Paper ID #46806One Week in Cape Town Clinics: Reflections from an Undergraduate EngineeringExperiential Learning TripSudha S Anilkumar, University of Delaware Sudha Anilkumar graduated with a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Delaware in May 2025. During her time as an undergraduate, she was recognized with the Goldwater Scholarship and developed a strong interest in pursuing a research career at the intersection of engineering and medicine.Ruth Wilhelm, University of Delaware Ruth Wilhelm earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Delaware in May 2025. She
Dayton (Department of Engineering Management, Systems and Technology). He has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a master’s degree in Aviation Systems and Flight Testing from OhDr. Erick S. Vasquez, University of Dayton Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Dayton. Dr. Vasquez earned his B.Sc. degree in chemical engineering (ChE) at Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas (UCA) in El Salvador, an M.S. in ChE at Clemson University, and a Ph.D. in ChE at Mississippi State University.Dr. Homero Murzi, Marquette University Dr. Homero Murzi is the Director of Engineering Education and Associate Professor in the
authors and literaturesuggest the dangers of not engaging meaningfully with communities when working onhumanitarian engineering projects. Considering that the success of the project is related to activecommunity participation and long-term commitment, the parties enrolled should follow the fiveprinciples presented by Mazzurco and Jesiek. These principles facilitate the communityparticipation, planning and management. Therefore, it is important to plan and establishstrategies to ensure the success of the project and promote engagement between engineers andcommunity members to achieve the project´s objectives. The literature provides guidelines thatenables engineers, educators, and community members to work more effectively.The Co-Design is “The
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observations 1. What was the most important thing with students from another country about your interactions with your you learned from this collaborative might impact what you learn in this partner(s) as you work with them in experience? course? the online environment. 2. Please describe how doing this 2. How do you think the way you see 2. Describe how your course has been experience with international and understand the world might impacted by connecting with a class partners impacted your learning change by connecting with students from another country. experience. in another country
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essential engineering (hard) and professional (soft) skills, engineering criteriamust include global skills that will help engineering professional to work globally (Arun S. Patil,2005). Global citizenship is described as “awareness, caring, and embracing cultural diversity,while promoting social justice and sustain-ability, coupled with a sense of responsibility to act”.(Robinson & Levac, 2018)4. Research Questions (RQ)The questions that arise from this are: "What motivated participants to willingly travel to Africa?"and "Did they gain satisfactory learning experiences that justified their decision? If so, what wasthe nature of these experiences?" Furthermore, after the conclusion of the PBL program, multiplestudents reported that their
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