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Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erick Jones, University of Texas, Arlington; Vettrivel Gnaneswaran, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Beatriz Murrieta, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro

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data-collection, analysis and reporting. The sub-questionsalong with assessment methods and brief explanations were shown in the following discussions.Assessment sub-question #A: “To what extent does being immersed in a different cultureinfluence a student’s ability to conduct culturally competent undergraduate engineeringresearch?” Assessment methods for sub-question #A: (1) pre-survey and post survey ofstudents’ level of intercultural communication, sensitivity and expectations; (2) focus group withstudents at the end of their summer experience; (3) reflective journals and weekly meetings withfaculty. In assessment method #1, to better capture the information, students were given theIntercultural Development Inventory developed by Milton

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Study Abroad, International Experience, Exchange Programs and Student Retention

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keilin Tarum Deahl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eileen Walz, University of Illinois; Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Valeri Werpetinski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Judith A Sunderman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; J. Bruce Elliott- Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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student development acquired while working on internationalengineering projects abroad. These experiences presented a unique learning environment andopportunity to develop and implement a holistic engineering project. The findings from ourresearch indicate six areas of student development: technical knowledge, communication,personal growth, project management, community-based development, and interculturalawareness. These six categories are broken down into subcategories to further identify specificareas of student development.These findings are based on reflections collected from Engineers Without Borders studentmembers. The first round of data was collected through on site journals and discussions andpost-travel interviews with participants of

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Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wilhelm Alexander Friess, University of Maine; Muhieddin Amer, RIT-Dubai

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Page 23.938.3maintain their basic values, need to find special arrangements that may even contradict the law ofthe land (for example in regards to internet access and freedom of speech 8,9).This paper draws from the author’s observations of the entire academic community in Dubai.The observations reflect both a systemic perspective regarding campus formation, faculty hiringand campus consolidation, as well as an operational perspective regarding attracting, maintainingand graduating top quality students, and the peculiarities resulting from the highly diverseenvironment that emerge in the classroom.Discussion  The  challenges  presented  here  are  roughly  divided  into  startup  challenges,  which  typically  are  temporary  in  nature  and

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Curriculum and Program Developments, Exchanges, Collaborations, and Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duane L. Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Arvid Andersen; Wayne B. Krause, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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isprovided for poor performance (illness, language difficulties, lack of background, etc.).EPS and Experiential learningThe educational process in the EPS program is best described as experiential learning.Experiential learning is most easily described as the process of acquiring information through thestudy of a subject without the necessity for direct textbook exposure. In the early 1970s,educational researchers David Kolb and Ron Fry developed the Experiential Learning Model(ELM)4 which is composed of four elements:  concrete experience  observation of and reflection on that experience  formation of abstract concepts based upon the reflection  testing the new concepts  (repeat)These four elements are the quintessence

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Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer DeBoer, MIT; Glenda S Stump, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Frances Carter-Johnson, MIT, Teaching and Learning Laboratory; Gayle Allen Ed.D., BrightBytes; Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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environmentsUndergraduate Students Ranged from 1 month - 1 Interviews 11 year abroadUndergraduate Students Ranged from 1 month - 1 Reflection Statements 36 year abroadThe MIT faculty interviewed represented all the schools at MIT (engineering, science,architecture, and humanities and social sciences) and various departments. In addition torepresenting several disciplines, the faculty were leaders of MIT international initiatives ineducation and for a program that provides international study abroad opportunities forundergraduate students. This program partners with corporations to provide students with global

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Challenges in Engineering, Models in Professional Programs, Capstone Design and Function Generator for Educational Environment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel C. Jones, World Expertise LLC; Bethany S. Jones, CQAIE

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in developing countries often seek some form of US accreditation as a way tohave their own quality recognized. In many cases, these institutions, which are frequentlypioneers in quality assurance in their region, need to be assisted in a developmental modeuntil they are prepared to pass the scrutiny of US accreditation standards.Many well established US specialized/professional accreditation agencies have in recentyears been offering international accreditation evaluations, and status, as appropriate:engineering, business, and teacher education. In each case, the move to offering fullaccreditation abroad has reflected an evolutionary process on the part of the accreditingagency often starting with Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), then some

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Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, CIF Q2818015F; Jorge A. Lopez-Vargas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja; Nelson O Piedra, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja; Janneth Alexandra Chicaiza, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja

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-learner, a higher value of betweenness reflects high availabilityof OCW resources in those areas of knowledge. It is also possible to detect groups of authorswho are providing open educational resources in that domain of knowledge. From theperspective of the universities and academic policy makers, a low betweenness value reflectsan opportunity to publish OCW resources in this area of knowledge.To the rest of continents o geographical areas, the authors did the same kind analysis. Byreasons of space we summarize briefly the results obtained:South America Table IV. Metrics of South America Metric Value Nodes

