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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

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)agreed/strongly agreed, 2 were neutral, and 1 disagreed with the statement.Comparison of Student EvaluationsAn initial survey was developed to evaluate the Environmental Engineering Design course in20027, and the survey has been modified over time to reflect more aspects of the course. A totalof 72 students and former students have completed the survey. This survey includes questionstargeted to evaluate the ABET Criterion 3 (a) – (k) outcomes. It also has questions askingstudents to contrast different project types. A few additional questions are specifically relevantto the EDW experience. The three students who took EDW in 2005/2006 academic year

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Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Conference Session

International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; David Gute, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; John Durant, Tufts University

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, organizing and completing theseprojects from the perspective of faculty advisors (each of the co-authors has served as facultyadvisor in one or more international projects). Three projects are described with faculty advisorsproviding insights on project team development and organization, travel coordination issues,project delivery, and personal reflections of the benefits and detriments observed during and afterproject participation. Finally, the paper provides some concluding remarks on how internationalprojects can be more successful as a result of improved advising.Project 1: Kwabeng, Ghana - Schistosomiasis Control in a Community Impacted bySurface Gold-MiningBrief Project Description:Between 30-40% of the children attending elementary school in

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramin Sadeghi, Power & Water University of Technology; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Akram Abu-aisheh, University of Hartford; Mark Rajai, Northern Kentucky University

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purpose and philosophy of distance educational systemshas been employee training. The main and operational specifications of distance educationalsystems and present general specifications of web-based educations are also discussed. TheCanadian government has placed implementation of electronic devices as the main goal of itsactivities. In this global modern system the integrity of electronic data in government andeducation are worthy of special attention.Other subjects included in this paper are the classification for Virtual Education and OnlineLearning and their applications and the viability of virtual educations and defining the globalstandard of SCORM (Sharable Courseware Object Reference Model).Objectives 1. What is Information Technology

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Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University; Mary Emplaincourt, Mississippi State University

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, language requirements, etc. The college currently offers studyabroad opportunities of varying durations from a three week intersession or a six week summersession, up to a full semester or year. New courses and programs are being developed to expandthe offerings during each of these time periods.This paper discusses: (1) the current options available to the students as well as those that arebeing considered or developed, (2) the research we have conducted to better understand theissues, and (3) the evolving strategy the college is using to get as many engineering students aspossible some international experience before they graduate. We view the purpose of this paperas a vehicle to share our experiences, as well as a basis for discussion to learn

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International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Jerry Gintz, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

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Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering), EU Tempus Academic Expert (expert list EAC 73/02) (http://aq.ia.agh.edu.pl/Aquarium/EN/staff/wgr.html)Jean-Marc Thririet, LAG Professor in Université Joseph Fourier – Laboratoire d'Automatique de Grenoble (LAG UMR 5528 CNRS-INPG-UJF) since September 2005; previously an Associate Professor in Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1 – Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN UMR 7039 CNRS-UHP-INPL); networked control systems, distributed systems, dependability; teaching activities deal mainly with communication networks and automatic control; the coordinator of the EIE-Surveyor Thematic Network (www.eie-surveyor.org ) from

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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extent of agreement or disagreement with thestatements on a five-point Likert Scaling (1 = Disagree and 5 = Agree). Participant’sperception from a qualitative perspective was converted and represented on the scaling.The sum and average numbers calculated from raw data are also used in this study togather findings. This information in Table 1 provides a baseline of characteristics ofChinese software engineering students as they are going through their academic program. Comparisons between Chinese Engineering U.S. Chinese Students and U.S. Engineering Students Students Students Classroom Participation and Discussion 4.5 3.0 Self-Motivated and Individual

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Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prashanth Jayaraman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Garrett Bradley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Odis Griffin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Dooley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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University Dr. John Dooley is the Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs at Virginia Tech and directs all international activities at the university. Page 13.533.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Enhancement of International Activities in a Large Engineering CurriculumAbstractAbout one thousand three hundred students enter Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering as afreshman each year. These engineering freshmen complete a 1-year long general engineering(GE) program, conducted by the Department of Engineering Education (EngE), beforetransferring into

