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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace & Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jared Geddes, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University

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the fall (2-credits) and winter (1-credit) semesters, students are given a particular projectidea to pursue for implementation in a third-world country. The students are divided into teamsof five to six students to work on separate projects. Throughout the fall semester, there arenumerous presentations, reports, and assignments to make certain that the projects are onschedule and are feasible. At the end of the fall semester, teams present their work and theirproposed solution to the faculty and students. The following semester is used to optimize andtest the projects, as well as learn about the particular local culture where the projects will beimplemented. At the end of the winter semester, students have the opportunity to travel with

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Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University; Barbara Chaparro, Wichita State University; Veronica Hinkle, Wichita State University; Colin Davidson, Spirit Aerosystems; Chris Wilkinson, Spirit Aerosystems

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been performed.1 This paper describesthe Spirit AeroSystems Global Design Challenge (SGDC) which is an effort to integrate designand global communication. The effort is motivated by Wichita State University’s goal to broadenengineering graduates, and by Industry’s demand for well rounded graduates, as well as theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria for accreditingengineering programs.The GDC is a collaboration among Spirit AeroSystems and two university partners. In 2008, theuniversity partners were Wichita State University (WSU) and the University of Manchester(UM). Spirit AeroSystems is the largest tier 1 supplier in the aerospace industry, providing aerostructures and systems. Spirit has worldwide facilities in

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Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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competence. We report on the results of a survey of engineering educators andindustry representatives on the importance of these attributes. This survey was initiallyconducted as part of a National Science Foundation sponsored summit on global engineeringeducation.Introduction: Why Global Competence?In this paper we discuss what it means for engineers to develop global competence and whysuch competence is important. The globalization of engineering has been the result of aconfluence of forces and changes taking place over the past two decades. 1 Perhaps ironically,technology developed by engineers has been a main driving force acting to changeengineering practice. For example, advances in telecommunications now make possibleinexpensive, real-time

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Tront, Virginia Tech; Rebecca Gunter, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Peed, Virginia Tech; Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech

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requirements andit was explained to them how they would accomplish each. Costs and behavior expectations andcourse requirements were explained. They then took a pre-trip survey that asked them to identifyseveral pieces of art and landmarks, plus additional questions on their travel and languagebackground. Each student was asked a series of what was hoped to be telling behavioral andattitudinal questions. The answers were evaluated on a 1-5 scale immediately after the interview.Once the participants were chosen, a letter from the Dean was then sent out to each studentinviting them to participate in the course. The first meeting was scheduled and the issues oftrying to add the students into this newly formed course began.Demographics of Participating

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Romitkumar Gajjar, University of Florida; Kirandeep Kaur, University of Florida; Sarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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40 20 DRAWING-IAPPLIED PHYSICS-I APH 101 3 4 40 20FUNDAMENTALS OF CE1101 3 4 40 20CIVIL ENGINEERINGMATERIAL SCIENCE MET 114 3 4 40 20 APPLIED AMA 111 3 1 40 20 MATHEMATICS-I WORK SHOP CE 116 3 3 40 20 Page 14.325.4First Year– Second Semester: TOTAL HOURS REQD. SCORE

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International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bhushan Trivedi; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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the new techniques in the secondcourse.IntroductionThe Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE)1 initiative started in 2007, withthe assistance of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the InternationalFederation of Engineering Education (IFEES). The IUCEE vision is to improve the quality andglobal relevance of Engineering Education in India and in the United States by fosteringcollaborations. IUCEE aims to identify, promote, catalyze, add value to assist in the scale up andmultiplication of promising practices for collaboration in • Research and Development • Curriculum and Technology Enhanced Delivery • Innovation and Entrepreneurship • Quality and Accreditation Processes • Industry

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace & Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan Vaughan, University of Texas, Austin; Janet Ellzey, University of Texas, Austin

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country. Thebooks were selected with the assistance of a graduate student in the French departmentwho specialized in west African literature. In the six books selected, three were includedthat were commonly read by the students at SBC. This selection was intentional as itcould provide a link to the SBC students. Students were divided into three reading groupseach of which read two of the six assigned texts (Table 1). Table 1 Assigned Reading 1. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Anchor Books, 1959. 2. Oyono, Ferdinand. Houseboy. Oxford: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1960. 3. Head, Bessie. A

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Hallbach, Rochester Institute of Technology; Martin Gordon, Rochester Institute of Technology

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. Page 14.268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Baja SAE Competitions: Meeting and Interacting with International Students – Experiences of Student and University ParticipantsAbstractIn today's global economy, engineers must collaborate with their international colleagues.11Study Abroad is an excellent preparation for this collaboration. Unfortunately, less than 3% ofUnited States (U.S.) engineering students take advantage of such programs.1 Baja SAEcompetitions may be a good alternative for students to achieve exposure to the culture of theirinternational peers.Baja SAE student competitions were started in the 1970’s in the U.S. and involve the design,analysis, and

