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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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PoliciesThe brightest and most intelligent graduate and postdoctoral scholars have been drawn tothe United States because of the availability of high quality research universities,stipends and research funding, as well as opportunities for employment after schooling,and an “open-door” immigration policy. 1The US Department of State, Educational Information and Resources Branch bookletseries publication under the title If You Want to Study in the United States lists stepsnecessary to apply for a student visa. The time frame necessary to plan and obtain a visaunder normal circumstances is 18 to 12 months, depending on the competitiveness of theinstitution. 8In 1952, the student nonimmigrant F and J visa categories were established. Students

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University; Iordanis Petsas, University of Scranton; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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AC 2007-2012: INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGIES AS A TOOL FOR LEARNINGSofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Vidalis is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Penn State Capital College in Harrisburg, PA. She earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She has worked with Florida Design Consultants for a couple years as a Transportation Engineer. Her current research focuses on quality assurance in pavement construction and materials, construction management, and transportation planning and operations.Iordanis Petsas, University of Scranton Dr. Petsas is an assistant professor of Economics at the University of Scranton. He earned his

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia; Donald Harby, University of Missouri-Columbia; Dong Y. Jang; Wei Zheng, Xiamen Unviersity, China

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property.*4. Establishing measurable design specifications using QFD method: Quality FunctionDeployment method has become more widely used in the industry and in the engineeringcurriculum. The lecture notes describes how to prepare a QFD with a number of examples.Most important is to practice this technique by preparing a QFD for your capstone designproject. Realistic design constraints that are emphasized by ABET, some of these are non-technical, will be considered here together with the technical and economical constraints that arein traditional QFD charts.*5. Methods and tools for project planning and scheduling.6. Encouraging creativity and producing conceptual designs.*7. Preparing professional quality design drawings (Lecture notes with many

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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lighting appropriately, vary the sound as required andproduce a professional product. The material to be presented was carefully planned and storyboards were developed.Actual production of the videos involved some shots in the lab but mostly filming in the studio.It was important to create a spontaneous and natural feel to the videos and thus the skills of thepresenter were critical[2]. Two cameras were used to enable shots from different angles to betaken.Post production involved editing and packaging the videos. Editing was undertaken usingPinnacle Studio[3].Student/Laboratory Instructor FeedbackA total of six lab videos were produced but due to a shortage of time between the videoproduction and the actual lab sessions, only five were

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Experience, Exchange Programs and Student Retention

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manfred J Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt; Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; David J. Dixon, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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presentation. Studentsconsidering studying abroad, if even for a short three-week period should be encouraged to learna little of the local language. While English is the predominate technical language in the world,one can miss the beauty and richness of reading or learning about something in the nativelanguage. Overall this intensive immersion into overseas engineering education and industrialmanufacturing has been successful in exposing American engineering students to study abroad.Many of the students are already planning for longer experiences abroad. Page 23.826.8

Conference Session

Global Competency and What Makes a Successful Engineer

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amber Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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DirectionThis study abroad program was offered for the first time in May of 2012. Although elevenstudents is fairly average for an upper-level materials engineering elective course at UAB, theprogram is necessarily limited in size. This is a perennial problem for global competencyinitiatives: any program involving study abroad reaches only those students who are (1) alreadywilling and able to travel and (2) able to afford the program. The current plan for implementinga version of this program more widely into the curriculum is to modify the academic portion ofthe course (The Evolution of Engineering Materials) into a standard semester-long course thatwould meet the requirements for a university-approved history course tailored to engineeringstudents

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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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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), and an engineer working at industry (right).Outcomes from this study confirm that cultural models to which humans are exposed cancontribute significantly to their mental schema10. Teachers’ ideas, knowledge and attitudestowards engineering and science influence students’ perceptions, ideas, knowledge, as well astheir attitudes toward engineering and science, thus perpetuating a wrong view21. Therefore,we are implementing a program to encourage engineering learning at the P-12 school levels,which consists of engineering teaching kits (ETKs), corresponding lesson plans, andprofessional development workshops in order to help teachers learn about engineering as well

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Christopher F. Thompson S.M.ASCE, Salt Lake Community College

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monumental andfor many, deadly. Building the world's largest dam in one of the most unforgiving climates onEarth. Nothing like it had ever been attempted [3]." Each student's focus heightened and theirinterest grew as the episode unfolded. The civil engineering students, as well as the internationalstudents, were required to write a one page summary of the film. After the summary, eachstudent was asked to express one aspect of The Hoover Dam that they would like to furtherexplore. The vast majority of students expressed a desire to enter the dam and see the innerworkings. The stage was set for the trip and anticipation was high for all parties involved. Upon further review of the planned trip, Dr. Safai recognized an outstanding chance

