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Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University; Zoe Wood Wood; Alana Christine Snelling

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of the National Women’s Studies Association, and as a Post-Doctoral Research Officer at the Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS) at King’s College, University of London. Her graduate training is in Science & Technology Studies and Women’s Studies at Virginia Tech.Dr. James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Jim Widmann is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently he teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of machine design, fluid power control and engineering education. He is a past chair of the ASEE-DEED Division and a U.S

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

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Paper ID #11078Preparing Engineers for Global Challenges: Engaging with Chile through the100,000 Strong in the Americas InitiativeDr. Megan Mercedes Echevarria, International Engineering Program, University of Rhode Island Megan Echevarr´ıa has directed the Spanish International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island since 2008. She has extensive experience creating international study, research and internship opportunities for engineering students, as well as preparing those students for successful participation in such initiatives. As Associate Professor her teaching covers all levels and areas of the

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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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international education administrators (Germany and Japan.) She has an Ed.D. in Education Leadership and Culture Studies from the University of Houston.Ms. Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University Sarah Phillips is the Education and International Initiatives Manager for the National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF-PIRE) ”U.S.- Japan Cooperative Research and Education on Terahertz Dynamics in Nanostructures” grant at Rice University. In collaboration with the PI and Education Director, she manages all aspects of the NanoJapan: International Research Expe- rience for Undergraduates Program. Since 2006, this program has sent 130 young U.S. engineering and physics students to Japan for

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Lev Vadimovich Redin, Kazan National Research Technological University, Russia

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Paper ID #11016Methodology of Creativity and Creative Thinking: Structure and Content ofEducational ClusterDr. Lev Vadimovich Redin, Kazan National Research Technological University, Russia Ph.D. in Engineering, Dr. of Engineering and Educational Sciences, Cand. Tech.Sci., Chief Designer, Associate Professor, Inventor (88 Patents) Institutions: Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU) • Institute of Additional Pro- fessional Education • The Department of Engineering Pedagogic and Psychology Official address: Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU) Institute of Additional Professional

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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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tap into existingexpertise and research interests of the faculty at our university, as well as on local supportingprofessionals. The final assignment was the development of the schematic design phase of theSolar Decathlon (feeding into the actual deliverables to the DoE). Figure 3. Team brainstorming session during the Schematic Design PhaseII.D Design Development PhaseAfter finalizing the initial design, the integrated design team focused on developing the detailsand the initial construction drawings. During the design development phase, the materials anddetails were finalized. In parallel, the students were developing a Building Information Model(BIM) to integrate the systems within architectural design of the house.The

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Julia Ziyatdinova; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Artem Bezrukov, Kazan National Research Technologcal University, Russia

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Paper ID #11020A Focused Curriculum Improving the Written English from Russian Speak-ing EngineersJulia Ziyatdinova,Dr. Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Artem Bezrukov, Kazan National Research Technologcal University, Russia Artem Bezrukov graduated from Kazan State Technological University in 2007 and received his PhD in 2010 at the Department of Physical Chemistry at the same university. His major study area was chemical engineering. He also obtained a degree in professional translation and linguistics. Artem was given the lecturer position at the Department of Physical Chemistry in 2010. He took

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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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at a major research university in the southeastUS introduced a college-wide technical society initiative in fall 2013. The purpose of theinitiative was to encourage student integration in their disciplines and to promote professionaldevelopment through active participation in society events. Overall, the college observedmembership in technical societies increase from 19.5% to 82% and 33% to 96% at theundergraduate and graduate levels, respectively, with a combined membership of 83% for alleligible (i.e., full-time) students. This was an increase from 21% prior to the initiative. Detaileddescription of the technical society initiative and the rationale for its implementation ispresented. Although it is too soon to offer an in-depth assessment

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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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). YouTubereaches more U.S. adults between the age of 18 and 34 than any cable network (7). Both Twitterand YouTube have also been recently suggested as an appropriate means to engage internationalstudents on U.S. campuses in programs that emphasize global citizenship (8).In 2013, the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI)launched the “Reclaim” initiative as a way to create a community that connects researchers fromdifferent disciplines around the world who are dedicated to the recovery of resources from waste.Reclaim utilizes a website with a blog (usf-reclaim.org), a YouTube channel, and a Twitteraccount to create this global community and to disseminate research findings and educationalmaterials. Students from

