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Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Hamid R. Parsaei P.E., Texas A&M University at Qatar; Elfatih E Elmalik, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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(IRB). This outcome of this survey is expected to give usclear assessment of the usefulness of this research experience in terms of the knowledge studentsgained in specific research topic, the skills they developed during the research course, whetherthis experience positively impact students’ academic performance and help them to identify andfind their future job. Furthermore, this survey will also be distributed to our graduates who arecurrently working in industry or in graduate school for the past five years to see whether thisexperience helped them in their career specifically at the start up. In order to ensure accuratefeedback from3. Industry and Academia Interface: A Case Study from Texas A&M at Qatar’s Fuel Characterization

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Megan Elizabeth Sharp, IUPUI School of Engineering and Technology; Alison L. Stevenson, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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pur- suits have provided exciting opportunities to gain international experience in Germany, India, Bangladesh, Guatemala, and Mali. Currently, Megan is working with an environmental consulting firm in Indianapolis and leading the first Global Solutions course at IUPUI. She looks forward to future opportunities to serve others in the field of international development.Mrs. Alison L. Stevenson, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Alison studied at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis for her undergraduate career and complete her Bachelor of Arts in German, Minor in International Politics, and Certificate in International Leadership in 2005. Upon graduation, she worked in the manufacturing

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Abdel F. Isakovic, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research; Szu Szu F Ling, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research; Selwa Mokhtar Boularaoui, Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research; Sara Bashir Timraz; Mualla Kara

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% Emirati nationals, and 80% foreign workers employed at all socioeconomic levels) implies the need to train college-age students from the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) region, almost all Arabian peninsula and Persian Gulf nations, and a small number of students from Southeast and Far East Asia, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and North America. Given that only a fraction of foreign college graduates in UAE may count on continuing career locally, the need to establish and maintain college and graduate engineering and science programs that certify globally Page 21.54.2 competent engineers is an existential imperative.Lab program and

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET, Inc.; Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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describes an on-going research project in establishing the validity of a direct methodfor teaching and measuring undergraduate engineering students’ professional skills. Proficiencyin engineering professional skills (Table 1) is critical for success in the multidisciplinary,intercultural team interactions that characterize global 21st century engineering careers. Yet,faculty members around the world have struggled to define, teach and measure professionalskills since their introduction as ABET criteria for engineering programs in 20001,2,3,4 . In fall2006, the Washington State University (WSU) College of Engineering in the northwesternUnited States (US) developed an innovative, direct method to teach and measure the ABETprofessional skills

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sang Eun Woo, Purdue University

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in their careers.2-7These and many other reports and studies have also addressed questions about what specifickinds of attributes are important for the so-called “global engineer.” For example, one forward-looking NRC report published in 1999 outlined a “global engineering skill set” with four mainitems: “(1) language and cultural skills, (2) teamwork and group dynamic skills, (3) knowledgeof the business and engineering cultures of counterpart countries, and (4) knowledge ofinternational variations in engineering education and practice.”3 Many other authors and groupshave since compiled or created their own partially unique lists of attributes, and other efforts ofthis type are ongoing.9-22 Accreditation guidelines and curriculum reports