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

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J Thompson, Kansas State University; Ata M. Nazar, Kabul University

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Examination isbeing used as a bench-mark of progress. The several aspects of the rebuilding project aredescribed along with a report of progress and lessons learned. The paper concludes withobservations about the ethical and cultural nature of engineering education and somerecommendations about changes that are required to achieve the desired outcomes of therebuilding project.Historical Backdrop:The Faculty of Engineering was established in the 1960’s and 70’s by a consortium of USUniversities with USAID sponsorship1,2. The project was a “turn-key” project that provided abuilding, laboratories, and US based education for the new Afghan Faculty members. Facultymembers from the participating US Universities established and taught classes and

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Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Frempong, State University of New York

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pageproposal for approval.3. Project approved or disapprovedThe instructor decides on project difficulty and standards, and Page 15.242.3approved or disapproved the proposal.If proposal is disapproved, the team is given two weeks toresubmit.4. Project research/designStudents research details of the project (technical information), andproject design using available software such as: PSpice,Circuitmaker, Microsoft Visio, and etc.5. Obtain materials/components neededEach team is responsible for purchasing components needed fortheir project. However, students are welcome to use availablecomponents and devices in laboratory. In some cases, thedepartment had purchased some of the needed

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; MirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western Afghanistan; Alnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford

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Hartford, Connecticut, USA,and Herat University (HU) in Herat City, Afghanistan was initiated in August 2007 to developand implement a modern program to strengthen and modernize engineering education at HU.The program includes a number of activities such as curriculum review and revision, facultydevelopment, and laboratory upgrading.Under the partnership, junior HU faculty members, who currently have only a bachelor’s degree,applied to enroll in the master’s degree program at the UH and are working toward obtainingtheir master’s degree. Earning this graduate degree will enable Herat faculty to be better teachersas well as better prepared to implement curriculum revisions. More qualified faculty also willattract better students and will provide the

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Esmaeily, Kansas State University; Anil Pahwa, Kansas State University; J Thompson, Kansas State University; Donald Watts, Kansas State University

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Kabul wherethe curriculum included engineering, geology, mineral, oil and gas exploitation, roads andindustrial construction, hydroelectric networks and city planning. Later, Balkh University (1986),Herat University (1988), and Kandahar University (1991) were established. In the mid-1990s,institutions were opened in Baghlan, Takhar and Bamiyan. Most higher education institutionswere still functioning in 1996, albeit in severely damaged physical facilities, with next to notextbooks, libraries or laboratories, and hampered by under-qualified staff. The Taliban excludedwomen from universities in areas under their control6.Due to the lack of technical facilities in the country, the development of Technical VocationalEducation was slow compared to

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

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Martina Trucco, Hewlett-Packard; Rich Friedrich, Hewlett Packard

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AC 2010-2419: DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGYLEADERS IN CHALLENGING TIMES: THE US NSF-ASEE INDUSTRYRESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAMLueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Lueny Morell, M.S., P.E., is Program Manager in the Strategy and Innovation Office staff of Hewlett Packard Laboratories (HPL) in Palo Alto, California. She is responsible for facilitating external research collaborations for HPL and lead initiatives focused on R&D talent development, collaborating with external partners (government entities and other corporate labs) to pursue strategies and initiatives of benefit to the research community. In the past, she was in charge of developing engineering/science curriculum innovation

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Glenn Blackwell, Purdue University

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Page 15.796.4German as their primary language with English as a secondary language. Figure 3 - Team Performance Curve (image from: Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers [5])Once the team members had an opportunity to get to know each other, the real team work began.The team held a formal meeting in one of the Purdue University Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology laboratories that was equipped with a chalk board, multiple computersand an overhead computer projector. This environment allowed the students all the resourcesthat they needed to exchange ideas, create diagrams, and perform research. The faculty coachesof the team outlined the Darwin21 challenge and rules, and

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilka Balk, University of Kentucky; John Balk, University of Kentucky

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studentsarrive in Karlsruhe between January and March, and start with a research project that has beenformulated by faculty at both institutions. Whenever possible, the US student is paired with aGerman student who will participate in the reciprocal phase of the exchange program. When thesemester begins in Karlsruhe in April, students transition to coursework and either finish theirresearch or decrease their laboratory workload.The engineering students from Karlsruhe, Germany, come to the University of Kentucky inAugust to take regular classes in the fall semester. Karlsruhe’s engineering students, who arerequired to complete a 500-hour research project for their degree, perform some of this researchin the fall semester, while also taking classes, and

