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Manojkumar Vilasrao Deshpande, SVKM's NMIMS, Shirpur, MS, India; Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Innovation Centre; Prashant Pralhadrao Udawant P.E., SVKM's NMIMS, MPSTME Shirpur Campus

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Paper ID #13250Analysis of Improved Pedagogy Applied for Teaching courses related to Com-puter Programming for First Year Engineering ProgramsDr. Manojkumar Vilasrao Deshpande, SVKM’s NMIMS, Shirpur, MS, India Dr.Manojkumar Deshpande started career as an entrepreneur and then as faculty in 1991. He joined Mum- bai University in 1999 and further designated as Head of Computer Engineering Department at SVKM’s D.J.Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai. After awarding Ph.D., In Oct 2011, he joined as Professor & Associate Dean at MPSTME, SVKM’s NMIMS (deemed to be university) at Shirpur Campus. He is the Member of Board of

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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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Paper ID #14286Engineering Leadership Development Programs: Universities Respond toCritical Needs in the US and InternationallyNicolas Couto Giffoni dos Santos, SIUC Leadership Development Program I am an Industrial Engineering undergraduate student at Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil and being sponsored by the Brazilian government for a study abroad program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. I was member of two leadership development programs, the Brazilian Junior Enterprise Movement and the SIUC Leadership Development Program.Dr. Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Bruce DeRuntz

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Zaida M Gracia, Texas Tech University; Allison Wright, Texas Tech University

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international programs and diversifying student’s offerings. Theprogram brings engineering students from both universities into an innovative model ofexchange agreement that combines the development of an academic, research, and societal studyabroad experience related to a sustainable or renewable energy topic. Undergraduate studentsfrom both institutions are engaged in a summer course, a research experience for undergraduates,and interaction in local professional contexts related to the selected topics, in order to connectacademic and research contents with societal needs from an abroad perspective.During this student exchange, students will take part in classes directly related to the selectedresearch topic, language classes, culturally adaptive

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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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for such educational programs and they are not subject toaccreditation anymore. Without any regulatory requirements or norms, due to such approach,many employers did their best to minimize their expenditures related to educating or retrainingtheir personnel. However, the problem of interaction with the labor market that has not beensolved by now to the necessary extent or with the necessary effect becomes more and morecritical. [1]The system of continuing professional education (hereinafter – “CPE”) was formed within theinstitutions of engineering education due to their own initiatives only: Late in 1990s – early in2000s educating economists and managers was considered to be of highest priority and mostdemanded in Russia. There were certain

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

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of International Programs in the Shiley School of Engineering. In that role he has developed and directed study abroad programs as well as international research and service learning projects for the School of Engineering.Dr. Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland Sharon Jones is the Dean of the Shiley School of Engineering at the University of Portland. She is a licensed civil engineer with degrees from Columbia University, the University of Florida, and Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests focus on applying decision-making methods to evaluate sustain- ability policies with emphases on infrastructure, developing economies, and particular industrial sectors. She is also interested in

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, ecological disasters and climate change, religious and ethnic conflicts,terrorism, economic safety related to modernization of the Russian resource based economy,corruption, globalization of the world economy, migration of population;• Resources and their scarcity – demand for new types of energy and energy efficient materials,pure drinking water, food problems, intensification of the housing and road construction.The world leading engineering universities aim at solving the most urgent global challengesthrough R&D projects and education declared in their missions [2].Within the research, education and project activities of the universities, engineering is oftenconsidered as a decisive factor in the roadmap of the XXI century. For example, the

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

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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

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Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University; Farida Tagirovna Shageeva, Kazan National Research Technological University; Dilyara R. Erova, Kazan National Research Technological University

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specialskills, and his ability to communicate with people and work communities of various types. However the present reality shows that only 50 classroom hours in the average aredevoted to a specific discipline of social and humanities block. Within this framework it isonly possible to present short review of the discipline issues, its fundamental concepts, butthis time resource is hardly enough for providing instrumental skills, working in teams,business communication and conflict resolution. Future engineers are qualified not only for formation and use of new machinery andtechnology, but also for active influence on personal relations in work groups and society, forbeing responsible for own and social welfare

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-workingand independent-working skills, ability to achieve results, communication skills.Engineering education is enhanced by use of the following technologies and models[9,12]:  Integrated educational systems; Collaboration between industry and universities is sometimes realized through Higher Technical Educational Establishments, where students combine part- time work position and functions with engineering program related to the job. A block-modular educational system is proposed by such establishments with variations of work/study periods, for instance, month-by-month system or two-week study period every 3 months.  University departments atindustrial enterprises; A wide range of

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Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University

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growthpotential.By presenting the conceptual and operational model describing and detailing the implementationand outcome of this Tenaris-Texas A&M Engineering international internship program, theauthor hopes to help other institutions in creating effective international internships as well asestablishing a model that can be implemented in partnership with other companies at the LookCollege. Thoughts on future research related to this program is to determine the globalcompetency learning of the students and compare this program with other study abroad programscurrently taking place in the college. More information will be gathered for the program that isbeing implemented for summer 2015.AcknowledgementsWith the conclusion of this paper it is important

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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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IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Curricula and Pedagogy Committee (CPC) as a European representative. The mission of the CPC is ”to promote the continued evolution of university curricula, resources, and pedagogical practices across IEEE’s fields of interest in engineering, computing, and technology (ECT)”. She collaborates regularly with many technical universities in Europe, Latin America and USA on topics related to improvement of engineering education. Her research interests include mathematical modeling, system dynamics, control theory, and educational methods in automation, robotics, and in engineering in general.Prof. Tatjana Welzer, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer

