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Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Husfeld, Valparaiso University; Carmine Polito, Valparaiso University; Elizabeth Gingerich, Valparaiso University

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chapter of Engineers Without Borders.Elizabeth Gingerich, Valparaiso University ELIZABETH GINGERICH is an Assistant Professor of Business Law in Valparaiso University's School of Business Administration. She serves as a faculty advisor and fundraising coordinator for the Valparaiso University Chapter of Engineers Without Borders and has lead the efforts which have raised over $140,000 to help implement the three stages of the project. Page 11.882.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Lessons Implemented on an International Service Learning ProjectAbstractIn May 2005, the Valparaiso

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International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenlung Li, National Taipei University of Technology; Jhy-Cherng Tsai, National Chung-Hsing University, TAIWAN; Wei-Chung Wang, National Tsing-Hua University, TAIWAN; Cheng-Kuo Sung, National Tsing-Hua University, TAIWAN; Jennie Wu, Ministry of Education, TAIWAN

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2006-811: THE EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT PROJECT IN TAIWAN: REAP ONPRECISION MECHATRONICSWenlung Li, National Taipei University of TechnologyJhy-Cherng Tsai, National Chung-Hsing University, TAIWANWei-Chung Wang, National Tsing-Hua University, TAIWANCheng-Kuo Sung, National Tsing-Hua University, TAIWANJennie Wu, Ministry of Education, TAIWAN Page 11.1277.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Education Advancement Project in Taiwan: REAP on Precision Mechatronics ABSTRACTAnticipating the engineer demands due to the quick development of the hi-tech industries inTaiwan, the Ministry of

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International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology; Kazuya Takamata, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Tetsuro Furukawa, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Loo Ching Nong, Singapore Polytechnic

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Consultants Pte Ltd and Land Transport Authority. Page 11.819.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006International Collaborative Project in Engineering Design Education Between Japan, Singapore, and United StatesAbstractThis paper reports positive learning outcomes from an international collaborativeproject in Engineering Design Education between Kanazawa Institute of Technology(KIT) in Japan, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) in Singapore, and Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology (RHIT) in the United States.Two visiting academic staff from SP came to KIT from November 2002 to February2003 to study the Engineering Design II

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simo Lehto, Helsinki Polytechnic

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, Finland. He was Acting Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Oulu in 1970-73 and 1975-78. At University of Oulu his research fields were industrial process dynamics, electronics, and wireless communications. During the 1970s and 1980s he did high-tech R&D and product development as an entrepreneur. During 1998-2000 he worked as Project Manager for a Digital Radio project. He started the EE development work in the 1970s. During 1978-83 he was manager of the Further Education Organization at University of Oulu. He continued EE development at Kymenlaakso Polytechnic in the 1990s. Since 2001 he has been Project Manager at Helsinki Polytechnic for the R&D work aimed at

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Mehran Elahi, Elizabeth City State University

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was around $3300.00. Theresults of the project are reported here. Page 11.360.2This case study presents the importance of reconfiguring, reengineering of an outdated, seldomused, material testing frame into more applicable laboratory equipment. This type oftransformation trend is based on existing equipment and can be useful in educational institutions,such as those in many third-world countries that do not have the budget or resources to purchaseand or maintain new off the shelf laboratory equipments. This budgetary restraint is an ongoingchallenge especially for many of the third-world countries which are to transfer theiragricultural-based

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Convergence of Quality Assurance Systems Around the Globe

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; David Watkins, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University

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Without BordersPresent in a growing number of campuses nationally (90% growth rate in 2005 hasresulted in 100 university chapters at present), Engineers Without Borders is a non-profitgroup which focuses on international engineering service projects, mainly in developingnations. Operationally, the key advantage of a student chapter is being able to leveragethe information network provided from the reputation of the organization. Understandingthe nuances of finding, funding, building and maintaining projects in developing countiesis possible through interactions with existing chapters, attending EWB nationalconferences, and using EWB website resources. These are not minor challenges.Programmatic advantages of having an EWB chapter serve as one key

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Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evan Thomas, University of Colorado-Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado-Boulder; Andrew Azman, University of Colorado-Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado-Boulder

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2006-606: ENGINEERING EDUCATION THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING: TWOCASE STUDIESEvan Thomas, University of Colorado-Boulder Evan Thomas is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado at Boulder in Aerospace Engineering Bioastronautics. He is a civil servant employee at NASA's Johnson Space Center, working in the Life Support and Habitability Systems Branch in the Crew and Thermal Systems Division. Evan's research at CU-Boulder and at NASA is in Microgravity Fire Detection, analyzing the feasibility of a Modulated Laser Analyzer for Combustion Products (MLA-CP) for the crewed spacecraft environment. Evan has been leading EWB-USA projects in Rwanda and Nepal. He founded the EWB-JSC chapter at

