Conference Session

Continuing Education for Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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International

finished their graduate work abroad and have returned toserve their home institutions as young faculty, began to assert their presence andassume their role as a new addition to the faculty. Cultural issues, and conflictingviews on how to move forward without adversely affecting earlier gains,characterized stage two. Stage three: the stage of pondering and deliberations,which has lingered on for a long time, is characterized by calls from industries,engineering graduates, and invited experts, for more rounded engineers with the skillsand abilities to function in a modern business climate. Unfortunately, the response tothese calls has been slow. The “piece meal” approach and/or periodic adjustments toan already over-burdened curriculum, in an

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

earlier gains, characterized stage two. Stage three:the stage of pondering and deliberations, which has lingered on for a long time, is characterizedby calls from industries, engineering graduates, and invited experts, for more rounded engineerswith the skills and abilities to function in a modern business climate. Unfortunately, the responseto these calls has been slow. The “piece meal” approach and/or periodic adjustments to analready over-burdened curriculum, in an attempt to meet a broad set of demands, have not beeneffective in meeting objectives, and have convinced many stakeholders that the time has comefor a radical departure from the traditional layered and sequential structure that has prevailed fordecades. There are clearly significant

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Gash, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Paul Krajeski, U.S. Naval War College; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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International

AC 2008-1879: A PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE: HOW COOPERATION BETWEENTHE NATIONAL MILITARY ACADEMY OF AFGHANISTAN AND KABULUNIVERSITY BENEFITS BOTH INSTITUTIONS AND THE AFGHAN NATIONRichard Gash, United States Military Academy Major Richard Gash, P.E. is an instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point. He graduated from USMA in 1996, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. He has since earned Master of Science Degrees in Geophysics from the University of Missouri, Rolla and Earthquake Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has served in a variety of military assignments around the world

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University; Casey James McAndrew; Kendra Slis; Maria Elisabeth French; Katelyn Maione P.E., Robert Morris University

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International

world of ever-increasing global collaboration and commerce. In an effort to provide students with globaleducation opportunities, our university has developed and enhanced a Faculty Led EducationAbroad Program (FLEAP). The FLEAP program provides students an opportunity to participatein short-term study abroad programs where they are taught curriculum within an internationalsetting. These programs have proven to be an excellent example of engaged learning and providestudents with a global perspective that is unparalleled in any classroom. This paper will presentlearning and global awareness gains. The data presented are from a survey that was conducted onall the students who participated in the ENGR2012 FLEAP and have travelled to Germany aspart

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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Diversity

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International

transgressfrom national culture difference to understanding the multiple realities of engineering and“acknowledge cultural complexity in engineering through an integrated development ofcompetencies for utilizing cultural diversity benefits” ([5], p.658), in the drive for interculturalcompetencies. Hence, understanding the engineering discipline’s cultural traits in other countriesallows us to identify cultural aspects shared by students providing information to improvedisciplinary practice in engineering education and promoting global and interculturalengineering.Therefore, this initial paper, as part of a multi-country project, focuses on understanding howstudents from two major universities in the United States (U.S.) and Ecuador, characterize

Conference Session

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

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

solely totraditional classroom environment. Therefore students need to be prepared by exposing them toinformal cooperative learning, where students are to work together to achieve a joint learninggoal in temporary, ad-hoc groups that may last from a few minutes to one class period (32).Informal cooperative learning groups also ensure that misconceptions, incorrect understanding,and gaps in understanding are identified and corrected.. Using procedures such as informalcooperative learning guarantees that students have been exposed to some active and interactivemethods prior to engaging in PBL.B. Infusing PBL in the Curriculum: There are several strategies that may be utilized to infusePBL in an engineering curriculum. The selected strategy depends

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Johnny C. Woods Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Natali Huggins; Karen Dinora Martinez Soto

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Diversity

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International

Morocco, and 6) 3Australia and New Zealand. To meet the program’s goal of global engineering competencies,students visit companies, universities and are immersed in cultural and social attraction sites inthe respective host countries. In addition, students participating in the program are required tohighlight their learning and broader experiences through a reflective journal [18].MethodsTo answer the research question, we conducted a qualitative study employing the case studymethodological framework. Case study research is based on examining the context and everycomplex condition in the real-world setting of the phenomenon to have an integral

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Bing Mu, University of Rhode Island; Lars Olav Erickson, University of Rhode Island; Iñaki Perez-Ibanez, University of Rhode Island

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Diversity

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International

is Director of the French International Engineering Program and Professor of French at the University of Rhode Island. His research focuses on scientific and professional literature of eighteenth- century France. In addition, he has published on the teaching of French and on the role of experiential education in the language curriculum. His work has appeared in journals including The French Review, Australian Journal of French Studies, Online Journal of Global Engineering Education, and Symposium. His textbook, French for Engineering, was published by Routledge in 2018. ˜Dr. Inaki Perez-Ibanez, University of Rhode Island I˜naki P´erez-Ib´an˜ ez (PhD in Spanish, University of Navarre; MS in Computer Science and

