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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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Paper ID #12624Personal development of future engineers: From individual success to profes-sional excellenceDr. Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological UniversityProf. Farida Tagirovna Shageeva, Kazan National Research Technological UniversityMrs. Dilyara R. Erova, Kazan National Research Technological University Page 19.25.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Personal development of engineering students: From individual success to professional excellence

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Stephen U. Egarievwe, Alabama A&M University

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life-long learning and training, mentoring, continuous assessments and improvementfeedbacks, research and external funding, grant writing, seed money for research, internationalactivities and collaborations, and increased conference participations and journal publications.The VEE model consists of three fundamental interwoven components: curriculum andmentoring; industry, government and community partnerships; and research and funding. TheVEE faculty development initiative was successful implemented in a collaborative programbetween Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU) and Brookhaven NationalLaboratory (BNL). The results and outcomes for science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) faculty members include increased

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

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, ”The Success Equation,” STEM initiatives, and PhD Completion in Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and schools across the United States. Tull is on the board of advisors for the PNW-COSMOS Alliance to increase the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students who complete STEM graduate programs, and is a speaker on ”GRADLab” tour with the National GEM Consortium, giving talks across the US each Saturday morning during the Fall. Tull researched speech technology as former member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has co-authored several publications on achievement in STEM fields, and is a mentoring consultant for Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and MIT. She co-leads

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

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well. Since August 2013 I joined Texas Tech University Whitacre College of Engineering where I am Assistant Academic Dean for Central and South American Programs and Director of Special Projects.Ms. Allison Wright, Texas Tech University Allison Wright is an SIT Graduate Institute Alum focusing on Education Abroad and is currently the Director of Texas Tech University’s International Engineering Programs overseeing the implementation of the International Experience Initiative. Previously she has worked for an international provider in London and for North Dakota State University. Allison is a two-time alum of international programs in Caen, France and Istanbul, Turkey. She is an active member of the International

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

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called on existing collaborations for developing miniaturized fluid mechanics and Page 19.31.2heat transfer modules. The project description involves a team of undergraduates from both sitesworking on different components for the development of a miniaturized biomass to biofuelssystem via gasification.To describe how to build and implement a successful international collaboration, this paper isstructured as follows: first, a section describing how to initiate and foster successful internationalrelationships and engage in trans-continental research and second, a practical application of howto do this on an individual project, taking the USAID-PEER

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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benefits both countries as well entice others to alsobecome part of such collaborations4.Now a days universities even in the developed countries with strong research focus arealsoencouraging their faculty to establish international collaboration with researchers even ifthey are from the developing countries. In addition, the scientist in the developed countriesthemselves have started realizing the benefits in initiating collaborations with the developingcountries. The developing countries have improved research capabilities and impact of localcontext on research findings5. Another interesting observation quoted in research6,7 indicates thatresearch citing for papers with authors from several countries is higher than papers with authorsfrom the

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Julia Ziyatdinova

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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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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, 2013). Hence, the goal is to design and implement educationalenvironments that are based on experiential learning approaches.The goal of the proposed global university-industry partnership initiative is to increase thestudents' employability by facilitating the creation of meaningful connections to the real world ofwork, and to develop the students' ability to navigate and negotiate the social, political, andpractical dimensions of a workplace. This initiative develops an innovative educational modelthat provides students with hands-on practice through hybrid experiential learning methods suchas cultural immersion, design projects, undergraduate research, and cooperative education. Thismodel satisfies ABET criteria which seeks to enhance

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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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admissions, ”The Success Equation,” STEM initiatives, and PhD Completion in Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and schools across the United States. Tull is on the board of advisors for the PNW-COSMOS Alliance to increase the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students who complete STEM graduate programs, and is a speaker on ”GRADLab” tour with the National GEM Consortium, giving talks across the US each Saturday morning during the Fall. Tull researched speech technology as former member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has co-authored several publications on achievement in STEM fields, and is a mentoring consultant for Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and MIT. She co

