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Icarus: The Development of a Voluntary Research Program to Increase Engineering Students’ Engagement

Conference Session
Study and Research Abroad
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions
International
management committee developed a sense of autonomy and commitment to Icarus,with the goal of growing it sustainably over time with the support of the School of Civil Engineering. The Chairof the student management committee is now a full member of the Industry Advisory Board by petition of theexternal members of the Board. Furthermore, from a community building perspective, it is important tohighlight that most students enrolled in the program to try it for one semester and the majority has decided not toleave, some of them have expressed that will continue engaging with Icarus projects until the time theygraduate, because of the value they find in the program for their identity development as engineers.4. Methods In order to address the
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Sustaining a Study Abroad Program at Scale: What Motivates Faculty Members to Engage in Such Programs?

Conference Session
Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Mayra S. Artiles , Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E., Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Tech ; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions
International
the graduate assistant for the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program, a global engineering course and study abroad program for first year engi- neering students. Her primary research interests are engineering study abroad, developing intercultural competency in engineering students, and international higher education.Mr. Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech Timothy Kinoshita is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His research interests include graduate education, global engineering education, and education policy.Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech Diana Bairaktarova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and the Director of the
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