Conference Session

Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adnan Zahed; Abdullah Bafail; Reda Abdulaal; Ali Al-Bahi

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International

started, with a small team of staff members, toreflect upon the past, the present, and the future. The bean-counting process was somewhatsuccessful, but we still have several concerns, some weaknesses, an interim report in 3 years, anda new evaluation visit by the end of a six-year period.Some fundamental curriculum modifications were carried out starting from the year 2003. Oneaspect of these modifications was to follow the example of several institutions in introducingengineering design and problem solving skills at the freshmen level4-7. Based on a courseinitially developed by Arizona State University, two introductory freshmen engineering designcourses were introduced in 2003 and 2004 respectively. A focus group adapted and redesignedthe

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

classroom practices today (dominated by traditionallecture-based methods) must be mandated and supported by the university administration. Whatis necessary to create a change, is, to have a comprehensive and integrated set of components:clearly articulated expectations, opportunities for faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and anequitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies of engagement.The theme advocated here is that student involvement is an essential aspect of meaningfullearning. Also, engaging students in learning is principally the responsibility of the instructor,who should become

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Henderson, Arizona State University

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International

Figure 1: Technology and Its Distance from Socio-cultural IssuesThe question then is: How can we as engineering educators and mentors create anatmosphere to engender this Global Competency?Engineering education routinely addresses technology and does it well. However, typicalengineering students avoid social and cultural subjects because they either would rather tinkerwith technology or because there is no room in the curriculum for that material or both. Addingglobal content exacerbates the problem by increasing the material in an already bulgingcurriculum.The Symposium attendees did keep this problem in mind throughout the discussions whichincluded breakout sessions on the following issues. These issues were extracted from the

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron G. Ball, Brigham Young University; Alan R. Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young Univeristy; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Holt Zaugg, Brigham Young University

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- cialization of new mechanism technologies. Magleby teaches design at the graduate and undergraduate level and is interested in educational partnerships with industry. He has been involved with the capstone program at BYU since its inception, has worked with the Business School to establish special graduate programs in product development, and helped to initiate a number of international programs for engineers.Dr. Randall Davies, Brigham Young Univeristy Randall Davies is currently an Assistant Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. His professional experience includes ten years as a high school technology and math- ematics teacher. He also worked for several years teaching computer

Conference Session

Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

values effective teaching/learning pedagogies for classroomreformation and educational development, doesn’t work. Piecemeal efforts- an initiative here or asuccess story there - could result in pockets of improvements but will not change the status quowithin the Region as a whole. What is necessary, from author’s perspective, to plant the seedsand sustain the “change”, is for the university (i.e., the department, the college, the group) toarrive at a comprehensive and integrated set of components: clearly articulated expectations, areward system aligned with these expectations, and opportunities for faculty to acquire newpedagogies.Concluding RemarksTo keep pace with fast changing global marketplace, engineering education in the Arab GulfStates

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

particular. It is a follow up to previous work by the author,on viable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges in theArab Gulf Region. At the start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks ofengineering education in the Region. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings onteaching/learning practices in engineering colleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros andcons of the lecture format, and examines the literature on meanings and substance ofdifferent active learning protocols, focusing on cooperative engagement strategies. Thepaper, also, sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, andsuggestions for redesigning classes, if need be, to stimulate interaction and help

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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International

learning strategies in particular. It is a follow up to previous work by the author,on viable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges in theArab Gulf Region. At the start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks ofengineering education in the Region. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings onteaching/learning practices in engineering colleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros andcons of the lecture format, and examines the literature on meanings and substance ofdifferent active learning protocols focusing on cooperative engagement strategies. Thepaper, also, sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, andsuggestions for redesigning classes, if need be, to stimulate

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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their project with the Project Supervisor. Although the time formeetings with the Project Supervisor and the time allocated for practical work arewritten into the student timetable, students are free to work outside these allocated timeslots. Students are expected to spend an average of three hours per week on their project.Project work is not "structured". Every project is unique and every problem may havemore than one possible solution.Students of the final year project are given 30 weeks to complete a project which will becredited as one module in their curriculum. The project theme was “Design of Smalland Light Civil Engineering Structures, and the subtitle was “Bus Stops composed ofPedestrian Overhead Bridges and Bollards”.(3) Students of

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

lifestyle change can bedaunting.” “There needs to be an international experience, preferably one that is immersive.” “Competence in global communication tools.”Other comments from academia included:“It is crucial to integrate courses on the global economy or cross-cultural differences andforeign languages into the engineering curriculum and provide internships abroad related tothe students’ major courses.” “I believe that to reach the highest/deepest level of cross-cultural competence with a specificsecond culture it is essential to speak the host language at a conversational level.”Other comments from industry were: “[The importance of global competence] is highly dependent on the particular job. For someit may be a 2 and for others it may be a 5

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cauligi Raghavendra, University of Southern California

