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Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning on Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Chinn, Pennsylvania State University; Veena Raman, Pennsylvania State University; Steve A. Walton, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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multiculturalenvironments, understand the business context of engineering, and adapt to changingconditions have become requirements for engineers in our global environment [1].Teaching ethics is increasingly a component of science and engineering professionaleducation, reflected in the growing attention paid to ethics courses by accreditingagencies, particularly in engineering as reflected by requirements such as those in theUnited States instituted by its national engineering accreditation organization, ABET.Ethics is increasingly being integrated into engineering curricula, in recognition of thecomplex professional and personal issues facing scientists and engineers in modernworkplace [2, 3]. It is essential that students understand that science and technology

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lamyaa El-Gabry, The American University in Cairo - Mechanical Engineering Department

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with the community is much more substantive than merely giving the children toys.The term project addresses course outcomes 3 through 6, while the other two outcomes arecovered by other aspects of course including lectures, assignments and guest speakers. Incoming up with the toy design, students will practice the engineering approach (outcome 3)starting with identifying the needs of the children from this age group and demographics,brainstorming ideas for toys that appeal to this customer base, selecting the best idea to proceedwith, implementing the design, etc. They will also identify the ethical and societalresponsibilities of the engineer (outcome 4) and are asked to reflect on ethics in the final stage ofthe project. In addition to the

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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Experiential Learning for Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractExperiential Learning (EL) is a philosophy in which educators purposefully engage learners indirect experience and focused reflection in order to maximize learning, increase knowledge, anddevelop skills. Based on the famous experiential learning model developed by David A. Kolb[1]there are four stages in a learning process: Concrete experience, reflective observation, abstractconceptualization and active experimentation. This model shows how theory, concreteexperience, reflection and active experimentation can be brought together to produce richerlearning than any of these elements can on its own. There are many avenues of concreteexperience for the students in

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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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engineering graduates is inadequate for replacing professionalengineers leaving the profession for other careers or due to retirement as well as meetingprojected demand. It is thus not surprising that the recent growth of domestic enrolment inengineering courses at Australian universities had a positive impact on engineering schools,and faculties, government agencies and industry bodies2. Yet, despite the optimism amongengineering educators, the reality is that the domestic enrolment in engineering representsonly 6.8 percent of the total commencing university enrolment in Australia. This enrolmentfigure does not reflect sudden interest in engineering and represents the middle of historicalfluctuations in engineering enrolment which have traditionally

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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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Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shih Kuang Hou, National Taiwan Normal University; Ching-Ho Huang, Nangang Vocational High School; Jin-Fu Chen, NTNU

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AC 2010-2240: THE KEY FACTORS TO ENHENCE THE COMPETITIVENESS OFCOMPETITORS IN WORLDSKILLS COMPETITIONShih Kuang Hou, National Taiwan Normal UniversityChing-Ho Huang, Nangang Vocational High SchoolJin-Fu Chen, NTNU Page 15.1239.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Study of Key Factors in Promoting the Competitiveness of Participating in WorldSkills CompetitionAbstractSkills competition improves vocational education and training effectiveness. The purposes oforganizing skills competition are to establish values in skills, encourage youngsters to participatein vocational education and training, to reflect vocational education and the

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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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in developing and implementing the hands-on learning activities into the first-year yearprogram. Riggins had participated in these activities as a freshman at Virginia Tech.This paper summarizes: (i) workshop content, (ii) feedback from workshop participants, and (iii)reflections of two American students (one PhD student and another undergraduate student) whotravelled to India for the first time.Workshop Schedule and ActivitiesThe activities presented at the workshop have been developed and implemented at VirginiaTech’s freshman engineering program and are supported by two NSF projects. These activitieshave been reported in various conference and journal publications. A brief description of theNSF projects along with the activities follow.A

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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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diary, it may containcomments about your personal feelings, mostly your journal will be focused on your process of encountering andcoming to understand Norwegian and Swedish society and the role of energy and sustainability in their societies. Ittrains you to be observant. It records what you observed and what you think it means. Submittal and Review: Journals will be collected and reviewed by your instructors as shown on theitinerary. Suggestions for improvement will be made as needed. Journals will be submitted along with the finalterm paper before the end of summer school and assessed as part of the faculty’s assessment of the student’s workfor the course.In addition, the instructors facilitate post-course reflection for the

