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Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology

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the University of Maryland; a MBA from George Mason Univer- sity; and a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology. Her areas of expertise include Systems Engineering, Engineering and Technical Management, Project Management, Systems Thinking, Online Education, Engineering Education, and Competency Development.Prof. Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises) Jon Wade is a Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises at the Stevens Institute of Technology and currently serves as the Director of the Systems and Software Division and Chief Technology Officer for the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) where he is

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Kseniya K Tolkacheva, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Association for Engineering Education of Russia; Yury P Pokholkov, Tomsk polytechnic university, Association for Engineering Education of Russia; Sergey B. Mogilnickiy, Tomsk Polytechnic University; Maria Yurievna Chervach, Tomsk Polytechnic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

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a visiting professor in many universities around the world and board member of several technological societies. He holds over 100 international publications (including journals and chapters of books), several patents and some international technical prizes and scholarships, and also held the position of editor and editor- in-chief in some journals. Up to now he has also developed several international engineering projects in the fields of renewable energy, fuel cells, electrical vehicles, intelligent control and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 AEER accreditation of educational programs: quality assurance aims and requirements Abstract

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Libanos Redda, SPEED; Fabian Reichl, SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development); Agustin Ferrario, National Technological University, Resistencia Faculty, Argentina; Rohit Kandakatla, SPEED; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development

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Paper ID #17525The Global Student Forum: A model for developing student leaders in engi-neering educationMs. Libanos Redda, SPEED In May 2016 I will be graduating with my B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California. I had the chance to participate in a flipped, international classroom during my studies, which led me to attend the 10th Global Student Forum in Dubai, UAE. I recently served as the Activities Chair for the 11th Global Student Forum in Florence, Italy, and I currently serve as the SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development) president in the US. I wrote this paper

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Jeongkyu Lee, University of Bridgeport; Sarosh H Patel, University of Bridgeport; Brian Lim, University of Bridgeport; Roger Dianlei Geng PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Zhigang Jiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology

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Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Toward Success of Collaborative Program In School of Engineering Between the US and ChinaAbstract:In 2013, the University of Bridgeport (UB) in the United States (U.S.) and the WuhanUniversity of Science and Technology (WUST) in People’s Republic of China (China)agreed on an undergraduate collaborative program in electrical engineering. Studentsadmitted by Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) at WUST will study in China for 2years, then students can be transferred to the same program at UB in the U.S. for theremaining academic requirements at UB. Upon the completion of all graduationrequirements at UB, students will receive a Bachelor of Science in EE from UB. Studentswho

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Lokesh P Padhye, The University of Auckland

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Paper ID #17521Enhancing undergraduate student learning experience in an environmentalengineering course through use of technology and industry partnershipDr. Lokesh P Padhye, The University of Auckland Dr. Lokesh Padhye received his Masters and PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Before joining academics, he was a senior staff engineer with Geosyntec Consultants in Kennesaw, GA. Since 2014, he is working with the University of Auckland as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016

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Sergey Gerasimov, Siberian Transport University; Yury P Pokholkov, Tomsk polytechnic university, Association for Engineering Education of Russia; Kseniya K Tolkacheva, Association for Engineering Education of Russia, Tomsk Polytechnic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

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technological societies.He holds over 100 international publications (including journals and chapters of books), several patentsand some international technical prizes and scholarships, and also held the position of editor and editor-in-chief in some journals. Up to now he has also developed several international engineering projects inthe fields of renewable energy, fuel cells, electrical vehicles, intelligent control and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Professional Accreditation of Engineering Programmes and EUR-ACE labels in Central AsiaToday the process of accreditation of educational programmes is widely recognized as one the mostefficient ways to improve the quality of education

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo; Darryl N Williams, Tufts University; Rovani Sigamoney, UNESCO

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admissions, ”The Success Equation,” STEM initiatives, and PhD Completion in Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and schools around the United States. Tull is on the board of advisors for the PNW-COSMOS Alliance to increase the number of Amer- ican 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 on Saturday mornings 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, MIT, and other

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

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Farida Tagirovna Shageeva, Kazan National Research Technological University; Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University; Liliya Vasilievna Prikhodko

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Department of Engineering Education and Psychology of the Kazan National Research Technological University (Russia). She has Ph.D. in Social Psychology and also works as head of the minor degree program in Psychology at the university. Scientific interests: motivation, value system of a person, self-development, diversity issues.Dr. Liliya Vasilievna Prikhodko c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Individual peculiarities of engineering students attending minor degree programs. Research on psychology and education. Professional activity of a contemporary global engineer requires constantimprovement of engineering training1. One of the ways to make the educational system

