Conference Session

Panel: Infusing Professional Skills Development into Co-op Student Work Assignments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John (Jack) Anthony Selter, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

2 categories: “Engineering Skills” and “Professional in the WorkplaceSkills.”Engineering Skills Professional In the Workplace Skills• (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, • (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary science, and engineering; teams;• (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, • (f) an understanding of professional and ethical as well as to analyze and interpret data; responsibility;• (c) an ability to design a system, component, or • (g) an ability to communicate effectively; process to meet desired needs within realistic • (h) the broad education necessary to understand constraints such as economic

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

Engineering Department at ONU.16 The former arelisted in the appendix, while the latter closely align with the eleven ABET engineeringaccreditation criteria17 (also in the appendix).The tasks and requirements described for the Baja competition, for example, represent explicitfulfillment of five of the ABET criteria (a, c, e, g, k). The design competition additionallypresents opportunities to fulfill four other criteria (b, d, f, i), such as an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility and an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.Sirinterlikci and Kerzmann cite specific ways in which all eleven criteria were satisfied in theirschool’s Baja experience.18All four of the Program Educational Objectives are clearly supported by each

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

high-quality, academically-enhancing paidemployment opportunities to bachelor‟s degree students. We strive to prepare themintellectually, technically, culturally, ethically, professionally, and socially for the demands andopportunities of an increasingly changing world”. The program is highly successful and has aproven history of benefits to students, employers, and IPFW as more than two thousand co-opsworked with more than four hundred employers mainly in northeast Indiana but other locations,too. The university co-op office and the department‟s co-op faculty coordinators activelyencourage participation in this program.Students have the opportunity to choose from the following options:Alternating Co-op - Students have the opportunity to

Conference Session

Stops and Starts in the Development of Cooperative Education Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

set goals; they also need to prioritize the scheduled activities, introduce changes if need be, solicit advice and assistance with the consent of the instructor, and maintain effective working relationships among the members. Instructors also monitor group progress, give feedback on how well each group is doing, report each group’s progress to the class as a whole, and insure adherence to accepted standards of: ethics, social responsibility, and safety.Success in implementing cooperative learning is attributable, in large measure, to: properplanning, efforts, dedication, and foresight of the instructor. Experience definitely is a majorfactor. A proper start for instructors wanting to try

Conference Session

What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

, faculty industrial sabbaticals, advisory board members, and an excellentvehicle for some great community public relations.Internships are also very profitable for industries as they struggle to maintain an adequatesupply of technically oriented employees during market swings. “With many functionswithin the engineering process needing oversight or 'leg work', interns are a valuable assetthat many large engineering companies love to leverage and use the collaboration to gaina better understanding of an intern's work ethic and potential to identify possibleemployees.” 1Internships truly are a mutually beneficial partnership. Employers who create internshipprograms get the benefit of the time and efforts of young people eager to learn the