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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga; Arif Mohaimin Sadri, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

instructional modalities (e.g., fullyonline, face-to-face, and hybrid). The data collection is considered a pilot study to evaluate theimpacts of S.M. in a CM program. The three initial experimental courses are Sustainability,Construction Materials/Methods, and Automation in Construction representing a lower, middle,and higher-level students in a minority-serving institution where about 60% of the students areHispanic, making the university one of the top granters of bachelor's degree to Hispanicundergraduates. The study seeks to enhance underrepresented student's soft skill developmentwho usually face professional challenges in today's competitive professional fields. The diversityof students in this university provides an excellent opportunity to

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph Peter Kosteczko, Old Dominion University; Katherine Smith, Old Dominion University; Jessica Johnson; Rafael Diaz

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

skills, curriculum not aligned toindustry needs, and shortfalls in “soft-skills”. When surveying stakeholders not directly workingwith the shipyards we found that many including educators, workforce development groupsand general public had an impression that shipyard work was “dirty”, “dead-end”, “low-paying”, “not technical”, and “not dependable”. However, the reality is that the shipyard jobsare growing, the technical skills are in a demand and there is a backlog of work creating longterm stable jobs. The lack of awareness has driven many students and working adults awayfrom technical fields and professions that would be useful for the shipyard. We have alsofound gaps in technical skill levels. Many education institutions have abandoned the

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Dimitrios Stroumbakis PE, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College

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Diversity

5-wk duration.It’s to be noted that this is the first series of experimental 5-week sub-track courses with the importantresearch goal of assessing very preliminary student awareness , knowledge and attitude in the publicsector context. Laboratory programs (in class and out of class) were designed to provide an experientialexposure of the professional skill(soft skills) and interdisciplinary skills which are the many benefits ofproject managementsSurveys administered at the start and end of 3-weeks of instruction (N=42) covered awareness, knowledge,and student attitude for the public sector. Results revealed a 70% awareness increase, an unchanged 90 %agreement on the value of the engineers’ duty to welfare of society, and a marginal desire

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Benito Mendoza, New York City College of Technology; Pamela Ann Brown, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

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Diversity

sets play a major role in determining success [23]. We believe that theCUREs model we implemented has helped the students to obtain the workforce skills expected tohave, from the course learning outcomes, and perhaps some other soft skills. This pedagogicalmodel also helps other aspects of general education such as a commitment to quality, timeliness,and continuous improvement. Moreover, in this particular implementation, since we are targetinga professional certification, students get an understanding and the ability to engage in self-directed continuing professional development. These outcomes, represent some programoutcomes that accreditation organizations for engineering, such as ABET, require.We believe that the course model presented

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Student

5 . Women rate themselveslower for tasks, which are identified as male gendered. Furthermore, negative feedback from malecounterparts are likely to have a greater effect on women due to this lower self-perception 6 .While these studies address the need to help female students have a sense of belonging andconfidence in the classroom, they do not address the disadvantages female students face in ahands-on learning environment.The importance of adding hands-on education to the engineering curriculum for both genders isknown. There exist many studies about the usefulness of hands-on engineering group projects inthe classroom. Industries like these because they promote useful soft skills like communication,project management, and team work, in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Adams, Chandler Gilbert Community College; Mary Beth Burgoyne

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

a competency gap between graduates’ soft skills (social,leadership, workplace diversity) and what is needed by employers. Students have the content andtechnical knowledge, but they lack the skills and experience to share that knowledge in anaccessible way, with diverse groups and in multiple modes as dictated by the nature of theproject or workplace. Jollands, Jolly and Molyneaux’s 2012 research on engineering curriculumthat requires multiple technical writing, presentation and communication opportunities, thatincludes peer and faculty feedback, better prepares their graduates for the workplace. AnEconomist Intelligence Unit Report, Driving the Skills Agenda: Preparing Students for theFuture (2015), states that the most highly sought after

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

experiential education where student competitors (inthe case of student competitions – there are also competitions for the general public) solvepuzzles and simulated real-world challenges. The competitions build on a significant body ofwork related to experiential education and problem-based learning. Each of these topics is nowdiscussed.2.1. Experiential EducationExperiential education has a long history tracing back to apprenticeships [5]. It has been shownto be beneficial across a wide range of academic levels [6]–[11] and across numerous disciplines[12]–[16]. In addition to its technical benefits, it has also been shown to teach students soft skills[17], improve both creativity [18] and self-image [19] and even increase students’ likelihood

Conference Session

Research! Research! Research! in Faculty Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole McIntyre, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jeffrey Bokor, University of California

