Conference Session

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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Diversity

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International

: A Comparison Across ContextsIntroductionEngineering work is becoming increasingly global in nature, making it essential that engineeringstudents develop global competence [1], [2]. However, traditional global programs (e.g., studyabroad) present challenges for engineering students who often have to fit such experienceswithin a highly structured curricular schedule. Further, study abroad can be a financial burden formany students who are already paying significant amounts to attend college [3], [4]. One type ofglobal engineering program that has the potential to address these challenges are internationalresearch experiences, which typically take place during the summer and provide students with asalary. Research has suggested that such

Conference Session

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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students decided to engage in the study. Fourof these individuals identify as men, and nine identify as women. Data were not collected fromthe program lead because engaging in the program was a part of that individual’s teachingappointment, and thus the motivations operated differently than for the other individuals. Onegraduate student was paid part-time as a teaching assistant during the semester, but engaging inthe international track was not mandatory as part of that assistantship.During the Fall semester after returning from the May 2017 program, the program leader sent anopen-ended survey to the faculty and graduate student participants. The full list of surveyquestions is shown in Table 1, which were written to elicit information mapping

Conference Session

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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Diversity

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International

graduate studentsenrolled in mathematics and computer science were international students [1]. Moreover, thenumber of international students, both at graduate and undergraduate levels, has been increasingannually since 1950 with few exceptions [2]. Besides contributing to the ongoing research and development work at the universities,adding to the cultural diversity on campuses, and contributing to university’s finances throughtuition and other fees, international graduate students play an important role in the undergraduateeducation at US universities by serving as teaching assistants (TAs), especially in STEMdisciplines [3]. These international teaching assistants (ITAs) serve as laboratory assistants,graders for assignments, and

Conference Session

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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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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International, Minorities in Engineering

Student Divisions in2017.IntroductionThe ASEE Diversity Committee (ADC) is one of twelve Advisory Committees to the AmericanSociety of Engineering Education. Established in 2011 with the goal to increase diversity andinclusiveness in the engineering profession, in 2017 it is comprised of 15 members acrossvarious divisions. An excerpt from the ADC's broad Statement on Diversity [1] expresses that“ASEE believes that diversity and inclusiveness enriches and is essential to educationalexperiences and innovations that drive the development of creative solutions in addressing theworld’s challenges.” With the goal of increasing diversity and inclusiveness in the engineeringprofession, the committee organizes several types of diversity-related conference

Conference Session

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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International

cross-culturally, and more generally about how engineering andtechnology can contribute towards creating positive change within communities. DesignSummits have predominantly been held in Cambodia and India, as well as Nepal, Malaysia,Timor-Leste, and Samoa, with community-based organisations that EWB Australia alreadyhas an existing relationship with.The Design Summit program has a number of aims, including ‘nurturing future developmentleaders’ and ‘embedding people-centred values and approaches in engineering education’. Toevaluate how well these aims are being met, a questionnaire was adapted from existinginstruments that purport to measure multi-cultural competence [1] and the perceived socialresponsibility of engineers [2, 3]. The results

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Hamidullah Waizy, Kabul Polytechnic University

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Proterozoic and every Phanerozoic systemup to the present day. The country also has a long and complicated tectonic history, partly relatedto its position at the western end of the Himalayas [1].The above diverse geological foundation has resulted in significant mineral resources with over1,400 mineral deposits and occurrences recorded to date [1]. Historical mining focussed mostly onprecious stone production, with some of the oldest known mines in the world established inAfghanistan to produce lapis lazuli for the Egyptian Pharaohs [1].Recent exploration by Russian and Afghan geologists in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in thediscovery of significant resources of metallic minerals including iron, copper, cobalt, zinc, lead,chromium, gold, silver

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Shenoda, Farmingdale State College

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Diversity

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International

made.IntroductionSustainability is, as stated in the United Nations Report on the World Commission onEnvironment and Development [1], the consideration of impacts to and preservation of theeconomy, the environment, and social equity (often referred to as “the three ‘E’s” ofsustainability) in the execution of any plan or project. Its growth as a field of study and as astandard of practice is understandable in light of concerns about dwindling resources, populationand developmental growth, and environmental sensitivity based on global warming and othernatural phenomena. Engineering in general, and civil and construction engineering in particular,is a field uniquely well-equipped to tackle the issues of incorporating sustainability into projectexecution. Indeed, the study

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International Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Siqing Wei, Purdue University; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University

