Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sandra Nite, Aggie STEM, Texas A&M University; Jowaher E. Almarri; Ziyad Shafik, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sahar Mari, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Wadha A. Al-Thani

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Diversity, Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20731Inspiring Interest in STEM Education Among Qatar’s YouthDr. Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Brady Creel is director of the Office of Development, Engagement and Outreach at Texas A&M University’s branch campus in Doha, Qatar. This office offers an array of K-12 and pre-college STEM enrichment programs, in addition to teacher professional development, strategic school partnerships and continuing education.Dr. Sandra Nite, Aggie STEM, Texas A&M University Sandra Nite, Ph.D., is a

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama; Steven Jones, University of Alabama

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Diversity, Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20778Betting on the Progress – Forging a Collaborative Relationship between USand Cuban Engineering InstitutionsDr. Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama Dr. Williamson obtained his undergraduate degree in 1990 in Engineering and Public Policy from Wash- ington University in St.Louis. He received his MS (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) degrees in environmental engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Williamson joined the faculty of the the Depart- ment of Civil, Construction, and Environmental

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

N. Krishnamurthy, (Self-employed)

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Diversity, Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

Hinduism or Buddhism. I taught engineering ethics at two universities in Singapore: Group-A, mostly Singaporeanstudents through the engineering division in a public university; and Group-B, students mostlyfrom other Asian countries, at the Singapore campus of an Australian University, through theirphilosophy department. The coverage was very similar in both courses. In both, I faced thedilemma of an Asian teaching Asians from Western resources. Having studied under Britishteachers in junior college in India and having lived and taught in USA, I was quite at home withall the ethics concepts and case studies as well as the idiom of the source materials. But I felt somewhat uncomfortable basing all arguments on the Western way of life