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As of
September 23, 2004:
Thursday, September 30
12:00
Luncheon for workshop participants
1:00
5:00 Pre-Conference Workshops
Workshop
A: Teaching Cross-Cultural Communication
Bernd Widdig (MIT)
Workshop
B: Preparing Engineers to Work in the Developing
World
Rebecca Hovey, Bea Fantini and Christian Sinclair
(School
for International Training)
4:00
7:00 Registration
6:00 Reception
and Conference Opening
Welcome:
John Grandin, Director, URI International Engineering
Program
Winifred
Brownell, Dean, URI College of Arts & Sciences
Bahram Nassersharif, Dean, URI College of Engineering
Phillip McKnight, Georgia Institute of Technology
7:00 Dinner
8:00 Opening
Keynote Address
"Innovation - The Critical Dimension
in the Global Economy"
Dr. Richard Lester, Professor and Director, MIT
Industrial Performance Center
Introduction
by Bernd Widdig, MIT Germany Program
Friday,
October 1
7:45
8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30
10:00 Plenary Session
I
Engineering
Education in the Age of Globalization: The Corporate
Perspective
Moderator: John Grandin, University of Rhode
Island
Laurie
Burger, Director of Business Development
Pentair Electronic Packaging
Warwick, RI
Gloria
Olson, Vice President,
Sensors and Controls Division,
Texas Instruments, Incorporated
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Ken
Rose
Corporate Director Human Resources
ZF Group North American Operations
Northville, Michigan
10:00
- 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30
12:00 Plenary Session
II
Engineering
Education in the Age of Globalization: The Higher
Education Perspective
Moderator: Bahram Nassersharif, Dean of Engineering,
URI
Duane Abata, Dean of Engineering, Outgoing ASEE
President, Northern Arizona University
Jack Lohmann, Associate Provost, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Editor of Journal of Engineering
Education
César
Malavι, Professor and Assistant Dean for International
Programs, Texas A&M University
Hermann Viets, President, Milwaukee School of
Engineering
12:15
1:30 Lunch and Keynote Address
"The National Association of
State Universities and Land Grant Colleges: A
New Initiative in International Education"
William
B. De Lauder, President Emeritus, Delaware State
University
2:00
2:45 Plenary Session
III
Engineering
Education in the Age of Globalization: The Student
Perspective and New Opportunities
Moderator: Mercedes Rivero, Associate Dean,
University of Rhode Island College of Engineering
Nicole Baugh, University of Rhode Island '05
Thomas
Bruton, Iowa State University '05
Monica Marinescu, Smith College '05
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The
Online Journal for Global Engineering Education:
Damon Rarick, Assistant Professor of German,
University of Rhode Island
Developing
Global Scientists and Engineers: Bonnie
H. Thompson, Program Manager,
Office of International Science and Engineering,
National Science Foundation
3:00
5:00 Grand Information Fair
6:00
7:30 Gala Reception
Hosted
by Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
and the RI Commodores
Welcome by Michael McMahon, Director,
RI Economic Development Corporation
Saturday,
October 2
8:30
10:00 Concurrent Sessions I
- Language
Teaching and Language Issues
Chair: Norbert Hedderich, URI
Franz Futterknecht, University of Florida
Peter
Nόbold, TU Braunschweig
Yvonne Rudman, Montana State University
- Global
Team Student Projects
Chair: E. Daniel Hirleman, Purdue University
Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University
David Cannon, Stanford University
Eckhard Groll and Dan Hirleman, Purdue University
Mark
Henderson, Arizona State University
Alison
McKay, Leeds University
10:00
- 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30
12:00 Concurrent Sessions II
- Internationalizing
the Engineering Curriculum: A Review of Existing
Models and New Initiatives
Chair: Joseph Mook, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Sean Gilbert, MIT-China Program,
Otto Gregory and Christopher Cummiskey, URI/TU-BS
Dual Degree Graduate Program
Joseph
Mook, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Remo Steinmetz, Consulate of Switzerland
- Programs
Addressing the Third World
Chair: Robert Malkin, Duke University
Robert Malkin, Engineering World Health
David Muñoz, Colorado School of Mines
Allison
Silverman, Brown University
Steven Weininger, WPI
12:15
- 1:30 Lunch
Perspectives
from our Alums
Moderator:
Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati
Matthew Arner, Heliotronics, Inc. (WPI grad)
Lisa Dietrich, Agilent Technologies (URI grad)
Jesse
Schneider, DaimlerChrysler, California Fuel
Cell Partnership (URI grad)
Isaac
Trefz, BMW, New Jersey (MIT grad)
Karl
Zimmer, General Cable (U. of Cincinnati grad)
2:00
3:30 Engineers for the
Global Workplace: Why & How?
Chair:
Robert Manteiga, URI
Thomas Jewell, Union College
Christian
Schaefer, DAAD
Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh
James
E. McGwin, Jr., Global Value-Chain Research
Collaboration
Sunday,
October 3
8:00
8:30 Breakfast for Workshop Participants
8:30
12:00: Post-Conference Workshops
Workshop
A: International Engineering Programs - Getting
Started
Sigrid
Berka (MIT)
Gayle Elliott (Cincinnati)
John Grandin (URI)
Günter Müller-Graetschel (DAAD)
Workshop
B: Teaching Languages to Engineers
Damon Rarick (URI)
Walter von Reinhart (URI)
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