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

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policy in the Page 15.378.6 Spanish-speaking world. Current Issues in Language Planning 2006, 7 (1), 95-125.11. Wenger, E. Communities of practice: A brief introduction. http://www.ewenger.com/theory/index.htm (accessed March 15th 2010).12. Allendoerfer, C.; Bates, R.; High, K. A.; Meadows, L.; Masters, K.; Stwalley, C.; Adams, R. S. In Special session - Communities of practice in engineering education: How do we investigate diversity and global engineering?, Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI, IEEE: Milwaukee, WI, 2007; pp S1E1- S1E2.13. Borrego, M.; Streveler, R.; Chism, N.; Smith, K

Conference Session

Developing International Engineering Research, Course Enhancement, Leadership of, and Online Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, Daytona State College; Walter W. Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College

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additional integrated applications. Since thesystem is using LogiCreate, many applications may be added to meet stakeholders’ needs while stillproviding a single sign-on environment (http://logicampus.sourceforge.net/). This would reduceredundancy and add flexibility to the system, while maintaining the ease of access to multipleapplications.3. Dokeos: Dokeos is the Open Source alternative for Enterprise Learning Management, Administrationand Education around the world. An DL and CMS web application, Dokeos development is aninternational, collaborative effort. It focuses on user friendliness, simplicity, and consistency. Dokeoshas many tools and is light and flexible. The 2.0 release (planned January 2011) will make us morestandard-compliant (W3C

Conference Session

Innovative Learning, Comparative Learning Analysis, and Lessons Learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford; Azizurahman Azimi, Herat University

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technology in the classroom, pedagogicalinnovations, and student-centered learning.Since the partnership began in 2007, a total of 17 instructors from Herat University pursued theirmasters’ degrees in different disciplines of engineering at the University of Hartford. In additionto their coursework leading to a master’s degree, they shadowed UH instructors and through thismentoring, they learned technological applications available and are installed at HU via theWorld Bank and USAID funding. They developed and updated, student-centered coursematerials, assessment methodologies, and plans for continuing education and professionaldevelopment strategies. A number of the instructors also have implemented the Mechatronicsand Architecture programs. These

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Programs & International Research Experience from Around the World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Brian Bowe, Dublin Institute of Technology

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other sciences such as bridge design andelectronic circuit design. Berliner[3] concludes that qualitative research is the hard to doscience.Qualitative Research is often about the local rather than the general, and usually involveshuman actions and interactions. Such data is notoriously difficult to plan, collect, analyse,code and present (particularly to an audience who are more comfortable with quantitativedata and studies with large sample sizes). In qualitative research the context is criticalbecause of the myriad of interactions that occur in different applications and cultures.There is also a myriad of qualitative research methodologies that can be employed,including phenomenology, phenomenography, ethnography, case study research

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sowmya Narayanan, VIT University; Muniratnam Adithan, VIT University, Vellore; Robert C. Creese, West Virginia University

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the slim availability of high-qualitycollege education in India and the galloping pace of the country's service-driven economy, whichis growing faster than most countries in the world. As businesses propose to double and tripletheir workforces and India Inc. strives to maintain its position in the global marketplace, it hasbecome imperative to prepare and plan for a world-class, competent, talented and innovativeworkforce4.‟ Page 22.708.321st Century Classrooms and Learners The learners of today need skills that have to be delivered by the educational systemalong with their technical knowledge. "Education should provide the skills for

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bob Lahidji, Eastern Michigan University; Walter Tucker, Eastern Michigan University, School of Engineering Technology

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recommendations for theintegration of global experiences in engineering education 6. At the conference,engineering educators were chided by industry executives for their slowness in preparingengineers for a career in an increasingly globalized workplace. The summit resulted inrecommending a number of strategies such as mandatory language competence, studentand faculty exchanges, as well as students working a semester abroad.U.S. universities must become more involved in international exchanges. We owe it to allour stakeholders and especially to our students. The process is arduous but highlyrewarding. Anticipating problems and planning can prevent or diminish roadblocks tosuccessful exchanges. The authors hope this paper may prove useful to our

