Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Vishal R. Mehta, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

results in the last week of thesemester. While the last week is a relatively busy week, the students didn’t have enough time toprepare. Moreover, there was not enough time to give students feedback on their presentationskills. This can be improved next time by assigning the project early and allow more time for thepresentation preparation. If possible, two presentations can be assigned for the project and studentscan use the feedback on their first presentation to prepare for their second presentation. Technicalwriting and presentation are crucial soft skills that undergraduate engineering students areexpected to learn. Despite the relatively low rating, the project activities still helped the studentsimprove their writing and presentation skills