Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

technology areas, along with the proper role of academe, government, andindustry in that educational process, is being examined in widely divergent industrial segments.Academic areas such as manufacturing engineering, aerospace engineering, and electricalengineering have all reported results from such studies [1-5]. These reports reveal several broadthemes of educational need developing across these industrial segments: a) Integrating technical and non-technical broad knowledge areas. b) Integrating multidisciplinary technical skills into a comprehensive knowledge base. c) Integrating global perspectives into local decision making. d) Integrating soft skill set development with traditional technical education.It is our

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Towards Global Competency for Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica Jovanovic, Trine University; Thomas H. DeAgostino, Trine University; M. Brian Thomas P.E., Trine University; R. Thomas Trusty II, Trine University

Tagged Divisions

International

proposed program will have participants studying in their disciplines at a host institution in anon-English speaking country. Participants will also tour engineering facilities and attendcultural events. This for-credit program will enhance the cultural intelligence of participatingstudents, giving them a competitive advantage for starting their careers in the globalmarketplace.IntroductionThe engineering field is quite different in the twenty-first century than it was previously. Beingan engineer has become much more than being a good problem-solver, critical thinker, andindependent thinker. It also requires interpersonal professional skills (the so-called “soft skills”).New developments in information technologies and more accessible

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Innovative Approaches to Teaching & Developing Engineering Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University; Sumita Ambasta; Vinayak Krishan Joshi, Plaksha University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

engineering students think that their engineering knowledge would be sufficient for their careers, but many also don't take soft skills like decision-making seriously because they don't know what employers are looking for [13].  Class size and curriculum overload: Studies also show that instructors find it difficult to include assignments that incorporate such soft skills in their already very content- heavy courses. Additionally, most lectures have an average class size of 100 students, which dramatically reduces how well they learn such skills [14].However, courses on decision-making and leadership are major modules in managementstudies which does not overlap with engineering education currently. So, it

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Engineering Education Issues Relevant to Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Engineering: Part 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niroj Aryal, North Carolina A&T State University; Scott Osborn, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

evaluate the impacts of thecourse changes.2.2 Hands-on contentThe semester long project and a few laboratory exercises that were developed and integrated intothe course are presented below.2.1 Semester-long projectThe semester-long project was developed to provide experiential learning opportunities forstudents in ecological engineering design and develop soft skills. The project was chosen tosimulate real situations relevant to EES, had multiple problem-solving steps, required high levelof student initiative, motivation, self-direction and organization, was open-ended, and relied ongroup-work [18]. Students worked in an inclusive and collaborative team throughout thesemester to create economically and ecologically sustainable ecosystems and apply

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Educating Students for the 21st Century: History, Reflection, and Outcomes

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swaminathan Balachandran, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

control, layouts, and spareparts rooms in general.” – Joe Lange“ It showed me that I need to be ready for unexpected events. I had no knowledge of powerplant operations coming into this project, so that is something that I needed to research at thebeginning of the project. The defection of group members was also something to learn from.That was something that was unexpected, but I couldn’t let the group be affected too much byit.” – Ryan Dow“We did a good job acquiring the information that we needed to, even though it was difficult toobtain it from the clients. Communication between the group and clients could have beenbetter.” - Ran Dow and Travis Glaser“ The majority of skills that I improved throughout the project were soft skills such

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Graduate Studies Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Paul Tallon, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

skills are formallyassessed, universities will not fully understand the consequences of their curriculum.This student poster presentation will present the results of a study on the impact of provingpublic speaking opportunities in the engineering curriculum. The presentation will summarizethe roadblocks to improving student skills and possible solutions to these roadblocks.Key Words – public speaking, communication skills, leadership, teamwork, engineeringeducation.There is a NeedCurrent ABET accreditation requirements emphasize the importance of ―soft‖ skills in planningand achieving excellence in engineering education. Criterion 3 under Program Outcomes states:―Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain (g) an ability to

Conference Session

Research and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Seven KEEN criteria - Learning 23 Soft Skills Outcomes - 23 Soft SkillsCompetenciesThis area includes 23 key competencies and ranks them from top to bottom, defining person‟s Page 22.244.6major strengths. The skills at the top highlight well-developed capabilities and reveal where youare naturally most effective in focusing your time.BehaviorsThis section of the report is designed to help attain a greater knowledge of oneself as well asothers. The ability

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Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Andreeva-Moschen, FH Joanneum University of Applied Science, Graz; Adrian J. Millward-Sadler, FH Joanneum University of Applied Science, Graz

