central part of the college experience” (Vasquez et al.,2022). In the book, Making Global Learning Universal, the authors offer a deeper understandingof what global learning is and how to effectively lead a global project on a large scale. Theyoffer professional development strategies in the context of student coursework and co-curricularactivities. This book offers a framework for universities to engage students in global learningprojects through actual experience and student participation (Landorf et al., 2018). The foremostexample of these projects is Collaborative Online International Learning, or COIL. CollaborativeOnline International Learning incorporates meaningful and significant global experiences intostudent programs without physical
Paper ID #39557Assessment of an International Virtual Exchange Project with CivilEngineering Students from the US and Palestine: Global Competencies,Perceived Value, and TeamworkBrad Putman, Bucknell University Brad Putman is the Richard E. Garman Dean of the College of Engineering at Bucknell University and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research and teaching have focused in the broad areas of construction materials and pavements. Dr. Putman has also been engaged in engineering education related research. Prior to Bucknell, Dr. Putman was at Clemson University where he was a Professor in the
Paper ID #41099Text Mining Analysis for Assessing Washington Accord Graduate AttributeProfiles through Techno-Socio Project-Based Learning ProgramMr. Hiroyuki Ishizaki, Shibaura Institute of Technology Hiroyuki Ishizaki is a Visiting Professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), a leading Japanese engineering school. His research interests include multidisciplinary teaching and learning, cross-cultural competence, collaborative online international (COIL), technopreneurship, and project/problem-based learning methods. As a Director of the Malaysia Office, he has been expatriated in Malaysia since 2014 and leading
carry out thevisionsofengineeringtowardsfuture,remarkablemilestonesincludeclarifyingaccreditationcriteriaofengineering programs (ABET,1996), identifying attributes of engineers in 2020 (NAE,2004), as well asconceptualizingandinstitutionalizingEngineeringEducationResearch(EER)toinformpractices(Jesieket al., 2009). Regarding engineering curricula, previous attempts have been largely concentrated oncoursework or project-based efforts (Maciejewski et al., 2016), with increasing interests on capstonedesigncourses/projectssincetheadoptionofEC2000,(McKenzieetal.,2004;Wilbarger&Howe,2006).Theseeffortsaimatpreparingengineeringstudentsforfutureneedswithreal-worldproblems,tohelpstudentsgainnotonlytechnicalskillsbutalsonon
Paper ID #43262Board 130: An International, Bilingual Engineering Design Course: Faculty/StudentExperiences and Lessons LearnedDr. Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Devora, University of Georgia Dr. Rodriguez serves as the industry capstone project coordinator for the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. He is a faculty member of the School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering.David Emory Stooksbury, University of Georgia I am an atmospheric scientist with a background in agriculture, astrophysics, and applied statistics that turned up in an engineering program. My major engineering
Engineering Education, Cross-Cultural Collaboration, Engineering DesignThinking, Global Context, UAEAbstract:Engineers have the ability and responsibility to design and develop solutions that can improvepeople's lives, solve pressing problems, and make the world a better place. Real-world challengesare becoming increasingly complex and global, and engineering projects often requirecollaboration between people from different cultures.Global engineering is a general engineering course required by all engineering students. Thecourse focuses on designing and developing engineering solutions to real-world problems in aglobal context. In spring 2024, the course was offered in an innovative way, with a lecture-basedpart and a hands-on laboratory part. The
scaled to program size and needs. Using needs-based assessments andresearch-based approaches, this paper aims to improve communication and learning outcomes inengineering curricula. This paper also provides case studies for building an engineeringcommunications (EC) class or embedding assignments that are project-based, industry-informed,and produce measurable improvements in student communications competency if implementedearly in the curriculum. In this report, we examine several institutional examples involving theintegration of EC into existing engineering programs to support ABET and modern GeneralEducation learning outcomes, including modular, co-teaching, and entire courseimplementations. EC assessments can directly support: cultural
evolved over the years, becoming morehands-on and project-based to allow students to develop, innovate and learn from the designprocess [4]. However, many curricula still need to implement programs or courses for students toactively engage with global engineering and discover how cultures, settings, and ideologies canimpact engineering and design. There have been attempts to incorporate these concepts intohumanitarian engineering activities to help students consider marginalized groups and encourageempathy [4,5]. While these programs allow students to think about others, there is still a gap thatneeds to be filled for students to gain a global perspective on engineering design, especially inlow-resource settings. In 2018, Jesiek and colleagues
