AC 2011-2291: ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PRO-GRAMS IN TWO COUNTRIES: A NEW PARADIGM FOR COOPERA-TIONOrlando R. Baiocchi, University of Washington, TacomaDavid A. Rogers, North Dakota State University David A. Rogers is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo. His engineering technical interests are applied electromagnetics and fiber optics. He received the B.S.E.E. cum Laude from the University of Washington in 1961, the M.S.E.E. from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1964, and the Ph.D. (E.E.) from Washington in 1971. He earned registration as a Professional Engineer (Electrical Engineering) in the State of Washington in 1972. In