Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

approach. It was noticed by my department chair that studentscharacterized both classes as transformative experiences. In this way, T-shaped coursesare quickly noticed by students and administrators. University alumni in particular see themerit, and view this type of training as something that makes their alma mater special.For that reason, these activities can become great show pieces for the administration.Both the biomusic project and Brain Mind Culture class have been featured inUniversity-level publications.In the process of building a T-shaped experience, faculty may also find others at theirinstitution who wish to collaborate on an unusual project. For example, through ourregular contact in the Brain, Mind and Culture class, the comparative

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Christopher J Rowe, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

necessary tools for success in initiating and nurturing their careers. Onegoal of the course should be that students would agree with this student’s statement: “I loved therelevancy of this course to things that I will be doing my entire life – extremely helpful!”A tangential aspect for continuing this course is to see how it will affect student satisfaction longterm in their undergraduate program. Annual exit surveys completed by graduating seniorstypically rate career center support services very low. Whether or not the quality of service isactually low is subject for debate. However, if this intervention improves students’ perceptionsof the career center’s quality of service resulting from collaboration between the engineeringschool and the