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International Engineering Education Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phuong Ngoc Binh Do, Saigon Institute of Technology

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, the students are losing their study interest andencountering career insecurity. Understanding the linkage between theoretical and practicaltraining, in 2012, Saigon Institute of Technology (SaigonTech) introduced the first SRobotcontest. The purpose is to create a programming playground for high school students and tonurture their interest in the field of Information Technology (IT). With the efforts to tackle thetechnical and organizational problems, SaigonTech's SRobot contest has achieved great successthanks to the governmental support from the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union and Ho Chi Minh City,Department of Education and Training (DOET) and from the student contestants. SaigonTechlooks forward to building SRobot into a prestigious place for

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Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Charles McIntyre, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Brandon Sorge, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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short study abroad course, called GO GREEN, on sustainable practices inbusinesses, industries and municipalities in Germany for the past 15 years. Over 150 studentshave participated in the course since its inception in 2003. A survey was conducted to determinewhat these students had ascertained from the course and to see if any of these students wereusing the skills acquired in this class in their work or daily lives. The survey, consisting of 23questions, was designed to determine how students have used the interdisciplinary subject matterof sustainability in their lives and careers after taking the course, as well as, questions about keyelements of the course. Some of the results of the survey will be discussed in thispaper

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Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Ms. Mayra S. Artiles

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Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Adrienne Minerick is the Associate Dean for Research & Innovation in the College of Engineering and Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development at Michigan Tech. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. Adrienne’s research interests include elec- trokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineer- ing classrooms or as

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Gray P.E., Lincoln University

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Engineering: U.S.-Trinidad-Anguilla PartnershipIntroductionAfrican Americans are underrepresented in both the engineering workforce and study abroad.61.7% African Americans students who enter engineering programs do not graduate in thismajor.1 This translates to an engineering workforce that comprise; about 4% AfricanAmericans.2 While African American students account for 15% of the overall U.S.undergraduate population, they only represent 5.6% of the over 300,000 U.S. students studyingabroad.3 There are several reasons for this disparity; finances, faculty leadership, high attritionrates, family support, anxiety resulting from travel inexperience, and lack of insight to thecorrelations between global cultural competence and career goals.4, 5

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Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University

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Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Marie S. Call, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University

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interestingchallenges for engineers and many other professionals. Globalization is not a passingphenomenon as it continues to impact how interconnected and interdependent we have become.Global competence or a strong interest in becoming globally competent has become adifferentiator in an engineer’s ability to obtain employment, to progress in a career, and toremain viable in the future [1].Engineering and technology graduates must now not only develop strong technical skills butmust also develop their leadership and global agility to remain relevant within their career. As aresult, engineering and technology educators need to identify, develop and provide opportunitiesfor international collaboration and interactions among students throughout the world.In

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Study and Research Abroad

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Rolf Müller, Virginia Tech

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the previous two themes. The distribution of conceptual codes isshown in Table 4 and explained in more detail below.Table 7. Distribution of Personal Conceptual Codes Personal Codes Australia China Both Career Goals X Interests X Real World Experience X Awareness of Unknown X Use of Existing Skills X Personal Awareness X Empathy

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International Engineering Education Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Jayantrao Bhaurao Patil, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India; Pramod Jagan Deore, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India; Suhas Pandit Shukla, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology

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increase. One solution is to reduce thevariation by “ability grouping” or “career tracking” students, a method that was used in highschools. to "Ability grouping” is proven effective by multiple researchers" [1-4]. There are alternateviews, too, such as Han [5] showing clear evidence that early tracking increases educationalinequality; supplemented with weaker evidence that it reduces performance. Van Elk et al. [6]found that early tracking has a detrimental effect on completion of higher education for studentsat the margin of the Dutch high and low tracks, and the negative effects of early tracking arelarger for students with relatively high ability or students with a higher socioeconomicbackground. Tieso [1] defines grouping types such as

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Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Daniel, Swinburne University of Technology; Nick John Brown, Engineers Without Borders Australia

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the 50 items.The median percentage was 2.2%. That is, half of the items had fewer than 2.2% negativeresponses (i.e. responses of Strongly Disagree, Disagree, or Slightly Disagree). Only sixitems had a proportion of negative responses greater than 10% (Table 4).Table 4: Highest rates of negative responses Negatively-scored Item responses (%) pc9: I feel called by the needs of society to pursue a career in 19.5 engineering pc8: The needs of society have no effect on my choice to pursue 15.0 engineering as a career pc4: Community

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Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines

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Paper ID #21663Global Engineering Competency: Assessment Tools and Training StrategiesProf. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies

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Study and Research Abroad

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech

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-term academic outcomes, like improving their critical thinking, problemsolving, and research skills; developing productive relationships with their peers and mentors; and have positiveresults in the classes in which they are enrolled. Some of the long-term academic outcomes that we expect arestudents developing as engaged professional engineers that are able to successfully finish their engineeringprogram and effectively adapt to their next step, that being their first professional engineering job, or thedecision to continue their education in a higher research degree (i.e. graduate education). Currently,Universities in Australia have very low percentages of students selecting a research career track; however, thereis a need in the country to

