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Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zbigniew Prusak

Session 2760 Fostering Inventiveness in Engineering Education – an International Perspective Zbigniew Prusak Central Connecticut State UniversityAbstractWho is an engineer? What set of creative and other capabilities should an engineer posses? Whatshould be taught and what can be developed with experience? This paper describes some basicdifferences in views on substance of engineering knowledge and inventiveness, as well as plusesand minuses of some aspects of engineering education in North America, Europe and EasternAsia. Views

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Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hamid Eydgahi

Session Number 3160 Higher Education: The Need for an International Perspective Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Ph.D., Vice President of Academic Affairs Pine Technical CollegeIntroductionThe continuing demand for availability of engineering graduates with global viewpoint isstrategically important to the economic welfare of today’s businesses and industries. Thisunparalleled need is essentially provoked by swift changes in advanced technologies and anevermore-global competitive environment. The success of this workforce will then depend onthe availability of an educational system capable of responding to these new

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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gregory zieren, Austin Peay State University

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the International Conference on Educationin Philadelphia later. Holley and Thurston were good friends who corresponded on thesubject of engineering education and later helped found the American Society ofMechanical Engineers.4Thurston publicized his ideas on the use of laboratories in engineering education inarticles in Scientific American in 1874 and 1876, in an article in The Journal of theFranklin Institute in 1875 and in a display of testing equipment from Stevens on thegrounds of the Centennial. The Federal government lent its prestige to Thurston’smechanical laboratory in 1875 when it awarded Stevens a grant to test the physicalproperties and strength of alloys of copper, zinc and tin.4 Thurston’s timing in the mid-1870s for promoting

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

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and Engineering in 1983, Dr. Perez worked as Project Manager with Westinghouse International Company. His research interests are in artificial intelligence, neural networks and genetic algorithms. Dr. Perez also has served as Coordinator for the IEEE Computer Society Latin America Distinguished Visitor's Program, Program Evaluator for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and Mentor for McNair Scholar's Program for Underrepresented minorities. Page 12.674.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Enhancing the Global Perspective of REU Site

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An International Perspective

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University; Nancy Felipe Russo, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2403: ENCOURAGERS AND DISCOURAGERS FOR DOMESTIC ANDINTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN ENGINEERINGAND COMPUTER SCIENCEMary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND, PhD, is the PI of three academic scholarship programs and a program for transfer students. An Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Fulton School of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. She received the ASEE Minorities in Engineering Award 2006, the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005 and won the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by the AAAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished

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An International Perspective

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hasmik Gharibyan, California Polytechnic State University

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Women in Engineering

republics of the former Soviet Union – wherethis problem never existed. For example, in the Computer Science department of Yerevan StateUniversity, Republic of Armenia, throughout all of the 1980s and 90s the percentage of womennever fell below 75% (until mid 1990s this was the only CS program in Armenia and containedaround 1,200 majors). The situation was similar in most of the soviet republics. The sovietsociety, culture, and educational system in many ways are quite different from the USA’s andtherefore may contain factors that positively affect women and attract them to CS. Thismotivated us to start an international investigation (in 2005) involving former soviet countriesand the USA on the issue of women’s interest and participation in CS; our

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An International Perspective

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Maldonado, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Tatiana Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Idalis Vazques, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Women in Engineering

of Industrial Engineers student chapter and INFORMS.Idalis Vazques, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Idalis Vazques is in her senior year in Industrial Engineering at the UPRM participating in an undergraduate research opportunities program related to engineering education. Idalis is member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers student chapter and INFORMS.Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Dr. Alexandra Medina-Borja is an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and Director of the International Service Systems Engineering Lab. Alexandra holds a Masters and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a BS in

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

institutionsare running fast to modernize and to form the new professional for XXI Century. In engineeringeducation field it is not different, as well as in any other area there is the necessity of aprofessional qualified and mainly with skills to act locally in a global context. These peculiaraspects of education leads to some necessities that have emerged worldwide and in the list of themost important is the international experience in the formation of the future professional. InSouth America the efforts of creating a similar education system in every level has beenenhanced by the Mercosul that propitiates an extensive discussion. In engineering education fieldthese efforts have been enriched by the efforts of Iberia Peninsula Education Institutions

