Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

International Forum

, and a project. The final examination is an oral presentation, a written report and a 3-minute film. • Students: The student base is the 40 Swedish students from the Technology Management program (20 from LUSEM and 20 from LTH) together with approximately 40 Chinese students (20 from SoM and Page 19.7.4 20 from the technical departments (ID and CSE). • Teachers: Teachers from both Sweden and China and from Engineering, Design (LTH, ID and CSE) and Management (LUSEM and SoM) are involved in the lectures. A minimum of two teachers with different aspects of the subject are present

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

, PhD, is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Car- bondale where he teaches classes on project management and leadership. He consults with universities and companies on their leadership development of human resources for six sigma and project manage- ment teams. He is the Director of SIUC’s Leadership Development Program and the former Editor of the ASQ’s Quality Management Forum. He is a Fellow with the American Society for Quality and holds certifications for Six Sigma Black Belt and Quality Engineer.Dr. Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Rhonda K. Kowalchuk is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

Paper ID #14356Engineering Program Accreditation in Latin America and the CaribbeanDr. Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Larrondo Petrie has a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and is a Professor and Associate Dean of International Affairs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science of Florida Atlantic University. She is the Executive Director of LACCEI (Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions) and served in the past as an officer of the International Division of ASEE (American Society of Engineering Institutions). She is Editor-in-Chief of the Latin American and

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

International Forum

% and added an Italian branch. Sigrid has raised close to a million dollars in corporate, foundation, government and private funds for the IEP. She held prior positions as Coordinator, then Managing Director of the MIT Germany Program (1996-2009) and as Assistant Professor of German Studies at Barnard College (1990-96). She has published a book and numerous articles on 19th and 20th German Literature, co-authored an intermediate German textbook, and has more recently published several articles in the area of International Engineering Education.Emily Ann Serman, University of Rhode IslandProf. Megan Mercedes Echevarria, University of Rhode IslandDr. Lars O. Erickson, University of Rhode Island Lars Erickson is Director of

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sergey Gerasimov; Yury P Pokholkov

, academic bachelor degree, specialist training Page 19.1.3and master degree programs. The AEER criteria focus on professional training of studentsand define graduate competencies relevant for employers and sufficient to make the graduatesprepared to enter the profession. Like the EC2000 criteria developed by ABET, the AEERcriteria has shifted the emphasis from inputs (what is taught) to student outcomes (what islearned) [6].The criteria are designed to evaluate the quality of engineering graduates andvalidate that they are prepared for engineering practice as well as for applied, complex andinnovative engineering activities at the level meeting the

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

International Forum

Paper ID #14274Ten Year Experience of Global Capstone Design Projects in ChinaDr. Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yiming (Kevin) Rong is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Associate Program Director of Manufacturing/Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He received his Ph.D in Me- chanical Engineering from University of Kentucky, in 1989. Dr. Rong worked as a faculty member at Southern Illinois University for eight years before joining WPI in 1998. Since 2010, Professor Rong has also worked at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, taking the leadership in Manufacturing Engineering

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Russell D Jamison, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

students a global framework for design thinking – a potentially useful skill as preparationfor professional practice in the global economy of the 21st century.Pilot StudyIn the summer of 2014, three undergraduate biomedical engineering students from VirginiaCommonwealth University (VCU) spent two months at u r b a n a n d provincial clinics andhospitals in Nicaragua (two students) and Tanzania (one student). They were part of a co-hort of students selected by Engineering World Health (EWH), an international NGO head-quartered in Washington, DC, to participate in their Summer Institute Program.The students spent their first month in an orientation program, conducted by EWH staff. Thisin-country program provided language and culture immersion, along

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ang Liu; James R. Morrison, KAIST, ISysE; Yun Dai, University of California Santa Barbara; Stephen C-Y. Lu, University of Southern California

Tagged Topics

International Forum

Technical Committee on Semiconductor Manufacturing Automation.Miss Yun Dai, University of California Santa BarbaraDr. Stephen C-Y. Lu, University of Southern California Stephen Lu is the David Packard Chair in Manufacturing Engineering at University of Southern Califor- nia. His current professional interests include design thinking, collaborative engineering, technological innovation, and education reform. He has over 330 technical publications in these areas. He directs the Master of Science of Product Development Engineering degree program at USC. He is a senior Fellow of ASME and CIRP, and the founding Director of the iPodia Alliance (www.ipodialliance.org) – a global consortium of 11 leading universities that uses

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Mark Kennedy, University of Portland; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland

Tagged Topics

International Forum

experience.In the spring of 2013, the first cohort of three engineering sophomores participated in aMadrid semester program operated by a third-party provider and designed for engineeringstudents. Five more sophomores participated in the program in spring 2014 however, due tofinancial reasons and some curricular incompatibility, the University stopped supporting thisprogram. To replace the Madrid option, the University allowed the Shiley School to use eightplaces in what is normally a year-long Salzburg program to launch an engineering semesterprogram. A pilot of this program began in spring 2015 with full implementation expected inspring 2016. The Salzburg engineering semester program represents a partnership between theUniversity’s main campus in

