Global Engineering Program Mission Statement Development

This paper addresses the results of a poll of a small sample of visiting professors at a mid-size technical university of science and technology located in China [SUES, Shanghai University of Engineering Science].A number of professors from a Midwestern engineering university have teamed up with the technical university in China to provide a global aspect to engineering education.Perceptions of the efficacy of the visiting professor program are discussed as well as initial concepts of the visiting professor program elements.We list the apparent goals, methods of implementation and what we perceive are shortcomings resulting from unintended consequences.A tentative mission statement is drafted based on the above considerations.