Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valeria Quevedo, Universidad de Piura; Susana Vegas, Universidad de Piura; Reynaldo Villar, Universidad de Piura

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Industrial Engineering Universidad de Piura, Peru 1994Reynaldo Villar, Universidad de Piura Principal professor. Universidad de Piura-Per. Industrial engineering Universidad de Piura 1978-1984 Page 22.1321.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Statistical approach for measuring the effectiveness of a remedial program for low-achieving undergraduate engineering candidates in PerúAbstractIn Perú most University students who choose an Engineering career do not meet the minimumacademic standards required to succeed during the first semesters of their undergraduate studies.Therefore

Conference Session

EM Program Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy K. Zander P.E., Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

todemonstrate the inclusion of diversity. It must include diverse viewpoints among participantsand prepare graduates for careers in the global context. Students must be exposed to culturalpractices other than their own. Also, the institution must establish and enforce expectations forethical behavior by administrators, faculty and students.While ABET is focused mainly on what a student learns in terms of outcomes, AACSB has aslightly greater emphasis on the environment in which a student learns. However, similarly toABET Criteria, AACSB sets Standards which the institution must demonstrate they meet. Thismeans the assessment of learning portion of the two accreditation bodies is actually quite similarin scope and detail. The process of outcomes

Conference Session

EM Program Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Viola, School of Engineering, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

spend about 30% of their classroom hours on leadership coursework. This is higherthan many other engineering management programs where leadership is often offered as anelective (Cornell and Stanford) or is taught in seminar format without credit (Duke) or not at all(Northwestern). Dartmouth has a required Professional Skills Course that targets career self-assessment, ethics, interpersonal and communication skills. MIT’s System Design andManagement program requires a course in the Human Side of Technology, which focuses on Page 22.3.6skills such as negotiating, cross-cultural communication and teamwork and students are alsooffered a number of

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

the survey finalized, theauthor moved on to address the deployment activities.Qualifications to participate in the study required any level of Six Sigma certifications (belt) aswell as active engagement in projects. Individuals were identified for the survey by workingwith Career Services and the Alumni Offices’ databases. Additionally, Six Sigma agents whowere not captured using the Institutional databases received a personal communication from theauthor.With the target population identified, each potential participant received an email invitationrequesting their participation in the study. If the email recipient was not an active Six Sigmapractitioner, they were asked to forward the email to the appropriate person(s) within