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Study Abroad While Studying Abroad: International Students’ Participation in the RSAP Study Abroad Program

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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, H. G. Murzi, and D. B. Knight, “Experiencing Cross-Cultural Communication on a Home Campus: Exploring Student Experiences in a Cultural Simulation Activity,” Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 187–214, 2019.[13] R. S. Emmett, H. Murzi, and N. B. Watts, “Teaching Ethical Photography to Deepen Global Engineering Competency,” presented at the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jun. 2020, Accessed: Mar. 01, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/teaching-ethical-photography-to-deepen-global-engineering- competency.[14] A. Mazzurco, B. Jesiek, and K. Ramane, “Are Engineering Students Culturally Intelligent?: Preliminary Results from a Multiple Group Study,” in
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The Role of Study Abroad Curricular Interventions in Engineering Students’ Intercultural Competence Development

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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) coach facilitating intercultural competency training for IEP students. Biannually the IEP organizes the Colloquium on International Engineering Education. Sigrid recently received the DAAD Alumni Association’s Excellence Award for Educational Exchange (2019) and the URI Administrative Excellence Award (2019). Under her leadership, the IEP was awarded NAFSA’s Senator Paul Simon Spotlight price for innovative campus internationalization (2011), and the Andrew Heiskell Award (2012) by the Institute for International Education. Berka was educated at RWTH Aachen, Washington University, St. Louis and the University of California, Santa Barbara. In previous ap- pointments, she taught German Studies at Barnard College in New
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Measuring the Impact of a Study Abroad Program on Engineering Students’ Global Perspective

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Karen Dinora Martinez Soto; Andrea Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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selection process involves an application process where students provide e shortessays. Students are selected on a particular international track based on their application scoreand personal preference. Our study involves students who enrolled in the RSAP program for2018 and 2019. There were 123 students enrolled in the 2018 cohort and 122 students enrolled inthe 2019 cohort. The full list of student demographics for the RSAP program is provided inAppendix B.Survey InstrumentThe GPI survey instrument was designed to comprehensively measure each respondent’s globalperspective. The instrument includes six scales—both development and acquisition scales withineach of the three domains: Cognitive, intrapersonal, and interpersonal. Each of the
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Learning About Solar Power in South Sudan: An International Collaboration

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Mou Deng Riiny, SunGate Solar
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National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Lord is among the first to study Latinos in engineering and coauthored The Bor- derlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering. Dr. Lord is a Fellow of the IEEE and ASEE and is active in the engineering education community including serving as General Co-Chair of the Frontiers in Educa- tion Conference, President of the IEEE Education Society, and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education (ToE) and the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). She and her coauthors received the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in JEE and the 2011 and 2015 Best Paper Awards for the IEEE ToE. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China
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Global Engineering Competencies Learned Through Virtual Exchange Project Collaboration

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Megan Diane Lavery, Engineering World Health; Benjamin Fleishman, Engineering World Health
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thescene help from Engineering World Health personal who aided in the collection of the surveydata.References[1] Criteria for accrediting engineering programs 2018-2019, accessed 8 March 2021, [2] H. J. Passow and C. H. Passow, “What competencies should undergraduate engineering programs emphasize?” A systematic review. Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 106, no. 3, pp. 475-526, 2017.[3] A. Parkinson, "The rationale for developing global competence." Online Journal for Global Engineering Education vol. 4, no., .2, pp. 2, 2009.[4] A. Parkinson, J. Harb, S. Magleby, “Developing Global Competence in Engineers,: What does it mean? What is most important?,” in Proceedings, 2009 ASEE Annual Conference
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Variations in Marketing and Depiction of Study Abroad Programs: A Content Analysis of Engineering Study Abroad Programs