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

institutions. For this purpose, we surveyed the extended departmentalacademic council (33 responses from 24 engineers as external lecturers, 9 universitylecturers) and our alumni (41 responses). The survey included 10 questionsregarding a graduate automotive engineer’s most important characteristics, the mostessential components for the curriculum, the minimum duration for Bachelor’s andMaster’s degrees, etc. We collected and evaluated the data 4 and reflected the resultsin our Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs design.The salient points were that we needed an undergraduate curriculum which focusedon technical and technological basics (mechanics and electronics), automotiveengineering disciplines, soft skills, including at least one foreign

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Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, outsourcing and cost reductions. Thecurrent belief that IT professionals are devoted to the technology and will not be interested inmanagement decisions has create a perceived shortfall of qualified IT leaders. The statement bySteers, Mowday and Shapiro (2004) that “Managing knowledge workers continues to perplexexperienced managers”22 is based on many of the complexities associated with the skill set of ITprofessionals.The literature demonstrates that the leadership skills required to be competent in IT are evolvingnot only in the explicit skills required but also in the soft or professional skills such as leadership,which are more ambiguous. These soft skill requirements are a function of the new roles that ITprofessional must take on. As stated by

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Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

at least add the term systems to the title (i.e. ESET). A systemsengineering technology (SET) degree might more accurately reflect the skill sets needed by theperson that deals with the electronics based systems of the future. Furthermore, this technician ofthe future will most likely be equipped with a handheld, web connected, multi-purpose“electronic measurement /diagnostic toolkit” as opposed to small hand tools! The need for asoldering iron with today’s and tomorrow’s reliance on surface-mount technology, multilayerprinted circuit boards, and system-on-a-chip technology will be extremely rare! Not to beoverlooked, hand-in-hand with the evolution in technology is the need for the technician of thefuture to have the soft skills necessary

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Tracey Carbonetto, Pennsylvania State University, Allentown

engineering graduates should possess(Shuman et al., 2005). These eleven outcomes were grouped into two categories, one knownas the “hard” skills category, the other as “soft” skills. These labels inadvertently created astigma towards the outcomes’ importance especially to an engineering educator with regardsto the soft skills. Over time, ABET relabeled the groups as technical and professional skills.While this prompted more emphasis on universities to ensure they are meeting therequirements of the criteria, the latter group remains controversial and ambiguous.Nonetheless, industry continues to urge university officials on the criticality of professionalskills needed in an engineering graduate. Criterion Three has been the subject of many

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia; Meghan McGlinn Manfra, North Carolina State University ; Tom Snyder, North Carolina State University; Chunlei Wang, Florida International University; Veena Misra, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

context of engineering work, cross-disciplinary aspects, business, ethical, and socialimplications, and (iii) is able to communicate with, work in, and direct teams of ethnic andcultural diversity.In addition, there is a range of non-technical skills commonly known as “soft skills” that areoften categorized together. Stephens7, a former Senior Vice President of Human Resources andAdministration at the Boeing Company brings up these soft skills emphasizing that studentsrarely lack the technical competencies, but often fail to succeed in industry due to lack ofcreativity, teamwork, and communication skills. Also, they need the ability to create productsthat are useful in the “real world”. Nair et al8, discuss the mismatch between recent

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Heather L. Walker; W. Kent McAllister; Michael W. Mourot; J. Robert Dean; Greg Nesmith; Edgar C. Clausen

Engineering Alumni Student MentoringProgram to provide much-needed help for chemical engineering Ph.D. students in obtainingindustrial employment. As in 2021, the program utilized departmental alumni as mentors andemphasized career path identification and professional development for the students. The 12undergraduate and Ph.D. mentoring circles averaged four mentoring events during the Fallsemester, followed by a Program Review and Celebration over ice cream sundaes in February.The undergraduates received resume feedback and tips on preparation for the Career Fair andlearned about a variety of careers that are available for chemical engineers. They also learnedabout the importance of soft skills on the job and ways to stand out to employers. The

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First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Rahul Sharan Renu, Francis Marion University; Michael V Potter, Francis Marion University; Mark Kanaparthi, Francis Marion university

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

2023 ASEE Southeastern Section ConferenceIn addition to misconceptions about the work that engineers do, there may be gaps in understandingwhat skills are important to success in engineering. Kuleshov and Lucietto found that students,university faculty, and industry often have different views of what skills are actually important forsuccess in engineering 6. Often individuals associate engineering with important hard skills suchas physics and math. For example, Denson et al. investigated the perceptions of seven urban Afri-can American students’ towards engineering and found that even students to who didn’t understandwhat engineering was identified math as an important skill 7. However, Kuleshov and Luciettonote that soft skills are

