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Continuing Education for Faculty
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University
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Paper ID #17871Suggested Plans and Practices for Further Development of Engineering Edu-cators in the Arab Gulf RegionDr. Waddah Akili, Iowa State University Waddah Akili has been in the academic arena for over 37 years. He has held academic positions at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Penna (66-69), at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (69-87), and at the University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar (87-00). Professor Akili’s major field is geotechnical engineering and materials. His research work & experience include: characterization of arid and semi arid soils, piled foundations
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International Collaborations
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Gary Bruce Gehrig P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte
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Diversity
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International
inequality in the world (African Development Bank, 2007) with aGini coefficient estimated at 0.58 by the 2009/10 household survey, which is one of the highestfigures of any country in the world (World Bank, 2009). The country has an estimated annualGDP per capita of USD 5293. However, it is worth noting that from 1980-1990 Namibia had aGDP per capita which was higher than that of both China and Thailand. But, over the interveningtime both countries’ rate of economic growth have greatly exceeded Namibia’s and, as a result,Namibia’s GDP per capita ratio is currently much smaller than either of those two countries(National Planning Commission, 2012).Despite this disparity in economic growth rates, the country is slowly emerging from thecompounding
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International Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Thomas Carl Long, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech
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institutions.3 Virginia Tech’sRising Sophomore Abroad Program (RSAP) is one approach for offering a global engineeringexperience for students. RSAP provides students with an opportunity to expand their globalcompetencies while learning about differences in political, technological, social, cultural,educational and environmental systems through experience.In this paper, we provide a program overview for RSAP and present quantitative and qualitativeassessment results for the 2014 cohort. Based on these analyses, we propose a refined, more in-depth evaluation/assessment plan for 2015 to measure the extent to which RSAP studentparticipants achieve program outcomes—this plan can serve as a model for other similarprograms that seek to demonstrate
Conference Session
International Educational Experiences (2)
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Zaida M Gracia, Texas Tech University; Albert Sacco Jr., Texas Tech University
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International
2016, Zaida became an ELATE@ Drexel (Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering) alumnus presenting an insti- tutional action project titled ”Raiders Abroad: A sustainable model for globally competent engineering students” that was adopted by the WCOE. The project, based on the work of cross functional teams estab- lished a strategic plan for 2016-2020 focusing on student participation and assessment on programs abroad and the development of a travel scholarship fund for students under financial hardship in the college. Mrs. Gracia brings twenty five years of experience as a mathematics’ professor at the Sacred Heart University in Puerto Rico. She led successful initiatives to increase minorities
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International Accreditation and Credentials: International Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Junaid Qadir, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan; Aamir Shafi, National University of Computing and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; Ala Al-Fuqaha, Hamad Bin Khalifa University; Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Alfaisal University; Kok-Lim Alvin Yau, Sunway University; João Ponciano, University of Glasgow; Sajjad Hussain, University of Glasgow; Muhammad Ali Imran P.E., University of Glasgow; Sajid Sheikh Muhammad, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; Rao Naveed Bin Rais, Ajman University, UAE; Muhammad Rashid, Umm Al Qura University; Boon Leing Tan, Xi'an International University
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particular in support of the data-driven and self-driven management of large-scale deployments of IoT and smart city infrastruc- ture and services, Wireless Vehicular Networks (VANETs), cooperation and spectrum access etiquette in cognitive radio networks, and management and planning of software defined networks (SDN). He is an ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) with the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC). He served on many academic program design, review and planning efforts. He serves on editorial boards of multiple journals including IEEE Communications Letter and IEEE Network Magazine. He also served as chair, co-chair, and technical program committee member of multiple international conferences including IEEE VTC
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International Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University
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consumption and efficiency of mill 4. Alternative fuel sources for lime kiln process 5. Heat energy and water efficiency pulp plantThe teams performed research, developed, and designed a proposed plan in which Suzano canbecome more sustainable in the designated sector. This project required the students to gaintechnical knowledge on their sector’s processes and the impact their sector has on the sustainabilityof the company and its goals. The teams then collaborated to innovate new solutions and developa plan for the company to be more sustainable, looking at its resources and needs. They appliedengineering concepts and discussed international policies that impact the company’s sustainablegoals. Teamwork was particularly important for the
