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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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U. P. Kahangamage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Randolph C. K. Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Gloria S.L Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Alan S. L. Kwok

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curriculum change happened across alldegree awarding universities had a common set of goals: to provide the students with broaderacademic experience by putting greater attention to non-academic learning components andextra-curricular experience; to focus on all-round development of students; to promoteenhanced linkage to the workplace; to enhance opportunities for further studies abroad; toproduce graduates capable of succeeding in the global knowledge economy and able to meetsociety’s rapidly changing needs. With the additional year to the degree programmes, ascompared to the previous 3-year undergraduate curriculum, students got more opportunitiesfor generic skill development and engage in more experiential learning components such asinternship

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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

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relationshipinvolving research and faculty exchange.Several Specific recommendations in the context of this program are listed below to build uponthe current start and develop a long-term sustainable program. The first recommendation is tosend a follow-on delegation of UA Engineering Faculty and the Director of the Study AbroadProgram to develop robust plans to control program costs and attract more students in the secondcourse offering in the summer of 2018. As stated earlier, personal relationships are the key tothe long-term sustainability of this program, and given communications challenges, these arebest done face to face and in Cuba.Secondly we must continue to broaden the participation of research-focused faculty on bothcampuses in this program. The

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong; Hayden Kwok-Hay So, University of Hong Kong; Nyein Thwe Khaing, Dagon University

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spanning several continents, discussion of project developments must rely onvirtual communication channels such as emails or online meeting facilities. To prepare ourstudents for such mode of working, we will engage students from both universities to start thediscussion and planning virtually before the visit, preparing for more efficient on-sitedevelopment and deployment, and to continue the collaboration virtually after the studentsreturn to their home universities. Furthermore, we believe it is important to incorporatebusiness and management perspectives in the project. This will be achieved through buildinga more diversified team that consists of students from engineering, science, business andeconomics.[1] Kolb, David A. Experiential learning

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Xisong Dong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institution of Automation ,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; Xiwei Liu, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institution of Automation ,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries.

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abilityand interpersonal communication skills. Due to the long-term impact of exam-orientededucation and the absence of logic and communication courses, students generally lack theability to ask questions independently. In addition, the academic misconduct and other badbehavior and culture have a negative impact on students, so that some students lack the spiritof independent personality and the pursuit of truth.G. Less communication between universities and industryIn China, colleges and universities are the base for cultivating talents, and industry hire them,there is no internal mechanism between them. There is double "isolation" of school educationand enterprise production: school education is often self-implemented in a systematic way,and lack

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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years since it startedoperations, UTRGV can be proud of a mission on-route: to provide a high quality, innovative,and affordable education to the students of South Texas, Texas, the United States and the world.The University will transform Texas and the nation through student success, research, healthcare,and commercialization of university discoveries1. A temporary vision that has become astatement broadly implemented throughout the different Colleges and Schools within UTRGV,engages faculty and staff into expanding the possibilities from the current multicultural andmultidisciplinary programs to cross-border collaboration.Collaboration with universities across the border provides an opportunity to deliver a betterservice to the bi-national

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Randal T Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Talis Juhna, Riga Technical University; Hale Kim, Inha University; Stephen Marshall P.E., University of Strathclyde; Mauricio Pardo, Universidad del Norte; Julie Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Winston Spencer Percybrooks, Universidad del Norte

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of emphasis: individual courses; profiles of specific projects; andcapstone design courses. However, multidisciplinary education across all disciplines requires alarger-scale model that can be incorporated into any discipline, a model that is both cost effectiveand scalable, and one that fully engages and benefits faculty. A consortium of 19 US and 5international institutions has come together around such a model, the Vertically IntegratedProjects (VIP) Program. VIP unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context, with students earning academic credits toward their degrees, and faculty andgraduate students benefitting from the design/discovery efforts of their multidisciplinary teams.VIP is novel because it unites

