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Developing International Engineering Research, Course Enhancement, Leadership of, and Online Engineering Education
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Zsuzsa Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Richard Pozzi, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Peter Ivanyi, University of Pecs; Richard Matthew Gutkowski, Colorado State University
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into U.S. West, and Western Electric Corporation. While at Nortel he developed a Managed IP Voice and Data Product solution for California School Systems. Some of Professor Pozzi’s various job titles have been: Director of Systems Engineering and Sales Support, Senior Systems Engineer, Acting Director Network Architecture, Senior Network Architect, Project Manager for Electronic Library, Direc- tor Mechanized Information Systems, Director Planning and Administrative Services, Director Inventory Management, Manager Business Services, and Field Engineer. Mr. Pozzi enjoys golf, grandkids and running in his time off.Dr. Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver Associate ProfessorDr. Peter Ivanyi, Pollack Mihaly
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Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology
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International
Page 15.1374.9 engineering diplomas are followed by two-year courses at universities in either technical aspects of engineering or engineering science. It is essential that the prescriptive knowledge of how be augmented by the tacit knowledge of what and critical skills of why found at universities.3. An articulation into TAFE colleges. Holders of science degrees would undertake 2-year existing diploma courses combined with a major engineering project, though some universities will accept science graduates into their Masters program in engineering which further emphasizes the science narrative and eschew the practicality of knowledge how.4. A horizontal articulation in which holders of science degrees would undertake an existing two
Conference Session
Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Maria Jose Yanez, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Ernesto Gramsch, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Roberto Santander, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Cecilia Richards, Washington State University; Robert Richards, Washington State University
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noexposure to this key technology. To our knowledge, the facility documented in this paperis the first microfabrication facility to be developed for university education in Chile andonly the second in Latin America. Challenges included the extremely small budgetavailable for the project and the paucity of educational and resource materials available inLatin America.IntroductionMicrofabrication is a key enabling manufacturing technology. Almost all digitalelectronics are manufactured using these microfabrication techniques. Over the last thirtyyears, the suite of available microfabrication techniques has expanded dramatically. Thisexpansion has enabled the rapid rise of a new field, Microelectromechanical Systems orMEMS. The economic impact of these
Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Tongjie Ju, Shanghai Jiao Tong University ; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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International
Doctorate (EngD): Developing Leaders for Tomorrow with Industry,” in CLAIU – EU (Council of Association of long-cycle Engineers, of a university or higher school of engineering of the European Union), Madrid, Spain, 2012.[2] Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, “Project of setting up the professional degree of engineering doctor,” 8, March 2011. [Online]. Available: http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A22/moe_833/201103/t20110308_117376.html. [Accessed March 5, 2021].[3] L.Borrell-Damian, R. Morais, and J. H. Smith, “Collaborative Doctoral Edu cation in Europe: Research Partnerships and Employability for Researchers Report on Doc-Careers II Project,” Brussels: European University Associat- ion. [Online
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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Thomas Jewell, Union College
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International
exception, these programs do not accommodate students takingengineering courses abroad. Term abroad (engineering) refers to engineering exchanges thathave been developed, and will be discussed in detail later. Mini-terms are programs with threeweeks of international travel during the winter or summer breaks. International design projectsinvolve collaboration over the Internet with students in engineering programs overseas, withapproximately one week of travel to the international university at the end for some type ofdesign competition. These projects took a three-year hiatus, but there has been a resurgence ofinterest on the part of faculty for these programs in the 2007-08 academic year, which will bereflected in the data for the class of 2008
Conference Session
Engineering Accreditation Around the World
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Deborah Wolfe, Engineers Canada; Phil Alexander, University of Windsor
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International
proportional measure of curriculum to an absolutemeasure. Changes recently implemented in the CEAB criteria include: • refining the curriculum content requirements for Basic (natural) Science and Mathematics to allow more flexibility, • including morale and commitment of faculty, support staff and students as a component of the qualitative evaluation, and • including the requirement for students to be involved in a culminating design experience which includes exposure to the concepts of project management.Furthermore, as part of its continuous cycle of quality improvement, the CEAB is implementingchanges to the criteria, which include: • enhancing factors related to outcomes-based assessment, • modifying the options available to universities
Conference Session
Global Engineering in an Interconnected World
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina
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International
leadership and management to engineers. The aforementionedattributes, along with cultural skills, are key factors in improving our globalcompetitiveness. Advertising these new requirements will perhaps broaden the appeal ofengineering programs to students well prepared in math and science who are primarilyinterested in careers in management and leadership.We also need to supplement some of the work that was traditionally done by engineerswith work done by technologists. The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)differentiates between the engineer, on the one hand, and the engineering technologist onthe other, by emphasizing how engineering graduates design projects, while engineeringtechnology graduates implement them:Engineering