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Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education
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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity
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International, Minorities in Engineering
PlanThe activities of the ASEE Diveristy Committee have been guided by a communal vision andhave informed and been informed by (a) the task force charge in 2009, (b) initial plans developedby the committee in 2011-12, (c) and a formal strategic action plan developed in 2015-16. TheASEE statement on diversity and inclusion describes the Society’s vision as to create and foster environments where every individual is respected and no one feels marginalized. ASEE believes that this can be achieved by supporting the education, recruitment, retention, and advancement of these groups in engineering education, engineering technology education, and the engineering profession. While ASEE recognizes that steady gains have been
Conference Session
Study Abroad Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 9
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Nelson A. Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University; B. David Tyler, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University; Lauren R. Bishop, Western Carolina University
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, budgetaryconstraints, logistics planning, and internal collaborations [7][8]. Any of these can cause a trip tobe canceled. Despite all the challenges, we were motivated and determined in this initiative inthe College of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University (WCU), inspired bythe student transformation during a trip and the mutual mentoring among faculty members whoshare the same passion. This paper shares mentoring and coping strategies for faculty memberswho are interested in offering faculty-led courses, especially the assessment-driven course designto achieve student learning objectives. The key to succeed is to be flexible, patient, andcollaborative.Global learning has shifted from an option to a priority, and teaching effectiveness is
Conference Session
Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shawnisha Hester, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Hector E. Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erika T. Aparaka, University of Maryland College Park
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International
among Underrepresented Scholars through Engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals in Global ContextsIntroductionOpportunities to participate in international engagement experiences broaden students’perspectives and perceptions of real world problems [1]. A strong sense of “global engineeringidentity” can emerge when students are part of international teams that consider solutions tohumanitarian challenges [2], [3]. To encourage retention in engineering among undergraduateand graduate students from underrepresented groups, a multi-campus team of faculty andadministrators developed a plan to expose students to humanitarian engineering perspectiveswithin global contexts. Through the University System
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International Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Noe Vargas Hernandez, Carnegie Mellon University; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Isaac Andres Azuz, CETYS University
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course credit recognition, resolvinginstitutional and federal travel risk issues, recruitment and selection of students, travel andhousing logistics, local contacts involved in community projects, and follow up of the projectsafter program completion.1. IntroductionBackgroundThe objective of this paper is to provide useful recommendations for planning and executingfaculty-led study abroad programs based on the authors’ experience. In the summer of 2015,UTEP and CETYS conducted a study abroad program funded by the 100,000 Strong in theAmericas Innovation Fund. The program was a real success, but the planning and executionpresented continuous challenges that required quick thinking and adaptability from theorganizers. These lessons are captured in
Conference Session
International Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Miguel Rafael Ruiz-Carpio; Cyrus Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Arafat Djobo; Ivan Gaichuk; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College
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Paper ID #21943Industry experience: Consulting; since 1987; Had major or partial role in: I) performing research forindustry, DOE and NSF, and II) in several oil industry or government (DOE, DOD, and NSF) proposals.Performed various consulting tasks from USA for several oil companies (Jawaby Oil Service Co., WAHAOil and Oasis Co., London, England). The responsibilities included production planning, forecastingand reservoir maintenance. This production planning and forecasting consisted of history matching andprediction based on selected drilling. The reservoir maintenance included: water/gas injection and gas liftfor selected wells to optimize reservoir production plateau and prolonging well’s economic life.Terra Tek, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Pete Hylton, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wendy Otoupal-Hylton, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis
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Diversity
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International