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Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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learning, Actionbeing more vocational and Self being more cerebral. The traditional engineering curriculumis described by figure 2a where the Knowledge dimension informs both Action and Self. Itcan be argued that in a traditional academic curriculum Action and Self intersect to somedegree in engineering laboratory classes. However many of the laboratory classes involveprepared experimental exercises to confirm theoretical knowledge and require littlereflection. Furthermore the overcrowding at Australian universities combined with theshedding of technical staff and occupational health and safety issues have reduced, what oncewere hand-on laboratory sessions, to group demonstrations and computer simulations.The professional curriculum, shown, in

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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 introduction will have a major effect on education system. As the learning resources such as fully stacked  libraries  and  fully  equipped  computer  laboratories  are  rare  in  the  country,  careful planning is required to prioritize the introduction of ICT into the mainstream education including  Page 15.1251.3higher education.While  the  world  has  changed  dramatically  in  the  past  few  decades  and  will  continue  to  do  so with  an  accelerating  pace,  the  learning  environment,  i.e.  the  classroom  has  not  changed  but  it will change in the near future. The education system in Afghanistan must follow its international

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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culminating class, involving a major designexperience. Students participating in the 1+2+1 program are assumed to arrive with thefollowing coursework already completed in their home universities: • 1 year of Calculus • 1 year of Calculus-based Physics, including laboratories • 1 quarter of Chemistry, including laboratory • Page 15.60.6 1 quarter of computer programmingWith those prerequisites, students are in line with Sophomore level students at the University,allowing them to delve directly into the technical portion of the curriculum. A sample course ofstudy is shown in Table 1. Note that students take their

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Jose Yanez, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Ernesto Gramsch, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Roberto Santander, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Cecilia Richards, Washington State University; Robert Richards, Washington State University

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surfacemicromaching techniques.The last two challenges are works in progress. While we have worked to implement ourmicrofabrication processes using readily accessible laboratory equipment, several piecesof equipment are still needed. The notable exceptions have been the design of a spincoater (for deposition of photoresist), and a mask aligner (for exposure of the photoresistduring photolithography), amenable to construction Chile. Finally, much effort has goneinto finding sources of processing supplies for our Chilean operation, in particularsources for photoresist and developer. This paper describes the results of our efforts toovercome these four challenges.ApproachIn order to educate Chilean student in MEMS fabrication techniques, we began bydeveloping

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Jablonski Erin, Bucknell University; Buffinton Keith, Bucknell University; Richard McGinnis, Bucknell University

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2. Sustainable Development 3. Campus and Laboratory toursTuesday, May 26 Field Trip to Volvo Group Headquarters, Gothenburg 1. Efficient transport systems 2. Safety & Environment Volvo truck factory tour in TuveWednesday, May 27 Train to Oslo; Free time in Oslo; Train to TrondheimThursday, May 28 Field trip to TEV Energivek; Trondheim Energi – Statkraft Field trip to Leirfossen Hydroelectric Energy Plant Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 1. Carbon Sequestration 2. Renewable Energy Center 3. Master of

Conference Session

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

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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our engineeringand technology programmes by international agencies.Objectives of Globalization Objectives of globalization at VIT University in India may be stated as follows: (1) To create a cosmopolitan culture and an international ambience in the university, thus providing an experiential learning to students in a cross-cultural environment; (2) To facilitate the visit of foreign professors and international experts, enabling them to share their expertise and experience; (3) To facilitate exchange of students and faculty to work on projects and to carryout R& D on areas of mutual interest; (4) To augment the facilities of laboratories and research centres already established in universities in India so

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Duda, Grove City College

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the educational process. The program is called the SecondaryScience and Mathematics Teachers' Program5 (SESEMAT). The subsequent adoption of theprogram made biology, chemistry and physics compulsory for secondary students. TheSESEMAT program also recognized the limitations that the Ugandan educational system has in Page 15.551.3trying to meet the need to add the applied science component to the educational process; namely,the lack of resources (lab infrastructure, lab equipment and supplies, etc.). One component ofthe SESEMAT program is the development of applied laboratories using readily availablesupplies and to teach the teachers how to use

