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Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island; Emily Ann Serman, University of Rhode Island; Megan Mercedes Echevarria, University of Rhode Island; Lars O. Erickson, University of Rhode Island; Silke A. Scholz; Anette Geithner

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January term.iii TheProvost’s recent J-term initiative has seen a growth in travel courses from 8 in 2014 to 18 in2015 with over a third more students traveling 96>159. URI’s flagship five-year dual Bachelordegree International Engineering Programiv has for over two decades enrolled 25% of itsundergraduate engineering population and sent them abroad for an entire year. But for the other Page 19.20.275%, short-term opportunities are very welcome,v and in a curriculum which integrates STEM &Humanities educationvi a short-term excursion abroad plays a slightly different role since it is thefirst step in a gradually more intensive

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Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University

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twofold: the actual cost of a program and the perception that it is too expensive. Both issues need to be addressed. More scholarships and sponsored sources of funding, as well as a greater awareness of funding options, would very likely encourage and enable more students to go abroad. Higher education institutions also need to continue working to provide less expensive options and more financial assistance, or allow students to take advantage of other cost-effective options.” [2] “Curriculum: Study abroad is not currently considered an essential component of an undergraduate experience by many students, families and educators. In fact, it is often considered an “add-on” and not integrated within

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Monica Gray P.E., Lincoln University; Constance Loretta Lundy

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among U.S.-based andglobal institutions, development of U.S.-based consortia, curriculum integration, coursematching, and scholarship funding, as well as a robust faculty-led program.Cooperative agreementsCooperative agreements or memoranda of understanding (MOU) are an effective way for U.S.-based and international institutions with mutual internationalization missions and goals to brokerrelationships that advance the individual and collective vision of all signatories. MOUs that tendto work and are productive in the long run are characterized by up front, explicitly negotiatedneeds and strong bilateral support from individual parties. Some items that are typically includedin internationalization agreements are scholarly exchanges, of both

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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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environments and conditions will be more effective and less expensivepath to improved health. Local research-focused universities can (and should) play a critical rolein this scenario3,4.Academic institutions have always played an important role in healthcare. Historically theResearch University is a site of discovery and innovation as well as a place where futurehealthcare workers are trained. In the United States and other developed countries great advanceshave come from a decades-long integration of engineering and medicine, however, in thedeveloping world engineering faculty and physicians collaborate with much less frequency. Theobjectives of this program address the challenging development issues facing Global Health inrelation to the creation

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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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Paper ID #17560A Global Framework for Understanding Cross Cultural Teaching Experi-ences Gained in JapanDr. Douglas Moore Schutz, Tokyo University of Science Douglas M. Schutz is an Associate Professor of Information Systems, International Business, and Man- agement at the Tokyo University of Science (TUS) in Japan. He received a Ph.D. in Business Adminis- tration focusing on Management Information Systems (MIS) from the Fox School of Business of Temple University at Philadelphia, an MBA in Information Management from the McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering

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Sergey M Avdoshin, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Valery V. Shilov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation; Sergey A. Silantiev

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environment and integrity...learn and acquire newknowledge, skills, x xincluding an area differentfrom a professional one...identify the essence ofscientific problems in xprofessional area...solve problems in aprofessional activity using x xthe methods of analysisand synthesis...assess the need forresources and use it in x x xsolving the problems inprofessional activity...work with information:locate, evaluate and use xthe information fromvarious sources necessaryfor scientific andprofessional problems...carry out research,analyze problem, x

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Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shreyas Vathul Subramanian, Purdue University; Mushtak Al-Atabi, Taylor's University; David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo and IFEES; josé aquiles grimoni jabg P.E., polythecnic schoool university of são paulo

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UniversityEngineers must work within multinational and multicultural environments, butincorporating international experiences into a packed undergraduate curriculum in ameaningful and scalable manner is difficult. This paper addresses the need to betterunderstand how course instructors can effectively internationalize their learningmaterials in a domestic engineering classroom. The course used as a qualitative casestudy in this paper is an Introduction to Engineering course at a large public university inthe United States. We highlight a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning case study of onecourse’s efforts to provide international experiences in a domestic classroom.Introduction and RationaleEngineers must work within multinational and multicultural

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Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Delia Valles-Rosales, New Mexico State University; Marcelo Augusto Leal Alves, University of São Paulo; Brendan P. Sullivan, New Mexico State University

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, professional devel- opment, and educational outreach programs. She is co-PI for a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to broaden participation among minority engineering students through engagement in innovation and entrepreneurship and a co-PI for an i6 Challenge grant through the U.S. Economic Development Admin- istration (EDA) to foster regional economic development through innovation and new business start-ups. She is institutional integrator for the Partnership for the Advancement of Engineering Education (PACE) at NMSU. She is also co-lead for a NSF funded Pathways to Innovation cohort at NMSU with a focus on integrating innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum through a blending of indus