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lori Cirucci; Joseph Santoro; John Coulter; Herman Nied; David Angstadt; Charles Smith

Session 2560 Involving Middle School Students in Customer Focused Undergraduate Manufacturing Education John P. Coulter, Herman F. Nied, Charles R. Smith, David C. Angstadt Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA Lori Cirucci, Joseph Santoro Broughal Middle School, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USAAbstractK-12 engineering outreach programs are gaining in popularity as vehicles for getting studentsinterested in engineering at an early age. This paper presents such a program that is integratedwith the undergraduate mechanical engineering

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

continuous improvement and the pursuit of educational excellence..• Increase the understanding of international dynamics As globalization advances in all fields, valuable international partnerships are created by those who choose to engage internationally. Together we successfully grappled with the particular contexts/issues associated with international collaborations as we delivered ‘win-win’ partnerships. International perspectives and international collaborative skill sets are of increasing importance to today’s young engineers and technology professionals. Faculty exchange was an initiative which assists us in better facilitating today’s and tomorrow’s students to engage internationally and to develop increasingly important international

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Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

be reported in perceivedquality criteria that will be extracted into the design of questionnaire for the purpose ofgathering such evidence.Praxis1: Genuine practicality that was identified by the Greeks (guided by an image ofthe wise man aiming to act appropriately, truly and justly in a social-political-[educational] situation.). International Management: The concept of Praxis discussedhere, by which teaching and learning could be effectively internalized andinternationalized using projects in the internet, without compromising the face to face Page 7.1172.1learning outcomes.Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education

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Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Linda Madsen

How to initiate and maintain a continuing pedagogical staff development inengineering educationPaperThis paper deals with the experiences, challenges and future perspectives of an organisation like theIPN in Denmark.The Pedagogical Network for Engineering Education in Denmark, the IPNOle Vinther, associate professor, ov@ihk.dkLinda Madsen, assistant professor, pedagogical consultant, lim@ihk.dkWhat is the IPN?Six years ago the institutions for engineering education in Denmark created a unique partnershipwithin staff development – a network called the IPN. The network deals with pedagogicaldevelopment of academic engineering teaching staff and embraces all 8 universities and colleges inDenmark offering engineering education.The IPN was

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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David J. Bettez; G. Lineberry

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationterm length, and treatment of earned credit upon return to the home institution and home academicunit, the developed instrument leaves opportunity for inclusion of college- or department-specificassessment criteria. For example, in engineering majors, data can be collected that are consistentwith student achievement in meeting EC2000 general criteria for program outcomes relatedespecially to development of skills leading to: an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams(appropriate for international internships), an ability to communicate effectively (appropriate forcultural adaptation in the student’s

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Kenney; Thomas Jewell

Session 2560 Achieving a Global Perspective through Interdisciplinary Mini-Terms: Electric Power Development in New Zealand James M. Kenney, Thomas K. Jewell Union College Schenectady, NY 12308BackgroundTwo emerging themes in engineering education are an interdisciplinary approach to engineeringproblem solving, and exposure to how such problems are addressed in a global perspective. Theengineering curriculum at Union College now requires an international experience to help attainthis global perspective. One way that

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vijay Renganathan, Institute of International Education; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Peggy Blumenthal, Institute of International Education; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University

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International

available to engineering students whoseek international experience.The authors bring diverse perspectives from within the American academicmarketplace. One has spearheaded international education activities at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute, a leading US engineering university, and serves as the foundingChair of Global E3, in addition to being an ASEE Fellow. The other two are based atthe Institute of International Education, an NGO devoted to promoting andadministering international educational exchanges. The paper will discuss vehicles toenhance the “soft skills” increasingly demanded by industry, promote more studyabroad by US engineering students, and train a globally effective engineeringworkforce for the 21st century. We will present