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University; Glenn Blalock, Baylor University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Anne Grinols, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University

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on the projects, each one at hislevel of knowledge and ability. This would be harder to do if it was done for academic credit.On the other hand, if done for academic credit, perhaps we could do projects of larger scope. Weare currently evaluating how we might add academic credit to some of the projects while stillpreserving the freedom we have by doing them as an extracurricular activity.These projects are an outgrowth of a student created service organization. This group promotesengineering service projects in other countries. It is loosely patterned after Engineers WithoutBorders from whom we have learned a great deal.For a project to be successful, there are some things that need to be done before the project canbe implemented. They are:1

Conference Session

International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Patrick Favier, IUT Bethune, France; David Jouglet, IUT Bethune, France

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a global, economic, environmental, and societalcontext (criterion 3 of ABET).The engineering and engineering technology graduates of The US educational institutions Page 13.91.2must be prepared to work in multicultural teams in multinational corporations, some ofthe education preparation they need will come from international collaborativeexperiences that develop abilities and familiarity with information technology, teamwork, international collaboration, and design methodologies in a global environment [1].International engineering design collaboration can occur in several different forms. It canrange from a parallel design program in which students

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Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Richard Hayes, Dublin Institute of Technology; Robert Herrick, Purdue University; Heinz Schmidt-Walter, Hochschule Darmstadt; Dhushy Sathianathan, Pennsylvania State University; Eugeue Coyle, Dublin Institute of Technology; Robert Simpson, Dublin Institute of Technology

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, Transatlantic Collaboration Between Four Engineering, Design and Technology Institutions1.0 OverviewThis paper describes the goals and progress made in Year 1 of a 4-year project (December ’07 toNovember ’11) entitled the DETECT Exchange Mobility project. The project is one of twofunded by the European Commissions/US Department of Education under the EU-Commission’sAtlantis “Excellence in Mobility” Action 2007.The project is funded to promote translational exchanges between four leading Engineering,Design and Technology Education institutions namely; The Pennsylvania State University, USA,Purdue University, USA, the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland and the HochschuleDarmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany.The overall

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Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilka Balk, University of Kentucky; G. Lineberry, University of Kentucky

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still struggle with the education of globally competent engineers, someuniversities more so than others. The University of Kentucky is located in one of the states thatis considered to lag behind when it comes to primary, secondary and tertiary education. Thus,for a University in a state that has trouble preparing students for College, the challenge toeducate students for the global marketplace seems even more daunting than elsewhere.The University of Kentucky is the largest higher education institution in the state, currently withabout 27,000 students. Over 80 percent of the student population is “in-state.”1 However, as of2006, the state had the lowest percentage of Bachelor’s or higher degrees in the nation, with 20.2percent of the

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Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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HealthDevelopment (DTHD). Additional information regarding this development can be found at theDTHD web site.1 Active planning for the hospital began in late 2005. The projected cost andtimeline of the hospital is approximately 3 million dollars over a period of 5 years respectively.The majority of this cost is associated with the building materials and power systems. Laborcosts are typically not excessive in Tanzania. To minimize expenditures, the goal is to outfit theDCMC hospital with relatively new equipment obtained from equipment upgrades as they occurat sister hospitals. The Dodoma location of the DCMC hospital is somewhat remote from themain hydro-power generation locations (northern Tanzania) and existing transmission lines in

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; John Harb, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University; Chelita Pate, Brigham Young University

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havereshaped the roles and skills needed for engineers in the 21st-century.1 The changes that aretransforming engineering and technology include the ability to communicate in real timeanywhere in the world, the prominence of international markets, the development of globalproduct supply chains, the shift to offshore manufacturing, the scale and reach of multi-nationalcorporations, and the emergence of highly skilled engineering workforces around the world.As one example of these changes, consider the development of the Boeing 787 “Dreamliner.”This plane represents the most successful introduction of a commercial jetliner for Boeing, withover 700 orders received from customers in 32 countries. Fig. 1 shows where parts of this planewill be manufactured