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International

Engineering Education, 2008 Summer Research Program for Meaningful International ExperienceAbstract An important aspect of engineering education in the 21st century must include thebuilding of international awareness. A practical and highly impactful way for engineeringinstitutions to foster this awareness is to provide international research programs andencourage students to take part in them, for experiences that are meaningful bothacademically and socially, and that will prove to be invaluable to them as workingprofessionals. With the “flattening” of the world – or the increased competition in theglobal marketplace due to advancements in web technology – it is of great value forengineering students to learn about other cultures

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1143.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1145.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1142.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

minors and certificates, or it is relegated to short summer experiences abroad. Nonetheless, some engineering programs are finding ways to incorporate language preparation, coursework in global studies, and transnational design into the engineering curriculum in more integrated and immersive approaches [116, 117, 118]” (p.31). Page 13.794.4 4With such add-on programs there are several limitations and constraints. For instance, whilestudy abroad programs provide an opportunity to gain global experience and an understanding ofother

Conference Session

Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Ron Terry, Brigham Young University; Steven L Shumway, Bringham Young University; Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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International

the technology and engineering inventory; 2.) Discuss the cultural implications ofteaching technology and engineering in a third world country like the DominicanRepublic; and 3.) Outline what was done and learned by the eleven college students andfour supporting faculty members while participating in the development andimplementation of this course.Dominican Student Responses to the Technology and Engineering Inventory An understanding of the Dominican students’ perceptions, attitudes, anddefinition of technology and engineering was an integral part of this research project.Consequently the researchers used a mixed research methodology consisting of: 1.) Apre/post technology and engineering attitudinal survey, and 2.) Field

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

which enables slow and advanced learners to choose courses suiting their abilities and optimizing their academic commitments. This will facilitate the establishment of credit transfers and accreditation of academic programmes. ♠ Curriculum, courses and syllabus (course contents) are benchmarked with the best of the institutions in India and abroad. Page 15.623.6 ♠ Establishing an Academic Staff College (ASC) for continuous training and for professional development of its faculty members. ♠ All faculty members are preparing course plans, instructional objectives, schedule of instructions, tutorial

Conference Session

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

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

engineering. Unlike the other disciplines, it is both an art and science that could betraced back to the early civilization (4000 to 2000 BC) in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.And it is a science that makes man and nature live in harmony. It has moved through anumber of technological interfaces to reach its current stage. To maintain its integrity, it isimperative that the curricula be regularly revised to meet the ever-demanding economical,social and environmental needs of the society.In most universities, civil engineering under graduate program is four years. University ofJuba has five years undergraduate program. The College of Engineering at the University ofFlorida has 11 academic departments while the College of Engineering at the University

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; David Bowker, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University; Mi'schita' Henson, Purdue University

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International

an interculturalexperience that1. immersed students in the Greek Cretan culture and reinforced their own cultural identities;2. explored the creative process and exercised a variety of communications techniques;3. synthesized their experience through a feasibility study of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) design through service learning curriculum; and4. developed teamwork and a sense of community across ages and disciplines.Course LeadershipInstruction was a team effort that included included Carolyn Percifield, Director of StrategicPlanning and Assessment; David Bowker, Director of Undergraduate Recruitment; DemetraEvangelou, Professor of Engineering Education and Amanda Newton, a Purdue alumna andIndustrial Engineer

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute

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International

associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi. Prior to this he was an associate professor of manufacturing engineering at Wichita State University. Dr. Ahmad teaches freshman design courses in addition to typical mechanical engineering curriculum. His research interests include manufacturing of composites, applications of composite materials in the aerospace and oil-gas industries and teaching engineering design. Page 12.968.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing Global Stewardship To

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University

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International

  in  ICT  related  projects.  However, the  first  national  conference which  was  organised  by  the  ministry  of  communications  and  United  National  development Program (UNDP) was held in Kabul in 2006 [4]. It  is  unfortunate  that  the  Afghan  government  has  not  considered  integrating  ICT  within  the mainstream  education  system  in  the  country.  ICT  can  provide  unique  opportunity  for  both academics  and  students  to  have  access  to  a  rich  library  of  information,  free  of  charge  via  the internet. An  integrated  approach  is  needed  by  the  Afghan  government  and  international  community  to introduce  computers  and  internet  access  into  the  learning  environment  in  Afghanistan,  such

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin McGarvey, Rowan University; Michael Panko, Rowan University; Michael Kerbaugh, Rowan University; Gabriel Posluszny, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Anthony Cavalier, Rowan University

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International

research projects. The Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic, a 4-semester required course, is an integral part of the engineering curriculum in which studentsapply engineering principles to emerging technologies. Students work on service related projectsor research grants funded by industry or government in multidisciplinary teams. The disciplinarymakeup of the teams is driven by the requirements of the project. Teams of students areorganized based on their particular skills, interests and backgrounds, then matched to a particularproject. The service related projects offered through the junior and senior clinics are not meantto be a volunteer extracurricular activity. The projects usually have regional, national orinternational impact. “Engineering