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GlobalHUB Mission

GlobalHUB is a virtual global community of students, faculty, and practitioners, interested in global engineering and global citizenship. The specific mission of GlobalHUB is to create an online community of scholars, practitioners, and students to advance global engineering education, eliminate barriers for students seeking a global education, and help prepare a workforce of globally competent engineers. GlobalHUB provides a web presence that strengthens the field of global engineering by bringing together innovative research, global collaboration tools, and educational resources into one online community. By serving students, educators and practitioners' needs, GlobalHUB will provide a comprehensive and self-sustaining virtual engineering education community.

GlobalHUB Vision

GlobalHUB vision is to enable all engineers around the world to adapt to the contemporary global environment and develop the skills and attitudes necessary to interact successfully with people from other cultural and national environments. GlobalHUB will ultimately be a key catalyst in redefining how engineers interact around the Globe as Global Citizens.

GlobalHUB Features

As an organic organization utilizing Web 2.0 technologies, GlobalHUB allows its users to actively participate in its evolution. More specifically, GlobalHUB users can (i) access and contribute content related to global engineering, (ii) connect with peers who have similar interests, (iii) form global collaborative teams using the GlobalHUB group feature, (iv) run CAD and simulation tools through their web browsers, and (v) participate in the continuous evolution of GlobalHUB through a feedback system. The GlobalHUB group feature offers a wiki space, a discussion forum, access to group specific resources, and intensive usage statistics on a group.s activities. Read more about GlobalHUB features here.

Funding Support

GlobalHUB is a member of the inaugural class of Engineering Virtual Organizations (EVO) funded by the National Science Foundation in late 2007. It is also funded by the Motorola Foundation and other funding agencies.

GlobalHUB Team

Steering Committee

The GlobalHUB community will not reach its full potential without the valuable advice of our Steering Committee:

  • Dr. Larry Allen, Principal, West Lafayette High School, West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • Darryl A. Dickerson, National Chair of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
  • Dr. John Grandin, Professor of German and Executive Director and founder of University of Rhode Island.s International Engineering Program (IEP).
  • Dr. Gretchen Kalonji, Director of International Strategy Development, University of California Office of the President, Professor of Materials Science.
  • Mark S. Lazar, Vice President for Scholarship Programs and International Operations at the Institute of International Education (IIE)
  • Dr. Jack Lohmann, Vice Provost and Professor of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • Dr. Morrison Obeng, Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Computer Engineering, Bethune Cookman University.
  • Dr. Kurt Paterson, Chair, International Division of American Society of Engineering Educator (ASEE), Professor, Michigan Tech.
  • Pamela Ruiz, Director and National Secretary, The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) United States.
  • Dr. Richard F. Vaz, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Dean of Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.