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Paper ID #17497ABET Accreditation of International Technology Programs - A Team Chair’sPerspectiveDr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale Dr Bandyopadhyay is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of Architecture and Construction Man- agement Department at SUNY-Farmingdale State College. He is also the Director of Green Building Institute at the college. He was (2012-13) the Chair of Engineering Technology Accreditation Commis- sion of ABET. He is a Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016ABET Accreditation of

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Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ohlone College

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teaching of chemistry10,12. Empirical evidence has also shown that context-based educationhelps students see and appreciate more clearly the links between science and everyday lives.13,14,15 The context selected for this RET program was technology applications that offer societalbenefits and have employment opportunity potential. The premise is that using such context willincrease community college student engagement in STEM studies, thereby contributing tostudent persistence and eventually, improved retention rates of students in STEM.Pedagogy of Humanitarian Engineering in the Introduction to Engineering ClassEngineering education could be said to be at a crossroad, with educators and researchers callingfor new ways to understand engineering’s

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Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University; Royel Montel Johnson, Center for Higher Education Enterprise

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Press.Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Strayhorn, T. L. (2011). Singing in a foreign land: An exploratory study of gospel choir participation among African American undergraduates at a predominantly White institution. Journal of College Student Development, 52(5), 137-153.Tener, R. K. (2004). Using theory in Research I: Understanding the learning experienced in structured internships in construction engineering. In P. L. Linn, A. Howard & E. Miller (Eds.), Handbook for research in cooperative education and internships (pp. 315-336). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.Vogt

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Esra Tekdal Yilmaz, Pennsylvania State University, Lehman

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forthe quality of life and welfare of the society. However the skills listed above are highly correlatedwith the quality level of engineering education given. Country specific educational habits andopportunities affect the learning pattern of individuals enrolled in engineering programs andtherefore have impact on the career and future. In this study, possible improvement suggestionsfor the engineering education in Turkey will be given while comparing the teaching methods andconditions of two Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditedsurveying engineering education programs in Turkey and USA.1. IntroductionEngineering education in Turkey and USA are given with different number of total credits,curriculum, degree and

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Hamadou Saliah-Hassane ing., TELUQ -University of Quebec; Mamane Moustapha Dodo Amadou ing., École de technologie Supérieure; Maarouf Saad, Ecole de Technologie Superieure; Willie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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Engineering Technology at Penn State, Wilkes- Barre, where he teaches telecommunications, wireless systems, networking, optoelectronics and analog and digital electronics. He is a member of IEEE, IET (England), and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) of England. His research interests include RF components and antennas, and Powerline Communication. He is an advocate of diversity in the educational environment. Dr. Ofosu received his Ph.D. from the Electronic Systems Engineering Department at University of Essex in England. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using Service Oriented Remote Laboratories in Engineering CoursesAbstractThis paper suggests a new approach to perform the laboratories

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Vitaliy Popov, 1. University of San Diego. 2. The Global STEM Education Center; Larisa K. Schelkin, Global STEM Education Center, Inc.; Russell Faux, DSRA

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attains4knowledge (Wertsch, 1998). Heterogeneous groups and culturally heterogeneous ones, inparticular, can benefit from the sharing of different perspectives and different backgroundknowledge (Popov et al., 2014; Popov et al., 2013; Weinberger et al., 2007). From aneducational policy perspective, moreover, many schools and universities are usingcollaborative learning technologies to better prepare students for the world of work.Balakrishnan (2015) has found that the use of CSCL had positive impact on engineeringstudents’ learning in terms of their learning achievement and positive attitude towardsonline collaborations. These findings seem to be consistent with other research on the useof CSCL in engineering education (see for details Rubio et al., 2010

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

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Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University; Vitaly Khaykin, Hampton University; Hoshang Chegini, Hampton University; Chandra T Oaks-Garcia, Time Out 4U, Inc.; Vadivel Jagasivamani, Hampton University

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terrorist attacks in three U.S. locations by designing, manufacturing and defending solutions to increase airline safety after 911. Mrs. Oaks-Garcia and her engineering students were featured in the Hampton Daily Press and on WAVY TV in 2001, and also in the NASA Newsletter in March 2002 for their innovative design solutions. Mrs. Oaks-Garcia currently teaches STEM and Technology Education at the secondary level. She serves as a mentor for Hunter B. Andrews’s team of STEM students in the Virginia Ship Repair Foundation Annual Competitions. In 2010, the STEM students won 1st place with their futuristic Ship Design. Cur- rently, Mrs. Oaks-Garcia is the facilitator of the after school CAM program at Hunter B. Andrews Pk-8

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Mandy Liu, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET); Liang-Jenq Leu, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University; Charlie Than, Myanmar Engineering Council

