2006-2020: PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCEFOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT A SMALLINSTITUTIONEric Johnson, Valparaiso University Eric Johnson is the Paul and Cleo Brandt Professor of Engineering and an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Valparaiso University. His area of scientific research is design process methodologies and his teaching interests include introductory computer design courses and the development of international experiences for engineering students.Sarah DeMaris, Valparaiso University Sarah DeMaris is Professor of German and Director of the Kade-Duesenberg German House and Cultural Center at Valparaiso
. Nurturing entrepreneurship requires capableindividuals and capable institutions. We are aware that we cannot add more credits or workloadon the pretext of developing entrepreneurial competencies. Therefore, our framework wouldattempt to integrate the entrepreneurial requirements in the current curriculum and extra-curricular and co-curricular activities as much as possible. We expect institutions to customizethe framework - based on their creative ideas and their institutional requirements – to formulate ablueprint for developing innovative entrepreneurs from their institutes. We are researchingattributes of such capable institutes and are developing institutional capability assessment model.We also are working on developing case studies of
translational aspects of fundamentalneuroscience towards applied neurodegenerative and neurological neuropsychiatric strategies.Program ModelStudy abroad courses that are faculty led and short term are seen as the major vehicles forstudents to integrate an international experience in their curriculum. The opposite is true for theNYC LSAMP model, which has a term length of 8 weeks or more typically in the summer. Asummary of the program elements at each university site is shown in Table 1. The eleven coreelements of the program were deemed an integral component of the success. For example, thefaculty led designation for the KTH program is linked to the career award of the faculty. TU-Graz/Univ. Graz program is also faculty led, but is based in CUNY at
- nois. She completed her undergraduate degree in General Engineering at Illinois with a concentration in Sustainable Development. Keilin is interested in international experiences in engineering and how to better integrate project-based learning into the engineering classroom.Dr. Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Russell Korte is an Assistant Professor in Human Resource Development and a Fellow with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research investigates how engineering students navigate their educational experiences and how engineer- ing graduates transition into the workplace. He is especially interested in the
mutant world thatcontemporary society is living at the beginning of 21st. Century. It is the application of Science tohelp society to reach the goal of achieving the same level of development as the technological.Following this thought and due to the nature of the urgency in promoting the society in a nearfuture COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and Sciences and OPASS –Organization ofResearches in Environment, Health and Safety have designed an engineering program with theobjective to form engineers to act in more effective and accurate ways in order to solve socialproblems and avoid future ones. It is a Social Engineering Program, under graduation, five yearsduration, full time students, it is based on the humanities and social
engineer, with strong knowledge in bioengineering, medical and health.Electrical and Civil Engineering – five years program, the curriculum was elaborated in a waythat the experience in “Scientific Introductory” was part of the program as a course. It is a way toform the Engineers in which the students since the first year of the program had to developprojects and to present them at the end of the each year for an audience. They had also to developprototypes of devices and show them working. Their scores were based in the design, theprototype performance and the student presentation. Every year it resulted in proceedings editedand distributed by the university.Environmental Engineering II – five years program with the adoption of new courses
engineering summer school in an industrial setting,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 511-526, 2009.[9] M. C. lves, “University-Industry Partnership for Global Education: Implementing and Integrating an Engineering International Internship into the Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington, June 2015. https://peer.asee.org/17162[10] S. Abanteriba, “Development of strategic international industry links to promote undergraduate vocational training and postgraduate research programmes,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 283-301, 2006.[11] For more information on the LASER foundation, see https
