Engineering Excellence International Initiative International Engineering Education Series
(I)
Fundamentals of
International Engineering
(64 Sessions)
Version 1.6
American Alliance for International Education
560 S Winchester Blvd
San Jose, CA 95128
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CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The Fundamentals of International Engineering course is offered as part of the Engineering Excellence International Initiative, a global engineering program that uses world class senior engineers from U.S. multi-national corporations to prepare engineering students for the new business paradigm of international collaboration. The Fundamentals of International Engineering is the first course offered by the initiative. Other courses in the initiative includes
• International Engineering Communications
• Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• International Engineering Seminars
• U.S. Engineer Licensure Exam (Prep I)
• U.S. Engineer Licensure Exam (Prep II)
Universities interested in above courses should contact AAFIE for more information.
The Fundamentals of International Engineering provides an introduction to the international engineering professions, international engineering ethics, global engineering community, international engineering disciplines, international engineering projects, international engineering processes, global engineering environment, sustainability, and related contents, with significant amount of time focusing on international engineering practices, case studies, the global impacts of engineering solutions, and global collaboration in international engineering projects.
In this course, students will interact with international senior engineers and develop key engineering skills such as cross-cultural engineering communication skills, creative thinking skills, international teamwork skills, as well as engineering problem solving skills. Students are recommended to be grouped into classes based on their majors.
COURSE GOAL
The goal of the Fundamentals of International Engineering is to cultivate 21st century international engineers in obtaining a global perspective, cross-cultural communications, international collaborations, critical & creative thinking, and international engineering problem solving skills.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
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1. Understand the globalization of product development and engineering project in real world;
2. Describe and follow international engineering processes;
3. Understand global collaboration of engineering projects;
4. Understand the global impacts of engineering solutions;
5. Be able to apply critical/creative thinking and engineering principle to solve real world global engineering problems;
6. Gain skills of communication and collaboration with engineers from different cultures around the world;
7. Develop skills of solving real-world global engineering problems and working in an international environment.
PREREQUISITES
There are no prerequisites for engineering students to take the introductory course.
INSTRUCTORS
The course is taught by AAFIE Global Engineering Lecturers Group, a group of senior engineers from U.S. multi-national companies.
INSTURCTION APPROACH
By leveraging the world’s most advanced Internet video collaboration technology, the world-class engineering professionals and senior engineers from all over the United States give real-time lectures to engineering students, interact with the engineering students, and guide the engineering students in conducting inventive and innovative international engineering projects.
Students will exposure to global project environment, real world engineering problems, and situations and solutions for different metrics and pitfalls.
TEXTBOOKS
The course is mostly about real-world international engineering experience, therefore, there are no textbooks needed. Students will leverage Internet contents for project assignments and use live recorded sessions for class review.
COURSE CREDITS:
The recommended number of credits for the course is 3. To complete the course, a total of 64 lecture sessions is required. Students will have lectures twice a week, each lecture contains 2 sessions (45 minutes/session).
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COURSE GRADING POLICY
Classroom Participations/Responses: 20%
Team Work: 20%
Project/Research Reports: 30%
Exams: 30%
COURSE OUTLINE
Unit 1: The Globalization of Engineering
1.1 The Globalization of Engineering Case Studies
• Boeing 787 - Global Collaboration
• GM’s Global Innovation Center
• Silicon Valley
• Others
1.2 Global Collaboration & Innovation
Unit 2: Multinational Company Structures
2.1 Three Components
2.2 Functional Structures
2.3 Case Studies
• General Motors
• Ford
• Boeing
• Apple Computer
• Alcatel-Lucent
Unit 3: Introduction to International Engineering Disciplines and Professions
3.1 International engineering disciplines
3.2 Global competency for engineers
3.3 Innovative problem solving skills
3.4 Teamwork around the world
3.5 Global project management
3.6 Cross-cultural communication skills
3.7 Cross-cultural collaboration skills
