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LACCEI Latin American and Caribbean
Consortium of Engineering Institutions
Globalizing FAU on 0 budget
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Maria Mercedes Larrondo Petrie, PhD
Associate
of International Affairs
Master
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College of Engineering & Computer Science
[email protected]
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LACCEI
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Introduction
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Benefits
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Impact
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Initiatives and Upcoming Grant Proposals
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Future Plans
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Introduction
Engineers, technology and innovation are key elements
for sustained economic development in both developed
*Source Lueny Morell, Global Colloquim 2007
and emerging economies*
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The world economy is constantly and rapidly changing
and creating new world challenges
There is an urgent call for a change in paradigm in
engineering education to create the Global Engineer, in
particular the Engineer for the Americas.
Organization of American States’ Engineering for the Americas (EftA)
 The National Academies
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The Engineering of 2020 (2004)
Educating the Engineer of 2020 (2005)
Rising Above the Gathering Storm (2006)
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Grand Challenges for Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
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Big Questions
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What is the Educational Innovation and experiences
needed to produce engineers that can be
competitive in the global market, that impact
economic and social development, and address the
Grand Challenges?
How can we scale up initiatives effectively to a
regional or national level?
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Opportunities in the Latin America
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Increasing efforts to develop accreditation initiatives in
different countries or regions in Latin America
Government programs and mandates for graduate degrees
increased funds and pool of potential students and professors
seeking PhDs.
Easier to recruit students and professors in Latin America
and the Caribbean – South Florida is a gateway
Increased awareness of importance of internationalization
of academic programs in this hemisphere.
Extensive quantity of technical and natural resources
available in the region which are sub-utilized.
Well established international programs and offices in many
institutions in the region.
New U.S. programs to fund international collaborattive
research
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LACCEI
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Idea originated at Florida International University
2002 at a gathering of Deans and Rectors during
Engineering Week Gala
12 university founded LACCEI is 2003
Monterrey, Mexico
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LACCEI
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1st headquartered at FIU
in 2007 headquarters moved to FAU
In 2013,160+ universities in the Americas and
Europe are part of the consortium
Initiatives are part
of OAS action plan
and done in collaboration
with other entities
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LACCEI = International Collaboration
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LACCEI - Example
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Since 2005 been part of OAS Ministers of Science
and Technology Plan of Action
 Charged
with Engineering Education Innovation for
Engineering for the Americas
 Hemispheric Engineering Education Initiatives pass
through LACCEI
 Voice of Civil Society at the OAS COMCYT for past 6
years – will present next week in DC
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Invited to meet with African Ministers in Dec.9 in
Tunisia to propose collaborative initiatives
 am
seeking funding to participate
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OAS-LACCEI Women in STEM initiative
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2010 The Inter-American Year of Women (OAS)
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opportunity to evaluate successes and challenges
in the defense of women’s human rights and gender
equity and equality, and create awareness regarding
gender issues.
“The low representation of women in science and engineering is
a major hindrance to global capacity building in science and
technology”
Women for Science. An Advisory Report, InterAcademy Council, 2006
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OAS-LACCEI Women in STEM initiative
US data
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In the US, women make up about half of the total
workforce and receive half of the degrees in certain
scientific fields, yet they represent only about 20% of the
nation’s scientific and technical workers (US-NA, 2007).
(Beyond Bias and Barriers, National Academies of Science, 2006)
Percentage of STEM PhD degrees awarded to Women
Source: National Science Foundation
(2006). Survey of Earned Doctorates,
1974-2004, Arlington, VA.