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Hongshik Ahn, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Yacov A. Shamash, Stony Brook University; ChoonHo Kim

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becoming the Associate Dean of CEAS, he has been leading and/or participating in various curriculum initiatives such as SUNY Korea, the new Civil Engineering, 5-year BE/MS, and Mechatronics programs. He is also responsible for College-wide ABET assessment and accreditation. Professor Kao has received Student Service Award and Center for Prevention and Outreach Partnership Award. He is co-author of a book chapter ”Pedagogical Use of Video Podcast in Higher Education: Teaching, Learning and Assessment”, In Ubiquitous Learning: A Survey of Applications, Research, and Trends, edited by Terry Kidd & Irene Chen, Published by Information Age Publishing. Being the Director of the Manufacturing and Automation Laboratory (MAL

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

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Paper ID #11001Utilization of Eclipse-based Software Tools in Teaching a New Software De-velopment Methodology to EngineersDr. Nannan He, Minnesota State University, Mankato Nannan He received the Ph.D. in computer engineering from Virginia Tech. She did Post-doc at Oxford University in UK and participated two EU projects. From 2012 to present she is an Assistant Professor at the ECET department in Minnesota State University at Mankato. Her teaching and research interests are in safety-critical embedded software, real-time embedded systems, and software verification. She is an IEEE member and reviewers for many conferences

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Pune Innovation Centre; Gautam Akiwate, University of California, San Diego; Ayano OHSAKI P.E., nnovation Center for Engineering Education, Tottori University

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Management at international events. He has been associated with initiatives from NASSCOM, CSI, ISO and ISBSG among others. Pradeep Waychal has completed Ph D in the area of Information Technology and Innovation Management from IIT Bombay. He is credited with one of the fastest Ph D even as compared to full time research scholars. He is M Tech in control engineering from IIT Delhi with CGPA of 10/10. He is a graduate from college of engineering Pune in Electronics and Telecommunication. His current research interests are engineering education, software engineering and innovation management.Gautam Akiwate, University of California, San Diego Gautam Akiwate is currently a graduate student at the Department of Computer

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Henry Griffith, Wright State University; Riad Ajami, Director, Center for Global Business, WSU; Angela Griffith

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these expectations, thereby ensuring their competitive advantage (P.Atkinson & Nicholls, 2013). These improvements have yielded substantial added value in the formof increased supply chain surplus, allowing for the simultaneous achievement of increasedprofitability and consumer satisfaction (Chopra & Meindl, 2013). While initiated in large-scalemanufacturing and service firms operating within developed countries, recent research hasdemonstrated successful implementation of these principles in firms of varying size, sectors, andmarkets (Elewaut, Linenboim, & Scokin, 2003; Enoch, 2013; Golicic & Medland, 2007;Hernández Palomino, de Jesús Espinoza, & Aguilar Arellano, 2013). This latter observation isespecially promising, as it

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Morgan M. Bakies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karen Seliah Lamb, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Paper ID #11034International Experiential Learning in Engineering: a Case Study of JuniorEnterprise in the United StatesMiss Morgan M. Bakies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Morgan Bakies is an undergraduate student in chemical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and former British Exchange student at Swansea University in Swansea, Wales. During her studies as an undergraduate, she conducted research through a National Science Foundation-funded Re- search Experience for Undergraduates program at the University of Alabama and also interned at Lyon- dellBasell’s Houston Refinery.Karen

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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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driven by her life experience. While completing her Master’s degree and for several years after, she worked in a family owned manufacturing firm. As a doctoral student, Shirl was recognized as an AGEP scholar and received the Bilsland Fellowship. Outstandingly, she collaborated in the creation of an innovation course and taught the initial offering Today Dr. Donaldson’s research interests include entrepreneurship, innovation, technology management, and diversity in STEM (science, technology, en- gineering, and mathematics) fields of study. She examines how academic and industrial environments enable effective learning, discovery, and realization of new and transferred knowledgeMs. Katie Mae Hackney

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Pune Innovation Centre; Ayano OHSAKI P.E.