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International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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by thestudents as influencing and helping to shape the engineering environment. However, in thisenvironment students were able to find sources of support and strategies that helped them remainin their majors such as: a strong desire to succeed; perceived academic ability and support fromtheir families, peers, institutions, and -most importantly- their professors. Finally, the fact thatthe female students will finish their programs gives them a sense of pride and satisfaction that isshared by their families, peers, and faculty.Review of the LiteratureOver the last decades, scholars have been studying the scarcity of women in science andengineering, and have begun to examine reasons for this shortage.1 In recent years, the

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International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Willie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

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contend with. The local conditionsare therefore being highlighted in a curriculum to ensure that the engineers, technologistsand technicians have adequate training to operate, service, and where possible, modifythe equipment to suit local conditions.References[1] http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts[2] “Ministry to Promote ICT in Schools” www.ghanaweb.com, Friday, December 21, 2007.[3] “Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide,” National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), October 2000.[4] Sarnoff, Alvin P., “Closing the Digital Divide”, ASEE Prism magazine, April 2001, pp. 17 – 21.[5] “Digital Gap Has Generated New Social Inequalities” www.ghanaweb.com, Friday, November 17

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard McGinnis, Bucknell University; Alexandra Coleman, Bucknell University; Jacqueline Denning, Bucknell University; Joseph Smith, Bucknell University

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-09 activities will be included in thepresentation at the Annual Meeting in June.BackgroundThere is no question that today’s engineering student must be prepared to work in a globaleconomy. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires thatengineering programs provide “the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global and societal context.”1 The National Academy ofEngineering’s report on educating the “Engineer of 2020” includes similar guidance.2 TomFriedman’s recent popular book, The World is Flat, describes in detail the globalization of theworld’s economies and repeatedly shouts the need for understanding this phenomenon.3 Animportant part of our university’s strategic plan

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Frempong, State University of New York

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Successful Space Launches, and Existing and Planned Transoceanic Fiber Cables. This paper is based on a book that I wrote about three years ago published by www.XanEdu.edu (ISBN# 1-59399-033-0). Page 13.21.2

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Jewell, Union College

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eligible a student must maintain at least a 2.5 grade pointaverage. There are also some eligible students who cannot go abroad for a term because of sportscommitments or personal situations. For those students, there are other ways of satisfying thegeneral education requirements for international experience, including taking modern languagecourses, or taking classes in one of the cultural diversity tracks, such as East Asian Studies,offered at Union. Table 1 shows the way Union engineering graduates have satisfied the internationalexperience requirements. Union is on the trimester system, so the word term is used instead ofsemester. A term abroad is any one of the 19 programs offered through Union’s InternationalPrograms Office. With one

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Alexander, IAESTE United States; Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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” programs. Currently over 100 students participate in the program each summer. This spring they will spend two weeks inBrazil, Chile, China (see Figure 1), or Germany; a fifth site will be added for 200911. The Plus3Program received the Institute for International Education’s Heiskell Award for innovation instudy abroad in 2005.INNOVATE: A Conference on Globalization, Technology, and LeadershipOne of the initial programs adopted by the IAESTE United States consortium has been theannual INNOVATE conference for undergraduate and graduate technical students that examinesthe relationship between technology, globalization, and leadership in

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Valerie Fuchs, Michigan Technological University

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positiveimpact in the lives of the world's most under-served, while becoming leaders in their chosen fields.D80 ProgramsD80 encourages grass-roots development of companion programs by faculty, staff, and students.There are currently six programs affiliated in the Center: 1. Engineers Without Borders 2. Aqua Terra Tech Enterprise 3. International Sustainable Development Engineering Certificate 4. International Senior Design 5. International Sustainable Development Engineering Research Experiences 6. Peace Corps Master’s InternationalEngineers Without Borders (EWB) at University X is one of 160 university chapters in the States. Ourchapter started in early 2005 and has rapidly grown, much like EWB-USA. EWB-University X’sstudent