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Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhang Lei, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

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to 2011 US News and World report, theUF College of engineering ranking stands pretty good. (Table 2). It can be seen in Table2, row 5 the 2011 overall ranking of the civil engineering is 31 and among all U.S. publicschools, the ranking stands at 20. This is considered pretty good which reflects thesoundness of the curriculum offered by the civil engineering department. Table 2 UF Graduate Engineering Specialties Ranking 2011 Edition (April 2010) 2010 Edition (April 2009) Specialty Overall Public # of Overall Public # of Rank Rank schools Rank Rank schools Aerospace 19 13 55 21

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Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech.; Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Qaiser H Malik, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Pakistan University

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US institutions while others are atthe exploration stage.The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a growing movement in higher education.25 Page 23.734.7SoTL is scholarly inquiry into student learning which advances the practice of teaching bysharing this research publicly.26 Sharing the teaching style that an instructor finds useful in aclassroom is what makes it scholarship. SoTL builds on many past practices in higher education,including classroom and program assessment, the reflective practice movement, peer review ofteaching, traditional educational research, and faculty development efforts to enhance teachingand learning.In this

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Curriculum and Program Developments, Exchanges, Collaborations, and Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eileen Walz, University of Illinois; Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; J. Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Judith A Sunderman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Valeri Werpetinski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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, communication, personalgrowth, project management, community-based development, and interculturalawareness. These areas of development were discovered through analysis of student reflections,interviews, and discussions of students who had traveled with Engineers Without Borders toCameroon, Guatemala, Haiti, and Nigeria. The learning objectives for each area of developmentwere written in reference to the six learning domains outlined in Bloom’s Taxonomy.By publishing these objectives we wish to further encourage a participatory approach from boththe academic and non-academic communities at large. This compilation of objectives andpotential applications can guide others as they prepare students for international engineeringwork.IntroductionInternational

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Study Abroad, International Experience, Exchange Programs and Student Retention

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manfred J Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt; Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; David J. Dixon, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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theentire class. Only one of the American students was allowed tobe on the presentation team. A panel of judges, consisting ofengineering professors and industrial engineers, was also in theaudience. After one week of hard work, the student teams wereable to present an array of surprising solutions, and a winningteam was identified. The winning team was presented an award of a chance to race on theHemsbach Superkart track, where Sebastian Vettel, the current world Formula 1 champion,learned racing. The week concluded with catered sandwiches and a time for teams, tutors,industrial engineers, and faculty to mingle and reflect on the past week.The American engineering education experiences at both Virgina Tech and SDSMT areevaluated by ABET. The

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Global Competency and What Makes a Successful Engineer

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amber Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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, recycling) and guided by the faculty leader, discussed differencesand similarities between Germany and the US, and possible historical reasons for the differences.As much as possible, opportunities were provided for students to interact with German people,particularly German engineers and engineering students. Students visited two technicaluniversities, and had multiple opportunities to interact with students in both professional andsocial environments. The American students were particularly interested to learn that Germanuniversity students pay virtually no tuition. In addition to the final research paper, students wererequired to submit a 2-3 page reflection paper comparing and contrasting the German vs.American educational system.In further

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International Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Efra Altamirano; lourdes gazca, American University in Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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beassessing desired outcomes, identifying appropriate times to assess students’ level ofachievement of selected competencies. Assessing student learning over time known as formativeassessment provides valuable information about how well students are progressing towards Page 23.437.3expectations. In addition, interpretations of student achievement could then be linked to the kinds  of learning experiences that do or do not promote desired outcomes. Interpreting students’performance or achievement over time and sharing assessment results with students enablesstudents to understand their strengths and weaknesses and to reflect on how they need to

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Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madelyn Espinosa, The Pavlis Institute - Michigan Technological Univerisity; Helena Keller, Michigan Technological University; Nicole Westphal, Michigan Technological University

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information that they have and take action. That is the definition of leadership.” [3]Good leaders are able to work in a variety of environments and make the best decisions based on theinformation available. Sometimes working in a foreign environment means making decisions in situationsfilled with uncertainty. The Pavlis Institute’s international experience is a great way for students topractice their leadership and decision-making skills. One of the members of the Ghana team reflected onthe skills she learned on her trip this way: “The Pavlis program did a good job of preparing for the ambiguity present in any international experience. It definitely helped me to develop strong decision making skills as well as a

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Curriculum and Program Developments, Exchanges, Collaborations, and Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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mentors for younger GSEP cohorts.2.1.2 GSEP’s comprehensive, committed program conceptIn many ways, the broad, college-wide GSEP concept is comparable to the Honors Programconcept, in that provides no new degree programs in and of itself, but serves to optionallyaugment or “upgrade” any existing STEM degree program on campus. Even more so than anHonors program, however, GSEP is based on a “committed participation model”, meaning thatstudents explicitly apply to the program in their freshman year, and are expected to participate ina continual series of mandatory meetings and program activities throughout. This reflects ourphilosophy that true internationalization is not achieved via an isolated event or trip abroad, butinvolves the shaping of an