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jongwon Kim, Seoul National University; Dong Mok Kim, Seoul National University; Stefano Consiglio, Technical University of Berlin; Semih Severengiz, Technical University of Berlin; Guenther Seliger, Technical University of Berlin; Lalit Patil, University of Michigan; Debasish Dutta, University of Michigan

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necessary to determine almost every detail of the course,including the semester project, the associated lectures, project-relevant assignments, designreviews and overall grading strategies. The participating universities not only have differentsemester schedules, but also different guidelines and practices that pose significant challengesfor the participating faculty. However, the course has been successfully offered each year sinceits inception in Fall 2000 and on each campus there is a strong student demand for this course.The development of the initial content and format of this course took more than a year1,2,3. Thisis not uncommon for special courses. However, several issues have to be addressed in order tosustain such a course in the long

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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ETHOSprogram seeks to provide opportunities where students gain understanding of technology’sglobal linkage with values, culture, society, politics and economy.The ETHOS program facilitates curriculum integrated service- learning programming, includinginternational technical immersions, classroom projects, student organization activities, andindependent/collaborative research. Such opportunities expose students to alternative, non-traditional technologies that are based on fundamental science and engineering principles; thus,allowing higher comprehension of curriculum material in a hands-on, practical and humanitarianmanner. Further, these experiences support the facilitation of appropriate and sustainabletechnologies for the developing world, locally

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State College; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy

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enjoyable topic for many students. Typically, the study of robotics has beenlimited to graduate level courses at big universities. In the last few years, the advent of smaller,less expensive robots has made it possible for smaller institutions to afford integrating robotics intheir undergraduate computer science and engineering curriculum.Over the years, robots have been used to teach computer science and engineering. Computerscience and engineering departments use robots in various ways: • Using robots in Introductory computer science education • An Introduction to Robotic Course • Using Robotics in Artificial Intelligence Course • Senior Capstone Design Project Course

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Dalton, The Petroleum Institute; Isoroku Kubo, The Petroleum Institute

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globalwarming, economic considerations and a shift of focus within the oil and gas industry itself, notonly is such an initiative relevant, but (we advocate) should be a planned and programmed partof our curriculum development process. It should be both cross-curricular and interdisciplinaryand project based in nature. Already, engineering programs in the Gulf region such as those inKing Faisal University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Universityinclude ASE issues and components in their curriculum, albeit at differing stages ofdevelopment.It is further significant in our context in that we are committed to developing behavioralcompetencies outlined by our sponsor, the national oil company- teamwork, organization,planning; time

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Direk Lavansiri, Chulalongkorn University; Boonchai Sowanwanichakul, Chulalongkorn University; Manoj Lohatepanont, Chulalongkorn University

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Engineering, Chulalongkorn UniversityAbstractThe Faculty of Engineering at Chulalongkorn University recognizes the growing demand for e-learning and has developed strategy and implementation plan accordingly. In this paper, wedescribe the classification of e-learning readiness of the faculty and show a steady progresstowards greater e-learning readiness. A strategy map based on the balanced scorecard conceptwas developed to formalize and guide our implementation of e-learning based courses andprograms. We show, in this paper, how all of the four perspectives—stakeholder, process,capacity building, and finance—are balanced in our strategy map. We describe our currentmajor e-learning projects, which comprise of three

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Steven Eisenbarth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

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Baylor InternationalTechnology Entrepreneurship (BITE) program.The BITE program is a six-hour multi-disciplinary, multi-national project-based course. Itcovers a broad range of topics that critically affect technology-based companies and technology Page 11.1271.4based start-up businesses. Primary emphasis is placed on the marketing concerns, intellectualproperty issues, economic analysis, and business plan preparation for these technology based e-businesses. Other issues to be investigated include identifying venture opportunities, conceptdevelopment, market analysis, pricing, budgeting, legal forms of organization, teammanagement, and business

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Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Engineering Education, 2006 THE ROLE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAbstractThe role of science, technology, and innovation in international development hasbeen the focus of several recent studies, including ones produced by the NationalAcademy of Science, the World Bank, The RAND Corporation, the InteracademyPanel and the United Nations Millennium Project. These studies all cite theimportance of science and technology in addressing development challenges. Anumber of the issues are engineering related and thus require engineeringsolutions.This is especially relevant to engineering education in the U.S. As our students inthe U.S. will now be faced with finding viable relevant solutions to problemsfaced not

