Conference Session

Collaboration, A Cool Tool: Librarians/Faculty/Students Work Together for Quality Results

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University; Patricia Gaspari-Bridges, Princeton University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

1). Page 14.920.4After seven years of very low levels of monographic acquisitions (approx. 6000 new volumesadded to the collection from 2001 to 2007), in 2008 the library established a comprehensive bookapproval plan, which is bringing in roughly 2,000 new volumes per year. This change and shiftto collecting focus and priorities came after consultations with the six academic departments ofthe School of Engineering and as a response to the School’s adopted strategic plan, which placesthe focus of research and priorities for the academic programs on four major areas of societalneed: energy, environment, health and security. The school

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla; Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla; Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

sensing, smart system applications, and engineering education.Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla RAY LUECHTEFELD received his Ph.D. from Boston College in Organization Studies. He holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a B.S.E.E. from University of Missouri-Rolla. He is currently an Assistant Professor at UMR. His research interests include approaches to organizational learning and effectiveness, simulations and games for learning and research, action research and Action Science, and facilitating group learning. Page 11.986.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 6

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpreet Auby, Tufts University; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

concept questions to understand student thinking and applications of LLMs to engineering education research. Harpreet’s research interests encompass chemical engineering education, learning sciences, and social justice.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Tufts University Milo Koretsky is the McDonnell Family Bridge Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and in the Department of Education at Tufts University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Student Perceptions of Learning and Engagement Using an Educational Technology ToolIntroductionIn this full

Conference Session

DSAI Technical Session 10: Research Infrastructure and Institutional Insights

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iqbal Hossain, The University of Arizona; Thomas Harman, University of Arizona; Wesley Nguyen, University of Arizona; Ravneet Chadha, The University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee

in grants, patents, proposal writing, and publications, and (d) an analysis of the institution’s collaboration network. The findings have been integrated into the interactive University of Arizona Knowledge Map (KMap) platform, which maps research strengths and collaborations across the university. These insights offer valuable guidance to researchers, administrators, and policymakers aiming to enhance the university’s research strategy and impact. I NTRODUCTION In large organizations, research and scholarly metadata are distributed internally and arealso publicly available on the internet. Examples of such metadata include publications,proposals, research projects, patents

Collection

2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Holly Maribeth Plank, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

learning. For example, students may not bepushed to engage in dialogue with their peers or leverage their creativity when they can rely oniPads for answers. This is just one way technology integration can actually disempower students.On the other hand, iPads can be used to facilitate authentic collaboration with peers, connectstudents with experts in the field, expose them to applications and programs that mimic realworld engineering skills, etc.In order to move into critical technology integration rather than informed technology integrationor creation, it is important to build awareness of historical context, examine possibilities forsynergies and trade-offs,36 interrogate positionality, apply a critical lens in the design andevaluation process

Conference Session

ERM: Instruction and Engagement

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Devang Patel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Yi Zhu, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jin Su Lee, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Alejandra Magana, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Paper ID #36621A Reflection on Action Approach to Teamwork FacilitationAparajita Jaiswal (Graduate Research Assistant)Devang Atul PatelYi ZhuJin Su LeeAlejandra J. Magana (W.C. Furnas Professor in Enterprise Excellence) Alejandra J. Magana is the W.C. Furnas Professor in Enterprise Excellence in Computer and Information Technology with a courtesy appointment in Engineering Education. She holds a B.E. in Information Systems and an M.S. in Technology, both from Tec de Monterrey; and an M.S. in Educational Technology and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, both from Purdue University. Her research program investigates how

Conference Session

Supporting the Capstone Experience

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathan Miner, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Jennifer S. Shane, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Katherine Madson, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, describe project management concepts for project development, develop acost estimate and project schedule, and gaining the ability to navigate, interpret, and calculateconstruction plan sets.The course was structured to allow class time for informal pair and group work and formal team-based activities and projects while students learn the majority of the technical content outside ofclass. Lectures presenting the technical content were recorded using various technological toolsranging from Camtasia, a screen capturing software application, to Lightboard, a glasschalkboard that allows recording video lectures facing the viewer and writing glows on the glasschalk board (Figure 1). A total of seventeen lecture videos with an average length of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Tuchscherer P.E., Northern Arizona University; Christine Allison Gray, Northern Arizona University; John Tingerthal P.E., Northern Arizona University; Ron Gray, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering courses. By some estimates, roughly half thestudents that initially enroll in an engineering program change their major. In this two-yearproject, faculty from engineering and science education have teamed together to design,implement, and study a number of interventions related to two aspects of classroom instruction: 1) classroom community and; 2) relevancy.As proxies for retention, we used three measures to examine specific constructs: 1) engineering identity; 2) engineering self-efficacy and; 3) sense of community.In addition, we implemented a classroom observational protocol to examine instructionaldifferences between treatment and control courses.In the first and second iteration of the project, we examined the impact of

