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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Frank G. Jacobitz; Thomas F. Schubert

reflection papers, andformalized instructor observations. Overall, these CIE courses have been found to be a valuableapproach in the delivery of senior-level technical electives combined with an internationalexperience.IntroductionOver the past decade, the number of students at the University of San Diego (USD) involved inan international experience has surged to the point where more than 85 percent of USD’sundergraduates participate in study-abroad programs.1 There are a variety of reasons for thisincrease including an effort by the institution to internationalize the curriculum and a desire ofstudents to incorporate global competencies in their studies. An international experience can beobtained in many different ways, including year-long or term

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Tammy Yut-Ling Chan; Gustavo Borel Menezes

improve their work throughout thequarter.Key features of the courses included: 1) Dedicated class time was dedicated for students andinstructors to work together; 2) Teamwork enabled students, under time pressure, to analyzeengineering problems, formulate solutions, program, write, and prepare presentations; 3)Engineering problems were solved with widely-available software; and 4) Teams competed toproduce the best course manual for next year’s course.Preliminary results from surveys showed that students felt more confident and knowledgeablewhen presenting technical information, writing their reports, and using computer tools in theirsubsequent courses. They also used these skills later in their senior design projects. Compared totheir peers who

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Liang Li Wu; Anis Hammoudeh; Gregory Washington

and the increase in the number of cell-phone users went from two per 1,000people in 1990 to over 500 per 1,000 people today. Furthermore, due the globalized market,engineering industries, which cannot compete globally, are not likely to survive domestically1.To be successful internationally, one is required to have cultural and economic expertise as wellas solid technological background. Thus, the engineering education encounters shiftingparadigm of how to train our next generation to be global leaders in the field, not onlyengineering ready, also culturally ready.While the Henry Samueli School of Engineering was initiating future international programs toeducate our students on a dynamic pathway, an incident occurred on campus has altered

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Gene Fisher

, which have chronicled ourprogress6,7,8,9. Over its years of being offered, we have focused to varying degrees on a numberof educational objectives. From the perspective of the students in the course, the objectivesinclude: 1. apply the skills learned in introductory software engineering courses to a real-world software project 2. work with an external customer, on a project of specific interest to that customer 3. work in project teams of varying sizes, including in teams comprised of upper-class and lower-class students of software engineering 4. learn skills of project management 5. enhance technical skills of software development 6. deploy a working product of some formThe first objective is very common to

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kurt McMullin; Thalia Anagnos; Jan Hustler; Nancy Thomas

4 5 CE112-S12 8 11 13 15 16 CE99-S11 17 18 28 29 QUESTION NUMBER 30 Figure 1. Student Performance on Force Concept Inventory Pre-Test EvaluationPre- and post testing is used for course outcomes assessment in technical writing, a requiredcourse for all engineering students7. In this course, the pre-test is a standardized writing skillstest (WST) administered by the university to determine if students have adequate

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Antonella Sciortino; Lisa Star; Tesfai Goitom

groups work in teams to prepare a term paper and a presentation that focuses on acomparative assessment between two similar engineering projects, one in the United States andthe other in a foreign country with an emphasis on engineering and construction practices andsocietal, economical and environmental issues. The challenges that we faced during theimplementation of the plan and the proposed improvements to the courses are presented.Introduction and BackgroundIn today's rapidly changing society, the new generation of engineers and construction managersmust not only be equipped with advanced technical knowledge but also be able to understand theimpact that engineering solutions have on society, environment and economics in a globalperspective

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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R. Radharamanan

of faculty and students. The conference also had sessions on “Integration ofEngineering and General Education”, “Assessment of KEEN Student Outcomes”, “StudentDesign Project/Poster Presentations and Product Demonstrations”, “Student TestimonialPresentations Highlighting Impact of KEEN Initiatives on Engineering Education and StudentLearning” and “Future Direction for the KEEN Regional Conferences”. More than a hundredfaculty, students, administrators, and industry personnel participated in the regional conference.In addition, a low cost 3-D scanning/printing facility (Figure 1) has been added to the MCIE toenhance innovation and creativity aspects among engineering students as well as to instillentrepreneurial mindset that includes making

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Raman Unnikrishnan; Victor H. Delgado; Hye Sun Moon; Edward Sullivan

Americans is 67%,Caucasians, 60%, Hispanics, 44%, Native Americans, 39%, African Americans, 38% andfemales, 61%1-12. In California, about a third of the state’s students who intend to pursueengineering and computer science graduates degrees fail to achieve their goal, considerablyhigher than the 22% attrition rate nationally. While the state is home to more top researchuniversities and high tech industries than any other state, it is significantly under-producinggraduates with technical degrees3.In order to increase the number of engineering and computer science graduates, theunderrepresentation of Hispanic students in engineering and computer science graduates needs tobe addressed in California and particularly in Orange County where Hispanics