Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lynette Frances Johns-Boast, Australian National University

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a curriculum as they saw them – the process involved withdesigning and developing a curriculum; the output of that process, that is the course material; andthe formal, written curriculum – and would not begin discussing their concepts until they were allclear they were discussing the same thing, they discovered at one point that two of the group weretalking about curriculum in terms of a program while the other was thinking about it in terms of acourse. Participants also suggested that program and course curricula were organized in someform of hierarchy, potentially with the courses mapped from the program curriculum almost‘cookie cutter’ style.Focus group interviews have highlighted the variance in participants’ understanding of the

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

J. P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; Michael Sanio, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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evaluation of materials with a focus on concrete structures. He teaches courses and conducts research in the areas of design and con- struction of pavements. He is currently involved in conducting research in condition survey of bridge structures using remote sensing technology. He has also been actively involved the American Society of Civil Engineers, serving on the Educational Activities and Continuing Education committees as well as the Technical Council for Computing and Information Technology. He is active in the Transportation Research Board serving on Properties of Concrete and Design of Pavements committees. Dr. Mohsen was named Engineer of the Year in Education by the Kentucky Section of ASCE in1999

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Russel C. Jones, World Expertise LLC

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Invited - Curriculum Development

built in SaudiArabia as an international, graduate level research university dedicated to stimulating anew age of scientific achievement in the Kingdom. The University is scheduled to openin September 2009 with degrees in 11 fields of study:  Applied Mathematics and Computational Science  Bioscience  Chemical and Biological Engineering  Chemical Science  Computer Science  Earth Science and Engineering  Electrical Engineering  Environmental Science and Engineering  Marine Science and Engineering  Materials Science and Engineering  Mechanical EngineeringIts international academic partnerships, designed to help build the curriculum and attractstrong founding faculty, include two US

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Olga V Shipulina, Simon Fraser University

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Invited - Curriculum Development

Paper ID #8380Invited Paper - Virtual Environment: A Tool for Developing Students’ Abili-ties to Apply Mathematics to Real-life ProblemsDr. Olga V Shipulina, Simon Fraser University EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING BACKGROUND SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, Canada, 2008 –present Faculty of Education Ph.D. (c) in Mathematics Education MOSCOW STATE AUTOMOBILE & ROAD TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Russia, 2004 Institute for Professional Development, Two year course in ”Engineering Education” TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY, Russia, 2000 Department of Mechanics and Mathematics Ph .D. in Ap- plied Mathematics (Russian equivalent) TEACHING