academicadvisory” position – similar to an international advisor - in all colleges across Utah. Ourresearch is a first step towards the goal of achieving unified engineering programs acrossinstitutions.I. Introduction Typically, student transfer in higher education occurs at the bachelor’s level,leading into a master’s or PhD degree. In addition, recently there has been a steadyincrease in student transfer at the undergraduate level from community colleges to stateuniversities in Utah. Naturally, curriculum development in higher education isapproached as an integral and challenging process, which needs to be constantly Page 11.316.3monitored, optimized and
addition to the existing curriculum model not only set up a modelfor any computer science related academic program in China, but also may have itsimpact on other academic disciplines, such as, education, nursing, business managementand engineering. The issues addressed in this research, particularly the strengths andweakness of Chinese students and higher education, will bring fresh new componentsinto Chinese higher education and eventually benefit future economic growth in China.Bibliography1. Harris, D. (2003). Systems Analysis & Design for the Small Enterprise, Third Edition. Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology. ISBN: 0-03-034903-6.2. Myszka, Dave, Schneider, Scott, Segalewitz, Scott, “Integrating Chinese Students into an American
construction practices. These site visits were also an integral part ofaccomplishing the purposes of the international experience, by allowing the students to get a feelfor some of the challenges being faced in the world and gain a sense of how they can personallymake a difference.Participation in this capstone experience has already proven to be valuable to the students whowere involved. The students indicate that after having included the international technologyexchange on their resumes, job interviewers want to know about it and are very complimentaryfor having participated. Two of the students indicate that the job offers that they received upongraduating were greatly influenced by their participation. Thus far it appears that employers arealso
required technical courses leaves little room for electives like foreign languageinstruction. Since it is rare for an engineer to take the three or four language courses necessary tobegin to develop proficiency, many engineering students are unable to study abroad since thevast majority of international universities do not teach their courses in English. The rigidity ofthe engineering curriculum also hinders participation in study abroad programs since the coursesand their sequence often do not align between universities, especially in the case of foreignuniversities whose curricula differ from those commonly found in the United States. In terms ofpercentages of students that study abroad, a recent study shows that engineering students rank inthe
engineering with the languages, it has in recent years added the opportunityfor students to do hands-on, experiential research before they start their internship in a company.This research experience, if it is carefully matched with the students' engineering discipline, andalso integrated into the curriculum they follow abroad, can be an excellent preparation for theirinternship in a company abroad, which follows the semester of study and research.The paper will discuss How the IEP and its students go about finding the right match between their major and the appropriate institute at the partner university What the nature of these research projects is, what students have to submit to get credit and how credit transfer for
Society forEngineering Education. Page 11.1071.2 Recruitment in Engineering and Technology Programs Integrating Home Schoolers, Women and International StudentsAbstractThere is an increasing need for a technically literate workforce for the United States to maintainits leadership in today’s interconnected global economy. Unfortunately, although the demand forengineering and technology graduates has increased the number of graduates has not increasedfor the last fifteen years. Because of phenomenon growth in emerging technologies andeconomic globalization it is rewarding to focus our whole hearted effort to recruitment. That iswhy the author has
Table 1.The content of subjects related to electronics is not very strong in the old curriculum;however, as modern electrical machines are always controlled by microprocessors, it willbe imperative to integrate the fundamental theory and practice of analogue, digital andpower electronics.As there has been strong resistance especially amongst the senior lecturers at KPU forrapid change, nevertheless, an attempt has been made to include the core modules ofelectrical and electronic engineering into the curriculum. However, there are still somesubjects that the KPU lecturers are keen to retain in the new curriculum, even thoughthere are better, practical alternatives. These, such as the "Environment" and "Safety"modules, would be far better
Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Hilda dos S. Alves COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and SciencesAbstractThe real challenge for all the Engineering Schools lately is to form the professional to act in thenew work market. Nevertheless many Institutions have been searching hard for the best way todo so. Some of them have promoted new kind of curriculum more flexible and more adequate tothe new student. One question remains: How to prepare the engineer for professional life? Forsome it is the internship that will provide the student the taste of what is to be an engineer. InCivil Engineer, the best way is also the internship at the building site if the choice of the studentis to make constructions. For Civil
