AC 2011-1475: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF A US UNDERGRAD-UATE STUDENT IN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN FRANCE AND BRAZILMr. Gary Braun Riggins, Virginia Tech Gary is a graduating senior in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He has studied abroad in France and Brazil and spent a summer in India on an an academic project.Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is a professor in the Engineering Education Department and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration. He led a 5-year DLR/NSF project at
freshman students compared to those of senior students. Finally, the study also revealed the difference between engineering students and business students: business students prefer visual and sensing learning styles. References1. Glauco De Vita, “Leaning Styles, culture and inclusive instruction in multi-cultural classroom: A Business and Management Perspective,” Innovations in education and Teaching International; May 2001; 38, 2; Research Library pg.165.2. Monika Lumsdaine and Edward Lumsdaine, “Thinking Preferences of Engineering Students: Implications for Curriculum Restructuring,” Journal of engineering education; April 1995, pp. 193-204.3. Richard M. Felder., Gary N. Felder., Meredith Mauney, Charles E
Paper ID #32519Tanzania Field School: Place-Based Learning for Portable SkillsDr. Adebayo Ogundipe, James Madison University Adebayo Ogundipe is the Interim Head and an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University (JMU). His current interests include developing appropriate educational modules for inspiring engineering students to develop global engineering attributes. He also continues research on tools and protocols for assessing sustainable engineering designs using life-cycle assessment and industrial ecology methods. Dr. Ogundipe’s prior work includes DOD funded research on assessing
, according to AnthonyGiddens (1990), expert systems consist of repositories of technical knowledge that can be Page 7.255.1deployed across a wide range of contexts and establish an element of trust across national and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationcultural contexts. Here, ‘trust’ allows for the deployment of technical knowledge across local,national, and international contexts. Giddens does not give engineers any special analyticalconsideration but implied in his theory is a role for
, 20086). These are often devoted to the glossy graphic display ofinnovative concepts and/or to the physical process of constructing various shelters. Similarly,there are also other contemporary sources (e.g., YouTube) that advance the use of shippingcontainers for the superstructure of various housing projects.This project intends to advance the use of intermodal shipping containers for shelter both from agreen perspective as well as from an educational standpoint. Once this project is built, it willserve to function as an educational repository of sustainable technologies. As well, through thedesign and build process, and with the help of cooperating institutions, this overall project willbe attempting to ensure that each particular container
which have beenformally instituted within the University and College of Engineering respectively. Universitiesare thus challenged with how to expand these educational experiences from a select few to thevast majority.This paper details the eplum model of student engagement and curricular development whichsupports and complements existing formal initiatives in the areas of internationalization,multidisciplinary teamwork and entrepreneurship education. The eplum model attempts toexpand opportunities for students to participate in the educational benefits while being mindfulof the time and credit constraints for the students. The model focuses on experiential, cross-disciplinary, international education with an entrepreneurial flavor to develop
LSU, Adrienne was the Science Education Curator at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum in Baton Rouge. Adrienne has a Master of Science degree in zoology from LSU, where she studied in the Museum of Natural Science collections, and an Education Specialist Certification in science education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Stepping out of the Comfort Zone—and the Country: Facilitating In-Depth Student Learning through Non-Traditional Communication AssignmentsAbstractTraditional engineering education methods often are driven by the need to cover large amountsof important material in the short time allowed by the semester or quarter system
of the Project Management and Quality Research Group, and member of the Organisation, Quality and Environment Cooperation Group at the same University. Her current research fields of interest are competencies and professional skills applied to Project Management in multicultural contexts and for international development projects and qual- ity management. Currently she has a management position as Associate Vice Rector for Academic and International planning at UPM.Dr. Luis Ballesteros-S´anchez, Universidad Polit´ecnica de Madrid Luis Ballesteros-Sanchez is an industrial engineer and PhD from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, and holds a Master’s degree in the psychology of human behavior. He is Assistant
theexperience towards increased confidence, and the perceived shift to an ethno-relativestandpoint was of interest. I have a better appreciation of diversity and multicultural perspectives in the solution of engineering problems I feel much more comfortable in international scenarios I have learned a lot about the host country I have learned better ways to do things drom local students Page 25.568.10 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4Figure 5. Post-visit survey results.The results show an overall positive impression
Vocational University Leadership Innovation Institute (VULII), a Vietnamese engineering education and academic leadership development program. In this role, he and the VULII team have led or coordinated numerous workshops in Vietnam to help eight institutions and their leaders improve engineering education programs. Related activities have in- cluded helping engineering programs prepare for international accreditation/recognition and professional development activities for rectors and senior leadership. He has been active in the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) in the Mechanics Division and the Engineering Technology Division, currently the Chair of the Engineering Technology Division. He serves on the
Paper ID #6470Co-ops and Interns-What Do They See as Their Communication NeedsMr. Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University Craig Gunn is the Director of the Communication Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. His duties include the integration of communication skill activity into all courses within the mechanical engineering program, including overseas experiences. He works closely with the Cooperative Engineering Education Division of the College of Engineering to monitor the com- munication skills of students who co-op during their college years. He is currently the editor of
