Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vijay Renganathan, Institute of International Education; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Peggy Blumenthal, Institute of International Education; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University

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International

available to engineering students whoseek international experience.The authors bring diverse perspectives from within the American academicmarketplace. One has spearheaded international education activities at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute, a leading US engineering university, and serves as the foundingChair of Global E3, in addition to being an ASEE Fellow. The other two are based atthe Institute of International Education, an NGO devoted to promoting andadministering international educational exchanges. The paper will discuss vehicles toenhance the “soft skills” increasingly demanded by industry, promote more studyabroad by US engineering students, and train a globally effective engineeringworkforce for the 21st century. We will present

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 11.237.3the social and “soft skills” necessary to be successful on the job. While the clinicprovided real opportunities for students to learn social skills during their practicum, theyhad few opportunities to share their experiences with each other, future participants, orthe public. A course website was difficult to maintain, chronically out-of-date andultimately abandoned.The wiki is intended to give the Industrial Design Clinic an archival memory of socialinformation that is independent of the instructor. Such a contribution is extremelyvaluable in the Capstone Design context, as students that take the class one semestertypically graduate at the end and the sum of their personal experiences is lost. Studentparticipants craft narratives

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-1159: NATIONAL DISSEMINATION OF MULTI-MEDIA CASE STUDIESTHAT BRING REAL-WORLD ISSUES INTO ENGINEERING CLASSROOMS:PILOT STUDYChetan Sankar, Auburn UniversityP.K. Raju, Auburn University Page 11.950.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 National Dissemination of Multi-Media Case Studies That Bring Real-World Issues into Engineering Classrooms: Pilot Study Engineering students are increasingly being asked by potential employers to demonstrate“soft” skills (such as problem solving and business skills) in addition to their “hard” technicalskills. Reflecting these expectations, the Accreditation Board for Engineering Education(ABET) has

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susanne Wolf, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

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First-Year Programs

, Germany, in 2001. From 2002 until now she works at the Didactic Center of Technische Universität Darmstadt. She is currently working on her doctorate which is part of a broad-based research project of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her interests involve the development, introduction and evaluation of innovative teaching and learning methods as well as quality assurance. She is particularly interested in project-based courses that support the acquirement of soft skills. Page 11.701.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 How to provide first-year students with a really good

Conference Session

Construction 2: Teaching Using Projects, Case Studies, and Service Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert B. Austin, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

each includes open-ended, collaborative, PBL assignments that aremeant to mimic real-world conditions. Many of these programs have been in place and evolvedfor decades, in some cases more than 50 years (Drnevich 2001). Capstone courses are seen as ameans to address what many report are deficiencies in new graduates’ soft skills of criticalthinking, problem solving, and teamwork (Mahasneh and Thabet 2015, Barlow 2011). Whilecapstone courses offer many benefits to students, they also require a greater level of effort andcommitment from faculty than do other construction management courses (Todd 1993, Dutson etal. 1997, McKenzie 2004, Howe and Wilbarger 2006, Jonassen et al. 2006, Abdelhamid, 2003,Hanna and Sullivan 2005).BGSU’s construction

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

Julia Armstrong, Ohio State University; Meris Mandernach Longmeier, Ohio State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

wisely noted that “planning OHI/O events was always more about the soft skills forengineers than the technical skills which is ironic since the [event] participants are working ontheir technical skills.” Another mentioned that the impact was long-lasting, “A lot of the skills Ilearned through my involvement are directly relevant to my current position as a productmanager. For example - working in teams, leading without official authority, prioritizing andmaking decisions across many different stakeholder needs, building empathy for our "users"(attendees, sponsors, etc). Working on the OHI/O sponsorship team also helped me makeconnections to many companies and industry professionals.” Several indicated that theydeveloped more confidence due to

