) subsequentinvolvement in international activities throughout the student's university studies, such as participating inglobally-focused campus groups or projects. In order to participate, students complete an application and areaccepted into the program based on the following criteria: 1. Must have at least a 2.75 GPA (CBA Students) and 2.50 GPA (Engineering students) 2. Students must have completed two semesters prior to the program departure. 3. There is no foreign language
engineering context; appreciate the social, environmental, ethical, economic, and commercial considerations of engineering decisions.≠ Intellectual Abilities (IA) – apply quantitative science and engineering tools to problem analysis; demonstrate creative and innovative ability in problem solution and design formulation.≠ Practical Skills (PS) – possess practical skills acquired through several means, including: laboratory and workshops exercises, supervised work in industry, individual and group project work, design work, and development and use of computer software.≠ General Transferable Skills (GT) – demonstrate skill in problem solving, communication, team work, IT facilities and information
advance of internet technologytools developed in the1990’s has made it possible to access a facility or laboratory at distance.For example, some universities have changed traditional laboratory to the virtual one that take Page 14.97.2place in a traditional laboratory where some students can use the local lab workbenches andothers can perform the experiments remotely 2-3. Also, an internet accessed robotic system canradically enlarge the number of students that can participate in practical robotics projects and itimproves the quality of the learning environment provided by educators for these topics 4.Another example of an online laboratory course
engineering concepts and creates a betterunderstanding of compressive strength, stress, strain, neutral axis, tension, andcompression. The students also gain an understanding of how engineering theory andconcepts can be applied to real world projects and that engineering is the application ofscience to solve problems. Throughout the presentations, the students also learn about theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter and its activities including canoebuilding, steel bridge building and technical paper writing for local and nationalcompetitions.IntroductionIntroduction to Engineering, EGN 1002, is a one-credit, freshman engineering coursegeared to eliciting an understanding of the various departments of engineering offeredwithin the
in calculation-design activity provides a bachelor with abilities to: - calculate and design components of NDT devices; - check capability of the projects and technical documentations to technical requirements; - design of technical documentations.Competence in administration activity provides a bachelor with abilities to: - certificate and standardize NDT devices; Page 14.1245.5 - organize marketing and selling of NDT devices; - use economical and administrative methods of management.Analyzing bachelor’s professional activities, it is possible to consider that experimental-research activity belongs to common to the scientific area
role of the engineer, three themes have been identified forconsideration: competitiveness and collaboration; environmental sustainability; andinternational development. Through a thorough consideration of these themes, andconsultation with individuals and groups in education and industry, a list ofcompetencies, defining the global engineer, was formulated: ≠ Strong technical competency ≠ Use of creativity in problem solving ≠ An ability to see engineering projects in the context of multiple disciplines ≠ A recognition of the business implications of engineering work ≠ A recognition of the social implications of engineering work ≠ An ability to work outside of one’s trained discipline ≠ Adaptability, in type, scope
), Brian O’Connell (Student, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)Faculty and programs in engineering/industrial technology often promote internationalexchange and study abroad as a desirable component of a university experience—particularly in this increasingly globalized world. But, what do students who haveactually had such experiences perceive? How do they view such experiences, before,during and after the event? The following paper evolved from the experiences of fouruniversities collaborating on an EU-FIPSE funded Atlantis project called DETECT thatconsist of the partnerships shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Project DETECT PartnershipsCentral to this presentation and paper will be the opportunity to actually hear
shadowing program. Another seniorfaculty will spend the month of June 2009 at University of Hartford as part of the shadowingprogram too. These activities include: • Observe engineering classes at all levels; • Assist in teaching courses to develop pedagogical models and options; • Develop courses for Herat University, with emphasis on distance learning for future shared projects with University of Hartford; • Observe, study, and practice administrative and management skills, including ongoing faculty and curriculum development and revision; • Development and managing a course assessment process; and, • Practice academic advising.Currently, a new revised curriculum in Civil Engineering is being phased in at Herat
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
Soil Mechanics III 3 Comp App of Civil Engg 1 Semester 9 General CE Elective*: Project All Track Courses 15 Construction Engineering 3 Irrigation & Drainage 3 Design of Structures 4 Foundation Engineering 3 Elective Course I 3