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-Japanese program. Indo Japanese team including faculty membersworked together for about four months to develop a multi cultural portal and demonstrated thatthe experience can be enormously enriching. The portal is meant to help travelers acrossdifferent cultures – with an initial illustration targeting at Japanese travelers coming to India. Theportal requirements were created by science and engineering students in a Japanese universityand the software application was developed by students in an Indian engineering college. Whilethe participants cherished their international experience, they felt that they should have spentmore time preparing for the visit including learning the other language and having morecommunication. The learning in cross

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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Science and Program Lead for MSc in Database Administration programs. My association with ABET (Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) US dates back to 2001, as a certified program evaluator for BSc in Computer Science and BSc in Information Systems. At present, I am also serving as the Commissioner for the Computer Accreditation Commission (CAC). Ongoing assessment of academic programs is a personal interest of mine, and I am involved on an ongoing basis at the departmental, school and university levels. Previously, I have taught in different countries for over 23 years. I have been privileged to be part of the DESY Group (Deutches Elecktronen Synchrotron), Hamburg Germany, as a research fellow, and worked

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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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number of programs that help develop internationalopportunities and research for graduate students. Therefore, in partnership with the NSF, thePROMISE AGEP,5 The Graduate School at UMBC, and UMBC’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairshave developed a series of workshops that will help and inform students who would like topursue a globally focus career in technology or engineering.MethodsThe Graduate School at UMBC, in collaboration with the PROMISE AGEP, has developed aseries of global engagement activities to prepare students for global leadership in STEM fields.These initiatives are divided in three Focus Areas: 1) Local U.S.-based workshops that discussglobalization; 2) Involving students in international conferences; and 3) Providing

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

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capability of students was exceptionally good and they were resourceful solvingdifficult engineering-research problems. For example, adverse health effects of hazardous airpollutants on workers in the Indian ship-breaking industry are difficult to quantify, assess andanalyze; students considered many options and ultimately developed new field and analyticaltechniques to solve such complex problems. However, many needed guidance in technicalwriting and in presentation, not unlike what is encountered at U.S. universities. Several writingprojects were initiated with IITB faculty and a close working relationship has developed betweenfaculty from the two universities. Asolekar et al.,3 represents one of the outcomes from thesabbatical experience, where

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Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University; Mats Daniels, Uppsala University; Åsa Sofia Cajander

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Paper ID #11088Integrating Global Systems Development Skills into the Engineering Curricu-lumProf. Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University Arnold Pears received his BSc(Hons) in 1986 and PhD in 1994, both from La Trobe University, Mel- bourne, Australia. He occupied positions as lecturer and senior lecturer at La Trobe University between 1991 and 1998. In 1999 he was appointed as senior lecturer at Uppsala University, Sweden. He was awarded the Uppsala University Pedagogy Prize in 2008, and appointed as Associate Professor of Com- puting Education Research in May 2011. Roles at Uppsala University include appointment to

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Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #11054Development of Experiential Learning Models in Biomedical EngineeringPrograms for International ImplementationDr. Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Dr. Shankar Krishnan is the founding chair of the Biomedical Engineering program and an endowed chair professor at Wentworth Institute in Boston since 2008. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Rhode Island with research work done at Rhode Island Hospital. Previously, he was an assistant di- rector at Massachusetts General Hospital (a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School) in Boston. He has also held faculty

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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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, University of Texas ArlingtonKen Darrie Thomas, Auburn University, Biosystems Engineering & The Honors College Ken D. Thomas, Ph.D. is the Honors Lecturer in Biosystems Engineering of both The Honors College and Department of Biosystems Engineering at Auburn University, Auburn, AL. He received both his BSc Chemical & Process Engineering and MSc Environmental Engineering from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Environmental & Water Resources Engineer- ing) from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. His current research interests are in sustainability science, sustainable development and sustainable development engineering, especially in a West Indian

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Michael B. Cutlip, University of Connecticut; Mordechai Shacham, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Michael Elly, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Engineers (IIChE). He is the recipient of the of the 2000 CACHE Award, the 2010 Himmelblau Award of the CAST division of the AIChE and he is a Fellow of the IIChE. Dr. Shacham received his BSc and DSc degrees from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. His research interests include analysis, modeling and regression of data, applied numerical methods and prediction and consistency analysis of physical properties.Michael Elly , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Michael Elly holds BSc and MBA degrees from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He is with the Intel Corporation that he joined in 1996 and has served in several senior IT/Automation positions in Israel and in the US. He is the lead programmer

