Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Page 26.773.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Filling in the Gaps: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Teaching Professional Literacies to Graduate Engineers (A Work in Progress)The need: Engineering employers cite skills gap in new graduatesIn recent years, multiple reports have noted the need for engineering graduates to demonstratemore than just technical competence in order to enter and thrive in workplaces1-3. In a 2010 NSFsponsored study on engineering practice and identity, engineers themselves noted the gap in theirfluency with certain skills such as communication and essential business concepts includingeconomic analysis, project management, and team leadership4. Highlighting