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Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W Liberatore, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

leverage members’ time to build communities and a stronger engineeringprofession, and hopefully, include some aspirational goals.While developing skills outside of the technical area has traditionally been called soft skills inengineering education [8-10], more recently, the term “professional skills” captures traits, suchas oral and written communication, teamwork, and empathy. One framework that captures bothengineering and professional skills is the entrepreneurial mindset [11-13]. By framing activitiesand actions using entrepreneurial mindset’s three pillars of Curiosity, Connections, and Creatingvalue (commonly called the 3 C’s), innovative strategies have been brought to engineeringeducation (Figure 1); hundreds of examples are available on

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Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Supporting the Development of the Next Civil Engineers

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michelle Kam-Biron; Scott Francis; Brent Perkins

stakeholders is part of consulting andworking in diverse teams, thus 93 percent of professional respondents identified soft skills aseither important or very important. Additionally, ABET [3] and CEBOK3[4] list soft skill topicsas knowledge topics and the educators polled viewed Technical Communications as an importanttopic as shown in Figure 10. Importance of soft skills such as communication, Percentage of Schools that creativity, negotiation, leadership, public speaking, Offer the Indicated Course and teamwork in engineering curriculum? to Undergraduate Students 99% 100% 3.3

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisol Clark-Ibanez, California State University, San Marcos

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

experiences (e.g., translators for parents, inspired to succeed as role modelsin their community, resiliency through financial hardships, navigating new social worlds asrefugees or immigrants) [8]. Therefore, increasing their social capital would ignite their potentialboth academically and professionally. Fab Friday provided our SSTEM Scholars a vibrant,challenging, and ultimately rewarding space to enhance their technical skills, practice “soft”skills, and grow their social network through working with students in a team and beingmentored by industry partners and CS faculty.1.3 Design of Fab FridayFab Friday was designed innovatively to meet the SSTEM goals of academic success andworkforce readiness. Fab Friday provided students with exposure to

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr., Oklahoma Baptist University; Christopher T. Jones; Jeffrey Anderson; Larinee Dennis; Steve Fendley

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

between industry and academia becausemost engineering students go to work in industry [11]. The report calls for the reinvention ofengineering education. Russell Rhinehart (2014) writes, “After 13 years in industry and 28 inacademia, I have concluded that neither the academic perception of excellence nor the tasksstudents are required to complete align with the perceptions and tasks that lead to success inindustry” [12]. While many shortcomings have been cited, this paper will focus on the followingdeficiencies: too theoretical, weak on soft skills, and not enough focus on innovation. They areconsidered next including how they will be addressed in the new engineering program.Too TheoreticalSome refer to academia as the ivory tower because of the

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Okere, University of Cincinnati; Chris Souder, M.S.

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 3: Projects and Student Learning

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico; Alfred Schademan, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

students the opportunityto practice communication and team working skills. ABET requires soft (professional) skillssuch as “an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” [criteria 3 (5)] and “an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences”[criteria 3 (3)], to be assessed once during the curriculum [5]. However, engineering graduatesfrequently face the challenge of acquiring or perfecting these skills in their first year ofemployment. Consequently, to prepare students to compete in a highly competitive job market,engineering programs must incorporate critical thinking and soft-skills training

Conference Session

We Love our MOMs (Mechanics of Materials)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin

humandevelopment [12]. Students become more sensitive to cultural issues and experience aheightened level of social responsibility [13]. These developed soft skills have the potential toextend to areas outside their academic experiences, like their career choices, participation inservice after college, or commitment to activism [10].While the experience component is critical to a service-learning project, this experience does notnecessarily result in learning [14]. The ability for students to recognize the meaning of theirexperience and personal development is enabled through preflection and reflection activities.Preflection is the idea of preparing students to think about their biases and establish theirexpectations before going into the service-learning

Conference Session

Industry and Practice Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Max Teddy, Clemson University; Wayne Sarasua, Clemson University; Matthew Ryan Stanley, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

for Adaptable Training in Engineering) granted to Clemson’s GlennDepartment of Civil Engineering by the National Science Foundation, the structure of the courseofferings of the department is being reimagined. One of the grant’s stated goals is to “produce anew breed of civil engineers capable of creating solutions for 21-st century problems that areposing unprecedented threats to our society” [1]. As society worldwide becomes more complex,the problems that face 21st century engineers are becoming increasingly interdisciplinary,requiring a plethora of soft skills such as communication, teamwork, and critical thinking, skillsthat have not necessarily been explicitly or consistently emphasized in engineering programs.One of the aims of the NSF

