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Michael Tooley; Melissa S. Tooley

Session 3675 Dual Careers vs. Dueling Careers: Engineering the Two-Profession Household Melissa S. Tooley, Michael D. Tooley University of Arkansas/ Lucent TechnologiesAbstractBalancing professional and personal obligations is a continuing challenge for today’s educators.Two-income families are particularly common among new faculty, where partners are requiredto share all the duties of family life. This paper presents the methods used by one professionalcouple to share the responsibilities of raising children, maintain a home for the family, andbalance the

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Heidi Diefes; William LeBold; William Oakes

Session 3453 Helping First Year Students Make Critical Career Decisions William K. LeBold, Heidi Diefes, William C. Oakes Purdue UniversityAbstractBeginning engineering students often need various degrees of help in making academic, career,and personal decisions that are likely to have a profound affect on their lives. Faculty,counselors, and staff responsible for first year engineering programs can play a critical role inhelping students make these decisions. In this paper, we describe some of the programsdeveloped at a large university (Purdue) to help beginning engineering students

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W. Brian Hyslop; Susan L. Burkett; Susan Vrbsky; Laura Ruhala; Richard Ruhala; John Lusth

Session 3675 Solving the Dual-Career Dilemma: Three Case Studies Susan L. Burkett, John C. Lusth, Laura A. Ruhala, Richard J. Ruhala, Susan Vrbsky, Brian Hyslop Boise State University/The Pennsylvania State University/The University of AlabamaAbstractThe objective of this paper is to share personal observations from science and engineeringcouples seeking suitable employment in academia. Dual-career couples have a number ofobstacles to overcome in satisfying their career goals. It is difficult enough to find one tenure-track position and suitable

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Ronald E. Terry; Kurt Sandholtz

Session 2630 Empowering Graduates to Manage Professional Careers for Greater Satisfaction and Contribution Ronald E. Terry, Kurt Sandholtz Brigham Young University/Novations Group, Inc.IntroductionRecent reports aimed at improving engineering education are consistent in recommending newattributes for future graduates.1,2 These attributes are in addition to the strong technicalcapabilities for which engineers have been known and are frequently referred to as the ‘soft’skills. They include: 1. An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams. 2. An understanding of

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Jerry W. Samples

Session 3675 Managing Your Career and Your Personal Life: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? Jerry W. Samples University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThere is no single answer to this age-old question, but one answer is “yes, if balance in life isachieved”. Everyone who experiences the rush of the tenure years hopes that life after tenurewill be more reasonable after the first measure of success has passed. But, success breedssuccess, and the natural desire to be successful often becomes the driving function that leads tomore success. A

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Suzanne D. Bilbeisi; Camille F. DeYong

Session 3453 Reaching Engineering and Architecture Career Heights: A Pre- College Program To Interest Young Women in Engineering, Architecture and Technology Camille F. DeYong, Ph.D., Suzanne D. Bilbeisi School of Industrial Engineering and Management/School of Architecture, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078AbstractThere is a need to encourage more young people to consider careers in the technical fields ofEngineering, Architecture or Technology. Specifically, an increase in women choosing careersin these fields could help curb the predicted shortfall

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Mary S. Bonhomme; Edward R. Alef; Edward G. Borbely

Session 2322 Developing Product and Manufacturing Integration Engineers: Integrating Graduate Education, Training, and Managed Job Assignments into a Strategic Career Path Edward R. Alef, Mary S. Bonhomme, Edward G. Borbely General Motors Corporation/Purdue University/University of MichiganAbstractThis paper describes two separate but interrelated learning programs that integrate advancededucation and training into a twelve-year experiential learning process. One program is inintegrated product (vehicle) engineering and another in integrated manufacturing engineering.The objective of these programs is to

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Ganesh Pandit; Gopal Mohan

Session 2548 A Comparison of Business and Technology Students With Respect To Their Choice of Academic Major Gopal Mohan, Ganesh M. Pandit Purdue University / Clark Atlanta UniversityIntroductionWhen students select a major, do they think before they make the choice or is that a spontaneousdecision? In other words, do undergraduate students give importance to the career prospects oftheir academic discipline and the intellectual challenges posed by the subject matter whenchoosing their major, or do they simply follow their parents’ and friends’ advice when choosingtheir