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Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Rovani Sigamoney, UNESCO

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Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) HQ in Paris,France in 2007 and later ran the Chemistry programme and International Year of Chemistry 2011 andthereafter the Engineering programme. The Engineering Programme is working with countries, interna-tional partners and program experts to strengthen engineering education through curricula development,hands-on training and capacity building. In line with UNESCO’s global priorities on Africa and Gen-der Equality, it focuses on women and Africa. Rovani is passionate about women in engineering andencouraging more youth to pursue careers in engineering.She previously worked at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Paris on a biofuels strat-egy and also at the Wuppertal Institute of Climate Change in

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International Collaborations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Mercedes Ward, University of Utah; Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; David Lawrence Stevenson; Tariq Banuri, University of Utah; Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry, University of Utah; Rasool Bux Mahar P.E., Mehran University, Jamshoro; Jeffrey D. Ullman, Stanford University

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Economics, University of Utah, holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He started his career as a member of the erstwhile Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP), and served in a number of positions, including as the Director, UN Division for Sustainable Development, founder and first Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, Director, Asia Centre of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), and Executive Director of the Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC). He has served as Coordinating Lead Author on the Nobel Prize winning Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC

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Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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College of Engineering and Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development at Michigan Tech. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. Adrienne’s research interests include elec- trokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineer- ing classrooms or as outreach activities in area schools (see www.mderl.org). Adrienne is past

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International Engineering Education Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Junyi Ying, Shanghai Guanghua College (High School); Cyrus Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Junior Onyeagba, University of Utah; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College; David Richardson, Salt Lake Community College; Peter Joseph Iles, Salt Lake Community College; Rajan P. Kochambilli, Salt Lake Community College

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Paper ID #23871A Preliminary Phosphate Study of Selected Sites Along the Shanghai Tribu-tary of the Yangtze River; Undergraduate International Student’s FreshmanProject in an Interconnected World (Student Poster-Paper)Mr. Junyi Ying, Shanghai Junyi Ying (Eric), a senior high school student in Shanghai, China, spent two weeks actively engaged in a research project involving the colorimetric analysis of phosphates in designated locations along the Shanghai tributary of the Yangtze River. Ying is a student at Shanghai Guanghua College. He is an excellent student seeking to pursue a career in chemistry at a major US University

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Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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the very last semesters during their educational career at the college,despite repeated faculty and advisors’ recommendations to address these deficiencies. Eventualinstructors’ bias is not resulting in lower grades when performance is similar, when compared withdomestic students.Class reports, project reports, and presentations are required as part of some engineeringtechnology courses throughout the curriculum, offering additional opportunities for students toimprove their communication skills.A test instrument was developed to measure the student population’s knowledge levels infundamentals of engineering. This research will continue and the test will be administered to juniorand senior students from the Engineering Technology programs, at

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Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

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the new course as described below. Figure 1 illustrates the presentationof a portion of the topics as organized in the Blackboard learning management system used byUC. Each thematic area extended over several weeks.Teams - students work in teams multiple times throughout their academic career, most notablyduring senior design. Focusing on teams in this course provides the opportunity to reinforce theimportance and further develop students’ skill in this area. General team processes anddynamics [8], [9] are covered to make connections with students’ prior learning and experiences.Material that deepens students’ knowledge of teams [10] and provides content specific to globalteams and virtual teams is also introduced [11]. Personality types and

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Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark

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Board (EAB) Faculty Resources Committee (FRC). The mission of the EAB FRC is ”to promote the continued evo- lution of engineering education and the career enhancement of Engineering, Computing and Technology (ECT) faculty through quality programs/products/services designed to advance innovation in educating engineers”. She is an Associated Editor in IEEE Transactions on Education. She collaborates regularly with many technical universities in Europe, Latin America and USA. Her research interests include math- ematical modeling, system dynamics, control theory, and educational methods in automation, robotics, and in engineering in general. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018

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Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael F MacCarthy, Mercer University; Holly F. Berns, Mercer University ; Ryan Monty, United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot; Mitzi Erin Brett; Zachary Lewis Martin; Pietro Sannipoli, United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot; Nicolas Jerome Messmer; Walid Ibrahim; Scott Schultz, Mercer University; Katelyn C.N. Dimopoulos, Mercer University

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themselves come from a demand forinnovation, not just an interest or conventional idea for an encapsulating project. Generally, theprojects come from one of two places. Most commonly, MUSE faculty (along with theconnections they have made in their previous endeavors and continued careers) generatepotential projects that will push students to innovate and create new solutions for real-worldproblems. Alternatively, students have the option of finding their own project to work on bycontacting companies for industry-based projects. As long as the project is approved by thestudents’ advising professor(s), the project can be pursued. The requirement of finding actualvalue in the project, outside of being a grade, is an essential start to creating a real