the USA. To add to theconfusion, there is not consistency across the UK, as again the separation of governance inEngland and Scotland has led to different systems. During a 2015 Fulbright Visiting ScholarExchange, the author had the opportunity to teach at an English University and visit threecolleges in Scotland. Figure 1 shows the general flow of the four-year curriculum which led tothe awarding of degrees of Bachelors in Engineering (BEng) and Masters in Engineering (MEng)at an English university.5 This plan appears to be fairly typical of engineering programs inEngland. However, Figure 2 displays one example of a four-year program at a Scottishuniversity. It should be noted, that while this program lasts four years, like the English
Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Sylvia Jons, Institute of International Education; Edward Randolph Collins Jr. P.E., Clemson University
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developed a career working in various roles throughout the institute. She has worked on IIE’s Generation Study Abroad initiative, on the Fulbright Program, the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program and on two private STEM programs within the U.S. Student Programs Division. Prior to joining IIE in 2012, Sylvia worked at the University of Nebraska on a system-wide Internationalization plan. Sylvia has a Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration with a focus on Internationalization. She studied abroad at Korea University and extended her stay in Korea working with the Asian Pacific Association of International Education. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising with an emphasis in Public Relations from the
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International Research Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 8
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Ali Mehrizi-Sani , Virginia Tech; Chen-Ching Liu P.E., Virginia Tech; Stephen McArthur, University of Strathclyde
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amounts of renewable energy, i.e., 80% at a competitive costby 2050 [9]. This also adds to the difficulty of enforcing resiliency of the power system to majorevents, as required by Presidential Policy Directive 21 [10]. The students in this program seek tofamiliarize themselves with and help address challenges such as renewable energy integration,including distributed intelligence, resilience, control, management, planning, and operation.Workforce shortage is also a hurdle in successful implementation and operation of the smart grid.Many of the current power engineering workforce retire or are eligible for retirement in the nextdecade [11], [12].Compared to the United States, many European countries have a more mature experience inutilization of
Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jose F. Oliden, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria; Patrick Tunno, Pennsylvania State University; Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University; Juan Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria ; Miguel Luis Estrada P.E., Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria ; Esther Obonyo, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Fernando Fonseca Pacheco, Lycoming College
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, Peru and providing seed funds to foster collaborations in research, teaching,and service between these institutions. In addition to addressing the UN SDGs, these engagementactivities seek to create and sustain and international collaboration in a platform known as thefourth age of research [2]. Following these initiatives at Penn State and recognizing the need toprepare our students to make a meaningful contribution to the implementation of the SDGs, wedeveloped a six-week long faculty-led program called: Global Engineering Culture and Society.This paper describes the overall vision of the program, and focus on the design, development,implementation, challenges, assessment plans, and what is next for the course: GlobalEngineering Culture and
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International Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Judith Watson
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Afghanistan. During his work, he worked very closely with the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) and Kabul based universities. He was a visiting scholar at Virginia Polytechnic, Institute and Sate University in the USA in 1991 – 1992. ———————————————- Dr Judith Watson has been a senior research fellow at the Univer- sity of Brighton in England since 2001, where she conducts research in education studies, particularly the geography of education and training. She has conducted numerous projects for governmental and NGO bodies in the UK on educational eval- uation and planning. She currently runs the only course in the geography of education currently offered in a UK university at undergraduate level, and is preparing a
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International Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Yongming Tang, Southeast University; Jiahua Lu, Xilinx; Yanfang Deng, Nanjing Integrated Circuits Industry Service Center; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego
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Diversity
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Device Architecture Lecture: Zynq/Pynq Development July 11th Hands-on Labs and Timing Constriction July 12th Lecture: High Level Synthesis Hands-on Labs Lecture: Huawei Cloud July 13th Hands-on Labs Acceleration Design July 14th Test 2: FPGA Training series Company Project Announcement July 15th Company Project Announcement + Grouping + Project Selection Project Development July 16th Development Plan Discussion Lecture: Innovation on ~ Project Development Commercial Mode
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International Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Claude Brathwaite, City College of the City University of New York; Samantha Deokinanan, LSAMP at City College of New York