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Farida Tagirovna Shageeva, Kazan National Research Technological University; Alfiya Ivanovna Lakhova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

Masters’ multidisciplinarytraining, which will form competent, prognostic and innovation-oriented personnel able toensure efficient operation of production at present and in terms of their future development,including technological project managers in high technology, capable of operating in theglobal capital markets [3]. This involves the development of the educational program "Lifecycle managing of petrochemical enterprise", which will generate Masters’ competencies inthe field of chemical engineering, management and organization of petrochemical enterprises.The curriculum is designed in order to meet the requirements of Federal state educationalstandards of higher education of third generation towards the preparation for training direction

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova

', 'Application of Computer Technologies in Teaching Physics', 'Designing AcademicDisciplines for Competence-based Engineer Training', 'Quantum Chemistry Techniques forChemical Engineering Students', 'Russian Higher professional Education in the Context ofGlobal Development Trends', 'Training Engineers in Real Virtual Environment' [3].The second series of workshops included the following meetings: 'Contents of HigherProfessional Education for Innovative Development', 'Methodology of Innovative Engineering','Engineering Solutions for Chemical Technology', 'Education Contents as an Instrument forDeveloping Professional Potential of an Engineer', 'Concept of Chemical EngineeringEducation', 'Training High Technology Managers', 'professional Development

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

senior staff, are looking forward to find the way to increase the number of mexican professionals trained in the latest technologies and greater economic potential. Page 19.19.1 Martha Ortega is an Computer Systems Engineer by the ”Instituto Tecnol´ogico de M´erida” and has a Master degree en Information Technologies Management. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Increasing the Number of Sponsored Mexican Graduate Students in Engineering Colleges in the United StatesIntroductionThe presence of international students in graduate degree programs in

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova

. Page 19.11.8 [12,14,15,19] 7  Advance engineering educational programs and educational technologiesby applyingcompetence approach and ideas of CDIO (Conceive – Design –Implement – Operate) Initiative; As of February 2015, there are 13 Russian leading and innovative universities that have joined the CDIO Initiative implementing and disseminating CDIO ideas, standards and syllabus not only at home university, but throughout the country. Competency approach has been widely spread in Russia and served as a base for Federal State Educational Standards. However the majority of midlevel technical universities face

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

attributes of a global engineeremerged. These are:1. Demonstrates an understanding of engineering, science, and mathematics fundamentals2. Demonstrates an understanding of political, social, and economic perspectives3. Demonstrates an understanding of information technology, digital competency, and information literacy4. Demonstrates an understanding of stages/phases of product lifecycle (design, prototyping, testing, production, distribution channels, supplier management, etc.)5. Demonstrates an understanding of project planning, management, and the impacts of projects on various stakeholder groups (project team members, project sponsor, project client, end- users, etc.)6. Demonstrates an understanding of the ethical and business norms

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

International Forum

and machine design. Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering and Faculty Advisor if the PACE Global Vehicle ProjectMr. Brendan P. Sullivan , New Mexico State University Brendan P. Sullivan is a MS graduate student in the Department of Industrial Engineering at New Mexico State University (NMSU) where his research focuses on additive manufacturing and systems engineering. He holds a Masters Degree in Political Science with a concentration in international relations and security issues. Brendan has served as team lead for the NMSU institutional involvement in the Partnership for the Advancement of Engineering Education (PACE), is vice chair of the Institute for Industrial Engineers student

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

International Forum

usually more unfavorable when compared to assignmentsgraded internally by the instructional team, which made calibration of these gradesnecessary. Calibration was performed to match grading standards that the instructionalteam set for all other assignments in the course.Student perceptions of the utility of these activities required conscientious effort tonavigate. Initial student responses to the international design projects were mixed, withsome students being enthusiastic about novel international locations and others skepticalabout the relevance of the activities to their engineering degree program. Theinstructional team consistently highlighted industry’s demand for engineers who wouldbe able to work on multinational projects. On the last

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

Engineering from the University of Georgia, Athens and B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from the University of the West In- dies, Trinidad. Dr. Gray is a seasoned engineer and educator who has lived, studied and worked in various countries around the world. Prior to arriving at The Lincoln University, she managed the global curriculum portfolio for over a hundred and twenty programs in sixteen countries at Arcadia University and was instrumental in successfully developing and implementing study abroad opportunities and exchanges for undergraduate engineers from institutions across the country, while internationalizing the engineering curriculum through cooperation, consortia and curriculum integration.Ms. Constance