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

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positive self-confidence15. Maintains a high-level of professional competence16. Embraces a commitment to quality principles/standards and continuous improvement17. Embraces an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary perspective18. Applies personal and professional judgment in effectively making decisions and managing risks19. Mentors or helps others accomplish goals/tasks20. Shows initiative and demonstrates a willingness to learnSurvey Research on the Attributes of a Global EngineerAfter completing a stakeholder-driven process to develop the attributes of a global engineer, SIGmembers sought to validate the list of attributes with stakeholders beyond the CMC. Given theglobal dimensions and emphasis of the attributes, SIG members were desirous of

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

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engineering students, including study abroad, research and internships, as well as service learning, capstones, and immersion experiences.2. Provide a set of criteria for awarding financial aid, or other forms of School support to engineering students wanting to participate in international experiences.3. Establish a framework for the development of new courses, certificates, or minors in global engineering.4. Position the School for the engagement in related, national STEM initiatives.5. Strengthen the School’s ability to compete with peer institutions in recruiting students.The committee process included the following: Complete an extensive literature review. Consider the proposed University-wide

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Julia Ziyatdinova

,hydroelectric and atomic power engineering, space exploration and so on. Russianengineering has long lasting traditions, creativity,and inventive enthusiasmtogetherwith excellent educational programs, talented faculty, scientists, and engineers. Russian engineering education traditions are:  Integrated academics and research; Technical universities put emphasis on collaboration between scientific researchers and faculty, where high ranked and experienced scientists share their practical knowledge with future engineers through lectures and seminars, and faculty members are encouraged to participate in research activity in the field of their expertise. Such educational approach creates environment for a

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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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leadership, the IEP received NAFSA’s Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award for innovative campus internationalization (2011), and the Andrew Heiskell Award for an innovative study abroad program (2012) by the Institute for International Education. She was Co-PI of the winning grant proposal (PI Megan Echevarr´ıa) chosen as one of four to launch President Obama’s 100,000 Strong Initiative in the Americas (2014). Sigrid serves as Co-Editor, with Damon Rarick, of the Online Journal for Global Engineering Education (OJGEE) as well as on the Provost’s Global Education Steering Committee. She also serves on the DAAD Alumni Association Board. Since she began working at URI in 2009, the IEP has seen an enrollment increase of 18

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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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University. He has conducted research in the areas of construction project success and advanced information technolo- gies with funding provided by federal (National Cooperative Highway Research Program and National Science Foundation), state (Iowa DOT), and industrial sponsors (Weitz, Western Summit, and the Con- struction Industry Institute. He is currently working on the use of RFID technology to provide continuous tracking of personnel on a construction site and investigating the determinants of construction project success on complex projects. Dr. Jaselskis is a registered professional engineer in the State of Iowa and has memberships in several organizations (American Society of Civil Engineering, Construction

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Takao Ichiko, Professional online

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Paper ID #14264An Educational Model Based on More Deeply Cooperative LearningDr. Takao Ichiko, Professional online Upon receiving an official appointment to the faculty of the National University, dealing with both higher education and basic research, the following responsibilities regarding computer and electronic media R&D in education were undertaken; e.g. attainments in the fields of advanced educational environments and software engineering R&D on high quality software using intelligent design schemes and design aids. Especially, research based items such as newly developed system design processes initiated by

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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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(SIUC). She also serves as the Director of Applied Research Consultants in the Department of Psychology at SIUC. She received her B.A. (Hons., 1990), M.A. (1993), and Ph.D. (2000) from the University of Manitoba, Canada. She joined SIUC in 2004 and prior to that she worked at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Her research interest focuses on the performance of statistical procedures when applied to data that do not satisfy the assumptions underlying these procedures. A goal of her research is to provide recommendations to improve the quality of data analyses. Other research related activities involve working as a statistical consultant. She teaches courses in Research Methods, Inferential Statistics, Multiple

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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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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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Paper ID #14315Bringing in the World: Internationalizing the Curriculum of a First-Year In-troduction to Engineering Course at a Large Public American UniversityProf. Jennifer DeBoer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jennifer DeBoer is currently Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on international education systems, individual and social development, technology use and STEM learning, and educational environments for diverse learners.Mr. Shreyas Vathul Subramanian, Purdue University Shreyas Vathul Subramanian is a PhD candidate in the school of Aeronautics and