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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in the UAE has been growing at double digits for many years and will continue to doso until at least 2010. The country has come to realize two facts based on Kyoto protocol andawareness. The first one is that the conventional energy sources such as oil will deplete sooneror later, and the second is the higher carbon emissions will further pollute the environment. As aresult, the government of Abu Dhabi initiated ambitious plans for solar, biomass, wind and other Page 15.633.7renewable energy projects. Dubai electricity and water authority has launched a pilot projectusing wind energy to replace conventional energy sources. The gulf region

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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University

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is the school’s satellite dish. Page 15.686.12 Figure 10—Solar panels after installation at Sonrise SchoolImpact upon our StudentsThe students were impacted in a number of profound ways. Comments from three students areshown below. They are representative of the sorts of comments we have received from studentswho went to Rwanda. These students have had their lives changed in ways that will impact theirfuture careers. Their lives were also affected in other ways as well. All three students whosecomments are shown below are now either in graduate school or are planning on going tograduate school. Their experiences in Rwanda have

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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in Chinacan study for two years at a university in the United States belonging to the consortium, and thenreturn to their home institutions in China to finish their college degrees. Students whoparticipate in this program are awarded degrees from the two institutions the students haveattended. Further, each of the AASCU universities choosing to participate in this program makesits own policies, which are also customized in a major-by-major basis. This paper describes thesteps taken by the Electrical Engineering Program at Eastern Washington University (EWU)towards planning and implementing the dual degree, which already has been in-place for threeyears. While providing specifics about Electrical Engineering, a general overview of theprogram

Conference Session

Implementing Transfer, Exchange, Research Programs and Professional Development; in Asia and Far East

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey S. Cross, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Kikuo Kishimoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Hisakazu Mihara; Masahiko Hara, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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exchange model appears well suited notonly to attract talented US university students to Tokyo Tech in Tokyo, Japan, but from variousresearch universities worldwide. From 2013, we plan to track the inbound and outbound researchexchange students to find out how this program impacted them and assess the learning outcomesin greater detail.AcknowledgementsWe wish to thank the US National Science Foundation Tokyo Office Heads from 2009-2013,engineering faculty at Brown Univ., Univ. Washington-Seattle, Univ. Minnesota-Twin Cities,Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Univ. California-Berkeley and many others for advice andsuggestions on the content of the summer research exchange program. We also wish to thankTokyo Tech’s President Prof. Yoshinao Mishima, Executive

Conference Session

International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Villa, Texas A&M; Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University

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Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.

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]. None of the intervieweesmentioned intentional reflections following their international experiences.Global Interests After CollegeThere were a number of different students who discussed their global interests after college inrelation to their social responsibility.Tim described ideas for living and working abroad as an engineer during his interview at the endof his first year of college, in response to a question on his thoughts about what is socialresponsibility. He discussed that his brother was in medical school and planning to do DoctorsWithout Borders and: …engineers have the same thing, Engineers Without Borders. So that's why I'm taking Spanish. I’d just like to at some point go to a third world country, build a well there, build

Conference Session

International Collaborations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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gathering information about participant’s English proficiency, familystatus, prior teaching and work experiences, duration of stay in the US, and future plans aftergraduation. During this interview, we also asked participants about their teaching assignmentincluding nature and level of class, their role in the class, prior experiences of teaching or takingthe class, anticipated rewards and challenges as a teaching assistant, and support provided by theuniversity or the engineering department or the course instructor to help the participant betterhandle their TA responsibilities. The second interview was conducted in the last third of the semester (10th - 12th week).The aim of this interview was to give an opportunity for participants to

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Muench P.E., University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington/PCS Structural Solutions; Sheryl Brandalik

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Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominik May, TU Dortmund University; A. Erman Tekkaya, TU Dortmund University

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. And the third group con-centrated on quality of life and future plans for the region. In addition to that, all of the groupswere asked to compare their results with their home countries in terms of any major differ-ences or even similarities. The results were presented and discussed in class during one of theearly live sessions. Hereby the students simultaneously gained knowledge about their futuredestination and challenged their personal understanding about their own cultural background.Furthermore, they were introduced into the home countries of their future classmates. Anoth-er activity in this course part was dominated by several discussions about the essence of theengineering profession, necessary competences for successful careers in

