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Active Transportation in Netherlands and Germany

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Natalie Marie Villwock-Witte P.E., Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University
Tagged Divisions
International
engineering faculty.” This could be in part becausethere are a limited number of studies that provide recommendations related to the design,implementation and evaluation of effective engineering study abroad programs. Anotherexplanation for the lack of participation identified in her literature review is cost. However, shenoted that the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology supports study abroadexperiences because they assist students with developing the “soft skills needed to function inmultidisciplinary teams.” One of the challenges that she identified was that very few studyabroad program opportunities exist in engineering disciplines. This could be in part becausefaculty believe that their work on study abroad programs does not
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Learning from Senior-Level Engineering and Business Development Professionals to Create Globally Competent Engineers via On- and Off-Campus Activities

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling; Nhu Y Tran; Lia Marie Applegarth
Tagged Divisions
International
& Business Development Professionals to Create Globally Competent Engineers via On- and Off-Campus ActivitiesAbstractEfforts to scale curricular and co-curricular experiences designed to foster globally competentengineers sit at an important crossroads. Education for global competency, along with thedevelopment of other “professional” or “soft” skills, is an important part of the formation of 21stcentury engineers. There is broad agreement that, “US engineers [of 2020] will face totallydifferent problems from the ones we face today” and “will have to be open to different religions,different ways of thinking, and different social values.”1 However, consensus does not existregarding how to cultivate globally
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