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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; MirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western Afghanistan; Alnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford

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dish for internet connection which could be operational any day).Students also will be able to use these computer work stations for completing homeworkassignments and class projects.Laboratory facilities at HU include Soils, Asphalt, Concrete and Metals, Surveying, Hydraulics(under development), and Computer laboratories.UH continues to assist in integrating laboratory experience with theoretical and textbook learningthroughout the curriculum. However, an ongoing obstacle is that the current lab space, althoughaesthetically pleasing, is not well-designed for conducting labs. For example, it is extremelydifficult to conduct the soil laboratory in the space provided, and the marble floor in the concretelab is not up to the wear and tear this lab

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International Division Poster Session

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2010 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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engineer, with strong knowledge in bioengineering, medical and health.Electrical and Civil Engineering – five years program, the curriculum was elaborated in a waythat the experience in “Scientific Introductory” was part of the program as a course. It is a way toform the Engineers in which the students since the first year of the program had to developprojects and to present them at the end of the each year for an audience. They had also to developprototypes of devices and show them working. Their scores were based in the design, theprototype performance and the student presentation. Every year it resulted in proceedings editedand distributed by the university.Environmental Engineering II – five years program with the adoption of new courses

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Hill, University of Detroit Mercy; Patricia Pena, Federal University of Minas Gerais

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required technical courses leaves little room for electives like foreign languageinstruction. Since it is rare for an engineer to take the three or four language courses necessary tobegin to develop proficiency, many engineering students are unable to study abroad since thevast majority of international universities do not teach their courses in English. The rigidity ofthe engineering curriculum also hinders participation in study abroad programs since the coursesand their sequence often do not align between universities, especially in the case of foreignuniversities whose curricula differ from those commonly found in the United States. In terms ofpercentages of students that study abroad, a recent study shows that engineering students rank inthe

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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95: Issue 94. http://www.greencareersguide.com/index.html5. http://Engineering.com/suitableEngineering/RenewableEnergyEngineering/solar.6. http://culturechange.org/Wind.html7. D.J Buenham, J.C Campbell etc, ‘Developing Wind Power Simulations and Laboratory Experiments forRenewable Energy System Courses’, proceedings of annual ASEE conference and expedition at Austin, Texas,during June 14-17, 2009.8. http:// www.Spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind floating -wind-turbines-to-be tested.9. http:/ www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_market_data_wind.html.10. Iana, El Chaar, ‘Integration of Renewable Energy in the Electrical Engineering Curriculum’, proceedings ofASEE conference and exposition at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, during June 22-25, 2008.11. http

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

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paper proposes a need to rediscover the surveying profession in the context of today’stechnological and geospatial needs. The authors contend that the surveyor’s work does not end atthe point of submitting map data, rather where data is turned into information to support decisionmaking.With the aim of modernizing the surveying curriculum to meet market needs, this paperexamines legal, educational and professional strategies in support of the proposal. An outline ofthe curriculum for the proposed Geomatics Engineering program at the Department of Surveyingand Geoinformatics at the University of Lagos, Nigeria is also presented.Current Status of SurveyingTraditional surveying curricula are designed to enable graduate surveyors to precisely

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Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alongkorn Pimpin, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

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credit portion for general education. Hence, the total credits of core coursesare forced to decrease, and only slight changes in the curriculum can be made. With newoutcome-based demands, the mechanical engineering program committee tailors the revisedcurriculum by integrating design and experiment skills across course series. The implementationis divided into short and long terms. The short-term procedure involves restructuring andintegrating courses for specific competencies while the intensive quality assurance is consideredin long term.I IntroductionChulalongkorn University was established as the first university in Thailand in 1917 with theFaculty of Engineering as one of the four founding faculties. The Department of MechanicalEngineering

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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laid out a solid foundationfor additional course improvements and experiments in a larger student population in the future.High quality of student team projects and activities can help engineering students master certainsoft skills that are crucial in their future professional career. This experiment also sets up a modelfor any closely related academic discipline in engineering education. It is feasible to selectproper soft skill trainings and build these trainings into student team projects and activities foranother engineering course, curriculum or academic program.Bibliography 1. Myszka, Dave, Schneider, Scott, Segalewitz, Scott, “Integrating Chinese Students into an American Classroom: Lessons Learned”, AC 2007-2225, in

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria

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in South AfricaAbstractAlthough it has been 16 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections were held, thelegacy of unequal educational opportunities and provision remains with us. A consequence isthat few black students are able to obtain an engineering degree in the regulation time of fouryears. The problem was exacerbated in 2009 when the first group of school leavers who wentthrough a new high school curriculum entered universities. This curriculum was designed to bemodern and skills-based, but many mathematics and science teachers, who had insufficientprofessional development and inadequate content knowledge, focused instead on drillingstudents in a restricted set of problem types. Students at universities were thus less able

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Polytechnic Institute (WPI). As part of WPI’s project-basedundergraduate curriculum, all students complete an interdisciplinary research project involvingboth social and technical dimensions. This Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), conducted insmall teams of students under faculty guidance, is intended to help students learn how the socialand cultural contexts of a problem impact its solution. Other learning outcomes are related toinformation literacy, teamwork and professionalism, and written and oral communication.12Most IQPs involve addressing open-ended problems posed by community-based agencies andorganizations. Through WPI’s Global Perspective Program, over half of WPI students completetheir IQP at one of 15 Project Centers in Africa, the

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

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Hien Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University

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, learning communities, online discussions, instructional design for online learning, and innovative technology for learning. She can be reached at htn126@psu.edu. Page 15.169.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Investigation of First Year Students’ Perceptions of Global AwarenessAbstractMost engineering educators recognize the importance of emphasizing the so-called “soft-skills”in the undergraduate curriculum in order for graduates to be competitive in the global workforce.Of increasing interest for many engineering programs is engaging students in

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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of a region’s specific shrub drying ratios occurring using solar dryersled to the solar kiln PBL.4.2 Experiments Applied thermodynamics has been using good lab equipment available and experimentalactivities involving the use of refrigeration equipment, as well as HVAC, are common.Energy conversion using a small vapor power cycle plant is one of the most popularexperiments. Theoretical results are compared to experimental data gathered by a dataacquisition system. Teams are only allowed to carry out experiments after passing an oralexamination12. The level of integration achieved with these experiments is clearly lower than the onedescribed below for heat and mass transfer. In this case it was possible that, when dealingwith the French

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Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning on Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Colleen O'Holleran, Engineers Without Borders-USA; Cathy Leslie, Engineers Without Borders

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, and ASCE chapters) and a Summit gathering a subset of these advisors.This paper will present some of the main findings from the survey, an overview of the Summitstructure, and preliminary findings from that meeting.2. Faculty SurveyThe survey focused on two main topics, service learning in engineering education, and aspects ofbeing an advisor. Nearly 100 responses were gathered; response rates among EWB-USAadvisors were much higher than those for ASME and ASCE, 30% versus 6%, suggesting generalinterest in the subject. Among respondents, nearly 40% of engineering colleges have servicelearning courses (Figure 1); most engineering faculty though admit to using an informaldefinition of service learning, so these courses may better be described as

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Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jui-Chen Yu, National Science Technology Museum; Hsieh-Hua Yang, Department of Health Care Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology; Lung-Hsing Kuo, National Kaohsiung Normal University; Hung-Jen Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University

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University Dr. Yang is a professor in the department of technology education. Technology education is his major research area. He is also the director of centere for teaching and learning technology. He got his Ph.D from Iowa state university and Master degree from University of North Dakota. Page 15.708.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 In-service Professional Field Expansion Model of Vocational Senior-high Technology Teachers in TaiwanAbstractCoping with rapid knowledge growth, career expansion become an important consideration fortechnology teachers. By getting teacher license

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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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provide guidance, help in seeding the new culture, and in developing emerging professionals; ≠ Initiation and maintenance of regular well-planned interaction with industry; and to seek industries’ input, assistance, and feed back; ≠ An engineering “up-front” approach, where engineering is the intellectual centerpiece of the curriculum and to be used from the beginning, i.e., not simply be the traditional introductory and/or survey type course offered as an independent exercise during the first year; ≠ An integration of basic math and science onto themselves, but most importantly, intertwining the theory to serve engineering principles and engineering

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Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Baker, The University of Vermont; John Merrill, The Ohio State University; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

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other’s experience and move towardmore trans-disciplinary approaches. The lessons learned and challenges gained through theseexperiences will be summarized in this paper.Context, Objectives and ApproachThis paper considers three case studies describing the integration of engineering and communitydevelopment. The first two cases were implemented through engineering programs and overtime have sought out the skills of community development. The third case presented is acommunity development program that has increasingly developed an engineering orientation.Over the course of ten years the projects have moved through different project phases illustratingthe interplay between the disciplinary skills.The desire of engineers to apply their skills to the