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Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cade Fleaher; Dechathon Suwanakeree, United States Military Academy; Scott Amos Collins; Geoff Kirk; Antonio La Torre; Peyton James Pisacane; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, United States Military Academy; Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

currently a popular approach for learning in many Science, Technology, Engineering andMath (STEM)-related fields. Its approach is distinct from traditional classroom learning, whereinstudents find themselves as passive recipients of information. Instead, PBL requires students toaddress a problem using information and knowledge they may or may not possess. The beliefbehind project-based learning is that students benefit more from the application of theirknowledge in a group setting than from a traditional classroom model, wherein a teacher presentsstudents with concepts and information and checks to ensure students understand [2]. A studywas done at a university in Malaysia to gage the “soft skills” of engineering undergraduates. Thestudy used

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Patricia Caratozzolo P.E., Tecnológico de Monterrey; Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark; Peter Jan Randewijk, Technical University of Denmark; David Navarro-Duran, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

-learning strategies, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Flexibility and development of soft skills in engineering. She teaches courses on the implementation of Educational Innovation strategies as: Development of Creativity and Innovation Techniques, Development of Transversal Skills and Competencies, Development of Critical Thinking and Case Analysis, Problem Solving through Lateral Thinking and Design Thinking. Dr. Caratozzolo is Se- nior Member of IEEE and member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), Power and Energy Society (PES) and Women in Engineering (WIE). She is also a member of the International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE).Prof. Anna Friesel

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Victor Alonso Bradford, University of Missouri - College of Engineering; Tojan Rahhal, University of Missouri - Columbia; Hani Salim P.E., University of Missouri - Columbia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Ch), working in the lab of Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone. Outside of her research efforts, she demonstrated commitment to service and leadership in the academic community, promoting awareness of issues regarding equality in science. She currently owns Alliance Professional Development (www.Alliance-Professional.com) where she works on providing customized workshops focusing on leadership, soft skills, and cultural awareness for companies and organizations. At MU she focuses on facilitating outreach, recruitment, retention, and overall success for all members of our community, especially those from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordan E. Trachtenberg, Rice University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

]. • Site visits on innovative teaching and assessment Left image: http://news.rice.edu/2015/09/28/scientists-decode-structure-at-root-of-muscular-disease/“Soft skills” necessary for the professional world

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Astrit Imeri, Tennessee Technological University; Nicholas Russell, Tennessee Technological University; James Reed Rust, Tennessee Technological University; Serhat Sahin, Tennessee Technological University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

doodling and helps you gain various soft skills in critical thinking, visualization, and creativity.3Doodler invented the first 3D Pen and after 3Doodler’s success on Kickstarter, many other 3DPens came on the market, but only one competitor really stood out: Scribbler’s 3D Pen. Similarpens are sold by many distributors in China, but Scribbler is the only one that offers customerservice, a 6-month warranty, and full return policy. 3Doodler and Scribbler have released severalversions of these 3D Pens over the years. Recently, a few other 3D Pen companies have deliveredtheir pens such as Lix (the smallest 3D Pen), 3D Simo Mini (a multipurpose pen), and a new typeof pen: cool ink pens [1]. In literature, various comparative studies have been

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica D. Okon, Ohio State University; Tanya M. Nocera, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

to effective teamwork.References 1. Ritter, Barbara A., Erika E. Small, John W. Mortimer, and Jessica L. Doll. "Designing Management Curriculum for Workplace Readiness: Developing Students’ Soft Skills." Journal of Management Education 42.1 (2017): 80-103. 2. ABET. "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2018 – 2019." Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2018 – 2019 | ABET. N.p., Apr. 2017. Web. 05 Feb. 2018. 3. Loignon, Andrew C., David J. Woehr, Jane S. Thomas, Misty L. Loughry, Matthew W. Ohland, and Daniel M. Ferguson. "Facilitating Peer Evaluation in Team Contexts: The Impact of Frame-of-Reference Rater Training." Academy of Management Learning & Education 16.4 (2016

Collection

2013 EDI

Authors

Josh Thomases, NYC Department of Education

of education to advancement, can leverage personal and institutional and a meaningful experience within the endorsements from individuals or workplace in which s/he demonstrates organizations that can vouch for the value specific abilities and general workplace this individual adds to the workplace competencies (“soft skills”) CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT – for discussion only 10NEW YORK CITY HAS OPENED 11 ENGINEERING-FOCUSED CTE PROGRAMS Civil Engineering, Academy of Engineering Computer

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Okan Caglayan; Sreedevi Ande P.E.; Erik Coronado; Max Martinez; Samuel Handowski

presentations emphasized the following skills/attributes that students need in order to be successful in college and career:1. Introduction  Time management – class attendance, planning, Soon-to-be high school graduates from around the class assignmentsworld apply to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW)  Networking and communication – soft skills,for their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and