Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac L. Howard P.E., Mississippi State University; Braden T. Smith, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

by Benderly3 discussed career paths of engineers andprovided information on a workshop titled Pathways for Engineering Talent. According toBenderly3, participants repeatedly stated that engineering education too often fails to provide allneeded skills to prosper in the workforce (especially the so-called professional or soft skills suchas communication and collaboration).2.0 Materials Laboratory LayoutThe layout of MSU’s CE 3311 laboratory has several parallels to that described by Hall4. Theprimary educational outcome for materials students is to produce a bachelor’s graduate that iswell grounded in fundamental concepts, and the CE 3311 laboratory is a key component of thatoutcome. The laboratory is modeled more after a professional