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Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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…An engineer is someone who usesmath and science to mess with the world by designing and making things that other folks canuse(pause)..And once you mess with the world, you’re responsible for the mess you made .This view had little to do with the engineering curriculum and education, but rather withignorance concerning the final destination of engineering graduates. Skobrook20 examinedstudents’ views of engineering prior enrolling in the course at University of Hull, and foundthat students’ preconceptions of engineering and engineering studies were at odds withreality. This is not surprising since studies21 in Britain showed that most sixth form studentshad little or a wrong perception of engineering as a career option. Peter Durchholz 22 in

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Gary Riggins, Virginia Tech

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AC 2010-2064: A WORKSHOP FOR INDIAN ENGINEERING FACULTY UNDERTHE INDO-US COLLABORATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONVinod Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is an associate professor in the Engineering Education Department (EngE) and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He received a PhD in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1995. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration. He led a major curriculum reform project (2004-09), funded under the department-level reform program of the NSF, at Virginia Tech. A spiral curriculum

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Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Adithan, Vellore Institue of Technology; Robert Creese, West Virginia University

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which enables slow and advanced learners to choose courses suiting their abilities and optimizing their academic commitments. This will facilitate the establishment of credit transfers and accreditation of academic programmes. ♠ Curriculum, courses and syllabus (course contents) are benchmarked with the best of the institutions in India and abroad. Page 15.623.6 ♠ Establishing an Academic Staff College (ASC) for continuous training and for professional development of its faculty members. ♠ All faculty members are preparing course plans, instructional objectives, schedule of instructions, tutorial

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University

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  in  ICT  related  projects.  However, the  first  national  conference which  was  organised  by  the  ministry  of  communications  and  United  National  development Program (UNDP) was held in Kabul in 2006 [4]. It  is  unfortunate  that  the  Afghan  government  has  not  considered  integrating  ICT  within  the mainstream  education  system  in  the  country.  ICT  can  provide  unique  opportunity  for  both academics  and  students  to  have  access  to  a  rich  library  of  information,  free  of  charge  via  the internet. An  integrated  approach  is  needed  by  the  Afghan  government  and  international  community  to introduce  computers  and  internet  access  into  the  learning  environment  in  Afghanistan,  such

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Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin McGarvey, Rowan University; Michael Panko, Rowan University; Michael Kerbaugh, Rowan University; Gabriel Posluszny, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Anthony Cavalier, Rowan University

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research projects. The Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic, a 4-semester required course, is an integral part of the engineering curriculum in which studentsapply engineering principles to emerging technologies. Students work on service related projectsor research grants funded by industry or government in multidisciplinary teams. The disciplinarymakeup of the teams is driven by the requirements of the project. Teams of students areorganized based on their particular skills, interests and backgrounds, then matched to a particularproject. The service related projects offered through the junior and senior clinics are not meantto be a volunteer extracurricular activity. The projects usually have regional, national orinternational impact. “Engineering

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Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J Thompson, Kansas State University; Ata M. Nazar, Kabul University

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Technology (ABET). The guiding principle andultimate outcome of the Engineering Partnership is accreditation of the KU programs to ABETstandards. The partnership agreement is for ten years with the first three years funded. One of themeasures of the quality of engineering education of graduates and the primary step in obtaining aProfessional Engineering (PE) license in the US is passing the Fundamentals of Engineering(FE) examination. The ability of KU graduates to pass the FE exam is a primary metric of thepartnership. The Engineering Partnership is an integrated and iterative approach to improve theoverall quality of the Faculty of Engineering. This approach emphasizes improved and updatedinfrastructure and physical resources (laboratories

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Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, where

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accreditationrequirements include a need for graduates to demonstrate an ability to compete in the globalmarket, the changing dynamics of globalization is compelling institutions to explore and provideopportunities for graduates to compete globally.Major differences There are a few significant differences in the program content. Firstly, and the most significantdifference is the duration of the programs. Whereas the Penn State, and indeed all baccalaureatedegree engineering programs in the United States, takes four years, the UNILAG programs takefive years to complete. Secondly, the UNILAG program includes one semester of field practicalexperience as an integral component of the program. Including the summer holidays, thestudents have to complete three semesters

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

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Martina Trucco, Hewlett-Packard; Rich Friedrich, Hewlett Packard