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent Jesiek, Purdue University; Deepika Sangam, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juila Thompson, Purdue University; Yating Chang, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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expectations for global educational experiences hasbegotten a lack of common assessment instruments and strategies. However, there are notableexceptions. For example, administrators at Purdue and many other institutions are using theIntercultural Development Inventory (IDI).18,21,22,23 The IDI is standardized, validated, and has along history of use, making it easy to administer and suitable for comparative research. But whileIDI may allow measurement of cross-cultural sensitivity in general, this proprietary instrument iscostly, not readily modifiable, and not specifically tailored to global practice in technical fields.Hahn et al. have used multiple assessment methods, including self-reflection writing, oralpresentation, and interviews, to assess

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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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educationalexperience conducive for the development of the desired characteristics of graduates.Ultimately, a structure, philosophy, and subject matter specificity, compatible with the newculture, and providing the experiences identified with the above characteristics, would emerge.More specifically, the salient features of the new paradigm, reflecting author’s views(1,2,3,4,5,6) andconsonant with recent views of other advocates(11, 12, 13, 14) of engineering reform, plus the “crux”of relevant reports on future of engineering education,(15, 16, 17, 18, 19) would entail many or all ofthe following: ≠ Recruitment of qualified academics, with experience in developing education tools, curricula, and delivery systems. Their primary role is to

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Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University

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list. On the one hand, theNAE list is a very specific set of challenges that seem to reflect the expertise of thecommittee members whereas on the other hand, the students’ list consists of a broad viewof people with less specialized knowledge. The authors’ contention is that both lists arenecessary! Exclusively using the NAE list can result in missing important challengesbecause of its specificity. Using the students’ list exclusively can result in missingimportant details such as what is feasible and realistic due to lack of technologyunderlying the challenge’s definitions. The authors chose to blend the two lists into whatwas hoped was a coherent whole for the students that allowed engagement in some

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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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was a link to a 2004 paper by Dr. Jack Lohmann on the ideal engineering education13, and most of the remaining top 10 items were advertisements of engineering faculty positions looking for ideal candidates (of course, focused on research). Lohmann’s paper reflects on an article by Professor W.H. Burr, Professor of Civil Engineering at the Columbia College School of Mines in New York. (Burr’s article, published in 1894, appeared in the first proceedings of the then-newly formed Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, ASEE’s predecessor.) Lohmann argues that although engineering curricula has not changed much in a hundred years, assuring a solid education requires a vibrant community of scholars dedicated to the continual

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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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Exposition, June 2007.7. Eisenberg, Solomon, Jo-Ann Murray, and Urbain DeWinter, “Assessment of an engineering study abroad program: Reflections from the first 124 students (2001-2006),” Proceedings – 144th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2007. Page 15.1139.10

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Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning on Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shi-Jer Lou, National PingTung University of Science and Techno; Shun-Yuan Chuang, National Kaohsiung Normal University; Hsiang-jen Meng, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology; Ron Chuen Yeh, Meiho Institute of Technology, Taiwan; Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology; Chi-Cheng Chang, National Taipei University of Technology

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learn knowledge andskills from complicated issues and the planned tasks. Laffey defined that PBL placesdemands on learners and instructors that challenge the traditional practices and supportstructures of schools. Learning from doing complex, challenging, and authenticprojects requires resourcefulness and planning, new forms of knowledgerepresentation in school, expanded mechanisms for collaboration and communication,and support for reflection and authentic assessment6. PBL incorporates the content ofdifferent subjects7, 8, and allows the students to pose the questions and investigatevarious issues in real situations. Since PBL involves the teaching materials of differentsubjects, students would be able to absorb knowledge completely. Also, the

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Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning on Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Colleen O'Holleran, Engineers Without Borders-USA; Cathy Leslie, Engineers Without Borders

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their time here, become morecivically engaged, to understand more about the world beyond our borders, reflect on their rolesin society, make contacts with the engineering community and develop their leadership andpersonal skills. And it's fun.” The responses clearly demonstrate that a diverse set of faculty canbe attracted to an organization and activity for very different reasons; none are more or less valid,and collectively help a university (or EWB) attract future faculty advisors. Page 15.577.31Page 15.577.4Page 15.577.53. Summit on Service LearningThe Summit on Service Learning, held September 25-26, 2009 in Boulder, Colorado, broughttogether 32 faculty advisors from EWB, ASME, and ASCE, in addition to ASME, ASCE