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research and developing potential areas of research in Transportation.This was followed by travel to FDS during the summer for two months (June and July) to workcollaboratively with Faculty and students at UEFS in designing a Comprehensive TransportationSurvey for subsequent online deployment and in-person deployment at the FDS bus terminals(conducted by students at UEFS), the university (UEFS) and in communities across FDS. Figure 1: Google Map of Feira de Santana, with added routes of the buses and terminalsOne approach to address the projected increase in ridership due to population increases is theimplementation of a Bus-Rapid Transit (BRT) system to complement the existing SIT. Theproposed plan for FDS by the municipality includes the
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Technical Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John B. Troy, Northwestern University; Pei-Ji Liang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Diversity
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International
offering of the course, thestudent population was expanded greatly to include almost 200 MS and PhD students from manyof the Schools at SJTU. In this 2018 offering a large faculty team was established to providetutorials to groups of roughly 12 students to supplement the lecture component delivered by theU.S. professor. Student and faculty reviews of the course have been mostly positive and manyimportant lessons have been learnt through the experience. The most critical of these lessons arebeing incorporated into a revised plan for the course when it is offered next in 2019. It is feltthat our experience should be of interest to others contemplating the challenges of preparing non-native English speakers for the engineering profession in this
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International Division Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Khalilullah Mayar, Kabul Polytechnic University, Kabul -Afghanistan
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eight forming components of theAfghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS): 2008 -2013. The specific strategy forhigher education is described as follows (Babury & Hayward, 2014): “Improving the quantity and quality aspects to satisfy the demand for the market based economy with skilled professionals. This will involve increasing the capacity to accommodate more qualified students, together with an improvement in the quality of higher education by improving the number and quality of lecturers and offering a greater variety of courses. There are plans to provide universities with greater autonomy (p. 5).”In Afghanistan the way people can receive higher education falls into one of the following
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International Division Technical Session 7
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Steven L Shumway, Brigham Young University
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engineers and technologists do, the various typesof engineers and technologists that exist, the types of problems they solve, and the impact they can haveon society, especially the Dominican society. Additionally, it was considered strategic to lay out amultiple year curriculum plan for the four groups of students to ensure that students participating inMACILE for several years had the opportunity to experience a broad range of topics and an engineering 2 Page 26.1517.3and technology curriculum adjusted to different level of challenges. On
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International Collaborations
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Mercedes Ward, University of Utah; Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; David Lawrence Stevenson; Tariq Banuri, University of Utah; Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry, University of Utah; Rasool Bux Mahar P.E., Mehran University, Jamshoro; Jeffrey D. Ullman, Stanford University
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awarded the Glen L. Martin ASEE Civil Engineering Division Best Paper Award. Steve is a registered professional engineer in Utah.Dr. Mercedes Ward, University of UtahProf. Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Dr. Ahmad is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). His teaching and research interests are in the area of sus- tainable planning and management of water resources, water-energy nexus, and stormwater management . He is particularly interested in using systems approach to address water sustainability issues.David Lawrence StevensonProf. Tariq Banuri, University of Utah Professor Tariq Banuri, Department of
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International Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Maher M Murad, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown
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visiting or tenure track positions.IntroductionInternational faculty join US institutions to teach in engineering programs among otherprograms. The positions they pursue could be permanent as in tenure-track positions ortemporary as the case in visiting positions or other forms of employment. An internationalfaculty member pursuing a career in academia is usually faced with a decision regarding the kindof position he/she plans to take. Those who love research activities will pursue a career ininstitutions that also value research activities more that teaching. Others who love teaching anddesire to keep it their main focus are likely to pursue a career at teaching institutions that valueteaching excellence and without great emphasis on research
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International Division Technical Session 8
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University
