Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert E. Efimba P.E., Howard University; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

berelating to and working with persons of a different gender, religion, or nationality. Many of theseproblems are resolved by encouraging the students to be proactive in communicating with teammembers, occasionally scheduling time in class for team meetings, and offering extra credit forstudents who attend and learn invaluable soft skills from free Engineering Futures (EF) sessionsconducted by the student chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society (www.tbp.org).The EF sessions are offered by TBP as a service to the engineering community and developpeople and interpersonal skills, such as how to schedule and conduct efficient meetings and,most importantly, how to function as a productive member of a team. Students are alsoforewarned that