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John R. Wagner

Session 3522 Evolving Industry Expectations for Engineers - The Impact of Global Manufacturing John R. Wagner Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson UniversityAbstract Practicing engineers need to develop a career plan to ensure that they can meet thechallenges in the evolving global workplace. The academic foundation established by anengineering degree may launch a professional career, but individuals must take a proactive rolein their professional development activities to permit career advancement. This task is becomingmore crucial as

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May Movafagh Mowzoon; Mary Aleta White; Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

curriculum provides relevance andcontext for what the students are learning, encourages students to continue their math andscience studies, and motivates students to consider engineering and related careers. Furthermore,by presenting engineering as a helping profession, these applications may particularly appeal tofemales and minorities. Unfortunately, many math and science teachers are unaware of howengineers use math and science to solve problems.WISE Investments was also designed in order to teach middle and high school guidancecounselors how to enhance their efforts to support and to encourage underrepresented studentsto pursue engineering and related careers. Including guidance counselors helps to create asupport network for underrepresented

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Milan Degyansky

and ways to increase gender-fair practices in preparingteachers, particularly in the areas of mathematics and sciences. A main objective of the projectwas to identify ways to make the fields of math and science more attractive to females or identifythose issues that discourage females from following a career path in math and science so that theycan be avoided. Each university used different methods to address the InGEAR theme. At Georgia Southern University (GSU) yearlong workshops for faculty and academicsupport personnel were developed to address different elements of the project. A study wasconducted to assess gender equity issues related to professions, salary and advancementnationwide and on campus. A library of research articles

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R. Andrew Schaffer

internationalsettings. However, the existing literature on expatriate assignments tends to fall into veryfocused, topical groupings. While many theoretical and empirical papers have addressedindividual elements of the expatriate experience (i.e., cross-cultural training), little has been doneto consider the assignment in its entirety. This is an oversight because each "stage" of anexpatriate assignment influences other stages and ultimately affects the expatriate engineer’s orengineering manager’s career success.The model presented in this paper follows a logical approach to the expatriate assignment: Thefirm must decide whether it needs an expatriate, it must recruit a qualified candidate, and perhapsprovide training and orientation. The expatriate must move

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Nadia A. Basaly

Session 2563 Developing Competencies For Engineering Foundations Courses Nadia A. Basaly, Ph.D. The university of Texas at Brownsville College of Science, Math and Technology Brownsville, TX 78520Abstract Pre-college Minority Engineering Program has been designed to motivate and prepareminority middle and high school students for careers in science and engineering. The Program, called“Tex-PREP,” is an aggressive, pro active outreach system that introduces a joint curriculum betweenscience, math and technology to

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Susan M. Montgomery

Session 0455 A Course on Teaching Engineering Susan M. Montgomery University of MichiganIntroductionThe second fundamental canon of the NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers1 states that “Engineers shall perform services only in areas of their competence.”In the United States the primary focus of graduate engineering education is to train our graduatestudents to become researchers. We also have an ethical obligation to provide those studentsinterested in academic careers with adequate education and training to ensure competence inthe teaching aspects of their

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Raymond B. Landis

Session 3453 Improving Engineering Guidance: Introduction to Engineering for High School Teachers and Counselors Raymond B. Landis California State University, Los AngelesAbstractThis paper describes an innovative course designed to improve the effectiveness of high schoolmathematics and science teachers and college counselors in guiding their students towardengineering as a field of study and a career opportunity. The course titled "Introduction toEngineering for High School Teachers and Counselors" was first offered in Summer, 1997 andhas been offered twice each year

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Lisa Bogaty

internship guidelines for sending faculty back into industry.DACUM was used to address two of them – faculty development and curriculumdevelopment. DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) is a process used by companies and collegesaround the world to quickly, accurately describe specific occupations. A DACUM chartlists duties of the job, tasks, which you must be able to perform in order to do the job, andgeneral education skills that are prerequisite to effective job performance. Unlikeconventional job analysis methods, DACUM relies on panels of expert workers, definedas employees currently performing the job, to define each job – and they do it in twodays. For technological careers, accurate, current materials that explain to prospectivestudents

