Paper ID #38294Breaking Boundaries: An Organized Revolution for theProfessional Formation of Electrical EngineersChris S Ferekides (Associate Professor) Chris S. Ferekides received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of South Florida. He has been a faculty member in the Electrical Engineering Department since 1992. He is currently service as the department chair, and is the principal investigator of a NSF Funded RED Project that addresses the professional formation of electrical engineering students. His research is in the areas of electronic materials with a focus on photovoltaics.Carol
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federal funds for DOD research, development, test, and evaluation, a great deal of research inengineering goes to the design or development of technologies for the military [10]. Thisincludes a great deal of work by engineers in companies that aren’t identified as militarycontractors. For example, several top tech companies, including Amazon, Google, andMicrosoft all have past, current, or proposed projects with the DOD [11]. It is challenging togauge exactly how much engineering research is military-related, but a sense of the figure can beseen by looking at the percent of federal monies that go towards military research. In 2020, theUS National Science Board reported that about 44% of the federal monies directed to scienceand engineering
choice.The portfolio project was introduced as an opportunity to illustrate the student’s thought processes andpersonal growth to future employers , rather than simply to demonstrate they could make some controlsystem work. Accordingly, 50% of the portfolio grade was for reflection and meaning making and 50%technical content. To help students make their portfolio project more than a collection of artifacts,students were required to address the following prompts in their writeup:In your portfolio, make sure you invite the reader to understand you better by describing a little aboutyour learning process. Talk about:1) Where you had to make judgments in the face of uncertainty. (What was the uncertainty, how did youproceed? What happened next?)2) Where