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Young leaders from 10 ASEAN countries united and equipped to affect change

A group of 41 young leaders from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam visited Arizona State University, in March, ready to gain knowledge to help create change and support for their communities. For several of them, it was the first time they had ever left their home countries.

Women stand out in recent engineering competition

This spring Arizona State University launched an internationally recognized engineering entrepreneurship program at four universities in Vietnam. The Engineering Projects in Community Service pilot program, also known as EPICS, was sponsored by long time ASU industry partner, Dow Chemical, and the United States Agency for International Development. EPICS debuted in Danang, Lac Hong and Ho Chi Minh City to student teams who were invited to design, build and deploy systems to solve engineering-based problems for charities, schools and other not-for-profit organizations.

Student engineering projects win awards from community service program

A smart mattress that helps the elderly change posture and direction is one of three winning projects in the Engineering Projects in the Community Service program, launched in January by USAID.

The DYNAMIC team composed of students at the Danang University of Science and Technology worked together to create the smart mattress.

250 faculty members trained to implement project-based learning

After the first Project Based Learning Models (PBL) Workshop in September 2017, a series of PBL workshops were conducted by the BUILD-IT Project from January to May 2018. Approximately 250 participants from BUILD-IT partner schools attended. The workshops were led by Scott Danielson, lead of BUILD-IT Developing Quality and Project Based Curriculum and co-leader of the Maker Network in Vietnam.

Oracle Academy leads technology courses in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

In January 2018, the BUILD-IT project and Oracle Academy jointly conducted two intensive, five-day Oracle Database Foundation Train-the-Trainer courses in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. These courses provided faculty members from BUILD-IT academic partners with a deep technical knowledge in database technology and demonstrated a database curriculum that uses a practical, hands-on and engaging approach to teaching. Faculty were provided with various training activities including projects challenging participants to design, implement, and demonstrate a database solution for a business organization.