3.8 Cross-cultural Influence
3.9 Global strategic planning
3.10 International negotiation
3.11 Global engineering management
Unit 4: International Engineering Process
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4.1 Global Engineering Process
4.2 Problem Identification
4.3 Research
4.4 Requirements Specification
4.5 Concept Generation
4.6 Design
4.7 Prototyping
4.8 System Integration
4.9 Maintenance
4.10 Discussion
• Global engineering challenges
• Global requirements & impacts
• Problem solving methodology
• Performance, functionality, and reliability
• Energy concern
• Global engineering constraints (Economic, Environmental, Ethical and Legal, Health and Safety, Manufacturability, Political and Social, Sustainability)
• Global engineering innovation
Unit 5: Engineering Solutions
5.1 Math, Arts, and Science in Engineering Solutions
5.2 Engineering Decision
5.3 Global Stake-holders for Engineering Solutions
5.4 Global Eco System
5.5 Economic Viability
5.6 Financial Viability
5.7 Social, Human Life, and Environmental Impacts
Unit 6: International Engineering Communication Overview
6.1 Global engineering communication models
6.2 Oral communications
6.3 Documentation communications
6.4 Technical communications
6.5 Team communications
6.6 Public communications
6.7 Technical writing
Unit 7: International Engineering Ethics
7.1 Global engineering regulations
7.2 Global engineering code of ethics
7.3 Global engineering legal responsibilities
7.4 Global engineering events and their impacts
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Unit 8: Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Overview
8.1 Invention system & innovation approaches
8.2 Innovation characteristics
8.3 Engineering invention & innovation models
8.4 Engineering innovation process
8.5 High-tech enterprise incubation system
8.6 International engineering license, patents, & intellectual property
STUDENT PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
Under the guidance of U.S. senior engineers, students will apply the fundamental principles of international engineering to solve a real-world engineering problem by following the real-world international engineering process in the broad context of engineering design, considering global market, problem definition, conceptual design, design evaluation, detailed design, technical analysis, manufacturability evaluation, and economic feasibility.
Project Notes:
(1). Problem statement is dependent on students’ majors.
(2). Students must form a team of 5 members and develop decision making guidelines for roles and responsibilities, member opinion, and consensus.
(3). Students must follow international engineering process.
(4). Students Deliverables:
A. Documents:
• Market Requirements Document (MRD)
• Product Description Document (PDD)
• System Design Proposal (No component design is needed)
• Global Pricing and Marketing Strategy
B. Weekly Reports
C. Presentations
(5). Important guidelines:
A. No single "correct" solution: Students’ solutions should be in a way that is best for customers (international market needs) and for the “company” (profitability).
B. Students’ solutions should take the following global constraints into consideration:
• Economic
• Environmental
• Ethical and Legal
• Health and Safety
• Manufacturability
• Political and Social
• Sustainability
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C. Students will “sell” their ideas to their team members and to arrive at solutions, and then sell the solutions to their boss (the instructors) and to their shareholders (their classmates) in presentations, during which students will be asked questions in defense of their proposals.
GENERAL ASSESSMENT
The following is a list of general assessments for all international engineering courses offered in the Engineering Excellence International Initiative:
1. Technical Skills: Students achieve global competency to pursue the full range of careers for all pathways in the program concentration.
2. Communications: Students use various communication skills in expressing and interpreting engineering information.
3. Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Students define and solve engineering problems from global perspective, and use internationally recognized problem-solving and improvement methods and tools.
4. Information Technology Applications: Students use the latest technologies to access, organize, process, transmit, and communicate engineering information.
5. Systems: Students understand a variety of structures and functions in global engineering fields.
6. Leadership and Teamwork: Students apply international leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish goals and objectives.
7. Ethics and Legal Responsibilities: Students commit to work ethics, behavior, and legal responsibilities in global engineering fields.
8. Innovation Skills: Students come up with engineering solutions in innovative ways
9. Entrepreneurship: Students demonstrate understanding of concepts, processes, and behaviors associated with international engineering projects and successful entrepreneurial performance.
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卓越工程国际首创项目

