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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Marcus O. Durham; Robert A. Durham; Rosemary Durham

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT: A Course for SurvivalMarcus O. Durham, PhD, PE, Robert A. Durham, PE, PhD candidate 2004, Rosemary Durham University of Tulsa / D2 Tech Solutions / THEWAY Corp.Abstract: Engineering survival and success depends on many skills in addition to technicalexcellence. The class looks at topics from professionalism to ethics, from presentation to peopleskills, from project management to international cultures. These issues are more important thanever in an engineering environment that is very dynamic and involves frequent transitionsbetween employers and job functions. Numerous assessments of personality styles are addressedalong with needs and motivation assessments. Because of the changing

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jung Oh

theseassignments become enjoyable course work and learning projects they are attached to in apersonal way. This project is one of my teaching strategy tools to respect a variety oflearning styles, to connect chemistry into our daily lives, and to engage students learningwith their own talents and insights.Introduction and ObjectivesOne of the seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education by Chickieringand Gamon’s is to respect diverse talents and ways of learning1. I have used theVARK(Visual, Aural, Read/Write, Kinesthetic) learning styles survey by Bonwell andFleming2 to recognize different leaning styles among my students and observedkinesthetic style as predominant learning style among engineering technology students asreported earlier3