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Edward J. Jaselskis, North Carolina State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Satyanarayana N. Kalidindi; Linda D. Krute, North Carolina State University; Hongling Guo, Tsinghua University; David Comiskey, Ulster University; Dede M Nelson, North Carolina State University

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include using the Building Information Modelling (BIM) process as a way of encouraging and fostering Page 19.32.1 collaborative learning. He has presented and published research in both areas.Mrs. Dede M Nelson, North Carolina State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Paper ID #14277As an instructional designer, Dede Nelson, M.Ed., works collaboratively with engineering faculty to helpidentify and facilitate the effective integration of instructional technology and strategies

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Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology

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were seen as less effective and as less likely to become chief systems engineers.In terms of SE Mindset, big-picture thinking and paradoxical mindset – the ability tosimultaneously understand and hold in opposition differing views – were seen not only as criticalskills, but also provided value and critical insights directly to projects, according to the all of thenon-systems engineers interviewed.Integrating Systems Education into Undergraduate Engineering Education WorkshopsIn 2015, engineering and systems engineering faculty met at an International Council on SystemsEngineering (INCOSE) Academic Forum in May and at the American Society of EngineeringEducation (ASEE) annual conference in June to discuss the need for integrating

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Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University; Vitaly Khaykin, Hampton University; Hoshang Chegini, Hampton University; Chandra T Oaks-Garcia, Time Out 4U, Inc.; Vadivel Jagasivamani, Hampton University

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-20 as well as theenhancement of education and training of individuals as implemented in one of the consortiummember institutions. The outreach components involved the training of undergraduate studentsthrough summer exchange at universities as well as through summer internship placement atnational laboratories. A local outreach to middle / high schools was established through theimplementation of an advanced manufacturing skills development after-school program formiddle school students. The paper also presents the model curriculum for the outreach programand shows the integration of undergraduate students and K-12 teachers working together.Introduction to MSIPP Program In 2012, the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) established the

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Farida Tagirovna Shageeva, Kazan National Research Technological University; Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University; Liliya Vasilievna Prikhodko

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moreflexible and correspondent to the real labor market environment in Russia is the so-called“Additional professional education” (minor courses). At the Kazan National ResearchTechnological University there is an option for the top students to acquire an additionaldegree in Education, Management, Law, Psychology, Foreign Languages, etc. at the Facultyof Additional Education (FAE)2. Our reseach showed that students who attend the FAEcourses have some psychological peculiarities. The study was aimed at creating apsychological profile of the minor degree students majoring in engineering. A survey wasgiven to the students and to the faculty who studied the following minors: “Corporatemanagement”, “Education”, “Professional translation”, and “Legal

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Takao Ichiko, Professional online

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interactive interface betweenhumans and computers under the concept of hypermedia and on-hand items like pensand paper. This enabled bi-directional cooperative learning in an easier manner andcontributed to the removal of more than a few of the boundaries between learning andteaching². The third step described some essential capabilities for multimediatelecommunications and conceptual models to be introduced. This enabled a realisticsolution for the use of multimedia telecommunications in a widespread range ofpersonal and social communities, on the conceptual configuration of multimediatelecommunications schemes with real-time software³. Therefore, here are some typicalbasic concepts, concrete schemes and clinical practices integrated on real

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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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Increasing undergraduate student learning in an environmental engineering course through use of technology and industry partnershipAbstractAs New Zealand’s education system, NCEA, does not mandate chemistry learning in uppertwo standards of higher secondary education for the admission to engineering, it posessignificant challenges for the academic staff involved in environmental engineering coursesas environmental chemistry is an integral part of the curriculum. It was evident from pastexperiences and course evaluations that New Zealand’s domestic, undergraduate students,without adequate knowledge of high school chemistry, get easily dispirited by the coursecontent if taught with the traditional approach. Hence, to

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute; Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; David L.S. Hung, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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understanding Chinesestudents’ perspectives on engineering ethics to determine the following:1. the extent to which efforts to integrate units on the ethical and professional responsibilities ofengineers into technical courses have been successful. This has been an ongoing effort on thepart of civil engineering at SJTU, although it has just begun in mechanical engineering.2. similarities and differences between their views on engineering ethics and those of theirWestern counterparts. We would expect that these would be different, which would be importantto developing appropriate curricula, as described in section one.3. correlations that exist between students’ major fields and their cognizance of issues related toethical and professional

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Allison Wright, Texas Tech University; Ashley Nicole Haseley, Texas Tech University

