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Putting the Project Back in Project Management Courses

Conference Session
Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2
Collection
2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nina Miville, University of Miami
Tagged Topics
Diversity
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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)
not only being able to speak in front of others but also communicating effectively. ...I learned there are times when leaders have to be honest with their team members when they are not doing a good job.” • “It was a course where I can take away soft skills that are hard to teach unless through experiences such as the ones this class provided” • “I learned that sometimes those who are the best leaders are the ones who know when to also take a step back and let the rest of the group take a leadership role.”In addition to executing the project, the students were evaluated by faculty and/or TA’s as theyexecuted their activities in each “room”. There was an evaluator that graded the students onExecution
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Incorporating an Entrepreneurial Mindset, Bio-Inspired Design, and STEAM Approach to Enhance Learning in a Computer Aided Design and Modeling Class

Conference Session
Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1
Collection
2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Thomas Aming'a Omwando, Simpson University; Bhavana Kotla, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs; Adel Alhalawani, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Ashutosh Khandha, University of Delaware
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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)
graduates toaddress the so-called real-world wicked problems. Further, the job market is rapidly changing torequire that the graduates preparing to enter the market be equipped with not only technical butalso soft skills for them to be competitive in the market. Studies have shown that 62.3% ofgraduates with technical degrees lack employment because of a deficit of employability skills [6].Complex real-world problems require employability skills or transferable skills. Employabilityskills include the ability to “solve complex multidisciplinary problems, work successfully in teams,communicate effectively, practice good interpersonal skills [7], and approach problems with anentrepreneurial mindset [8]. This requires graduates to develop an
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