国际工程教育系列课程

（一）

国际工程基础

 (64课时)

1.6版本

通讯地址：

American Alliance for International Education

560 S Winchester Blvd

San Jose, CA 95128

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课程描述

国际工程基础是卓越工程国际首创项目的一部分，是全球性的工程课程。任课教师由美国跨国公司一流的高级工程师担任，旨在帮助工科学生为应对国际合作中的新型商业模式做好准备。国际工程基础是首创项目中的第一门课程，该项目还包括以下课程：

•               国际工程交流与沟通

•               国际工程创新与创业

•               国际工程研讨班

•               美国工程许可考试（准备课程一）

•               美国工程许可考试（准备课程二）

各高校若对以上课程感兴趣，请联系美国国际教育联盟，以获取更多的信息。

国际工程基础这门课程将初步介绍国际工程行业、 国际工程伦理、 全球工程界、 国际工程学科、 国际工程项目、 国际工程进程、 全球工程环境、可持续性以及其他相关内容，并以国际工程实践、 案例分析、工程解决方案的国际影响以及国际工程项目中的全球合作为教学重点。

本课程中，学生将与国际高级工程师交流互动，学习并建立重要的工程技能，如：跨文化工程交流与沟通技能、 创造性思维能力、 国际团队合作能力，以及解决工程问题的能力。我们建议学生以学科专业为基础，分小组上课。

课程目标

国际工程基础这门课程旨在培养具备国际视野、跨文化沟通能力、国际合作能力、批判性和创造性思维和解决国际工程问题能力的二十一世纪国际工程师。

教学目的

完成本课程的学习任务后，学生将具备以下能力：

1.   对现实世界中产品发展和工程项目的全球化过程有一定的了解；

2.   能够描述并遵循国际工程流程；

3.   对工程项目的国际合作有一定的了解；

4.   对工程方案的国际影响有一定的了解；

5.   能够运用批判性、创造性思维能力和工程原则，解决现实环境中的国际工程问题；

6.   具备与世界各地不同文化背景的工程师合作交流的能力；

7.   具备解决实际全球工程问题的能力以及在国际环境中工作的能力。

选课条件

国际工程基础是入门课程，向所有工科学生开放，无特殊选课要求。

任课教师

该课程由美国国际教育联盟全球工程讲师团授课，讲师均为来自美国跨国公司的高级工程师。

授课方式

该课程使用世界上最先进的互联网视频协作技术授课。来自美国各地的世界一流专业工程人士和高级工程师将通过互联网为工科学生进行实时授课，与学生交流沟通，指导学生开展具有发明创新性的国际工程项目。

