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Jeongkyu Lee, University of Bridgeport; Sarosh H Patel, University of Bridgeport; Brian Lim, University of Bridgeport; Roger Dianlei Geng PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Zhigang Jiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology

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was founded in 1927 as the Junior College of Connecticut – thefirst junior college chartered by any legislature in the northeastern states. In the words of itsfounders, the college’s purpose was to develop in students “a point of view and a habit ofmind that promotes clear thinking and sound judgment in later professional and businessexperience.” UB maintains its primary commitments and holds fast to its values. Academicprograms are offered through thirteen schools, colleges and institutes. Concern for studentdevelopment and support predominate. A career-oriented focus in academic programs iscomplemented at the undergraduate level with a state-of-the-art core curriculum that helpsstudents secure competencies for lifelong learning and

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

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Jennifer Craig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Engineering Career Aspirations. The Career Development Quarterly, 51(3), 234–243.McCleod, S. H., & Soven, M. (1992). Writing Across the Curriculum: A Guide to Developing Programs. (S. H. McCleod & M. Soven, Eds.). Newbury Park CA: Sage Publishing.N.a. (n.d.). Skoltech Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved from http://www.skoltech.ruN.a. (2014). MIT Communication Requirement, http://web.mit.edu/commreq/Peirce, B. N. (1995). Social Identity, Investment and Language Learning. TESOL Quarterly, 29(1), 9– 31.Poe, M., Lerner, N., & Craig, J. (2010). Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering: Case Studies from MIT. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.Russell, D. (1991). Writing in the Academic Disciplines: A Curricular

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ZhongLi FU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies (CNSSS) In National University of Defense Technology (NUDT).; Huang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Lini ZHOU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology; Tong Wu, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology; Zhao Zhao, National University of Defense Technology; Changfang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology

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the multidisciplinary,intercultural team interactions that characterize 21st century engineering careers. 1With the furtherdevelopment of engineering education and knowledge economy, the cultivation of scientific andengineering talents with outstanding research capability has been increasingly urgent. However, thedevelopment of scientific research capability has been a relatively weak link in the engineeringeducation of China for a long time, and is also a missing link in the engineering education all over theworld today. A U.S. National Science Foundation’s report, In Restructuring Engineering Education: AFocus on Change, recommended that engineering courses include early and continued exposure toenvironmental, political and social issues

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

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Fabiola P Ehlers-Zavala, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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all the engineering disciplines, this is perhaps most frequently true forElectrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) programs. Despite the relative decline in USstudents interested in studying ECE as compared to other engineering disciplines, ECE programsremain highly attractive to international students who wish to come to the US to pursue the besteducation possible and acquire the knowledge and skills to meet their career and professionalgoals. Unfortunately, ECE departments, as is the case for the one we will describe in this paper,often find themselves having to turn away many highly qualified candidates because they areconfronted with issues of capacity, so admission to highly ranked ECE programs remainsextremely competitive in the US.The

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

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Sivachandran Chandrasekaran P.E., Deakin University; John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Yanan Wang P.E., School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Junior Nomani JN, Deakin University; Qiang Zhao; Zhigang Jiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Roger Dianlei Geng PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Bernard Rolfe, Deakin University

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] Trigwell, K., Prosser, M., and Waterhouse, F. (1999), "Relations between Teachers' Approaches to Teaching and Students' Approaches to Learning," Higher Education 37(1), pp. 57-70.[13] Wijnen, W. (1999),"Towards Design-Based Learning," Eindhoven: Educational Service Centre, Eindhoven University of Technology.[14] Reynolds, B., Mehalik, M.M., Lovell, M.R., and Schunn, C.D. (2009), "Increasing Student Awareness of and Interest in Engineering as a Career Option through Design- Based Learning," International Journal of Engineering Education 25(4), pp. 788-798.[15] Callister, W.D. and Rethwisch, D.G. (2010), Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 8th ed. Wiley.[16] Ashby, M., Shercliff, H., and

