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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Wenyen Huang, SUNY New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York at New Paltz; Seth Pearl, Pennsylvania State University

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is an increasing awareness that equipping students with technical knowledge in theirchosen disciplines is insufficient. Researchers, educators, and industries are beginning torecognize the importance of communication, teamwork, leadership, critical thinking, and manyother skills that enable an individual to perform more effectively and harmoniously in real-worldworking situations [1]. These social-relation interpersonal skills, or soft skills, are increasinglydemanded in today’s competitive global market [2]. For instance, Klaus [3] found 2010). Theimportance of soft skills has been well documented by the literature [4].The development of soft skills is imparted through applications and experience of socialinteractions, which relies on the

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University

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. from the University of Poona, India. He was a design engineer in microelectronics at Hindustan Aeronautics, India for three years. He was awarded a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship by the Science and Engineering Research Council at the University of Liverpool, UK. Dr. Albin conducted research on Si and GaAs electronic devices and semiconductor lasers at the research laboratories of GEC and ITT and published numerous articles in this field. He was a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Dominion University. He has advised 14 PhD and 20 MS students. He received numerous awards: Doctoral Mentor Award 2010; Excellence in Teaching Award 2009; Most Inspiring Faculty Award 2008; Excellence in Research