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Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2011-1153: EDUCATING GLOBALLY COMPETENT ENGINEERS INSEGOVIA, SPAINJames McConnell , North Carolina State University James McConnell was born in the city of Rome, New York. His father was in the military working as a combat photographer so the family moved around a lot before settling in Panama for 5 years until he was 10. Living in Panama and driving through Central America to return to the United States created a desire to continue being around the Spanish language and Hispanic culture. It also motivated him to receive an MA in Hispanic Literature from the University of Arizona where he taught from 1995 2000 before accepting a position as Caribbean Operations Director for an adventure travel company for

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yating Chang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Shen, Purdue University; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Hirleman, University of California, Merced; Eckhard A. Groll, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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- neering in the U.S. He earned his Bachelor and Master degrees in Industrial Engineering from National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) and Purdue University (U.S.A). His ultimate career goal is to help cul- tivate world-class engineering graduates that can compete globally, as well as collaborate with the best engineers across different cultures. Page 22.950.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011E. Daniel Hirleman, University of California, Merced E. Daniel Hirleman joined UC Merced as dean of the School of Engineering in 2010. He received the BSME with Highest

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan T Lima Jr., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University

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Engineering and Mathematics Departments at Michigan Tech, North Dakota State University, and at Minnesota State University, Moor- head. Dr. Oliveira current research interests include optical fiber communication systems, Monte Carlo simulations, digital signal processing, wireless communications, and engineering education. She has au- thored or co-authored 14 archival journal publications and 35 conference contributions. From 2007-2011 Dr. Oliveira is serving as the Michigan Tech project director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium on Renewable Energy funded by FIPSE from the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Oliveira is an ABET evaluator, and serve as panelist for NSF projects. Dr. Oliveira has also been

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

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have manufacturing operations in China, India, Mexico, or otherdeveloping areas. Multinational companies continue to grow and expand throughout the world3.While it was once sufficient for an engineer to develop technical knowledge and skills, engineersmust now also adequately prepare to live and work in a global environment. Engineers in almostany company will have interaction with people who live or work in many parts of the world. Theability to communicate, understand cultural differences, and collaborate across time zones is nownecessary for engineers to be successful.Developing and integrating global competence skills into a compacted curriculum is a challengefacing many higher educational institutions; however, past experience

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Alliance for Research and Education) program, established in 2003, wasdeveloped to be a comprehensive globally-oriented program involving both study abroad andwork abroad experiences. Students in this program spend one semester studying at a partneruniversity abroad, participate in two internships with a multinational company (one internship inthe U.S. and the other abroad), and collaborate with students from international partneruniversities on an industry inspired team design project. In addition, students are required to takebetween two and four semesters of foreign language courses in the language of the target countryas well as maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0. Students in the GEARE program may choose fromfour international