INTERNATIONALIZATION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM INNOVATION

WHY INTERNATIONALIZATION FOR CE? Cities and Population Water and Wastewater and Coastal

System Infrastructure for transportation Engineering and Construction Firms-

global

WATER AND SUSTAINABILITY2

The population and cities: By 2015, the coastal population is expected to reach

approximately 1.6 billion people or over one fifth of the global total with close to five billion people becoming urban dwellers by 2030. By 2050 the global population will exceed nine billion.

Already, half of the world’s population lives in cities, most of which have inadequate infrastructure and resources to address wastewater management in an efficient and sustainable way.Twenty-one of the world’s 33 megacities are on the coast where fragile ecosystems are at risk.

2) Sick Water? The Role of Wastewater Management in a Sustainable World, UNEP

The population problem: By 2015, the coastal population is expected to reach

approximately 1.6 billion people or over one fifth of the global total with close to five billion people becoming urban dwellers by 2030.

By 2050 the global population will exceed nine billion. Already, half of the world’s population lives in cities,

most of which have inadequate infrastructure and resources to address wastewater management in an efficient and sustainable way.

Twenty-one of the world’s 33 megacities are on the coast where fragile ecosystems are at risk. Consider WW implications

INTERNATIONAL COASTAL REGIONS AT RISK

CIVIL ENGINEERING OUTCOMES

8. broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context;

10. knowledge of contemporary professional practice issues in management, business, public policy, and leadership in a multicultural and societal context;

CEC INTERNATIONALIZATION PLAN

1) to send students abroad for study either for a short mini-semester or full semester;

2) encourage international students to come to Bradley;

3) embark on a faculty exchange; 4) to foster international research

exchange between the CEC department and institutions abroad.

LIMITATIONS ON CE STUDENT INVOLVMENT many course offerings were for

language studies or general education; Summer employment

PLANNING THE FIRST TRIP IN 1996

January Interim: What and how Planning trips Initial Preparations: early lectures,

student involvement Financial assistance First Trip highlights: Cambridge and

Paris

TRIPS SINCE 1996

INTERNATIONALIZATION IN CEC CURRICULUM

OBJECTIVE 2 Internationalization Offer international programs to ensure that

graduates have the needed awareness of relevant global issues and cultures to help them thrive in a complex and multicultural world.

CE 555 SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

Development of UNEP and Sustainability

Climate Change Hazardous waste trading Ozone depletion and treaties

CE 393 SUSTAINABILITY AND PUBLIC POLICY

Sustainability as international imperative

Sustainability as ethics Luxury resort project in Beijing Guangzhou city infrastructure Beddington Zero Energy Development Woonerfs

ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE PLANS

Led BU in number of students Senior exit interview Outcome mapping