Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet; Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet; Opal McFarlane, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

housekeeping problem might include: requiring the employees to assume the responsibility for work site inspection and cleanup, having the preceding (employee) work shift to be responsible for work site inspection and cleanup, requiring that the custodial department be responsible for work site inspection and cleanup, or hiring an outside contractor to provide inspection and work site cleanup. b. Proactive Strategy Workplace injuries can sometimes result from poor housekeeping or a failure to cleanup the worksite before or after a shift. Developing a plan for addressing this concern can reduce injuries. Regardless of the ultimate solution identified, it’s important that the work site be

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

GPA greater than 3.0 and two students with a cumulative GPA lessthan 3.0. The interview protocol asked students about their short- and long-term career andeducational plans, confidence in solving ill-structured and well-structured problems, problem-solving experience, learning experience, and their development of problem-solving skills. Aspart of the protocol, students were asked to describe how they would solve two think-aloudproblems (a well-structured and ill-structured problem) as well as their approaches to problemssolving. All student names in this paper have been changed to pseudonyms.Findings A comparison of the responses of students with co-op or internship experiences andstudents without these experiences revealed

Conference Session

Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Anita H. Ens, University of Manitoba; Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

which long, informalconversations about issues not directly related to work would be considered appropriate, andwhere the initiative in the conversation would rest with the senior individual. His narrativeillustrates that in a short period of time, he had made the shift to planning for a focussed,efficient meeting in which he showed appropriate initiative in the North American low powerdistance, low context environment.Similarly, participants reported the PPEM course offered a head start on the networking process.A single class was devoted to the topic, and guest speakers including professors and othersexternal to the university came in and allowed IEEQ students to interact and exchangeinformation. Subsequently, a provincial engineering