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Achille Messac, Mississippi State University; James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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graduate level, relative to student members in fall2012.All undergraduate programs saw at least a 3-fold increase in the number of student members fortheir respective society. ABE had by far the largest increase in the number of student members,with a 32-fold change between fall 2012 and fall 2013. Similarly, graduate programs across thecollege saw at least a 2-fold increase in student memberships. CSE saw a 67-fold increase instudent membership at the graduate level; the number of student members increased from one to67 after the introduction of the initiative. The biggest increases were generally seen at theundergraduate level, with the exception of ChE and CSE. Both of these departments had smallernumbers of graduate student members than

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Track 3 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Natalie A Mello, The Forum on Education Abroad

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Director of WPI’s Washington DC Project Center. He was secretary/treasurer of the new Education Division of AIChE. In 2009 he was awarded the rank of Fellow in the ASEE, and in 2013 was awarded the rank of Fellow in AIChE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Reaching Beyond Engineering to Achieve Best Practice in Global LearningIntroduction Certainly we all realize that our graduates need to function effectively in a globalmarketplace and will address complex engineering challenges that cannot be solved bytechnology alone. Our students must understand engineering practice in a global/societal contextand know how to solve problems that involve political

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University; Mansur Galikhanov, Kazan National research Technological University; Alina Guzhova, Kazan National Reserch Technological University

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leading Russian andforeign educational and industrial centers. A number of publications accounting for the results ofthe field visits is being prepared. They will be based on the knowledge gained through new contactswith Russian and foreign scientists. The Academic Council decided on mandatory participation ofKNRTU graduate departments in the program. The priority of the department development wouldbe the direction of the matching enterprises. A number of departments will take part in the newcompetition. A great deal of organizational work was held within the companies – the KNRTUpartners that didn't previously participate in the Presidential program. Discussed are the directionsto improve the content and form of existing programs, the topics of

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mona Azarbayjani, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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). The purpose of the competition isboth educative – educational experience for the participating students, for the general public, forthe building industry and the policy makers – and research oriented – encouraging multi-disciplinary collaboration towards development of new technologies and methods.The paper discusses the educational experience of the students participating in this internationalcompetition, focusing on the engineering undergraduate students. It describes the planimplemented for integrating the Solar Decathlon into the required curricula within theengineering, architecture, and business departments. A project as large and diverse as this onerequired accommodating curricular development at various levels and within various modes

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

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careers in organizations that have a global orinternational focus need to be culturally competent. Cultural competence (the ability to interacteffectively with people from other cultures and socio-economic backgrounds) can be achievedthrough interactions with colleagues and people from other cultures, and through experiences abroad.Our university's Graduate Student Development unit has added workshops on international careeropportunities and preparation for working in other countries through our graduate studentprofessional development workshop series. The Graduate School, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs,and PROMISE: Maryland’s National Science Foundation's Alliance the Graduate Education and theProfessoriate (AGEP) co-sponsor these activities

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Junichiro Kono, Rice University; Shane M Curtis, University of Tulsa

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and international undergraduate research experiencesThe National Council on Undergraduate Research defines undergraduate research as “An inquiry orinvestigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creativecontribution to the discipline” and identifies six key benefits of these experiences: a) enhancingstudent learning through mentoring relationships with faculty, b) increasing retention, c) increasingenrollment in graduate education and providing effective career preparation, d) developing criticalthinking creativity, problem solving, and intellectual independence, e) developing an understandingof research methodology, and f) promoting an innovation-oriented culture.12 The NSF has fundedREU programs

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Nannan He, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Han-Way Huang, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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generation tools. Some relevant research papers werealso offered to students who want to explore this topic further 12. This topic not only helpsstudents understand automated code generation mechanism, but also convinces student greatenhancements led by the MBD approach in system development for engineers.Model-based validation and verification (V&V)Model-based V&V represents a set of V&V techniques continuously applied through the MBDprcess. All of them contribute to three important goals/benefits: (i) Detect errors early in thedevelopment; (ii) Reuse test throughout development process. (iii) Reduce use of physicalprototypes. In this course, model-based V&V techniques/tools in three aspects were provided tostudents

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Megan Mercedes Echevarria, International Engineering Program, University of Rhode Island; Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island

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Spanish curriculum. She has developed specialized Spanish courses designed for engineers, as well as interdisciplinary courses that connect engineering to other fields of study. In her research she is equally versatile: her scholarship covers a wide range of topics relating to international education, languages across the curriculum, applied linguistics, materials development and literary and cultural studies.Dr. 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

