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Dr. Zaini Ujang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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conjunction with the Birthday of the Yang Di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan on 14 January, 2013. He also has conferred the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) award by His Majesty Yang Di-Pertuan Agong in conjunction with the Birthday of the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong on 2 June, 2012. He is the ”Tokoh Maal Hijrah 1433H” of Negeri Sembilan 2011. Zaini obtained his B.Eng. (Chem. Eng.) from UTM, and MSc and PhD in environmental engineering from University of Newcastle, UK. He is also an alumni of the Harvard Business School (AMP 177), a Fellow of the Academy of Science Malaysia, Senior Advisor to the Prince Khalid bin Sultan Chair on Water Research, King Saud University, Chairman of the Environmental Quality Council, Malaysia and Fellow

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Thomas Lachlan Goldfinch, University of Wollongong

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Paper ID #8370Invited Paper - Embracing complexity in engineering education: A way for-ward for developing intercultural competencyMr. Thomas Lachlan Goldfinch, University of Wollongong Tom Goldfinch is a lecturer in engineering education at the University of Wollongong. He has worked on engineering education research and development projects since 2006. His key research focus areas are engineering mechanics education, and the social and cultural aspects of engineering education and prac- tice. Tom was recently project leader of an Australian Office for Learning and Teaching funded project Exploring Intercultural

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Reginald Vachon P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University; Robert D. Kersten, University of Central Florida

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-sector linkages in line with to the social and economic situation of their countries; b. Promote the strengthening of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in primary and secondary schools; c. Encourage opinion surveys among secondary school students on science and scientific professions. d. Define the theme and supervise the development of a case study and/or project for the sharing of best practices and experiences in the region and make recommendations to COMCYT to take action; e. Promote the continued professional development of faculty members in their fields and periodic training on the latest teaching and research methods; f

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Ralph Dreher PhD P.E., International Society for Engineering Education (G

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and academich staff in the field of engineering in Germany, Bangladesh and Austria 2008 Full Professorship for Didactic of vocational Education at the University of Wuppertal 2000 Member of IGIP (International Society of Enginnering Paedogic); 2005 Co-Author of the ING-PAED-IGIP-Curriculum to become Enginnerin-Pedagogist; 2006 - 2010 EC-Member of IGIP 2010 research Director of IGP Page 21.36.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Competence-oriented curriculum development for engineering

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Dirk Schaefer P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #8378Invited Paper - Fostering a Culture of Professional Faculty Development andRecognition of Engineering & Engineering Technology EducatorsProf. Dirk Schaefer P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology Prof. Dirk Schaefer serves on the faculty of the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Schaefer was a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Durham University, UK. During his time at Durham, he earned a Postgraduate Certificate in ”Teaching and Learning in Higher Education”. He joined Durham from a Senior Research Associate

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Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Prue Howard, Central Queensland University; Duncan Andrew Campbell, Queensland University of Technology

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content, and a context based approach to teaching could motivate and enthuse students. The outcome was the opportunity to redesign the engineering program at CQU, and develop the PBL program. The program was introduced in 1998. Since then she has been involved in research in the area of Safe Design and the transdisciplinary teaching of safe design. The research has involved colleagues in Occupational Health and Safety and the Victorian State Coroner. Awards have included receiving the Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence twice and the Australasian Association for Engineering Education award for Excellence in Curriculum Development. She has recently finalised an ALTC funded project as lead investigator to develop a