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They need more than technical skills!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Prewitt Penno P.E., University of Dayton; Roger J. Crum, University of Dayton; Eddy M. Rojas, University of Dayton

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Paper ID #18737It’s Simply Different There! Studying Abroad to Advance Engineering Prob-lem Solving while Cultivating Engineering LeadershipDr. Robert Prewitt Penno P.E., University of Dayton Dr. Robert Penno is a life, senior member of IEEE and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Penno helped initiate Study Abroad programs for engineering students at the University of Dayton and has co-led five, month-long Study Abroad trips to Italy. He has also performed research at the Air Force Research Laboratories at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in

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International Educational Experiences (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Yanchun Yang, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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cooperation between universities of China and the US invarious disciplinary areas. Among those areas, engineering had the priority. Figure 1 shows thenumber of students graduated from and admitted into engineering programs of universities inChina from 2006 to 2015. The country is producing over a million engineers annually in therecent years which has doubled the number in 2006. This is supposed to be a big support for therapid development of China and the rest of the world. However, the newly produced engineersare not necessarily prepared to meet the requirements of the market and to be able to function inthe globalized industry. 4,12 Developing an effective educational model to produce engineers witha global vision and interdisciplinary mind

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Continuing Education for Faculty

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation; Mukund Vishnu Kavade, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, India

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first person focus. The meditation session helped participants to calm their minds. In that calm and focused state of mind, they were asked to think of the activities that they would undertake, if they do not have to work to earn livelihood i.e. for sheer joy.3. The workshop faculty then explained the engineering education scenario by discussing the challenges at the global [26] and national levels [27], and the critical responsibility that today’s engineering educators have to develop workforce to tackle the challenges. The workshop faculty encouraged them to think beyond traditional teaching and research responsibilities and undertake innovative initiatives to develop engineers who can fulfill the requirements of the 21st

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International Educational Experiences (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Ang Liu, University of New South Wales

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the letter grade of “HD” (highdistinction – the highest letter grade) at UNSW, while it is only converted to the letter gradeof “B” at ASU. In practice, it is important to properly prepare students’ minds regarding thesespecial arrangements.Since the participating students were all first-year engineering students, the instructor alsoattempted to evaluate whether and to what extent their skills meet the various requirementsand constraints of a globally distributed team. The evaluation was conducted based on theinstructor’s subjective observations, against the benchmark of the third-year engineeringstudents in another global course [9]. Firstly, most of the students had demonstrated strongcommunication skills. In particular, since there is no

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International Educational Experiences (2)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Lacksonen, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Scott Springer P.E., University of Wisconsin, Stout; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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excluded.Of those who said the curriculum did change their minds there were several themes:  I have more knowledge about the impacts that can be made by engineers and/or how they can help (20)  I know now more about ethics and the care that must be taken when making decisions (13)  I now have a desire to make a positive contribution to the world (6)  I realized I must think about society as a whole/culture/local traditions (5)  This class confirmed my choice of major/career or gave me knowledge about my future career (4)  I have more knowledge of the problems that need to be addressed (3)  I realize we need to see the big picture/global impacts and connections (3)  I have a new world view (3

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Continuing Education for Faculty

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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the integration of the relevant parts of the curriculum, students’ placement, and industrial problem solving. Privatize portions of the College- if at all feasible- to eliminate red tape, reduce waste, and allow industrial partners to make more effective use of college resources. Contracting or transaction costs are often a major barrier to cooperation between different parties, and many university-industrial activities run aground on the shoals of intellectual property rights. In efforts that are educational in nature it would do the universities well to remember that industries are the sine qua non of real engineering activities (34) .Be broad minded and think long range.In this vein, the major engineering problems

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International Educational Experiences (2)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Fernando Del Carpio, Universidad ESAN; Nancy Matos P.E., Esan University

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program offered acommunity of diverse, like-minded peers and faculty mentors for the students. The studentsmentioned that their peer group was almost entirely based on knowing others from PreF orPathways Fellows. They felt they had experienced much together socially and that they felt theywould always have someone to go to talk about academic struggles. The trip taken by the groupto Peru, discussed more below, also played an important factor in the retention of some of thestudents as engineers, because it shed light on the way engineers can positively affect acommunity in need.Academically, the PreF program hosted at Penn State the summer before the students’ freshmanyear had the most significant impact on them. They reported that this program

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Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Gopalkrishna H Joshi, KLE Technological University

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Paper ID #18670Implementation of a First-Year Engineering Course and Active Learning Strate-gies at a University in IndiaDr. Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech Walter McDonald is an assistant professor at Marquette University in the Civil, Construction & Envi- ronmental Engineering department. He received a B.S. in civil engineering from Texas Tech University, a M.S. in civil engineering from Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Vir- ginia Tech. He has extensive experience in urban stormwater management, hydrology, and engineering education research. He has developed and implemented

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They need more than technical skills!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media; Jared Roberto Ocampo, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC)

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studentsfeel intrinsically motivated to behave in proactive, open minded and collaborative manner, theexpected level of effort is high, and the expected level of persistence to arrive at an acceptablefinal design is high as well. Motivation of students needs to be across the curriculum [Sheppardet al, 2010], and it is important to consider how to best support early year engineering students’motivation and self-regulating learning [Nelson et al, 2015], due to the fact that in these years iswhen students are more likely to drop out [Gainen, 1995].There are many studies regarding the variety of factors, internal and external, that might affectmotivation in an individual. In fields closed to engineering and applicable to engineeringstudents, list goals

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International Research Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Michelle Hatfield, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Heather Elizabeth Lyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Tech, College of Engineering and theUniversity of Nottingham, Faculty of Engineering, now entering its fourth year. The programfacilitates the exchange of students, faculty, technology and ideas pursuant to researching futureelectronic transport systems and alternative energy systems. This strong institutional partnershipprovides students with the opportunity to conduct this international research while acquiringglobally minded engineering practices. The National Science Foundation grant (#1261162)supports up to (10) students from Virginia Tech in conducting paid summer research related totheir academic and professional interests under the mentorship of faculty members at theUniversity of Nottingham and in cooperation with Virginia Tech

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Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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information passes from the notes of the instructor to the notes of thestudents - without passing through the mind of either one - continues as “the norm”.The purpose of this paper is to renew the call for deployment of better and more effectiveinstructional strategies in the classrooms of the Arab Gulf States, stressing on cooperativelearning practices as a viable alternative to the traditional (low-interaction lecture-based)environment that has gripped the engineering education of Region’s institution for decades.The paper sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, andsuggestions for redesigning classes-if need be- to stimulate interaction and help break thetraditional lecture dominant pattern, when cooperative learning