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Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soondo Kweon, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Jun H. Park, Tongmyong University; Kookhyun Kim, Tongmyong University; Kee Joo Kim, Tongmyong University; Jeonghoon Song, Tongmyong University; Hooi-Siang Kang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; H. Felix Lee, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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research interest is in modeling and control of vehicle dynamics and mechanical systems.Dr. Hooi-Siang Kang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #21184 Dr. Hooi-Siang Kang is the Head of Marine Technology Laboratory in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He enjoyed a successful career as a doctoral researcher in the well-known Offshore System Simulation Laboratory until 2015 under supervision of Professor M.H. Kim in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University. He also served at SHELL

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International Engineering Education Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiaojiao Fu, Beihang University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University; Qing Lei, Beihang University; Dongya Cheng, Tibet University

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laboratory. The goal is to develop a strongfoundation for both students’ future academic work and professional career. Successfulstudents will be able to do the following: produce engineering drawings and models both byhand and using the SolidWorks CAD package, visualize objects in three dimensions, work inteams to perform various elements of engineering design, and demonstrate effective technicalcommunication skills. In the syllabus, “Engineering design is more than just tinkering; it isthe logical application of scientific principles to a tangible design. It involves creativity,dedication, thought, research, ingenuity, and work. It may well be your first experience in"real world" engineering.” are put special emphasis. According to the topics

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International Engineering Education Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dong Liang, Sichuan University; Senbao Lin, Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute; Lurao Liu, Sichuan University; Wei Chen, Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute; Jared Yi Du, Sichuan University

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physical location that works as a meeting space for makers and houses thecommunity’s design and manufacturing materials [4]. This place provides access and trainingfor students to realize their ideas and serves as a compliment to the theoretical curriculumalready in place. A study indicates that creativity values of students increase after workingand learning in a makerspace. Also, the majority of the students state that the technologylearned is useful and will benefit their future career as engineers [5], [6].China, the world’s factory, is trying to transfer its economy from low-cost, labor-intensivemanufacturing to innovation and design-led production. With the wave of innovation andentrepreneurship education, an increasing number of Chinese

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Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Caroline Murrie Clevenger P.E.; Laura Thornes; Svetlana Olbina

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proposed solution. • Individual Reflections: Student journals serve as a working record of course materials and activities. The reflection serves as a reference and benchmark to support future evolution of student critical thinking, goal setting, and career exploration related to sustainability. At the minimum, the journal must have seven reflections. Typically required topics include a personal definition of sustainability, five reflections discussing topics or observations learned during course, and a final reflection on group project commenting on the integrated design process and team dynamics. • Personal Mission Statement: Students fill out a short questionnaire and write a vision outlining, “What

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Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David W. Gatchell Ph.D., Northwestern University; Akinniyi Adediran Osuntoki Ph.D., University of Lagos; Akinwale Oladotun Coker P.E., University of Ibadan; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University; Tania Douglas, University of Cape Town; Kara M. Palamountain

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interesting to note that AAU will be launching a BME PhD program in partnership with universities in Finland and South Africa. • Challenges for the BME field in Ethiopia ‐ Regulations: medical devices are categorized as a type of pharmaceutical in Ethiopia which require a medical license to operate. BMEs are not currently equipped with these licenses and therefore are not allowed to operate, service or sell these types of devices. ‐ National awareness of biomedical engineering ‐ Salary and benefits for biomedical engineers ‐ Career trajectory of BMEs ‐ Training required to be a BME • Conclusion ‐ The need for BMEs in Ethiopia

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Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Shannon N. Conley, James Madison University ; Samy El-Tawab, James Madison University

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] S. R. Spodek, L. Gerhardt, and D. J. Mook, “Study abroad: Impact on engineering careers,”age, vol. 8, p. 1, 2003.[5] E. J. Berger and R. Bailey, “Designing short-term study abroad engineering experiences toachieve global competencies,” in ASEE Annual Conference Expo, vol. 21, 2013, pp. 1–21.[6] J. B. Ross, K. V. Johnson, and K. W. Varney, “A multidisciplinary approach to studyabroad,” in American Society for Engineering Education. American Society for EngineeringEducation, 2011.[7] J. Nelson, “Developing an international study abroad program that is sustainable from bothfaculty and student perspectives,” in American Society for Engineering Education. AmericanSociety for Engineering Education, 2009.[8] T. Seager, E. Selinger, and A. Wiek

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Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shawnisha Hester, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Hector E. Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erika T. Aparaka, University of Maryland College Park

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related to SDG 5: Gender EqualityStudents were required to attend the “Women in STEM” forum at the LACCEI conference inCosta Rica. Most of our female participants found the experience of talking about genderequality "empowering," while the male participants mentioned the need to to transformthemselves into "male champions," and increase awareness amongst their peers. Table 5showcases questions that arose as a result of conversations related to SDG 5, which speaksdirectly to gender.Table 5: Questions on “Gender Equality” (SDG 5) to Stimulate Online Blogging within theInternational Engineering ContextsQuestions ConferencePlease discuss your thoughts on the Career-Life Balance session

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International Collaborations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashish Agrawal, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teaching practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross