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Thursday,
November 10 |
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1:00-4:30 PM |
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Preconference Workshops |
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- Strategies to Achieve
Global Engineering Competency
- Exploring Cross-Cultural
Communication
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6:00-7:00 PM |
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Reception & Conference
Opening |
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Conference Chairs:
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7:00-9:00 PM |
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Dinner & Keynote Address |
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 Introduction:
Don P. Giddens, Dean,
College of Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology |
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8:00 PM |
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 Keynote
Speaker
"Engineering the Future: Staying
Competitive in the Global Economy"
Paul A. Camuti
President and CEO of Corporate
Research
Siemens Corporation |
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Friday,
November 11 |
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8:30-10:00 AM |
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Plenary I: "Why?"
Distinguished Panel: The Case for Global
Engineering Education |
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 Session
Chair:
Laurie Burger
Director, Business Development
Pentair Electronic Packaging |
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 David
R. Allbaugh
Engineering Operations Manager
John Deere Product Engineering Center |
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 Alex
Gregory
President & CEO
YKK Corporation of America |
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 Frank
Schmith
Lufthansa Technik AG
Hamburg, Germany
Head, corporate outreach and personnel
development programs |
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 Samuel
Scheibler
Pieper Family Endowed Chair for
Servant-Leadership
Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) |
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10:30 AM - Noon |
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Plenary II: "How?"
Distinguished Panel: Successful Strategies /
Lessons Learned |
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 Session
Chair: Jack Lohmann
Vice Provost and Professor of Industrial
and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology |
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 Juan
Lucena
Associate Professor
Liberal Arts and International Studies Division
(LAIS)
Colorado School of Mines
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 Gary
Downey
Professor of Science and Technology Studies
Virginia Tech |
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 Gayle
Elliott
Division of Professional Practice
University of Cincinnati |
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 Ben
DeWinter
Associate Provost for International
Boston University and Professor of Modern
Foreign Languages and Literature |
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 Bernd
Widdig
Associate Director of the International Science
and Technology Initiative (MISTI) - MIT |
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12:15-1:30 PM |
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Luncheon
& Keynote Address |
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Introduction: Jack Lohmann
Vice Provost and Professor of Industrial
and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology |
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"Engineering Education Today: Meeting the
Global Challenge"
Gary Gabriele
Division Director, Engineering Education and
Centers Division
National Science Foundation |
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2:00-2:45 PM |
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Plenary III:
Distinguished Panel:
Non-U.S.
University Perspectives |
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 Elmar Schreiber
Rektor, Hochschule Bremen |
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 Eduardo Guzmán
Dean of International Programs
Monterrey Tech (ITESM) |
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 Felipe
Quintanilla
Director of Internship Programs Monterrey Tech
(ITESM) |
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3:00-5:00 PM |
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Grand Information Fair |
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6:00-7:00 PM |
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Reception and Cocktail Hour |
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Saturday,
November 12 |
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Eight concurrent working sessions
will take place for the entire morning, with
participation for each conferee in two topic
areas. Results from each session, which will be
facilitated by colleagues with extensive
experience in the topic area, will be reported
in the plenary session after lunch. The session
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Getting the
Faculty on Board and Encouraging Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Facilitators:
Mark Rectanus, Iowa State |
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Convincing/Recruiting Students
Facilitator: E.
Daniel Hirleman, Purdue University |
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Relative Benefits
of Program Types
(short vs. long-term, internship vs. study,
etc.)
Facilitator: Cesar
Malavé, Texas A&M University |
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Collaborating
with Industry
(internships, etc.)
Facilitator: Debbie D.
Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology and
Peter Olfs, Siemens
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Assessing the
International Experience
Facilitator: Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute
of Technology |
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Implications for
Language Programs
Facilitators:
Walter von
Reinhart, University of Rhode Island and
Damon Rarick,
University of Rhode Island |
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Internationalizing at the Graduate Level
Facilitator: Otto Gregory, University of
Rhode Island |
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Study/Work
Abroad Opportunities “beyond Europe”
Facilitator: D.
Joseph Mook, University at Buffalo - SUNY |
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8:30-10:00 AM |
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Concurrent Working Sessions I |
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10:30 AM - Noon |
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Concurrent Working Sessions
II |
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12:15-1:15 PM |
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Lunch |
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Program: Let's Hear it
from the Students |
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John Ellwood
University of Rhode Island |
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 Nicholas Karnezos
Georgia Tech |
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 Doug Niggley
Georgia Tech |
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 Eric Sargent
University of Rhode Island |
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 Macfield Young
Georgia Tech |
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1:45-3:30 PM |
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Plenary Session I:
Workgroup Reports |
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Session Chairs:
John Grandin
University of Rhode Island
Phillip McKnight
Georgia Institute of Technology |
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4:00-4:30 PM |
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Plenary Session II:
Funding Opportunities |
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Kathryn Sullivan, Director of the
Office of International Science & Engineering
National Science Foundation |
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Megan Brenn-White, Deputy Director
German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD), New York |
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 John
M. Grandin, Executive Director
International Engineering Program
University of Rhode Island |
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Sunday,
November 13 |
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8:30 AM-Noon |
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Postconference Workshops |
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- Getting Started
- Building Programs in Developing Countries
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