Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

“artisans from the mountains of Guatemala” (p. 6). Other universities havetaken a broader course-focused approach, in which students are able to enroll in courses whosefocus is on global issues in engineering. For example, Holloway describes a general educationcourse in which engineering undergraduates were able to learn about global energy issues.11[Authors] presented a model in which students are able to engage in “various internationalhumanitarian engineering and social entrepreneurial ventures” (p. 1).12 As part of the model,students worked on common international humanitarian projects in a variety of roles throughcredit-bearing courses, volunteer opportunities, honors theses, or short, intensive travel-basedexperiences. This unique model lets