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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Anna Sadovnikova, Monmouth University

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Engineering Management

, inductive teaching and learning, and development of students’ professional skills.Dr. Anna Sadovnikova, Monmouth University Anna Sadovnikova is an Assistant Professor of Marketing, Leon Hess Business School. Monmouth Uni- versity. Her research interests are in innovation and new product development, technology commercial- ization and management, engineering education, and developing student professional skills. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Transforming Curriculum to Improve STEM Learning and Advance Career Readiness Abstract The paper describes the second stage of a cross-disciplinary study

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Jani M Pallis, University of Bridgeport

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Engineering Management

impact an academic’s career including thepromotion and tenure process. These points are supported with anecdotal evidence gathered byprofessors with a range of clicker experience from first usage in a course to 25 years of use in avariety of classes.Much of our past work has been in the context of quantitative courses. Clicker use was recentlyexpanded to qualitative courses with very similar results. While some of the details aresomewhat different between the two types of courses, student support remained very strong.Finally, we suggest that one of the best reasons to use clickers is that they can make teaching alot more fun. Instead of focusing on covering a chapter’s worth of material, it is possible to focuson maximizing what students learn

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division 1: The Practice of EMD

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christina McCoy P.E., Oklahoma State University; Carisa H. Ramming, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

similarsurvey biennially; the first survey was issued in 2018. Conclusions from the 2018 SE3 reportseek to inform engineering firms as to how to improve work place culture in order address areasof inequity within the profession and understand how to retain talent from a diverse populationof engineers. This paper examines how these findings can be used to prepare a similar diversegroup of students to enter the workplace with the tools to craft a successful career path. Further,it discusses how engineering management education programs can incorporate the topicshighlighted by the NCSEA SE3 committee concerning strategies that firm leadership canimplement on the management level to address employee values that the report shows to beundervalued. The survey

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri-Rolla; William Daughton, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG)

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Engineering Management

Management to High School StudentsIntroductionAttracting students to Engineering Management as a major and as a career field hasalways been challenging. One aspect of the problem is the difficulty in explaining tostudents in simple and clear terms just what Engineering Management is. Despite its wellknown reputation, including its place as the founding department in the field and beingABET accredited, it is unusual for an incoming freshman student at the University ofMissouri – Rolla (UMR) to have much understanding of the Engineering Managementand Systems Engineering (EMSE) Department or its Engineering Managementundergraduate major. The other key aspect of the problem is the general decline ininterest in Engineering. Yankelovich1 reports that in

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Plemmons

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Engineering Management

proposed to provide a framework for structuring the knowledge areas and learning processesfor undergraduate engineering students. This model responds to needs identified from majorconstituents, applicable references, and educational requirements from various engineeringdisciplines.The Impetus for ChangeEngineers in all stages of career and professional development want to be successful in thiscompetitive world, where global outsourcing is just one the many challenges facing them. Inresponse, ASEE President, Ron Barr, summarizes the opinions of many academic and industryprofessionals: “We have to produce American engineers who are not only obviously technically well- grounded but more talented at things like creativity, leadership

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunchen Huang, Mississippi State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; John M. Usher P.E., Mississippi State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

professors and graduate students not only helps build a solid path through graduatestudents’ careers, but is also pivotal to the success of engineering education. As more graduatestudents assume teaching responsibilities, it is important that they are given the advice andguidance regarding sound educational practices.In this paper, a new teaching mentoring model used in an industrial engineering department isintroduced. A brief comparison with graduate teaching preparation approaches in other industrialengineering departments, colleges, and universities is provided. Feedback from departmentadministration, mentor & mentee, and students of the mentee are discussed. Finally, summaryresults of the current mentoring program and suggestions for

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian E. White, CAU-SES; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge

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Engineering Management

twospecific domains, viz., engineering leadership/project management, and career/business educa-tion); 2) the gathering and reporting of supporting data; 3) the application of relevant fundamen-tals from complexity theory; and 4) stimulating analogies about complex system behaviors andcomplex systems engineering principles. All this may influence a positive transformation in the“mindsights” of aspirants, students, teachers, professors, and college/university educators.IntroductionThis paper was initially conceived to evaluate the feasibility of free online education inenhancing anyone’s ability to establish their desired career while easing the requisite financialburden of having to go to college. This problem often arises either because of high

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Foster, University of Arkansas; Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Management