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dietmar Tatzl, FH JOANNEUM, University of Applied Sciences

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diploma curriculum originally established in thefall term of 2001. The first Master of Science year group commences in the fall term of 2011.The new curricula combine engineering and business studies with a view to prepare studentsfor a career in the aeronautical industry. In the 3-year Bachelor programme, students maychoose between the Aeronautical Engineering and Piloting branch after a common educationduring the first two years. All students thus receive four semesters of English languagetraining: Business and Aviation English 1 and 2 as well as English for AeronauticalTechnology and Management 1 and 2. In addition to that, those students in the engineeringbranch attend the fifth-semester language course Professional Presentations, which

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Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan Lima, North Dakota State University

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technology to exchange ideas, solve problems and present solutions; be a leader; ateam member; and an ambassador1, 7, 13. However, preparing engineering students with all theprevious mentioned attributes is no small task given that engineering programs are alreadyoverloaded with credits, content, and other demands.Eight international prestigious universities, chaired by TU Darmstadt, started in October 2005 aninitiative to conduct the first worldwide scientific study on “Global Engineering”2. The results ofthis study lead to four recommendations: 1. Global competence needs to become a key qualification of engineering graduates; 2. Transnational mobility for engineering students, researchers, and professionals needs to become a

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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enrollment is increasing rapidly starting in 2001 andbeyond in comparison to a slow increase of overall undergraduate engineeringenrollment. The enrollment in the graduate level is even more encouraging4.Figure 1 represents the typical progression of EET program with biomedicalconcentration. TYPICAL SEMESTER-BY-SEMESTER PROGRESSION ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (141), AY 2008-2009 Biomedical Concentration (141B) 1ST YEAR 2ND YEARFall Se Spring Se Fall Se Spring Se1st Semester m 2nd Semester m 1st Semester m 2nd Semester m Hr Hr Hr

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Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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haveimposed special requirements on the control of industrial robots and caused a shift of emphasistowards the dynamic behavior of manipulators. This shift has led to the development of model-based control algorithms which incorporate the dynamic model of the manipulator in the controllaw in order to decouple the robot joints. The underlying principle is to: (1) design a nonlinearfeedback algorithm that will effectively linearize the dynamic behavior of the robot joints; and(2) synthesize linear controllers to specify the closed-loop response.The critical assumption in model-based control is that the robot dynamics are modeled accuratelybased upon precise knowledge of the kinematic and dynamic parameters of the manipulator.Unfortunately, this

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Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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foreign venues involves several complex issues, including finances,appropriate enrollments, preparation of incoming students, and quality assurance ofprograms. But appropriately managed foreign programs can have substantial benefits forboth US universities and foreign countries.References 1) Madeleine Green, Venturing Abroad: Delivering US Degrees Through Overseas Branch Campuses, American Council on Education, Washington DC, 2007. 2) Madeleine Green and Kim Koch, International Partnerships: Guidelines For Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, Washington DC, 2008. 3) Madeleine Green, Kevin Kinser and Peter D. Eckel, On the Ground Overseas: U.S. Degree Programs and Branch Campuses Abroad, American Council

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Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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between assessed market needs and planned program offerings? Howmany of your US-based faculty are willing to invest significant time abroad? How strongis the support of your governing board? How much investment will the university haveto make to prepare students for entry into the degree-granting programs? What are thetimetables for initiation, roll-out and sustainability of the programs? What are theconsequences if those timetables are not met? Who has authority over what? Withoutadequate transparency, institutional self-awareness, and dedicated leadership, deepinternational partnerships such as those discussed in this paper can never achieve successin the form of reputable academic programs and sustainable research.References 1) Zvika Krieger

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology

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collaborative qualitativeresearch methods in order to shed light on what was happening by interviewingrepresentatives of all stakeholders involved, letting each stakeholder group knowwhat the views of other stakeholders were, challenging interviewees on their views byoffering alternative positions and attempting to collaborate with all groups so as toachieve a consensus on the outcomes.Two aspects of this research may be of interest to ASEE members and are examinedin this paper: 1. The qualitative methodology used; because such methods are often viewed with suspicion by engineers as being unscientific and unreliable; 2. The outcomes of the research for this HEI and from that the possible relevance for some other similar universities might