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros

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built on compassion, community and technology, through a comprehensiveeducation for student-success delivered by accomplished and passionate scholars supportedby professional and caring staff.The ITM is leader higher education institution in the region and is one of the 266 campusesthroughout of TecNM, the largest higher education institutional network in Mexico. TheTecNM offers undergraduate and graduate programs focused on professional training intechnology. The TecNM has a presence in all 32 states of the Mexico and provides a high-quality educational opportunity to approximately 580,000 undergraduate and graduatestudents, mainly from low-income families. The TecNM enroll students in 37 engineeringprograms and 97 graduate programs. The TecNM

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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F.C. Lai, University of Oklahoma; Dong Liang, Laboratory Engineer; Al R Evans, Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute

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presentation, (b) poster section.5. ConclusionAlthough this was the first time that we experimented with this approach, we were successful tomotivate and engage students. More importantly we have demonstrated that a careful designclass project can be both fun and educational! Many students in their course evaluationsindicated that they enjoyed the challenge of the final project and learned a great deal through theproject. The hands-on experience with 3D printing let them realize what impact this technologymay have on future manufacturing. However, we also felt there was room for improvement,particularly the best teaching strategy for students in this joint institute or similar institutions.Frankly, Chinese students (and many Asian students as well

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Simon Obeid, DeVry University, Orlando

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is less expensive than acomputer and use Open Source Software that is an important key in collaborative learning. Theadvantages of collaborative work are to promote of student-faculty interaction, develop higher-level thinking skills and improve class retention and persistence. Since Open Source Software isfree so it has great benefits such as cost, flexibility and is always on the cutting-edge oftechnology.Building project framework In this paper, Open Source Software such as Oracle VM VirtualBox and Fedora Linuxwere utilized. It was used mainly in CIS206 class at DeVry University in Orlando, Florida. Thepurpose of this study is to promote Open Source Software that makes a huge impact on studentsuccess. The outcomes can be measured

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Malcolm N Cooke, Case Western Reserve University

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to the symposium where they participatedin general sessions as well as sessions entirely devoted to student presentations. The scheduleincluded networking opportunities and community building activities that allowed attendees todiscuss ideas and engage with one another.The call for participation in the symposium was distributed internationally with the assistance ofthe American Society for Engineering Education, the American Society of MechanicalEngineering, and other organizations. The response to the symposium was strong with the eventreaching its maximum capacity. The symposium drew attendees from Austria, Brazil, Bolivia,China, Canada, Guatemala, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, South Korea, and the United States.International Symposium of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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“marathons” on the Drexelcampus throughout the five-week game, which were livened with food, giveaways, and prizes to furtherincentivize participation. The development team also created an educator toolkit with guidelines andmaterials (e.g. template flyer, email templates, tutorials) to replicate this on-campus engagement strategyacross universities globally (Figure 4). Universities around the world, United States, China, India, Korea,Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and others adopted this marathon strategy to create shared experiences ontheir campuses around the game.These events were structured to create informal learning environments, e.g. “learning for fun”(36).Approximately 90% of students’ time in university is spent outside the classroom in

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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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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on the positive response to question 4, “Engineering is a prestigiousor elite career in Qatari society.” Cohen’s d effect size was d = .518 (p < .001), indicating adifference of approximately one-half standard deviation, a statistically significant difference.This is a good effect size to show the STEM program’s impact on students’ perceptions ofengineering prestige in Qatari society. Although the other effects were positive, none of themwere statistically significantly different on the posttest in comparison to the pretest.DiscussionThe data gleaned from surveys of student participants in STEM outreach programs has informedoverall strategy for connecting with the Qatar community and raising the university’s profileamong potential

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Michael S. Shapiro, IEEE.org

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,Julie Zhu and Client Services Manager Jalyn Kelley’s article “Collaborating to Reduce ContentGaps in Discovery: What Publishers, Discovery Service Providers, and Libraries Can Do toClose the Gaps”5 perfectly describes the impact that CSMs have when assessing an institution’sdiscovery tool configuration. Given the global reach of IEEE’s client subscription base and CSMcoverage, CSMs meet person to person with librarians and platform administrators all over theglobe who have incorporated discovery services into their library’s homepage as a one-stop usersearch option. Citing Zhu and Kelley:“Given that users find it easy to use Google and Google Scholar, the library community has beenimplementing Google-like, single-search-box discovery services