Conference Session
International Division Poster Session
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne; Khaled El-Sawy, United Arab Emirates University; Essam Zaneldin, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
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International
Outcomes* 1. Graduate students with knowledge of engineering principles and theories necessary for application in civil engineering projects. A, J 2. Develop students’ capabilities towards innovation and creativity in C, E engineering design. 3. Develop students’ computer skills to a highly competent level. K 4. Enhance students’ ability to communicate effectively. G 5. Enable students to conduct experimental work effectively. B 6. Enable students to improve their team-working skills, and to achieve life-long learning habits. D, I 7. Help
Conference Session
Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University
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International
distance learning and help to change passive delivery toa more active and flexible delivery methodology. It is also a very effective means for deliveringquality distance-workshops and collaborative research-projects where participants are not fromthe same geographical area.   References 1. Amirian, S., “Pedagogy &Video conferencing: A Review of Recent Literature,” First NJEDge.NET Conference, 2003. 2. Owen, R. and Bosede A., “Return on Investment in Traditional Versus Distributed Learning,” 10th Annual Distance Education Conference, 2003. 3. Kriger, T. J., “A Virtual Revolution: Trends in the Expansion of Distance Education,” American Federation of Teachers, May 2001. 4. Patcha, A. and G. Scales
Conference Session
Global and Intercultural Competency
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Scott Daniel, Swinburne University of Technology; Nick John Brown, Engineers Without Borders Australia
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International
. These projects cover a range of topics, including designing prosthetic hands for less than $5, researching low cost building materials in Cambodia and developing ways to provide cooking fuel and stoves to refugees all around the world. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The impact of the EWB Design Summit on the professional social responsibility attitudes of participantsAbstractThe Engineers without Borders (EWB) Design Summit is an international educational studytour primarily for Australian undergraduate engineering students. Since its inception in 2015,almost 1000 participants have experienced the two-week program, learning about human-centred design, working
Conference Session
International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ian Robinson, Edge Hill University; Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University
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International
systems of work; risk analysis; thefinancial, economic, social and environmental factors of significance to engineering; therelevant legal, statutory and contractual obligations and the broader obligations of engineersin society’ 7.The impact of the professional and governmental bodies – personal skill developmentThe professional bodies acknowledged the need for the development of professional skills inthe engineering undergraduate curriculum, and had stated the requirement clearly withinSARTOR. This was routinely tested during accreditation visits throughout the 1990s.Universities adopted a variety of methods for embedding skill development within thecurriculum, typically within case study modules, within the assessment of final year projects
Conference Session
International Engineering Education II
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Sanjay Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Dinesh Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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International
of regularlecture classes and takes its name from the fact that lectures are not merely filmed but the videosare scripted, filmed and produced in a manner that makes the student feel that he or she isactively engaging with the presenter.Building on the success of the quasi interactive videos for first year lecture classes and in aneffort to overcome many of the problems associated with laboratory instruction, the authors setout to undertake a pilot project to see if quasi interactive video could also be introduced to aidstudent learning in the traditionally challenging area of laboratory teaching.This paper outlines the pilot approach taken and the rationale for lab video production. It alsoexplains the lab structure and the video production
Conference Session
Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mike Murphy; Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University
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International
international experience. These include, but are not limited to: o Enrollment in classes or study abroad. Here students take classes delivered by faculty of other /overseas institutions delivered at their campus. o International study tours lead by faculty from the students’ home institution. o International content/activities infused into existing courses delivered at the student’s home institutions. o International internships or cooperative learning experiences (credit or non-credit) in business or industry. Page 11.438.6 o Research project activity, undergraduate or graduate, conducted at an overseas
Conference Session
International Division Poster Session
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Caridad Cruz López, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla.; Aída Hernández Hernández, Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla
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project funded by the Campeche State Council for Scienceand Technology (Consejo Estatal de Investigación Científica y Desarrollo Tecnológico deCampeche). Its goal is to promote an early approach to engineering and science among thestudent population at the upper elementary, middle and high school levels of the State ofCampeche by creating high quality learning environments that promote interactiveclassrooms and contribute to a better understanding of science and mathematics whilepromoting careers in science, engineering and technology12.In general, Mexican teachers and students have an incomplete understanding of engineers andengineering as a profession1, 2, 12. Images shape the way individuals view the world13, thus,eliciting and understanding
Conference Session
Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University
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International