of engineering education, in general, and those of the Middle East in particular. He is presently a geotechnical consultant in Ames, Iowa. Page 22.312.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Case-Based Instruction: Lessons LearnedAbstractThis paper describes the steps taken in planning, developing, and executing a case study/ casehistory course in geotechnical/ foundation engineering at an international university. The papersheds light on: how a “workable” format for the course was arrived at; the organization of thecourse; and the results of evaluating the
. Page 26.341.1 Julia is the author and co-author of over 85 publications including monographs, journal articles and study guides.Dr. Jacek Kropiwnicki, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Paper ID #12045 Jacek Kropiwnicki is an Associate Professor and Vice-Dean for Education in the Faculty of Mechani- cal Engineering at Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. He received his B.S., M.S., PhD and DSc in Mechanical Engineering. His teaching specialties are internal combustion engines and compressors, Stirling engines and renewable energy sources
explore the multiple ways that “capacity building”is being defined today, with an emphasis on its use in connection with international development.And it will make the case for engineering educators to align themselves and their students withoverseas projects which promise the best long range results for developing countries.IntroductionThe media have made aid to underdeveloped countries a staple item for the past few years. TheBill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with its vast resources, now makes headlines regularly.When Warren Buffett added his billions to it, interest grows. When those resources are turned tothe eradication of malaria, HIV/Aids and TB, the public around the world pays even greaterattention. Then add forays into Africa by stars
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Forming Collaborative Links between Turkey and US: International Workshop on Rapid TechnologiesAbstractAs part of a current NSF-CCLI (Course-Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement) grant project,an extra supplementary grant was given in late 2008 to organize an international workshop onRapid Technologies. This workshop was held in late September 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Overseventy academicians and researchers got together and presented the current trends in rapidmanufacturing research, education and industry. In this two-day event, educational and technicalpapers were presented from American, European and Turkish scholars. Reflections of the firstand second day have been
development of intercultural awareness and intercultural competence ismore important than ever1. Thereby it is becoming a more and more important task in highereducation, too. The world is, especially in the professional context of engineering, much moreglobally connected than ever before, which applies to the economical as well as to the educa-tional sector. Hence, one main task for higher engineering education is to prepare the studentsfor these international labor markets in the best possible way. Developing the respectivecompetences can be done through several different approaches. The most common, and may-be the most effective way, is to spend some time abroad for an international internship or forstudying in a foreign country. Programs and
Process Controls. She runs a faculty led international summer program to Sao Paulo, Brazil which focuses on Alternative Energy Technologies and Brazilian Culture. Page 26.1136.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Maximizing the global experience: lessons learned from running a month long faculty-led program to BrazilIntroductionGlobalizing the classroom and giving undergraduate students an international experience hasbecome extremely popular in the past few years. In the 2012-2013 academic year, U.S. studentsstudying abroad increased by three percent in just one
incorporating error tolerance and countermeasures for academicdishonesty. The international dimension of the REAP project lies in its special focus on particularproblems encountered on the international scene in some parts of the world. Such problemsinclude the relatively higher work engagement of the engineering student, the higher level ofacademic dishonesty among students, in addition to the higher teaching load of the engineeringeducator. In those parts of the world, these problems have often created an environment whereone of the most basic tools of engineering education, namely the regular engineering assessment(i.e. the homework) has been practically abandoned, leaving a significant impact on the students’overall performance. In this
Science, vol. 16, no. 3, 2005, pp. 290-3076. S. Correia Santos, X. Neumeyer., “The Effect of Team Conflict on Teamwork Performance: An Engineering Education Perspective”, International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 36, no. 1(B), pp. 502-509, 20207. C. Miranda Mendoza, D. Leal Martinez, M. Forget, “Geographically Distributed Teams in Engineering Design: Best Practices and Issues in Cases of International Teams Working from Opposite Hemispheres,” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, June 25-28, 2017.8. P. J. Hinds, D. E. Bailey, “Out of Sight, Out of Sync: Understanding Conflict in Distributed Teams”, Organization Science, vol. 14, no. 6, 2003, pp. 615-6329. Mio, J.S., Barker-Hackett, L
discussions, both extemporaneous and those generated by the CIAforms. The perspectives introduced in these discussions were not always similar, and it wasvaluable to have an educated and constructive conversation about shared experiences. By theconclusion of the trip, the IGERT cohort was able to gain an understanding of employee-employer relationships, effective corporate models, and the impact of policies and education onthe environment. These lessons directly relate to our understanding of electronics sustainability –socially, economically, and environmentally.The India workshop, as shown in Fig. 4(b), helped the majority of the last cohort realize theshared value with the group. Some earlier studies on international experiences that had a
] S. R. Spodek, L. Gerhardt, and D. J. Mook, “Study abroad: Impact on engineering careers,”age, vol. 8, p. 1, 2003.[5] E. J. Berger and R. Bailey, “Designing short-term study abroad engineering experiences toachieve global competencies,” in ASEE Annual Conference Expo, vol. 21, 2013, pp. 1–21.[6] J. B. Ross, K. V. Johnson, and K. W. Varney, “A multidisciplinary approach to studyabroad,” in American Society for Engineering Education. American Society for EngineeringEducation, 2011.[7] J. Nelson, “Developing an international study abroad program that is sustainable from bothfaculty and student perspectives,” in American Society for Engineering Education. AmericanSociety for Engineering Education, 2009.[8] T. Seager, E. Selinger, and A. Wiek