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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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Paper ID #11032Reaching Beyond Engineering to Achieve Best Practice in Global LearningDr. David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute David DiBiasio is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Department Head of ChE at WPI. He received his ChE degrees from Purdue University, worked for the DuPont Co, and has been at WPI since 1980. His current interests are in educational research: the process of student learning, international engineering education, and educational assessment. Collaboration with two colleagues resulted in being awarded the 2001 William Corcoran Award from Chemical Engineering Education. He

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

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Paper ID #11074Preparing Engineers for Global ChallengesDr. Souhail Elhouar, Bradley University Dr. Elhouar is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction at Bradley University. He holds a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla- homa and a BSc in Building Engineering and Construction from the University Of Tunisia School Of En- gineering in Tunis (ENIT). He specializes in the analysis and design of industrial and non-industrial steel buildings and has been teaching steel design and other related courses for many years. His research inter- ests

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Mert Bal, Miami University

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Paper ID #11057Assessment of Remote Laboratory Practices in Engineering Technology Dis-tance EducationDr. Mert Bal, Miami University Mert Bal received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Eastern Mediterranean Univer- sity, North Cyprus in 2008. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of Western Ontario, and a Visiting Researcher at the National Research Council Canada in London, Ontario, Canada between 2008 and 2010. He was involved in various research projects in the areas of collaborative intelligence, localiza- tion and collaborative information processing in wireless sensor networks, intelligent

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Marjaneh Issapour, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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University and a Masters Degree of electrical engineering from Columbia University. She holds the Professional Engineering License in New York State (PE). She is also a Cisco certified (CCNA). Her area of research is Renewable and Alternative energy sources. She is currently working towards her doctorate degree at Stony Brook University. Marj is an IEEE Senior member and currently chairs the Educational Activities Committee of the IEEE-Long Island. She is an X-com member. She has expertise in Statistical Modeling of various energy related quantities and factors. She is also knowledgeable in networking technologies and has devoted most of her research to applications related to alternative energy sources, specifically she

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Miquela Trujillo, University of New Mexico; Peter V. Vorobieff; Francisco Martin Vigil, University of New Mexico; Tennille Charisse Bernard, The University of New Mexico; Clinton Lee Corbin, University of New Mexico

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Paper ID #11037Instrumentation Laboratory: Challenges of Teaching a Large ClassMs. Miquela Trujillo, University of New Mexico Miquela Trujillo graduated with a BSME degree from New Mexico Tech and is currently a graduate student at the University of New Mexico, doing research on shock-accelerated multiphase flows.Prof. Peter VorobieffMr. Francisco Martin Vigil, University of New Mexico Francisco Vigil is from Espa˜nola, NM. He graduated from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technooogy in December 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Mechanical

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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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Andras Gordon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Richard J Schuhmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Richard F. Devon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University; Ahmad Atieh, Taibah Univeristy; Peter Dietrich, Corvinus University Budapest

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in 1997, M. Sc. from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 1987, and B. SC. degree from Yarmouk University in 1985. His fields of expertise are in optical fiber telecommunication systems, nonlinear optics, optical amplifiers and renewable energy. He worked at the National Research Council of Canada, JDS Uniphase Inc and BTI Systems Inc in Canada. He has over 55 publications and over 20 issued patent and patent pending.Mr. Peter Dietrich, Corvinus University Budapest Peter Dietrich is an Instructor at Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary. Page 20.10.1 c American

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Robert W Fuessle, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

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Page 20.26.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Internationalization and Civil Engineering Program InnovationAbstractIn the early 1990’s, the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction (CEC) at BradleyUniversity developed strategic objectives to introduce internationalization to our students andcurriculum. Initially, four objectives for the CEC Global Explorer Program were outlined: 1) tosend students abroad for study either for a short mini-semester or full semester; 2) persuadeinternational students to come to Bradley; 3) embark on a faculty exchange; and 4) to fosterinternational research exchange between the CEC department and