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

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process by researching various types of catapultswhile, in adherence to Figure 2, the CPUT students began to identify a K-12 school in SouthAfrica that would receive the STEM tool. Upon completion of the two aforementioned tasks,CPUT students conducted a presentation at a Cape Town, South Africa middle school-as shownin Figure 4-whereby they discussed the initial catapult design concepts and distributed a marketsurvey for the younger students to complete. The market survey details and results have beenpreviously reported6. The goal of the market survey was to gather demographics data and allowthe middle school students to provide input regarding the design of the catapult. One particularinquiry regarded the type of catapult the younger students

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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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Paper ID #14349Design as an integrating factor in an International Cross-Disciplinary Inno-vation CourseProf. Anders V Warell, Lund University, Industrial Design Bio Anders Warell Professor Anders Warell is Director of Research at the Division of Industrial Design, Lund University, Sweden. He received his PhD on Product Identity and Design Aesthetics from Chalmers University of Technology in 2002. After being part of the development of the Industrial Design Engineer- ing masters programme at Chalmers, he joined the School of Design at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand in 2005, where he led the Industrial Design

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Sergey Gerasimov; Yury P Pokholkov

-governmentalprofessional accreditation of educational programs in engineering and technology andprofessional engineers certification and registration. A review of the literature on engineering Page 19.1.2education and profession issues, the research and study of the experience of various nationalorganizations and agencies carrying out the process of program accreditation and engineercertification in different countries, such as the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) in the USA, Engineers Ireland, Engineers Australia, Engineers Canada,the Engineering Council United Kingdom (ECUK), the German Accreditation Council(ASIIN) as well as the relevant

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Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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) to lead accreditation strategies. LACCEI is a non-profit consortium of 150+universities with interest in academic and research collaborations with Latin American andCaribbean engineering programs. Surveying its members, LACCEI found that the institutionswanted workshops to bridge the gap from deciding to explore accreditation to determining theaccreditation agency, and they wanted access to a pool of trained experts in accreditation thatcould answer questions and assist in the accreditation process. LACCEI developed workshopsunder an initiative called Par Amigo (Friendly Peer). The objectives were  Assist engineering programs with the selection of accrediting method and agency  Assist engineering programs through the accreditation

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Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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. Dr. Rong’s research areas include Manufacturing Systems and Processes, and Computer-aided Fixture Design. He is the principal investigator of several federal and industrial funded research projects. Dr. Rong is a fellow of ASME and member of ASM, SME, and ASEE. He has published two books and over 200 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings. Page 19.36.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Ten Year Experience of Global Capstone Design Projects in ChinaIntroductionAs the economics becomes more and more globalize, the need for quality engineers isgrowing fast

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Russell D Jamison, Virginia Commonwealth University

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President for Research and Development at Smith & Nephew PLC, a global provider of orthopedic and otolaryngology implants. He began his engineering career at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory after serving with the U.S. Army 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Europe. Professor Jamison received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Ma- terials Science Engineering respectively from Virginia Tech and the M.S. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia. He was Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bath, UK. He lives in Richmond, Virginia

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

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, test, and launch a functioning satellite to low-earth orbit. In addition to his work with the Aerospace Enterprise, Andrew is also the president (vice president 2013-2014) of the Michigan Tech chapter of the Blue Key National Honor Society, the organization re- sponsible for planning Winter Carnival, Michigan Tech’s largest annual celebration. Andrew has led these two diverse groups at Michigan Tech for the past year and will continue to focus on the educational and professional development value of each. In 2014, as part of the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership, Andrew traveled to Malta where he led a research effort to determine the role of the Maltese islands, specifically Gozo, in the Allied

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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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Paper ID #14334Evolution of a Chinese-Canadian Educational PartnershipDr. Ronald J Hugo, University of Calgary Ronald J. Hugo is Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) at the University of Calgary. He is also the holder of the Engineering Education Innovation Chair in the Schulich School of Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of experimental fluid dynamics, energy systems, and engineering education.Dr. Bob Brennan, University of CalgaryDr. Jian ZhangDr. Xiaodong Niu, Shantou University Niu Xiaodong is currently a full professor and Head of