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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Mohammed A Omar, Clemson University

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, L.J., Bestererfield-Sacre, M., McGourty, J., “The ABET professional skills can theybe taught? Can they be assessed?” Journal of Engineering Education,Vol. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 41– 55.[5] American National Standards Institute, ANSI 2002a: National Standards Strategy for theUnited States, Washington DC, ASNI publication.[6] Omar, M. A., Kurfess, T., Mears, L., Kiggans, R. “Organizational learning in the automotivemanufacturing; a strategic choice”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, ISSN 0956-5515, DOI10.1007/s10845-009-0330-6. 2009[7] Miller, M. H., “Industry internships as a tool for curriculum development”, Seattle, WA,USA, ASEE, Washington, DC, 1998[8] Beasley,  D.  E.,  Biggers,  S.  B.,  “Curriculum  development:  an  integrated

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Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G Brown, The Boeing Company

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Faculty Development

Austin for her PhD work in Higher Educational Administration; Northern Arizona University for her MA in Curriculum and Assessment, Arizona State University for her BA in Secondary Education – Communications and Central Arizona College for her Associate of Arts degree. Page 21.64.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Attributes of a Global Engineer Project: Updates, Inputs, Faculty Development ConsiderationsAbstractWhat knowledge, skills, abilities, and characteristics are needed by engineering professionalsliving and working in an increasingly

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Corporation

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Labs in 2002 she has lead the development of various strategic partnerships with governments, HP customers and partner universities to catalyze ideas, resources and develop talent for innovation. Lu- eny has a BS in ChE from the University of Puerto Rico and an MS in ChE from Stanford University. Before joining HP, Lueny was full professor of ChE at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayag¨uez Cam- pus where she held various positions including associate dean of engineering and director Campus R&D. Recipient of various awards including the prestigious US National Academy of Engineering Bernard M. Gordon award for innovations in the engineering curriculum, she is a licensed engineer, an IEEE Senior Member, an ASEE

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Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Liverpool John Moores University; Andrew David Price, Lougyhborough University; Ximing Ruan Ruan, University of the West of England

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400 in refereed journals and conferences pa- pers. He has supervised 49 completed PhD/EngD students from 28 countries, and has been Principal or Co-investigator on over 30 completed funded projects.Dr. Ximing Ruan Ruan, University of the West of England Dr Ximing Ruan is a Senior Lecturer in Project Management at the University of the West of England. After working in IT and construction industry for 10 years, he pursued degrees at Northumbria University in the UK, including an MBA from the Business School and a PhD in Project Management from the Built Environment School. His publications have been focusing on knowledge management and integration in projects, organisational coordination in project process, and the

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Lucia Howard

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teamwork, with morphing responses into coded subcategories of: cultural,political, and religious awareness, as well as value-based traits of open-mindedness.Twelve of 18 (66.6%) respondents indicated the importance of having proficiency in at leastone foreign language as an important skill to succeed in a global professional environment.Eleven of 18 (61.1%) participants noted cross/inter-cultural communication as a critical qualityof becoming a globally prepared engineer. Several responses referenced the importance ofbeing aware of one’s own cultural perspective, being curious, keeping abreast of worldnews/events and integrated thinking. One respondent stated, “I don't think that the question of‘globally prepared engineer’ is about technical

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Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University

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Student Development

to these new imperatives byexploring a variety of more intensive international training programs. For instance, Iowa StateUniversity’s Language and Cultures for the Professions initiative [11] encourages students toincorporate specialized language study and cross-cultural coursework into their studies, as wellas providing help in finding internships abroad. Similarly, the GEARE program at Purdue [12],[13] offers engineering majors the opportunity to integrate introductory language study, asemester of study plus summer internship abroad into a four-year curriculum. The InternationalPlan at Georgia Tech [14] offers students a range of options for internationalizing their studies,requiring a combination of globally-focused coursework, basic

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Farida Tagirovna Shageeva, Kazan National Research Technological University; Natalia Vladimirovna Kraysman; Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

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competence (good knowledge of foreign languages) acontemporary person and professional should have intercultural competence, i.e. be able tocommunicate successfully with people from different countries and cultures. Intercultural competence is an integral part of socio-psychological competence. Itcomprises general and specific culturological knowledge; practical communication skills(including psychological and linguistic skills), intercultural psychological sensibility and ethnicaltolerance [2][3]. To increase the external competitiveness of graduates the FAE of the Kazan NationalResearch Technological University introduces courses aimed at development of interculturalcompetence. Such courses are suggested in the following curriculums

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Alina Yurievna Khramova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasil Yurievich Khramov; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

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translate original texts in English, have consequentialmonologue and dialogue speech skills, understand oral speech (monologue and dialogue),active use most common grammar patterns, be able to speak in public: make reports andspeeches, have writing competences for written communication and publications. Regional geography, culturological information, day-to-day realities, and other dataare also included into the curriculum. It is not a question of entertaining, but an inner demandof the educational process itself. Students should master the skill of interculturalcommunication and cultural dialogue. To acquire the personal experience in linguoculturalcommunication students must be put into the situations where they can use the language as

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Amos G Winter V, MIT; Robert James Stoner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Charles H Fine, MIT Sloan School of Management

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fortesting a range of strategies for pollution control in Indian industrial clusters. Taking a regionalapproach allows the team to analyze many manufacturing facilities in an integral ecosystem,providing an opportunity to develop scalable results.ConclusionThe Tata Center for Technology and Design is providing a venue for MIT faculty and students todevelop and apply technological, systems, and management skills to make a positive impact ondeveloping and emerging markets. We have structured a program that provides Tata Fellowswith an immersive experience in India that will broaden their perspective on the technological,systems, and management challenges and opportunities in development, as well as training forhow to implement tractable and successful

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Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Reginald Vachon P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University; Robert D. Kersten, University of Central Florida

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Paper ID #8385Invited Paper - Engineering for the Americas (EftA)Dr. Reginald Vachon P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dr. Vachon , an engineer with a physics background and business executive, has served in the US Army and was a chaired professor of mechanical engineering. He received his education at the US Naval Academy, Auburn University, Oklahoma State University and Jones Law School. He was the Chair of the American Association of Engineering Societies and is Vice President for North America for Pan American Union of Engineering Organizations (UPADI). He serves on the WFEO committee on relations with

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Scott Grenquist, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Roger G. Hadgraft, RMIT University

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, PhD is Innovation Professor in Engineering Education in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at RMIT University. He is a civil engineer with 20 years involvement in leading change in engineering education, with a particular focus on problem/project-based learning (PBL), at RMIT, Monash and Melbourne Universities. Roger is an ALTC Discipline Scholar in Engineering and ICT, having co-developed the draft national academic standards for the discipline. He is currently Program Director for the Bachelor of Sustainable Systems Engineering and also works on curriculum issues across the College of Science, Engineering and Health at RMIT. He is a passionate advocate of national and international

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Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Kimberly Lau, University of California, Berkeley; Alice Merner Agogino, University of California, Berkeley; Sara L. Beckman, Haas School of Business

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Student Development

). Among the students, we have undergraduate and graduate populationsfrom engineering, business administration, and other disciplines within the sciences andhumanities.The undergraduate student data were collected at three universities: 1. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST): from students taking a freshman-level course focused on the fundamentals of conceptual design and critical thinking [24]. 2. Anonymous U.S. University: from the entire entering class of 2015 to a new Integrated Design Program (IDP). 3. University of California, Berkeley (UCB): from students enrolled in an upper-level course focused on the engineering design process and conceptual design of products.The graduate student data