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the creation of a new business. However, many companies also pursue licensing the intellectual property they have created, spin-out technology into start-up companies, or use their results as input to future research projects.III. Science and technology agencies’ goals Science and technology government organizations have goals like discovery, learning, research infrastructure and stewardship that provide an integrated strategy to advance the frontiers of knowledge, cultivate a world-class, broadly inclusive science and engineering workforce and expand the scientific literacy of all citizens, build the region/nation's research capability through investments in advanced instrumentation and facilities, and support excellence in

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Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Shumway, Brigham Young University; SClaudina Vargas, Complex Systems Optimization Lab; Geoff Wright; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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-Ytabo: Overview of the Main ComponentsMACILE-Ytabo is an emerging solutions-driven model. The main focus is engineering a robustand efficient system to increase access to challenging and stimulating MACILE classrooms andresources, thereby producing a growing pool of talented young people interested in engineeringand the sciences. The model integrates teacher development, student skills development,curriculum and material development, selective preparatory education, and access to essentialresources. MACILE-Ytabo has limited scale and a wide scope. It targets two critical groups: (i)talented students in the top 20% of the class and (ii) teachers that want to excel in their fields andbecome master MACILE educators. The latter will improve the

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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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there. Programs range from a medicalschool supported by Cornell University to a foreign service school offered byGeorgetown University, with other programs by Virginia Commonwealth University andNorthwestern University. Engineering programs are offered by Texas A&M Universityand Carnegie Mellon University. Purpose built state-of-the-art learning and teachingfacilities have been built for each university.Texas A&M University at Qatar offers undergraduate degrees in chemical, electrical,mechanical and petroleum engineering. It graduated two students in 2007 and a full classin 2008. It is beginning to offer two graduate programs, a Master of Engineering Degreeand a Master of Science Degree. The undergraduate curriculum integrates cutting

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Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education / Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Jennifer DeBoer, SPEED

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2009. 4. NACE Journal, “Closing the Gap: Helping Students Identify the Skills Employers Want”, Fall 2004. 5. Spitzer, Robert E., VP-Technical Affiliations, The Boeing Company and Member ABET Industry Advisory Page 15.1231.16 Council “Attributes of an Engineer,” 2003.6. Becker, Frank Stefan, “Curriculum for the 21st Century – a Siemens Corporate Citizenship Project,” SEFI Biannual Report 2006-07.7. Johansen, Bob, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present, 2007.8. Lamancusa, John S., José L. Zayas, Allen L. Soyster, Lueny Morell, and Jens Jorgensen, “The Learning Factory: Industry

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Colledge, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University

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AC 2010-742: EPLUM MODEL OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: EXPANDINGNON-TRAVEL BASED GLOBAL AWARENESS, MULTI-DISCIPLINARYTEAMWORK AND ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET DEVELOPMENTKhanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University Khanjan Mehta is a Senior Research Associate in the Electronic and Computer Services (ECS) department and an affiliate faculty member in the School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs (SEDTAPP) in the College of Engineering at Penn State. His professional interests include innovative system integration, high-tech entrepreneurship and international social entrepreneurship. His research interests include social networks, application of cellphones for development, innovation in

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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AC 2010-1075: THE PERFORMANCE OF U.S. EXCHANGE STUDENTS ABROAD,A LONGITUDINAL STUDYJoerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering Page 15.1250.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Performance of U.S. Exchange Students Abroad, A Longitudinal StudyAbstractThe Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and the University of Applied Sciences Lübeck/Germany (FHL) have a well-established, dual-accredited, bi-directional exchange program inElectrical Engineering that is completely integrated into the curricula of both institutions. Thebasic layout of this tuition-neutral exchange program is shown in Figure 1. MSOE and

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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AC 2010-2104: A MULTINATIONAL 1+2+1 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGPROGRAMEsteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ-MAREK is an Associate Professor in the department of Engineering and Design at Eastern Washington University. He did his graduate work in Electrical Engineering at Washington State University. He worked as a research scientist at Fast Search & Transfer before transferring to the Department of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington University. His interests include image and video processing, communication systems, digital signal processing, and cryptographic theory and applications.Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University MIN-SUNG KOH

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Bland, John Brown University

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the participating institutions said they were encouraging cross-culturaldevelopment, but did not assess the cross-cultural competence of students in their programs.John Brown University (JBU) has recognized the need to make global issues an integral part ofthe students’ education. The university core curriculum now requires every student to take atleast one three-hour global studies course in fulfilling degree requirements. The Department ofEngineering has embraced this activity and is working to incorporate global issues into coursesthat span the typical four-year course plan. This initiative is seen as an opportunity tosignificantly strengthen the engineering program, improve ABET outcomes, and furtherstrengthen ties with our liberal arts