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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Nyarsuk, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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students with GPA of 3.83.Admission RequirementsAdmission at UF is based on the student’s high school GPA, Scholastic Aptitude Test 1 (SAT1) and the American Collegiate Test (ACT). International students are required to have a highschool degree in an English speaking country or provide TOEFL results4.The minimum requirements for qualification into the program are5: 1. Graduation from a regionally accredited or state-approved secondary school or the equivalent General Education Degree (G.E.D.). 2. Fifteen academic units, including 4 years of English, 3 years of math, 3 years of natural sciences (two with laboratories), 3 years of social sciences, and 2 sequential years of a foreign language. 3. A cumulative C average in the

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Ashutosh Upadhyay, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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1998. Theuniversity is a multi-campus affiliating university in Madhya Pradesh. It has campuses andaffiliated colleges at various cities across the state. The university is well known for its extensivetechnical range of courses and claims to be one of top amongst India's best universities. Thisinstitution was established as a common university for all the technical institutes, mainlyincluding Engineering and Science colleges in the state. 1, 2, 3The University of Florida (UF) is located in Gainesville, Florida and was founded in 1853,making it the oldest university in the state. UF currently offers more than fifty-twoundergraduate programs in a broad variety of instructional fields.4 The Department of CivilEngineering at UF was established in

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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products and process to be manufactured in low-wage areasneed to be cognizant of these issues.Six weeks from the shipping dock in Shanghai/Pudong to the U.S. assembly plant createsanother set of unique issues. Outsourcing logistics are complex. Toyota and Honda in theU.S. have strategically located most of their supply base along Interstates within a 2 daydrive of their assembly plants.3 The old Ford Rouge complex made basically everythingin Detroit.1 In the current U.S./Japanese transplant model, just-in-time means about a 2-3delay between making parts and making cars. Problems in the transplant supply chain arerevealed quickly and purging the supply chain or accommodating engineering changestakes place rapidly. In the de-verticalized supply

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International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Kirandeep Kaur, University of Florida; Sarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida

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transport oil and other hazardous substances mustcomply with these myriad requirements, many of which mandate the development ofcontingency plans. Oil spill contingency plans serve two broad purposes: demonstratingcompliance with applicable regulations and providing essential information that can be applied toany oil spill quickly during response activities. Oil spill contingency planning occurs in bothpublic and private sectors. A public contingency plan is developed by government agencies orministries, often with industry and public involvement. It may include the following:1 ≠ information of state-owned equipment stockpiles; ≠ local or regional logistical considerations; and ≠ Natural resource information including sensitive

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Creese, West Virginia University; M. Adithan, Vellore Institue of Technology

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RecognitionAbstract Vellore Institute of Technology, known as VIT University, was established in 1984 atVellore, Tamil Nadu, India and is observing its Silver Jubilee Year in 2009. In 2008, VITUniversity attained a ranking of 10th overall in Engineering conducted in a survey by AC Nielsenfor the Magazine “India Today”. The rise to this level of academic excellence has been achievedas a result of many factors, of which two primary factors are: (1) A commitment to academicexcellence and achievement; and (2) A visionary, dedicated and charismatic leader.University History and Achievements VIT University was established1 in September 1984, as Vellore Engineering College nearthe town of Vellore and in October 1984 the College started with three

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace & Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aisling O'Sullivan, University of Canterbury; Thomas Cochrane, University of Canterbury

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, waste and land engineering and management,such as river engineering, irrigation design, erosion control, ecological stormwater management,contaminated site remediation and wastewater treatment. Therefore, the focus of the degree isconducive to partnering with environmental protection agencies and local industry in solvingcomplex and real-world engineering challenges.Development and Structure of the Final Year Research ProjectOur involvement in leading the Natural Resources Engineering programme commenced in 2004and so we report mainly on relevant outcomes achieved since then. Each student was expected tospend approximately ten hours a week on their project (Table 1). Up until 2006, two termindividual research projects (equivalent to 3-5 credit

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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Tim Katz, University of Brighton

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USSR era Curriculum for Electrical Engineering at Kabul Polytechnic UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses the challenges of modernizing the USSR-era curriculum for thedepartment of electrical engineering (EE) at Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU), whichwas put in place several decades ago. A new curriculum has been proposed to address theshort coming of the old curriculum and to integrate experimental work at its core becauseof the lack of suitable industrial base in the country. The paper outlines the presentsituation, considers important challenges, and discusses the routes to progress. Thediscussions and conclusions outline promising directions for this work and consider thelessons learned.1. IntroductionKabul

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International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology; Kazuya Takamata, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Tetsuro Furukawa, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Loo Ching Nong, Singapore Polytechnic