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Gary Riggins, Virginia Tech

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are allowed a budget of $20 per team for completing their designs. Results of exitsurveys done at the end of the semester clearly show that a majority of students benefited fromtheir experiences with SEDP and appreciated the relevance of sustainability as part of their earlydesign experiences. At the workshop in Mysore, the entire process of implementing the SEDPwas demonstrated to all participants. In addition, they were shown examples of design sketches,team logs, peer evaluations, design project reports, and final designs. A paper [6] based on SEDPwork won the best paper award at 2007 Annual conference of the ASEE. Further details onSEDP implementation including assessment data are given in [7].LabVIEW Modules: LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Forming Collaborative Links between Turkey and US: International Workshop on Rapid TechnologiesAbstractAs part of a current NSF-CCLI (Course-Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement) grant project,an extra supplementary grant was given in late 2008 to organize an international workshop onRapid Technologies. This workshop was held in late September 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Overseventy academicians and researchers got together and presented the current trends in rapidmanufacturing research, education and industry. In this two-day event, educational and technicalpapers were presented from American, European and Turkish scholars. Reflections of the firstand second day have been

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Talley, Datum Engineers, Inc.; Catherine Hovell, University of Texas, Austin; Jason Stith, University of Texas, Austin

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. Another author had a non-traditional, non-credit trip with a group of engineeringstudents to see the famous bridges of Switzerland and tour both a national and privateengineering laboratory. The final author also had two opportunities to study abroad: one summerprogram taking liberal arts classes in Oxford, England and taking two graduate level courses inearthquake engineering in Pavia, Italy.ConclusionThe authors feel that in this globally connected world that an understanding of other cultures andpeople is critical to our success as a nation and people. The experience gained during one ofthese life altering study abroad programs cannot be duplicated in a classroom or lecture, but mustbe experienced by the individuals fortunate enough to have

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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engineeringmeasurements as a common thread. The second semester focuses on the reverse engineering of acommercial product or process. Sophomore Clinic I combines a 1-credit multidisciplinaryengineering laboratory with a 3-credit college composition and rhetoric requirement and is co-taught by engineering, composition, and rhetoric faculty. The 3-hour laboratory for the course isa semester-long multidisciplinary design project, with an emphasis on parametric design.Sophomore Clinic II follows the same structure as Sophomore Clinic I, with public speakingtaking the place of the composition portion as the 3 credits of required technicalcommunications4,5,6. Students enrolled in the Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic work in teams tocarry out independent, open-ended

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Sandi Hyde, Middle Tennessee State University

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signal “OK,” or “good job,”in Egypt, Greece, or Ireland means something offensively opposite if displayed in Iran orNigeria, then it is vital to be aware of these differences in order to achieve both business andsocial successes.4 Furthering the verbal and non-verbal communication challenges are the often-parodied communication abilities of scientists and engineers, exemplified even in children’sprograms through characters like Jim Henson’s laboratory MuppetTM “Beaker” who is only ableto speak in unintelligible “meeps.” It is easily conceivable that domestic science and engineeringstudents, studying abroad or exposed to and working with students of varying cultures, candevelop skills necessary to overcome these, and other similar, communication

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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95: Issue 94. http://www.greencareersguide.com/index.html5. http://Engineering.com/suitableEngineering/RenewableEnergyEngineering/solar.6. http://culturechange.org/Wind.html7. D.J Buenham, J.C Campbell etc, ‘Developing Wind Power Simulations and Laboratory Experiments forRenewable Energy System Courses’, proceedings of annual ASEE conference and expedition at Austin, Texas,during June 14-17, 2009.8. http:// www.Spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind floating -wind-turbines-to-be tested.9. http:/ www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_market_data_wind.html.10. Iana, El Chaar, ‘Integration of Renewable Energy in the Electrical Engineering Curriculum’, proceedings ofASEE conference and exposition at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, during June 22-25, 2008.11. http

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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University

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drugs and food in the developing world. This used what is called the icyball approach to lower the temperature.3. An off grid electrical system to support the computer laboratories in the Sonrise School in Musanze, Rwanda.Off grid solar powered refrigerationThe motive for this project was something the author saw on his exploratory trip to Rwanda inJanuary 2008. A hospital on Shyira Mountain needed a refrigerator to store drugs. Since theywere off the grid a traditional refrigerator was connected to a diesel generator to power it. Thegoal of this project was to develop a solar powered system that could power a small refrigerator.It was also required to have a small weight so that it would be reasonably portable. The formaldesign

