Work in progress - International Summer Engineering Program at METU: A bridge to global competency

The International Summer Engineering (ISE) Program at The Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey, is designed to leverage many unique bridging characteristics of METU and Turkey to allow US and METU engineering students to quickly strengthen their global competency skills. METU was established through a Turkish-American Cold War initiative in the late 1950´s and is based on the American university model. The ISE Program is designed for equal numbers of exchange and METU students. The structure of the program encourages US and METU students to interact formally on class projects and informally outside of class. The first class being offered through this program is the 4^th year technical elective class Fuel Cell Fundamentals.