Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Shannon Rist, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

should be doing on the job that they’re not doingnow, the COEN and MBE advisory boards both agreed that newly minted graduates had a hardtime applying topics they’d learned to real-world jobs in the engineering workplace. They alsonoted that soft skills were lacking, including:  Letting go; i.e., sharing problems with others  The ability to work in a team environment  Collaboration with those in other departments  The ability to communicate, including o Written English skills o Professional writing, especially abstracts and proposals o Writing concisely o Communicating both within and across groups o Presentation skills Entrepreneurial skills Willingness to ask questions

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gisemba Bagaka's, Cleveland State University; Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul A. Bosela P.E., Cleveland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

0.665 Factor 2 (projects and case studies) 2 0.676The data analysis sorted the 11 ABET outcome items into two groups. It was found that items 1 Page 25.1339.6through 5, 7, and 11 were grouped together into factor 1, and items 6 and 8 through 10 weresorted together into factor 2. On reflection, the authors decided to term these factors “technicaldevelopment” and “professional development.”The outcomes grouped under technical development mostly refer to the “number crunching”skills in engineering, specifically outcomes 1 through 3, 5, and 11. The other two, items 4 and 7,can be thought of as soft skills that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University; Miladin Radovic, Texas A&M University; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

STEM instructor must evolve beyond informationtransmission. In recent years, “the need to modify current paradigms, to reinforce not only thetechnical level of the instruction, but also to improve so-called soft skills, such as communicationskills, teamwork, leadership and so forth” 14 has been reinforced numerous times. Engineeringgraduates need development in creative thinking and problem-solving. In addition to an increasein the abilities and skills of the students, it is necessary to increase students’ interest in scienceand technology. All this is required while at the same time emphasizing the need for students tobe able to graduate in four years 14. This impressive list cannot be achieved in any single course.However, it is possible to