Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton; Maria V. Kalevitch

, chemistry, biology and environmental science. RMU's focuson communication and business skills gives graduates an advantage in the job market. Allof our students enjoy small class sizes and personal attention that make RMU a specialplace to learn.It is this interdisciplinary background and strong vocational emphasis, along withPittsburgh's status as a future energy capital that makes RMU the ideal environment fortraining our future workforce for careers in the alternative energy sectors, and providinglocal employees with science and business graduates with a strong background inenvironmental issues and sustainability.On a recent visit to Pittsburgh, President Obama outlined the importance of energy [1]:“The time has come, once and for all, for this

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ted E. Batchman

in the future. This paper explores how the classroomlecture has changed with technology and student expectations. Current discussions and conflicts onwhat engineering education should look like in the future will be discussed as well as the dilemmafacing new faculty with increased expectations to achieve tenure. Cutting funds for highereducation by many states has been a high priority of legislators and research funding is being cut bythe federal government. So why should one go into a career in higher education? The importantrewards are still the same as they were a half century ago!Foundations for the FutureFor the past several years there was an article published on the incoming class of freshman studentswith the emphasis being on the