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Mark Kennedy, University of Portland; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland

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addresses the global literacy needs of professionalsinvolved with global engineering. To support achieving these outcomes, the School alsoapproved several best practices to guide the development and improvement of relevantengineering programs.IntroductionProducing globally competent engineers for the 21st century is increasingly important in aworld that is “flat” and more globally connected. Engineers are now facing the distinctpossibility that they will be working for a multinational company, or NGO that requiresmulticultural awareness, some degree of foreign language proficiency, and the ability tocommunicate effectively across cultures and time zones. However, data from the Institute forInternational Education show that few US science and

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Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, ​ Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics National Zoological Park

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withinternational collaborations, preparing for an international conference, observations as youtravel, challenges, and expectations.2. a) What did you learn from the Wednesday plenary and the Women in STEM and Diversitypanels? b) Is there a research benefit to meeting someone in person versus using technology toconnect?3. a) Please describe the impact of having a mixed group of faculty (external to your university)and graduate students. b) Has this trip facilitated any collaborations or research ideas that moveyou closer to your academic goals? c) How can an excursion like this one contribute to career-life balance? Page 19.30.104. How does this picture of

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Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI

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-independency that is expected from graduate students when it comesto research. Some of the students anticipated more guidance and/or daily contact with the facultyhost and felt a little lost at the beginning. Better preparing the students for that environment willallow them to engage in the research project and adjust to the lab environment more quickly.The program was designed to provide intensive language training in the morning. For that, thecollaboration of Texas A&M University’s English Language Institute was crucial. The EnglishLanguage Institute integrated the 50 students into their regular summer session while creating atailored TOEFL preparation class for the group and designating conversation partners that wouldaddress each student’s

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Edward J. Jaselskis, North Carolina State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Satyanarayana N. Kalidindi; Linda D. Krute, North Carolina State University; Hongling Guo, Tsinghua University; David Comiskey, Ulster University; Dede M Nelson, North Carolina State University

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Successful Academic Partnership in the Development of an International Construction Practices CourseAbstractThe challenge of working effectively with multicultural teams will continue to grow inimportance. Students graduating from engineering and construction management programs needto be functional in this global environment. To address this need, this paper discusses asuccessful partnership among several international universities to develop a constructionpractices course designed to prepare engineers for the global workforce. The course specificallyfocuses on sharing global construction engineering and management practices and includespartnerships primarily with

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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Anders V Warell, Lund University, Industrial Design; Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University; Carl-Henric Lennart Nilsson, Technology management

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undergraduate, graduate and industrial programs.Dr. Carl-Henric Lennart Nilsson, Technology management Associate Professor Carl-Henric Nilsson is a business development specialist focused on industrialization processes with a PhD in Industrial Management. He has founded several startups and is currently CEO of Kunskapspartner AB and researcher at Lund University specializing in pedagogics, entrepreneurship, business development and industrialization. Page 19.7.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Design  as  an  integrating  factor  in  an  international  cross

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Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Delia Valles-Rosales, New Mexico State University; Marcelo Augusto Leal Alves, University of São Paulo; Brendan P. Sullivan, New Mexico State University

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and machine design. Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering and Faculty Advisor if the PACE Global Vehicle ProjectMr. Brendan P. Sullivan , New Mexico State University Brendan P. Sullivan is a MS graduate student in the Department of Industrial Engineering at New Mexico State University (NMSU) where his research focuses on additive manufacturing and systems engineering. He holds a Masters Degree in Political Science with a concentration in international relations and security issues. Brendan has served as team lead for the NMSU institutional involvement in the Partnership for the Advancement of Engineering Education (PACE), is vice chair of the Institute for Industrial Engineers student

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Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shreyas Vathul Subramanian, Purdue University; Mushtak Al-Atabi, Taylor's University; David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo and IFEES; josé aquiles grimoni jabg P.E., polythecnic schoool university of são paulo

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David A. Delaine has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Drexel University, in Philadelphia, USA. He currently serves as an executive member of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), as Vice President for Student Engagement, Diversity, and Inclusion. IFEES aims to strengthen engineering education practices around the world. He has recently completed his tenure as a Fulbright Scholar and is currently performing research as a FAPESP postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. Jose Roberto Cardoso at the Escola Polit´ecnica da Universidade de S˜ao Paulo for his project titled ”Assessing the Impact of One Boundary Spanner on University-wide STEM Educational engagement” where he will

