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2019 CIEC

Authors

Nabin Sapkota; Laurie Morrow

my operations?” The inability to provide a good answer to this question is the No. 1 reason why employers do NOT bring new business to a location. The AMT Program and the continued strength brought by the other career pathways fully answers this question with a resounding, “Yes!!”6According to FAME, both the AMT Program and the FAME organization had their origins atToyota’s North American Production Support Center (NAPSC) in Georgetown, Kentucky. TheAMT Program was an outgrowth of a continuing education program that Toyota had beendeveloping for over 20 years6.Prior to fall 2017, there were eight states (AL, IN, KY, MS, MO, TN, TX, and WV) withFAME-chapters offering advanced manufacturing pathways. In 2017, Louisiana adopted thepathway

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Paul McPherson; Margaret Phillips; Kyle Reiter

industrypractitioners expect students to gain a working knowledge about standards, the actual level towhich standards are integrated into the curriculum seems to be lacking [4]. In order to bridge thegap and assist both educators and industry professionals in educating students and newemployees about how standards are used in their professional careers, faculty from both themechanical engineering technology (MET) program and Purdue University Libraries partneredto integrate standards into curricula [8]. Additionally, they developed a series of introductory,openly available modules (funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),award # 70NANB16H261) and exercises, known as the “Standards are Everywhere” materials,to educate students how to

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Mohammad Uddin; Keith Johnson

and students benefit from this model in terms of advising effectiveness. For instance,the student-advisor relationship becomes more than just a “registration process” by engaging Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2019 American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 355students in the whole academic process (e.g., career exploration, personal development, studystrategies, etc.), thus building connectedness to the institution, and ultimately increasingretention rates.Learning-centered advising model focuses on students and increases student involvement

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2019 CIEC

Authors

William Shapiro

robotic assembly systems in North America, which wasfeatured as a cover story for Modern Castings magazine. He was a presenter at the 2001 Robotics IndustriesAssociation (RIA) Conference in Orlando, where he discussed robotic sand core assembly. During his career, hehas worked very closely with members of management, engineering, and with shop floor personnel, becoming atrainer and mentor to many of the U.A.W. Skilled Tradespeople. With the closure of the Navistar Indianapolisfoundry, William is applying his manufacturing experience and perspective, and love of educating people to the roleof Adjunct Instructor, teaching industrial controls and automation courses at Indiana University Purdue University atIndianapolis (I.U.P.U.I). William is an

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Matthew Alexander

, and awareness of professional registrationserving institution present unique challenges for are non-technical professional skills that engineersprofessional skill development. Students in the Chemical graduating with a bachelor’s degree should be equippedProcess Design II and III course sequence in chemical with upon embarking upon a professional career inengineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville are industry. At Texas A&M University-Kingsvilleintroduced repeatedly to the importance of communication (TAMUK), discussion and assessment for these skills isskills, and the topics of professional engineering licensure woven in with technical instruction in the two-course seniorand

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Steve E. Watkins; Nancy M. Ostin

Nu (IEEE-HKN), the honor society of the Institute ofinstitution does not necessarily mean that the chapter is Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), are given.effectively serving the host department(s) and itsengineering students. This paper describes commonalities 2. Engineering Honor Societiesamong engineering honor societies, the possible roles of an 2.1 History of American Honor Societieshonor society within an engineering department, and some The industrial revolutions prior to 1900 led to the growthbest practices for effective honor society chapters. Specific of engineering careers. Various professional societies inexamples from the operation of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu engineering were formed

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

(EOE) Program in1970 to promote the recruitment, retention and academic development of African American,Hispanic, and Native American students interested in pursuing careers in engineering. Since thattime, EOE has expanded its goals and now seeks to increase the diversity of its student body by Page 12.686.2supporting students who come from historically underrepresented population groups in Texas or Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2007, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents who have backgrounds or experiences that will

