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Educating the Next Generation of Engineers for
the Global Workplace Industry Presentation
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Index
Global Engineering Excellence Initiative
Global Engineering Excellence Study
Global Engineering Internship Program
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The Starting Line
To identify success factors for the development
of engineers based on international comparison.
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Global Engineering Excellence Initiative Team

• Founding GEE-Universities
• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
• Zürich (Switzerland)
• Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany)
• Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
• Tsinghua University (China)
• University of Tokyo (Japan)
• Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São
• Paulo (Brazil)

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Index
Global Engineering Excellence Initiative
Global Engineering Excellence Study
Global Engineering Internship Program
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A Common Goal and Vision

• The global engineer is
• technically adept
• broadly knowledgeable
• multilingual and culturally aware
• innovative and entrepreneurial
• knowledgeable about world markets
• commercially savvy
• professionally flexible and mobile

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Global Engineering Excellence Study

• The study covers the following research areas
• Competitiveness and technology
• Career paths of graduates in scientific and
  engineering disciplines
• How first-class engineering and science
  education is designed and implemented
• The development of future trends in these fields
• How a successful interchange of knowledge can be
  promoted between universities and companies

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The Local within the Global
Germany High social status, innovation, high
quality of work, but lack of mobility and
flexibility
China Tremendous long-term human resource for
engineering , but need for creativity and
innovation
United States Technologically advanced economy,
but dependent on foreign-born engineering talent,
lack of interest in engineering among young
students
Switzerland Long history of multicultural
assimilation and international cooperation, but
need for more entrepreneurship and innovation in
engineering education
Japan Tendency to workforce islands, lack of
mobility and flexibility in industry and education
Brazil Nimble at technology transfer, but
insufficient social status and remuneration
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Results of the Global Engineering Excellence Study

• Global competence needs to become a key
  qualification for engineering graduates
• Transnational mobility for engineering students,
  researchers, and professionals needs to become a
  priority
• Global engineering excellence depends critically
  on a mutual commitment to partnerships,
  especially those that link engineering education
  to professional practice
• There is an urgent need for research on
  engineering
• in a global context

Four recommendations
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Recommendation 1

• Intercultural education must move beyond add-on
  programs
• International research and education should merge
• Research universities should exploit
  international potential
• Greater supportive role of industry

Global competence needs to become a key
qualification
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Recommendation 2

• Universities
• Remove barriers to studying, working, conducting
  research and attending meetings internationally
  expand incentives
• Create strong inter-institutional international
  partnerships
• Governments
• Relax restrictive visa policies and work permits
• Funding agencies
• Provide more support for international study,
  work and research programs
• Industry
• Support faculty and student mobility
• Offer sabbaticals in industry to promote
  awareness of the global practice of engineering

Transnational mobility for engineering students,
researchers and professionals
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Recommendation 3

A mutual commitment to partnerships between
engineering education and professional practice

• Industry must take the lead in developing
  opportunities for students to practice
  engineering in a global context
• Universities should initiate more collaborative
  activities with industry
• Increased cross-border collaboration among
  professional engineering organizations

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Recommendation 4

• Need for theoretical basis regarding learning
  behaviour and models
• Need to learn more on organizational processes
  and management methods that instil global
  competence in engineers
• Government agencies need to create programs that
  support research on global engineering
• Industry must play an active part in the
  assessment and evaluation of international skills
  and capabilities

There is an urgent need for research on
engineering in a global context
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Index
Global Engineering Excellence Initiative
Global Engineering Excellence Study
Global Engineering Internship Program
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Key Facts - Global Engineering Internship Program
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Process of the Global Engineering Internship
Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Tsinghua University (China)
ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São
Paulo (Brazil)
Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany)
Your University Here
Your University Here
GEE-Universities select and nominate excellent
students
Continental AG (Germany)
Your Company Here
Your Company Here
Corporate Partners conduct interviews with the
candidates
Global engineering interns
Companies organize international assignments for
selected global engineering interns in the form
of an international exchange
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Timeframe Pilot Group - Example
2008
2007
July
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Start of Internships (around June 2008, some will
already start in March)
Selection Process
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GEIP Workshop in Otrokovice sponsored by
Continental AG
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Internship GEIP-Workshop

• The students will conduct their internship in the
  local department.
• All GEIP-Interns will attend the GEIP-Workshop at
  the End of July 2008.
• The selected students will be part of an
  international network, where they get in contact
  with students from the GEE-Universities. This
  network will be established through a Workshop in
  a major location of the sponsoring company where
  all Global Engineering Students come together and
  get to know each other.During this workshop the
  GEIP-Students will visit plants or RD Centers
  and have discussions with senior management and
  senior engineers as well as an intercultural
  workshop."
• The goal will be to get the experience in
  working on international teams on certain
  engineering topics, supported by the coaching
  from Industry professionals.
• The GEIP-Workshop will be organized and paid for
  by the sponsoring Company.

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Goals
Preparing top engineering students to perform
successfully in a global working environment.

• To this end the Global Engineering Internship
  Program
• establishes a global network of students,
  universities and companies
• defines areas of knowledge, skills and attitudes
  for a globally competent engineer
• offers globally-oriented international
  internships with mentoring by industry
• offers an educational infrastructure before,
  during and after the internship by universities
• assesses the academic infrastructure, internship
  environment and student learning outcomes
• performs research on how to instill global
  competence in engineering students

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Why join the GEE-Initiative?
Educating the Next Generation of Engineers for
the Global Workplace
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Testimonials from Consortium Members
Innovative Collaboration

• The Global Engineering Internship Program
  (GEIP) is a unique partnership that provides
  students opportunities that are not available
  in traditional internships or even in most work
  abroad programs.  Being involved with a
  consortium of schools around the globe and
  industries that provide challenging work
  assignments enables students to go beyond
  inter-cultural experiences to cross-cultural
  immersion.  The GEIP lives up to its name and
  makes our work abroad program more than
  international, and truly global.
• - Tom Akins, Executive Director, Division of
  Professional Practice
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• On top of offering international engineering
  internships in top notch companies around the
  globe, GEIP also provides an educational
  framework which ensures that the students
  international experience is enhanced by a
  curriculum through which participants are
  prepared before leaving, guided while working
  and assessed afterwards.
• - Sigrid Berka, Ph.D., Managing Director,
  MIT-Germany Program
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Benefits for Industries

• Access to recruit top technical students from
  around the world
• Improving the quality of the engineering graduate
  pool
• Low-cost, low-risk means to recruit future
  leaders
• Access to engineering faculty and universities
  from around the world
• Ability to set quality benchmarks for global
  engineering education
• Help shape the future of engineering education
  through the participation in the international
  research project of the program
• Achieve preferred partnership status at top
  universities
• Access to a like-minded global network
• Gain global visibility among students
• Increase global marketing exposure

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Consortium Members Contact Information
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Consortium Website
www.gee-geip.org