Lehr, J. L., & DeTurris, D. J., & Snelling, A. C., & Tran, N. Y., & Applegarth, L. M. (2015, June), Learning from Senior-Level Engineering and Business  Development Professionals to Create Globally Competent  Engineers via On- and Off-Campus Activities  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24405

\bibitem{asee_peer_24405}
  Lehr, J. L., \& DeTurris, D. J., \& Snelling, A. C., \& Tran, N. Y., \& Applegarth, L. M. (2015, June), \emph{Learning from Senior-Level Engineering and Business  Development Professionals to Create Globally Competent  Engineers via On- and Off-Campus Activities}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24405

Jane L. Lehr, Dianne J DeTurris, Alana Christine Snelling, Nhu Y Tran, and Lia Marie Applegarth.  "Learning from Senior-Level Engineering and Business  Development Professionals to Create Globally Competent  Engineers via On- and Off-Campus Activities".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24405 Internet.  24 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_24405}
  Jane L. Lehr, Dianne J DeTurris, Alana Christine Snelling, Nhu Y Tran, and Lia Marie Applegarth.
  "Learning from Senior-Level Engineering and Business  Development Professionals to Create Globally Competent  Engineers via On- and Off-Campus Activities".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24405 Internet.  24 Jan, 2025

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AB  -                Learning from Senior-Level Engineering & Business             Development Professionals to Create Globally Competent                  Engineers via On- and Off-Campus ActivitiesPotential Session Topics   1. Domestic Internationalization: Developing Global Competence through On-Campus       Activities   2. Needs, Opportunities, and Challenges for Global Engineering Education   3. Needs of multinational companies   4. Foreign Language and Cultural Understanding in Engineering CurriculaEfforts to scale curricular and co-curricular experiences designed to foster globally competentengineers sit at an important crossroads. Education for global competency, along with thedevelopment of other “professional” or “soft” skills, is an important part of the formation of 21stcentury engineers. There is broad agreement that, “U.S. engineers [of 2020] will face totallydifferent problems from the ones we face today” and “will have to be open to different religions,different ways of thinking, and different social values.”1 However, consensus does not existregarding how to cultivate globally competent engineers in a cost- and time-effective manner,nor the minimum level of global competence necessary prior to graduation.Universities have the opportunity to make curricular and co-curricular decisions guided by theknowledge and experiences of current global professionals. This paper identifies lessons learnedfrom 16 hour-long interviews of senior-level engineering and business developmentprofessionals at a large, multinational defense company who were currently working in or hadpreviously completed assignments that included extensive international components. Interviewtranscripts were analyzed via a modified grounded theory approach.2, 3 Interviewees were asked(1) to describe their experiences, including how they prepared, their motivations forparticipating, and what challenges they faced before, during, and afterward; (2) to identify anycultural differences they observed or experienced, including those related to communication,decision-making, project management, problem solving, and style of engineering; and (3) tomake recommendations for individuals beginning international assignments and for educationaland corporate institutions. Lessons identified include:            1. Try Not to Behave like an ‘Ugly American’            2. Understand the Differences Between the U.S. and the Other Country            3. Focus on Communication            4. Build Relationships, Build Trust            5. Implement A Learn-By-Doing Model of Education for International Work            6. Commit to Ongoing Cycles of Continuing Education and ReflectionThe paper concludes with identification of curricular and co-curricular pathways for respondingto these lessons at individual and institutional levels via on- and off-campus activities, as well asexploration of how challenges to implementation may be overcome.1. Katehi, L. (2004). The Global Engineer. In Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to         the New Century (pp. 151-155). National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies:         Washington, D.C.2. Yancey Martin, P. & Turner, B. (1986). Grounded Theory and Organizational Research. The Journal of Applied         Behavioral Science, 22(2): 141-157.3. Bazeley, P. (2009). Analysing Qualitative Data: More Than ‘Identifying Themes’. Malaysian Journal of         Qualitative Research. 2: 6-22.  
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