Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama; Steven Jones, University of Alabama

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Diversity, Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

University Alabama as part of itsvisit to The University of Havana. Jones arranged, through the faculty in residence, a meetingwith The Director of International Programs Office CUJAE. Professor Jones, a member of thedepartment of civil engineering, had been engaged in a number international education andresearch efforts in locations around the world for several years. He conducted this first trip as anexploratory trip to determine if CUJAE had interest in collaborating with this U.S. institution.This trip was very illuminating and the following observations were made: (1)CUJAE had avibrant international program with over 100 collaborative relationships/MOUs with engineeringinstitutions from all over the world, (2) these relationships were for the

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sandra Nite, Aggie STEM, Texas A&M University; Jowaher E. Almarri; Ziyad Shafik, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sahar Mari, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Wadha A. Al-Thani

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Diversity, Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

and recruit Qataris toward STEM-related education and careers.The need is great: Some industry leaders estimate that Qatar’s national demand for citizens intechnical professions is more than double the available workforce — Qatar’s national populationis estimated at approximately 300,000 citizens.1 This demand does not account for rapidlyemerging needs in defense and national security as Qatar invests in high-tech defense systemsand weapons; government ministries are actively recruiting Qatari engineers and scientists tosupport deployment, maintenance and oversight of these technologies. As a result, there has beena need to introduce Qatari youth to new notions of the diverse range of engineering disciplinesand to highlight their significance

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

N. Krishnamurthy, (Self-employed)

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Diversity, Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

. They had no problem following the various Western ethical theories andsimply took the case studies as aberrations in foreign lands. Even if a few did not agree withsome decisions, they accepted them as course requirements. But Group-B accepted certain concepts, and rejected others. For a (relatively) unbiasedassessment of corruption, I would show something like Figure 1. The figure, indicating anaverage ranking from two reliable sources2,3, does not cover all the 180 countries involved in thesurvey ranging from No. 1 (Denmark) to the last (No. 165 being less than 180 because ofcountries having same rank). It shows 31 nations, some as 'benchmarks' and half a dozen SouthEast Asian countries of my students, with others tacked on to avoid