TechnologyAbstractMiddle Tennessee State University’s (MTSU) Rover project was implemented for both domesticand international students to design and build a Rover that can compete in the NASA HumanExploration Challenge, a competition for students that occurs annually in Huntsville, Alabama atthe National Aeronautics and Space Administration facility. To date, MTSU has received thesecond largest number of awards to be awarded to a university. The Experimental VehiclesProgram (EVP) aims to foster interest in undergraduate students in the Engineering program andenthuse team members with rigorous competition by working together to compose variousexperimental vehicles with the guidance of faculty mentors. Additionally, partnerships from bothnational and international
engineering and management, road safety, public transportation, pavement design, and engineering education. He has more than 35 years of professional and academic experiences.Dr. Abdelhaleem Khader, An-Najah National University Dr. Khader is the head of the civil and architectural department at ANNU. He is an associate professor in Environmental Engineering with 10-year experience in graduate and postgraduate education, mainly: community-based learning, project-based learning, distant learning. and competency-based learning. He participated in many virtual exchange projects, including one between ANNU and two US based institutions (Clemson University and Bucknell University). Dr. Khader is a Fulbright Alumni and a IIE
developed and ran for 8 years a faculty-led international program to Brazil focused on Sustainable Energy and Brazilian Culture. This program educates students on the effects of various energy systems and the challenges of social and environmental justice in developing countries. In 2017, Dr. Pfluger moved into the ChE department where she implemented improvements in the Transport 2 Lab and Capstone courses. She assists Capstone students to develop dynamic design projects that ad- dress and help solve real-world, global challenges. Dr. Pfluger has served as the AIChE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor for 10 years and is chair of the AIChE Student Chapter Committee. She is a Math- works Teaching Fellow and has won serval
, Civil Engineering,Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Ethno-Botany. From 2009 until the onset ofthe covid-19 pandemic, a total of sixty-one US students participated in the Colombia basedprograms, with twenty in Cali at Uni Del Valle and forty-one in Cartagena at Uni Cartagena andUniversity of San Buenaventura Cartagena. The paper will cover the inception and developmentof both project sites, the different approaches to Global Engagement, the best practices,outcomes, program duplication, career outcomes of participants, and post covid-19 opportunities.Introduction - U.S. Students Studying AbroadThe integration of a Study Abroad/International Research internship at the undergraduate andgraduate level is increasingly being seen as a
Competence for Engineering Formation (Work in Progress)1. IntroductionThe purpose of this project is to determine to what extent global engineering competence can bedeveloped in engineering students through the use of four minimally to moderately intensiveglobal engagement interventions. The specific global engagement interventions evaluatedinclude the use of international engineering case studies in a quantitative analysis course, theintentional formation of multinational student design teams within a capstone design course, aCollaborative Online International Learning (COIL) research project in a fluid flow (transportphenomena) course, and an engineering short course coupled to a community engaged project.The specific
outprofessional projects in more than 135 countries around the world. These awards are open tofaculty, artists, and professionals from a wide range of fields. Once an awardee completes theirgrant, they can remain connected with other Fulbrighters and any past US government-sponsoredexchange program recipient through an online platform [2]. There are over 0.4 million Fulbrightalumni who have availed themselves of this opportunity to enhance their skills and make newcollaborations. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar program includes Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award,Fulbright International Education Administrator Award, Fulbright Postdoctoral Award, andFulbright Scholar Award. The Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award is considered the mostprestigious award
Paper ID #37386Case Study: International Summer Research Programming ExperiencesSponsored by TAMUS LSAMPDr. Michael D. Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC Michael Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through external evalu- ation, and as publication support. Most of his work involves STEM education and advancement projects and is completed for Minority-Serving Institutions. He also conducts research regarding higher education focused on the needs and interests of underserved populations and