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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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of key historicalevents and discusses how a range of political, social, and economic conditions likely influencedthe formation of a new engineering education system during this period. This paper reports onthree main research themes: 1) How were engineers trained immediately prior to the formation ofa modern engineering education system in China? 2) What were the driving forces that initiatedthe reformation of the engineering education system? and 3) How was a Westernizedengineering education system fused with a long tradition of Confucian-dominated education?The paper concludes with some reflections about how the legacy of this transformation lives onin the contemporary context of Chinese engineering and engineering

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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checklists in both projectmanagement and interpersonal communication. Lessons learned from student projectmanagement case studies and team activities reinforce student’s learning outcomes that well-managed communication is crucial to complete quality projects on time and within budget.Student team activities further reflect the importance of interpersonal communication that notonly covers the usual technical perspective but also include administrative/managerial,environmental, social, political, economic, and financial perspectives. Page 15.758.5The innovative approach to case studies and team activities represents the first attempt toresearch 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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Robert Todd, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University; Jim Nelson, Brigham Young University; Brent Nelson, Brigham Young University; Michael Miles, Brigham Young University

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do this. 5. Be able to place elements of their discipline (water resource management, structural design, product design, manufacturing, etc.) within a global context.Service Learning Program Outcomes Students will: Page 15.77.3 1. Learn how to practice a multi-disciplinary design process in the context of a technical humanitarian project and how to adapt the design process to reflect the circumstances of another culture. 2. Be able to implement key elements of leadership and teamwork. 3. Appreciate other cultures and be capable of basic communication across cultures. 4. View themselves as “citizens of the world

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Colledge, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University

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Developing Communities seminar: The “EDSGN 497C – Design for DevelopingCommunities” seminar course grounds students in EDSGN 452 and other related courses in thebasics of humanitarian design, user-centered design for extreme affordability, socialentrepreneurship, systems thinking, travel and fieldwork, and related issues for technology-basedsocial ventures in developing communities outside the US. Students participate in weekly 75minute seminars and 30 minute project management meetings with all the peripheral teams.Students write structured reflective blogs for each seminar talk and at the end of the semestermake a two-minute YouTube video clip (in two-person teams) focusing on how they appliedconcepts from the seminar series to their ventures. The

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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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. Bythis point, the students enrolled in the professional preparation course had been given someinstruction on globalization and cultural awareness. The U.S. students were then required to turnin a reflection on their Brazilian counterparts and the interaction that took place. At thebeginning of June the Brazilian students were required to communicate to their U.S. partnersinformation regarding the physical system to be controlled, including information regardingsensors and actuators. Based on this information, the U.S. students then built from first principlesmathematical models of their assigned system and the associated control hardware. Thesemodels were described in a memo sent to their Brazilian counterpart in the middle of June. Atthis point

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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culturalgeneralizations can be made without stereotyping people from another culture. After thisfeedback session, students were asked to revise their essays for submission. They were given agrading rubric explaining the four criteria: critical thinking about culture; organization andcoherence; writing mechanics; and effort to revise. The latter three criteria reflected the dualpurpose of this assignment; we were also introducing students to written communication as acore learning outcome of the project experience. Each student’s grade on this essay counted as10% of his or her grade for the preparation experience.Once in Thailand two additional activities were added beyond the usual orientation meetings. Atthe first meeting of the 21 WPI students combined with

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen McNally, Purdue University

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academic output like student success). This speed is a function of local andexecutive leadership and priorities... For example, in Agriculture, you cannot receive tenureunless you’ve undertaken the very activities you describe in your abstract6. ” Obviously, therecommendation to pursue international activities depends on one’s own involvement. ThisDean’s opinion reflects the moving target of P&T and one can expect international activities tobecome an integral part of the P&T criteria at sometime in the future. Page 15.794.5Summary: This paper provides one assistant professor’s perspective of international activitiesinfluence on P&

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mazen Hasna, Qatar University; Abdelmagid Hamouda, Qatar University; Boualem Boashash, Qatar University

