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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Fang Cheng, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; David R. Scott, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University; Guoquan Li, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University

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related fields of electricalengineering, CQUPT’s enrollment is more than ten times the size of NAU’s EE program. In a2012 assessment by the Degree and Graduate Education Development Centre of the ChineseMinistry of Education, CQUPT ranked number 26 in the field of Information andCommunications Engineering among universities in the People’s Republic of China.In China, a fresh graduate with a B.S. degree in EE faces a tough and very competitive domesticjob market. Facing this reality, students and their parents have become very interested inenhanced competitiveness. They generally view an engineering degree from certain foreignsources, particularly the United States, as very prestigious and highly desirable. Quite simply, theproblem is one of cost

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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Anna Friesel, Technical University-Copenhagen; Jean-Marc THIRIET, Gipsa-lab, Univ. Grenoble Alpes; Anthony Edward Ward, University of York, England; Olivier Bonnaud, University of Rennes 1; hamed yahoui, université de lyon

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, most of them teaching in the area of Electrical and Information Engineering (EIE). Anna Friesel is a member of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Curricula and Pedagogy Committee (CPC) as a European representative. The mission of the CPC is ”to promote the continued evolution of university curricula, resources, and pedagogical practices across IEEE’s fields of interest in engineering, computing, and technology (ECT)”. She collaborates regularly with many technical universities in Europe, Latin America and USA on topics related to improvement of engineering education. Her research interests include mathematical modeling, system dynamics, control theory, and educational methods in automation, robotics, and in

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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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arepassionate about contributing to.The VIP ModelThe VIP Model involves seven key elements relating to the focus and scope of projects (2elements), curricular structure (3 elements), and logistical considerations (2 elements).Focus and Scope of ProjectsCentral to the VIP model is the homing of VIP projects in faculty mentors’ research. TheVIP program grew out of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Program [1-6], established at Purdue University in 1995. EPICS pioneered vertically integrated, large-scale,long-term undergraduate design teams. It was shown to meet nearly all of the ABET 2000criteria [2,8], and it provided the time and context required for teams to solve the technology-based problems confronting local non-profit

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Ana Marcela Hernández de Menéndez, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Ruben Morales-Menendez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Pedro Orta, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20752Virtual Teams in Engineering – Global PracticesAna Marcela Hern´andez de Men´endez, Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey Marcela Hern´andez de Men´endez received a B.Sc. in food engineering from Universidad Dr. Jos´e Mat´ıas Delgado, El Salvador, in 2004. She also got a M.Sc. in Marketing and a M.Sc. in Business Innovation and Technology, both from Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey, M´exico, in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Currently, she is Research Assistant at the Directorate of Research and Graduate Program of the School of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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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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centers onactive-learning, problem-solving, and team work.2. IntroductionIntroduction to Mechanical Design is a required course for all sophomores. It is intended tointroduce students to all related topics in design. To this end, a solid background in engineeringgraphics is required. While the course is quite common for all engineering programs, whatmakes it special is that it has been paired with an English writing class that is centered ontechnical writing. Most engineering programs in the States have tried pairing a lab course withthe writing class. To the best knowledge of the authors, our class has never been experimentedin other institutes. Because of the newly added component, the credit for the course has beenincreased to four instead of

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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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additional societal settings fortechnology development in undergraduate applied research for students on both sides of the RioGrande Valley.Capstone Engineering Course: Promoting International PreparednessThe Engineering Technology program at UTRGV offers a wide range of options from where thestudents will develop engineering skills to address engineering and technological challenges. Atthe end of the coursework, the students must complete an industry-related, research-basedcapstone project, which in specific cases involve the design and development of a functionalprototype.The capstone design project is developed in a two-course sequence of Senior Project I and II. InSenior Project I, students use their time to identify an engineering problem and

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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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proportion of institutions with single professional structure had increased significantly.(2) Adjustment, consolidation, enrichment, improvement stage (1961-1979). The structure of engineering education began to be adjusted with the announcement of the promulgation and implementation of Provisional Working Regulations of the Ministry of Education (Draft)” and “Specialized Catalog of Graduate Students of Higher Education of Science and Technology (Draft)”. In this period, graduate education was gradually on the right track, to play a positive role on the construction of engineering education.(3) Recovery and development stage. In 1980, China revised "National Undergraduate Program of Engineering in Colleges and Universities", and

