Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Grace Golden, Purdue University ; Emeline Anne Ojeda-Hecht, Purdue University ; Savannah Meier, Purdue University ; Eric Holloway, Purdue University; Jennifer S. Linvill, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Continuing, Professional, and Online Education Division (CPOED)

of professional skills in burgeoningengineers [1], [2]. Thus, there is a demand for student development processes and experiencesthat facilitate the acquisition of both technical and professional skills. For this project,professional skills, often referred to as “soft skills,” include a variety of competencies such ascommunication, teamwork, professional and ethical responsibility, and more as determined byABET and delineated in the results of this paper. Unlike technical skills, professional skills takemore time to develop and sharpen [3]. Additionally, they are not as amenable to course-basedlearning often due to their “untestable” nature. Whereas a chemistry class might be able to teachtechnical skills and then assess the outcomes by way

Conference Session

Workforce Development, Undergraduate Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bailey Kathryn McOwen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dayoung Kim, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Continuing, Professional, and Online Education Division (CPOED)

soft skills, industry expectations, and career aspirations," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 142, no. 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000247[18] S. R. Brunhaver, R. F. Korte, S. R. Barley, and S. D. Sheppard, "Bridging the gaps between engineering education and practice," in US Engineering in a Global Economy, pp. 129– 163, University of Chicago Press, 2017.[19] J. F. Sargent Jr., The US Science and Engineering Workforce: Recent, Current, and Projected Employment, Wages, and Unemployment, 2017.[20] L. Burton and L. Parker, Degrees and Occupations in Engineering: How Much Do They Diverge? National Science

Conference Session

Continuing Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Daniel Azofeifa, Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Valentina Rueda-Castro, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Luis Jose Gonzalez-Gomez; Mario Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico-UNAM; Julieta Noguez; Patricia Caratozzolo, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Continuing, Professional, and Online Education Division (CPOED)

: January 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg[21] S. Skills, “Shaping skills - subsector data science and ai,” 2025, accessed: January 2025. [Online]. Available: https://shapingskills.mx/subsector2?id=5[22] M. Caeiro-Rodr´ıguez, M. Manso-V´azquez, F. A. Mikic-Fonte, M. Llamas-Nistal, M. J. Fern´andez-Iglesias, H. Tsalapatas, L. T. Sørensen et al., “Teaching soft skills in engineering education: An european perspective,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 29 222–29 242, 2021.[23] F. F. Sharipov, T. Y. Krotenko, and M. A. Dyakonova, “Transdisciplinary strategy of continuing engineering education,” in Engineering Economics: Decisions and Solutions from Eurasian Perspective. Springer International Publishing, 2021, pp