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael D. M. Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Kevin Stratman, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

2011, Dr. Barankin was a lecturer at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, where he taught both in Dutch and in English. During this time his primary teaching and course develop- ment responsibilities were wide-ranging, but included running the Unit Operations laboratory, introducing Aspen Plus software to the curriculum, and developing a course for a new M.S. program on Renewable Energy (EUREC). In conjunction with his teaching appointment, he supervised dozens of internships (a part of the curriculum at the Hanze), and a number of undergraduate research projects with the Energy Knowledge Center (EKC) as well as a master’s thesis. In 2016, Dr. Barankin returned to the US to teach at the Colorado

Conference Session

Modeling, Inquiry, Engineering Literacy & Argumentation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University; Christina Marie Sias, Utah State University; Ashley R. Strong; Jared W. Garlick, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Jorge Americo Acosta Feliz, Utah State University; Sandra Weingart

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #22301Argumentation in K-12 Engineering Education: A Review of the Literature(Fundamental)Dr. Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University Amy Wilson-Lopez is an associate professor at Utah State University who studies culturally responsive engineering and literacy-infused engineering with linguistically diverse students.Ms. Christina Marie Sias, Utah State University Christina Sias is a PhD. student at Utah State UniversityAshley R. StrongJared W. Garlick, Utah State University Jared Garlick is a Graduate Student in the Secondary Education Master’s of Education (MEd) program through the Emma Eccles Jones College

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy PE, Texas Tech University; Lakshmojee Koduru, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

political and geographical boundaries by users motivated in thepursuit of mutual goals and interests. There is little doubt that the nature of communication ischanging with the emergence and growing influence of social media. Communication is in manyways more immediate, interactive, and more frequent. Because social media are digital andmachine-based, they readily allow for storage and access to archival data from the website,providing opportunities to assess the current mindset of groups and to track changes in thinkingover time.In the internet application described here, we have added interactive technology to anundergraduate engineering ethics course at Texas Tech University. The technology is being usedto connect engineering students in this

Conference Session

Technical Session 9:Topics related to STEM

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Joseph Beyette, Texas A&M University; Michael S. Rugh, Texas A&M University; Jason Lin, Texas A&M University; Xing Wang, Texas A&M University; Zelun Wang, Texas A&M University; Jyh C. Liu, Texas A&M University; Robert M. Capraro, Aggie STEM @ Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University. His primary research interests span from computer systems, system modeling, and to the future generation of real-time, distributed systems. He is keen on developing innovative technologies to enable students in overcoming the common learning barriers, especially the STEM fields.Dr. Robert M. Capraro, Aggie STEM @ Texas A&M University Robert M. Capraro, is Co-Director of Aggie STEM, Director of STEM Collaborative for Teacher Pro- fessional Learning, and Professor Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching Learning and Culture at Texas A&M University. Dr. Capraro’s expertise is applied research in school settings, program

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Christopher C. Willis, North Carolina State University - DELTA; Dan Spencer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

collection, analysis, and reporting, and provides training, guidance, and support for the effective integration and use of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods for evaluating and assessing DE and blended course redesigns. Chris holds Master’s degrees in Survey Research, Education, and Public Administration, and is currently a PhD student in NC State’s Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development program.Dan Spencer, North Carolina State University Dan Spencer is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the department of Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) at North Carolina State University. As part of the DELTA Planning & Assessment team, Dan provides support of empirical

Conference Session

Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

]. Thus, the short videos over one concept were followed by a short online graded quiz thatassessed primarily if students had watched the videos. The other objective of these online quizzeswas to determine if the students had some conceptual challenges with the learning at the knowledgeand comprehension levels. These identified challenges were clarified in the class. The studentswere then involved in active learning activities during class time. These activities were designedat the ‘application’ and ‘analysis’ levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy [51]. The activities promoted peer-to-peer learning (group learning), communicating their understanding through explaining their