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

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Page 19.37.4curricula requires resiliency and the positive self-image/self-confidence.The most important/proficient attributes for the university/post-secondary graduate are:1. Demonstrates an understanding of engineering, science, and mathematics fundamentals2. Demonstrates an understanding of information technology, digital competency, and information literacy.For individuals at this stage, the need to have master of the disciplinary fundamentals upondeparture from university-level engineering programs is most important. Furthermore, theability to be proficient in and up-to-date with the tools and technology of the field are alsoneeded.The most important/proficient attributes for the early-career engineering professional are:1. Functions

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

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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

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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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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

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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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attempt to optimize community/university relations for broadening participation in the STEM fields.” He has ambitions to significantly diversify and broaden the global pipeline of STEM talent and help guide the evolution of the methods used to develop engineers.Prof. jos´e aquiles grimoni jabg P.E., polythecnic schoool university of s˜ao paulo Page 19.4.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Bringing in the World: Internationalizing the Curriculum of a First-Year Introduction to Engineering Course at a Large Public American

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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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practice, etc. ……………Drive mechanism at the individuals level Personal quality of scientific talents Scientific research capability of scientific talents Cooperative research and team organization …………..II. Research HypothesisSee Table 2 for the hypothesis on the relations between each dimension of the developmentmechanism for the scientific research capability of engineers and each component of scientificresearch capability.Table 2 Hypothesis of Relevance between the

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

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hands-on learningin relation to renewable energy. It also led to the formation of a Project-Based Learning course(Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy) that combined the engineering designprocess and entrepreneurship. The original inspiration for this second course came from anarticle published by Sullivan et al.4.UCalgary and STU have now partnered five times through the UCalgary Group Study travelprogram. Each May, 20 UCalgary students travel to STU where they take two courses alongside20 STU students. The program has been delivered in English and primarily by the UCalgaryChair in Engineering Education Innovation.Reflective Teaching:In the five years that the program has been operational, significant evolution has taken

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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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Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her primary research interests relate to the assessment of teaching and learning in engineering, cognitive development of graduate and undergraduate students, and global engineering. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University in 2013.Miss Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Yu Hu is a graduate student at the Graduate School of Education in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She obtained a B.S. in biotechnology from Hebei Normal University. Her current interest focuses on the cognitive development of engineering graduate and undergraduate students, the assessment of teaching and learning in graduate

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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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Engineering Education, Programs at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. since 2002. Previously served as the Associate Director of the Office of Continuing Engineering Ed- ucation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for 14 years and as a high school, community college and university professor. Dr. Krute’s BS, MS, MACE and PhD degrees were related to the areas of vocational education, teacher education, and adult education.Dr. Hongling Guo, Tsinghua UniversityMr. David Comiskey, Ulster University David Comiskey is a lecturer in Architectural Technology at Ulster University and has a keen interest in technology enhanced learning, winning a number of awards for his work. His other research interests

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

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Minority Faculty, the ADVANCE Executive Committee, and the UMBC Postdoc- toral Fellows Program for Faculty Diversity. She is bilingual in Spanish and English and specializes in intercultural and gender communication, and implicit bias, as they relate to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of underrepresented minority faculty.Dr. Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Renetta Garrison Tull is Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Professional Development & Post- doctoral Affairs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC: An Honors University in Mary- land), where she is the Co-PI and Founding Director for the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for

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

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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

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Takao Ichiko, Professional online

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warrantfurther analysis of their mutual relationships: IT Basic Impacts on Educational andSocial Environments⁶.3. An Educational Model Based on More Deeply Cooperative Learning We have previously discussed the issues and matters related to possible solutions forsuch an environment in publications and open lectures/seminars⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹. As anexample, one of the more remarkable case studies has been extended thanks to theintroduction of mobile terminals into long-distance educational situations which coexistwith conventional education environments. This synergy of platforms involvinginteractive communications helps create mutual understanding between students andtheir educators¹². Currently, we are enhancing a new engineering educationalenvironment that

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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

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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

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

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. 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

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Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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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

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S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Daniel Cox, Harvard University; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #14352International STEM Classrooms: The Experiences of Students Around theWorld Using Physical Remote Laboratory KitsMs. S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University, West Lafayette S. Zahra Atiq is a first year PhD student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore - Pakistan. Her research interests include: computer science education specifically on teach- ing computer programming to undergraduates and how to improve their learning experiences. She is also interested in looking at studying student

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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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outlining the course and its content was intensified in the spring of 2012. The subject forthe course decided upon was “Innovations and Product Development”, being key words for both LU and ZJU.The pedagogical intention was to support the students learning in “relating parts of the subject matter to eachother and to the real world” and “comprehending the world by reinterpreting knowledge”. The course was titled“international Market-Driven Engineering (iMDE)”.The two universities already had cooperative agreements that the course could leverage upon. One such exampleis the Joint Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (LU-ZJU JCIE), a platform aiming to help realize jointactivities of innovation and entrepreneurship. iMDE is a joint course

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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Paper ID #14258International Academic Collaboration: Why it May or May not work?Dr. Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University I have a Ph.D. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Engineering, and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. Currently I serve as a Chair for Department of Computer Science, Information and Media Systems and Professor of Computer Science at School of Engineering and Computing, National University. I am also the Program Lead for MS in Information Technology Management and have also served recently as the lead for BSc in Information Systems, the co-Lead for MSc Computer Science and Program Lead for MSc in Database