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Mark Tufenkjian

companies. Sixth, the resources and expertise available at the University’s Career Centerwould be used as much as possible.The flowchart shown as Exhibit 1 illustrates the sequencing of activities from beginning to endalong two parallel tracks: (1) company track and, (2) student track. The activities are describedbelow in more detail according to the numbering shown on the far right-hand side of the flowchart.Activity 1: Solicit/Select Companies - This step involved soliciting and selecting the host companies to participate in the program. Background information (such as anticipated intern duties, compensation rate, start date, etc.) was collected from the companies

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Nancy Wilson Head; Julie A. Phillips

engineering and technology,and discusses their successes and their challenges. While the challenges women face today donot relate to “ghosts”, they still create roadblocks that women must recognize and overcome.IntroductionWhen young women are considering career choices, they sometimes have the false impressionthat women cannot advance in careers in engineering and technology as successfully as mencan. These impressions may result from the lack of information about women who have beensuccessful and how they succeeded. Literary research documents that women in all fields stillencounter many challenges on their way to success. This fact may be even more true in themale dominated fields of engineering and technology. However, many women have

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Chuck Keating; Paul Kauffmann; Abel Fernandez

promotes a structured career planningprocess that minimizes non-focused effort, and provides a foundation for future success.I. IntroductionNew engineering educators are presented with a bewildering array of opportunities as theyponder the paths to tenure through teaching, research and service. The contribution to tenuresuccess made by specific activities is not clear, yet new faculty must make decisions as to how toallocate their time. Service options may include multiple university and department committeesthat can absorb time and effort. Involvement in research centers and industry related projectsmay lead to research funding and publications but their contribution toward achieving tenure isnot clear. Teaching is an important activity that must

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Sandra D. Yeigh

until the final three or four semesters do undergraduate studentsexperience the "fun" in engineering through team and individual projects where they create andengineer solutions to engineering problems. Would it not serve these students well if we canintroduce such creative processes earlier? The answer is an emphatic "yes." However, in thefirst half of students’ academic careers, they do not have the theory and engineering maturity totackle many problems. This is truly a catch-22 problem.Energy policy issues are all around us. From clean coal technology to electric utilityrestructuring, energy policy problems make the headlines everyday. Most students can readand understand the issues at hand. This is the channel the authors explored. Several

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Zenaida O. Keil; Robert P. Hesketh; James A. Newell; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

2513 “Getting the Best Students to Enter ChE”AbstractThe techniques used to encourage young people to pursue careers in engineering are presented inthis paper. The first two programs were developed by Rowan University faculty at otheruniversities. The third program is being developed for a summer enhancement experience. Thefirst program described was part of the Exploring Career Options in Engineering and Science(ECOES) program developed by Stevens Institute of Technology in which the brewing processwas employed to encourage high school students to consider engineering and science. ANational Science Foundation sponsored Young Scholars program at the University of Tulsa isthe second program presented which features hands-on engineering

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Stephanie Cauble; Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

the faculty. We designed a confidential survey for thisgroup based on personal and academic history, career issues, and opinions andexperiences. Our goals were to identify factors that have led to the success of thesewomen faculty, and to make recommendations to better integrate women into allengineering disciplines. Results (based on a 53% response rate) showed that BAEdepartments provide a supportive environment, and that the female undergraduate studentpopulation is 40% or higher in 65% of the BAE programs. The majority of respondentsreported that gender discrimination was not a job issue, and believe that the attraction ofwomen to BAE is due to its emphasis on biological systems, as well as BAE’s newnessand lack of long-standing

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Martha A. Centeno; Julie A. Jacko; Marc L. Resnck; Marcia Groh-Hammond; Seth Berkowitz; Amanda M. Mitskevich; Janet Parker; John Schmidt

students during this period. They were carrying a courseload of 12 to 15 credits. Six students received credit in the Project Management Class for theproject. Two students receive credit as part of a technical elective course.3. First Year ImplementationTo establish a combined research and educational program to attract and retain women andindividuals from minorities groups to engineering and NASA related career paths, the activities Page 4.49.2of the Center had to be interesting to the target audience. It was thought that four componentsshould be present in these activities: relevance to curriculum, money, glamour, and state of theart