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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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Experiences Grant awarded byTexas A&M University at Qatar. The idea of transformative educational experiences (TEE) hasbeen adopted by many colleges and universities in order to encourage undergraduate researchand meaningful student-centered work. These types of experiences are especially meaningful forengineering students, as their future careers will require them to work in teams and thinkcritically about project decisions. Equally as important are the children that these engineeringstudents hope to reach. As Carlson and Sullivan note, “Preparing children with the skillsnecessary to flourish in an increasingly technological world becomes more challenging everyday…engineering is about building things to help people and society.”[6] This project

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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Thomas M. Powers, University of Delaware

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.    The  U.S.  is  the  prime  example.    There  is  also  the  fact  of  cheap  and  fast  access  to  those  views  that  have  been  made  available  online.    Contrast,  here,  the  dearth  of  online  resources  from  developing  countries  where  Internet  access  and  infrastructure  is  limited.    In  terms  of  university  pedagogy,  it  would  be  nice  to  think  that  considerations  of  difference  and  contrast  in  ethics  will  be  useful.    Moreover,  it  seems  desirable  to  impart  not  just  knowledge  about  science  and  engineering  ethics,  but  also  a  kind  of  wisdom  that  that  will  serve  students  in  the  international,  cross-­‐disciplinary,  and  cross-­‐cultural  contexts  through  which  their  careers

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Ronald J Hugo, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary; Jian Zhang; Xiaodong Niu, Shantou University

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Department of Mechatronics Engineering in Shan- tou University in China. He obtained his Ph.D. in department of Mecahnical Engineering in National University of Singapore in 2004. His earlier academic career includes:2008˜2011, Associate Professor of Doshisha University and, 2006˜2008, Visiting Researcher of Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. in Japan, His majors are computaional and exeperimental fluid mechanics, particularly on lattice Boltizmann method and magnetic fluids. Page 19.16.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Evolution of a Chinese-Canadian

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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

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in a real situation or problem that needs tobe addressed and solved,…”.Mourtos8 offered the following link between the learning framework and Student Outcome 3(i)"a recognition of the need for (affective - organization), and an ability to engage in lifelonglearning (cognitive - analysis)". Thus, the potential lifelong learner must at some point in theiracademic career develop value for information that pertains his or her discipline and has a strongenough sense of self-efficacy to be intrinsically motivation to independently learn.Concomitantly, in exploring his or her discipline, the student will face new, ill-defined andchallenging tasks which require concerted, systematic and extended efforts in order to succeedand subsequently graduate

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; BO YANG, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Chen Bing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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education.Miss BO YANG, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Bo Yang is an Assistant Researcher at the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her primary research interest is in cognitive development of graduate and undergraduate students and in paticular how this influences their academic and career success.She obtained her Msc in Management from the University of Edinburgh in 2012.Mr. Chen Bing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Mr. Bing Chen is an assistant research fellow at the Graduate School, and a S.J.D. candidate of the Leo KoGuan law school of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests include law education, graduate education and Chinese higher education reform

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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not only in quantity but also in quality. In order to provide the society withquality engineers in the new century, engineering education has been developed more andmore in three dimensions, i.e., academic, entrepreneurial, and societal components. It isparticularly described as “engineering education is now comprised of three key axes:technical, professional and global skills” [1]. After analyzed the current situation ofengineering education, James Plummer proposed the changes we should make in order tohave a mixed curriculum with other fields for students to learn many skills not intraditional engineering curriculum but very useful in their professional career [2].Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has implemented the project based

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Douglas Moore Schutz, Tokyo University of Science; Dante Dionne, Korean Air; Yong-Young Kim P.E., Konkuk University

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utility industry out of New Orleans for two Fortune 500 companies, where his responsibilities included IT disaster recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Previously, he served as an unrestricted line officer in the U.S. Navy onboard a guided missile destroyer and the second Aegis enabled cruiser.Prof. Dante Dionne, Korean Air Dante Dionne is an Organizational Leadership PhD candidate and a Senior Innovation Technology Man- ager at Korean Air. The past 20+ years of his career has centered on management and professional services consulting. Where, he has specialized in leading multi-national project teams in the design and implementation of digital marketing, mobility and innovative technology solutions. Dante holds an MA

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo; Darryl N Williams, Tufts University; Rovani Sigamoney, UNESCO

