Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James McConnell, North Carolina State University; Brian D. Koehler, North Carolina State University

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ASEE Global Programs

, because of its unique historical mixing of Christian, Jewish and Muslimcultures, is an ideal focus for students who are considering questions of the relationship betweentechnology and culture and in finding their place in our global society.Curriculum IntegrationAt NC State University, international study is increasingly integrated into the curriculum. It isessential for a students’ international experience to be integrated into their plan of study 6whereby differentiating themselves from the more than 1,000 that will graduate from just thisCollege of Engineering, not to mention the 70,000 plus graduating with an engineering degreenationwide and the over 1/3 million engineering graduates worldwide – just in one year alone

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

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ASEE Global Programs

have manufacturing operations in China, India, Mexico, or otherdeveloping areas. Multinational companies continue to grow and expand throughout the world3.While it was once sufficient for an engineer to develop technical knowledge and skills, engineersmust now also adequately prepare to live and work in a global environment. Engineers in almostany company will have interaction with people who live or work in many parts of the world. Theability to communicate, understand cultural differences, and collaborate across time zones is nownecessary for engineers to be successful.Developing and integrating global competence skills into a compacted curriculum is a challengefacing many higher educational institutions; however, past experience

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yating Chang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Shen, Purdue University; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Hirleman, University of California, Merced; Eckhard A. Groll, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Global Programs

strategies used to assess globalcompetency, followed by a review of recommendations and best practices. Figure 1. Applicant Review Form for IREE 2010 China ProgramComprehensive Research and Evaluation PlanWe developed and used a comprehensive research and evaluation plan for IREE 2010 thatrepresents an important step toward a more integrated model for assessing global engineering Page 22.950.5programs. Our goal is to bring together diverse yet complimentary data that provides robustevidence of the quality and impacts of a given program, including objectives at the program andparticipant levels. As summarized in Table 1, during every major

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan T Lima Jr., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University

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ASEE Global Programs

graduates will be integrally involved with theglobalization of engineering during their course of their careers by working in multinationalcompanies, often having foreign-born coworkers, working with international suppliers, providingservices to international product markets, or developing products that have an internationalmarket13. Page 22.1507.2This changing nature of the world economy makes it essential to provide our students with thecross-cultural tools to become successful professionals in the global workplace; the need toprepare students to contribute to the global workplace is unquestionable. In this context, the newprofile of an engineer

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Global Programs

requirements and launched with only oneinternational destination – China. The choice of this destination was a strategic decision on thepart of program administrators and reflected recognition of the impact that China is having onthe careers of many engineering graduates of today. The GEARE Junior Year program was alsodesigned to seamlessly integrate with the mechanical engineering curriculum at PurdueUniversity. The Spring semester of 2009 was the first semester that the GEARE Junior Yearprogram was offered. Participants in the GEARE Junior Year program study abroad at Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity along with participants in the GEARE program. The focus of the study presented inthis paper was on the first cohort of participants in the program