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Invited Paper - Improving First-year Engineering Education Using the Engineers Without Borders Australia Challenge: what worked for whom under what circumstances

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Lesley Jolly, Strategic Partnerships; Caroline Crosthwaite, University of Queensland; Lydia Kavanaugh, University of Queensland
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Invited - Student Development
, University of Queensland Associate Professor Lydia Kavanagh is an innovative, enthusiastic and dedicated teacher and mentor who brings to her discipline a wealth of professional engineering experience. Since returning to academia in 1998 after working for 13 years in industry, she has become a leader in engineering education in Australia and has used her background as a professional engineer to design both curricula and courses for active learning by combining real-world projects and specialist knowledge. As UQ’s Director of First Year Engineering, Lydia has inspired students to develop the knowledge, confidence and capabilities essential for success in the engineering profession in the 21st Century. She is dedicated to
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Invited Paper - Does the International Engineering Program Produce Graduates for the Rhode Island Workforce? Assessing Skill Sets and Company Needs

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Walter von Reinhart, University of Rhode Island; Erin Papa, University of Rhode Island
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Invited - Student Development
developed during their year-long study and work stay abroad, and the skill-setin demand by small, medium and large businesses in Rhode Island. Although we exclusivelysurveyed alums of the German IEP, the results can be viewed as representative of the other IEPprograms as well. Hence it can be concluded that IEP graduates who command a second or third Page 21.38.9language in addition to English, who are cross-culturally aware and competent, and have had achance to apply their technical skills in a real-world international scenario come with optimalpreparation for the Rhode Island work force.i For information about the special language courses
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Invited Paper - Preparing the Global Engineer: How learning to teach in a Service-Learning Project Develops Effective Communication Skills in Engineering Students

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Robyne Bowering, Monash University
Tagged Topics
Invited - Student Development
(academicand community knowledge, student knowledge and experience,).[14] They use what they learnin the classroom to solve real-life problems. They not only learn the practical applications oftheir studies, they become actively contributing citizens and community members through theservice they perform.[15]Trevelyan advocates that ‘… many aspects of engineering practice are closely related toteaching, particularly technical coordination and training. This creates an interestingopportunity to improve engineering education. If students learn effective teaching skills, firstthey will acquire social skills that will enable them to be more effective engineers, secondthey will learn the ‘real technical stuff’ better ...’[16]This paper provides a brief
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