Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University; Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

successfully complete the task, degenerate into conflict, or both.A team’s leadership affects the team’s productivity and outcomes. 1, 2 Since student teamsfrequently operate without explicitly assigned roles or established authority their team leadershipis classed as “informal.” However, as with formal leadership, the quality of informal leadershipcan vary. LaFasto and Larson 3 noted that “a team without a formal leader eventually surfaces aleader from the available talent, but in ways that are not always predictable.” Thus, groupprocesses will generate a group leader, but not always the best leader. Since team leadershipaffects performance, the quality of the informal leader can add or detract from team success andlearning.One could argue that the

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

passengers and five crew, manyheading for the 1-hour ferry to Sri Lanka the next morning, and the railway tried to be on time.The steel bridge must have swayed in the wind, but the train got across safely, and reached theouter signal of Dhanushkodi station on the causeway – the last station before the ferry pier. Thesignal was red, and the train stopped. He had no quantitative data to indicate any danger wherehe was, but visibility was too poor and it was likely that something may have fallen across thetrack, so he held his position, and blew the whistle at intervals. He waited, lacking any otherdata. At five minutes to midnight, the tidal wave driven by the worst cyclone in 500 years roseout of the gloom and smashed the train broadside into the sea

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. It was anticipated that manysuch students would be from under-served backgrounds that include rural and inner-cityenvironments. Basic elements (Ref. 1) are to:• introduce the most deserving and talented students to the excitement of CSEM careers,• provide access to a top-quality education, and• furnish the best guidance for their success and development.Major components of data and findings used in this paper are:• Distribution of students by academic discipline and other criteria• Their responses through summaries of what they learned there.• Graduating seniors’ suggestions to the program and to those following them in the program.• Mentor observations.The Environment of the FAST programTable 1 presents benchmark data2,3 for our present

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Christian system answers, “So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” (1 Corinthian 10:31) • A Normative Ethic demands, “What rules should we obey?” The Christian system answers: “These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.” (Deuteronomy 6: 1-2)Hence, Christianity does not dispute each question’s primacy. The imitation of