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John G. Nee

developed in order to determine alumniassessment of their own learning.Some basic issues and concerns can be addressed with a short two-page opinion which can beprovided to alumni. The information should be sought out within 1-2 years after graduation.Examples of questions include:• List the job titles you have had since graduation (most recent first).• What is your major job responsibility at this time?• List at least five (5) major skills/knowledge areas that you acquired from the program that have helped you in your work career (use an extra sheet if necessary).• List at least five (5) major skills/knowledge areas that did not acquire from the program that you need in your present work career (use an extra sheet if necessary

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

groups and women in careers that contribute toeducation experience for middle school students so society through education, creation of new learningthat students and their parents and teachers environments, and transfer of skills to futureappreciate the fact that technical education provide generations.viable careers. Students at the middle school levelshould nourished to become talented technicians and Public Law 99-383 gives special, directedengineering professional as they proceed into the purpose for increasing the representation of underworld of technological development. One of the represented groups in the areas of science,important activities of the consortium is

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Robert L. Green

DevelopmentYoung engineering graduates can find themselves in leadership roles very early in their careers.They may be project team leaders, quality improvement process team leaders, or officers in theArmed Forces. It is also very likely that, as they progress in their careers, they will need to begood leaders since "40% of industrial executives and 34% of all top corporate managers in theUnited States have engineering backgrounds" (Bennett 1996).There are many excellent reference books on leadership and Kouzes and Posner’s "TheLeadership Challenge" is an especially effective one. Engineering students can benefitsignificantly from many of the leadership development exercises suggested by Kouzes andPosner. Engineering instructors should consider the

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

theseactivities is to teach the students the culture of the workplace. We want to address issues such asthe importance of professionalism, the importance of writing, the need for communication withother professionals, etc., beyond the merely technical contents that are the basis for their futurecareers. This knowledge makes them to become more successful in their professional careers.INTRODUCTIONA common goal of Engineering Technology programs is to produce highly qualified and skilledgraduates to serve industry and the society. These programs need to provide students with thevast range of expertise that will be required in their professional careers. Industry demands forgraduates in Engineering Technology are twofold. First, they require their future

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Robert Waters

have attracted significant numbers ofinternational students. Over the 45 years, the Department has granted over 5,000 master and 150doctoral degrees.Non-Traditional Doctoral StudentsWashington, DC, has one of the largest pools of highly educated, technical people in the U.S.The Metropolitan area has developed world-class leadership activities in telecommunications,biotechnology, systems engineering and technical services. Many mid-career executives in theseand other related organizations are interested participating in higher education. Some wish to Page 4.474.1prepare for teaching careers and others wish to teach in the fields of their

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Peter Rosati; Judit E. Puskas

and objective T types and to well–organized anddecisive J types. It has been said5 that “TJ types tend to choose careers of power and authorityand FP types tend to avoid them” and professional type distributions from the MBTI Atlas 6confirm that engineers are 43 % TJ and 19 % FP and that professional managers are 49 % TJ and17 % FP. However the needs and demands of the engineering profession are changing. The Ftypes are naturally attuned to “people skills”, are good in teamwork and in the skills ofunderstanding and motivating colleagues. Additionally, the P types are open-minded, curious andflexible and alert to unusual approaches. Also P types, especially in combination with N, tend tobe more creative. Perhaps the engineering profession

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Jerome P. Lavelle; Robert Martinazzi

Economics” the instructor may add a contextperspective by discussing the “engineering” term and how it relates to the course and career. Afterthis, the word “economics” is discussed again in terms of career, life and course. At this point theinstructor leads the discussion on the first part of the course towards the personal implications of“economics” relating it completely to the students themselves and the numerous economic decisionsthey will be faced with in the near and far future in their lives. This begins the process of “context”or “relevance” which strikes the student’s “deep personal interest” chord. This is where the “horsesbegin to get thirsty.”The primary purpose of the first two or three weeks of class can center on students developing