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Session 2260

International Collaboration in the Reform of Engineering Education

Doris R. Brodeur, Edward F. Crawley, Ingemar Ingemarsson, Johan Malmqvist, Sören Östlund Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Linköping University/ Chalmers University of Technology/Royal Institute of Technology

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In October 2000, with support from the Wallenberg Foundation, four universities launched an international collaboration designed to improve undergraduate engineering education in Sweden, the United States, and worldwide. This is a closely coordinated program with parallel efforts at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Linköping University (LiU) in Linkoping, Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers) in Göteborg, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The vision of the project is to provide students with an education that stresses engineering fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving-Designing-Implementing-Operating (CDIO) real-world systems and products. The collaboration calls for three face-to-face meetings per year, alternating venues among the four institutions. Videoconferencing, email, and a dedicated Web page facilitate collaboration between meetings. This paper describes the results of the first year of the collaboration, the impact of the reform efforts, and the plans for the next three years.

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With support from the Wallenberg Foundation, four universities (Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers) in Göteborg, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Linköping University (LiU) in Linköping, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)) formed an international collaboration to improve undergraduate engineering education in Sweden, the United States, and worldwide.1 Three overall goals direct the alliance endeavors, namely, to educate students to · master a deep working knowledge of technical fundamentals · lead in the creation and operation of new products and systems · understand the importance and strategic value of their future research work The vision of the project is to provide students with an education that stresses engineering fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving-Designing-Implementing-Operating (CDIO) real-world systems and products

The project strategy to implement CDIO has four themes: Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Östlund, S., & Malmqvist, J., & Ingemarsson, I., & Crawley, E. F., & Brodeur, D. (2002, June), International Collaboration In The Reform Of Engineering Education Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10957