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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

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Engineering at The University of Alabama in 1999. He has enjoyed 15 years of a dynamic profession of teaching, research, and service. he now serves as the Director of Undergraduate Programs for his Department.Dr. Steven Jones, University of Alabama Steven Jones earned a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Auburn University in 1992. In 1994, he earned an M.S. degree in civil engineering with concentrations in transportation engineering and economics. He holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Virginia where he concentrated his education and research on the interaction of transportation and air pollution. His 20 plus years of transportation engi- neering and planning experience spans both academic and

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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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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from Yangon University. She is now doing another master’s degree in education at Hong Kong University. She is strongly interested in teach- ing, doing research related to teaching and learning process and collaborating with other teachers from different academic fields. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Wastewater treatment in Myanmar: A multidisciplinary learning experience for engineering and science students from two countriesThe ever changing technology landscape is driving engineering education to becomeincreasingly global, cross-disciplinary, and collaborative in nature everywhere. Besidesdelivering technical knowledge in classroom, a comprehensive engineering curriculum

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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Bettina Dahl, Aalborg University, Denmark

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assistant/associate professor at Aarhus Uni- versity. There she went into more higher education research and teaching in mathematics and science as well as teaching and developing workshops for informal STEM education for youth. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Project Supervisors’ Views of a Group Based Project Exam for Engineering Students in a Problem-Based Learning CurriculumIntroductionExams are part of any university education program, and it is vital that the exams are perceivedas valid and reliable by for instance the employers who receive the graduates. When designingexams, researchers argue for the importance of constructively aligning the assessment to

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island; Anett Geithner, University of Rhode Island; DAAD; Eric Kaldor, University of Rhode Island; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh

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exchange partners abroad, internship placements for IEP’s dual degree students, corporate relations and fundraising for the IEP. Bi-annually, the IEP organizes the Colloquium on Interna- tional Engineering Education. Under Sigrid’s leadership, the IEP received NAFSA’s Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award for innovative campus internationalization (2011), and the Andrew Heiskell Award for an innovative study abroad program (2012) by the Institute for International Education. She was Co-PI of the winning grant proposal (PI Megan Echevarr´ıa) chosen as one of four to launch President Obama’s 100,000 Strong Initiative in the Americas (2014). Sigrid serves as Co-Editor, with Damon Rarick, of the Online Journal for Global

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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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facilities.After the daily plenary session, students were separated according to the program for which theywere registered. Students in the Summer Engineering Academy worked in teams with faculty inlaboratories to answer age-appropriate research questions related to Qatar’s grand challenges forengineering. Students participating in Future Engineers worked in teams to assemble 3D printerkits and, in parallel, to design objects to print with that technology. In both programs, studentsenjoyed close mentorship from faculty, laboratory instructors and undergraduate engineeringstudents. Communication skills were woven throughout the projects as a STEAM element —students were asked to present, discuss and defend their work and research findings. Overall

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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for Engineering Education, 2017IntroductionABET’s international accreditation efforts increased tremendously over last several years. Inthe past, ABET evaluated programs outside the U.S., by institutional request, to determine ifthey were “substantially equivalent” to ABET-accredited programs. “Substantial equivalency”means that a program is comparable in program content and educational experience, but maydiffer in format or method of delivery. It implies reasonable confidence that the program hasprepared its graduates to begin professional practice at the entry level. While these evaluationsfollowed policies and procedures similar to those used for accreditation, no accreditationaction was taken, nor was there any assumption that a program

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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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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for Engineering Education, 2017 Collaborative technological development and innovation between UTRGV-ENGT, USA and TecNM/ITM-CSE, Mexico: An Intelligent Closet PrototypeAbstractThis paper describe an interesting cross-border collaboration between The University ofTexas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) – College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering (MIE) – Engineering Technologyprogram (ENGT), and Tecnológico Nacional de Mexico / Instituto Tecnológico deMatamoros (TecNM/ITM) – Computer Systems Engineering program (CSE). The collectiveefforts gave as a result the development of a completely functional automation prototype,designed, built and coded by

