Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

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ASEE Global Programs

the educationaloutcomes for engineers and others to meet the needs of industry created through innovation. It isessential for graduating engineers and people with technical skills to be prepared to work in arapidly changing world.Today we are experiencing an increasing rate of significant change in parts of society in which, it Page 22.748.3used to be common for companies to manufacture and sell everything locally or within a region;it is now not only common but necessary to participate and compete on a global scale.Companies of all sizes are involved in many different regions throughout the world, and it is nowcommon for small companies to

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Global Programs

should look beyond current assessment strategiesand find ways to engage participants in active reflection while abroad in order to support adiverse array of possible learning outcomes.Introduction Engineers in both industry and academia recognize that engineering is a global profession(Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century, 2007; Continental AG,2006; National Academy of Engineering, 2004) and that engineers of today must be able tocollaborate with colleagues and clients from cultures that differ from their own on projects of Page 22.749.2global impact (Downey et al., 2006). Engineering educators have also come to

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James McConnell, North Carolina State University; Brian D. Koehler, North Carolina State University

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ASEE Global Programs

kayaking, visits to glass factories, a daytrip to a winery and outings to visit several castles in the region to incorporate a historical and cultural perspective to the program. James is a current member of Sigma Iota Rho which is the Honor Society for International Studies and he is also currently a mentor for the Global Perspectives Certificate program through the Study Abroad Office. His most recent professional development involved conducting a three hour workshop for the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina titled: ”Gmail and Beyond: Google applications and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning.” Additional certifications he either holds or has held include being a Medic First Aid Instructor, a Master