TY - GEN
T1 - A global collaborative effort to enhance design in a mechanical engineering curriculum in Saudi Arabia
AU - Merah, Nesar
AU - Yang, Maria C.
AU - Wallace, David R.
AU - Seering, Warren P.
AU - Tang, Victor
AU - Arif, Abul Fazal
AU - Eleiche, Abdel Salam
AU - Shuaib, Abdel Rahman
AU - Abu-Dheir, Numan
AU - Bahaidarah, Haitham M.S.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In 2008, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) partnered together to develop project-based curricular material to be tested out in a new undergraduate course offering in KFUPM's Department of Mechanical Engineering. This paper details some of the unique challenges to collaborating across countries and time zones, and the approaches the KFUPM-MIT team used to address these. These approaches have so far included the establishment of a shared vision for the project and the use of an array of technologies to facilitate distance communication. The paper concludes with a description of lessons learned that might be useful for future programs that plan to engage in international collaboration on design education.
AB - In 2008, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) partnered together to develop project-based curricular material to be tested out in a new undergraduate course offering in KFUPM's Department of Mechanical Engineering. This paper details some of the unique challenges to collaborating across countries and time zones, and the approaches the KFUPM-MIT team used to address these. These approaches have so far included the establishment of a shared vision for the project and the use of an array of technologies to facilitate distance communication. The paper concludes with a description of lessons learned that might be useful for future programs that plan to engage in international collaboration on design education.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/80055017693
U2 - 10.1115/DETC2010-28784
DO - 10.1115/DETC2010-28784
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80055017693
SN - 9780791844144
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
SP - 747
EP - 752
BT - ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010
ER -