Conference Session

NEW THIS YEAR! - ASEE Main Plenary II: Best Paper Recognition & Industry Day Session: Corporate Member Council Speaker

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Palmer, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Members Council

engineering projects. The National Academyof Engineering [1, 2] argues that the “Engineer of 2020” must not only be technically capable, butalso be able to understand the contextual requirements and consequences of their work.ABET program accreditation criteria[3] promote contextual engineering practice in several of itsoutcomes criteria [italics added]: (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering

Conference Session

NEW THIS YEAR! - ASEE Main Plenary II: Best Paper Recognition & Industry Day Session: Corporate Member Council Speaker

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gale Tenen Spak, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Members Council

funding sources, (2) referrals to university resources thatinclude academic experts, technology and manufacturing Centers of Excellence, MBA andtechnical student teams and interns to assist with production and strategy development, (3)access to university library databases, (4) introductions to firms providing legal, strategicplanning and accounting services, (5) invitations to Angel and Venture Capital events, toentrepreneurial forums, and to workshops on business acceleration, and (6) access to EDCIncubator Seed funds to subsidize grant writers and to hone business plan optimization,marketing tools, and organizational designs. Page