Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions

Conference Track:  Society & Technology

Selection1:       Paper

Language:         English

Keywords:         Biometrics, Signature Verification, Authentication

Contact Title:    Dr.

Contact First Name: Subbarao

Contact Last Name:  Wunnava

University:       Florida International University

Web:              www.fiu.edu/~eng

Position:

Country:          USA

Email:            subbarao@fiu.edu

Fax:              01 (305) 348 3707

Paper Title:

Globalization of Engineering Education Programs (GEEP)

Subbarao V. Wunnava and Kang Yen, Professors

Electrical & Computer Engineering, FIU, Miami, FL 33174

subbarao@fiu.edu  yenk@fiu.edu

ABSTRACT:

In the present day of advancing engineering and technologies, there is an absolute need for improving and retaining engineering enrolments in the colleges and universities, in order to train and deliver qualified engineers to serve the Industry, Government, Academic and Research sectors.  The engineering talent can be drawn from the global pool.  There are several US citizens stationed around the globe (such as the defense, diplomatic, and commercial personnel), who would like to have Engineering Educational opportunities provided to them through remote educational activities [1].   In addition, there should also be provision to conduct engineering experimentation through remote means.   This leads to the concept of Globalization of the Engineering Education Programs (GEEP), along with the remote experimental stations.  Realization of GEEP would not only help the US citizens around the globe with engineering education, but also would allow engineering talent to be drawn globally into the United States Colleges and Universities, through appropriate and secure networking[2][3].

United States Home Land Security (USHLS) has become extremely important during the present day global instabilities and acts of terrorism.  While providing the opportunities for US citizens to obtain their engineering education, irrespective of their location (either locally, nationally or globally) through the  GEEP, every attempt will have to  be made to ensure that the security issues are maintained.   Any remote access learning schemes will strictly follow the Home Land Security Guide Lines [4][5].

While globalizing the engineering education,  there are issues related to the Accreditation, Quality of Education, Needed Courseware, and program evaluation schemes will have to be followed very closely.  Also, the identity of the individuals who would be participating in the GEEP, will have to be ratified and any proxy activities should be immediately detected and reported.   In this paper, the authors will discuss these issues and present the methodologies they are developing at the Florida International University, to implement the GEEP.

REFERENCES

[1] Mary Lacity “Lessons in Global Information Technology Sourcuing.., IEEE Computer  Journal , August 2002,  pp26-33

[2] Jeffery Lotspeich etal “ Broadcast Encryptions Bright Future, IEEE Computer  Journal , August 2002,  pp 57-63

[3] Michael Kramer “Managing media in networked environments, Storage Management Journal, Vol 4, Issue 6, 1999;  pp 44-50

[4] Depatment of Home Land Security, US Government:  www.dhs.gov December 2002

[5] Presidents’ information Technology Advisory Counsel Investing in our future www.ccic.gov/ac/report 1999-2003

Mailing Address:

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Florida International University

10555 W. Flagler Street

Miami, FL 33174, USA

Phone: 01 (305) 348 2807

Authors:  

Subbarao Wunnava, ECE Dept, FIU   subbarao@fiu.edu

Kang Yen          ECE Dept, FIU   yenk@fiu.edu