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to researching bioenergy systems and biofuels for Africa. She joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) HQ in Paris, France in 2007 and later ran the Chemistry programme and International Year of Chemistry 2011 and thereafter the Engineering programme. The Engineering Programme is working with countries, interna- tional partners and program experts to strengthen engineering education through curricula development, hands-on training and capacity building. In line with UNESCO’s global priorities on Africa and Gen- der Equality, it focuses on women and Africa. Rovani is passionate about women in engineering and encouraging more youth to pursue careers in engineering. She

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Aaron Richard Sakulich, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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distinctly unique examples of project-based learning.BackgroundIn 1970, Worcester Polytechnic Institute adopted The WPI Plan, a project-based educationalphilosophy that requires students to complete three term-length research projects, adviseddirectly by faculty, during their undergraduate careers [1]. During their junior year, studentsgenerally complete their “Interactive Qualifying Project” (IQP). This is a critical time in astudent’s professional development, as junior-year students have the technical skills necessaryfor a productive research project, but likely have little research experience and are close enoughto graduation to be seriously thinking about the future and focusing more on academic work [2,3]. The final requirement is the “Major

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

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David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University; Robert A Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Robert L. Murphy, Northwestern University; Akinwale Oladotun Coker P.E., university of ibadan; Akinniyi A. Osuntoki, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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, expected career paths, or faculty at either institution. The Mechanical EngineeringDepartment link at UI has nothing about this emerging program. Considering that these are newprograms designed to help address serious problems in Nigeria and Africa more broadly, it isinteresting that there is so little information available. This is in contrast to US programs, whichall have a wealth of information at the department and school websites, and marketing is anemphasis of almost all universities. It is difficult for us to understand how students would obtainenough information about the programs at UI or UNILAG to even apply. The NIBE website iseasy to find, but there are no links to these new graduate programs.resultsParticipants in each of the training

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

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Lokesh P Padhye, The University of Auckland

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active learning activities and other small group activities for instructors. Hence,the project was designed as a service not only to students but also to class instructors.In addition to online quizzes, we also introduced industry guest lecturing component forhelping students learn importance of practical aspects of learning chemistry forenvironmental engineering careers. Although engineering academics have expertise inteaching and research, they often are not at the forefront of implementation of state of the artengineering solutions for solving real world problems. As demonstrated by D’Este andPerkmann (2011)21, faculty members benefit from the influx of corporate expertise, andstudents gain knowledge about high-throughput technology and

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University; Wes Stone, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack, Western Carolina University; Jeffrey L. Ray, Western Carolina University

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worked in the Department of Orthopaedics performing skeletal biodynamics research.Before beginning engineering school he completed an apprenticeship and was awarded the title of Jour-neyman Industrial Electrician. These professional experiences have provided Ray the opportunity toexperience the full spectrum of engineering careers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016The Challenges and Lessons Learned in Establishing a Travel CourseAbstract: A travel course takes a significant amount of effort in its planning andexecution. The logistics are even more challenging when a travel course is introduced forthe first time. In the Engineering and Technology department at Western CarolinaUniversity (WCU), a faculty-led

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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internationally-recognized accredited programs are beingasked to join the MercoSur Treaty to expand mobility to countries outside of MercoSur(Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela; and associate countries: Chile, Bolivia,Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru).Strategy #3: Professional societies assist national accreditation agencies to align theirprocess to comply with the IEA AccordsThe IEEE (Insittute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is working with the Peruvianaccrediting agency, ICACIT (for its acronym in Spanish, meaning: Institute of Quality andAccreditation of Engineering Career and Technology Education), which was founded in 2001. Page

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI

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program in 2015.Ms. Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University Meghan M. Alexander is the assistant director for Engineering International Programs at Texas A&M University. She has an M.Ed. in Counseling and over 15 years experience in international education and partnerships.Mr. Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education A graduate of the Masters in Government and Public Policy by te Universidad Aut´onoma de Yucat´an (UADY) , workink since 2 years ago as Head of the Department of Planning and Strategic Projects at the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education of the Yucatan Government in Mexico . Throughout his career he has worked in entrepreneurial activities