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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Jennifer Craig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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International Forum

in universities in Russia, Singapore, Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico. She is the author of ”Integrating Writing Strategies in EFL/ESL University Contexts: A Writing-across-the-Curriculum Approach.” She is a co-author of ”Learning to Communication in Science and Engineering: Case Studies from MIT”, a book that was the 2012 winner of the CCCC’s Advancement of Knowledge award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION AT A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY:HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PRESENT THEIRENGINEERING DESIGNSJennifer Craig1Department of Comparative Media Studies/WritingMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyABSTRACT:A writing-across-the-curriculum approach was used to

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

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Diversity, International Forum

,symposia, and workshops in the United States, Finland, Belgium, Colombia, Argentina, Japan,U.K., Spain, U.A.E., and India. In all but one event, the principal attendees were university-levelengineering educators or industry partners. The October 2013, San Antonio, Texas, eventprovided an opportunity for K-12 and community/technical college stakeholders to have inputinto the Project. Each event was structured as both a focus group (to seek stakeholder input) anda workshop (to permit the dissemination of findings and encourage integration of attributes intothe engineering curriculum).During the focus group portion, highlights from the survey findings were shared and discussed,and participants had an opportunity to provide reactions or contribute

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Zaida M Gracia, Texas Tech University; Allison Wright, Texas Tech University

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,attractive, cost neutral and relevant to the student’s academic/professional needs. The Office ofInternational Affairs at TTU provides a platform that supports all international academicprograms and opportunities offered at TTU colleges.The Whitacre College of Engineering (WCOE) has an undergraduate enrollment in 2014 ofapproximately 4700students. These engineering undergraduates can be more competitive in theglobal marketplace if they possess an understanding, appreciation, and respect for culturaldiversity. According to Berdan and Goodman1, (2014) “international experiences shouldn’t be aseparate or tangential part of education, but rather an integrated part of the curriculum.” Withthe support of TTU administration and WCOE alumni, the WCOE

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ohlone College

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International Forum

worldamong young people that are bent on trying to improve the lives of humans on the planet in asustainable way.”28Though Munoz describes humanitarian engineering as a discipline and established it as a fullprogram at the School of Mines, this paper showcases the integration of humanitarianengineering in an existing engineering course/curriculum.27 The argument is made that wherehaving humanitarian engineering as a program may be challenging due to time and resourceconstraints, Colleges can integrate humanitarian engineering in already existing courses. Thisintegration provides students the opportunities to be globally competitive, but more so to betterappreciate cultural diversity which has a boomerang effect on creating an inclusive

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Mark Kennedy, University of Portland; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland

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International Forum

. This summer program has been offered everyother summer through 2012 and then, due to student demand, we switched to offering theprogram every year. A cohort of between 15 to 25 students from across the engineeringmajors completes two courses during the six weeks, a core curriculum liberal arts course andeither engineering statistics or engineering economics. The latter engineering courses arerequired for all of the engineering majors and can be taken as an elective by the computerscience majors. The students are typically rising juniors though we occasionally allow risingseniors and rising sophomores to participate. An engineering faculty member accompanies thecohort and several technical and cultural excursions are included in the

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Monica Gray P.E., The Lincoln University - College of Science & Technology; Constance Loretta Lundy

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Diversity, International Forum

seminars,internships, learning communities, and capstone projects compared to only two anecdotalreferences to study aboard.This paper postulates that ABET’s Student Outcome 3(h) “the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, andsocietal context” and Student Outcome 3(i) "a recognition of the need for, and an ability toengage in lifelong learning" are not mutually exclusive but rather interdependent and mutualisticin nature. Outcomes by their very nature describes what students should know or can do by thetime of graduation. The implication is therefore, that lifelong learning and a global perspectivemust originate within the 4-year engineering curriculum/program. The

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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International Forum

engineering leadershipprograms through co-operated courses, minors, integrated curriculum, scholarship programs,certificated courses and any other ways to help students acquire leadership knowledge andprinciple, team work skills, communication skills, creativity and innovation. MIT-Gordonengineering leadership program (ELP) is developed through cooperating with Sloan BusinessSchool, and it is an integrated curriculum to develop MIT engineering students’ leadershipability [11]. The Engineering Leadership Development Minor (ELDM) of Peen StateUniversity is a minor program that engineering students complete this minor course throughtaking related leadership classes and obtaining the corresponding credits [12]. The engineeringleadership program (ELP) in

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Leslie Seawright, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ibrahim Hassan P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Ali Darwish Alashar, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Diversity, International Forum

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The STEM Loop: Undergraduate Engineering Students Create a STEM Children’s BookAbstractThis paper documents an innovative project in which undergraduate mechanical engineeringstudents created and produced a children's book about combustion engines. Funded through agrant provided by Texas A&M University at Qatar, students researched, designed, and wrote achildren's book intended to promote interest in STEM fields. The book, written in both Englishand Arabic, will be used in Qatari public schools and in the Texas A&M University at Qatar’sSTEM Outreach Program. The interdisciplinary project was co-led by a mechanical engineeringprofessor and an