, the devices that could be made fromthese materials and the high performance subsystems that could be made through a combinationof these materials and devices.This research was by its very nature interdisciplinary, with the separation between science andengineering blurring at the micro scale and disappearing at the nanoscale. This created naturalpartnerships across departmental boundaries between individual faculty members and smallresearch groups. What was lacking to the faculty working in these turbulent boundaries betweentraditional departmental emphases was a method by which their students could optimize theircurriculum in support of their career preparation. Their students had no method to take career-based coursework from different

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Geiger, University of Arizona

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Engineering Management

their career, tosenior management at later career stages. For instance, in 1985 a major study wasundertaken by the National Research Council (1) which found that 44.6% of thosesurveyed, who described themselves as engineers, said that their primary activities weremanagement (28%) or production (16.6%). In 1995, a similar survey by NSF(2) found that only 38% of those in the U.S. workforcewith a B.S. in engineering actually work as engineers. An additional 48% say that theirwork is related to engineering, but that they are managers, patent attorneys, CEO’s,financial analysts, and entrepreneurs. In 1998, NSF published the results of its Engineering Workforce Project,(3) an ongoingeffort. It showed that in 1993 32% of respondents said their

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Daughton, University of Missouri; Benjamin Dow, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

including marketing, finance and legaldepartments. Traditionally, advance degrees in science are too academic, and MBAdegrees often focus just on management skills in non-technical disciplines.A Master’s degree with a mix of advanced technical courses and business/managementcourses was originally proposed by the Sloan Foundation and targeted at individualsholding science or mathematics Bachelor’s degrees and either now working in orpreparing for professional careers in industry. This idea gained rapid acceptance as thereare now over 100 PSM programs at about 50 universities in 26 states.1,2 California seemsto have the largest concentration of these degree programs with seven different locationsin the state providing PSM degrees.2 As an illustration

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Management

more effective in the workplace and happier in life. Orsted (2000) stressed theimportance of human behavior skills, which govern behavior at meetings, towards colleagues, on thephone, and the way problems and conflict are approached are needed by engineers in the daily interactionwith others. In addition, Hissey (2000) pointed out human behavior skills, such as teamwork,communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills that have a career enhancing value and may saveengineers from downsizing. In addition, Moon et al (2007) pointed out human behavior skills andattributes such as communication, social, presentation, interpersonal, leadership, management, and team-working skills that engineers need to confront new challenges in the ever-changing

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4441: TEACHING CREATIVE THINKING USING PROBLEM-BASED LEARNINGProf. Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet Page 25.1245.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Teaching Creative Thinking Using Problem-Based LearningAbstractAs global competition and technological innovation continue to challenge businessorganizations, the ability to solve diverse and complex problems has become essential forstudents in every academic discipline. While pursuing their careers, technology andengineering students will soon realize that the development of creative problem solvingskills is fundamental for success in today’s

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

disciplines ofengineering, but furthermore, to have a balanced education in both technical and non-technicalskills and attributes. “These days, engineering is typically practiced in teams with severalengineers from different disciplines who work with contractors, business people, and sales andmarketing personnel” (Hsu, 2004, p.54). Therefore, in order to get hired, and later on be able tohave a successful long term career engineers need to be trained on human behavior skills so thatthey are able to talk, interact, and work with people from different backgrounds; be worldly; beleaders if the situation calls for it; be ethical; and know how to effectively conduct themselves atprofessional environments. This need for a more broad-based engineering

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Paul Sly, Iowa State University; Daniel P Bumblauskas, University of Missouri Harvard University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Sales for Engineers I, and is focused on teaching students how tobe effective technical sales people. Faculty and administrators reached out to an industrialadvisory committee comprised of organizations to develop the program with a vested interest;specific organizations that hire students from the College of Engineering at Iowa StateUniversity for career tracks in technical sales and marketing were solicited.The course, taught by one instructor since 2008, uses a combination of various sales techniquesand strategies from established technical sales programs to frame the syllabus for the course.This course has now been offered for five consecutive years, with surveys taken of students atthe beginning and end of the course for four semesters

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Engineering Management

lucrative for working professionals as well asdistance learners. The paper examines how the basic principles of Six Sigma were systematicallyapplied to curriculum development to not only ensure quality of the program but also toexpressly address needs of the students and industry.IntroductionAs engineers, scientists, and technologists advance in their careers, they encounter an increasingexpectation of project and team management. At the same time, these technical specialists areoftentimes poorly prepared to take on these additional job responsibilities. A Master of Sciencein Engineering Management degree is designed to help technical professionals take this next stepin their career. In addition to added technical exposure, this well-rounded degree