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

Conference Session

COED Modulus Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

results, in-line with a body of K12 research, projects with more authentic inquiry traits tend to be of a higher qualityand thus higher instructor-based assessment scores. When it comes to peer-assessment scores, only half ofthe authentic inquiry traits are found to have significant impact outcomes – these tend to relate to humanisticproperties and soft-skills – e.g. real-world impact, communication, collaboration, and enabling access to abroader community. Results seen in this work continue to motivate the re-use and adoption of pedagogicalpractices at the collegiate STEM level that have already been vetted by other educational communities,especially those found within the K-12 STEM educational research community.IntroductionThe most ubiquitous

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Okan Caglayan, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreedevi Ande P.E., University of the Incarnate Word; Erik Coronado; Max Joseph Martinez, University of the Incarnate Word; Samuel Jacob Handowski

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First-Year Programs

presentations made by the guestspeakers from various industries, such as Southwest Research Institute, Boeing, Rackspace, andFirst Year Engagement Office at UIW. Their presentations emphasized the followingskills/attributes that students need in order to be successful in college and career:  Time management – class attendance, planning, class assignments.  Networking and communication – soft skills, participation in student clubs, gaining information about internships.  Creativity and problem solving – applications of MATLAB5 used in industry by STEM experts.The outcome of the second objective was achieved by developing and implementing technicalsolutions to problems in computer programming, robotics, and presenting the

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ihab Mohammad Hamdi Saad P.E., Northern Kentucky University

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Construction Engineering

one box as their responsibilities included morethan one of the above-mentioned categories. The range of experience for the participantsincluded 94 participants with 16 or more years, 18 participants with 11 to 15 years, 15participants with 6 to 10 years, and 12 participants with less than 5 years of experience in theconstruction industry.When asked about the most important skills the employer is looking for in a graduate from aConstruction Management program, the respondents ranked soft skills such as communicationskills, problem solving, and teamwork as the most sought-after skills. These skills werefollowed by safety awareness, creative thinking, and standard hard skills such as electroniccollaboration, scheduling, and estimating. Other

Conference Session

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Ann Cave, Colorado State University; Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

forengineering colleges to evaluate and continuously monitor the success of this approach. It is ourhope that other universities will continue to find new ways to integrate ABET professional skilldevelopment into engineering core curriculum and that they will consider our findings whendeveloping those methods. References[1] National Academy of Engineering, The engineer of 2020: Visions of engineering in the new century. Washington, DC: The National Academics Press, 2004.[2] D. Beard, D. Schwieger, and K. Surendran, “Integrating soft skills assessment through university, college, and programmatic efforts at an AACSB accredited institution,” Journal of Information Systems Education, vol

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Joel N. Swisher, Western Washington University

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Two Year College Division

creating an adaptable program that focuses on developing problem solving skills and providing students with appropriate subject matter content by incorporating relevant clean energy curriculum/instructional material into the foundational (general education) coursework. o Define and focus the program on the basic and core skills that will serve the needs of most employers. These skills include technical skills such as mathematics, problem solving, and clean energy fundamentals as well as soft skills such as communication and teamwork. o Provide a broad based general education that incorporates research, class projects

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

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert S Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan L. York, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Thomas M. Katona, California Polytechnic State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovations, the College of Engineering was an earlyand enthusiastic adopter of the program, serving as both a source of expertise (e.g. fabrication,coding) and as the largest pool of participants. Through involvement and sponsorship of theuniversity-wide Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, the program is broadeningand maturing. Engineering students are seeing significant benefits from working with diversemajors on designs that sometimes involve technology in only a minor supporting role. This typeof problem solving develops abstract, innovative “soft” skills that complement the technicaldepth they develop in their traditional curriculum. These skills are critical to producingengineers that can thrive in a global environment. At

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl P.E., California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Soonmee Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel A Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

assessed anintegrated student project that is the overarching theme of engineering curriculumcontextualization at sophomore level. The project is part of the Sophomore Unified CoreCurriculum for Engineering Education (SUCCEEd) program, funded by the National ScienceFoundation that seeks to integrate classes in the engineering core curriculum. The paperdescribes a house remodeling project that is used to integrate four lower division engineeringcore courses, namely, statics, programming, matrix algebra and CAD, and how it can be used tomeet soft skills required by ABET. The manuscript concludes by including program assessmentand recommendations based on what has been learned during project implementation.IntroductionThis article describes the