Student Learning OutcomesAbstractThis paper presents an initiative of an engineering curriculum enhancement and an example ofcollaborative junior student’s project development, based on the enhanced curriculum. The maingoal of this research is to integrate the best practices from the American engineering educationprograms into existing engineering curriculum, and to study the effectiveness of theenhancement, made up of a number of new focus areas in critical thinking and practical problemsolving.The research is carried out to study the feasibility and effectiveness of newly designed projectcollaborations between an American professor and a Chinese student, involved in a juniorproject. American professor helps to integrate successful American
the two classes?First Course: Global Business: Economics and CommunicationCreating and implementing the course design was itself an exercise in cross-disciplinarycollaboration, with faculty from engineering, liberal arts (English), and business participating.The goal is to fully integrate the learning experience for the three disciplines. The key is to keepthe focus on what each student needs to learn and how to integrate the learning experiences inthe three areas using a few carefully-designed projects. Secondly, keeping the desired outcomein mind is crucial: participating students will combine principles and skills developed in the firstcourse with their engineering expertise in the sequel course in Technology Entrepreneurship. Inthis
each year to meet global collaborators, competitors, and leaders through an intensely immersive learning experience that goes beyond classroom studies. Other programs reflecting Wei’s international reach include the college’s Poverty Alleviation/Service-Learning program and Engineers Without Borders. This global perspective is rooted in a vision of SJSU as a preeminent producer of forward-thinking problem-solvers. With this goal in mind, Wei has established the Silicon Valley Engineering Scholarship, a program that provides $5,000 of annual support for high-achieving students to pursue engineering careers. Wei is also a Principal Contributor to CSU (California State University) Engineering Academies, a statewide
audiences across both continents. Thiscollaboration offered him the opportunity to further develop his pedagogical and solar energyknowledge as he designed these modules. The instructor contributed expertise in solar energyand educational methods. This collaboration also allowed the faculty member an opportunity todevelop curriculum that integrates a global component for US students to develop their globalengineering mindset without travelling. The instructor’s future students in the USA have anopportunity to learn about the context of South Sudan which few may have the opportunity tovisit. In this work in progress, we will describe the context of South Sudan, the independentstudy course, the modules designed, lessons learned in doing this work
mandated by the Bologna Declaration in 1999 and are part of a strategic plan for creatingan integration of the higher education systems in Europe by the end of the year 2010. The ECTSis an important part of this overall effort since its intent is to allow students to transfer creditsamong the diverse universities in different European countries. The countries involved in theEHEA are not limited to, nor all-inclusive of, member countries of the European Union (EU).The process leading to the ECTS has been reasonably well accepted by European systems. Asnoted by the European Students Union (1), “The three-cycle system (bachelor, master, anddoctoral degrees) and the ECTS are among the prime examples of successes of the BolognaProcess…”One significant
, dormitory friendship activities,dinner parties, excursions and physical exercises, giving members more sense of integration.(5) Development of scientific research activitiesWith the help of the head teacher and the counselor, the class has designed a variety ofscientific research activities based on students’ characteristics and taking into account theirmajor differences. To present students with the basic status and development trends of theirmajor, the class committee has invited related professionals to give lectures. Besides, duringthe field-wide remote sensing experiments, students designed their experimental schemes insmall groups and shared their views.3. Energy Class 15The 28 undergraduates in this class aim to build a learning-type class
,content-integrating and interrelating and so on (Rieley & Crossley, 2000; Cole et al, 2000;Tan & Thoen, 2000; Bradley et al, 2007) . So, the teaching approach requires faculty tobelieve and affirm that every student can learn and model good practices that increaselearning. However, the traditional teaching approach cannot develop Higher Order CognitiveSkills (HOCS) and problem-solving skills that are needed in the work (Broussard et al., 2007;Mbarika, 2003). The mission of the Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education(LITEE), created at Auburn University, is to bring real-world issues into classrooms, usingmultimedia case studies that illustrate in detail how an industrial problem is analyzed and asolution found