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jason Bittner

Page 8.449.6history were investigated in an effort to obtain information on the civil engineering field and theProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationcareer development of engineers.9 This survey, and the related narrative comments that werereceived, echoed this need for immediate adoption of successful recruitment, retention, andmentoring services.Opportunities exist for transportation-focused programs to extract lessons from a variety ofefforts in the engineering fields. These opportunities require recognition of the differences that adiverse workforce requires. It requires understanding of the

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Bannerot

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe context of international design practice. This paper describes the implementation and resultsof a design project developed and offered jointly by design instructors at the University ofHouston (Texas, USA) and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology (Ishikawa, Japan). While thisproject is a very small step towards international collaboration and information exchange, itdemonsrtrates a cultural “disconnect.”The ParticipantsThe Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT)1 is Japan’s largest institution of higher learningspecializing in engineering and technology. A new sophomore level, two course

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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Waddah Akili

global and technically interconnected workplace is pressuring engineeringcolleges in the Arab Gulf States (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar,and the Sultanate of Oman) to take bold steps towards “reforming” engineering education in theRegion, so that it keeps pace with new developments and meets industries’ demands for qualifiedgraduates for potential insertion into a highly competitive international market.Many engineering educators and concerned individuals (including the author) have recognizedthis challenge; and recommendations to reform the existing educational systems have become Page 9.709.1wide-spread across

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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Saeed Foroudastan

pollution, lack of space for solid wastes, and diminishing sources of clean water.There is no doubt that steps need to be taken to ensure that there are sufficient recoursesto sustain an exponentially growing world population.This paper will address the most critical points affecting environmental issues such asresource conservation, sustainability, and national and international corporateresponsibility, and the reasons they need to be addressed in engineering curriculums.Additionally, it will discuss creative methods that environmentally friendly practices canbe integrated into the engineering curriculum through partnering with industries.IntroductionA key phrase among many of today’s environmentalists, economists, and engineers is“sustainable

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mulchand Rathod

of Mahatma Gandhi. Established in 1955 in rural farm lands, today it is a center of the most prosperous region known as Charotar. The university has an enrollment of more than thirty thousand students and has fifty affiliated colleges located in three campuses (Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand and Karamsad). It is a comprehensive university offering baccalaureate, masters, diploma, and doctoral degree programs.1,2 Since its founding, the university has continued to increase its programs and curricula to meet the future challenges as evidenced by its expansion into new and emerging areas in arts, sciences, education, information technology, engineering, business, management, and performing arts to name a few.2 Its alumni base is

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Holger Dahms; Stefan Bartels; John Gassert; Jens Thiedke; Owe Petersen

Resolution: It was recognized that this potentially could be the deciding factor of whether the international exchange program would survive. However, the new EC2000 Criteria allow, and even encourage, innovation in engineering education. Our experience suggests that, if properly executed, innovation is indeed quite possible.ConclusionThe Milwaukee School of Engineering and the Fachhochschule Lübeck have developed andimplemented an international student exchange program that is fully integrated into the standardcurricula of both institutions. The program allows the opportunity for participating studentssignificant cultural immersion, while in the company of fellow students from home. A total of 106

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nicolae Dragulanescu; Carmen Boje

% Figure 1About 20% of the world population is actually using Internet at home or at work4. But in theUSA, only home Internet usage grew, in one year, from 37% (in January 2000) to 58% (inJanuary 2001) of its population. It is estimated that by 2005 1 billion people would be connectedworldwide to Internet 6.Approximately 50% of the people in the USA have computers, compared to only around 0.016%of the people in Africa (3,000 times less than in the USA) 14. Page 8.436.4A current low performance computer (priced US $ 1,000) may be purchased by people earning an Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Liberal Education

interest include sustainability, mechanical design, appropriate technology and service-learning.Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton Margaret Pinnell is the director for the ETHOS program and assistant professor for the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Dayton. Her areas of interest include materials, materials characterization and service-learning. Page 11.1164.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 STUDENT PERSPECTIVES OF CURRICULUM-INTEGRATED INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL IMMERSIONSabstract: The Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen McNally, Purdue University