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Alexander Koromyslov, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Management

American Society for Engineering Education, 2019An Advanced Teaching Methodology to Improve Student Learning Outcomes in Core Discipline Content and Soft Skills AbstractThe research paper addresses the existing gap between employers’ expectations and thecompetencies of college graduates. According to recent reports, there is an increasing need toadopt new methodologies in teaching to help students improve their career readiness.Contemporary requirements to engineering workforce, besides the core discipline skills, includeproficiency in complex open-ended problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, andmanagement and leadership skills.The proposed methodology is based on a role-play

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Kloos, University of Dayton; Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

applied Voice ofCustomer to engage students and faculty to identify the pilot program’s requirements. They usedthe lean six sigma process design tools and root cause analysis to identify the critical tosatisfaction characteristics and the factors that will positively impact success of the mentoringprogram. This is a work in progress and constitutes the first step in designing and piloting anengineering mentoring program. The program will be piloted in Fall 2019, based on the findingsfrom the Lean Six Sigma project. This program will provide mentorship to women engineersthroughout their college career as well as support them for a career in engineering in theworkplace.Key words: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, STEM, Women

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Parden, Santa Clara University

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Engineering Management

2006-629: ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCYRobert Parden, Santa Clara University Chair and Professor Department of Engineering Management and Leadership Santa Clara University Page 11.975.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 2006-629: ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCYAbstractThe motivation of engineers, and other technical professionals, includes two significant factors:enhanced, personal career development, and, expanded responsibility in their firms. Leadershipof continuous improvement, in the search for productivity and organizational efficiency, cansupport these two ambitions. Organizational Efficiency is

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2: Curriculum and the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; James H. Lampley, East Tennessee State University; Addison Scott Karnes, East Tennessee State University; Leendert Menist Craig, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Management

mayors had received complaints fromlocal businesses that graduating students did not possess the professional development skillsrequired for employment and vital to the growth of existing businesses throughout the regionserved by our university. As part of the eight county Workforce Readiness Program SullivanCounty (Tennessee) volunteered to pilot the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate whichawards readiness level indicators based on performance on their WorkKeys assessment. 2 Thisarticle deployed the framework for experiential learning cited above and extends the scope of theWorkforce Readiness to Engineering Management education in K-12 schools.In an engineering organization, a functional manager must execute these five essential tasks

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxwell Reid, Auckland University of Technology

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

. Page 25.553.4Rationale for the management papersMany engineering students expect engineering science and competence in design to be morerelevant to their chosen career than management skills. In modern engineering it is quitelikely that an operational engineer may be required to be a manager with the skills to thinkbroadly and act responsively. In fact, many professional engineers become involved inmanagement early in their working life, and find their career development path leading tosenior management positions.In these senior roles, they find that their skills as communicators and conceptual planners canoften be more demanding than their engineering skills. Quite often their decision-makingincludes dealing with uncertainty, where the time

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lahoud Hilmi, East Carolina University; Batts David, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

, network engineers are often managed in a fashion that drivesthem to job dissatisfaction and leads them to pursue other job opportunities. Thispaper covers some of the challenges that network administrators face and how“Theory X” and “Theory Y” affects their job satisfaction in addition to how anengineering manager can improve performance through job satisfaction.IntroductionNetwork engineering is one of the most dynamic and challenging careers in theInformation Technology (IT) industry. Network engineering has evolved in thepast few years due to the yoke of the IT industry and the globalization ofeconomy. As network engineers seek to provide better designs andimplementations of computer networks, they also have to take into considerationcertain

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

resultsof these efforts and lessons learned over several years of recruiting engineers to becomeengineering managers.2. Benefits of Engineering Management Education for Engineering StudentsIt has been recognized for a number of years that every engineering graduate should possesssome knowledge about the world of business, and that those competencies can serve to help themadvance their careers.1-2 The benefits of learning about the fundamentals of engineeringmanagement are numerous, including developing skills in leadership and teamwork that arevaluable to the student even in other undergraduate courses.3,4 Furthermore, developing skills inthis area can promote entrepreneurship, which is a natural complement to engineeringmanagement skills.5

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

at national and regional conferences, and • Increase student interest to work for USDA(d) Student Recruitment and Retention BGREEN will recruit and retain students interested in being part of the next generation ofSustainable Energy leaders. Each of the institutions in the consortium will participate inestablished K-12 outreach activities at various outreach programs (i.e., ExciTES summerprogram, pre-freshman Engineering Program (PREP)). Additionally, in each semester, eventsand extracurricular activities will be carried out at each of the partner institutions to ensure aproper cohesion of the participating students funded through this program (i.e., speaker seminarseries, scientific method workshop, career activities, field trips

