Conference Session

Study and Research Abroad

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

International

, directed by academicmentors, with the goal of establishing a small class atmosphere that promotes peer-to-peer interactions, expandslearning beyond the classroom, and provides with mentoring and role modelling relationships. The initial goal ofthe program was to generate intrinsic motivation in engineering students regarding their civil engineeringeducation [12]. The purpose of this exploratory study is to present preliminary information about the implementationof Icarus, as a radical engineering education experiment. The program’s goal was to provide students with adifferent space to develop the competencies and skills desired while simultaneously they form their identity asengineers. Icarus is an innovative solution since the School or

Conference Session

Global and Intercultural Competency

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

1industry. Consequently, “… engineering colleges must develop strategies that provide globalperspectives and international experiences to help their graduates excel in their future workenvironment” [4].Study-abroad programs is one of the ways universities have found to provide a globalperspective to students. However, it has two limitations: low participation of engineeringstudents and effectiveness in providing global perspective. The low participation is because onlyfew students can afford to have a study-abroad experience. Despite the growing awareness of thebenefits of study-abroad by students, the challenges preventing students from studying abroadare numerous and complex [5]. A study by the Institute for International Education (IIE