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Sergey Gerasimov; Yury P Pokholkov

environment. Besides theprofessional competencies such as application of fundamental knowledge, engineeringanalysis and design, investigation, engineering practice, specialization and labor marketcommitment the AEER criteria prescribe requirements for non-technical competencies whichprogram graduates have to demonstrate. Non-technical competencies include management,communication, individual and team work, professional ethics, social responsibility and life-long learning. Recognition of the need for and ability to engage in on-going professionaldevelopment seem to be extremely important. Continuing professional development isconsidered a key to improving engineer competence in all the aspects of engineering practice.To get AEER accreditation

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Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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persemester).An evaluation of the Eminent Scholar Mentoring program at UMBC demonstrated its success in Page 19.28.4addressing women’s exclusion mentoring relationships. Program participants report receivingadvice from their mentors about grant writing, networking at conferences, researchcollaborations, research presentation opportunities, nominations for research awards, mentoringstudents, and work-life balance. The Eminent Scholar mentors have also provided mentees withletters of support for tenure. Recognized within the ADVANCE community as a best practice,other ADVANCE institutions have replicated the Eminent Scholar Mentoring program (e.g

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Zaida M Gracia, Texas Tech University; Allison Wright, Texas Tech University

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Education field, attending workshops in non-traditional majors, internships, student advising, and best practices. Page 19.9.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Development of a Novel Interdisciplinary Engineering Student Exchange Program AbstractAs an initiative to prepare engineering graduates for the ever-changing global landscape and ajob market that is increasingly becoming more international and competitive, the WhitacreCollege of Engineering (WCOE) at Texas Tech University (TTU) requires that

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Monica Gray P.E., The Lincoln University - College of Science & Technology; Constance Loretta Lundy

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Engineering Education’s (ASEE), Going theDistance report, 53.6% Hispanics, 61.4% Native Americans, 61.7% African Americans and 49%Female students who enter engineering programs do not graduate in this major.1 This translatesto an engineering workforce that comprise of about 6% Hispanics, 0.3% Native American, 4%African Americans and 13% females according to the latest National Science Foundation’sreport.2 With such high attrition rates among minorities and underrepresented groups, changingthe current engineering workforce’s diversity portfolio is of grave national importance andrequires a plethora of high impact approaches. In the aforementioned ASEE report, over 60strategies and best practices were proposed. High impact practices included first-year

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island; Emily Ann Serman, University of Rhode Island; Megan Mercedes Echevarria, University of Rhode Island; Lars O. Erickson, University of Rhode Island; Silke A. Scholz; Anette Geithner

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about studying, doing research and/or interningabroad for a longer term at a more advanced stage of their studies. We will present J-termcourses to Chile, France and Germany and the outcomes of the Sojourn Readiness Assessmenttool we used to measure if students made any gains in their preparedness to go abroad.Summer faculty-led service learning programs are effective modules to keep students’ interest inthings international while getting practical experience in applying their technical and languageskills and have them engage with a new culture and engineering environment in a protected butintensive way. A summer service learning project in Guatemala will be showcased.The two short-term modules described above lead up to a year-long study

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Nicolas Couto Giffoni dos Santos, SIUC Leadership Development Program; Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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successful they will be at becoming an effective leader. The best time todevelop these skills are during the undergraduate education of an engineer. This is a time that thestudent can practice, without serious consequences for making mistakes. Therefore, the university’s role in providing programs to prepare students to not only belifelong learners, but also leaders, has gained a greater significance in the last ten years. In orderto meet industry’s growing demand for future technical leaders, university sponsoredundergraduate engineering leadership development programs have been increasing steadily. Table1 lists the rapid growth in the development of these programs.Table1. Engineering Leadership Program and the year they were foundedYet

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Julia Ziyatdinova

infrastructure as the points for analysis. One of such regions in Russia is theRepublic of Tatarstan, incorporating two major nations of Russia – Russians and Tatars. Theyhave different historical, cultural and religious background. At the same time, this part of Russia Page 19.27.4is strongly industrialized by many national and global companies and has a cluster of engineeringuniversities. Thus, it is perfect place to reveal best practices in professional growth of engineersin a multicultural environment.Kazan National Research Technological University is the only Russian National ResearchUniversity which focuses on research and academic programs in