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Invited Paper - Preparing the Global Engineer: How learning to teach in a Service-Learning Project Develops Effective Communication Skills in Engineering Students

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Robyne Bowering, Monash University
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Paper ID #8368Invited Paper - Preparing the Global Engineer: How learning to teach in aService-Learning Project Develops Effective Communication Skills in Engi-neering StudentsMrs. Robyne Bowering, Monash University Robyne Bowering began lecturing in science teacher education at Monash University in 1991. In 2006 she became the Schools’ Technology Project Coordinator. The Project operates as a partnership between the Faculties of Engineering and Education and has been specifically developed to enhance the profes- sional skill competencies of final year engineering students through their placement in schools, where they
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Invited Paper - Improving First-year Engineering Education Using the Engineers Without Borders Australia Challenge: what worked for whom under what circumstances

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Lesley Jolly, Strategic Partnerships; Caroline Crosthwaite, University of Queensland; Lydia Kavanaugh, University of Queensland
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), MSc. (JCU). Caroline is Associate Dean (academic), Faculty of Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology at the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia where she oversees teaching and learning, international partnerships and pathways, and aca- demic and student administration in coursework programs. Caroline is a chemical engineer and has worked at a number of Australian Universities where she has been led curriculum design and the de- velopment of student centred, active learning practices. Caroline coordinated UQ’s chemical engineering curriculum team that implemented the internationally recognised Project-Centred Curriculum in Chemical Engineering which in 2005 won the Australian Award for
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Invited Paper - University of Porto, its Faculty of Engineering and Project Based Learning (PBL) Approaches

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Teresa Restivo, University of Porto
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weather changes in Evaluation based in measured Portugal parameters by monitoring systemsCivil Engineering Evolution of building Which are the most recent technologies building technologies?Electronic and Computer Distribution of Electrical Power System Protection and suitabilityEngineering at FEUP for each output?Mechanical Engineering Renewable Energy and New trends in Energy Sustainable
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Invited Paper - Does the International Engineering Program Produce Graduates for the Rhode Island Workforce? Assessing Skill Sets and Company Needs

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Walter von Reinhart, University of Rhode Island; Erin Papa, University of Rhode Island
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Engineering Education. Under Sigrid’s leadership, the IEP received NAFSA’s Senator Paul Simon Spot- light award for innovative campus internationalization (2011), and the Andrew Heiskell Award for study abroad (2012) by the Institute for International Education. Sigrid serves on the Provost’s Global Educa- tion Steering Committee. As Managing Director of the MIT-Germany program, she previously developed experiential learning opportunities such as internships and workshops for MIT students in German com- panies and research institutes for the MIT International Science & Technology Initiatives (MISTI). From 2007-2009, Sigrid served as MIT Delegate for the Global Excellence Initiative (GEI-GEIP), a consortium of the best
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Invited Paper - Faculty Professionalization in Industry Sponsored Projects in Austrian Vocational Education and Training Schools

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Eleonore Lickl, HBLVA for Chemical Industry
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Invited - Student Development
examination. Were in the 1980s more graduatesfrom the AHS, now classified as ISCED 3A, turned this into an overload of graduates from thevocational training since 1989. In comparison, in 1960 graduated more than 10,000 students, atthat time only 32 % graduated from a vocational and technical college9.At present, more than 300 VET colleges are distributed all over Austria, with a number of almost138,000 students10. Disciplines of engineering colleges are civil engineering, interior design andwood technology, electrical engineering, electronics, mechanical engineering, mechatronics,materials engineering, media technology and media management, information technology,chemistry, chemical engineering, food technology, IT and computer science
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