Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susanne Wolf, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, Germany, in 2001. From 2002 until now she works at the Didactic Center of Technische Universität Darmstadt. She is currently working on her doctorate which is part of a broad-based research project of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her interests involve the development, introduction and evaluation of innovative teaching and learning methods as well as quality assurance. She is particularly interested in project-based courses that support the acquirement of soft skills. Page 11.701.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 How to provide first-year students with a really good

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, decision making, communicatingwell, team working effectively, practicing ethical conduct, and developing a goodunderstanding of fundamental business concepts) to develop each of the topic into achapter in the book. Each chapter explains the topic in a prescriptive manner telling thestudents what they need to do as an engineer in dealing with that topic. Then it illustratesthese topics with examples from real-world case studies that are provided throughout thechapter. The students are also provided with a CD-ROM where they can view photos,videos, and explanations from the real-world case studies described in each chapter.Thus, each “soft skill” described in the chapter is also explained through a case study(real-world example). The topics covered