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aloysius Emig Jr., Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Sedig Agili, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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modules located within the PLC chassis. Operator adjustment, mode selection,and patient monitoring are accomplished using a personal computer running a visual basicapplication designed specifically for this project. The operator interface mimics the look of atraditional ventilator control chassis. A serial data connection provides the communication pathbetween the PLC and the personal computer. Using a PLC and a computer interface (HMI) as therespirator control system has distinct advantages over traditional microprocessor control systems.These include: the operation and adjustment of the respirator can be accomplished at a locationother than the location of the respirator, alarm conditions can also be determined and evaluatedfrom a remote

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Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado-Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado-Boulder; R. Scott Summers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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universities are doing enough proactively to teach studentswhat they need to know to operate in a future environment is an open question11. Clearly, engineersmust complement their technical and analytical capabilities with a broad understanding of so-called“soft” issues that are non-technical. Experience has shown that social, environmental, economic,cultural, and ethical aspects of a project are often more important than the technical aspects but are Page 11.566.3not often emphasized in conventional engineering education.An issue of equal importance is the education of engineers interested in addressing problems specificto developing

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Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalia Kapli, Pennsylvania State University; John Wise, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Wesley Donahue, Pennsylvania State University

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, University Park, PA 16802. Telephone: 814-865-4015, FAX: 814-865-4021, email: TALME@engr.psu.eduWesley Donahue, Pennsylvania State University Wesley Donahue is an Associate Professor affiliated with both The Smeal College of Business Administration and the College of Education, and he is the Director of Management Development. Dr. Donahue brings over 25 years of manufacturing, sales and organization development experience to his position at Penn State. Formerly, he worked with the Fortune 500 company Brockway Inc., now Owens-Brockway, where he began as a project engineer and rose to manager of technology for the corporation’s international division. Subsequently, he co-founded and served as

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia; Donald Harby, University of Missouri-Columbia; Dong Y. Jang; Wei Zheng, Xiamen Unviersity, China

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countries may have different requirements of theeducational objectives for graduating seniors, the course material has a minimum set of topicswhich will be used by all participating schools. Then, a more extensive part of the coursematerial will be elective topics that cover special needs. These special needs could be differentgovernment or ABET requirements, or it could be project specific knowledge that is toospecialized to be taught to all students. An example of the common topics is how to use QualityFunction Development to generate a set of quantifiable design objectives. An example of theelective topics is the tolerance stack analysis and design, which is necessary knowledge fordesign projects requiring high precisions assemblies.Some

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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faculty at the TUMwas facilitated by a colleague familiar with the faculty at the TUM and fluent in Romanian.Based on several preliminary discussions combined with a preparatory week-long exploratoryvisit to the TUM several possible undergraduate research projects were identified. The topicswere broadly organized into three categories: wind data organization and analysis, small electricmachine research for alternative energy applications (e.g. wind turbine and low-head hydrogenerators), and energy strategies and related economics in Moldova. The TUM faculty that arepredominantly interested in alternative energy research are in the Electrical and MechanicalEngineering Colleges. In addition, several of these faulty members also work through

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Henderson, Arizona State University

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in global engineering education (GEE). By GEE, we meaneducating engineers with a global mindset to improve their Global Competency. This can bedone in many ways and many conference papers explain how a given university has createdprograms to help engineers be exposed to global technology, culture, communication andcollaboration. Typical programs offer study abroad for engineering students, but some also offermulti-national teaming on projects with common objectives.Conferences and symposia have their place, but sometimes the participants need extended timefor goal-directed discussion. With this purpose in mind, faculty who were known to be involvedin GEE programs gathered for a workshop held at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

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International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Osborn, IUPUI; Patricia Fox, IUPUI

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2006-2418: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY: ASTUDENT’S EXPERIENCEChristina Osborn, IUPUI Christina Osborn is a senior Interior Design student at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University – Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). Christina participated in the first GO GREEN course in the summer of 2003. She spent 5 weeks in Germany summer 2005 working on her research project. She has a special focus in green products and materials. Christina has studied industrial uses of hemp while she was in Germany.Patricia Fox, IUPUI Patricia Fox is the Associate Dean for Administration and Finance and Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership and

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashok Goel, Michigan Technological University; Hyun-Chan Cho, Korea University of Technology and Education

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March, 1998 Establishment of HRDI September, Completion of Educational Hall A and Guesthouse 1998 January, 1999 Completion of Educational Hall BDescription of the VLSI Design CourseAt present, the CMOS technology is the most widely used technology for the fabrication ofsilicon-based VLSI circuits and systems. The principal purpose of this course was to familiarizethe participants with the various aspects of the silicon CMOS technology and offer them anopportunity to actually design CMOS logic gates and circuits on a personal computer using thecomputer-aided design tool called L-Edit developed by the Tanner Research Corporation. Thiscourse consisted of a series of lectures, hands-on design projects

