Research Scholar, Emeritus George T. Abell Chair in Engineering and Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. He taught in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. He has extensive international experience having lived and worked four years abroad and taught for Semester at Sea on three voyages. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Creating International Experience for First Year Engineers through the EWB ChallengeABSTRACT The Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge is a design program for first year engineeringundergraduates who work in teams to develop conceptual designs for projects identified by
Paper ID #16307Developing a Learning Module to Enhance Motivation and Self-Efficacy ofStudents Participating in Multinational Design ProjectsDr. Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engi- neering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in col- laboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world
has worked at the University of Glasgow specialising in teaching English for Academic and Specific Purposes. Anna is interested in academic development, particularly related to writing skills and graduate attributes. She has developed a keen interest in e-learning and how technologies can be used to enhance learning and teaching processes. Her special areas of interest include: effective online course and activity design, building online communities and multimodal approaches to writing and assessment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Investigating EAST (English for Academic Study Tele-collaboration) A UK- Palestine English Language Project for Engineering and Science
Environment and Sustainability. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Together Sustainable Communities: Sustainability Engineering in ActionAbstractIn the summer of 2015, a group of students and faculty from the University of Texas at El Pasoand Carnegie Mellon University travelled to the city of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, tojoin a group of students and faculty from CETYS Universidad, a local prominent university inMexico. The objective of the combined group was to learn about Sustainability Engineering andapply this knowledge to local community based projects. This paper is a recount of theexperiences from this faculty-led study abroad
. Anna’s working experience started in 2007 when she took the position of an interpreter at one of the largest chemical companies in the region – JSC Kazanorgsintez. In 2013 she joined the team of Kazan National Research Techno- logical University as an interpreter of International Affairs and a lecturer of the Department of Foreign Languages. Owing to her work as an interpreter at industrial site she could share her experience with her students, giving them an opportunity to see the practical side of knowing a foreign language. Anna’s work at International Affairs is multifunctional. it comprises interpreting at international conferences run by the University, administration of several international projects
member was hired to work in the UoG Schoolof Engineering Teaching Office. This staff member coordinates the second supervision andsecond marking of the UGS final year projects by the UoG staff.A programme director for each discipline was also identified and seconded to Singapore tooversee the first academic programme. As the number of programmes increased, theacademic staff member from Glasgow was named the director of UGS, a responsibility thatwas in addition to his role as programme director. It should be noted that other than thedirector of UGS, all UGS staff, both academic and administrative, are not University ofGlasgow employees, but are employed through UGlasgow Singapore pte. Ltd which wasincorporated in 2011. Alterations to the
fermentation processes.Andrew Phillips, University of GlasgowDr. Duncan J Bremner, University of Glasgow Dr Duncan Bremner has over 30 years in the semiconductor industry and has held operational and strategic executive roles in product development and technology planning within leading organisations such as National Semiconductor and The Intel Corporation. Duncan is presently employed by the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering working with both academic staff and industry partners to develop collaborative projects. He is also responsible for the development and delivery of the course on Professional Practice for Engineers in China. Duncan has been active in promoting a system view of Sensor Systems and more
Paper ID #15025Authentic International Research Experience: Program Model in Cartagena,ColombiaDr. Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan Julianne Vernon is a Research Program Officer at the University of Michigan, the College of Literature, Science, and Arts where she is coordinating the implementation of faculty led research projects into introductory chemistry and biology lab courses. She received her bachelors of engineering in chemical engineering from the City College of New York and her doctorate degree at University of Florida in Environmental Engineering. She has experience developing international and national
, it will result in an MEng degree and will contain rigor essentially equivalent to USAprograms.7 Table 1 gives a side-by-side comparison the various programs. Year One Year Two Year Three Year Four Design & Innovation Engr. Analysis Mechanics System Design Strength of Materials Control & Inst. Engineering Mgmt. System Modeling Transport Tech. Power & Heat Engr. Materials Industrial Project Engineering Math Engineering Project Design & Mfg. Intelligent Control Calculus Business Develop. Leadership in Tech. CAD/CAM Differential Eq
knowing a foreign language. Anna’s work at International Affairs is multifunctional. it comprises interpreting at international conferences run by the University, administration of several international projects, interpreting at negotiations with partners, protocol assistance for international delegations, coordination of business trips of KNRTU management, and etc.Dr. Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Sanger is a professor in the School of Engineering Technology in the College of Technology of Purdue University. His focus and passion is real world, industry based, senior capstone experiences both domes- tically and internationally. He has successfully developed this area at Purdue and at
