courses for engineering students and leads study-abroad trips for students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Integration of Global Competencies in the Engineering CurriculumKeywords: curriculum, study abroad, globalIntroductionThe need for developing global competency in engineering students has received considerableattention over the past several years and a number of high-profile reports [1] [2] have highlightedthis need. A variety of programs have emerged to address this need ranging from namedprograms like Purdue’s Global Engineering Programs [3], college programs focused on theEngineering Grand Challenges (see for example [4]), at least one “global competence certificate”program [5
.” Much of this naming discussion is connected to aforementioned topic of which school and campus should house the department.• Motivation for developing an undergraduate degree in BME.• Overview of the undergraduate curriculum including coursework, laboratories, and teaching staff.• Implications for research including a movement toward multi-disciplinary collaborations within and across schools.• The vision of the BME department: ‐ Improve and extend the technological capabilities of medical personnel in healthcare delivery; ‐ Operate a department which serves as solution hub for research, medical device manufacturers and clinicians; ‐ Train highly skilled biomedical engineers capable
was deemed ‘not cut out for’ engineering,” this paper eloquently outlined“the ways that many other actors (students, teachers, societal labels, engineering culture)contribute to and construct this student ability in everyday moments.” The final pitch is for alleducators to view culture not as a past explanation for the current plight, but instead as a currentchallenge to create a desired, inclusive culture.The team of Svihla et. al. [10] added an engineering design course early in the curriculum as astrategy to support persistence in engineering, especially with underrepresented groups. The goalwas to help students discover and gain confidence in individual attributes, skills, and beliefs thatare critical for engineering design. Those
University of the West Indies, Trinidad. Dr. Gray is a seasoned engineer and educator who has lived, studied and worked in various countries around the world. Prior to arriving at The Lincoln University, she managed the global curriculum portfolio for over a hundred and twenty programs in sixteen countries at Arcadia University and was instrumental in successfully developing and implementing study abroad opportunities and exchanges for undergraduate engineers from institutions across the country, while internationalizing the engineering curriculum through cooperation, consortia and curriculum integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Broadening Participation in
maintaining or dismantling that privilege. We hope that these examples willbe helpful to others interested in integrating such content into their courses.Institutional ContextThe history behind the creation of these courses stems from being at the forefront of institution-wide transformation, including the inauguration of a new university president, theimplementation of a new University Core curriculum, the award of an NSF RED grant, and thecreation of a new General Engineering department [11]. The University of San Diego is amajority undergraduate, private four-year [12], faith-based institution that embraces Catholicsocial teaching in its mission. Our new president has enacted a new strategic plan, TheUniversity has identified six pathways through
other similar social factors) present in their class or lack thereof, and the associated positive and negative teaching experiences Academic integrity ITA describes an experience concerning academic integrity Appropriate behavior ITA describes an experience concerning for themselves appropriate behavior (or lack thereof) in the given sociocultural context for themselves
Beijing Municipal Government. He also served as the member of the executive committee for International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) from 2006 to 2008.Dr. Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University Dr. Deborah Grzybowski is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on making engineering accessible to all students, including students with visual impairments, through the use of art-infused curriculum and models. Prior to becoming
the beginning of upcomingsemesters to evaluate how beneficial the vertical integration strategy is to the internationalstudents. Conclusions to be drawn from the data may clarify if technical competency levels willbe improved and if any distinction exists between the two groups (international and domesticstudents), confirming (or not) if communication skills are a factor in that distinction.References[1] L. Konevas and K. Duoba, "Developing Core Competencies: Student Mobility Case," in 9th International Strategic Management Conference, Riga, Latvia, 2013.[2] C. Y. Oh, B. S. Butler and M. Lee, "Information Behavior of International Students Settling in an Unfamiliar Geo-spatial Environment," Proceedings of the American Society for
potentiallymake improvements in curriculum based on these findings. Therefore, this paper takes theFirst-year Engineering Honors Program at the Ohio State University in the United States andthe Engineering Experimental Class at Beihang University in China as their case studies ofinternational comparison of the entire first two years’ curriculum. As an intermediary ofteaching activities and the basic guarantee of achieving educational goals, course is ablueprint and plan for cultivating what types of people. This paper takes courses as theresearch object, compares the whole course setting, and studies the syllabi of basic coursesand teaching methods reflected in the syllabi. Methodologies including text analysis,frequency analysis, comparative research
cultural boundaries (e.g., Jamieson and Lohmann 2009; National Academy of Engineering2004). To prepare undergraduates to enter such an environment, colleges and universities havebeen seeking ways to expand students’ global competence through experiences at their homeinstitutions as well as abroad (Johri and Jesiek 2014). As Downey et al. (2006) described, theseinstitutional offerings within the undergraduate engineering context typically includeinternational enrollment, international projects, international work placements, international fieldtrips, and integrated class experiences. In this paper, we consider an international field trip,which is a highly structured short-term study abroad program organized by faculty members toprovide students