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OAS-LACCEI Women in STEM initiative
US Data
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Ten-year Comparison of Undergraduate Women
Enrolled in Engineering Disciplines in the U.S 1998 2008
600000
500000
400000
Women
All
300000
200000
100000
0
1998
2008
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OAS-LACCEI Women in STEM initiative
US data
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% Women in Engineering Degree Programs in
1998 and 2008
(Summarized NSF data in Larrondo Petrie, Beltran Martinez, LACCEI 2010)
Degree
% Women
1998
%Women
2008
% Change
1998-2008
BS
19.73%
17.53%
-2.19%
MS
PhD
20.11%
21.60%
1.49%
17.50%
22.12%
4.62%
Total
19.61%
18.63%
-0.98%
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OAS-LACCEI Women in STEM initiative
BRAZIL data
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CNPq Census of Research Groups % of
Women Researchers and Women
Group Leaders (2008)
% of
Women
%
Women
Group
Leaders
Engineering and
Computer Sciences
27.31
21.90
Exact Sciences and
Earth Sciences
33.73
28.21
Agrarian Sciences
37.86
32.29
Applied Social Sciences
47.69
44.20
Biological Sciences
53.29
51.26
Health Sciences
59.27
55.44
Human Sciences
60.40
56.37
Arts and Linguistics
66.46
66.49
TOTAL
48.89
44.52
Scientific Areas
CNPq Census of Research Groups
Researchers by Sex (%) – 1995-2008
Source: Strategies and Successes in Getting Women and
Gender Considerations included in Brazil Scientific Institutions
and Policies, Alice Abreu (2010)
Source: Strategies and Successes in Getting Women and Gender
Considerations included in Brazil Scientific Institutions and Policies,
Alice Abreu (2010)
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OAS-LACCEI Women in STEM initiative
BRAZIL data
CNPq Census of Research Groups
Percentage of Women Students in Research Groups by Level 2000-2008
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
PhD
49.1
51.8
52.8
54.4
55.1
MSc
52.2
55.1
55.7
56.7
57.7
Undergraduates
58.2
58.1
57.4
58.5
59.5
Total
54.1
55.7
56.0
57.3
58.2
Source: Strategies and Successes in Getting Women and Gender
Considerations included in Brazil Scientific Institutions and Policies,
Alice Abreu (2010)
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OAS-LACCEI Women in STEM initiative
Equity in LAC in STEM research?
Other countries in the Latin America and Caribbean
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% of women enrolled in technological careers:
-Chile: 15% (2007)
- Costa Rica: 20% (2004)
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According to a 2009 UN study,
 46% of STEM researchers in LAC are female,
 Argentina, Cuba, Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela
have achieved gender parity. (Women and Girls in Science and Technology:
increasing opportunities in Educatiomn, Research and Employment, Eva M. Rathberger, UN, 2009)
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OAS-LACCEI Women in STEM initiative
Next steps
 Identify 24 researchers in STEM gender research
in the Americas, and write proposal to gather them
to design a hemispheric study to produce data that
can be compared
 Work with the researchers and the OAS Ministers
of Science and Technology to gather the data
 Analyze and publish
 Follow up grants proposal to understand the
differences and disseminate best practices
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Engineering Education for Disaster
Recovery Initiative
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Launched in 2012 led by 3 Haitian Deans
http://www.laccei.org/index.php/events/past-events/laccei-conference-2012/haiti-initiative
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Engineering Education for Disaster
Recovery Initiative
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Requested:
 Redesign
of curriculum and degrees to support the
rebuilding of Haiti and disaster recovery
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Earthquake Engineering – University of Buffalo
 Design
of laboratories
 Access and support for software on Cloud
 Professors to teach STEM courses or online courses in
any language
 Research collaborations in area of disaster prevention
and recovery. (Haitian National Labs)
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Engineering Education for Disaster
Recovery Initiative
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Strategy: Grants (World Bank?) Virtual/Remote Labs
(MOOLs) and private MOOCs (SPOCs), and Cloud
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Collaborators:
 LACCEI:
experts, infrastructure, double degrees,
research
 Canada provide Virtual/Remote Labs in French
 France and RCI provide MOOC in French, credits
 Haiti & Francophone Africa – partner in grant proposals
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Next step:
 Invited
to meet with African Ministers Dec 9 in Tunisia to
propose, but must find seed funding for travel.
