Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; David Walton Gardner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler

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Two Year College Division

member of a knowledge in broader public, policy, professional and communication of a and historical, Competencies principles and then science principles and then apply that the experiment for practice, user needs, multidisciplinary team mechanics. social impact, or ethical conduct project to technical

Conference Session

Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Tracy D Blake, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; David Dwight Sam PhD, Utah State University

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Two Year College Division

. Page 22.1411.2• Promote Distance Delivery of Engineering Education: To engage remote students in a distance delivered framework with a geographically dispersed instructional team.• Promote Engineering Professionalism: To educate students in the profession of engineering and engineering ethics by highlighting the experiences of a multidisciplinary instructional team and practicing engineers as invited speakers.• Promote Engineering Recruitment and Retention: To excite students to complete engineering degrees and join the engineering profession with a learner-centered instructional environment.Based on the desired outcomes, instructors improvised the team at a distance-teaching approachto reflect the primary tenets of the

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (g) an ability to communicate effectively Page 22.99.2 (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.Project

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie A. Rursch, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

potential demand for the graduates.Seventy-nine companies responded to the online survey which was administered during thesummer of 2009. Figure 3 shows the type of industry for which the respondent worked.Figure 3. Type of Industry For Which the Respondent WorkedThe Table 4 shows the summary of the skills desired by the companies grouped into threecategories identified as important: personal, technical and conceptual. Interestingly, the highestscoring personal skills were ability to adapt and ethics, followed closely by the ability tocollaborate. Security and infrastructure/networking were the top rated technical skills employerswere looking for, while problem-solving abilities were the top ranked conceptual skill employersvalued. A theme among