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 focuses on engineering and culture. Looking toward the future, IEP and Cultural Experience Abroad (CEA) are creating three geographically diverse programs while integrating engineering curriculum and cultural immersion.        Background Texas Tech University (TTU) was founded in 1925 and located in Lubbock, Texas.  The 2015 U.S. World and News Report ranked the Engineering program 94th as one of the “Best Engineering Schools” in the United States. Since 2010, engineering student enrollment has increased more than 32.3%. Within the Whitacre College of Engineering (WCOE)  there is an office dedicated to the International Experience Initiative (IEI) called International Engineering Programs Office (IEP

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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 developmentof engineering education, as a kind of professional education, is influenced by the game playingbetween scientific thought and pragmatistic thought. 19 Building an engineering education curriculummechanism applicable to improve scientific research capability is still a major practical problem in thedevelopment of engineering education. Thus, for building an engineering education and trainingsystem in a scientific manner, it is prerequisite to keep deepening the study on scientific researchcapability of engineers, figure out the root of the mechanism for enhancing scientific researchcapability and further construct the engineering education curriculum on the basis of solving practicalengineering problems. Next, we need to

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James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Galyna Melnychuk, Mississippi State University

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.SummaryThe college of engineering has implemented a strategy to increase the number of engineeringstudents participating in international experiences. First, we have introduced faculty-led summerstudy abroad programs that are integrated with the curriculum and satisfy degree requirementsfor our students. Second, we have recruited student ambassadors to increase awareness ofvarious opportunities that exist. We have developed a new minor in Global EngineeringLeadership as an incentive for students while simultaneously helping to better prepare them towork effectively in a global marketplace. Finally, the college and the university have been ableto develop scholarships so students from all financial backgrounds have the opportunity to gainvaluable

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Dorian A. Cojocaru, University of Craiova; Anna Friesel, Technical University-Copenhagen; Daniel Spikol, Malmö University

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scenarios that can be possibly used to teach with for labs usingPELARS technology, methods and equipment. We investigated UCV teachers’ perspectives abouttheir current practice of laboratory sessions and their ideas about how to integrate PELARStechnologies in their teaching practice. The data collection was done in an informal focus groupinterview setting and was audio recorded. Workshops are video and audio recorded and interviewsare audio recorded for future references.Student workshops were planned as follows: - Introduction to PELARS project-Presentation - Research consent forms - Introduction to visual programming platform - Presentation of educational scenarios - Introduction to brainstorming - Brainstorming about the

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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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modules in collaboration, a successful launching of a travel course comesfrom not just a single module, but an integrated efforts of them all. All the modules incollaboration are intertwined, and they are fostered throughout the entire duration of thetravel course’s development and implementation.To foster an effective collaboration, the key is to find out the trustworthycollaborators, trust them, learn from them, and appreciate them.Through the collaborations with a wide-range of colleagues and friends, we discovered acolleague had previously drafted a travel course proposal, but the proposal was declinedby the administration. That is why there had never been a travel course offered in ourdepartment before. The common concerns include:1. Why is

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov

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profession. The challenge for many engineering education programs ishow to include this global dimension in the curriculum. The most common and traditionalapproach is study abroad programs, however, a limited number of students can afford themdue to financial and other reasons. Thus, universities try to find other opportunities for the so-called ‘internationalization at home’3 e.g. cross-cultural communication trainings2. Acomparative analysis of the engineering curricula at the US and Russian leading researchuniversities shows that only few of them succeed in developing a global mindset of theirgraduates. This process requires a new generation of faculty who are globally engagedthemselves13.An approach described in our previous paper16 focuses of

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Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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collaborative universitiesand project sponsoring companies, as well as many colleagues and friends involved in thecanter operation.References[1] Daniel Hirleman, Eckhard A. Groll, and Dianne L. Atkinson, “The Three Axes of Engineering Education”, International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE), Coimbra, Portugal, September 3 – 7, 2007.[2] F. Looft and Y. Rong, “The Capstone Project: An Integrated Experience”, Chapter 8 in Shaping Our World, Engineering Education for the 21st Century, Editors, G. Tryggvason and D. Apelian, ISBN 978-0-470-92974-2, Wiley and Sons, 2011[3] E. Sosnovsky, B. Windsor, Y. Rong, “Comprehensive Design Process of Planar Mechanisms for Small and Medium-sized Companies