Uniminuto University employshigh relevance sustainability pedagogies such as problem-based learning, collaborative learning,and active learning in their daily teaching practices.Table 1 The high relevance sustainability pedagogies High Relevance and High Confidence Sustainability Pedagogies Pedagogical Approach Description/Example Project/problem-based Learning through actively attempting to study/address a learning (in an community/organizational problem or undertake a project deemed organization/community) necessary/useful by the class/community/organization. Integrative learning Integrating knowledge/methodologies/methods from more than one (inter-and disciplinary framework to understand/address
wider deployment. In particular, the educational systems in many sub-SaharanAfrican countries do not offer renewable energy courses. Furthermore, skills around writing proposals toacquire funding to finance these systems, basic project management skills around deploying andimplementing renewable energy systems and developing sustainable business models to ensure that theproductive use of the generated electricity provides sufficient income to sustain a renewable energyenterprise are often not incorporated into education curricula. This paper considers a new renewableenergy curriculum for the Burundian context that includes these components.Review of Existing Renewable Energy Programs in Sub-Saharan AfricaSeveral renewable energy masters
gain knowledge on major climate issues. Visitsincluded a tour of CTE, a company that works to make LEED-certified buildings; a biomass landfill;energy storage laboratories of the University of Sao Paulo; Zambianco, a sustainable sugar and ethanolplant; Angra, the only nuclear power plant in the country, and others. Incorporated in the trip was a project where students were split into groups and paired withBrazilian students from the University of Sao Paulo and an employee at CPFL Energia. CPFL is thesecond largest non-state-owned group of electric energy generation and distribution in Brazil. Theprogram's goal was to solve real issues that the company faces. Solutions were required to be analyzed foreconomic, political, and social
in the context of higher education institutions in Latin America and theCaribbean, which are directly related to some advances in compliance with SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDG) number 4 on quality education of the countries of this region inthe SDG Index. The obtained data allow us to understand the existence of educational needsof university professors from Latin America and the Caribbean, who wanted to learn not onlyabout STEM and migration but also about the intersectionality of DEI with other minorities,such as black communities, natives, Hispanics in the United States, and LGBTIQ+.IntroductionSignificant efforts have been made to promote gender equality in higher education. However,addressing broader projects on Diversity, Equity
(InternationalProfessional Engineering Educator Registered) title was achieved through the project“Pedagogical training of engineering educators—EnTER" (created in 2018). This wasachieved with the support of the only professional regulatory body that overseesengineering teaching professionals, the International Standard Classification ofOccupations (ISCO), with code 2311 (ISCO Code 08) as “Higher education teachingprofessional: Engineering educator" [4–6]. Thus, this article will show how the reviewedprograms are structured, and will provide a proposal for engineering that seeks to reflect,innovate, and rethink its teaching practices. Some research shows that engineering teachingpractices closely linked to the concept of traditional science are recognized, but in
Paper ID #38022Toward Bidirectional Faculty Development: A Collaborative Model forDesigning and Implementing Faculty Trainings on Evidence-BasedStrategies for Supporting Student Learning in Low- and Middle-IncomeCountriesMr. Steven Ghambi, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences Steven Ghambi has over seven years experience as a lecturer in Materials engineering, currently with the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS). While searching for better teaching strategies, Steven got attached to the NEST project co-implemented by Rice University and MUBAS. Through these collaborations, Steven has
thesignificance of connecting these experiences to students’ academic and professional goals,promoting a reflective and meaningful learning journey.IntroductionEngineering education in the 21 st century faces a distinctive challenge in adjusting to a swiftlyevolving technological landscape, where ideas and innovations transcend geographical bordersand distances. Numerous major technological companies in the United States maintain robustglobal presence across their business, research, development, and production sectors, andengineering projects and teams often collaborate across multiple countries and culture. Eventhough technical expertise remains crucial, engineers must possess skills such as globalawareness, effective communication across diverse
