A Global Collaborative Effort to Enhance Design in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum in Saudi Arabia
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Author(s)
Arif, Abul Fazal
Abu-Dheir, Numan
Bahaidarah, Haitham M. S.
Merah, Nesar
Wallace, David
Seering, Warren Paul
Tang, Victor
Eleiche, Abdel-Salam Mohamed
Shuaib, Abdelrahman N.
Yang, Maria C.
Date Issued
August 2010
Journal
Volume 6: 15th Design for Manufacturing and the Lifecycle Conference; 7th Symposium on International Design and Design Education
Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Citation
Merah, Nesar, Maria C. Yang, David R. Wallace, Warren P. Seering, Victor Tang, Abul Fazal Arif, Abdel-Salam Eleiche, Abdel-Rahman Shuaib, Numan Abu-Dheir, and Haitham M. S. Bahaidarah. “A Global Collaborative Effort to Enhance Design in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum in Saudi Arabia.” Volume 6: 15th Design for Manufacturing and the Lifecycle Conference; 7th Symposium on International Design and Design Education (2010). doi:10.1115/detc2010-28784.
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Abstract
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.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
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https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2010-28784
