8:00 PM
Reception for Thursday arrivees in the Narragansett Room, Holiday
Inn of South Kingstown, hosted by the Department of Languages (cash bar & light snacks).
Friday,
October 13:
- 8:15
AM
Conference Registration
- Cherry
Auditorium, Kirk Center for Advanced Technology
- Coffee
and Danish
- Poster
Session Set-Up
9:00
AM
- Conference Opening & Welcome (Cherry
Auditorium)
-
- John Grandin
- Director, International Engineering Program
- Winifred
Brownell
- Dean, URI College of Arts & Sciences
- Frank T. Curtin
- IEP Advisory Board Member, International Engineering Program
9:15
AM
-
Session I – Making Study Abroad Work for Engineers:
What are the Issues? (Cherry Auditorium)
- Moderator: Richard Vaz
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
-
- The Rationale:
-
- Larry Shuman
-
- University of Pittsburgh
- Hurdles and Obstacles:
-
- Urbain de Winter
-
- Boston University
- Curricular Differences:
-
- Raymond Wright
- University of Rhode Island
10:45
AM
Refreshments & Program Displays
11:00
AM
- Session II – Building an Internship Program (Cherry
Auditorium)
- Moderator: Udo Schroff
- Seifert mtm Systems, Inc.
-
- Outreach to German Business:
-
- Bernd Widdig
-
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Outreach to Japanese Business:
-
- Gayle Elliott
-
- University of Cincinnati
- Outreach to Academia:
-
- Ricardo Cardenas
- Siemens Energy & Automation
- Christian Callegari
-
- Siemens AG
- Some Lessons Learned:
-
- John Grandin
-
- University of Rhode Island
12:30
PM
- Lunch in the
University
Club
(For Colloquium Registrants)
-
- Greetings:
-
- Robert L. Carothers
-
- President, University of Rhode Island
- 1:30 PM
- Keynote Address
(Cherry Auditorium)
-
- "The
Global Engineer: An Industry Point of View"
-
- Dr.
Hans Höller
-
- Vice President Corporate Recruiting and Sourcing
- Siemens AG, Corporate Human Resources,
Munich
2:30
PM
- Session III – Do American Engineers Need to be
Bilingual? (Cherry
Auditorium)
- Moderator: Joseph Morello
- University of Rhode Island
-
- Of Course!
-
- Norbert Klotz
- Supfina Machine Co.
- Not Necessarily!
-
- Lester Gerhardt
- Renssalaer Poytechnic Institute
- Here's How!
-
- Walter von Reinhart
- University of Rhode Island
3:45
PM
Refreshments & Program Displays
4:00
PM
- Results of Year 2000 National Survey
(Cherry Auditorium)
-
- International
Engineering: Who is Doing What?
-
- Norbert Hedderich
-
- University of Rhode Island
- Damon Rarick
- University of Rhode Island
4:30 PM
- Proposal for a Coalition for Global
Engineering Education (CGEE)
-
- John M. Grandin
- University of Rhode Island
5:00
PM
-
Wine & Cheese Reception at the University Club sponsored by the
College of
Engineering
5:30
PM
Tours of the International Engineering Program House
6:00 PM
Dinner at IEP House (Registration Required)
7:30
PM
- Session IV – IEP House –
IEP Student Panel in the Independence Hall auditorium.
- Moderator: Kurt Mueller
- ZF Lemförder Corporation
Igor Garcia
Christina Petersen
Elizabeth Ponte
Carlos Ramirez
Thomas Wenisch
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