well as, in some cases, Brunel University London and Dortmund University of AppliedSciences and Arts. Two different collaborative courses were held over four semesters withlecturers from the four universities. One of these courses, the International Engineering Project,was based on the Engineering Design Challenge organized by Engineers without Borders UK.Students from a variety of majors (e.g., architecture, civil engineering, IT, electrical engineering,mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, sustainable systems engineering) worked incross-university and cross-discipline groups to solve design challenges for two low-incomecommunities in Peru, and in the following year, a disadvantaged community in Cape York,Australia. The second
Paper ID #42892Board 131: Challenges and Innovative Strategies in International StudentEducationMr. Fanyu F Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University Fanyu F. Zeng is an Assistant Professor in Computer Information Technology and Data Analytics at Indiana Wesleyan University. His research interests include software development, programming, database management, database performance, data analytics, data mining, software project management. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Challenges and Innovative Strategies in International Student Education Fanyu Frank Zeng
, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Ernest-John Ignacio is an Instructor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned a B.Eng. (2004) and M.Eng. (2005) in Civil Engineering from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; and a Ph.D (2024) in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois in 2018, he worked in the construction industry in New York for eleven years as a project manager.Dr. Brian Woodard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Woodard received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University
. Has vast experience in coordinating several international projects (including Erasmus + projects) as well as organizing joint international partnerships in educational and research areas, organizing conferences, seminars, workshops and training courses. As part of her academic activities, she is currently associate professor at TPU (Department of Professional Higher Education Management and Teaching). As an international expert in quality assurance, she has participated in many visits during the international-level professional accreditation of educational pro- grammes, current member of the EUR-ACE Label Committee. She has facilitated international quality assurance and accreditation workshops as a trainer in
Paper ID #37545Analysis of gaps in the training of engineers in relation tointernational standards: The case of industrial engineering students inChile.Mr. Ruben Vega-Valenzuela, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Master in Industrial Engineering from the Andr´es Bello University, Public Administrator from the Uni- versity of Chile. He has three diplomas in the areas of operations management, project management and managerial management. Likewise, he has certifications in ontological coaching and comprehensive facilitation of learning processes. He currently works as academic secretary and tenured professor at Uni
navigate diverse cultures and places, learning and applying the course content in afamiliar setting before departing. Engineering students who implement some of the skills andcontent typically see an immediate return during the experience. The reflective final project thatthey complete once they return reinforces the awareness and skills that are a link betweenclassroom theory and concepts and real-time impacts.Through a continuous improvement feedback model, this paper also seeks to identify the rangeof content that can be refined and leveraged for various locations. Quantitative results indicatethat global/cultural skills are relevant immediately, requiring little reinforcement from othercourses. This study provides a baseline of data and
perspective on the need for a robust engineering education system in society.Dr. Cristina Diordieva, Nanyang Technological University Cristina Diordieva is currently the Project Coordinator for the World MOON Project. She was a Post- doctoral Research Fellow in the joint medical school (LKCMedicine) at Imperial College London in the UK and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is a co-author of a report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Switzerland. Her research interests include educational technology, online learning, digital health, and language massive open online courses (L-MOOCs).Ribhav Galhotra, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ribhav Galhotra is a bachelor’s student
the Journal of Engineering Education, and associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Education. Dr. Finelli studies the academic success of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), social justice attitudes in engineering, and faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Understanding How International Graduate Students in Engineering Fit into American Culture through the Lens of Gender Pronouns: A Pilot StudyAbstractInternational