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

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; Nathan McNeill, Purdue University; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Japan and Western powers. PeiyangUniversity acted as a model for the founding of many of other early Western style universities inChina.At its founding, Peiyang University hired many foreign professors who drew up the overalleducation plan of the university, designed the courses that were to be taught, and selected thetextbooks to be used. Furthermore, the university purchased scientific equipment directly fromthe United States to stock its laboratories. The university also subscribed to more than 100Western scientific and engineering journals in an effort to keep faculty and students up-to-datewith the latest knowledge in their academic fields15.Peiyang University had two programs of study: a college-preparatory program and anundergraduate

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria

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be expected to spend 160hours on a one-semester, 16-credit course, including lectures, laboratories, tests and studying on their own. Page 15.465.8Engineering students typically take between 72 and 80 credits per semester, comprising 14 teaching weeks plus a 3-week examination period.developmental modules help students adjust to a higher workload (time students spend working),without having to cope with the large volume of work required of mainstream students.In Year 2 students take level 100 engineering modules, together with accompanying additionalmodules. They also take half of the required modules of level 200 mathematics

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Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alongkorn Pimpin, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

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further customized for specific disciplines [13].As a result of the described standard and accreditation requirement, the minimum requirementson the course contents and credits for the present program are clearly specified and based on 3-credit courses as followings.1. General education (30 credits) – English, social science, humanity, science & technology, multidisciplinary, etc.2. Basic science (18 credits) – mathematics, physics and chemistry with additional laboratory.3. Basic engineering (18 credits) – 4 compulsory courses in drawing, mechanics, materials and computer programming and at least 2 courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, mechanics of materials or manufacturing processes.4. Core engineering (12 credits) – at

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Hill, University of Detroit Mercy; Patricia Pena, Federal University of Minas Gerais

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as a technical elective. The electrical engineeringstudents are primarily of junior standing while the mechanical engineering students primarilyhave senior standing. The course emphasizes theory and spends the majority of its time onmodeling and analysis tools. Actual control system design techniques are introduced for PIDcontrol, but it is not the focus of the course. The students with junior standing also typicallyenroll concurrently in the 1 credit professional preparation course mentioned previously.The students at UFMG are upper division students majoring in a control and automation degree.This course is primarily a laboratory course where students gain experience applying thetheoretical tools they have learned in prior coursework. The

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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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on experiential learning through properly designed laboratory experiments to teach engineering principles and verify theoretical work raised in the classroom; ≠ Stress on: life-long learning, systems thinking, organizational management, teamwork and group problem–solving skills, and cultivation of leadership skills; ≠ Focus on design issues of relevance to the Region, involving life-cycle economics, environmental impact, utilization of locally available resources, maintainability, and conformity with standards (local and international); ≠ Start a joint initiative between engineering faculty and their colleagues in other disciplines( science, mathematics

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education / Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Jennifer DeBoer, SPEED

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AC 2010-2414: THE ENGINEERING PROFESSOR OF 2020: THE FORGOTTENVARIABLELueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Lueny Morell, M.S., P.E., is Program Manager in the Strategy and Innovation Office staff of Hewlett Packard Laboratories (HPL) in Palo Alto, California. She is responsible for facilitating external research collaborations for HPL and lead initiatives focused on R&D talent development, collaborating with external partners (government entities and other corporate labs) to pursue strategies and initiatives of benefit to the research community. In the past, she was in charge of developing engineering/science curriculum innovation initiatives worldwide in support of HPL research and technology

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Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Shumway, Brigham Young University; SClaudina Vargas, Complex Systems Optimization Lab; Geoff Wright; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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laboratory for MACILE master teachers. Design planning started in 2009 with the collaboration of faculty and students from the Construction Management Program at BYU. Operations are expected to start in 2011. • Teacher Development Institute (TDI). TDI will train effective master MACILE educators. It will offer professional development for in-service teachers and new graduate to improve quality in the classrooms. A summer program started in 2008. The year- around program is expected to begin in 2011. • Scholarship Program. The main goal of this program is to encourage academic excellence and reduce drop out due to financial hardship. It increases opportunities for qualified students to attend well