published many papers on power electronics at high quality international journals and conferences. In addition to his duties at University of Brighton, he has been helping the higher education sector in Afghanistan for the last six years. He is conducting several DFID/British Council and the World Bank funded projects in Afghanistan. He has prepared several reports for the Afghan government and has published many papers at international conferences on how to improve technical vocational and engineering education in Afghanistan. He was a visiting scholar at Virginia Polytechnic, Institute and Sate University in the USA in 1991 – 1992.Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University
Conference Session
Engineering Education and Comparative Studies at Universities throughout Asia, Far East
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rajarajan Subramanian, Maryland State Highway Administration; Thavavigna Thanikachalam, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida
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International
0 0 3CE9406 Architecture and Town Planning 3 0 0 3 Page 25.310.7 Elective-IIICE9407 Practical Training (4 Weeks) 0 0 0 2 Eighth Semester Course Course Title Lecture Tutorial Practical Credits code Elective-IV 3 0 0 3 Elective- V 3 0 0 3 CE9451 Project Work
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Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kavitha D. Ramane, Purdue University
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International
paper were collected as part of a larger study on global competency. Respondentswere engineering undergraduates (total n=230) recruited from the following courses andprograms: 1) first-year engineering students enrolled in a global engineering learning community(ENGR103, n=21), 2) mechanical engineering students enrolled in a global engineeringprofessional seminar (ME, n=142), 3) engineering and computing students in the InteractiveQualifying Project program (WPI, n=22), 4) engineering students participating in a one-semester Page 25.204.4China study abroad program (China Abroad, n=28), and engineering students in GlobalEngineering Alliance for
Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Johnny C. Woods Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Natali Huggins; Karen Dinora Martinez Soto
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Diversity
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Engineering at Virginia Tech (VT). Tahsin holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and has worked as a manufacturing professional at a Fortune 500 company. As an Engineering Education researcher, he is interested in enhancing professional competencies for engi- neering workforce development in academia and beyond. He is actively engaged in different projects at the department focusing on teamwork and leadership competencies in engineering. Tahsin’s long term goal is to bridge the engineering competency gap between industry demand and academic fulfillment.Natali Huggins, Natali Huggins is a PhD student in the Higher Education program at Virginia Tech. She holds a master’s in public administration
Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Zuleka Woods, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Johnny C. Woods Jr. , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Diversity
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, and selfies represented the lowest three categories. The topcategories show that engineering study abroad programs are more focused on engineers’definitive work via images of structures, bridges, campus infrastructures and designs,laboratories, factories, communal interventions through community projects, and thesustainability of nature, etc.). While the bottom categories do not present a significant attachmentto engineering, they account for the pride of students’ experience from visiting places, getting toexperience the heritage of host countries, and the institution’s prestige. When separated, someinstitutions produced a higher number of images in some categories than others. For example,MRU1 produced the highest number of images in the
Conference Session
Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Clement Sankat, University of the West Indies; Roberto Loran, Universidad del Turabo
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International
Level 4: management Predictable Managed process Quantitative Level 3: management Standard, Defined consistent process Engineering Level 2: management Disciplined Repeatable process Project Level 1: management Initial Figure 1: The Five Stages or Maturity Levels of the Capability Maturity Model9Except for Level 1, each maturity level has the internal structure shown in Figure 2. A maturitylevel indicates
Conference Session
Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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International
the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Zimbabwe. He was coordinator of the Africa Virtual University Project at NUST in Zimbabwe. He was founding chairman of the Electronic Science and Technology Program at Universiti Sains Malaysia. A frequent presenter at international conferences, Mariasingam has focused on quality in distance education, reforms and innovation in engineering education, alternative delivery approaches and alternative approaches to financing engineering education. He has developed a comprehensive set of quality standards in terms of rigorous benchmarks for assessment of the quality of online degree programs. He has published papers and
Conference Session
International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education
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International
, and funding and other funding university other funding agencies to Organization: agencies on the need to develop agencies to assist with administrators, and assist with DLM unit3 University engineering education DLM unit acquisition funding agencies on the acquisition and online lab. and online lab. facilities need to develop facilities engineering education Country: -EUR-ACE Accreditation for -Social -Sustainable project - Board of European Portugal
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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dietmar Tatzl, FH JOANNEUM, University of Applied Sciences
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International
Routines as well as Useful Words and Phrases overhead transparencies.Procedure The teacher tells students to follow the instructions on the General Routines transparency. After they know what to do, the teacher switches transparencies and puts up the Useful Words and Phrases transparency, which may be left projected onto the board during the rest of the activity.Intercultural This activity should help students to imagine life in a city abroad. ByAwareness transferring daily activities to the surroundings of New York City, students should start thinking about habits they may adopt as permanent residents in a foreign
Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gholam Ali Shaykhian, Florida Institute of Technology; Jinan Ziade, Westcliff University; Mohd Abdelgadir Khairi, Najran University
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Diversity
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science from University of Ottawa, Canada. My PH.D was in ”Master Data Management” from University of Phoenix. I have over 20 years of experience in IT industry - ten of them with Microsoft in Redmond, WA. Currently I’m assistant professor at University of Najran. In addition of teaching and Research I’m coordinator of graduation projects and field training for computer and information system college. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Globalization and Role of Culture Abstract: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) comprises 18 countries, includingthe Arab countries, North Africa, and Iran. With a total population of 432 million in 2007
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International Division Technical Session 7
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Scott Duplicate Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh
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International
assessment and evaluation of engi- neering education research projects and initiatives. She has most recently worked for Walgreens as a Sr. Data Analyst and General Motors/Delphi Automotive as a Sr. Applications Programmer and Manufactur- ing Quality Engineer. She received her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western while working for Delphi. She completed her postdoctoral studies in engineering education at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Clark has published articles in the Journal of Engineering Education, Advances in Engineering Education, and Risk Analysis.Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh Scott C. Streiner is a full-time
Conference Session
Study Abroad Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 9
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
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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Diversity
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. For faculty, the support for eachother and the sharing of the load makes things easier. For students, the academic interactions oncontent that they might not be familiar with initially stimulated questions and discussions, andultimately learning from brand new angles.One way to further deepen the collaboration is to do service-learning projects in the faculty-ledtrips, as our colleagues in health, education, etc. have done, with benefits stated in [18], althoughwe have not implemented any service-learning project yet, because our trips so far have been inmultiple cities without enough time at one place to finish a project. However, the incorporationof a service-learning project is expected to deepen the interdisciplinary collaboration
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Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Adnan Zahed; Abdullah Bafail; Reda Abdulaal; Ali Al-Bahi
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International
quizzes,exams, reports, projects, presentations, etc., have to be converted to levels of achievement ofCourse Learning Objectives (CLOs). The mapping of these CLOs into Program Outcomes (POs)is used to obtain the degree of achievement of each student in the POs addressed by the course.This paper describes an EXCEL workbook developed to carry out this task. HI-CLASS isdesigned to be used by the course instructor on daily basis. In the beginning of the semester theinstructor enters the main elements of the course design into a master sheet. The data and theresults of each graded assessment are to be entered in a separate assessment work sheet thatcalculates the scores achieved by every student in each CLO and each PO addressed by thecourse, the
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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Roland Kempter, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College; Neil Cotter, University of Utah; Lee Brinton, Salt Lake Community College
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International
in Civil Engineering, and an MSE in Reservoir Engineering/Water Resources (all from Princeton University), as well as a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State. Prior to joining the academics, Dr. Safai worked in industry, where he served as Director of the Reservoir Engineering Division at Chevron Oil Corporation in California. He has taught both at the graduate and undergraduate levels in engineering science. He has performed research projects for the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Oil Industry. He has authored over 85 technical publications in Technical Journals, Government & Industry
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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Larry Bland, John Brown University
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International
our coursescreating change in students. The National Academy of Engineering projects that, because of growing political and economicties among nations, engineers will discover that their designs have much broader and moresignificant impacts than they once did. As a result, engineering practice will be driven byattention not only to the familiar topics of intellectual property, project management and cost-benefit constraints, as well as multilingual influences, cultural diversity, moral/religiousrepercussions, global/international impacts, and national security.(National Academy ofEngineering, 2004) The ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 (ABET, 2004) was targeted to make engineeringeducation programs more relevant, attractive and connected
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International Division Technical Session 9
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Svetlana Levonisova, University of Southern California; Shaobo Huang, University of Southern California; Scott C Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Sydnie Cunningham Cunningham, The University of Tulsa; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl Matherly
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University, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburg). 3. International Internships, International Co-Op (e.g. Georgia Tech, MIT, University of Rhode Island, University of Cincinnati, Worcester Polytechnic University). 4. International Projects (e.g. Worcester Polytechnic Institute). 5. Study Abroad and Academic Exchange (e.g. University of Minnesota, Rensselaer, Global E3). 6. Collaborative Research Projects and Global Teaming with partners abroad (Purdue University, Harvey Mudd). 7. Service Learning Projects Abroad (University of South Florida, Worcester Polytechnic University, University of Dayton, Duke University). 8. Graduate-Level International Programs, including research