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Diversity

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International

interventions that couldmitigate the ethnic and cultural influences on peer ratings and teamwork behavior.Introduction & Literature ReviewThe United States has become one of the top destinations for international students pursuinghigher degrees. According to Institute of International Education, in 2017-2018 school year,there were 1,094,792 international students studying in the U.S and they made up 5.5% of allstudents in U.S. higher education [1]. Among more than one million international students, threeAsian countries: China, India and South Korea are consisting of 33.2%, 17.9% and 4.1%respectively of the international students [1]. Students from these three countries are differentfrom domestic students not just for physical distinction but for

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jose F. Oliden, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria; Patrick Tunno, Pennsylvania State University; Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University; Juan Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria ; Miguel Luis Estrada P.E., Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria ; Esther Obonyo, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Fernando Fonseca Pacheco, Lycoming College

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Diversity

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International

literature and performing arts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work in-progress: Experience-Based Learning in Global Engineering Culture and Society1. MotivationIn September 2015, more than 190 members of the United Nations (UN) committed to 17Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [1] for bringing equality across the world. Among thesegoals are poverty reduction, quality education, sustainable cities and communities, and thepreservation of Earth’s life-support system. In the Spring of 2017, the leadership at thePennsylvania State University (Penn State) created an environment to help facilitatecollaborations with Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria in Lima, Peru (UNI) by conducting aworkshop in Lima

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guoyang Zhang; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Yang Da Wei

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Diversity

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International

; ChineseuniversitiesIntroduction The landscape of international student mobility in global higher education hasbeen changing over the last two decades. In addition, the countries (e.g. China,Singapore, and Malaysia) that have large study-abroad student populations are nowtaking an increasingly large market share of global higher education and are attractinga mass of international students [1]. As shown in the Global Mobility Trends, a reportreleased by the Institute of International Education, Mainland China has taken up a 10%market share in 2016, as the third-largest destination for international students [2]. Topfive countries that have sent international students to study in China in 2016 includeSouth Korea, the US, Thailand, Pakistan, and India [3]. In 2016

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianchuan Cheng, Southeast University; Jun Chen, Southeast University; Yubing Zheng, Southeast University; Minping Jia, Southeast University; Yongming Tang, Southeast University; Wenjiao Qiu, Southeast University

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Diversity

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International

2016, theconcept of engineering education accreditation which emphasizes student-centered,outcome-based education (OBE) and continuous improvement, has been more widelyrecognized and promoted [1][2]. Practical teaching, especially field practice teaching, isconsidered to be an important part of engineering education [3][4] and plays a crucialrole in cultivating students' ability to combine theory with practice, think independentlyand communicate, work in a team as well as solve complex problems, and in improvingstudents' sense of social responsibility and interests in engineering [5][6][7].Compared to common practice teaching course, field practice teaching courses(especially those involving the accommodation at the site of practice

Conference Session

Technical Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Porcel, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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International

Engineering and Language Attitudes in the U.S. A QuandaryGlobalization and the international projection of engineering In the last 30 years, the literature on engineering education has been paying increasingattention to the changes that the field has experienced due to the advancement of globalization.The goal of this concerted effort is to determine and validate the set of skills the job marketdemands from the engineer in the 21st century. There is consensus among researchers that in the context of globalization the U.S.engineering programs either adapt their curricula to meet the expectations of the globalworkforce or take the risk of becoming irrelevant [1]. Irrelevance refers to the currentcurriculum

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Carbine, Salt Lake Community College; Nick Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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International

1 below gives an example of smallUDI codes. Figure 1: Small sample UDI codes on PEEK materialEquipment  Laser Marking Unit - Keyence MD-X1500,3-axis hybrid model.  Software - Marking Builder 3.While these are the components that were used, the main intent of this paper is to discusspossible approaches to marking quality that could be easily applied to any piece of equipment. Itis, therefore, less important to me what was used to create these particular markings that will bediscussed, because the end deliverable is intangible. Gained knowledge that can be applied to awide variety of situations, equipment types, brand names, or even engineering disciplines is theadded value that I hope to be able to give the

Conference Session

They need more than technical skills!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Prewitt Penno P.E., University of Dayton; Roger J. Crum, University of Dayton; Eddy M. Rojas, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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International

Dayton (UD) has increasingly embraced the importance of providing globallearning and cultivating an appreciation of cultural diversity in its undergraduates. Since 2006,UD’s School of Engineering has responded to this commitment by sponsoring a month-long,summer study abroad program in Italy, with the first iteration taking place in Ancona, and thenext four in Florence. This program focuses on engineering problem solving and leadershipdevelopment in an international cultural context. The program has four interrelated objectives:(1) to develop skills in observation, data collection, and analysis, (2) to apply engineeringproblem solving techniques to real life situations, (3) to cultivate an understanding of how aspecific culture addresses

