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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
focus group of corporations in the Stateof Rhode Island who received these graduates,. In order to better understand the overall nature ofbusiness needs, especially multilingual demands, a variety of representatives from businesseswere interviewed. Interviewees were selected based upon the fiscal impact of their companies onthe Rhode Island economy and upon the importance and utility of services provided to thepublic. All interviewees were emailed the interview questions in advance. The assessment didnot attempt to analyze every business entity, and in this sense, should not be consideredcomprehensive. The 25-year old International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island wasoriginally designed as a dual-degree program for German
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Invited Paper - Faculty Professionalization in Industry Sponsored Projects in Austrian Vocational Education and Training Schools

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Eleonore Lickl, HBLVA for Chemical Industry
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Invited - Student Development
. Page 21.41.4ProjectsIn 1999 the Federal Austrian Ministry for Education and Culture published a report aboutprojects on Austrian VET schools and colleges, to “show the performance of the schools andcolleges to an interested public”20. 40 % of the 471 reviewed projects had partners from industry.Students had studied the disciplines building construction, chemistry, IT, electronic, electricalengineering, interior design, wood technology, food technology, manufacturing systemsengineering and others while doing their projects.In 2002 another review showed that in the teaching period 2001/2002 42 teaching institutionswith 1336 projects had been evaluated. 66 % of these projects had a practical impact, in 44 % ofthe project an external partner were
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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
design and teach a STEM-based unit of work. Robyne’s pedagogical focus is on providing the best learn- ing environment for individual student growth and her current research interest is how learning to teach provides engineering students with the cognitive, conative and metacognitive skills needed for effective problem-solving in the engineering workplace. Page 21.46.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Preparing the Global Engineer: How learning to teach in a Service-LearningProject Develops Effective Oral Communication Skills in Engineering Students.AbstractGlobalisation
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