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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Libanos Redda, SPEED; Fabian Reichl, SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development); Agustin Ferrario, National Technological University, Resistencia Faculty, Argentina; Rohit Kandakatla, SPEED; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development

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Education Development Graduate Research Assistant at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University and Global Stu- dent Forum Chair for 12th GSF’2016, Seoul. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Global Student Forum: A model for developing student leaders in engineering educationIntroductionThe Global Student Forum (GSF) is a three-day event organized by the Student Platform forEngineering Education Development (SPEED).1 Students come to GSF from all over the worldto participate in a series of workshops, discussions, and presentations, culminating in the creationof action plans. The chief aim of these projects is to enable students to become a factor

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Dorian A. Cojocaru, University of Craiova; Anna Friesel, Technical University-Copenhagen; Daniel Spikol, Malmö University

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contribute to support the named abilities/skills? • What is the impact of the PELARS’ technology seen from the final users: students and teachers? • Will the new technology change the accreditation procedures?The schedule for trials in PELARS is shown in figure 1.Creating a comprehensive plan for each of the trials include also ethics considerations. Allactivities are and will be carried out taking into account FP7 guidelines as well as nationalguidelines on ethic issues, guaranteed by the Ethics Committee under EU. Participation of users isin line with agreed European and National ethical procedures for user participation andremuneration of test subjects, and subject to sign off by the Ethics and Research committees

Conference Session

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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small proportion of students majoring inhigh-demand fields such as engineering. The National Science Foundation(NSF) reports that 39% of URMs "plan to major" in science and engineeringfields as freshman, but less than half of these earn an undergraduateengineering degree; rates are startlingly lower for Blacks and Hispanics.One way to increase retention and graduation rates in engineering for allstudents is to enhance their overall skills and readiness for engineering-related work by way of cooperative education (i.e., co-op) and internships1that offer students "real-life, hands on" experience in their major subject. TheCenter for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University identifies suchexperiences as a "high-impact practice" that likely

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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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ofmaturity. 3College of Engineering (CENG) – Qatar UniversityQatar University (QU) is the first national College of Education of the State of Qatar founded in1973. Hence in 1977, Qatar University was founded with four new colleges, namely Education,Humanities & Social Sciences, Sharia, Law & Islamic Studies, and Science. The College ofEngineering was later established in 1980. In its first year the college admitted 57 male and 93female students. Currently, CENG is a house of six academic departments for undergraduateprograms: Architecture and Urban Planning, Computer Engineering and Industrial Engineering,Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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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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and planned the student meetings,worked with publishers to obtain quotes for various types of children’s books, and collected dataon the project.The division of labor and scope of the project was decided by the students themselves. Theydivided into two groups: an illustration group and a dialogue/text group. Despite these divisions,the students actually met as a whole on most occasions and discussed the book project as a team.As the students reached the mid-point in the semester, it became clear that the book would not beaccomplished using only student art. An illustrator was hired in order to take the students’concept drawings and turn them into the actual book pages.FindingsThis project was funded through a Transformative Educational

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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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honest dialog, where all responses are valued. Plan to let the data speak for itself and inspire action to achieve equity. 3. Identify systemic constructs that prevent or obscure inclusion. Multi-modal approaches, e.g., oral conversation, anonymous electronic polls, anonymous comments on uniform notecards, give all participants an opportunity to contribute. 4. Carefully reflect and choose colleagues who will adopt “champion” roles to support inclusion. Be sure that the audience includes people in positions of power in order to effect change in policies as appropriate. 5. Encourage the champions to be comfortable with their role. Champions can encourage of collegial behavior modification among those who are

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

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2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

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cohorts, typically at least 10 students.Faculty-led programsFaculty-led programming is an essential component to campus internationalization plans aimedat making study abroad part of the academic culture and not the exception. Programs mayinclude faculty taking students abroad and delivering course(s) in the host country in which thestudents are studying. The abroad experience can be a continuation of a course taught on campusand/or a team taught course where U.S.-based and the host foreign country’s students aregrouped to work on a project during the semester and then come together at the end. Whateverthe iteration, faculty-led opportunities ease many traditional fears and significantly impact theinternationalization process. First, faculty who