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Brian Dansberry, University of Cincinnati; Louis Trent, University of Cincinnati

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and work in abroad. This combination of work experience and language proficiency hasproven valuable to students and employers. The students enter an international workenvironment feeling confident of their technical abilities. They become employee who can workindependently and take responsibility for their own projects. The language proficiency andcultural understanding enables them to quickly assimilate themselves into a new culture, andbecome productive members of work teams.The most recent addition to the program is the creation of two learning modules, which studentsare expected to complete during their international assignments. The learning modules aredesigned to make students aware of how their newly-acquired language skills enabled

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Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Polito, Valparaiso University; Braden Katterheinrich, Valparaiso University

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had experience in recent years in drilling water wells in a remotevillage in northern Kenya using a simple drilling system. This work was done as part ofan on-going project of the Engineers Without Borders chapter at Valparaiso University.While their experiences have been limited to Sub-Saharan Africa, the problems that theyencountered and the solutions they developed are typical of this sort of endeavorregardless of location.This paper will first briefly outline the need for drilling wells in developing nations andthen discuss the basics of well drilling. Next the work performed during the authors’project is outlined. A list of recommendations for similar endeavors will be presented.Finally, the educational impact experienced by students

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International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

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Western Carolina University. Dr. Burbank is active with IEEE, SME, and TAC of ABET, and strives to bring practical engineering activities into the classroom. His current project is the development of a photonics program within the Electrical Engineering curriculum. Page 11.626.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Exporting America: First Technologies, Then Engineering Management Skills, What’s Next? - A Case Study from an Engineering Education PerspectiveAbstractThis paper presents the results of our research on the process of exportation from anengineering education

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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ofappropriate infrastructure projects and technically competent people to operate andmaintain them; and small business startups by technically competent entrepreneurs. BothUNESCO and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations are currently activelyengaged in technical capacity building in developing countries.High quality engineering education is a necessary forerunner to such economicdevelopment; and technically competent and current faculty members are key toproviding high quality engineering education programs. In addition, quality assurancesystems such as peer review based accreditation are needed to promote such high qualityeducation programs. Such quality assurance systems can then provide the basis for cross-border recognition systems

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Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinay Kumar Domal, UWA; James Trevelyan, UWA

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2006-1881: THE NATURE OF ENGINEERING WORK IN SOUTH ASIA:IDENTIFYING ENGINEERING ROLESVinay Kumar Domal, UWA Domal (vdomal@mech.uwa.edu.au) is presently a PhD scholar at the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia. His research aims to explore systematically the nature of engineering work in South Asia and compare the engineering practices with Australia based on engineering roles framework. He completed his postgraduate studies in Europe, Year 2004 and worked on major project on humanitarian mine clearing vehicles with Scandinavian Demining Group and Swedish military FMV in improving the efficiency of Scanjack double flail system.James Trevelyan, UWA

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismet Anitsal, Tennessee Tech University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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affordable.Students log onto TTU website (http://webct.tntech.edu) and use the interactive course materialspresented at the course site in WebCT [1], which is a widely used e-learning system across thenation. Some of the interactive teaching methods include cases, competitive computersimulation, applied problem solving, team building exercises, cross-functional activities,scenario planning, role playing, and feasibility projects. “The campus-based and distance-basedprograms earn the same degree” [2].In the summer semester of 2004/05 academic year, the authors were able to offer fullyundergraduate and graduate level online courses for their degree programs. These courses wereCAD (Computer Aided Design) for Technology (undergraduate level) and Strategic

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International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard McGinnis, Bucknell University; Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University

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Industrial Revolution, into modern times; 2. Understand the limitations of technology and how today’s engineering solutions can become tomorrow’s societal problems; 3. Develop a historic perspective on the development of the United Kingdom; 4. Understand how traditions, customs, and culture impact engineering projects; 5. Understand how projects in one country can be affected by policies, laws, and customs of other countries; 6. Understand how political, financial, and environmental constraints affect the planning, design, construction, and operation of large engineering projects; 7. Understand why personal property rights that are so important in the US are less important in European countries

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Miner, Iowa State University; Andrew Riha, Iowa State University; Julia Apple-Smith, Iowa State University

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and serve as Program Coordinators andresources to students for these programs.To qualify for an IMPACT grant, an IMPACT team must meet the following criterion: • International university location qualifies to be a strategic partner • The project is lead by an Engineering Exchange Program Coordinator. (The Coordinator will recruit and lead a team of three to five faculty, preferably from differing engineering departments, who will work collaboratively to ensure the growth of the program with our partnering institution to enhance faculty and student exchange opportunities.) • Course equivalencies will be identified and reviewed for approval • Industry and alumni visits will