Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

continually revising their engineering curriculum and programs in aneffort to produce the highest quality practicing engineers. Both the nature of the job of anengineer and the marketplace have changed dramatically through the years. Today’s engineerworks in a highly competitive and global marketplace. Additionally, they are required to havefar more than just good technical skills. They must also have good communication, leadershipand business skills. Many innovative programs have been developed to better prepare studentsfor the changing global economy and for the new demands being placed on engineers. Onepedagogical technique that has been found to enhance the educational experience ofundergraduate engineering students is service-learning. Service