ISTAS 2004 Final Technical Program

To view and print certain information, including the forms, you will need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader® installed on your computer. This software is available free for download from Adobe's Web site.

Friday June 18, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Technical Session 1: Engineering Globalization--Olin 107
Moderator: Rick Vaz, WPI

A Decade of Professional Experience with Globalization - Patricia Cohen, Salem State College
Systematically Designed License Exams in Non-native countries to Accelerate Globalizing Pace - Bing-Yuh Lu, Ming-Li Tung, Mau-Yuan Wang, and Hao-Li Liu, Tung-Nan Institute of Technology, and Tzu-Ching Shih, National Taiwan University
Building Innovative Capability in Firms of Developing Countries to Face the Domestic Global Competition - Jiang Yu and Yongjiang Shi, The University of Cambridge, and Xin Fang, Chinese Academy of Science
Engineering Globalization - Oxymoron or Opportunity? - Byron Newberry, Baylor University
Toward an International Code of Engineering Ethics: Dealing with Cultural Issues - Heinz Luegenbiehl, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Friday June 18, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Technical Session 2: Issues in Technology and Society--Olin 107
Moderator: Rae Schipke, Central Connecticut State University

Demons in the IT Workplace - Richard G. Epstein, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Verizon vs. RIAA: Some Ethical Implications - Frances Grodzinsky, Sacred Heart University, and Herman Tavani, Rivier College
A Human Power Conversion System Based on Children’s Play - S.R. Pandian, Tulane University
Software Development as Spiritual Metaphor - Richard G. Epstein, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Now, Tomorrow and Yesterday: A Structured Technique for Providing a Laboratory Setting for Courses in Technology and Society - Karl Perusich, Purdue University
Software Simplicity, and Hence Safety--Thwarted for Decades - Edward S. Lowry

Friday, June 18, 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.

Plenary Address 1: The Central Role of Innovation in Our World and the Need for Education to Adapt - Odeum, 2nd floor Campus Center
Curt Carlson, President and CEO, SRI International

Friday June 18, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Technical Session 3: Technology for Globalization--Olin 107
Moderator: Rich Epstein, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

A Web Based Tool for Distance Learning of Foreign Languages - Peter Chang, Lawrence Technological University
Globalizing Engineering Ethics Education Through Web-based Instruction - M.L. Cummings, MIT, and Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech
English Vocabulary Spectrum Analysis for the Technological and Vocational College/University Programs in Non-Native English Speaking Nations - Ming-Li Tung, Bing-Yuh Lu, Hao-Li Liu, and Mau-Yuan Yung, Tung-Nan Institute of Technology; Jer-Junn Luh, School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy; and Kuen-Cheng Ju, National Taiwan University
Appropriate Technology for Developing Countries: One Emphasis in the Master of Engineering Program at Baylor University - Walter Bradley and Byron Newberry, Baylor University
Enhancing Usability by International Students of a Distance Learning Web Site - Bradley Kjell, Central Connecticut State University, and Heinrich Gailer, Bildugszentrum der Stadt Nurnberg
Teaching English Technological Textbooks in Non-Native English Speaking Nations - Bing-Yuh Lu and Ming-Li Tung, Tung-Nan Institute of Technology

Friday June 18, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Technical Session 4: Globalizing Technological Education--Olin 107
Moderator: Ole Vinther, Pedagogical Network for Danish Engineering Education

Globalizing Manufacturing Engineering Education - Karl Stephan and Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University - San Marcos
IT Education for Disadvantaged Students: Lessons from Europe - Susan O’Donnell, National Research Council, Canada
Foundation and Funding Opportunities for Globalization - Arthur Gerstenfeld and Raphael Njoroge, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Benefit/Cost Analysis for International Study Options - Thomas Jewell and William Thomas, Union College
Evolution of a Computer Science Program toward Globalized Technological Education - Edward Wilkens and Mikhail Brikman, Salem State College
Opening Up Technological Education: The Perspective from Social Informatics - Pani Chakrapani and Hamid Ekbia, University of Redlands

Saturday June 19, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Technical Session 5: Panel Discussion
Moderator: Joseph Herkert, North Carolina State University

Scholarly/Professional Scientific and Engineering Societies and Globalization - Swamy Laxminarayan, Irving Lerch, American Physical Society; Kenneth Foster, University of Pennsylvania; and Joseph Herkert, North Carolina State University - Olin 107

Saturday, June 19, 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Plenary Address 2: Is It Possible to Engineer the Perfect Engineer? - Olin 107
Susan Hassler, Editor, IEEE Spectrum

Saturday June 19, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Technical Session 6: Issues in Globalization--Olin 107
Moderator: Lance Schachterle, WPI

Social Science and International Content in Risk Analysis Courses - David Hassenzahl, University of Nevada Las Vegas, and Charles Barr, Model Insights LLC
Assessment of the Utility of Technology Transfer Guidelines as Determined by the Evaluation of the RESCUER Program in Rural Uganda - Kimberly Williams, North Carolina State University
Environmental Standards: the New Concept and Key to International Harmonization of Safety Standards for the Safe Use of Electromagnetic (EM) Energy - John Osepchuk, Full Spectrum Consulting
The Effects of English Language Dominance of the Internet and the Digital Divide - Robert Wolk, Bridgewater State College
Integrating Science, Mathematics and Engineering Programs Abroad into the Academic Curriculum on the Home Campus - Eduard Izraylovsky, Knowledge Exchange Institute

Saturday June 19, 1:30 p.m.

SSIT Board of Governors Meeting--Chairman's Room, Campus Center

Questions? E-mail istas@wpi.edu
Site maintained by webmaster@wpi.edu
Last modified: Jun 29, 2004, 10:16 EDT