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Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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." Page 13.794.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 1 Internationalization of Engineering EducationAbstractProviding global skills to engineering graduates is an urgent need. This paper points out thatefforts to internationalize engineering curriculum through add-on courses like study abroadprograms are not enough because, even if they are effective, they still serve fewer than 20percent of the graduates. The paper proposes a way to provide global competencies to allengineering graduates by partially reforming the engineering curriculum. The need for globalcompetencies in engineering graduates and the reasons for the

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Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Nations, 1.8million people die because of diarrhea per year and 88% of these cases are related to theingestion of contaminated water, lack of sanitation and bad hygiene practice (UNDP,2006) 22. One-fourth of the world is without grid electricity (IEA, 2006)13, about one-halfis living on less than $2 a day (World Bank, 2004; CIA, 2004)24,1, and one-sixth living onless than $1 a day and barely surviving (Sachs, 2005; World Bank, 2004)15, 24. Thebottom 40% of the world’s population has 0.6% of total global household wealth, whilethe top 1% has 40% of the world’s household wealth, with official exchange rates as abasis of comparison (Davies, Sandström, Shorrocks, & Wolff, 2007)2.From an engineering student’s perspective, such statistics can

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International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sergio Felicelli, Mississippi State University; John Berry, Mississippi State University; Rafael Cuesta, CIDAUT, Spain; Rogelio Luck, Mississippi State University; Ratessiea Lett, Mississippi State University

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for directguidance and supervision of the student’s daily work.The student’s work at CIDAUT will include the following tasks: 1. Receive a brief overview of the experimental and computational facilities available at CIDAUT. Become familiar with local policies, regulations and safety procedures. Obtain necessary ID tags, keys, computer access and software licenses. 2. Plan and execute with technical assistance, the casting of a small vertical plate of thickness not more than 10mm. The plate would be cast in a sand mold. The mold would be vertically parted and multiple bottom gated. A DISA sand casting system Page 13.189.4

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Knud Holm Hansen, Copenhagen University College of Engineering

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(second foreignlanguage) before enrollment.Export engineering is sometimes also named global business engineering.Bridgwood et al.1 give a detailed description of Danish engineering education, while Woolstonand Dickey2 present the Danish educational system in general. Krogh3 explains the differentaspects of internationalisation of CUCE.Objectives of the study programQuotation from the curriculum:“The purpose of the program for a degree in export engineering is to qualify students to carry outnational and international business functions in which they will:1. Convert and combine technical and commercial research and scientific, technical, and commercial knowledge into practical applications in development projects by resolving technical and/or

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University; Robert Todd, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

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sells in the United States. • Foreign-owned firms operating in the United State employ more than 5 million workers, approximately one in ten manufacturing jobs. • Internet users worldwide have increased dramatically in the last decade. It is estimated that 143 million Americans used the Internet in 2001, up from just 20 million six years earlier. During that same six-year period the percentage of the population using the Internet rose from 7 percent to 51 percent in the United States, 6 percent to 60 percent in Norway, and less than 1 percent to 41 percent in Korea. • Direct foreign investments in the United States have increased from $141 billion in 1990 to $895 billion in 2001, an increase

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Clauss, Grove City College; Blair Allison, Grove City College; Mark Reuber, Grove City College; Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College

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Program expects students to study a year at a foreign institute9. TheUniversity of Rhode Island along with Technische Universitat Braunschweig has a dual degreeprogram where engineering students receive an engineering degree as well as a foreign languagedegree10. The program typically takes five years to complete. Virginia Tech engineeringstudents can receive a dual degree from either Technische Universitat Darmstadt or the RoyalInstitute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden)1. Students spend their senior year at the foreignfacility, then earning them a degree from this site as well as Virginia Tech.Still another consideration is that international experience does not have to be limited toacademics. Students can obtain work experience through foreign