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including co-op and research abroad and established meaningful connection for research and attraction of funded international graduate students. Maria started working at Texas A&M in 2005 as Assistant Director for Latin American Programs and in 2009 she was promoted to Program Manager for South America in the same office. During her time at the Office for Latin America Programs she created, managed and developed projects to enhance the presence of Texas A&M University in Latin American and to support in the internationalization of the education, research, and outreach projects of the university. She was charged with the development and implementation of a strategic plan for Texas A&M in South America. While
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International Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech; Lilian Katherine Sanchez, National University of Táchira; Bianey Cristina Ruiz Ulloa, National University of Táchira
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developed in the job, many of them can be promoted during school. Some of these competencies are: teamwork, client/stakeholder focus, creative thinking, planning and organizing, problem solving, decision making, seeking opportunities, working with tools and technology, scheduling and coordinating, business acumen. 4. Tier 4 – Industry-wide technical competencies: these competencies include things that highly relate to the professional practice. Similarly, to tier 3, these competencies will be developed in the workplace, however, engineering schools play a role in preparing the students for them. Some examples are professional ethics, design, operations, engineering economics, legal, sustainability and
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International Research Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 8
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Gloria J. Kim, University of Florida; Yong Kyu Yoon, University of Florida ; Jin-woo Choi, Louisiana State University
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communications. Rubric scores will allow for comparisons between communication skills demonstrated at the beginning and end of the program. 8. Qualitative analysis of mentor feedback: The program instructors will conduct a comparative analysis of written feedback given by mentors at the beginning of the program and the end of the program.The evaluation plan includes opportunities to gather formative data and to understand students’perspectives of the programs’ impacts, even if those impacts are outside the anticipated ordesired outcomes articulated by the program. Summative and formative evaluation plans inTable 2 shows specifically how the desired learning objectives will be measured through themethods described above
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International Division Technical Session 8
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University; Ashok Ranade, EE Collaborative
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Passion Nonconformity Knowledge in Sales-Marketing and Finance Curiosity - Questioning Self-Confidence Opportunity Spotting Integrate information from many sources to gain Focused and Disciplined insight Planning Persist through and learn from failure Execution Convey engineering solutions in economic terms Risk Taking Fulfill commitments in a timely manner Adaptability to Change Discern and pursue
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Study and Research Abroad
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Charles McIntyre, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Ryan A. Camp, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Shawn Patrick
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Francis delivered an encyclical on the environment and humanecology. “Laudato de si” [10] which calls upon all peoples of the world, especially those of theChristian faith, to recognize the Earth as sacred and to direct daily actions accordingly. Byfocusing attention on what can be done at the individual and local levels, individuals andcommunities become accountable for preserving resources and living in a more sustainablemanner. Joining in this call are a number of other faith leaders.Germany has been addressing sustainable policy and practices in business, industry and withintheir municipalities for decades. The results are impressive when considering sustainable urbanstructures and planning, renewable energy usage, national recycling
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International Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology; Qi Zhang, Yangzhou University
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also share their plan for the future research.IntroductionThe primary goal of engineering programs is to prepare the engineering students for theirprofessional careers in the global setting 1. Ideally, the educators should teach in a well-managed,student-centered environment with reasonably structured framework. They should stressfundamental knowledge, equip the students with solid skills and expose them to cutting-edgetechnologies 2. It has been found that obtaining practical knowledge from college is morebeneficial to the students’ professional career than mastering any new technology 3. An effectivelearning environment should help the students enhance their ability to solve practical problems 2.Globalization of the engineering enterprise
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International Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Cody A. Chapman, University of Tulsa
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Paper ID #12328The Impact of International Research Experiences on Undergraduate Learn-ingDr. Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education at The University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ co-directs the NanoJapan program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to expand international research opportunities for students in STEM fields. She is the recipient of two Fulbright grants for international education administrators (Germany and Japan