1	Developing International Education and Research Partnerships Jim Nelson, PhD, Brigham Young University
2	Engineer of 21^st Century Technically Competent Globally Aware Culturally Sensitive Teamwork Leadership
3	Responsibilities as Educators? Maintain Technical Excellence Collaborative Learning Alliances with Industry Distance/Remote Learning Study Abroad Experiences
4	Study Abroad Programs Benefits Can be technically enlarging View of the world (global picture) Language Culture Students like it Others
5	Study Abroad Programs Challenges Cost Length of Stay Language Mentoring – faculty involvement Research Families
6	Mexico Engineering Program Involves graduate and undergraduate students BYU teams of 3-4 organized Paired with similar teams from Mexico Assigned to a real application of water resources modeling Determined by the Mexico students Facilitated by WMS software and graduate research projects Semester Class Two months of electronic communications 10 day site visit Development of final reports
7	Program – Winter 2007 4 graduate students 13 undergraduates 6 team projects 2 different universities in Mexico ITESO – Guadalajara Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas
8	Syllabus Team Project Scope of Work Weekly Status Memos Final Report Final Presentation Poster Critique and Review Logistics Help
9	Team Projects Introductions of international teams Email correspondence Establish project objectives Define scope of work Exchange digital information Progress reports 10 Day visit in March Resolve problems (actually become aware) Site visits Finalize work Make presentations Cultural exchange – making friends
10	El Cajon Watershed Developed a spatially distributed hydrologic model Varying land use and soil conditions Varying precipitation Used the model to demonstrate long term simulations Developed tutorials to teach proper application Gridded models Long term simulations Parameter optimization
11	El Cajon Lake Lake recently constructed for power generation Highly contaminated water Initiated a water quality model for reservoir management
12	Zona Poniente Watershed Three watersheds experiencing rapid urban development Model the runoff change between present and future conditions Found a 13% increase downstream from the watersheds
13	Guadalupe Watershed Small Basin areas of 2km^2 Rapid urbanization in the area has increased the impermeable ground cover and channelized flow Peak runoff not significantly affected, but there is already inadequate detention storage during rainy periods Suggested using an existing but out of commission reservoir for detention
14	Rio Blanco River contaminated with wastewater Determined point source locations Developed a database of pollutants Initiated a model to understand the extent of the problem Investigated further applications of modeling and information that needs to be collected
15	Trancoso Floodplain Modeling Small town with flooding issues Built right on the main drainage path Developed a hydrologic model to simulate the runoff in the watershed. Modeled the flood channel with HEC-RAS. Designed a trapezoidal channel capable of carrying 25 year storm flows.
16	Student Perspectives One of if not THE highlight of my academic experience Project affects real people Applies what I have learned in class to understand a complex problem Operate in a team environment Forge and strengthen friendships with classmates Experience first-hand cross-cultural/lingual collaborations Better appreciation of Mexican culture Appreciation of environmental attitudes and trends in politics Gain confidence in my ability to see a project through Use my technical knowledge to serve others
17	Program Strengths Develops multiple Engineer of the 21^st Century skills Tied to research program Cost effective Does not require a long resident time Student involvement in teaching Satisfying teamwork experiences
18	Questions Website http://www.et.byu.edu/groups/cemexico