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Accreditation Council of the Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET). He is the Subject Editor of the Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers (a SCI journal). Dr. Leu earned his Bachelor and Master’s degrees from the Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University in 1987 and 1989, respectively. He joined the faculty of National Taiwan University shortly after receiving his PhD from Cornell University in 1994. His area of research includes optimal design of structures, structural health monitoring, earthquake resistant design, and simulation of architectural physics for green buildings.Prof. Charlie Than, Myanmar Engineering Council Graduated from Rangoon Institute of Technology in Mechanical

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Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov

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Paper ID #17590Best Practices of Engineering Education Internationalization in a RussianTop-20 UniversityJulia Ziyatdinova, Julia Ziyatdinova graduated from Kazan State Pedagogical University in 1999. Her major areas of study were foreign languages and she finished her University course with honors and qualification of teacher of English and Turkish. She continued her training and obtained PhD in Education degree in 2002. The topic of her PhD study was titled ”System of Character Education in the US Schools: Current State and Trends for the Development”. She also received additional minor degrees in Management (1998) and

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Dorian A. Cojocaru, University of Craiova; Anna Friesel, Technical University-Copenhagen; Daniel Spikol, Malmö University

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the new PELARS technology has to be tested. Thefirst test has been done at UCV in July 2015 and the second one is scheduled at DTU in April2016.Taking into consideration the PELARS objectives we are interested to investigate the differentusers’ opinions (students and teachers) regarding the features offered by PELARS technology andwhat could be added or modified. An important aspect in our definition is use of learning analyticsresulting from the use of these new educational technologies.In the frame of PELARS we are working to develop new technologies and processes for teachingand learning for design, engineering (as part of STEM) through practical applications7,8,9,10 .The technological developments in the last 10-15 years and wide use of

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Frederick C Webber, Air Force Research Laboratory; KelseyLee Hunter Schafer, Air Force Research Laboratory; Eric T. Vinande, Air Force Research Laboratory; John P McIntire, US Air Force Research Laboratory; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Shaohui Foong, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Wai Yong Chue, DSO National Laboratories; Yaohui Li, DSO National Laboratories; Kevin Ang, Temasek Laboratories @ National University of Singapore; Richard H. Crawford P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Gabriel Hoongwen Wong, DSO National Laboratories

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University. He teaches mechanical engineering design and geometry modeling for design. Dr. Crawford’s research interests span topics in computer- aided mechanical design and design theory and methodology. Dr. Crawford is co-founder of the DTEACh program, a ”Design Technology” program for K-12, and is active on the faculty of the UTeachEngineering program that seeks to educate teachers of high school engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #17518Dr. Gabriel Hoongwen Wong, DSO National Laboratories c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016

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Nailya Sh. Valeyeva, Kazan National Research Technological University; Roman V. Kupriyanov, Kazan National Research Technological University; Elvira R. Valeyeva, Kazan National Research Technological University

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career. This interdisciplinary approach to the training of undergraduatestudents helps to develop a more comprehensive vision of an engineer's professional activity. The importance of incorporating of socio-psychological component into the content ofundergraduate engineering curriculum is emphasized in the State Higher ProfessionalEducational Standard (hereinafter – Educational Standard). For example, the EducationalStandard for "Chemical Technology" program (bachelor's degree) requires that the graduateswho have successfully completed the program, in addition to core professional competences,could demonstrate the following skills: the ability and willingness to develop productiveworking relationships with colleagues; teamwork; high motivation

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Sivachandran Chandrasekaran P.E., Deakin University; John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Yanan Wang P.E., School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Junior Nomani JN, Deakin University; Qiang Zhao; Zhigang Jiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Roger Dianlei Geng PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Bernard Rolfe, Deakin University

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focus is the forming of light weight structures, including the development of better material models for metal forming. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Australasian Partnership in a First-Year Engineering Course: Deakin University and Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyAbstractThis paper presents the results of domestic Chinese undergraduate engineering course taught byinternational Australasian teaching staff. The project is a part of a teaching collaboration between DeakinUniversity and Wuhan University of Science and Technology. The cohort of students from Wuhan wasa freshman undergraduate engineering course in mechanical engineering. The particular subject was

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Jeffrey R Seay, University of Kentucky; John Christopher Higgins, University of Kentucky; Chandni A Joshi, University of Kentucky ; Sarah Frances Willett, University of Kentucky

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societal impacts ofthose projects on the local communities. This contribution gives an overview on how these partnershipswere developed and describes the importance of strong in-country partnerships for successful servicelearning experiences. In particular this contribution will illustrate how the need for community interactionis critical to the success of any project in a rural or developing community. The experiences of the UKATSgroup with the African Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (ACREST) in Cameroonand the Organization of Development Action and Maintenance (ODAM) in India will be described. Inaddition, lessons learned regarding properly preparing students for service learning based education abroadexperiences will be

