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Paper ID #20898High School ACT Math Scores: Why and How Do We Use Them?Dr. Sungwon Steven Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Sungwon S. Kim joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at MSU Mankato in January of 2011. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University (2008), working in the area of synthesizing carbon nanotubes, his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), working in the area of designing and analyzing double spiral heat exchangers, and his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Korea University (2000
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2014 Colorado State University College ofEngineering has been involved with the first United States The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)based pilot of the Engineers Without Borders Australia [1] require engineers who are defined by theirglobal design challenge (EWB Challenge). The EWB intersectionality, that is, engineers who are technicallyChallenge is a series of design challenges in different competent in their field(s) of engineering but also have thetechnical areas, created in cooperation with a local global and professional skills to be able to practicecommunity and non-government organization in a engineering outside their native context and culture.different
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