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Aaron Richard Sakulich, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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anddeteriorating, and newly constructed neighborhoods are experiencing flooding and watermanagement difficulties as they become integrated into the urban fabric. Unlike other cities, theexpansion of the Canal will lead to an increase in water usage, even with the implementation ofadvanced water-saving technologies. Currently, roughly 50 million gallons (190 million liters) offreshwater are expelled into the ocean during each of the roughly 40 daily ship transits throughthe Canal [22]. Multiple interviewees stated that although there are emergency measures aimedat reducing water consumption in force, and existing laws aiming to prevent the contamination ofthe drinking water supply, neither carry strong enough penalties to be taken seriously by the

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Jane Goodyer P.E., Massey University; Lizzie Miles, Coventry University UK; Anh Lan Ho Tran, Coventry University

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working with other Universities from Tanzania, Malta and the UK. Until recently Jane was Director for Undergraduate Teaching and Learning where she led an initiative to design a new engineering curriculum. Her work has been acknowledged internationally with Fellowships from the UK’s Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand. Jane continues to be recognised for her work in engineering education and is currently engaged with advising NZ’s Tertiary Education Commission on introducing degree apprenticeships.Dr. Lizzie Miles, Coventry University UKDr. Anh Lan Ho Tran, Coventry University Dr Anh Tran is a Senior Lecturer of Humanitarian Engineering at Coventry

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Nicolas Couto Giffoni dos Santos, SIUC Leadership Development Program; Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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3 4 In order to develop leadership skills, technical skills and other essential soft skills requestedby industry, the program requires that the students attend a team building week during the summer,go to weekly workouts, develop and join leadership workshops, read leadership books, write bookreports, practice giving presentations, participate in a summer internship, take extra classesimportant to an engineering curriculum and maintain a 3.0 GPA. The results of all those activitiesare recorded and analyzed using a powerful tool called the Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix for strategicplanning to evaluate the success of the program and to teach

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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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Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Toward Success of Collaborative Program In School of Engineering Between the US and ChinaAbstract:In 2013, the University of Bridgeport (UB) in the United States (U.S.) and the WuhanUniversity of Science and Technology (WUST) in People’s Republic of China (China)agreed on an undergraduate collaborative program in electrical engineering. Studentsadmitted by Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) at WUST will study in China for 2years, then students can be transferred to the same program at UB in the U.S. for theremaining academic requirements at UB. Upon the completion of all graduationrequirements at UB, students will receive a Bachelor of Science in EE from UB. Studentswho

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University

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skills on three main levels; Importance currently, and in the future.Communications, teamwork, management and practical experience were indeed on the verytop competencies industry required in engineering graduates. Skills temporal gaps haveshown higher tendency to value the importance of skills and competencies to Qatar`s Future.Respondent from all stakeholders expected changes in the demand of competencies set ofengineering graduates in Qatar in the future by 2030. The engineering education system willneed to provide integrated engineering education curriculum that responds to current needsand future evolutions. As for the current needs, more emphasize on practical experience andprofessional skills such as communications and teamwork seems

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark; Tatjana Welzer, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Ian Andrew Grout, University of Limerick; Dorian A. Cojocaru, University of Craiova, Romania

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Sustainability, Communications andIT, Health, and Modern Manufacturing Systems including Robotics. The aims of this project are also toensure all learners, irrespective of their background or disabilities equal opportunity to education.IntroductionThe EU identifies “New Skills for New Jobs” as an imperative for the future. This project focuses onElectrical and Information Engineering (EIE) modules and programmes aligned to the “new” jobs of thefuture – those in the key global technical challenge areas. The project offers a team of EIE technicalexpert academics who are very well placed to both propose new curricula, but also to develop modelssensitive to new teaching methods and the needs of all learners. In the SALEIE project there are 45European

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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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modelling and also in design as aresearcher, manufacturer, developer or administrator.Teaching and learning with a design-centric curriculumEach participating institution has at least one representative for each course, a teaching academic, anassessor, and an overall program director. A steering committee consisting of engineering academicsand academic deans guides the project in WUST. An internal research review team evaluates the projectannually as part of an ongoing longitudinal study. The curriculum approach is based on design-basedlearning (DBL), a combination of problem-based learning and project-based learning. With differentlearning styles, students (figure 2) are able to express their skills and talents through working on projectsor by

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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Ben Groenewald; Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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STEMeducation at the undergraduate level and beyond3,4.The nation of South Africa is also accelerating emphasis upon STEM education and careersamong its K-12 population. During a 46 year period, from 1948 to 1994, apartheid existedwhereby a majority of the nation’s population experienced educational discrimination-mathematics and science were no longer provided within the educational curriculum. Apartheidcategorized each South African citizen into one of four groups; “Whites”, “Indians”, “Coloreds”,and “Blacks”, whereby the privileges and status of each group decreased in alignment with theaforementioned order. Even though South Africa has made great strides since 1994, the legacyof such an extended period of educational discrimination has kept South