Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Joie Marhefka, Penn State New Kensington; Dalynn D Park, Penn State New Kensington; Laura E Cruz, Penn State

know exactly what’s wrong or what thedevice is.” This student among many of the others gained the understanding that within ahospital environment, a biomedical engineer would be interacting with many other clinicalpersonnel that would have different technical intelligence or communicational levels. In theformative assessments collected over the course of the semester, 80% of the students mentionedthe importance of communication in various forms including reporting, professional emails, andnon-verbal cues.In addition to enhancing soft skills like communication, the PBL methods applied in this coursealso impacted emotional intelligence. The need to improve their patience, for example, wasmentioned by 40% of the students in their formative

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Victor Alonso Bradford, University of Missouri - College of Engineering; Tojan Rahhal, University of Missouri - Columbia; Hani Salim P.E., University of Missouri - Columbia

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Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Ch), working in the lab of Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone. Outside of her research efforts, she demonstrated commitment to service and leadership in the academic community, promoting awareness of issues regarding equality in science. She currently owns Alliance Professional Development (www.Alliance-Professional.com) where she works on providing customized workshops focusing on leadership, soft skills, and cultural awareness for companies and organizations. At MU she focuses on facilitating outreach, recruitment, retention, and overall success for all members of our community, especially those from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in