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International Certifications via
MOOCs, MOOLs, SPOCs
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IGIP International Engineering Pedagogist
 International
certification has been given for 40 years
but curriculum content, methodologies and
technology need to be updated
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IGLU University Management and Leadership
 IGLU
Institute has approached LACCEI to develop a
specialization for academic Engineering leaders.
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Colaboration Community
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10,000 in the database, designing specialized
search engine for searching for academic or research
collaborators
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LACCEI
2003 LACCEI Conference, Santiago, Dominican Republic
 2004 LACCEI Conference, Miami, Florida, USA
 2005 LACCEI Conference,Cartagena, Colombia
 2006 LACCEI Conference, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
 2007 LACCEI Conference,Tampico, Mexico
 2008 LACCEI Conference, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
 2009 LACCEI Conference, San Cristobal, Venezuela
 2010 LACCEI Conference, Medellin, Colombia
 2012 LACCEI Conference, Panama City, Panama
 2013 LACCEI Conference, Cancun, Mexico
 2014 LACCEI Conference, Guayaquil, Ecuador
< cost, multilingual, multiconference,initiatives launched
refereed, ISBN, indexed, archived, invited to LACCEI Journal
Hemispheric Student Research Competition – go to Global (recruit)
~500 participants, opportunities for organizing Symposia
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LACCEI – Examples of conf. legacy
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LACCEI 2011 - Colombia
 Develop
a national infrastructure for pedagogy research
and training centers (linked to FAU as the hub)
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For Engineering Faculty Pedagogical Development
For STEM High School Teacher Pedagogical Development
NSF solicited LACCEI and awarded planning grant (Obama –
Colombia agreement) to design a high scale NSF grant under
development
Guatemala wants to fund the model proposed
LACCEI 2014 – Ecuador
 Mobile
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Science and Technology Museum
Ioannis Miaoulis, President and Director of Boston Museum of
Science gave keynote 2013 and is coming to meet in Dec.
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Other initiatives
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Increasing Internationally Accredited
Engineering degree programs in LAC region
Engineering Student Leadership and
globalization
 Hemispheric
and Global Research Competition
 Global leadership training
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Engineering Education for Competitiveness
 Hemispheric
Curricular surveys and pedagogical
observatories cemters
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LACCEI Benefits for FAU
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Extremely high International visibility for FAU
 Increase
international rankings and name recognition
 Increase graduate recruitment of students
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Will be named OAS Center of Engineering for the
Americas
 Plan
to leverage Ministers to include FAU as a preferred
school for government fellowships
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Opportunities for participating in grant proposals
 NSF
awarded unsolicited planning grant
 European Union
 Africa
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LACCEI Benefits for FAU
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LACCEI Scholarships - $15,000+ a year tuition
reduction without costing tuition waivers
 Eligibility
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any citizen of Latin America or Caribbean (except Puerto Rico
and Virgin Islands)
Graduate or Undergraduate, Any major. Currently the following
colleges are offering:
 Engineering and Computer Science
 Science
 Business
 Design and Inquiry
Requires small $250 per semester scholarship from the
department or college from E&G funds
Promoted through LACCEI and its conference
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Conclusions (1 of 2)
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Latin America and the Caribbean have understood the
importance of engineering and technology as a driving
force for economic growth.
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This is a region thirsty for knowledge, and development; it
is also a region with opportunities and valuable human
resources.
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It is important that the academia, industry and government
join and align efforts for educating world-class engineers
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This is a multidisciplinary effort
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LACCEI provides high benefit and opportunities to FAU at
little or no cost
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Gracias, Merci, Obrigado, Thank You
LACCEI Board of Directors
160+ Universities
www.LACCEI.org
[email protected]
Skype: LACCEI
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