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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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Paper ID #14268Increasing the Number of Sponsored Mexican Graduate Students in Engi-neeringMrs. Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University Maria Claudia Alves Baudier Director for Engineering International Programs at Texas A&M University Ms. Maria C. Alves is the Director for Engineering International Programs at Texas A&M University. She has been in this position since July 2012. In this position she is responsible for internationalizing the research and education activities of the Dwight Look College of Engineering. Under her leadership the college has increased the number of students studying abroad

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Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University

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the idea listed asnumber nine “Develop creative partnerships with the private sector to raise funds, increase publicawareness and link study abroad to careers”. Tenaris, the leading supplier of pipes and relatedservices for the energy industry, that was the partner for this program, has an aggressive growthplan in the Central Texas area where the Dwight Look College of Engineering (Look College) ofTexas A&M University is located. As is right now, Tenaris already hires several students of theLook College. However, due to the lack of presence or awareness of this company in the mind ofstudents, some of the best students choose to go to other companies when selecting theirinternship and employment place. This was the first incentive for

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

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additional informationrelated to the attributes. A summary of the attributes the collective stakeholders from all eventsfelt were needed for engineers to be successful in the global context included the following: ultural sensitivity Tolerance to other people and perspectives Open-minded and ability to adapt Ability to behave ethically across cultures Social responsibility Research and analytical thinking Problem-solving and improvement capabilities Entrepreneurship Page 19.37.5Stakeholders at each event were also queried as to the best uses of the attributes, which theyidentified as: Teaching and learning processes and student preparation

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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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Paper ID #14265Integrating a portfolio of short with long-term international programs in theengineering curriculumDr. Sigrid – Berka, University of Rhode Island Dr. Sigrid Berka is the Executive Director of the International Engineering Program (IEP) at the Univer- sity of Rhode Island, and also the Director of the German and the Chinese IEP, responsible for building academic programs with exchange partners abroad, internship placements for IEP’s dual degree students, corporate relations and fundraising for the IEP. Bi-annually, the IEP organizes the Colloquium on Interna- tional Engineering Education. Under Sigrid’s

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Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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capital required for career advancement.To address this issue, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is implementingthe Global Engagement Eminent Scholar Network (GEESN), a programmatic intervention whichaims to advance the careers of women of color engineers by developing them into diverse globaleminent faculty scholars. To accomplish this goal, a cohort of women of color engineers willparticipate in international mentoring relationships, networks, and research collaborations, whilethey learn strategies for mindful intercultural communication. The GEESN builds upon UMBC’shighly successful Eminent Scholar Mentoring program and International Engagement forWomen of Color project. The initiative has two main components: a 2-year formal

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Russell D Jamison, Virginia Commonwealth University

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provided both a languageand acculturation support system.While students expressed a heightened appreciation for the need for simple, environment-appropriate design, they did not return from their experience with clear concepts for better de- Page 19.34.3signs in mind. Their focus on repairing existing equipment perhaps obscured consciousawareness of opportunities for designs that were less likely to fail or easier to maintain and re-pair. This awareness began to crystallize only after their return.DiscussionThe teaching of engineering design has evolved as the practice of engineering design hasevolved. It has moved from a focus on individual

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Anders V Warell, Lund University, Industrial Design; Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University; Carl-Henric Lennart Nilsson, Technology management

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their starting point in knowledge engineering, Åman and Andersson (2012) emphasize the importance ofindustrial design as “a field that incorporates an integrative aspect, stretching across the divide between therational and problem solving and the ‘irrational’ of the aesthetic and symbolic”. As such, ”design as an activityand profession is inherently integrative across ‘arts’ and ‘sciences’, but it is the integrative element that is at theforefront” (ibid).We believe that a narrow-minded view of objectives in product development and design can contribute to asituation, where economic targets get over-prioritised in relation to value for customers and other stakeholders,such as described by Åman and Andersson (2012). It has been claimed that the

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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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/html/survey_instruments.cfm.Brandsford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn:Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washinton, DC: National Academy Press.Birol, G., Liu, S., Smith, H. D.,& Hirsch, P. (2006). Educational modules in tissueengineering based on the “How People Learn” framework. Bioscience Education E-journal, 7, 1–13.Cox, M. F., & Cordray, D. S. (2008). Assessing pedagogy in bioengineeringclassrooms: Quantifying elements of the “how people learn” model using the vanitobservation system (vos). Journal of Engineering Education, 97(4), 413-431.Cox, M. F., &. Harris, A. H. (2010). Comparison of pretenured and tenuredengineering professors’ pedagogical practices within undergraduate

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Andrew Thomas Conley, Michigan Technological University; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University

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Paper ID #14290Differences in Leadership and Project Based Learning Outcomes in Devel-oped and Developing CountriesMr. Andrew Thomas Conley, Michigan Technological University Andrew is studying mechanical engineering, is minoring in aerospace engineering, and is completing the Global Technological Leadership certificate at Michigan Technological University. Andrew has signif- icant project experience as the project manager of the Aerospace Enterprise—one of Michigan Tech’s largest enterprises—and the Oculus-ASR project—a satellite project sponsored by the US Air Force Re- search Lab for university students to design, build