Gracia, Z. M., & Wright, A. (2015, June), Development of a Novel Interdisciplinary Engineering Student Exchange Program  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/1-2--17132

\bibitem{asee_peer_17132}
  Gracia, Z. M., \& Wright, A. (2015, June), \emph{Development of a Novel Interdisciplinary Engineering Student Exchange Program}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/1-2--17132

Zaida M Gracia and Allison Wright.  "Development of a Novel Interdisciplinary Engineering Student Exchange Program".  2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/17132 Internet.  30 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_17132}
  Zaida M Gracia and Allison Wright.
  "Development of a Novel Interdisciplinary Engineering Student Exchange Program".
  \emph{2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/17132 Internet.  30 Jun, 2024

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AB  -    Development of a Novel Interdisciplinary Engineering Student Exchange                                  ProgramAs an initiative to prepare graduates for the ever-changing global landscape and a job market thatis increasingly becoming more international and competitive, the Whitacre College ofEngineering (WCOE) at Texas Tech University (TTU) requires that all undergraduates startingwith the Fall class of 2013 will be required to go abroad and have an international experiencebefore graduation. The WCOE has implemented an international platform model to offer abroad range of flexible programs that accommodates each student's interest, goals and personalsituation.In order to diversify the student’s options, a number of different programs have been developedin countries located in Central and South America, Europe and Asia. One of these programs isdeveloped with Universidad del Norte (Uninorte) located in Colombia, South America, and setsa combined model of Study Abroad - Research Experience while providing a culturalengagement. The project model is a novel student exchange program that seeks to reach theWCOE goals of expanding its international programs and diversifying student’s offerings. Theprogram brings engineering students from each university to an innovative model of exchangeagreement that combines the development of an academic, research, and societal study abroadexperience related to a sustainable or renewable energy topic. Undergraduate students from bothinstitutions are engaged in a summer course, a research experience for undergraduates (REU),and interaction in local professional contexts related to the selected topics, in order to connectacademic and research contents with societal needs from an abroad perspective.During this student exchange, students will take part in classes directly related to the selectedresearch topic, language classes, culturally adaptive events, a workshop designed to teach how toapproach society needs and problems from the engineering research perspective, includingpreparation in how to develop important skills to conduct research activities and present theirresults. Students on either country have different opportunities to explore and engage the localcultures. A full project design for the eight weeks has been stablished including the studentevaluation and the program assessment. All students participating in this program will receiveacademic credit related to their discipline and devoted time towards research experience. Eachinstitution selects students from multiple disciplines in engineering and a group of faculty tocoordinate the interdisciplinary activities and assess the entire program.The project allows achieving a number of results such as the signature of a new collaborativeTTU-UniNorte agreement, the development of a combined Research-Academic Undergraduatestudent exchange program, and the interaction between both institutions' faculty in academic andresearch scenarios. Project results pave future avenues of collaboration at the graduate level, andincrease cultural awareness of students studying abroad to the U.S. and Colombia.
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