Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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College Industry Partnerships

practice engineeringdesign and to facilitate the integration of what students have learned throughout theircurriculum”5 ,“to better prepare graduates for engineering practice”6, and “to demonstrate theirabilities to potential employers”7.Shuman et al., broke down the ABET Student Outcomes a-k into the categories of hard skills andprofessional skills. The Student Outcomes that represent professional, or ‘soft’, skills were  an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams  an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility  an ability to communicate effectively  the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context  a

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas H. DeAgostino, Trine University, Innovation One; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; M. Brian Thomas, Trine University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Simulating Real World Work Experience in Engineering Capstone Courses Abstract Experiential learning and cooperative education provide students with the necessary toolsto succeed in the workplace by simulating their future working environment. Various studieshave shown that many graduates have gaps related to their so called “soft skills”, which arerelated to teamwork, time management, working under pressure and tight deadlines. The mainpurpose of the inclusion of the industry expert in senior design discussions is to providemeaningful feedback through a competitive led by industry practitioners. In this simulation, thesenior engineering students take on the role of actual engineering job functions, on a