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Zuleka Woods, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Johnny C. Woods Jr. , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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://journals.sfu.ca/jgcee/index.php/jgcee/article/view/52.[2] M. J. Stebleton, K. M. Soria, and B. T. Cherney, “The High Impact of Education Abroad: College Students’ Engagement in International Experiences and the Development of Intercultural Competencies,” Front. Interdiscip. J. Study Abroad, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 1–24, Jan. 2013, doi: 10.36366/frontiers.v22i1.316.[3] Open Doors Report, “Number of International Students in the United States Hits All-Time High,” 2019. https://www.iie.org/en/Why-IIE/Announcements/2019/11/Number-of- International-Students-in-the-United-States-Hits-All-Time-High (accessed Dec. 09, 2020).[4] D. A. Kolb, Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice
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Work in Progress: Creating an Internet Platform for USA and Indian Students to Share Ethical Viewpoints

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Sweta Saraff, Amity University Kolkata; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Ramakrishna Biswal, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
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effectiveness of online and blended learning: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature," Teachers College Record, vol. 115, no. 3, pp. 1-47, 2013.[4] R. Bachnak, Rafic, S. S. Marikunte, and A. B. Shafaye, "Fundamentals of ABET accreditation with the newly approved changes." In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL, USA, pp. 16-19. 2019.[5] V. Kaptelinin and B. A. Nardi, Acting with technology: Activity theory and interaction design. MIT press, 2006.[6] A. Blunden, "An interdisciplinary concept of activity," Outlines. Critical Practice Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-26, 2009.[7] B. Bligh and M. Flood, "Activity theory in empirical higher education research: choices, uses
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Cultural Dimensions in Academic Disciplines, a Comparison Between Ecuador and the United States of America

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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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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Studies, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 196–216, Sep. 2019, doi: 10.1080/19378629.2019.1663200.[2] K. H. Altman, “Cognition in Natural Settings: The Cultural Lens Model,” in Cultural Ergonomics, vol. 4, M. Kaplan, Ed. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2004, pp. 249–280. doi: 10.1016/S1479-3601(03)04009-8.[3] J. Z. Namenwirth, and R. Weber, Dynamics of Culture, 1st ed. Routledge, 1987. Accessed: Feb. 09, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.routledge.com/Dynamics-of- Culture/Namenwirth-Weber/p/book/9781138699489[4] P. Sharma, “Measuring personal cultural orientations: Scale development and validation,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 787–806, 2010.[5] J. Mahadevan, “Intercultural engineering beyond
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Research on Internal Quality Assurance Mechanisms of Higher Engineering Education: Fundamental Connotation, Theoretical Investigation and Model Construction

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University
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trend of engineering education accreditation,” Research in Higher Education of Engineering, no. 5, pp. 5-10, 2019.[2] M. Louise, Quality and Power in Higher Education. Buckingham: Open University Press, 2003.[3] H. Gao, W. Wu, “Mechanisms, mechanisms formation and the city-country consistency in China,” East China Economic Management, no. 9, pp. 62-65, 2007.[4] W. Joseph, Rosiczkowski, F. H. William, “Total quality management and engineering education at Alfred University,” Proceedings for 1993 Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE, pp. 540-543, 1993.[5] M. Jaraiedi and D. Ritz, “Total quality management applied to engineering education,” Quality Assurance in Education, vol. 2, no. 1
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The International Engagement of Engineering Education in China: A Historical Case Study of Tsinghua University

Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Zheping Xie, Tsinghua University; Xiaofeng Tang, Tsinghua University; Fujun Jin
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enrollmentin engineering majors was 17,689, a number far shorter of the need of engineers and techniciansfor the nation’s industrialization strategy (Jiang and Wang 2019). The Soviet Union’s experienceof fast industrialization contributed in important ways to the appeal of its higher education system– if the American engineering education could be considered as a primary model for producingprofessional engineers, the soviet system targets more at qualified technical human resources, withregarding to the scale and speed of engineering training.Following the central government’s call for “learning from the Soviet Union,” Tsinghua enteredan era of close engagement with experts from Soviet Union and other socialist nations in EastEurope, such as the
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