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Thomas Smith; Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Esteban Garcia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #12881A Transdisciplinary Approach for Developing Effective Communication Skillsin a First Year STEM SeminarDr. Jeffrey J Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeffrey J. Evans received his BS from Purdue University and his MS and PhD in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. His research interests are in artificial intelligence for music composition and performance and adaptive computing systems, focusing on the effects of subsystem interactions on application performance. He is a member of the ASEE, ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE.Prof. Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

increase in instructor workload. Despite all that is currently known about ourstudents, the best mechanism for assigning reviewers to reviewees in a peer review of artifacts isstill considered to be blind, random assignment. The underlying conjecture of this researchproject is that “there has to be a better way”. This paper represents a follow-up to earlier work bythe author1. That study presented the results of an attempt to develop a classification schemausing a large archival database of student work. This paper takes the resulting algorithmsproduced from that archival dataset and applies them to new student work, identifying how wellthe archival-based classification works on a new data set. The implications of that application onfuture

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Strategies I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Hagge, Iowa State University; Mostafa Amin-Naseri, Iowa State University; Stephen B Gilbert, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; Enruo Guo; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University; LeAnn E Faidley, Wartburg College

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

received a BSE from Princeton in 1992 and PhD from MIT in 1997. He has worked in commercial software development and run his own company. He is currently an assistant professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering department at Iowa State University, as well as Associate Director of ISU’s Virtual Reality Application Center and its Graduate Program in Human Com- puter Interaction. His research focuses on technology to advance cognition, including interface design, intelligent tutoring systems, and cognitive engineering.Dr. John Jackman, Iowa State University John Jackman is an associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests

Conference Session

Technical Session 7: Online and Distributed Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor V. Williams, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Peter Bermel, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

open courses held great promise. MOOCs wereanticipated to make advanced learning available to anyone with access to the internet and interestin the content they offered. While they have not disrupted education to the extent predicted,institutions have increasingly sought to integrate MOOCs into formal degree, certificate, andprofessional development programs [2]. Corporations have begun to utilize MOOC platforms toreach large work-forces, and professional learners have turned to MOOCs to increase their on-the-job skills and continuing educational needs. Shifts in online learning from open and freeaccess to formal acknowledgements (e.g., certifications) have in no way reduced the fundamentalchallenges of evaluation for MOOC providers. MOOCs

Conference Session

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2018 Best PIC and Zone Paper Presentations

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors

Paper ID #281062018 Best Zone II Paper: Comparison of Student and Faculty Perceptions ofIntent and Effectiveness of Course Evaluations in an Engineering Curricu-lumDr. Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Tom James is presently a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His major interests are new product development and global business ventures. He currently teaches courses in accounting, finance, and entrepreneurial studies. In addition to teaching, Dr. James directs the ES- CALATE program, a living-learning community focused on integrating entrepreneurship and technical

Conference Session

The Latest in Improving Learning in ChE Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Kelly, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

project.Procedure: Description of the study For the purposes of this study, active learning in the class room consisted of thetime when the student were actively solving problems alone or in a group, verballyanswering and asking questions to/from the instructor or working on internet-basedresearch or computer simulation. The other class time, not attribute to active learning,consisted of the instructor lecturing, verbally responding to questions from the studentsand verbally posing questions from the students. During the first two to three weeksegment (segment A) of the fall 2007 semester (seven 50 minute classes), as introductoryconcepts were covered, the instructor used the same teaching style for both sectionswhich included spending approximately

Conference Session

Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Tracy Volz, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

materials, Page 13.708.5we schedule a real-time CPR demo in class and provide support for individual students who havedifficulty using the interface.CPR does not accept PowerPoint files to be uploaded as texts in the Text Entry stage, so theinstructional designer developed a special procedure to circumvent this problem. Students firstemail their poster PowerPoint files to the instructional designer. She removes their names fromthe posters to protect students’ anonymity during the Review stage, uploads each poster file tothe Internet, and assigns a distinct url to each poster. She then sends each student an emailmessage that contains some text and

Conference Session

Innovations in Pedagogy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Guilford, University of Virginia; Michael B. Lawrence, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Paper ID #9545A Course in Biomaterials Taught Using the Socratic MethodDr. William H Guilford, University of Virginia Will Guilford is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from St. Francis College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Arizona. Will did his postdoctoral training in Molecular Biophysics at the University of Vermont under David Warshaw. His research inter- ests include the molecular mechanisms of cell movement and muscle contraction, and effective means

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Willey; Ralph Buonopane; Deniz Turan; Alfred Bina; Guido Lopez

,major work appeared in the 1930’s for streamlines photographed around submerged objects (seeBatchelor for various plates of photographs)6. More recently, experiments and photographs canbe found on the Internet. Flometrics offers a commercial unit for experimental demonstration7.Rowan University8,9 and Rossi10 offer further details about fluid flow experiments and thenumerical analysis related to such. An excellent CD-ROM available from Cambridge UniversityPress contains many types of visual flow patterns11. Examples include "Low Reynolds NumberFlow" copyright by Educational Development Center, Inc. Newton, MA, and Rotating Tanks,copyright by B.R.Munson and Stanford University. Other recent papers related to fluid mechanicexperiments are listed

