Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Tools: MS Word, Excel, Matlab, WWW, PowerpointConclusionsIndustry is voicing its concern to all colleges and universities that students must learn tocommunicate more effectively. The pressure is growing from the outside to improve theperformance of graduates. With that discussion can come the ways to at least inform students of theimportance of communication skills in their lives. The gulf between the sciences and the humanitiesmust be bridged and the need for communication skill expertise must be an integral part of everyengineer's existence. Every faculty member must approach the following points with an open mind. 1. The importance of communication skill expertise must