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Lin Hartmann P.E., Iowa State University; Clinton Stephens, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

., & Giralt, F. (2013). Assessment of Engineering Students’ Leadership Competencies. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 13(2), 65-75.21. Passow, H. (2012). "Which ABET Competencies Do Engineering Graduates Find Most Important in their Work?" Journal of Engineering Education, 101(1), 95-118.22. Phani, C.S. (2007, January 8). The top 60 soft skills at work. Retrieved September 8, 2013, from Redif News: http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2007/jan/08soft.htm.23. Posner, B. Z. (2010). Psychometric Properties of The Student Leadership Practices Inventory Retrieved Sept. 15, 2010, from http://media.wiley.com/assets/2232/98/StudentLPIPsychometricProperties_2010.pdf.24. Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (2014). About Complete

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

Tagged Divisions

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

International Educational Experiences (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Yanchun Yang, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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International

speaking countries maytest out the first level of Academic Writing course. In that case, the students must choose to takea second-language course such as Chinese or German language courses offered at the jointinstitute.Every student must complete a 4-credit Capstone Design course replacing the graduation thesisthat is typical in traditional Chinese universities. Through carefully designed and open-endeddesign problems, students learn how to approach design problems in a systematic way and howto use the engineering knowledge and skills acquired from various courses to tackle engineeringproblems. Many “soft skills” such as oral presentation, teamwork, critical thinking, timemanagement are re-emphasized in this course. A full project report and a

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilda Cecilia Martinez Leon, Clarkson University; Michelle Crimi, Clarkson University

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Engineering Management

student engagement were based on the assumption that students aremore likely to be engaged when their capstone projects as these are more realistic, and thusstudents find them more appealing, challenging, and interesting. The instructor mentorshipgreatly influences the quality of the project execution as well as the interactions students hadwith the industry-partner team members and the student’s learning on how to overcomeroadblocks. Thus, questions under the project execution construct were intended to identify themain struggles student teams faced and the value of instructor mentorship as well as instructionalsessions. In regards to professional (or “soft”) skills, we were interested in understanding thebenefits the LSS capstone project had on

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Claudio Brito; Melany Ciampi

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 project decidedto offer also as internship opportunity. This idea reached the desired goal and a larger number ofstudents enrolled the course/internship opportunity.There are some “soft skills that are required once the students will be facing a real workingplace. A positive attitude because it is a valuable interpersonal skill. Writing well is another one, Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018 American Society for Engineering Education

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

Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

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Engineering Leadership Development

-in-progressAs a work-in-progress, the program continues to evolve in the 2018-2019academic year. While the end-of-year data is not yet available, we hope toanalyze the two-year participant cohort against the new CLA cohort to determinetheir relative confidence with leadership soft skills. Now that the program is in itssecond year, the workshops have been designed to incorporate a tiered systemsuch that participants can attend workshops that match their level ofunderstanding of a topic. Upon building confidence of the leadership programwith the corporate sponsor, it is the intent to grow the program to a college-wideleadership program.At LSU, there is a well-established certificate program for DistinguishedCommunicators. To earn this

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

intra-disciplinary curriculum, which acts as a nexus to developskills with real-world implications [5]. This approach is student-centered, and it fostersintegrative learning and performance-based assessment; thus, it shows a significant potential toimprove CM pedagogy and develop students’ soft skills [6]. A similar vertically integrativeproblem-based learning framework was implemented between undergraduate CM students andgraduate civil engineering students at Arizona State University in a face to face environment;through such learning framework, students’ soft skills improved, as well as their intent to pursuean advanced degree and to stay in the major [7]. Such an integrative approach has also beenfound to be effective in other studies