Conference Session

Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cedrick Kwuimy, University of Cincinnati; Jeff Kastner, University of Cincinnati; Yuan Chen, Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Chongqing University, China

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funded research projects focus on the development nonlinear dynamics approaches for the detection of faults in bearing and gear systems at the Villanova Center for Analytics of Dynamic Systems (VCADS) in PA. He graduated from the University of Yaounde 1 in Cameroon and then completed a Certificate in Teaching Engineering in Higher Education at Villanova University. Dr. Kwuimy is interested in vibration analysis and in the use of nonlinear dynamics tools to improve the early detection of fault in complex nonlinear systems. In the latest, his focus is on engineering systems (gear systems, bearings) and biological systems (vibration in human-arm, human diseases). In vibration analysis, his focus is on the conversion

Conference Session

International Research Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Brathwaite, City College of New York, NYC Louis Stokes Alliance; Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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International

Netherlands, Brazil, Austria, Morocco and Colombia.The multi-pronged approach consists of 1) collaborating with existing programs within the NSFand other federal agencies, 2) working collaboratively with a core of mentors/faculty who haveinternational collaborations, 3) working closely with Departments, Institutes and Centers atCUNY who have international agreements, significant international research focus, and 4)working collaboratively with other Alliances, all of which have some developed programactivities in international research.By targeting participants of the LSAMP program in CUNY and nationally, the reported modelwill allow the United States to benefit from the local CUNY and national networks of over 350colleges and universities that

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They need more than technical skills!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University

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International

in Higher Education in China Feifei Zhong1 and Gene Hou2 1 Department of Engineering English, School of Foreign Languages Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu, China, 611756 zhongfeifei@163.com 2 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 ghou@odu.eduAbstract: This study aims to develop an effective curriculum plan to improve

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They need more than technical skills!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation; Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe P.E., All India Council for Technical Education

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International

execution of the program, analysis of choices of the areas with respect to students’academic performance, gender, and learning styles, and ends with concluding remarks.Liberal LearningLiberal Learning1 was prevalent in ancient civilizations. Aristotle defined it as learning of a free man. In earlyuniversity systems, it was defined as education to make students responsible human beings and citizens [1]. Untilrecently, education systems considered the goals of liberal education separate from the goals of regular education.The Harvard Redbook comments that these two sides (general education and vocational education) of life are notentirely separable, and adds that it would be false to imagine education for the one as quite distinct from educationfor

Conference Session

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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Diversity

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International

courses for engineering students and leads study-abroad trips for students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Integration of Global Competencies in the Engineering CurriculumKeywords: curriculum, study abroad, globalIntroductionThe need for developing global competency in engineering students has received considerableattention over the past several years and a number of high-profile reports [1] [2] have highlightedthis need. A variety of programs have emerged to address this need ranging from namedprograms like Purdue’s Global Engineering Programs [3], college programs focused on theEngineering Grand Challenges (see for example [4]), at least one “global competence certificate”program [5

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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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in STEM initiatives throughout the US and in Latin America. She is Vice President of Initiatives for the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), and co-leads the ”Women in STEM” initiatives for the organization. As a former professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her engineering and speech science research covered topics of accessibility. Her current research in Maryland looks at intersections of social science theories, STEM equity, and physics. She was a ”Cover Girl” for O’Reilly Media’s ”Women in Data” issue in 2015, a finalist for the 2015 Global Engineering Deans Council/Airbus Diversity Award, Sci Chic/Medium.com 35 ”Women STEM on Social Media Stars” (July 1, 2016), 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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International

University in USA, and Fontys Mechanical Department,University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The projects students worked on werethree very different projects:1. “Real-world” engineering project provided by an international company with branches in Denmark and in USA, involving a company advisor as a supervisor for students and university supervisors.2. Project stated by School of Aviation, Purdue, concerning modernization, digitalization and visualization of an aircraft engine test.3. Innovation project formulated by students, which has as a goal to develop a new product with potential to start a company for production of this product.All projects were founded by respective universities, but in the future, we will apply for

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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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José Carlos Quadrado P.E., ISEP-Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

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International

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Brathwaite, City College of the City University of New York; Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University; Claudia Ventura

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homogeneous groups [1, 2]. Yet, little empirical research has been devoted tointernational heterogeneous groups composed of different ethnicities and races, namely to howthese differences effect group effectiveness. Therefore, this research tries to narrow this gap andshed light on an exploration of international group analysis. At best, this research may serve asan engine to initiate more research with non-European American groups and understand theexpansive nature of human relations and interaction within international heterogeneous groups’domains. The aim of this paper is to examine the group dynamics of an international research groupcomposed of heterogeneous members. In this study, group dynamics refer to group effectivenesswhich is defined

