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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Dirk Schaefer P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

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represent the largest network of higher education engineeringinstitutions and of individuals involved in engineering education in Europe. It promotesinformation exchange about current developments in the field of engineering education betweenteachers, researchers and students in the various European countries.While both the British and the IGIP programs are accredited, other countries have just embarkedon the avenue of professional educational training. In Australia, for example, a number of effortshave been initiated at the federal level to ostensibly track and improve teaching quality.However, some claim these efforts are based on criteria that do not have the strength to makereal changes in the quality of teaching occurring in engineering

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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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

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

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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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DMI optical strain technology. He served as President of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineering. He is a licensed attorney and admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court. He has international project experience in Venezuela, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, Egypt, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cameroon and Belize, He has conducted research and devel- opment projects with the US Army, US Navy. NASA ,DoD, EPA, ERDA (predecessor to DOE), DOE, NSF and other agencies, as well as with industrial clients such as IBM, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Polish Air Force Institute of Technology, RUAG, Halliburton and others. He was the president of the engineering firm that was the

Conference Session

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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Paper ID #8371Invited Paper - Curriculum Development to meet Accreditation RequirementsMrs. Prue Howard, Central Queensland University Dr Prue Howard has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, A Masters Degree in Engineering, and a Professional Doctorate in Transdisciplinary Studies. She came to academia after four years as an engineer and designer in industry. Her initial research/consulting area was in dynamics and failure analysis, but the opportunity to become involved in Engineering Education research quickly changed her direction. An early grant from what was then known as CAUT showed how integration of

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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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