study extensively analyzes students’ learning progress in intercultural competence. Datainvolving both quantitative and qualitative methods are used to assess student learning via pre-/post surveys and student performance in discussion board activities, reflection assignments,projects. The study emphasizes translating skills between disparate groups, be it a cultural,academic, or physical separation, as fundamental skills for the students of tomorrow.Certificate program designBuilding upon the existing agricultural-based partnership between a the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign and a Njala University in Sierra Leone, a new facet was establishedspecifically focused on Global Health.While significant work on global health-related topics
. in civil engineering from VT. His research interests are in the areas of computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrol- ogy, engineering education, and international collaboration. He has led several interdisciplinary research and curriculum reform projects, funded by the National Science Foundation, and has participated in re- search and curriculum development projects with $4.5 million funding from external sources. He has been directing/co-directing an NSF/Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site on interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering at VT since 2007. This site has 66 alumni to date. Dr. Lohani collab- orated with his colleagues to implement a study abroad project (2007-12
Liberia and the University of Michigan in collaboration with the Society of Women Engineers and the University of Michigan. She is also working on an engineering education research project – Towards a global network of women engineers, as part of her endeavors in Liberia.Elizabeth Frances Cloos Dreyer, University of Michigan Elizabeth Dreyer is a 4th year Electrical Engineering – Optics doctoral student at the University of Michi- gan in Ann Arbor, MI. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 2012 from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. She is particularly interested in Optics & Photonics and the expanding applications of such in industry. In general, she wishes to change
mentor-student and student-student collaborations. In this context, the integration ofreproductive and interactive training such as role-games, business-games, brainstorms,discussions, creative tasks, and projects are of great practical value for the high schoolstudents.The module education approach was reflected in the design of the interdisciplinary courseapplied by teachers in the Kazan high school, Republic of Tatarstan. The modules arerealized in separate disciplines as well as being included in training courses and extracurriculum work. The main advantage of this approach is the use of creative student groupactivities. Taking into consideration the desired cross-cultural competent standards, thefollowing intercultural education topics are
documentation of the development process. The methodsection below documents the process that we carried out in the design and development of thiscurriculum. Table 1 provides an outline of the activities that have occurred in the initiation andplanning phases from the start of the project until now.Table 1 Outline of development activities Timeline Actions Involved May 2015 Initiation of project with approval for collaboration between the researchers and the residential education center in Western Kenya June 2015 Initial visit to the center for two days by one of the researchers for scoping the project and initial gathering of needs July 2015 Identification of potential
high-profileinternational education programs geared specifically to all STEM majors. Historically, studyabroad for credit was considered the primary way by which students could obtain aninternational experience. However, Parkinson’s classification of these programs captures thegrowing diversity of options for S&E students: dual degree, exchange, extended field trip,extension, internship or co-op, mentored travel, partner sub-contract, project-basedlearning/service learning, and research abroad [5]. Jesiek, et al. note that programs thatemphasize international work, research, or service learning may appeal to S&E students becausethey may better fit with a student’s academic schedule, provide a salary, or offer a requiredresearch
. Currently, Ms. Gardner is a member of the National Association for Student Affairs Administrators (NASPA) in Higher Education and serves on the national board for the African American Knowledge Community (AAKC) as the Conference Social Chair, formerly serving as the Best Practices Spotlight Chair. She has volunteered with the organization as a NASPA Region V Awards Reviewer and 2014 NASPA Western Regional Conference Reviewer. Her most recent project includes serving as a found- ing board member on the first African American Black Political Action Committee (PAC) in Washington c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
M. Warnick is the Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership and Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The center provides oversight for leadership development and inter- national activities within the college and he works actively with students, faculty and staff to promote and develop increased capabilities in global agility and leadership. His research and teaching interests in- clude developing global agility, globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places
Paper ID #17428Comparison of AUN-QA and ABET AccreditationDr. Scott Danielson, Arizona State University Dr. Scott Danielson is a faculty member in the engineering programs within the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). Before returning to the faculty, Dr. Danielson was an Associate Dean for almost four years in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and the College of Technology and Innovation. Before assuming the Associate Dean’s role, he had been a department chair at ASU for over 13 years. He also serves as the project director for the USAID-funded
to the globalenvironment is the international senior capstone project introduced at the Purdue PolytechnicInstitute and is fully described elsewhere12. This new approach to increase the awareness inengineering students of the challenges of global teams has already resulted in multi-national teamsinvolving students from Peru, Germany, Poland, and the Netherlands and coming in the nearfuture, teams including Denmark, Russia, Australia and Dubai. This mixing of students fromdifferent nationalities stimulated this interest in learning motivation so that project topics for theseteam can be selected that would appeal to a mixed nationality team.MotivationMotivation is a crosscutting element of personality. Motivation reflects the level of identity
Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The center provides oversight for leadership development and inter- national activities within the college and he works actively with students, faculty and staff to promote and develop increased capabilities in global agility and leadership. His research and teaching interests in- clude developing global agility, globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places including North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked for Becton Dickinson, a
assessment and evaluation of engi- neering education research projects and initiatives. She has most recently worked for Walgreens as a Sr. Data Analyst and General Motors/Delphi Automotive as a Sr. Applications Programmer and Manufactur- ing Quality Engineer. She received her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western while working for Delphi. She completed her postdoctoral studies in engineering education at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Clark has published articles in the Journal of Engineering Education, Advances in Engineering Education, and Risk Analysis.Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh Scott C. Streiner is a full-time
for the students by allowing themto visualize the concept, learn about how to conduct such a large scale experiment, and to learnabout the aspects that affect the future success of such a project. Aside from these renewableresource site visits, the FLEAP allotted for cultural and historic site visits as well15.Culturally, students were exposed to three cities within Germany where they went on historicalsite visits, worked through language barriers each day, and immersed themselves in an entirelynew world bothsocially andemotionally.Theseexperiences aremeant to givestudents a betterunderstandingof culturaldifferences, andsensitivity todifferent normsthroughout theworld.Throughout the Figure 3: Adlershof Science
Paper ID #16076Capacity Building for Engineering Education in War-Affected CountriesBahawodin Baha, University of Brighton Dr Bahawodin Baha is a principal lecturer at University of Brighton in England since 1989, where he has been teaching and conducting research in electronic engineering. Besides his teaching in the UK, he has been helping Higher Education (HE) in Afghanistan since 2005 and has conducted many projects on improving higher education in Afghanistan. Recently, he was on sabbatical leave for two years and was technical advisor at the Ministry of Commu- nication and Information Technology (MICT) in
Chemistry, Advanced Textiles and Design and Marketing. Head research and research member of several R&D projects, has presented as main author or co-author many dozens of scientific journal papers and communications in international conferences. President of the Pedagogical Council of the School of Engineering since 2011 and Vice-Dean of School of EngineeringDr. Magda Oliveira Pinheiro, University of Minho Magda Pinheiro is graduated in Portuguese (teaching), with specialization in Inclusive Learning Tech- niques with postgraduate education in the field of specialization in Assessment. Forming the School of Engineering, University of Minho and external forming the Technological Centre for the Textile and
member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), serving as the past Program Chair for the Minorities in En- gineering Division. He has served as a chair, vice-chair, program chair, and program committee member for numerous conferences of ASEE.Dr. Jinan Ziade, I have a PhD in Organizational Leadership with emphasis in IST from University of Phoenix, and an MBA from the same university. I have over 7 years of extensive leadership experience in advertising, marketing, strategies, and project team lead. Currently serving as Program Chair of Guild volunteer at St. Jude Medical Center and working with Memorial Foundation on philanthropic endeavors. My research interest include knowledge of cultural
-year engineering classes, and theinternational module (i.e., connecting to a class). For example, one student referenced a projectthat was assigned in the first year engineering program during the visit to Lamborghini:“Lamborghini used a line tracking technology to navigate small robots around the factory and itwas the same line tracking technology we used in 1st year engineering.” Another studentconnected the group's solar-powered boat tour to a class project from the previous semester: “From research I've done on solar panels for two classes second semester I knew that most solar panels only run on about 30% efficiency which is not very cost effective. The man who was telling us about the boat told us that this boat ran
engineering education 30. The EuropeanCommission 6 report states that entrepreneurship competency development does not necessarilyinvolve a specific school subject, instead it requires a way of teaching (that can be adopted byall the subjects) in which experiential learning and project work have a main role . Further, thereport adds that the development efforts have to inspire students to develop an enterprisingattitude and require school environment where creativity and risk-taking are encouraged, andmistakes are valued as a learning opportunity 6.Research DesignMost of the studies on entrepreneurship relate to developed and not developing or emergingeconomies 31, 32. It has become important to study the emerging economies as they are growingrapidly
students from the University of Liberia and the University of Michigan in collaboration with the Society of Women Engineers and the University of Michigan. She is also working on an engineering education research project – Towards a global network of women engineers, as part of her endeavors in Liberia.Dr. Aline Cotel, University of MichiganElizabeth Frances Cloos Dreyer, University of Michigan Elizabeth Dreyer is a 4th year Electrical Engineering – Optics doctoral student at the University of Michi- gan in Ann Arbor, MI. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 2012 from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. She is particularly interested in Optics & Photonics and the