the Americas. He is actively involved in the International Division of the American Society for Engineering Education and in the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institution (LACCEI) as Vice-President for Meetings and in the International Federation of Engineering education Societies (IFEES) as VP for the Americas and First VP.Dr. Sheila Katherine Lascano Farak, Universidad T´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa Sheila Lascano is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Universidad T´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa in Santiago, Chile. Her research interests are in Biomaterials and Design. She is currently working in a Project to assess global competencies in multinational collaborative design
particular. It is a follow up to previous work by the author,on viable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges in theArab Gulf Region. At the start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks ofengineering education in the Region. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings onteaching/learning practices in engineering colleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros andcons of the lecture format, and examines the literature on meanings and substance ofdifferent active learning protocols, focusing on cooperative engagement strategies. Thepaper, also, sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, andsuggestions for redesigning classes, if need be, to stimulate interaction and help
Paper ID #15172Failure and Idea Evolution in an Elementary Engineering Workshop (Fun-damental)Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Chelsea Andrews is a Ph.D. candidate at Tufts University in the STEM education program. She received a B.S. from Texas A&M University in ocean engineering and an S.M. from MIT in civil and environmen- tal engineering. Her current research includes investigating how children engage in engineering design through in-depth case study analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Failure and Idea Evolution in an
AC 2011-760: FACULTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW GLOBALIZEDERA THROUGH INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPSowmya Narayanan, VIT University SOWMYA NARAYANAN is an Asst. Professor in Academic Staff College at VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India. She is a WIPRO Certified Master Trainer. She has obtained her Cambridge Inter- national Certificate from University of Cambridge U.K. She is pursuing her research studies in Bloom’s Taxonomy as applied to Engineering Education, Business and Management Education. She did her B.Sc in Physics and her Masters in Public Administration.Adithan Muniratnam, VIT University, Vellore M. Adithan, Vellore Institute of Technology Dr. M. ADITHAN, is Director, Academic Staff college at VIT
strategies in particular. It is a follow up to previous work by the author,on viable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges in theArab Gulf Region. At the start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks ofengineering education in the Region. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings onteaching/learning practices in engineering colleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros andcons of the lecture format, and examines the literature on meanings and substance ofdifferent active learning protocols, focusing on cooperative engagement strategies. Thepaper, also, sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, andsuggestions for redesigning classes, if need be, to stimulate
classroom-based pedagogies of engagement, and cooperativelearning strategies in particular. The paper is a follow up to previous work by the author, onviable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges in the Region. Atthe start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks of engineering education in theRegion. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings on teaching/learning practices in engineeringcolleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros and cons of the lecture format, and examines theliterature on meanings and substance of different active learning protocols focusing oncooperative engagement strategies. It also identifies common barriers to reformation, and arguesthat any meaningful change in Region’s
participation and final report.This paper will provide the reader with insight into the process of developing a pilot short-termstudy abroad course. Some of the lessons learned may provide guidance to faculty orprofessional staff at other institutions who are developing their own short-term study abroadcourses.The primary instructor of the course attended a university for her undergraduate education thathad a large, well-developed study abroad program, which offered many opportunities forparticipating, even as an engineering student. In comparison, the current institution at which sheworks has less experience in offering study abroad courses.LITERATURE REVIEWThe literature reviewed herein is not exhaustive in all of the discussion related to short
learning strategies in particular. It is a follow up to previous work by the author,on viable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges in theArab Gulf Region. At the start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks ofengineering education in the Region. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings onteaching/learning practices in engineering colleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros andcons of the lecture format, and examines the literature on meanings and substance ofdifferent active learning protocols focusing on cooperative engagement strategies. Thepaper, also, sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, andsuggestions for redesigning classes, if need be, to stimulate
, University Park, PA 16802. Telephone: 814-865-4015, FAX: 814-865-4021, email: TALME@engr.psu.eduWesley Donahue, Pennsylvania State University Wesley Donahue is an Associate Professor affiliated with both The Smeal College of Business Administration and the College of Education, and he is the Director of Management Development. Dr. Donahue brings over 25 years of manufacturing, sales and organization development experience to his position at Penn State. Formerly, he worked with the Fortune 500 company Brockway Inc., now Owens-Brockway, where he began as a project engineer and rose to manager of technology for the corporation’s international division. Subsequently, he co-founded and served as