International Research and Engineering Education: Impacts and Best Practices

Yating Chang, Purdue University
Dianne Atkinson, Purdue University
E. Dan Hirleman, Purdue University

Abstract

In 2006, the IREE program funded 115 proposals from 82 U.S higher education institutions. Researchers and their faculty attended and presented their trip report at a 3-day conference held at Purdue University in November 2007. The first grantees conference was attended by 170 people, including 47 faculty members, 113 graduate students, 6 undergraduate students, and 6 NSF staff members. The 2007 IREE Grantees Conference was to provide a venue and facilitated opportunity for the IREE awardees, both students and faculty, to share experiences and what they gained from their time abroad under IREE.

There are a set of 18 impacts of IREE that are categorized in three areas: Technical, professional, global/ trans-cultural. Based on these impacts, a set of best practices and recommendations are put forth to maximize learning and research outcomes of international research and engineering education.

Recommended Citation

Chang, Yating; Atkinson, Dianne; and Hirleman, E. Dan (2009) "International Research and Engineering Education: Impacts and Best Practices," Online Journal for Global Engineering Education: Vol. 4: Iss. 2, Article 1.
Available at: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ojgee/vol4/iss2/1