13th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education
Keynote Speakers

United States Senator Jack Reed - Rhode Island
President
The University of Rhode Island

Michael K. J. Milligan
Executive Director
ABET, Inc.
Featured Speakers

Sabeen Altaf
Program Officer,
Science and Technology Programs
US Student Programs
Institute of International Education
Executive Director, IEP
Director of German and Chinese IEP
The University of Rhode Island

Director, Virginia Tech Computer Aided Design Laboratory
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech

Professor of Geosciences
The University of Rhode Island
Executive Director
New Vistas Consulting

Former Chief Operating Officer
NSNOW

Chief Marketing Officer
Extrusion Technology, Inc.

President
Middle Kingdom Advisors

Assistant Director
Global Professional Practice
Purdue University

Senior Lecturer and Coordinator for German
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Manipal Education
Manipal University, India
Program Coordinator MIT-Israel, MISTI 2.0
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
Associate Professor and Director Spanish IEP
The University of Rhode Island
Associate Professor and Director French IEP
The University of Rhode Island

Professor
The University of Rhode Island

Executive Director of MIT's HyperStudio - Lab for Digital Humanities
Research Director in Comparative Media Studies Graduate Program (CMS)
MIT
Director
DAAD New York

Senior Advisor to the President at IIE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Managing Director of the MIT-China Program (MISTI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Program Officer
Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE)
National Science Foundation

Associate Professor of Chinese
Director, Chinese Language Flagship Partner Program
The University of Rhode Island

Nathan Henceroth
LCP Program Coordinator
Iowa State University

Dean, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt/Main

Vice President
German-French University

Coordinator for Quality Management and Study Programs
University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt/Main

Acting Director of Office of Professional Practice
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University

Senior Program Manager for The Language Flagship
National Security Education Program (NSEP)

Michael F. Metcalf
Associate Provost for International Affairs
The University of Mississippi
Executive Director
RWTH Aachen University - Liaison Office USA/Canada

Assosiate Professor
Milwaukee School of Engineering, Rader School of Business

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University

Professor and Dean of the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
Brigham Young University

Assistant Director, Cooperative Education
Georgia Institute of Technology

Assistant Director of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
Managing Director of the MIT-France Program.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Iowa State

Coordinator of German Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering
Technische Universität Braunschweig

Post-doctoral Researcher
Purdue University

Vice President of Engineering and Development
Williams Controls, Inc.

Richard F. Vaz
Dean, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Director of North American Office
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Associate Professor
The University of Rhode Island

Director of Electrical Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Assistant Professor of Chinese
Associate Director, Chinese Language Flagship Program
Associate Director, Chinese IEP
The University of Rhode Island
Moderators / Introductions

Professor in Charge of International Engagement
College of Engineering
Iowa State University

Dean of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Communication Studies
The University of Rhode Island

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
The University of Rhode Island

Responsible for UC's International Co-op Program
Associate Professor, Division of Professional Practice
University of Cincinnati
Professor and Director Emeritus, International Engineering Program
The University of Rhode Island

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
The University of Rhode Island

Chair of German Department
Professor of German
The University of Rhode Island

Professor of German
The University of Rhode Island

Professor of German and Chair
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Iowa State University

Dean of Engineering
The University of Rhode Island

Executive Director
American Association of Teachers of German
Alumni Speakers
SRDC Competitive Analysis Team
IBM Microelectronics Division
University of Cincinnati Alum
Purdue University Alum
BMW Group
The University of Rhode Island Alum
General Cable
University of Cincinnati Alum

FarSounder Inc.,
University of Rhode Island Alum
Student Speakers

Mechanical Engineering Student
University of Cincinnati

Iowa State University Alum
Mechanical Engineering Major
Global Engineering Studies and Mandarin Chinese Minors
Purdue University

Grad Student, Virginia Tech
The University of Rhode Island Alum