Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

within their academic year.• A major benefit to students was the development of project management skills, and gave them an opportunity to see how all the pieces of a project fit together such as the procurement of equipment, the scheduling of activities, dealing with outside vendors, and how to manage the coordination of multiple project teams. Students especially learned about Page 12.1563.9 contingency plans and what to do when something did not work as intended• “Soft skills” development for students was a major byproduct from this project. These included such things as true collaborative