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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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Diversity

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International

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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International Collaborations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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International

education are still preliminary. Therefore, furtherstudy on engineering ethics textbooks would be conducted to find more similarities anddifferences in order to better explore the educational contents of engineering ethics educationunder globalization.Keywords: engineering ethics, educational contents, textbooks, text analysis, keywordsextraction, comparative studyIntroductionEngineering Ethics came into American universities as a subject in the late 1970s, and waswidely set up in engineering colleges in different forms [1]. Chinese scholars and teachersbegan to pay attention to it in the late 1990s [2]. As an emerging subject, engineering ethicsplays an important role in guiding, standardizing and exploiting engineeringactivities/construction

Conference Session

Technical Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John B. Troy, Northwestern University; Pei-Ji Liang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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International

for all students tohave their questions addressed fully, we organized tutorials in which approximately 12 studentsworked with a junior SJTU faculty member with experience in writing scientific papers inEnglish (Figure 1). To ensure consistency in teaching across the different tutorial groups anSJTU Professor of Biomedical Engineering, a co-Director of the course who had obtained herdoctoral degree at the University of Oxford and who has many years of experience publishingscientific papers in English, oversaw and monitored the material covered in tutorials. A Chineselanguage version of The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White [1] was used asa textbook for the tutorials. Different tutors adopted somewhat different approaches

Conference Session

Study Abroad Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 9

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Heather N. Yates, Oklahoma State University; Blake Wentz, Milwaukee School of Engineering ; Sreemala Das Majumder, Oklahoma State University

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International

competitions as cost effective solutions thatprovide the international experiences employers are seeking while not extending the time astudent needs to obtain their degree.Key words: Globalization, international experiences, international competitions, undergraduateengineering educationIntroductionIn the age of globalization, the boundaries in technical industries such as engineering andconstruction have blurred over the years. Academic institutions, engineering professionals, andcorporate organizations continue to benefit from the commercial advantages, creative ideas andcompetitive advantages that can be obtained from a well-organized multicultural educated team[1], [2] Additionally, companies within the U.S. and abroad are concerned with the

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Factors Influencing Curriculum Development: International Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Congying Wang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Caitlyn M. Clarkson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joseph Andler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew Korey, Purdue University; Kali D. Frost, Purdue University; Melissa S. Reeves, Tuskegee University; Carol A. Handwerker, Purdue University

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-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Caitlyn Clarkson is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University in Materials Engineering and will be graduating in May 2020. Her research is in polymer nanocomposite processing and characterization. She is a fellow in an NSF-funded integrative graduate education and research traineeship (IGERT) program.Mr. Joseph Andler, Purdue University at West Lafayette Joseph (Joe) Andler is a Ph.D. candidate in materials engineering at Purdue University. Here, he is co- advised by Drs. Carol Handwerker in Materials Engineering and Rakesh Agrawal in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering. His research has a dual focus of 1. developing novel chalcogenide semicon

Conference Session

Study Abroad Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 9

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Nelson A. Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University; B. David Tyler, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University; Lauren R. Bishop, Western Carolina University

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demonstrate the obtainment of student learning outcomes. A significant contributionof this work is our approach to, and the outcomes of, interdisciplinary collaboration for faculty-led travel courses. Further, through extensive reflections to transmute their travel experiences tolearning, the students uncovered valuable practices that have been consciously enacted into theirdaily lives at home.IntroductionExperiential learning, such as in a faculty-led trip, is regarded as a powerful high-impact practicefor student transformation. A faculty-led travel course is a relatively low-stress study-abroadactivity for students [1] where they travel with faculty and fellow students for a duration of oneto three weeks. Despite the short travel period, making

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International STEM Education: International Division Technical Session 6

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rachel A. Brennan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jose F. Oliden, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería; Juan Martín Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria

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this program that wasoffered between Penn State and UNI last year. The article also reports the motivation behind theprogram revisions, the integration of SDG’s with Drawdown, and the strategy for obtaining theapproval and support of the university faculty. The assessment of newer hands-on projects addedto the program and future activities are presented. The impact of this program on students’professional growth and career development are discussed, as well.1. IntroductionThe concepts of global citizenship [1,2] and sustainability [3] are essential in transformingundergraduate education in the United States in order to handle the challenges of the 21st century.Indeed, Higher Education institutions need to identify, create, and provide