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

International Forum

, large project cultivation mode Page 19.38.4and other aspects by means of questionnaire and interview. Then reliability analysis and validityverification of the result were carried on.3. Preliminary design of the cultivation programWhile preparing the cultivation program of outstanding engineer seminars, the following points hasbeen considered prudently: (1)a high perspective. Formulate teaching plans at strategic level and fromglobal vision to transfer the participants from common engineers to strategic scientists. (2)selectedcurriculum. Insist on high-end teaching. Invite academicians in

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

atShantou University. In an effort to bolster inter-cultural understanding, a week-long project-based learning experience involving the 33 UCalgary students and an equal number of STUstudents was planned. This collaboration was enhanced by the participation of both universitiesin CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate), an international engineering education reforminitiative. The project-based learning collaboration proved to be a success in interculturalexchange3, inspiring the program architects to pursue a formal, for-credit collaboration.In February 2010, one of the authors of this paper became the Chair in Engineering EducationInnovation at UCalgary. Funding for this endowed chair program was provided through the LiKa Shing (Canada

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova

Paper ID #14375TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION ACCORD-ING TO THE IGIP SYSTEMJulia Ziyatdinova, Page 19.35.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE IGIP SYSTEM V. Prikhodko, L. Petrova, T. Polyakova, A. SolovyevAbstractThe paper describes the scheme for training, advanced training and retraining of engineeringteachers in the Training Centers of the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP). Itfocuses on the design of

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

. In 2012, the UAH Moonbuggy team won 1st place in the Moonbuggy race. Dr. Carmen is the UAH ASME student chapter faculty advisor as well as a Director of the North Alabama ASME section. Dr. Carmen has served as a National Science Foundation scholarship panelist, Department of Defense SMART scholarship panelist and as a delegate to the ASME Leadership Training conference. In 2010 and 2013, Dr. Carmen was named the Outstanding Mechanical Engineer in North Alabama by ASME. In 2010 she was awarded a NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) faculty fellowship – one of 5 senior design class instructors selected from around the country to participate in the program. As a result of the fellowship, several UAH

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

International Forum

project management) from the University of Texas-Austin in 1988. Between the period of his MS and PhD studies, he worked for ExxonMobil as a cost and schedule engineer in New Jersey and field engineer on an open pit coal mine project in Colombia, South America. He has also worked for Perkins and Will, an architectural engineering firm, as an electrical designer and Bechtel, international construction company, as a civil field engineer. Dr. Jaselskis has served as a program director for the National Science Foundation in the area of in- formation technology and infrastructure systems and director for the Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute and professor-in-charge of the construction program at Iowa State

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) for the 12 institutions in the University System of Maryland, and Co-PI Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate at UMBC. Dr. Tull has worked with thousands of students from Alaska to Puerto Rico, and in Latin America through graduate school preparation workshops that have been sponsored by The National GEM Consortium, National Society of Black Engineers, Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Chicano, and Native American Scientists, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and the Alliance/Merck Ciencia Hispanic Scholars Program. She has presented workshops on graduate school admissions

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

for the future it is critical to decrease emissions from fossil fuelswhile harnessing energy from renewable resources. These concerns reach across political andgeographical borders, and, when considering the establishing of knowhow and practice indeveloping nations, researchers and practitioners need to address the special needs of capacitybuilding and infrastructure and resource limitations. Beyond that one must be cognizant of howto create a link with engineers and scientists to begin with and then go beyond that to maintainthe collaboration while considering issues related to tact, communication, and understanding theinfluence of culture on research and interaction practice [1].In this paper we consider a USAID/NSF PEER program aimed at

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, ​ Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics National Zoological Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) for the 12 institutions in the University System of Maryland, and Co-PI Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate at UMBC. Dr. Tull has worked with thousands of students from Alaska to Puerto Rico, and in Latin America through graduate school preparation workshops that have been sponsored by The National GEM Consortium, National Society of Black Engineers, Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Chicano, and Native American Scientists, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and the Alliance/Merck Ciencia Hispanic Scholars Program. She has presented workshops on graduate school

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

International Forum

ofassessment efforts. This study aims to understand students’ learning experiencesthrough a student engagement survey and a learning environment survey. Also,follow-up interviews were conducted to explore the opportunities and challenges asrelated to these programs. Preliminary results implied active student engagement intheir learning. Our findings also suggest diverse opportunities for summer courses asa useful platform for international collaboration. These findings provide usefulinformation as to the design and further improvement of international collaboration insimilar engineering courses settings.IntroductionGlobalization demands engineering talents to live up to the challenges from industryupgrading and development (Jesiek, Borrego &

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

International Forum

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

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Stephen U. Egarievwe, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

Faculty Development and International Collaborations Using Vertical Education Enhancement Model Stephen U. Egarievwe1,2 and Ralph B. James2 1 College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35762, USA2 Nonproliferation and National Security Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USAAbstractThis paper presents the international collaboration and experiences of an effective facultydevelopment initiative based on a vertical education enhancement (VEE) model. The VEEfaculty development program was designed to effectively improve performance and moralthrough