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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas O. Spicer; Edgar C. Clausen

“professional (or‘soft’) skills”: (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issuesOberst and Jones2 note the importance of developing these professional skills, which encompassfar more than simply mastering the ability to work well in teams or developing good publicspeaking techniques and management skills. The growing social

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Tom C. Roberts; Shagun Sharma

6 to 7 weeks of the course focused on student self-assessment: Covey’s 7-Habits, Myers-Briggs,time management, personal goal setting, resumes and dress for success. The course text changed fromCovey’s 7-Habits of Highly Effective People to Rath’s StrengthQuest in 2010 in collaboration with uni-versity leadership studies program. Course instruction throughout the semester included guest speakers(campus & industry professionals) with support from learning assistants.During the last 7 weeks of the course students were introduced to Continuous Quality Improvement(CQI) concepts including the Deming Improvement Cycle (Figure 1). Other course topics included: teambuilding, ethics, leadership concepts, and, project management tools (scheduling

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

: Construction Terminology and Accreditation, Ethical Dilemmas, Resume and Career Plan, Engineering and Tech Expo (visit and summary paper), Professional & Trade Organizations, and Guest Speakers.MethodologyThe basic methodology for the development and delivery of the revised CM&E 111 is presentedbelow.  The author attended the ACCE2 Mid-Year Meeting held in Phoenix (February 2012) to discuss first-year construction management courses with construction management program directors at the Baccalaureate Program Chairs Meeting. Approximately forty- five (45) ACCE accredited schools were represented at this meeting. The program chairs approved a request for a survey to collect first-year construction management course

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas Mertz

= Somewhat, 3 = A lot AverageRate the extent to which this course made you aware of the importance of quality 2.64and continuous improvement.Rate the extent to which the course’s grading model encouraged your dedication to 2.64quality and continuous improvement.ConclusionA project course in database application development was used as a vehicle for teaching studentsabout quality and continuous improvement. Students were taught continuous improvement as aninformal work ethic and shown how to practice it in

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lin Wang; Si Ma; Haifeng Yan

American Society forEngineering Education 5 Basic courses of disciplinary and semester Foundation courses specialization Specilization courses Ethics and laws Higher mathematics English Linear algebra 1 Physical training Computer technology principles Military theory Military practice Higher mathematics

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Madhulika Srikanth; Abu S. Asaduzzaman; Ramazan Asmatulu

model of academic dishonesty in engineering and humanities undergraduates." Ethics & Behavior 17.3 (2007): 255-279. 18. Meade, J., “Cheating: Is academic dishonesty par for the course?”, ASEE Prism, March 1992, 30-32. 19. Harding, T. S., Carpenter, D. D., Montgomery, S. M., & Steneck, N. H. "The current state of research on academic dishonesty among engineering students." Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual. Vol. 3. IEEE, 2001. 20. Moffatt, M., Undergraduate Cheating, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990. 21. Newstead, S.E., Franklyn-Stokes, A. and Armstead, P., “Individual Differences in Student Cheating,” Journal of Educational Psychology, 88(2), 1996, 229-241