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

management skills, supervisory skills, and communicationskills. Additionally, the study supports existing literature: the mentoring relationship enhancesgraduate students’ understanding of their own research [9], their mentoring and teaching skills[5], [9], and can be an enjoyable experience [5].The graduate student and postdoc participants of this study recognized that the TTE REUmentoring experience has prepared them for future careers in academia and research.Furthermore, the skills developed through the mentoring experience are important for thedevelopment of well-rounded engineering professors. The impacts explored in this study areespecially important, as the mentoring experience helped mentors develop “soft” skills that arenot easily taught

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Pre-College Engineering Education in the Formal Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meera N.K. Singh, University of Calgary; Qiao Sun, University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, the game based PBL module also promotedoutcomes of learning game design methodologies and soft skills such as communication,teamwork, and time management. These sessions were conducted over a period of 3-4 weeks inplace of associated labs that had previously been given to the students to supplement the lectures.During the PBL sessions, the students worked in groups of four that were assigned by theteachers at tables in the school’s design lab. At the start of the project, subject matter expertswere brought into the classrooms to teach the students about design thinking in the context ofboard game design. Students were given three associated tasks to complete before games werebuilt. In the first task students identified the key elements that

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health, and Environment Research Organization; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho - ALGORITMI; Victor F. A. Barros Ing.-Paed IGIP, Science and Education Research Council

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

register for economics classes. After three weeks ofclasses they take part in a training class in order to learn how to cause a first good impression withtheir future clients. This is followed by a period at ’The Innovative Office’, in the City Hall. Theirwork starts when they register for the project, which is an opportunity of intensive internship,early in the program.The first idea was to offer an extra course and invite students to enroll the course. However, as ithad, in a first moment, a low number of interested students, the coordination of the projectdecided to offer also an internship opportunity. This idea reached the desired goal and a largernumber of students enrolled the course/internship opportunity.There are some “soft” skills that

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

there is no consensus at this stage, it is agreed that innovation isthe key and engineering is essential to this task….”Of the identified soft skills, engineering students are often most challenged to develop and honetheir skills in creativity and innovation. For engineers, creativity may be defined as developingnovel and original ideas with emphasis on their applicability to solving problems2, 3. This Page 26.748.2definition of creativity is more specific for engineering students than for students in other majors(i.e. art, music, creative writing, theater, etc.). For engineers to exercise creativity within theirdiscipline, they must emphasize

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Tanya Dugat Wickliff, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

under-pinnings orunderlying mechanisms to have students get that teamwork matters and not showing theirindividual strength off (my grades vs. ours). That we are teaching this and seeing somecorrelations between communication and teamwork (and the students in successful teamsobserve themselves) suggest some things we are teaching are leading to successfulenculturation.The study results suggest that enculturation may be more immediate while socializationmay take longer and be more subconscious. They differ but both need to happen.Can teamwork and communication skills really be called soft-skills? Intangibles? Oneclear outcome of this work is that the notion of these as soft skills needs to bereconsidered.Bibliography1. Brophy, S., Klein, S

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Chitra N. Javdekar, Massachusetts Bay Community College; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

manufacturing. Based on the recent MIT report, Strengthening theInnovation Ecosystem for Advanced Manufacturing PATHWAYS & OPPORTUNITIES forMASSACHUSETTS, (2015)1 the state has a diverse manufacturing base that encouragescollaboration between industry groups. These local industries require a labor force having skillsessential for their industry to support both the design and manufacturing of products. Employershave also cited the need for additional soft skills that support collaboration and creativity in theworkplace.Massachusetts in addition to many other states has a number of collaborative workforce efforts toaddress workforce challenges including but not limited to The Manufacturing AdvancementCenter Workforce Innovation Collaborative (MACWIC

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Queen Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kelly Summerford Ellenburg, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

coordination, but has been recognized as an extremely powerfulpedagogy. The value of service-based learning in engineering education has been welldocumented as serving to better demonstrate “real world problems”, improve communityawareness and responsibility, and develop “soft skills” necessary for engineering practice. Auniversity-wide service learning program provides an opportunity for enrichment of experientiallearning within the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) department at the University ofTennessee, Knoxville (UT). The relationship established through the university network providesopportunities that are not easily replicated through engineering-only experiential learningopportunities. The UT Smart Communities Initiative (UT SCI

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John Y Oliver, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Cassidy Elwell, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

digital and physical evidence, high levels of teamwork, ability to workwith cultural and foreign language artifacts, presentation skills, and ability to argue moral andethical issues all in addition to computer forensics and security skills.4 Development of the Digital Forensics Challenge (DFC)There were a number of stages necessary to successfully create a DFC for the CCIC to ensure theinclusion of both technical and soft skills and a realistic digital forensics investigativescenario.4.1 Stage 1: Create forensics training materialsWith the goal of the competition to attract a broader representation of participants and emphasizeinvestigative skills, critical thinking, and teamwork, it is crucial for participants to prepare.Therefore, the