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Kansas State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

important for the profession and the academic programs, they are alsocritical to student success. The design experience they complete in the course has the potentialto influence their career trajectory, satisfaction with the academic program, and self-efficacy.The challenge then becomes determining the best capstone model to maximize this potential. Acomprehensive understanding of various capstone course models will help determine if there isone best model or if it may depend on characteristics of the program such as geographic location,student body size, and faculty size.Literature ReviewPast research on capstone design courses in engineering has focused on how to best structure thecourse to serve the educational needs of the students, as well as

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Ronald Rosenberg, Michigan State University

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Engineering Management

, rather than lagging behind them.”Structural change does not come easily even to a profession that sees new technologies displaceold ones on an ongoing basis. To maintain the historically competitive advantage of theengineering workforce in the United States, our undergraduate engineering programs must havethe ability to change to meet societal need.In the College of Engineering, Michigan State University we are developing an agile engineeringeducation program that builds on the foundations of physical and social sciences, business andthe humanities. Building on these pillars, a student develops career-oriented knowledge andskills in a student-selected satellite cognate. Our program design balances between technicaldepth and breadth. Further, it

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Peterson, Old Dominion University; Morgan Henrie, University of Alaska Anchorage; Shannon Bowling, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Management

, the operations manager, thematerial control manager, the accounting manager, the sales manager). Engineering managementcould thus be the management of engineers (and other similar technical types) or what anengineer does when he/she advances in their career. Similarly, project management can beconsidered a sub-set of engineering management when engineering skills are required to managethe project (or when an engineer manages the project). Some1 define engineering management asthe skills, knowledge, abilities, and attitude needed to manage and problem-solve in a technologydriven organization. Kotnour and Farr2 give a description of engineering management fieldwhich places engineering management as the bridge between engineering and management

Conference Session

EMD Recruitment and Certification

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

been out of school for 3-5 years or more, and the prospect of preparingfor and taking the GRE is daunting. One particular group of students strongly affected bythis requirement is the Corp of Engineer Army Captains at Fort Leonard Wood.2 Theseindividuals, if they meet admission requirements, are able to complete the MSEM degreewhile they are at the fort for career training. Many of these individuals are now coming tothis program straight from war zones in Iraq or Afghanistan, making it very difficult toprepare for and take the GRE. Overall, some potential students have simply said theywould not take the exam and planned to look elsewhere for their graduate education.These individuals are often indignant that as successful professional

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

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Engineering Management

and outsourcing, engineersneed to re-invent themselves as independent and entrepreneurial and market their creativity.31 Inmany large corporations, entrepreneurially thinking engineers have been observed to show moreentrepreneurial initiative and a higher level of productivity, efficiency and cost-consciousness. Itis a known fact that engineers who manage their engineering careers as entrepreneurs from thestart enjoy a higher probability of advancing within the company.32 The Systems Engineering Page 11.1189.5and Engineering Management degree programs at Florida Tech broaden the typical engineer’sperspectives considerably with the

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilda Cecilia Martinez Leon, Clarkson University; Michelle Crimi, Clarkson University

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Engineering Management

-on experience in capstone design courses has on studentsduring their transition to the workforce and early careers. Student surveys were conducted toquantify the impact of semester-long projects. Student responses from the LSS and non-LSScapstone courses were analyzed. Our findings show that collaborative LSS capstone projectshelp students gain a better understanding of how to apply the theory to practical situations whilepreparing them to approach and solve problems in real-world settings confidently. We also foundthat the LSS green belt certification helped recent graduates to transition to the workforce moreeasily, gain more credibility among co-workers and supervisors and make contributions quickerthan other new hires, get the job they

Conference Session

Curriculum and the Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

problem, and mold the evolving workplace culture for a more diversetomorrow. The principles and skills learned can help differentiate students’ resumes, especiallywith companies that embrace a diverse workforce. It provides women and underrepresentedminority professionals with strategies to keep them engaged in engineering, both in academiaand the field, as well as helping them gain allies that can help them advance in their careers. Thecourse can help those in the majority become allies to moving women forward in theirengineering careers.Literature Review:Leadership and Diversity Background:The literature is rich with research on the state of women and underrepresented minorities inacademia and the workplace. This section will provide a short