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Teaching Instrumentation and Data Acquisition at the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil

Hartono Sumali, Daniel Marçal-de-Queiroz

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN/Federal University of Viçosa, MG, Brazil

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ABE 430 Instrumentation and Data Acquisition had been taught for two years at Purdue University when the Federal University of Viçosa invited the instructor to teach that course in Brazil. Based on the instructor’s experience in teaching the course there, this paper offers suggestions on how to successfully address the problems associated with teaching a hands-on laboratory course away from the home institution where the course was established. The problems included content adaptation, equipment availability, laboratory setup, scheduling, instruction methods, language barrier, funding, and a few other problems. Advantages and compromises associated with the international adaptation of the course are discussed. It is hoped that this paper will help create a model for international teaching collaboration.

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In the last decade or so, a plethora of publications have addressed the importance of preparing engineering students for the internationalization of their profession 1. In most of those publications, international or global education means students studying outside their countries to prepare them for the global business world 2,3. Very few articles address the training of engineering educators to prepare them to train engineering students for globalization. Part of this faculty preparation is to study globalization of education from the literature 4,5,6,7,8. However, many of the studies show that successful international endeavor requires plenty of face-to-face interactions9. Ideally, the educators themselves must gain real teaching experience outside his/her own country. The first purpose of this paper is to promote awareness of the faculty preparation aspect of international education. The second purpose is to present lessons learned by an American faculty member from teaching a laboratory-intensive course outside the U.S.

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Marcal de Queiroz, D., & Sumali, H. (2002, June), Teaching Instrumentation And Data Acquisition At The Federal University Of ViÇosa In Brazil Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10218