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

topic generation and selection occurredduring this year. The impact of this change is assessed from both qualitative and quantitativeperspectives, using student response data to an end-of-experience survey.The survey collected participants’ demographic information and asked them about their reasonsfor participation. It also asked them to identify the benefits that they had sought fromparticipation and whether they had attained them or not. It asked them about their pre- and post-participation statuses, with regards to several key metrics (such technical skills and excitement),and soft skills. The survey also asked participants about the attribution of the gains that theymade to program participation.Participants were asked about participation

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Piyush Pradhananga; Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Gabriella Santi; Lu Zhang, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

interact effectively[4],[5]. Since Construction managers spend most of theirprofessional life leading and communicating with workforce, developing interpersonal skillsand being able to express their ideas effectively is very significant [6]. Such professionalsmust be capable to seamlessly understand their peers, clients, and stakeholders and vice versa[7],[8].The lack of soft skills in CM professionals is a known and ongoing issue, as evidence fromthe construction industry suggests that fresh graduates are constantly challenged by the lackof basic communication skills needed to “hit the ground running.” [9],[10]. Moreover, whileevidence suggests that communication skills are critical to CM practices, other studies reportthat these skills are being

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 2

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Guozhen An, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; David Mannes, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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Diversity, Professional Papers

crucial for success in entry-level roles. Based on this, the pedagogy wasrevised to simulate an industrial job environment and incorporate problem-based and project-based learning [5]. This approach aims to train students in both technical skills and soft skills,which are equally important for career advancement. Some of these changes have beenimplemented for the current cohort, and some are still in the process of being implemented forfuture students.In this paper, the author aims to convey students' opinions and perspectives regarding theapprenticeship program, which is a key factor in a successful program. Most apprentices areyoung adults, and for many, this is their first professional job, and so they require significantsupport to succeed in

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie J. Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A. Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida; Tiana Solis, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jasmine Skye Batten, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

PLTLOnly two articles surrounding implementations of PLTL were found and indicated that PLTLmay show promise for improving self-efficacy, defined as “a person’s belief in their ability tosucceed in a particular situation” [41] for peer leaders and female CS students. Additionally,PLTL was mentioned in a case study to have impacted a female Hispanic/Latina CS transferstudent’s content knowledge and sense of belonging.The first article reported improvement in PLTL peer leaders’ self-efficacy, content knowledge,and soft skills. Their findings [42], collected through a Science Teaching Efficacy BeliefInstrument (STEBI), showed that 60-80% of students viewed PLTL as an experience thatsupported their teaching skill development, communication skills

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Virginia Charter, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

skills, interpersonal skills,community and citizenship knowledge, leadership skills, professional effectiveness, informationand communication literacy, critical thinking, and self-management skills. This study exploredundergraduate engineering students’ perceptions of their generic skills competency as it relates toindividual demographics. Utilizing the Generic Skills Perception Questionnaire, 158 engineeringstudents at a research university located in the Midwest responded to the survey providingfeedback on their capabilities in the different generic skills. The survey found that womenindicated higher levels of perceived competency in several of the generic soft skills than men.Additionally, the minority racial and ethnic students perceived

Conference Session

Technical Courses and Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

views. They are less likely to trust the government, get involved, or even follow the news.Engineering and iGensWhile much has been published regarding iGens in general regarding their preparation andattitude toward college, there is very little available that isolates those students choosing to studyengineering or computer science.Industry tells us new hire engineering students lack the social and essential skills (sometimesreferred to as soft skills) to be successful [10]. Technology has become an impediment todeveloping interpersonal relationships and people skills. iGens would rather communicatethrough technology than in person, a frustration to industry managers, especially when thecommunication concerns conflict. A KRONOS Workforce

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Terri S. Krause, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

thefirst time during the first semester of their junior year. Based on analysis of this transitionalsemester, we identified strategies that students used to build an individual sense of competence,in both technical and “soft” skills. These strategies allow for a fuller conversation regarding howstudents adapt competence gained in their group experiences and identify new areas ofcompetence that must be confronted and mastered. These findings indicate the need to furtherunderstand the differences in the ways that the sequencing of group and individual work mightimpact the development of competencies in individual students, and the ways in which a project-based environment can encourage this development in a systematic and sustainable

