Outcomes
- Exposure to engineering practice in an international setting (Mexico and Dominican Republic)
- Develop a broader vision of how engineering makes a difference in the world
- Direct application of your education
- Confidence in sharing your knowledge and expertise
- Learn to work and collaborate as an international, multi-cultural team
- Learn Spanish in the engineering profession
- Broaden communication and presentation skills in an international environment
Class MWF 3:00-3:50 254 CB
Schedule
| Day | Date | Topic | Instructor(s) |
| Monday | Jan 7 | Introduction, Team formation, MBTI | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito, Pate |
| Wednesday | Jan 9 | Language (La comida y los alimentos) | |
| Friday | Jan 11 | No Class | |
| Monday | Jan 14 | Vision, project management, scope of work | |
| Wednesday | Jan 16 | History/Culture Breakout | |
| Friday | Jan 18 | No Class | |
| Monday | Jan 21 | No Class-Holiday | |
| Wednesday | Jan 23 | Communicating results, team functioning? | Nelson/Hotchkiss/Saito |
| Friday | Jan 25 | No Class | |
| Monday | Jan 28 | Language (Para introducirse) | |
| Wednesday | Jan 30 | History/Culture Breakout | |
| Friday | Feb 1 | No Class | |
| Monday | Feb 4 | Language (La navegacion) | |
| Wednesday | Feb 6 | Scope and Project Plan Presentations | Nelson/Hotchkiss/Saito |
| Friday | Feb 8 | No Class | |
| Monday | Feb 11 | Language (El dinero e ir de compras) | |
| Wednesday | Feb 13 | Project Updates, team check in | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Friday | Feb 15 | No Class | |
| Monday | Feb 18 | No Class-Holiday | |
| Tuesday | Feb 19 | Language (Hablando de la familia) | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Wednesday | Feb 20 | Project Updates, team check in | |
| Friday | Feb 22 | No Class | |
| Monday | Feb 25 | Language | |
| Wednesday | Feb 27 | Safety, Protocol, and other guidelines | Kennedy Center |
| Friday | Mar 1 | No Class | |
| Monday | Mar 4 | Language | |
| Wednesday | Mar 6 | Project Updates, team check in | |
| Friday | Mar 8 | No Class | |
| Monday | Mar 11 | Language | |
| Wednesday | Mar 13 | Trip check in | |
| Friday | Mar 15 | No Class | |
| Monday | Mar 18 | Out of Country | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Wednesday | Mar 20 | Out of Country | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Friday | Mar 22 | Out of Country | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Monday | Mar 25 | Out of Country | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Wednesday | Mar 27 | Decompression | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Friday | Mar 29 | No Class | |
| Monday | Apr 1 | No Class | |
| Wednesday | Apr 3 | Wrapping things up meeting | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Friday | Apr 5 | No Class | |
| Monday | Apr 8 | No Class | |
| Wednesday | Apr 10 | Class | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Friday | Apr 12 | No Class | |
| Monday | Apr 15 | Final Class | Nelson, Hotchkiss, Saito |
| Final Exam |
Team Assignments
| Project Scope of Work | 75 |
| Weekly Status Memos | 50 |
| Final Report and Presentation | 125 |
| Poster | 25 |
| Logistics Help | 25 |
| Total | 300 |
Project Scope of Work
Your team must prepare an outline of your project, including objectives, time line, expected outcomes, team member assignments. We recognize that the scope may change a little as you go, but by Jan. 21st we hope that you will have a pretty good idea of where you are headed with your project and what you can accomplish.
Weekly Status Memos
Each week following Jan. 7th your team will be required to submit a memo/report that includes what you have accomplished, important questions, and limitations in your approach. This should be done in Spanish (an English version can accompany it, but the primary report should be in Spanish) and posted on your website with an email notification to everyone in your team and advising professor. As we travel and return this requirement may be altered slightly.
Final Report and Presentation
You will make a final report documenting your work and findings. The length of the report is unspecified, but probably in the range of 5-10 pages. The following is a guideline template for what sections you might include in your report:
Executive Summary (an extended abstract)
Introduction
Materials (Data too) and Methods (Models used) - an overview of what
you plan to do with the data and why
Results
Discussion (impacts, what do your results mean - you might want to
include something of the sustainability analysis from 471)
Conclusion
Poster
Each group will prepare a poster that can be used to represent the work of the project. The poster should be informative, use good graphics, appear professional and include contributions from the entire group (we may do this while working together with our groups in Mexico).
Logistics Help
We need your help in planning and carrying out the travel itinerary. Each team will be assigned the responsibility of planning and overseeing one of the major activities of the trip. You may need to coordinate with people in Mexico for a group meal or activity or plan travel for site seeing, arrange for checking in/out of the hotel, etc. We will provide a list of options later.
Individual Assignments
| Teamwork Paper | 25 |
| Introduction Biography | 10 |
| Pre Survey Assessment | 10 |
| Post Survey Assessment | 10 |
| Research Journal & Log | 50 |
| Participation Hours | 100 |
| Final | 20 |
| Total | 225 |
Teamwork Paper
Come to class prepared to discuss your experiences collaborating. We expect a 2-3 page paper at the end of the semester summarizing what you learned from the discussions and your experience in collaborating with BYU and Mexican students.
Introduction Biography
WeI would like you to prepare a ½ to 1 page biography to introduce yourself. Do this in Spanish if you can, English if you can’t. Include a photo(s). We need this emailed to me by Monday January 11th.
Pre Survey
Assessing the outcomes and effectivness of this class is very
important to us. Please take the pre class survey before January 8th
at: https://byu.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_0cd9tEkCfhxgyoc&SVID=Prod
Post Survey
Assessing the outcomes and effectivness of this class is very important to us. Please take the post class survey at:
Research Journal Log
We want you to log your participation hours and activities in this book. You will turn it in weekly to your advising professor and at the end of the semester as a piece of the evidence of your participation.
Participation
You earn 1 point for each hour you participate, but only hours logged in the journal will count. You can earn 50 points during our travel. You should include time spent working together and individually in fulfilling assignments.
Team Participation
This will be the subjective part of your grade that we will decide together on at the end of the semester.
Final
Details forthcoming.