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International Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff Scott Thomas; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Christopher F Thompson S.M.ASCE, Salt Lake Community College

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innovation projects.Conclusion FLL is an excellent opportunity for both Middle School and College aged students alike.By creating mutually beneficial partnerships between younger and older students, many skillsthat are neglected in traditional classrooms are given a fun and exciting environment to developin. The younger students have the chance to engage in research, brainstorming, computerprogramming and presentation, all as part of the overlying theme of open-ended problem solving– the college age students gain experience with team work, critical analysis, deliberations, large-scale event planning and reflective-organization shaping discussions. All of these great skillscombine with the chance for the younger generation to hear the wisdom

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Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Victor Freitas de Azeredo Barros, Science and Education Research Council

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development in terms of niche choice and entrepreneurial initiatives.ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SEMINARThe course is designed to integrate each student’s educational experience (e.g., coreenvironmental courses, environmental electives, and environmental projects) in a capstoneseminar in Environmental Studies. Through seminar discussions and writing assignmentsstudents will critically reflect on what they learned in their previous courses and projectexperiences. In teams, students will prepare a final paper and presentation that critically engagestheir educational experience in environmental studies and anticipates how their courses andexperiences will translate into their future personal and professional environmental experiences.The content delivery of

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Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Ron Terry, Brigham Young University; Steven L Shumway, Bringham Young University; Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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other students and professors that I was able to come to know and work with continue to stay in touch and have become very good friends and sources for help now and in the future. • My participation continues to help me reflect on my teaching practices and develop as a professional. Personally, I was able to change my attitudes and beliefs about learning and develop a greater awareness of myself as a student and a teacher. A variety of social skills were developed thanks to the opportunity to work in groups and teams. I believe I developed as well in my motivation to teach and to continue to serve globally and in my own community. • I learned a lot about my teaching style. I’ve never been up

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Global Competency and What Makes a Successful Engineer

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lynn Charles Rathbun, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, Cornell University

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) Avg. It allowed me to identify/perceive the world context of technology 4.7 It allowed me to see how technology can help improve the lives of under- 4.6 served populations It allowed me to put my research in the context of the global arena 4.1 It allowed me to have discussions with the foreign participants about 4.8 It opened upand technology mysociety understanding of technology and the impact on society 4.6 It has influenced my future in terms of my career choices 4.1 Reflection questions post experience (1+ years since iWSG) Avg. I believe that my iWSG experience

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Global Competency and What Makes a Successful Engineer

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; Miriam Regina Simon, Ohio State University

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. 107-22, 2006.[3] G. M. Warnick, P. P. Magleby and B. E. Nelson, "Developing a Pervasive, College-wide Approach to Integrating Achievement of Global Competence into the Curriculum," American Society for Engineering Education AC 2012-4834, San Antonio, TX, 2012.[4] S. Klein-Gardner and A. Walker, "Defining Global Competence for Engineering Students," American Society for Engineering Education AC 2011-1072, VanCouver, BC, CA, 2011.[5] I. T. B. Clarke, N. D. Wright and R. M. McMillen, "Student Intercultural Proficiency from Study Abroad Programs," Jornal of Marketing Edcuation, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 173-81, 2009.[6] T. Williams, "The Reflective Method of Intercultural Competency: A Multidimensional, Qualitative Approach

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Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Flora S Tsai, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Kyle H Wong, Singapore American School

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submitted at least oneassignment, 2,417 took the final exam. 1303 earned the regular certificate (acompletion rate of 2.1%). Of the 145 students submitting a final project, 107earned the programming (i.e. 'with distinction') version of the certificate.There was a note the Coursera certificate, which stated that the online offering ofthis class does not reflect the entire curriculum offered to students enrolled at theUniversity. This statement does not affirm that this student was enrolled as astudent at the University in any way. It does not confer a grade, credit, or degree,and it does not verify the identity of the student.As Coursera courses are self-enrolling and often require no prerequisites, it couldbe possible that students are not matched

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INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University

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theory, while technology results in discoveries which lead to theories.Purpose Vincent, Bogatyreva, Bogatyreva, Bowyer, and Pahl6 suggest that there has not been anygeneral framework or method for searching the biological literature functional analogies forbiomimetics. Most biomimetic solutions have focused on a single product, without applicationcomplex global problems. For example, Qualcomm commercialized a display technology basedon the reflective properties of certain morpho butterflies, using interferometric modulation toreflect light to control the desired color for pixilation display. The Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology has incorporated the biomimetic characteristics of self-diagnosis and self-repair intheir adaptive