Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Bill Williams, Setubal Polytechnic Institute; Jose Manuel Nunes Oliveira, Universidade de Aveiro; Gavin Duffy, University of Limerick; Dermot Brabazon P.E., Dublin City University

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were 59 total papers that included a Portuguese authorwith nearly half of these (26) published in the last two years. Thus, it appears that EERjournal publications are increasing at a rapid pace in Portugal at this time.OutcomesFensham1 argues that the findings from the research should have an impact on its practice;however, in the case of EER, this data is particularly difficult to detect. Borrego et al12foundthat despite the large investment made by the U.S. over the past three decades that theadoption in U.S. engineering departments of approaches like student-centered pedagogies,service learning, and design projects was not as high as might have been expected and madethe comment that “despite decades of effort focused on improvement of

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Walter von Reinhart

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through Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarship,” in Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 100 (1)2011, No. 1, p. 9, and Litzinger, T.A., “Engineering education centers and programs: A critical resource,” Journal ofEngineering Education, 99 (1) 2010, 3-4.6 Research Internships in Science & Engineering (RISE) see https://www.daad.de/rise/en/.7 UROP International, see http://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/wmy/lidx/1/.8 See DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship at https://www.daad.org/undergrad.9 Compare with values of an international research experience as described in Chang, Y., Atkinson, D., Hirleman,Dan E., “International Research and Engineering Education: Impact and Best Practices,” Online Journal for GlobalEngineering Education http

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Svetlana Levonisova, University of Southern California; Shaobo Huang, University of Southern California; Scott C Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Sydnie Cunningham Cunningham, The University of Tulsa; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl Matherly

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/administrative commitment.13Despite the diversity in types of pedagogical strategies, the research on the impact of theseapproaches for students’ preparedness for global workforces has been limited.7 In contrast,however, researchers have identified many challenges associated with the implementation ofinternational experiences in engineering programs: limited capacity of an already content-fulland highly sequenced curriculum, high costs to implement globally focused programs, and therisk of delaying graduation when international experiences are included as a degreerequirement.7, 14 These challenges indicate that a more comprehensive and integrated approach toenhance development of global preparedness in engineering students is necessary to meet

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media; Sheila Katherine Lascano Farak, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María ; Jared Roberto Ocampo, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana; Roberto Viganò, Politecnico di Milano; Jorge W. Duque-Rivera Duque-Rivera, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral; Carlos A. Rodriguez, EAFIT University

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for the success of this practice as it has beenobserved by the instructors after nine years having this experience in the classroom. Therefore, itis of major interest to understand the effectiveness of the interaction among the students workingwith international teams during the collaborative design and its impact in the final solution.Consequently, this work presents an assessment instrument that has been developed to evaluatethe interaction among the students participating in a multinational collaborative design based onthe parameters of frequency of communication, and quantity and quality of the informationshared. The aim of this instrument is to determine the value of technical and social interaction inthe flow of the collaboration, and

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott C Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Sydnie Cunningham Cunningham, University of Tulsa; Shaobo Huang, University of Southern California; Svetlana Levonisova, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering and engineering education researchers underscore anecessity that U.S. engineering graduates be capable of collaborating across national boundariesto successfully “encounter worlds of professional practice that are increasingly global in nature.”As a result, this emphasis requires engineering educators and professionals to better understandwhat constitutes a globally prepared engineer and the types of learning experiences fosterpreparation of such an engineer.This paper offers an overview of a NSF funded multi-university research program thatinvestigates how globally focused learning experiences within engineering (both co- and extra-curricular) impact students’ global preparedness. The research protocol involves three studiesand