学生将置身于全球项目环境中，了解现实环境下的工程问题以及不同指标下，不同问题的解决方案。

课程用书

该课程主要介绍现实环境下的国际工程经验，因此无指定用书。学生将利用网络资源完成项目作业，并利用现场录制的课程进行课下复习。

学分学时

该课程推荐学分为3学分，共64课时。课程两周一次，每次课为2课时。（45分钟/课时）

考核方式

课堂参与/反馈：20%

团队合作：20%

项目/研究报告：30%

考试 ：30%

课程大纲

第一单元：工程全球化

1.1   工程全球化案例分析

•               波音787——全球合作

•               通用汽车全球创新中心

•               硅谷

•               其他

1.2   全球合作与创新

第二单元：跨国公司企业架构

2.1   三个组成部分

2.2   功能性架构

2.3   案例分析

•               通用汽车公司

•               福特汽车公司

•               波音公司

•              苹果公司

•              阿尔卡特-朗讯公司

第三单元：国际工程学科和行业介绍

3.1   国际工程学科

3.2   全球环境下，工程师需要具备的素质

3.3   解决问题的创新性技巧

3.4   国际协作

3.5   全球项目管理

3.6   跨文化沟通技巧

3.7   跨文化合作技巧

3.8   跨文化影响

3.9   全球战略规划

3.10    国际谈判

3.11   全球工程管理

第四单元：国际工程流程

4.1   国际工程流程

4.2   问题鉴定

4.3  调研

4.4  需求规格说明

4.5   概念生成

4.6   设计

4.7   样机研究

4.8   系统集成

4.9  产品维护

4.10   讨论

•       全球工程挑战

•       国际要求及影响

•       解决问题方法论

•       性能、功能和可靠性

•       能源问题

•       全球工程发展的制约因素（经济、环境、道德和法律、健康和安全、工艺性、政治和社会、可持续性）

•       全球工程创新

第五单元：工程问题解决方案

5.1   数学、文科与自然科学

5.2   工程决策

5.3   全球工程解决方案中的利益相关方

5.4   全球生态系统

5.5   经济生存能力

5.6   财务可行性

5.7   社会、人类生活以及环境的影响

第六单元：国际工程交流与沟通概览

6.1   国际工程交流与沟通模型

6.2   口头交流

6.3   书面交流

6.4   技术沟通

6.5   团队交流与沟通

6.6   公共交流

6.7   技术写作

第七单元：国际工程道德标准

7.1   全球工程规程

7.2   全球工程道德准则

7.3   全球工程法律责任

7.4   全球工程事件及影响

第八单元：发明、创新与创业概览

8.1   发明体系和创新方法

8.2   创新的特点

8.3   工程发明和创新模型

8.4   工程创新流程

8.5   高科技企业孵化体系

8.6   国际工程许可证、专利权和知识产权

项目作业

学生将在美国高级工程师的指导下，用国际工程基本原则解决现实环境中的工程问题。同时要遵循实践中的国际工程流程，广义上包括工程设计、对国际市场的考虑、问题鉴定、概念设计、设计评价、细节设计、技术分析、工艺性评价和经济可行性分析。

项目注意事项：

(1)    .      学生必须基于各自的专业提出项目研究的问题。

(2)    .      学生必须每五人组成一组，并制作小组决策指南，记录每个成员在组内的角色与责任、小组成员意见和最后达成的共识。

(3)    .      学生必须遵循国际工程流程。

(4)    .      作业要求

A.           提交相关材料

•               市场需求文档(MRD)

•               产品说明文档(PDD)

•               系统设计提案（无需具体到原件设计）

•               全球定价和市场战略

B.          周报告

C.           项目展示

(5)    .重要提示

A.   不存在唯一“正确”的解决方案：学生应尽可能设计对客户（国际市场需求）和“公司”（盈利能力）双赢的解决方案。

B.   学生设计解决方案时，应充分考虑全球的制约因素：

•               经济

•               环境

•               道德和法律

•               健康与安全

•               工艺性

•               政治和社会

•               可持续性

C. 学生首先要将自己的想法“卖”给组内其他成员，并在组内达成共识，形成解决方案；然后该组要通过项目展示，将解决方案“卖”给老板（讲师）以及“公司”其他股东（班里的其他同学），展示期间，其他同学有提问质疑的权利。

课程评价

对卓越工程国际首创项目中包含的所有国际工程课程的综合评价列举如下：

1.   专业技能： 学生有能力胜任与项目相关的各类职业。

2.   交流与沟通： 学生运用各种交流沟通技巧来表达与诠释工程信息。

3.   解决问题与批判性思维：学生从全球视野出发，定义并解决工程问题，同时运用国际认可的解决、改进问题的方法和工具。

4.   信息技术的应用：学生利用最先进的技术来评估、组织、处理、传播和交流工程信息。

5.   体系：学生对全球工程领域多样的结构与职能有一定的了解。

6.   领导力和团队合作：学生应用国际领导力和团队合作能力与他人合作达成目标。

7.   道德和法律责任：学生将坚持在全球工程领域中遵守道德、行为规范并履行法律责任。

8.   创新技能：学生通过创新的方式，提出工程解决方案。

9.   创业：学生根据自己的理解，对国际工程项目的概念、流程和行为以及成功的创业表现进行表述。