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International

AC 2010-716: INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: FROM AN ASSISTANTPROFESSOR'S PERSPECTIVEHelen McNally, Purdue University Page 15.794.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 International Activities: From an Assistant Professor’s PerspectiveAbstract: International activities in the form of developing research collaborations or faculty andstudent exchanges are important new directions which nearly all university and colleges are pursuing. Inthe last year I have had the opportunity to visit universities in Costa Rica, Mexico, Ireland and Germany,each providing wonderful and unique experience for myself and students. While

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gregory Moses, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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professional development. The new EE is designed to be a natural first part of the life-long engineering work process. The four-to-five year learning period makes it possible to learn the basics of these skills.Curriculum: International Business and Communication SkillsThe final curriculum issue examined in this paper is the need for modern engineers to haveadditional skills to practice efficiently in the global environment. ABET 3 describes these skills: A good education in applied science, computing, engineering, or technology no longer concentrates on imparting only technical competence; it also instills teaming skills, the capacity to communicate effectively, an understanding of other cultures and perspectives, and

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mulchand Rathod, Wayne State University; Mary James Legatski, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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International

2006-89: A PERSPECTIVE ON INITIATIVES IN DIVERSITY AND OUTREACHACTIVITIES OF ASME, AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIETYMulchand Rathod, Wayne State University Mulchand S Rathod, PhD, PE, professor of Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan is recognized for a career of dedicated, unselfish service to engineering and technology education, as a leader in education, faculty member, and as a contributor to professional societies. Dr Rathod lead the Division of Engineering Technology as director and chair during 1987-2003. Prior to joining WSU, he worked at State University of New York at Binghamton as coordinator of mechanical engineering technology program and assistant

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Mechanical Engineering 2

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

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Edwin Lim, University of Georgia

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

. degrees in Civil (structural) Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as B.S. degree from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. At present, he enjoys teaching and preparing for new courses such as Building Information Modeling and Structural Design, researching on digital models to help students learning, and serving as an advisor for the UGA Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference A Comparison Between Blended and Online Teaching Method for Statics Course: A Perspective in a Community College Edwin

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Chitralekha Potnis; Ajit Potnis

Engineering Education from an Industry Perspective Chitralekha Potnis, Ajit Potnis The Learning Institute / T I AutomotiveAbstractDevelopment of a country to a large extent depends on the progress made in science andtechnology. It has been widely accepted that industrialization is one of the major tools whichshapes national destiny. The qualitative and quantitative improvement in the industrial status of anation is strongly based on the quality of engineering education.Technical education must be suited to the development in economy, science and technology, andculture of the country and it plays a vital role in promoting their development. Due todevelopment of higher

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Thomas M. Powers, University of Delaware

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International Forum

 Perspectives    in  Science  and  Engineering  Ethics    Abstract    In  2014  an  interdisciplinary  team  of  researchers  from  the  University  of  Delaware  began  a  5-­‐year  project  with  the  Online  Ethics  Center  (OEC)  to  gather  international  perspectives  on  science  and  engineering  ethics,  broadly  construed.1    We  seek  instructional  and  scholarly  materials  from  international  institutions  and  individual  foreign  scholars  and  teachers.  This  paper  describes  the  rationale  and  outlines  the  theoretical  foundation  of  this  project.    The  central  issue  to  be  addressed  here  is:  if  there  is  indeed  a  benefit  to  the  “internationalization”  of  science  and

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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gabor Bojar, Graphisoft

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International

Merit (2002) and Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006. An invited speaker of several prestigious events (including the Davos World Economic Forum), Mr Bojár is adjunct faculty member of Central European University Business School, offers guest lectures internationally and has published several articles of general interest as well as a book exploring the "Graphisoft story" with an analytic perspective. Page 15.622.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering diversity Globalization from small firms