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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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D. G. Schmucker; J. Lenart; S. J. Burian

2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Integrating and Assessing Cultural Intelligence: Activities and Assessment Schmucker, D.G., Lenart, J., and Burian, S.J. University of UtahAbstractIn the past 1.5 years, the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University ofUtah has conducted a pilot study to “modernize” the curriculum. One element of that study hasbeen focused on professional skills, global learning, and cultural intelligence. This paperdescribes what we have done to integrate and assess cultural intelligence into a course in eachyear of the program. In particular

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Dina Battaglia; Krishna Sampigethaya; Akhan Almagambetov; Mehran Andalibi; Tyrone Groh; Kaela Martin; Matt Pavlina; Sam Siewert; Anne Boettcher

togetherin groups of 8 to 12.1 Each FLC engages in an active, collaborative, year long program with thegoal of enhancing teaching and learning. Participants in FLCs may select projects that allow forexperimenting with teaching innovations and assessing resultant student learning. FLCs increasefaculty interest in teaching and learning, and provide safety and support for faculty to investigate,attempt, assess, and adopt new (to them) teaching and learning methods. After participation in anFLC, faculty report using new pedagogies, while also seeing improvements in students’ criticalthinking and ability to synthesize and integrate information and ideas, often in an holisticmanner.1 Additionally, FLC participants in one study reported improved teaching

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Dixon Y. Nielson

aside. We then review the interpersonal and problem solving assessment to determine advancement.” VP of Engineering, Logan based company “Without question, our engineers who develop the ability to communicate well and solve non-technical problems will be the ones we pick to fill our management ranks.” Director of an Aerospace Company “Occasionally our engineers are asked to explain their projects to customers. Those with good communications skills are much better received and regarded.” Manufacturing Executive “The people we promote are 1 part technical, 1 part management, and 1 part business development.” President of Utah based Systems Integration CompanyFurther, our advisory board in

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Jeffrey S. Bates; Taylor D. Sparks

problem solving, technology commercialization, and design. Some havesuggested adding technical skills, including the use of SolidWorks and other design software intothe curriculum. A hiring manager at US Synthetic went so far as to state that he needs peoplewho can solve problems, stating that he would rather hire a really good art graduate who couldsolve problems than an engineering graduate that could not solve problems.Moreover, recent initiatives at the University of Utah, such as the entrepreneurship certificate,would allow students to receive a certificate after taking business, engineering, and law coursesrelated to entrepreneurship. However, very few courses are offered in the College ofEngineering that satisfy the course requirement for

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Angela R. Bielefeldt; Daniel Knight; Christopher Swan; Nathan Canney

among the respondents might teach a type of course and not include ethics/societalimpact issues.The surveys include a lot of additional information that was not analyzed and presented in thecurrent paper. The goals of the larger study include identifying exemplars for teaching differenttopics in different courses using various pedagogies and assessment methods. Thus, many surveyrespondents provided some of this basic information for one or two of their courses. In responseto an open-ended question, a number of the survey respondents indicated that societal impact andethics issues should be integrated into courses across the curriculum. Given the large number ofexamples provided by survey respondents, it appears that there are opportunities to

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Clifton B. Farnsworth; Evan Bingham; Justin E. Weidman

engineering solutions in a global and social context.2Study abroad experiences have also been linked with helping students develop soft skills, such asflexibility, appreciation for diversity, open-mindedness, and being comfortable with internationaland global perspectives of engineering.3 Student feedback indicates that an internationalexperience becomes a pivotal point in their education, and indeed in their lives.4Although other construction related study abroad programs to China have been reported5,6, thisstudy abroad program was unique in that it directly integrated students from a constructionmanagement program with those from a civil engineering program. As such, the Chinamegaconstruction study abroad program became a single course in a multi

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John M. Santiago; Jing Guo

, internet marketing technologies, e-learning, multimedia, green-screentechniquesIntroductionColorado Technical University (CTU), a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation (CEC), hasstudents consisting mostly of adult learners who are working full-time. CTU successfullydeveloped and implemented a program curriculum consisting of day and night classes inelectrical and computer engineering to accommodate the working adult. With day and eveningengineering courses being 11 weeks in length, the curriculum and flexible program scheduleallows students to successfully complete an ABET-accredited degree in either BSEE or BSCE.Engineering courses for obtaining an MSEE and MSCE degree are only offered in the evening.CEC made strategic plans during 2015 to