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy L. Mahan; Martin J. Gutowski; Brian H. Victor; Mark Deluca; Sarma Pisupati

Education”screen and was clearly indicated throughout the simulation with bolded headings andsignaling words such as Step 1, Step 2, etc.(Morrison, Ross & Kemp, 2004). Directionswere given in an active rather than a passive voice, and were worded in a concise mannerthat avoided the overuse of subordinate clauses (Hartley, 2004).Macromedia Flash Simulation DevelopmentFlash was chosen as the media to deliver the activities because of its ubiquity (its contentis accessible by 98.2% of internet-enabled computers*), and for its ability to deliver richinteractive content efficiently, while at the same time having enough back-end capabilityto communicate with a database. Given the nature of this course in a classroom setting –with lots of fun, hands

Conference Session

Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

group learningincluding the laboratory work. The time schedule for the course can be adjusted to allow a longerblock of time for completing experimental and group work.Our key area of work in classroom laboratory kits has been in the development of extensive kitsand a new classroom environment for our Process Control Class. This is meant as a developmentand proving ground for ideas and materials that have much broader application. We have set upa new classroom for small classes of approximately 20 students. The classroom has four groupworktables. Each worktable includes a PC for the groups to work with. The course meets twotimes per week for two hours each time. The setting and timing allow a great deal of flexibility torun the entire course

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Neal; Erlind Royer; Kenneth Soda

Session 2425 Learning Project Implementation and Management Skills in the Culminating Design Experience Pamela J. Neal, Kenneth J. Soda, Erlind G. Royer Department of Electrical Engineering United States Air Force Academy, CO1. IntroductionThe contemporary undergraduate curriculum of an Electrical Engineering program is packedwith required courses, making it a challenge to complete in four years. By necessity, nearly allof this work is theoretical, supported by laboratory work that is too often limited in scope. Themore practical aspects of

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jacob J. Elmer; Noelle Comolli

much easier to set up than performing successive calculations by hand. Once the program is Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universityset up, the students can be challenged further by asking them to repeat their calculations fordifferent inlet temperatures or pipe dimensions (DP, LP).Figure 3 – Iterative process for determining the mass flow rate required to heat a fluid streamfrom a specified inlet temperature (Tin) to a desired outlet temperature (Tout) using a pipe with aconstant wall temperature (Twall). Additional variables and properties are inner pipe diameter(DP), length of pipe (LP), Prandtl number (Pr), thermal conductivity (k), and heat capacity (CP).All equations are adapted from the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 3.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sierra Zoe Bennett-Manke, United States Military Academy; Maria R. Ebling, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

both a Ph.D. and M.S. degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College. Her research interest includes pervasive computing, the Internet of Things, and Computer Science education. Prior to joining the faculty of West Point, Dr. Ebling spent three years as the Chief Technology Officer at Medaptive Health and nearly 20 years at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. Dr. Ebling is an ACM Distinguished Scientist. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Experiences with the GraySim CPU Scheduling SimulatorAbstractAn undergraduate course in Operating Systems contains many

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 9

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emre Tokgoz, State University of New York - Farmingdale; Alyssa Xiang

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

], factorseffecting cybersecurity awareness [2], the role of social media for increasing social media riskawareness [3], cybersecurity awareness in online education [4], and education of students toincrease awareness of cybersecurity based on emerging social media [5]. There is a gamification-based cybersecurity awareness course that was created to help people learn about cybersecurityand protect themselves from cybersecurity attacks during regular usage of the internet. The courseis based on self-regulated learning so that students can learn at their individual pace. Gamificationapplies game elements into real-world contexts. This can help people gain and maintain theirknowledge. With lessons gamified, this aimed to encourage students to learn more

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

…”1Both acquisition of technical knowledge for high professionalism and the development ofpersonal skills demand time and the obtaining of credit points during the programs. However, tothe students the two aspects appear completely separate. Disciplinary technical knowledge versussoft skills (communication with stakeholders, consideration about entering foreign markets, etc.)is often purely seen as the cause for the division of labor. “I will be an engineer! Communicationis the business of other departments!” The role-play exercise as an essential part of the seminarbrings these worlds together by demanding the use and application of strategic empathy.Empathy is a soft skill. Is it possible to teach them in a degree program? Basically, soft