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outcomes are realized.1. Introduction, Perspective and Guiding Principles1.1 Population SizeAccording to the latest census, the total population of Qatar is 1.58 millions of which Qatarinationals represent only 20%. Considering the male/female ratio of the population we notice thatfemale constitute only 22% of the population which reflects the fact that a large ratio of thepopulation is of labor nature. The two major industries in Qatar that attract this kind of labor arethe oil and gas, and the construction industries. But, in an apparent paradox,the ratios within theuniversities in Qatar, we notice that female students are dominant: about 70% of QU students arefemales. Even in the College of Engineering, females constitute 60% of the student

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Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Tront, Virginia Tech; Jeanna Stewart, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech

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creation of marketing materials. Often times officefaculty or staff do not have the raw materials necessary to create vivid or appealing propaganda.Gathering photos and trip highlights from returning students will allow for more engagingpromotional materials. Student reflections tell a story of which others will be more receptive.Students can also assist by distributing posters, pamphlets and other marketing materials aboutthe college’s international programs.While one of the main goals within the college is to increase the number of students participatingin international programs, there is also a focus on recruiting more females to the engineeringfield and we have found that international programs prove to be a great mechanism for recruitingwomen

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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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implementation of block grants relied onpartnerships. The fist partnership was built on an unusual and existing relationship through theRotary Club between Nangarar University and San Diego State University. After the firstpartnership was signed, the new spread through word of mouth and Afghan Academics inuniversities in the US and UK began to contact the Ministry of Higher Education directly.A new leadership in the Ministry of Higher Education and the creation of a strongerimplementation team in the summer of 2006 were the turning point toward building effectivepartnerships between Afghan and foreign institutions of higher learning. Table 1 reflects theUniversity Partnership Program.The partnership between the University of Hartford (UH) in West

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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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considered in any plan, keeping in mind that the educationalimprovement should be structured to eliminate these conflicts in long term. As an example, an Page 15.271.4instructor, teaching in Dari, may raise the sensitivity of Pashtun students in the same class or viceversa. Switching the instructional language to a neutral language such as English may addressthe issue. However, the other side of the problem considering the conservative religious nature ofthe society should carefully be studied for a proper decision.Some observations were reflective of the religious, yet mostly traditional teachings. As example,despite the low quality of instruction

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

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.,Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Surveying andGeoinformatics as well as Master of Geoinformatics (MGIT-Executive programme) and aPostgraduate Diploma programme in Surveying and Geoinformatics (PGD).The need to change the name of the department was firstly due to the very narrow interpretationgiven the term "surveying" by the general public and the resulting difficulties in studentrecruitment. Secondly, to reflect the tremendous impacts that advances in technology andmodern surveying techniques have had on the surveying profession. The first concerted effort atrealizing this goal was made at a Faculty of Engineering Board of Studies meeting in the 1996/97session, in which many names were proposed. However

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International Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

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happens when the mind is capable to situate any information in aparticular context and if possible, in the universe that it is inserted. The fragmentation of thecomplex world in separated pieces, breaks up the problems restraining the multi dimensionalaspects and it has as result the decrease of the possibilities of comprehension and reflection,eliminating the opportunities of real learning. The science has developed itself in this kind ofknowledge fragmentation, generating the super specialties, divorced from the global context thatthey are part, atrophying the ability of integrating and evaluating the issue in its context. There isa loss of long-term prognoses, which has a straight incidence in the decisions and choices, whenthey are necessary

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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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Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Hien Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University

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way engineers willwork will reflect an ongoing evolution that began to gain momentum a decade ago.”1The problems that engineers are called upon to solve and the composition of teams will likelyhave a strong international character. Engineers will be called upon to work on internationalprojects, such as those relating to environmental crises. In a 2008 National Science Foundationsummit on why engineers need to be educated as global citizens, several “urgent” globalproblems were listed that need engineers with global training. These problems included thepopulation of space, global climate change, sustainable development of the under-developedregions of the world, terrorism, and outsourcing of manufacturing jobs.4,5In order to work on challenges

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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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solving problems within their field of study; 3. have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study)to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues; 4. can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist andnonspecialist audiences; 5. have developed those learning skills that are necessary for them to continue toundertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.” In 2005 the EU Commission introduced the EQF-LLL / European QualificationsFramework for Lifelong Learning, to provide a common reference to facilitate therecognition and the transferability of qualifications, based mainly on knowledge, skills and