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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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Paper ID #17485TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION AT A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY:HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PRESENT THEIR ENGI-NEERING DESIGNSMs. Jennifer Craig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jennifer Lynn Craig is a lecturer in the Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing at the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology where she teaches writing, oral communication, and collaborative skills to engineering students in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She has consulted in the grad- uate program of the Department of Mechanical Engineering as well as in industry. Ms. Craig has also consulted and taught

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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

Paper ID #17480The STEM Loop: Undergraduate Engineering Students Create a STEM Chil-dren’s BookDr. Leslie Seawright, Texas A&M University at Qatar Leslie Seawright is an Assistant Professor of English at Texas A&M University at Qatar. She has pub- lished several journal articles and book chapters related to pedagogy, Engineering education, intercultural communication, and notions of identity through literacy. Her research interests include technical writing, discourse analysis, community literacy practices, and transnational education.Prof. Ibrahim Hassan P.E., University of Texas, Austin

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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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hierarchicallevels across more autonomous employees having similar hierarchical levels in flattertopologies [35]. In student-centered pedagogy learning theory at many universities in theU.S., learning shifts from top-down to bottom-up. This can be particularly helpful atengineering schools where classes are being turned “upside-down” with peer-led teamlearning workshops. This active-learning approach has led to increased confidence,intellectual curiosity, and interest in teaching among students [37]. Through student-centeredlearning, the individual student is responsible for setting learning goals, working towardsthem, monitoring feedback, and making appropriate adjustments [38]. We use power distanceas our measure for hierarchy. Power distance is the

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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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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International Forum

resources, age/seniority,negotiation style, trust, personal connection10,11,12.UNESCO UNITWIN FormationThe UNESCO UNITWIN in Humanitarian Engineering was signed in May 2013. Two yearsof the initiative have transpired and the first report has not yet been submitted to UNESCO,therefore the data summarised in this paper should be treated very much as preliminary dataand interpreted as such.When initially setting up the UNESCO UNITWIN strong parallels could be drawn betweenits operation and the Tuckman Model for ‘Developmental Sequence in Small Groups’15. Withthe actual development and writing of the proposal simulating the Forming Stage cultivatinga positive and polite atmosphere between partners. This has rapidly been followed by theStorming Stage of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Saud A Ghani, Qatar University

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confidence, respect and motivation is useful inall kind of working fields; specially women undergraduate engineers are more confident whencompared with males of other discipline groups. Khazanee (1996) referred to female engineers,such as less aggressive attitude towards colleagues than males, tendency of listening more andacting not spontaneously, and being more attentive, accurate, and organized. Additionally,successful ability writing in math and science by females, can prove advantageous in allacademic fields (Halpern et al. 2007), while introduction of unique and important perspectivesand priorities will conclude into positive social outcomes and greater ethical accountability(Eagly and Carli 2003). Females are characterized as high self