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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communication and teamwork skills.ABET therefore now proposes improvement for the knowledge, skills and professional values for thegraduating students. In addition, analysis of the industry studies, together with the review of theABET accreditation criteria and study of engineering education reveals that the industryemployers and the students are looking for significant changes to the current philosophy anddelivery of engineering education [5]. These issues can be summarized as follows: 1. Engineering curricula does not provide sufficient integration of engineering science and technical topics to industrial practices. 2. Programs at times do not provide sufficient design experiences to students. 3. Graduates lack communication skills as well

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Souhail Elhouar, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

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Page 20.29.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Preparing Engineers for Global Challenges1. IntroductionWhen it comes to preparing engineering faculty and students to meet global engineeringchallenges and needs, nothing compares to bringing together business executives, governmentofficials, and educators from around the world to explore uncommon solutions to common globalproblems. The competitive advantage belongs to graduates, companies, and institutions whounderstand the global context of their profession.The world of the twenty first century faces many challenges that future engineers are expected tomaster. In fact, problems such as climate change and global warming, water

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Krishnanand Y Maillacheruvu, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

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varied widely among the students, similar to what one wouldexpect in the US.Undergraduate students were generally of high caliber - fewer than 2% of applicants at IITs areadmitted. Discussions with groups of undergraduates were typically more animated than withgraduate students and a generally freer exchange of ideas took place. Undergraduates werecurious about the college life and culture in the U.S., and many had relatives or friends who werestudying at U.S. universities. Graduate students were more reticent in this respect, although someshowed an interest in pursuing doctoral studies and post-doctoral work in the US.4.1.3 Scholarly activitiesThe co-author worked with graduate students on several research projects. In general, theanalytical

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Matthew E Verbyla, University of South Florida; Colleen Claire Naughton; Allan Feldman, University of South Florida; Vanessa Vernaza-Hernandez , University of South Florida ; Marilyn E Brandt, University of the Virgin Islands; Maya A Trotz, University of South Florida; E. Christian Wells, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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) about a topic or a case study related tointerdisciplinary solutions to key global challenges in context-sensitive situations. The weeklytopics were selected by the course professor and related to the themes of a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) grant under NSF’s Partnership for International Research and Education(PIRE) program. These students also developed five to six discussion questions related to thematerials (which were posted on the blog several days in advance), and hosted an hour-long“Twitter chat” each week about the topic covered in the video, the readings, or the case study.During this hour, the student hosts (moderators) posed the discussion questions and otherparticipants were invited to provide their own responses to these

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Rami Jubrail Haddad, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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in IEEE, OSA, CUR, and ASEE professional organizations. His research interests include various aspects of optical fiber communication/networks, broadband networks, multimedia communications, multimedia bandwidth forecasting, STEM education and engineering pedagogy.Dr. Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Youakim Kalaani is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Kalaani received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineer- ing from Cleveland State University (CSU). He graduated from CSU with M.S. and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering with concentration in power systems. Dr. Kalaani is a licensed professional engi

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Maya A Trotz, University of South Florida; Joniqua Howard, University of Texas Arlington; Ken Darrie Thomas, Auburn University, Biosystems Engineering & The Honors College; Helen Muga, University of Mount Union; Jeanese Christine Badenock, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill; Sheena A Francis, University of Technology, Jamaica 235 Old Hope Rd Kgn 6. Jamaica

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received her BSc in Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Barbados, graduating in 1996 with First Class Honours as the Valedictorian of her class. After teaching Mathematics at a local high school in Barbados for two years, she attended Dartmouth Col- lege, New Hampshire, USA, as a GAANN Fellow under a Department of Education training grant, for her PhD. Working in the group of indole chemist, Prof Gordon Gribble, her research focused on heterocyclic chemistry with special interest in radical indole chemistry and the synthesis of indole alkaloids. She re- ceived extensive teacher training at Dartmouth and was awarded the John H. Wolfenden Teaching Prize at the end of the three

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Henry W. Kraebber, Purdue University, West Lafayette; E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Katie Mae Hackney

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operations, and quality systems.Dr. E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette E. Shirl Donaldson received a doctorate of philosophy in Industrial Technology from Purdue University December of 2012 and is currently a post-doctoral fellow researching entrepreneurship, innovation and diversity. A strong advocate of inclusionary practices in education and business, she encourages stu- dents to work to their strengths while constantly expanding their skill sets and prospective of life. She has mentored several graduate and undergraduate students in areas of progression and transition from undergraduate to graduate studies, research, and study abroad. Her research agenda and commitment to intellectual growth is