Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

paper point to the need for fundamental changes in engineeringeducation. The data reveal the importance of understanding human behavior: many of theaspects of engineering practice have evolved to control the incidence of human errors anddifferences in interpretation. Just as students currently gain a rigorous framework of ideas tohelp them think about technical issues and problems, they also need rigorous intellectualtreatment of human behavior. Engineers are human and rely on other people to achieve theirresults: this is fundamental to engineering practice. Relocating the human element to thecentre of engineering practice from its present position at the periphery is an essential pre-requisite to integrate studies of engineering practice in

Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-1506: CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING COURSE – STUDENTPERCEPTIONS OF CREATIVITY AND COMPARISONS OF CREATIVEPROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGIESAndrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, and serves as chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee.Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Donald Carpenter is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at