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Raymond Colin Lewis, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy; Matthew Garratt, University of New South Wales

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and building and manipulating 3D models collected by robots for visualisation purposes. He is senior member of the American Institute of Aero- nautics and Astronautics (AIAA), member of the American Helicopter Society (AHS), the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) and the Australian Association for Unmanned Systems (AAUS). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Comparison and Evaluation of Aeronautical Engineering Learning Outcomes using an Airborne Flight Laboratory and a Flight Simulator Laboratory.IntroductionTraditional teaching approaches in courses covering aircraft dynamics and control typicallyutilize theoretical

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Jennifer Craig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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in universities in Russia, Singapore, Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico. She is the author of ”Integrating Writing Strategies in EFL/ESL University Contexts: A Writing-across-the-Curriculum Approach.” She is a co-author of ”Learning to Communication in Science and Engineering: Case Studies from MIT”, a book that was the 2012 winner of the CCCC’s Advancement of Knowledge award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION AT A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY:HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PRESENT THEIRENGINEERING DESIGNSJennifer Craig1Department of Comparative Media Studies/WritingMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyABSTRACT:A writing-across-the-curriculum approach was used to

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Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University

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has been significant in many countries. Innovation driveneconomy is considered as the highest level of economic development, where countries focuson the development and use of cutting edge technology, acquiring the best talent, groomingthem and retaining them to excel in value addition through innovation within and outsidethe nation. The use of cutting edge technology and expertise refers to what we call theemphasis on knowledge-based economy (KBE).The cornerstone role of technology and engineering in driving KBEs, the industry needs, andthe emergence of engineering and technology profession has led to significant number ofstudies, efforts, and investigations for identifying the needed engineering talent in the 21stcentury (NAE, 2004 &

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Ijlal Haider, The University of Lahore; Farhan Ahmad, UOL; Nishwa Fayyaz, Virtual University, Pakistan

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, Pakistan. She is also involved in research at Medical Informatics, Control & Signals (MEDICS) Research Lab and Science, Technology & Engineering Education Research (STEER) Network at The University of Lahore as part time research staff. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Experience of teaching an introductory Biomedical Engineering Course for Undergraduate ECE Students in Pakistan1 IntroductionIn early 20th century, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering fields were well established andMedical Sciences were experiencing cutting edge research. However, as research in MedicalSciences progressed, it came across rehabilitating body structures and diagnosing and

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Christoph Matthies, Hasso-Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany; Thomas Kowark, Hasso Plattner Institute; Matthias Uflacker, Hasso Plattner Institute for IT Systems Engineering

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Plattner Institute for IT Systems Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teaching Agile the Agile Way — Employing Self-Organizing Teams in a University Software Engineering CourseIntroductionTeaching agile software methodologies in university courses has become the norm, as thesemethods have gained support in professional software development. There are differentapproaches of how to teach these methods in university courses. Traditional lectures andseminars are proven, effective tools for teaching factual knowledge and technical skills.However, as Bruegge et al.5 point out, in order to “really assimilate and internalize the agilevalues, a theoretical lecture is not enough”. In

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute; Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; David L.S. Hung, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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public safety. However, unlike countries as diverseas the US, Japan, France, and Canada, for example, courses on ethics do not figure prominentlyin Chinese engineering curricula.B. Engineering ethics (education) in China, and problems with Western curriculaStudents can take courses on engineering ethics, specifically, at four universities in China.4 Todate, there are scholars carrying out research in the field of engineering ethics at TsinghuaUniversity5, Wuhan University6, Kumming University of Science and Technology7, andShanghai Jiao Tong University4, as well as those associated with “5TU,” a cooperative of fivetechnological universities in China that address issues at the intersection of technology, society,and philosophy, including

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Douglas Moore Schutz, Tokyo University of Science; Dante Dionne, Korean Air; Yong-Young Kim P.E., Konkuk University

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the U.S. and Japan. Inaddition to trade, both the U.S. and Japan have the largest foreign direct investment (FDI)outflows of all developed countries; they also now both use FDI income to help counter tradedeficits [1].Japan and the U.S. more than ever need to attract, motivate, and retain larger numbers ofengineering students for developing innovations for global organizations. The organizationaluse of innovation leads to productivity gains which, in turn, leads to greater nationaleconomic prosperity [2]. This interpretive study presents and applies a framework forunderstanding best practices experienced in Japan so that engineering education acrossborders can be more successful [3].We next present a literature review of knowledge sharing and

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Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Design and Implementation of Engineering Leadership Programs: A Comparative StudyAbstractChanging technological world requires future engineers not only show excellent technicalskills, but also possess multiple skills and attributes, in particular leadership skills. Againstthis context, some universities and engineering