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theme. Their achievements were unique in their design solutions due to thedifferences in society and culture in Japan, Singapore and the United States, although allthe design teams followed the same engineering design procedures. This collaborativeproject was a positive experience for both students and faculty members. Furthermore,students’ groups of the three institutions benefited from a study of the design solutionsgenerated by their foreign counterparts.In this paper the second stage of the international collaborative project between thethree institutions is discussed in detail.1. IntroductionWorking on global collaborative projects will challenge students’ perceptions, enrichtheir minds and sharpen their communication skills. It helps to

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Convergence of Quality Assurance Systems Around the Globe

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

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: University of Manitoba, 1992.16 Kisst Hackett, R., and Martin, G.R., “Faculty Support for Minority Engineering Programs,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 1, 1998, pp. 87-95.17 Reichert, M., and Absher, M., “Graduate Engineering Education of Underrepresented Populations,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 3, 1998, pp. 257-267.18 Van Aken, E.M., Watford, B., and Medina Borja, A., “The Use of Focus Groups for Minority Engineering Program Assessment,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol, 88, No. 3, 1999, pp. 333-343.19 Adams, R.S., Atman, C.J., Nakamura, R., Kalonji, G., and Denton, D., “Assessment of an International Freshman Research and Design Experience: A Triangulation Study,” International Journal of

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International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton; Donna Summers, University of Dayton

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their success upon graduation.Based on these four topic areas, the Management of Technical Organizations course (Figure 1) isdivided into three sections: Page 11.370.2 - Management Today - Globalization and International Management - Personnel ManagementThe Management Today section provides the background and underlying foundation for thecourse. Topics include: traditional and non-traditional organizational structures, currentemployment environments and current issues being faced by organizations. Much classdiscussion revolves around topical business articles that provide insight into how existingorganizations handle

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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theLomonosov Moscow State University, the University of Kiev, and the TUM2. The TUM islocated in Chisinau, the capital city of Moldova (see figure 13). During the decades of Sovietcontrol, the TUM served as one of the primary institutes of higher education for the SovietEastern Block countries. In Moldova, the presence of the TUM combined with the relativelysmall population resulted in an educated population. In the years following the collapse of theformer Soviet Union (circa 1990) many of the more educated citizens left Moldova to seek Page 11.1357.2employment in the EU (approximately 1-in-4 from a base population of ~4 million). During theSoviet

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mulchand Rathod, Wayne State University; Mary James Legatski, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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the leadership’s recognition of thecrucial role that diversity and outreach play in organizational success. A perspective from the authors’ point of view concludes the paper. It describes lessonslearned and not learned while trying to make an impact in an international setting. Asprofessions grow globally, a model containing diversity as a business case is presented for othersocieties and organizations to follow.INTRODUCTION The economic well being of the United States of America and US-based professionalsocieties very much depends on the reliable and all inclusive workforce [1-4, 6-10]. Professionalsocieties have begun to take proactive steps in recognizing diversity as a business need for theirsuccess [6]. As a matter of fact

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Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

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, plot the unit step response of thesystem for any point selected on the root locus, and turn on/off the grid. The system must berepresented by the transfer function in the following form:Y(s) ams m + am-1 sm -1 ... + a1s + a0s—— = ————————————U(s) bnsn + bn-1s n-1 + ... + b1s + b0s:The options in Design module allow the user to select any desired value for the gain, time andfrequency parameters of the system to see how the closed—loop poles will be affected.The time-domain design parameters that can be changed are rise time, delay time, time constant,settling time, maximum overshoot, peak time, damping factor, natural undamped frequency, anddamped frequency. The frequency-domain design parameters that are included in the programand can be

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

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URI case, the NSF is supportingeducational and research initiatives in collaboration with URI’s partners in Germany. Buildingon the existing relationship with the Technische Universität Braunschweig (TU-BS) in the areaof microfluidic technology and its Dual Degree Master’s Program, this new project will developresearch opportunities from the undergraduate through the graduate level, culminating in aproposed new Dual Degree Doctorate Program.The NSF funding will support several graduate students in the coming five years, all of whomwill be spending part of their programs in Braunschweig. The project’s technical goals arefocused on two applications: 1. The design of a system to detect the early response to pathogeninfection using a microfluidic

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismet Anitsal, Tennessee Tech University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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affordable.Students log onto TTU website (http://webct.tntech.edu) and use the interactive course materialspresented at the course site in WebCT [1], which is a widely used e-learning system across thenation. Some of the interactive teaching methods include cases, competitive computersimulation, applied problem solving, team building exercises, cross-functional activities,scenario planning, role playing, and feasibility projects. “The campus-based and distance-basedprograms earn the same degree” [2].In the summer semester of 2004/05 academic year, the authors were able to offer fullyundergraduate and graduate level online courses for their degree programs. These courses wereCAD (Computer Aided Design) for Technology (undergraduate level) and Strategic