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

girls in Guilford county. She has also worked with the STEM of the Triad home-schooled children at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 2017, Dr. Ofori-Boadu established the REAL Professional Development Network for developing the leadership, networking, and other soft skills of undergraduate students at NCAT. She is married to Victor Ofori-Boadu and they are blessed with three wonderful children. c American Society for Engineering Education, 20181 Improving Middle-School Girls’ Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Interest in ‘Sustainable Construction Engineering’ through the STEAM ACTIVATED! ProgramUniversities provide informal educational opportunities to cultivate

Conference Session

ASCE Liasion Committee Presents: All Things ASCE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew K. Swenty, Virginia Military Institute; Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

answering the question “Are new graduates and rising professionals with an undergraduate degree adequately prepared when entering the [structural engineering] workforce?,” 72% of practitioners replied no, which is related to both technical skills and “soft skills” (e.g., technical communication). A list of additional “soft skills” noted by practitioners in the 2021 survey [7] included communication, creativity, flexibility, leadership, public speaking, and engineering teamwork. ● In the 2021 survey [7], practitioners were also asked to rate the importance of the additional courses/topics shown below, which were identified and listed by the BEC. The five most important additional topics identified by practitioners are

Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Preethi Chandran, Howard University; Arlene P Maclin; John Harkless; Courtney J. Robinson, Howard University; Hassan Salmani; Sonya T Smith, Howard University; Gloria Washington, Howard University; Hessam Yazdani, University of Missouri

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Diversity

, and attaining summer internships. The learned bestpractices that emerged and were exercised in the project are presented.KeywordsUndergraduate Research Experience, Mentoring, STEM, InternshipIntroductionUndergraduate research experiences (UREs) are mentored co-curricular research opportunities widelyrecognized for having high educational impacts on improving persistence in science and enhancingacademic performance [1-4]. UREs are associated with positive outcomes such as learning research andtechnical skills, learning soft skills such as teamwork, communication, and presentation, boostingconfidence, heightened interest in the pursuit of a graduate degree, choosing careers in science, engineering,technology, and mathematics (STEM), and

Conference Session

Innovation In Teaching - II

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Yee Lan Elaine Wong

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Conference Submission, Diversity

today (pp. 115-148). Springer, Cham, 2019.[7] D. M. Gilbuena et al, "Feedback on Professional Skills as Enculturation into Communities of Practice," J Eng Educ, vol. 104, (1), pp. 7-34, 2015. Available: https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/feedback-on-professional-skills-as-enculturation/docview/164 8596018/se-2?accountid=14749. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jee.20061.[8] C. G. P. Berdanier, "A hard stop to the term “soft skills”," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 111, (1), pp. 14-18, 2022. Available: https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/hard-stop-term-soft-skills/docview/2616644108/se-2?account id=14749. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jee.20442.[9] D. Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luiz A. DaSilva, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Liza Wilson Durant, George Mason University; Jordan Mason; Sarah Hayes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

their professionalnetworks, and improve soft skills such as time management and teamwork [7]. It is clear thatemployers recognize those benefits: a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges andEmployers shows a projected 22.6% increase in interns hired in 2022, by far the highest increasein at least a decade [8].Our work focuses on experiential learning in cybersecurity, a field that is experiencing rapidexpansion in the labor market and shortages of qualified professionals. Between 2013 and 2021,the number of open cybersecurity positions worldwide increased from 1 million to 3.5 million[9]. This demand for professionals is not being met: in the U.S. it is estimated that there are onlyenough qualified applicants to fill 68% of the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary V. Villani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Ilknur Aydin, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Lisa Cullington, National University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

responses (29%, 9/31)included gaining more knowledge. Such answers included statements like: “I hope to gain abetter idea of possibilities after undergrad,” “I am hoping to gain more knowledge” and “I hopeto gain a lot of insight of other women’s career paths and how they reached their goals.”What Students Gleaned from Attending ConferenceTable 4 below shows responses from attendees on what they gained from attending theconference in post-conference survey. Students rated gaining soft skills in sessions focused onareas outside of technology and on burnout/mental health in the industry/academia morefavorably. While 62% (18/29) indicated that they strongly agreed they learned from industryleaders, only 24% (7/29) strongly agreed that they gained

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Capstone Projects

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

materialcovered in different undergraduate courses related to technical skills, like concepts of structures,construction, and drafting, and soft skills like oral presentations, team working, and writing areport.The redrawing of detailing using AutoCAD® and the development of a material take-off (MTO)are useful to verify the geometry of the numerical model and the results from the structuralanalysis software. Additionally, these tasks challenge students to develop a better understandingof the construction process.The Travis St. Bridge drawings show several details of the supports, steel beams, slab, and safetyrailing, along with the design truck used. However, the steel type is not shown, requiringstudents to make a bibliographic research to find the