A Case of International Cooperation in Engineering Education: The Support to Students in ESTG/IPPortalegre and CoE/UMich

A Case of International Cooperation inEngineering Education:The Support to Students in ESTG/IPPortalegre and CoE/UMichigan Session W13C: International Cooperation And Networking July 21 (14H15) Room C • Miranda, J.L.jlmiranda@estgp.pt • Portalegre Polytechnics InstituteCollege of Tech. and Management • Centre For Chemical Processes • Murty, K.G.murty@umich.us • The University of MichiganCollege of Engineering

A Case of International Cooperation in Engineering Education:The Support to Students in ESTG/IPPortalegre and CoE/UMichigan • Introduction • International Cooperation and Engineering Education • Comparison between UMichigan (USA) and IPPortalegre (PT) • The Support to Students’ Workshop (Fulbright program) • Others from the UMich/IPPortalegre cooperation case • Conclusions

Introduction • International cooperation as a necessity to foster Engineering Education and Research; and… • To strength synergies between the Higher Education Institutions (HEI); • The Support to Students’ workshop on behalf of the Fulbright Senior Specialist (Grant #3045); • Project developments, and broader impacts.

International Cooperation Fig. 1 –Baseball Analogy (Imin Kao, SUNY, NY, USA)

Engineering Education • In addition of the closer research interaction, Kao et. al. [2008] showed that the mutual exchange of culture and ideas was relevant; • Riley et. al. [2008] described a study conducted for improving the retention rate, using suitable trends and strategies to reduce the attrition rates, and examining the causes of attrition, and the preparedness of incoming students; • Bishop et. al. [2008] described some notes based on the own experience, to better prepare the transition of student from high school to university; • Nagy et.al. [2009] described some computational and innovative techniques with the aim of supporting different types of students or trainees.

UMich-USA & IPP-PT Fig. 2 -Geographical location of Ann Arbor (MI, USA)

UMich-USA & IPP-PT Fig. 3 -Geographical location of Portalegre (Portugal)

UMich-USA & IPP-PT Tab. 1 - Comparison of quantitative attributesbetween UMich (USA) and IPPortalegre (PT).

UMich-USA & IPP-PT Tab. 2 -Comparison of funding subjects between UMich (USA) and IPPortalegre (PT).

UMich-USA & IPP-PT Tab. 3 - Comparison of pedagogic subjects between UMich (USA) and IPPortalegre (PT).

The Workshop

Impact and Linkages On The Partner HEIs • International proposals and their developments: • Atlantis program; • Promotion of mobility of students and teachers. • Curricula’s normalization and adjustments. • Research lines sharing in: • OR/MS; • Bioenergy & Biorefinery.

Traveling, Sustainability, and Cultural Subjects • In-country travels are…reduced; • Accommodation; • Meals; • Cultural subjects. Photo: Katta Murty (Fulbright’s Senior Specialist) at Elvas

Conclusions • It is presented a case of… • International Cooperation in Engineering Education, • aiming to complement the existing approaches in the different Colleges of IPPortalegre, … • within the good practices in the field of support to students from the CoE/UMichigan. • The Support to Students’ workshop is addressing… • The procedures at the CoE/UMichigan, and comparing with IPPortalegre; • The Honor Code, and its adoption to the local context; • The Supplementary Instruction and its subjects; • The contents electronic dissemination, the e-learning issues, and the Bologna concerns and necessities; • The external assessment was developed, with general satisfactory results. International Cooperation fostersEngineering Education, innovation and creativity.

Acknowledgment • Technology and Management CollegePortalegre Polytechnics InstitutePortalegre, Portugal • Centre for Chemical Processes (CPQ/IST) * • College of Engineering The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA • Fulbright Program * • Imin Kao (SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, USA) and • Steven Riley (UWS, Penrith, WS, Australia)

References • Kao, I., Capria, C., Chang, S., Engineering Education and International Research Collaboration: academic achievements and lessons learned, Proceedings of ICEE08 - International Conference in Engineering Education (University of Pecs, Hungary, July-2008), 9 pp • Riley, S., McPhail, A., Bishop, G., Campbell, B., Shrestha, S., Quality Management of First Year Teaching – An Initiative in the School of Engineering, University of Western Sydney, Proceedings of ICEE08 - International Conference in Engineering Education (University of Pecs, Hungary, July-2008), 8 pp • Bishop, G., Riley, S., Shrestha, S., McPhail, A., Campbell, B., Riley, F., Preparation for the Transition from High School to University - Impact on Retention in the First Year of Engineering, Proceedings of ICEE08 - International Conference in Engineering Education (University of Pecs, Hungary, July-2008), 9 pp • Nagy, M., Dziţac, S., Vizental, M., Educational Spreadsheets For Master Students In Management And Business Administration, 5th Balkan Region Conference on Engineering Education & 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Business Education (Sibiu, Romania, October-2009), 6pp

A Case of International Cooperation inEngineering Education:The Support to Students in ESTG/IPPortalegre and CoE/UMichigan Session W13C: International Cooperation And Networking July 21 (14H15) Room C • Miranda, J.L.jlmiranda@estgp.pt • Portalegre Polytechnics InstituteCollege of Tech. and Management • Centre For Chemical Processes • Murty, K.G.murty@umich.us • The University of MichiganCollege of Engineering Thank You!

A Case of International Cooperation in Engineering Education: The Support to Students in ESTG/IPPortalegre and CoE/UMich