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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov

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(1999) in Kazan State Technological University. Julia joined the team of Kazan State Technological University as an instructor at the Department of For- eign Languages and the School of Foreign Languages ”Lingua” in 1999 and was rapidly promoted to the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages in 2003. Her teaching career was perfectly balanced by the experience of a translator and an interpreter. She is a well-known person at Kazan international conferences and other events for her high quality consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, such as interpreting for the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. The new milestone in Julia’s career was the position of the Chair of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Saud A Ghani, Qatar University

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Diversity, International Forum

occupational field though,have always been under question and investigation. This paper is an attempt to present efforts,motives and incentives that help Qatari female students to excel in their overall engineeringstudies and career through promoting participation in events, conferences and externalcompetitions.Educating and Inspiring Female EngineersPrimary education and school policies targeting in promoting females’ interest in engineeringfollowed by further innovative university education will assist future Qatari female engineeringstudents to reveal and apply more qualification and abilities. US Department of Education, statedthat during 1990-2005 in the USA there has been a continuous improvement at the high schoolgirls’ average grade point

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University; Royel Montel Johnson, Center for Higher Education Enterprise

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Paper ID #17553What Underrepresented Minority Engineering Majors Learn from Co-Ops& InternshipsDr. Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University Dr. Terrell Strayhorn is a professor of higher education and director of the Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE) at The Ohio State University. Author of 10 books, more than 50 book chapters, and over 100 journal articles and scientific abstracts, Strayhorn is a former NSF CAREER grant recipient, reviewer for the Journal of Engineering Education, and one of the nation’s leading diversity scholars.Dr. Royel Montel Johnson, Center for Higher Education Enterprise Dr

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Monica Gray P.E., Lincoln University; Constance Loretta Lundy

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Diversity, International Forum

correlations between globalcultural competence and career goals.17, 18 It is interesting to note that high attrition from degreeprograms has been listed here also as a contributing factor for under-participation. Traditionally,study abroad has been marketed as an opportunity to experience other cultures. For minoritystudents, this angle has not been effective as they interact across culture on a daily basis.19However, based on the research into the causative factors for under-representation, anopportunity to increase skill sets that can assist in persisting and doing well in their currentengineering programs as well as prepare them for continual lifelong professional success mightbe a better approach to encourage underserved minorities to study

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Leslie Seawright, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ibrahim Hassan P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Ali Darwish Alashar, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Experiences Grant awarded byTexas A&M University at Qatar. The idea of transformative educational experiences (TEE) hasbeen adopted by many colleges and universities in order to encourage undergraduate researchand meaningful student-centered work. These types of experiences are especially meaningful forengineering students, as their future careers will require them to work in teams and thinkcritically about project decisions. Equally as important are the children that these engineeringstudents hope to reach. As Carlson and Sullivan note, “Preparing children with the skillsnecessary to flourish in an increasingly technological world becomes more challenging everyday…engineering is about building things to help people and society.”[6] This project

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo; Darryl N Williams, Tufts University; Rovani Sigamoney, UNESCO

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to researching bioenergy systems and biofuels for Africa. She joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) HQ in Paris, France in 2007 and later ran the Chemistry programme and International Year of Chemistry 2011 and thereafter the Engineering programme. The Engineering Programme is working with countries, interna- tional partners and program experts to strengthen engineering education through curricula development, hands-on training and capacity building. In line with UNESCO’s global priorities on Africa and Gen- der Equality, it focuses on women and Africa. Rovani is passionate about women in engineering and encouraging more youth to pursue careers in engineering. She