Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald H. Brown, Marquette University; Thomas F. Quinn, Marquette University; George Corliss, Marquette University; Jay R. Goldberg, Marquette University; Mark Nagurka, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

license fees. The results of this research are disseminated as licensed software and research reports for customers and as more traditional academic journal articles and conference presentations.Educational Laboratory – The GasDay Project regularly hosts course-related student projects, providing students with the opportunity to work directly with some of the largest energy companies in the U.S. Many of the projects are incorporated in the College of Engineering’s multidisciplinary senior capstone design course, where student teams work for a full academic year on a project of direct interest to a GasDay industrial sponsor. Other courses with students undertaking GasDay projects come from the College’s Engineering Management

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University; David R. Sawyers Jr., Ohio Northern University; Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

, residential institution in the Midwest. At the same time, these competitions havecome to play an important role in achieving the educational objectives of the department. Thispaper will review several such competitions, evaluate the degree to which they contribute to theeducational experience of the students, and discuss some of the advantages and limitations ofthese activities.While traditional lectures, tutorials, and structured assignments are still essential to providing thefoundation for an understanding of engineering science and the skills required to solve math- andphysics-based problems, many of the abilities required by accrediting bodies and potentialemployers are difficult to achieve using these methods. Senior capstone projects and

Conference Session

Stops and Starts in the Development of Cooperative Education Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilka M. Balk, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

the different areas on campus, such as faculty, academic advisors,career advisors and corporate representatives.Time will tell whether we are actually gaining more feedback and assessment tools from thisreorganization, but even after only about 10 months we already see more verbal feedback fromour students and their experiential placement and career paths than we have ever seen fromstudents outside of the co-op program, and higher student turnout at employer events.Employers seek out the engineering career services office as an initial point of contact tocommunicate with faculty about research, capstone design project, and class presentation, withstudents about hiring, and with the engineering development office for student