Conference Session

Collaborative Learning, Project-Based, Service Learning, and Impacts on Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Laura D. Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aaron Daniel Lewicki, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Valeri Werpetinski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Seung Won Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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challenge and for a practical purpose.Practical ingenuity Skill in planning, combining, and adapting.Creativity A use of invention, innovation, and thinking outside the box.Communication Effective use of language to achieve engineering objectives with and through multiple stakeholders.Business & management Connecting engineering to technological, economic, and social factors in decisions and policy making.Leadership Providing professional direction in various ways, including contributing to management and policy decisions.Ethics & professionalism Making effective and wise choices that take economic, social

Conference Session

Global Competency and What Makes a Successful Engineer

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Wold, University of Virginia; Stephanie Moore Ph.D., University of Virginia

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transnational engineering programs and partnerships that do exist have oftenbeen fruitful. For instance, the Nanyang-Singapore-MIT Alliance, which was created in 1998by the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, and the Page 23.1209.3Massachusetts Institute of Technology has collaborated successfully to promote research andcollaborations in science and engineering education35. It has created five graduate degreeprograms focused on research in global engineering and is now one of the largest interactivetransnational education initiatives in the world with plans to expand its programs andinternational outreach in the coming

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Megan Diane Lavery, Engineering World Health; Benjamin Fleishman, Engineering World Health

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who demonstrated a need.We had a small number of facilitators, all trained in engineering, and two of us were experiencededucators. We think the synchronous sessions were successful because the facilitators metweekly and shared ideas and experiences. We feel the facilitators could be better prepared if wegenerated specific ideas for the goals and agendas of each synchronous team meeting. We alsofound that some groups wanted to talk about non-technical issues related to social and politicalcurrent events (especially after the explosion incident in Lebanon). These off-topic discussionswere encouraged if not planned. We feel that facilitators in the future could be better prepared ifwe gave them some tools or practice in moderating discussions

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bianey Cristina Ruiz Ulloa, National University of Tachira; Francisco Gamboa, Universidad del Táchira; Johnny C. Woods Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; MiguelAndres Andres Guerra P.E., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; Karen Dinora Martinez Soto; Reema Helen Azar, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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College of Science and Engineering at Uni- versidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from USFQ, an M.Sc. in Construction Engineering and Project Management from Iowa State University as a Fulbright Scholar, a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and two Graduate Certificates from Virginia Tech in Engi- neering Education and Future Professoriate. MiguelAndr´es’s research includes sustainable infrastructure design and planning, smart and resilient cities, and the development of engineers who not only have strong technical and practical knowledge but the social awareness and agency to address global humanitarian, environmental, and social justice challenges. For him, social justice

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bob Lahidji, Eastern Michigan University; Jianhua Wang, Eastern Michigan University; Walter Tucker, Eastern Michigan University

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, research, and complete data transfer,technique design, and logistical support. They will complete following work.1. Survey and strategy planning;2. Design support;3. Engineering support;4. Logistics support; Page 12.1176.55. Risk management.3. Total Management of Automotive Manufacturing OutsourcingIn this real case study, students directly deal with CAD design support,engineering change, and supply chain logistics management and risk management.However, before they can directly involving the design, engineering, and supplylogistics management, they have to know the target outsourcing market. 12 That iswhy the first task for each group is to perform a market

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World / International Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia Dees, Middle Tennessee State University; Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

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hydrogen electrolysis unit 2. Electrolysis purifies water and separates the hydrogen from the oxygen 3. Hydrogen is displaced into a metal hydride tank to solidify 4. Hydrogen is then converted to a gaseous state through a process which will allow the hydrogen to be used directly by the truck.With a lighter vehicle and more sophisticated equipment, his hybrid hydrogen truck could travel300 miles. Ricketts plans to make a 600-mile trek across Tennessee. “Making the trip across thestate on only sun and water as the power sources should, I believe, have as much impact as theWright Brothers flying the first airplane,” Ricketts said. “My hope is that we make this an annualevent, and every year, somebody will do it faster, more

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kornecki, ERAU; Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Wojciech Grega, AGH; Jean-Marc Thririet, LAG; Miroslav Sveda, BUT

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) for the first two topicareas (Software Engineering and Digital Systems) are additionally assigned to either a Basic (B)or an Advanced (A) category. Please note that there may be more than one course in a specifictopic area on the same level.1. Software Engineering‚ Basic Level: programming and the discipline of software engineering, system/software lifecycle, project management and planning, requirements solicitation, methods and practices‚ Advanced Level: modeling and formal representation, architectural and detailed design with appropriate notations and tools, software construction, testing, quality assurance, and maintenance.2. Digital Systems‚ Basic Level: digital system concepts and operation, design of combinatorial and sequential