95: Issue 94. http://www.greencareersguide.com/index.html5. http://Engineering.com/suitableEngineering/RenewableEnergyEngineering/solar.6. http://culturechange.org/Wind.html7. D.J Buenham, J.C Campbell etc, ‘Developing Wind Power Simulations and Laboratory Experiments forRenewable Energy System Courses’, proceedings of annual ASEE conference and expedition at Austin, Texas,during June 14-17, 2009.8. http:// www.Spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind floating -wind-turbines-to-be tested.9. http:/ www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_market_data_wind.html.10. Iana, El Chaar, ‘Integration of Renewable Energy in the Electrical Engineering Curriculum’, proceedings ofASEE conference and exposition at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, during June 22-25, 2008.11. http
of Hartford Dr. M. Saleh Keshawarz is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, USA. He has been involved in engineering curriculum issues both in the US and Afghanistan for many years. He has assisted Kabul and Herat universities in Afghanistan in revising their engineeing curricula. Dr. Keshawarz mat be contacted at keshawarz@hartford.eduAkram abu-aisheh, University of Hartford Dr. Akram Abu-aisheh is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hartford. He is currently the assistant chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and director of the electronic and
paper proposes a need to rediscover the surveying profession in the context of today’stechnological and geospatial needs. The authors contend that the surveyor’s work does not end atthe point of submitting map data, rather where data is turned into information to support decisionmaking.With the aim of modernizing the surveying curriculum to meet market needs, this paperexamines legal, educational and professional strategies in support of the proposal. An outline ofthe curriculum for the proposed Geomatics Engineering program at the Department of Surveyingand Geoinformatics at the University of Lagos, Nigeria is also presented.Current Status of SurveyingTraditional surveying curricula are designed to enable graduate surveyors to precisely
credit portion for general education. Hence, the total credits of core coursesare forced to decrease, and only slight changes in the curriculum can be made. With newoutcome-based demands, the mechanical engineering program committee tailors the revisedcurriculum by integrating design and experiment skills across course series. The implementationis divided into short and long terms. The short-term procedure involves restructuring andintegrating courses for specific competencies while the intensive quality assurance is consideredin long term.I IntroductionChulalongkorn University was established as the first university in Thailand in 1917 with theFaculty of Engineering as one of the four founding faculties. The Department of MechanicalEngineering
to use unlimited availability of renewable energies in an economic way in contrast tofossil fuels which are finite and ultimately expensive.It is anticipated that the improving economy and alternative energy sources arecombining to create unique opportunities to obtain energy independence as well askeeping the environment green. Overall, this second course will motivate some of thestudents to pursue carrier in this lucrative and emerging field which will be beneficial to Page 22.379.11the society.References1. Felix A. Farret, M. Godoy Simoes, Integration of Alternative Sources of Energy, John Wiley and Sons,Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 20062. Kenneth
laid out a solid foundationfor additional course improvements and experiments in a larger student population in the future.High quality of student team projects and activities can help engineering students master certainsoft skills that are crucial in their future professional career. This experiment also sets up a modelfor any closely related academic discipline in engineering education. It is feasible to selectproper soft skill trainings and build these trainings into student team projects and activities foranother engineering course, curriculum or academic program.Bibliography 1. Myszka, Dave, Schneider, Scott, Segalewitz, Scott, “Integrating Chinese Students into an American Classroom: Lessons Learned”, AC 2007-2225, in
-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
2006-461: SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN AMIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY - AN APPROACHDavid Dalton, The Petroleum Institute David F Dalton is a senior lecturer in Communications at the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi. He has sixteen years experience of teaching language and communications at universities in the UK, Spain, Mexico and the UAE. He also has extensive experience of curriculum design and educational management. His current work focuses on teaching a range of practical, synthesized communications and research skills to students who will later work in the oil and gas industry as engineers, managers and administrators.Isoroku Kubo, The Petroleum Institute Dr