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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Zulfiya Kadeeva, Kazan national research technological university; Raushaniia Zinurova, Kazan national research technological University

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has become one of the first of the kind in Russia. Fromthe point of view of practice-oriented programs for training entrepreneur-engineers through asystem of tutorship, the educational program is unmatched throughout higher educationinstitutions in the Russian Federation. Students are the most dynamically developing part of the society and possess a highentrepreneurship potential. Nevertheless, the degree of implementation of theentrepreneurship aspect in training programs of engineers is insignificant now, more than60% of students do not have courses of business training in their syllabi, educationalinstitutions do not always find them necessary. As a result, graduates do not have sufficientskills and knowledge regarding how to start

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Kevin Kochersberger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christopher Kappes, Virginia Tech

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student machine shop and introduced global humanitarian design projects as an option for students. Prior to Virginia Tech he was an Associate Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and developed a multidisciplinary design course that included students from Business, Arts and Sciences as well as Engineering.Ms. Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ashley Taylor is a doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State University, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ashley received her MS in

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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

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design and fabrication skills. The use of each space is unique to eachinstitution, with spaces typically supporting curricular, extra-curricular, personal, andentrepreneurial projects.It is noted that engineering programs have always included elements of higher educationmakerspaces in their programs but these elements were often regarded as individual parts ratherthan as a collective whole. For example, machine shops were (and many still are) viewed asindependent operations that service courses and research endeavors. Similarly, undergraduateteaching labs, such as those that might support a mechatronics course, were (and sometimes stillare) treated as single-purpose resources for experiments and projects related to that course.Makerspaces are

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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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Philadelphia, PA. He also holds a re- search appointment at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.Mr. Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Jay Bhatt is responsible for building library collections in engineering subject areas, outreach to fac- ulty and students, and teaching information and research skills to faculty and students in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and related subject areas. He provides individual and small group consultations to students, instructional sessions to specific classes, online research support in both face to face and dis- tance learning programs, and conducts workshops for specialized research areas. Jay is actively involved with the

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Esm Suresh, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research; Arul Kumaravelu, National Institute of Fashion Technology

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levelto post graduate level in Engineering & technology, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture,Town Planning and related disciplines. It is also concerned with Academic ambience,infrastructure, financial resources, and computational resources, avenues to mould and developstudents’ personality and learning characteristics. NBA has recently switched over to Outcomebased Accreditation system. The newly derived parameters are: 1. vision, mission and Programeducational objectives 2. Program outcomes 3. Program curriculum 4. Student’s performance 5.Faculty contribution 6. Facilities and technical support 7. Academic support units and teaching –learning process 8. Governance, institutional support and financial resources 9. Continuousimprovement

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Xiwei Liu, the State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xiaoyan Gong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Automation Institution,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Intelligent Education Institution,Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries.; Fei-Yue Wang, The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; rui sun, Qingdao Experimental High School; Yanqing Gao, Oregon Institute of Technology; Yu Zhang, Qingdao Experimental High School; jiehan zhou, University of Oulu; Xiaofei Deng, Qingdao Experimental High School

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Industries. He received the Ph.D. degree at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan in 2006. His research interest covers smart education systems, science and technology innovation education, human factor engineering, sensor network, modeling and control of complex systems, management information system.Prof. Xiaoyan Gong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Au-tomation Institution,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Intelligent Education Institution,Qingdao Academy ofIntelligent Industries. Prof. Xiaoyan Gong got PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003.Supported by Beijing Science and Technology Star Program,she went to University of Arizona as visiting scholar in 2005. Her research

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Oksana Zhirosh, Innopolis University; Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University

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at Innopolis University. She specializes in launching new Universities from scratch, including setting up curricula and polices, recruiting faculty and students. She holds PhD in Computational Aeroacoustics from the University of Leeds and worked as researcher at Technical University of Munich. Her current research interests include investigation of the professional competencies, gender diversity in engineering, international relations between universities, industry and government. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Practitioner in Academia – what should the profile for a “Professor of Professional Practice” be for an IT University?IntroductionThe importance of