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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Transactions ID Number: 17-286
Full Name: Alejandro Betancur
Position: Research Director
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E-mail address: jbetan30@eafit.edu.co
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Title of the Paper: Designing for the Environment: an Undergraduate Case Study Supported by Global Collaborative Design
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Iván Esparragoza, J. Alejandro Betancur, Carlos Rodríguez
Email addresses of all the authors: iee1@psu.edu,jbetan30@eafit.edu.co,carodri@eafit.edu.co
Number of paper pages: 8
Abstract: Global collaborative design is a common practice nowadays due to the international nature and business scope of many corporations. Therefore, it is critical to educate future engineers with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the now common multinational settings. This paper describes an international collaborative learning experience among students from different institutions in the Americas through a multinational design project at an undergraduate level. The case study presented here refers to the conceptual design of an automatic machine to sort plastic bottles and aluminum cans to be used in different locations including malls, shopping centers, office buildings, and academic institutions among others. Global collaborative design imposes problems in terms of communication and information management; this project presents from an undergraduate case study, a methodological synthesis from which these problems were satisfactorily resolved, illustrating how a t!
ypical design methodology can be implemented in multinational projects, and how the participation of students in this kind of practice can contribute to gain knowledge in the global design process and in the development of professional skills such as teamwork, leadership, communication, and global awareness. The collaborative concepts involved in the development of this project were specially adapted from several cases of international cooperation set out in the automobile industry, where the mutual aid generated between the companies involved, enables the development and expansion of new technologies; therefore, the collaborative structure of this project has a special potential for implementation not only in academia, but also in enterprises with international projection and implicated in the management of collaborative-based projects.
Keywords: Design Concept, Collaborative Project, Collaborative Design, Global Design.
EXTENSION of the file: .doc
Special (Invited) Session: An undergraduate collaborative design experience among institutions in the Americas
Organizer of the Session: 659-619
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