International Engineering Program Overview

International Engineering Program Overview

Transfer Plan Agreements - from Community Colleges to URI 's International Engineering Program

Lexington, KY Nov. 6-9, 2013

Dr. Sigrid Berka

Executive Director

sberka@uri.edu

International Engineering @ URIInternational Engineering @ URI

• 5-year Dual Bachelor Degree

• B.S. in an engineering discipline

• B.A. in foreign language• Semester study abroad• 6-month paid internship abroad

Five-year Dual Degree ProgramFive-year Dual Degree Program

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

• Biomedical• Chemical• Civil• Computer• Electrical• Industrial• Mechanical• Ocean

Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language

Chinese

French

German

Spanish*

Italian

*Minor in Portuguese in preparation

Five-year Dual Degree ProgramFive-year Dual Degree Program

Senior Year:Semester Abroad at a Partner University

Senior Year:Semester Abroad at a Partner UniversityChina - Zhejiang University France - Université de Technologie de CompiègneGermany - TU-Braunschweig Mexico - ITESM Monterrey & Toluca CampusesSpain - Universidades de Zaragoza, Navarra, & CantabriaItaly – Universidad de CalabriaChile – Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile* coming

soon

SUNY Adirondack

Community College of

Rhode Island

North Kingstown High School (IEP Track)

University of Rhode Island International Engineering

Program

Filling the PipelineFilling the Pipeline

Transfer Plan AgreementsTransfer Plan Agreements

New this year:• SUNY Adirondack Community College:

• From Two Year Engineering Science Association to engineering schools in NY and selected other schools > Associate of Science transfer degree

From A.S. in Engineering Science to B.S. in engineering discipline (MCE, CME, BME etc.) From 1-2 yrs. of language courses to B.A. in CHN, FRN, GER, SPA

Existing transfer plans with:• Community College Rhode Island• Rhode Island College

Transfer Plan Agreements – What’s in it for URI?

Transfer Plan Agreements – What’s in it for URI?

• Create more diversity in your program by offering a career path for lower income students

• Fill the Pipeline with bright and motivated students• Gain visibility for students who would normally not consider

continuing education at research university in different state• Leverage engineering/language education preparation at CCs• Leverage resources from within the State (CCRI/URI) and

between States (SUNY Adirondack, SUNY Rockford/URI)

What’s in it for Community Colleges?What’s in it for Community Colleges?

• Open up career pathway for CC graduates• Provide CC students an incentive and purpose to excel

– access to study abroad/company network• CCs stand out if they align themselves with attractive

international programs at research universities• CCs may attract more motivated students who choose

CC with IEP/URI in mind• CCs can save resources by joining a partner who has

made the investment they cannot afford

What’s in it for both?What’s in it for both?

• At 2013 workshop, Clay Pell, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) at Office of Postsecondary Education (DOE) called for paradigm shift in funding policy:

“Funding RFPs from DOE will increasingly request coordination & inclusion of underrepresented students and institutions to integrate efforts”

Making it workMaking it work

• Create course equivalencies and sequences for each engineering major and each language major

• Create clear curriculum transfer plans forthe languages/ for engineering majors (handouts)

• Offer ways for "new-comers" to get started and for late-comers to catch up (through summer schools where they can bridge a whole year of courses)

Transferring from high school IEP trackTransferring from high school IEP track

• IEP is assisting NKHS to create a professional track (engineering, health, business, digital design) which leads directly to the IEP and other professional programs at URI

• CCRI also offers blended learning opportunities for highschoolers

• Industry involvement - local industry needsA) engineering work force with language skillsB) multi-lingual manufacturing talent directly recruited from high school

How to make it work?How to make it work?

• Upon graduation from high school:– By incentivizing starting "high" ( in Ger 205

receiving retroactive credit for Ger 104)

• While still at high school:– By making university-level courses affordable

(e.g. URI Confucius Institute offered CHN 101 for high school students for $190 for 3 credits)

How did the NKHS/IEP track come about?How did the NKHS/IEP track come about?

• German was threatened at NKSH ( only public school in RI with a German program)

• Letter campaign from IEP and DOL representatives• Business incubator meeting at Hexagon Metrology

convinced superintendents, World Language Departments, principals and other stake holders in RI that there is a need for a multi-lingual workforce right in their neighborhood

Industry involvementIndustry involvement

• Need for multilingual workforce right in Quonset industrial Park, next to NKHS

•  Example Supfina -- doubling its size and work force in RI through recruitment of German IEP graduates

• German was not discontinued at NKHS, instead IEP tracks were created – NKHS won RIDE grant

• Local companies offer workshops, job shadowing, summer school scholarships for IEP/manufacturing track

• APC/Schneider Electric FIEP• BASF GIEP also TX, LA• Bayer GIEP & CIEP also PA• BMW GIEP also SC, NJ• Continental AG GIEP & CIEP• Daimler AG GIEP also OH, NC• Hasbro CIEP• Hexagon GIEP & CIEP• Hilti GIEP• IDOM SIEP• Lufthansa Technik AG GIEP• MTU Aero Eng GIEP

• Nokia Siemens CIEP• Pentair GIEP• SAP GIEP • Sensata SIEP & CIEP• Siemens AG GIEP also all 50 states

• STMicroelectronics FIEP• Supfina Machine Co. GIEP• Toray Plastics America FIEP• Thyssen Krupp GIEP • TRW SIEP & GIEP• Volkswagen AG GIEP also TN• ZF Friedrichshafen AG GIEP

also IL

IEP Corporate Partners(the complete list of 80 companies are at

www.uri.edu/iep/iep_corp_partners)Red denotes a RI, CT or MA Business Connection

Career Path Ruben Auer CIEP & MCE ‘13

Summer after 3rd year

Internship with Sensata Technologies

in Attleboro, Massachusetts

Fall of 4th year

Studying mechanical engineering at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou

Spring of 4th year

Internship with Sensata

Technologies in Changzhou, China

5th year @ URI Position at

Sensata Technologies

2013

IEP Stats –Can CC pipeline help improve diversity and spike enrollment?IEP Stats –Can CC pipeline help improve diversity and spike enrollment?

318 (2012-13) ~ 400 Undergrad IEPers (2013-14)

~ 25% of all engineering undergrads are IEP

~ 30 % are women

~ 16 % minority representation~ 8% GIEP, 11% FIEP, 7 % CIEP, 30 % SIEP

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IEP videoIEP video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c4J8a4L69_4&list=PL28FC9403280B3B97