engineeringknowledge for achieving the SDGs [3]. We respond to the call by introducing elements ofsustainable development and global citizenship into a major elective course in the InformationEngineering curriculum.Our contribution and significanceThe current work is amongst the early efforts in integrating the achievement of SDGs into theformal undergraduate engineering curriculum. In this paper, we present the correspondingpedagogical design, implementation, and evaluation in a regular undergraduate course offered inHong Kong. The course aims to introduce to students a wide range of concepts and techniquesrelated to social media analytics and human information interactions. We adopt pedagogicalstrategies in design thinking to foster engineering student’s
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
. We will plan to interview fivepeople from each of the networks for the pilot study.II. Data CollectionA. Learning the Landscape of Global Grand ChallengesWe did an extensive review of global initiatives that hail from a wide range of disciplines,policies, and foundations. We conducted the search through research in international peer-reviewed journals, online forums, foundation websites, and policy white papers. We did initialsearches of “grand challenges” and also of key terms that are integrated in the NAE GrandChallenges and the UN SDG vernacular such as, “sustainability,” “health,” “vulnerability,” and“poverty.” We searched not only for global initiatives but also explored if any of those globalinitiatives included specific academic
resource planning, use, and management. A related goal is to operationalize such cross cutting objectives as gender equality, network development, fundraising, outreach, and policy impact. The USPCAS‐W Program is being implemented through five components: (1) Governance, (2) Curriculum Reform, (3) Applied Research, (4) Training, and (5) Sustainability. More details of USPCAS‐W are available at http://water.utah.edu/uspcasw and http://water.muet.edu.pk/. The USPCAS‐W Curriculum component is anchored by the creation of four new graduate degree programs in areas of great need in Pakistan: (1) Hydraulics, Irrigation, and Drainage; (2) Integrated Water Resources Management; (3) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Sciences; and (4) Environmental
installation. One of the goals of the experience is for students tounderstand project management and interdisciplinary collaboration in a hands-on way, and tounderstand that stakeholder engagement is an integral part of the process. The goals,methodology, organizational structure, logistics, lessons learned, and the instructors’observations of the experience are also described in the paper.Overview of Relevant Literature: STEM Study Abroad and Capstone ExperiencesWhile employers increasingly seek “culturally aware” and globally engaged employees,engineering and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) students who aspire tostudy abroad often struggle to find room in a curriculum that tends to be highly regimented andheavy on required courses
inter- est is in 3D modeling and applications, CAD/CAM/CAE, manufacturing system design and planning, and computer simulation and OR. He renovated the industrial and manufacturing engineering curriculum with introduction of CAD/CAM/CAE and 3D modeling applications to manufacturing systems, and has taught Boeing engineers on the subjects for about 20 years. He was a recipient of NSF grants on developing a supply-chain manufacturing system and on developing an integrated design-aid tool for flexible manufac- turing systems, and of AHA (American Heart Association) grant on volumetric assessment of epicardial adipose tissue using echocardiography . He authored a book on CAD on Unigraphics: Engineering De- sign in
without Borders, Scope Global, World Vision, and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. He also has a regular radio segment as ”Dr Scott”, answering listeners’ questions about science.Dr. Nick John Brown, Engineers Without Borders Australia Nick Brown leads the research interests and activities of Engineers Without Borders Australia. Nick is re- sponsible for the development and delivery of an innovative education and research program that creates, builds and disseminates new knowledge in Humanitarian Engineering. This program engages academics and students from Australia’s leading universities to develop innovative solutions to humanitarian prob- lems faced by communities both within Australia and overseas
universities have a set of affiliated colleges in designated regions and areresponsible for overseeing functioning of the colleges including accreditation, andmanagement of diverse academic activities such as initiation of education programs,enforcement of present curriculum, and supervision of examinations. AICTE (All IndiaCouncil of Technical Education) governs the technical education system in India, which in2016-17 had 3,291 institutes with an intake of 15,56,360 students, but enrolment of 7,78,813students [10]. The employability of these students upon graduation, though, was abysmallylow at 18% [11].Figure 1: Box plot of scoring pattern, at the entrance examinations, from 2012 to 2015, at our collegeMethod
intercultural education and training, includingpartially unique traditions and approaches in different fields and disciplines [20, Ch. 15-23]. Anumber of papers and reports have also surveyed and described approaches to developing globalcompetency and related outcomes among engineering students and professionals [21-24].While the extant literature on global engineering education has placed considerable emphasis onlearning experiences that involve international travel (e.g., research, work, service, and studyabroad), authors such as Downey et al. describe the “integrated class experience” as a “an at-home effort to initiate students on the path to global competency in ways that fit their standardcurricula” [21, p. 112]. Nonetheless, Grandin &
. Randall Davies, Brigham Young University Dr. Davies is currently an assistant professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. His research involves program evaluation in educational settings with the general objective of understanding and improving the teaching and learning process. His research has a specific focus of evaluating technology integration, assessment policy, and educational practices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Understanding Engineering and Technology Student Perceptions: Barriers to Study Abroad ParticipationIntroductionWe live and work in a global environment that presents many opportunities and
students would use the learning from the intercultural assignments to work better inthe binational teams and therefore be more effective in the project.One working hypothesis for the class was that the combination of these components wouldincrease students’ intercultural maturity and make them engineers who are better prepared for theglobal market. An important aspect of this course is that it is integrated into the engineeringcurriculum. A common issue with global competency courses is that they add extra courses tothe students’ curriculum. Therefore, demanding additional time and effort from the students whowish to develop those global competency skills. The ENGR410 course is part of the engineeringdegree plan counting as a technical elective