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Main Plenary 3 - Opportunities for collaboration with engineering educators in India (ISTE)

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R. Natarajan, Indian Institute of Technology; Mohan Khedkar, Anna University of Technology Madurai; Baldev Raj, Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (GEEP); R. Murugesan, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati (M.S.)

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CURRICULUM AND LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT Prof R Natarajan Former Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India prof.rnatarajan@gmail.comAbstract:International collaboration in Higher and Engineering Education has beenreceiving increasing attention of national governments, international agencies andinstitutions of higher education during the past few decades, particularly since thegeneral acceptance of globalization worldwide. Among the goals of internationalcollaboration is the addition of an international dimension to the course contentsand teaching programs. The formalization of collaboration is

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Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia; Yan-Fu Kuo; Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University

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Paper ID #8247Experiences in Cross-Teaching within a Distance Education EnvironmentDr. Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia C. N. Thai is an Associate Professor for the College of Engineering at UGA. He teaches courses in Robotics, Machine Vision and Systems Simulation. His main research areas are in Robotics and Spectral Imaging applications for plant health and quality characterization of agricultural products, and also in Human Robot Interactions within Theatrical Environments.Prof. Yan-Fu KuoDr. Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University Dr. Ping-Lang Yen was born in 1966. He Received B.S. degree from Dept. of Power

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Ruth Rodriguez Gallegos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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, laboratory practices, modeling andsimulation practices, worksheets/spreadsheets) has been developed for the DE course. Its mainaxis is concerned with the modeling of biological, physical or chemical phenomena.Recent research has shown the need to change the way to teach DE, from the “traditional” way,which emphasizes analytical methods, to an integrative mode, which uses graphical andnumerical methods. This integrative mode should enable students to identify and recognize a DEin its different representations; and thus, improve the learning of DEs as mathematical objects.The student should not only learn how to use techniques to solve DEs but also learn theapplication of the DE as a tool to model several problems. This is also strengthened through

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Main Plenary 3 - Opportunities for collaboration with engineering educators in India (ISTE)

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Mohan Khedkar, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati (M.S.)

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quality knowledge and skills to the students, thereby lowering their overall development and employability. At times, the faculty also lack in communication and pedagogical skills and industry academia collaboration is also at nascent stage. Faculty development basically means: Improved teaching and learning necessary for deep understanding of technical information and skills Implementation of latest teaching strategies Creating practical learning environment provided by laboratories and workshops Effective assessment methods to determine quality and improve the learning process Understanding properly the changing role of teacher in various areas including research ‘Train the Trainer’ model has to be

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International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

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Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin; Joules Webb, Transformation 2013 Texas STEM Center

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2011 HSTEAP. An additional four pairs, participants selected from asix-week, National Science Foundation RET program, experienced HSTEAP as their inauguralweek providing the foundation for development of engineering lessons during and after theirsubsequent five weeks of work in research laboratories. Each pair was chosen based oncertification level, current school assignment, number of years teaching, previous professionaldevelopment workshops attended, and responses to essay questions.Curriculum and Teaching Design TeamHSTEAP 2011 facilitators chosen to design and lead the program were brought back from theprior year and integrated lessons learned from the first iteration to refine and enhance the teacherprofessional development experience

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Corporation

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offerthese courses through its regular curriculum (as electives), or, if preferred, as a separateoffering. In addition, select universities can offer the entire professional HP ExpertOnecertification program as part of their continuous education portfolio to help professionals inthe workforce expand their career opportunities with validated skills in the latesttechnologies, including cloud solutions.Integral to the program is the HP Certified Educator component which validates professorsare qualified to teach these courses. HP Institute students may also spend internship periodsat companies and have access to HP’s vast community of IT experts. HP Institute is one wayof preparing the global engineer through a very unique industry-university

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International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

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Helmuth Gesch, University of Applied Sciences Landshut, Germany; Richard O Gale, Texas Tech University; Tanja Karp, Texas Tech University; Nanna Suryana Herman

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• intercultural competence, development, knowledge of pure mass production is not • project management. required and therefore not transferred during the program.Didactics will be characterized by Conclusion • active rather than passive pedagogy (student centered), The presented program of Electronic System Engineering • team teaching and cooperative learning, (ESE) will be promoted and partly supported by German, • laboratory tutorials, U.S., and Malaysian companies in an

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International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

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Margaret Pearl Lyn Blackstun, Air Force Institute of Technology

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science curriculum, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, oftenincorporates hands-on laboratory experiences. This hands-on lab work provides students withconcept relevancy, integrated knowledge, and technical skill required in engineering jobs [1].Hands-on and project based curriculum are examples of inductive learning techniques whereinductive learning reverses the traditional method of deductive learning. In deductive learning,a theory is presented to students and examples are then given in illustrations, in-classexperiments or homework exercises. In inductive learning, the process begins with a set ofobjectives or a problem to be solved. Faculty guides students along the way and the studentsreach an understanding of concepts through

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Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute

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Paper ID #8328Infusing Engineering Practice into the Core to Meet the Needs of a Knowledge-based EconomyDr. Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute Dr. Brian Bielenberg holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering, a Master’s in Materials Science, and a Ph.D. in Education. His research interests revolve around engineering education reform, content and language integrated learning, and academic language and literacy needs in design classrooms. He currently serves as Head of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching and Assistant Director of the Arts and Sciences Program at the Petroleum Institute in Abu

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Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology / Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC); Tim L Ferris, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia; and a PhD in Systems Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technol- ogy in Hoboken, New Jersey. Current research areas include systems thinking, competency framework development, and engineering education.Dr. Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is the director of NExtGeneration Applied Research Laboratory (NEAR), and a tenure full professor of software engineering in the department of Electrical, Computer, Software and System Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His teaching interests include autonomous systems, and software and systems engineering with emphasis on quality assurance. He has been in

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Amos G Winter V, MIT; Robert James Stoner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Charles H Fine, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Leveraged Freedom Chair (LFC), an all-terrain wheelchair designed for de- veloping countries that was a winner of a 2010 R&D 100 award and was named one of the Wall Street Journal’s top innovations in 2011. His Ph.D. work focused on adapting the burrowing mechanisms of razor clams to create compact, low power, and reversible burrowing systems for subsea applications such as anchoring, oil recovery, and cable installation. Prof. Winter is a founder of Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT). He was the recipient of the 2010 Tufts University Young Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award, the 2010 MIT School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award, and the 2012 ASME/Pi Tau

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Lucia Howard

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, literacy education, content literacy, and global education as well as assessment and measurement in STEM education. She teaches courses in science education, measurement, literacy and language development, courses in learning and instructional theory, and teacher education research courses. She extensive expertise in assessment, psychometrics, advanced quantitative analyses, and multimodal research design.Dr. Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education and Applied Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ special