Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Patrick D Ulrich, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Chad D Vecitis; Jason Dyett, Harvard University, DRCLAS; Monica F A Porto, USP

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Student Development

collaborations. To help meet these goals, Harvard and USP participants were fullyintegrated in the classroom, on field visits, in hotels, and throughout their social interactions.Participants were encouraged to experience the culture of the destination cities during the freetime and organized group outings. Additionally, students were given information about potentialfunding opportunities for international internships and were encouraged to talk with facultymembers about their academic and career goals.Course planning and pre-departure preparationsIn order to plan an effective course that encompassed these comprehensive goals, a long-termcollaborative effort by a dedicated team of faculty and staff members from the three sponsoringinstitutions was

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Imin Kao, Stony Brook University (SUNY); Yacov A. Shamash, Stony Brook University; ChoonHo Kim, SUNY Korea

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Curriculum Development

strengths of Asian education inscience and math, while cultivating the ingenuity and imagination of students through liberal artsgeneral education, as well as the core curricula in various concentrations within each discipline.Undergraduate students at SUNY Korea are required to be resident students on the Stony Brookcampus for one academic year (2 semesters) to fulfill the general education requirements inliberal arts, selected from the rich and diverse curriculum and courses that SBU, acomprehensive university, offers. SUNY Korea undergraduate students are expected to be anintegral part of the general student body while at Stony Brook and to interact with peer studentsand advance their careers as proud students of SBU. This obligation for a one

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Robyne Bowering, Monash University

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Invited - Student Development

only serveas a foundation for career development, but can also be applied to transform local andinternational communities’.[19]At the start of the semester, the STP students participate in a series of workshops on:understanding how we construct and retain knowledge, different learning styles, effectivecommunication and presentation skills, motivation, goal setting, lesson planning, leadershipand reflection. They are then placed into a suitably matched school to plan, organise andteach a STEM-based unit of work. The STP students specifically design their unit of work(project) around the brief given to them by their supervising teacher and the interests andcapabilities of the children that they work with. The projects are typically 12+ hours

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, Penn State University; Victor A Atiemo-Obeng, The Dow Chemical Company (Retired)

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ASEE International Forum

Page 21.16.7anecdotal notion that Africa is richly endowed with natural resources, many students at this stagein their academic career have little knowledge about their countries’ minerals resources and haveno idea where and how to access such information. In the US we often tell our students that thechallenge today is not lack of information, but how to use the ever-abundant information. For theAUST students, however, access to information was nontrivial. Library resources (physical plusonline) were extremely limited, access to the computer lab was restricted, and the availablebandwidth often made downloading a formidable task. In spite of the challenges above, thestudents’ response to the course was positive overall, as captured in this

Conference Session

Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sang Eun Woo, Purdue University

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Student and Curriculum Development

in their careers.2-7These and many other reports and studies have also addressed questions about what specifickinds of attributes are important for the so-called “global engineer.” For example, one forward-looking NRC report published in 1999 outlined a “global engineering skill set” with four mainitems: “(1) language and cultural skills, (2) teamwork and group dynamic skills, (3) knowledgeof the business and engineering cultures of counterpart countries, and (4) knowledge ofinternational variations in engineering education and practice.”3 Many other authors and groupshave since compiled or created their own partially unique lists of attributes, and other efforts ofthis type are ongoing.9-22 Accreditation guidelines and curriculum reports

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dirk Schaefer P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

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Invited - Faculty Development

professional registration, and hencenationwide recognition based on common standards.While the UK system mainly targets those teaching at university level, within the EuropeanUnion the focus is on all those involved with teaching technical, engineering-related subjects.The International Society of Engineering Education (IGIP) at their headquarters in Austria hascreated a training program open to all “teaching teachers”. Participation is voluntarily and oftenused as a means of continuous professional development to support career development.Successful completion of their program leads to professional registration as ING-PAED IGIP(International Professional Engineering Educator). IGIP, together with SEFI, the EuropeanSociety of Engineering Education