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Brunkhorst, University of Missouri; Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri; Donald Myers, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

processes. Sridhar B. Seshadri isthe Vice President of Planning and Process Excellence for Stanford Hospital and Clinics and isrepresentative of this career opportunity. Although currently working in a management role,Seshadri started his career in healthcare as an engineer. In an interview, Seshadri states: “Our Page 12.1390.6focus is to improve those operational processes that ‘envelop the clinical event’.”16 As part of a marketing class at the University of Missouri-Rolla, a number of studentsinvestigated the demand within hospitals for engineers with not only a knowledge and educationin the biomedical discipline but also in business. Ten

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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International

future work in a multinationalcompany. International collaboration is also more directly related to the special identity of thesubject of mechatronics, and the experience of working with global, diverse teams is valuablepreparation for a future career in a global market.IntroductionMechatronics has been taught at KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden,since 1984. The Mechatronics engineer is characterized by cross-disciplinary work, by utilizingcompetencies in various areas such as electrical engineering, mechanical engineering as well asfunctional skills in programming, control etc. In prior studies of relations between educationalprograms and professional roles, the Mechatronics engineers (at least in Sweden) are

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Marina Miletic, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

assist student chapters with advertising ASEE and engineering pedagogy.The Purpose of Student ChaptersThere are already several excellent papers advising students how to build a successful ASEEstudent chapter1,2,3. This paper will not duplicate that information but will instead present ourvision of the future role of the ASEE national organization in the development of thrivingstudent chapters.ASEE student chapters are uniquely positioned to execute the ASEE mission to "encourageyouth to pursue studies and careers in engineering and engineering technology"4. ThrivingASEE student chapters on university campuses promote engineering pedagogy among graduatestudents, undergraduates, and children at K-12 schools in their communities. Active

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Wilson; Dennis George; john bruni

abstract thinking skills; • Life-long learners capable of building their careers upon a solid foundation of knowledge; • Competent in communicating technical materials and concepts in individual and group situations; • Able to apply with confidence the basic sciences and mathematics to their professional activities; and • Acclimated to individual and team project activities based upon numerous experiences relating to our project-based, industry-related curriculum.It should be noted that the mission statement and desired qualities of graduates of theEE program directly support the ABET Criteria 3 A-K.3During the creation of the engineering programs at WKU, much time and energy was

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Owensby, Bluefield State College; Akhtar Safder, Bluefield State College; Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

success of our web-delivered courses in the School ofEngineering Technology and Computer Science (SETCS) delivered through the CART CourseManagement System (CMS), this work describes the research process used to measure ourcapability to provide an online version of our degree. Mid-career professionals interested incompleting degree requirements without having to attend on-campus classes represent a newstudent target.The program will continue to conform to our curriculum requirements ensuring the quality of theon-line MIET program. The article will address the development of this new delivery method.The curriculum will be designed to operate in an interactive web-based environment forsubmission of coursework; concept diagrams, drawings, reports

Conference Session

Industry-Academia Collaborations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

executive Breadth Specialist New graduate Depth Figure 1. Technical career path options Page 12.300.2However, no solution is static and as advanced technology has allowed development ofmore complex systems, the technical roles have evolved too. Large systems companieshave steadily moved away from being the monolithic provider of all components to focuson specific capabilities. As a result, a global and massively interconnected supply chainhas evolved to produce

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the faculty sothey can be embedded into the academic program? The faculty also has to blend thatstudent-centric goal with a long-term objective to provide a stream of technologists whowill contribute productively to the success of their enterprises – large and small – overthe next 2 decades and more. Understanding job conditions is the key to new employeesbeing able to adapt quickly to the business environment and be fast-track candidates forpromotion and career advancement.Such introspection is not new. In a 1981 review 2 of the education requirements for thenext 25 years, John Fluke stated: “The entire educational system in the United Statessimply isn’t working sufficiently well. Major system elements must be entirely rebuilt orreplaced in

Conference Session

Innovations in biological and agricultural engineering education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinglu Tan, University of Missouri

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Biological & Agricultural

and a clear sense of what needed to be done for a successful andprogram-enhancing accreditation process.Depiction of Criteria and ProcessIf we momentarily shun some of the confusing literature and study the EC 2000 documentitself [1], we will find that Criteria 2 and 3, which occupy about a page in the document, arefairly straightforward to understand. The two criteria rather unequivocally call for qualitycontrol through activities at two levels. Criterion 2 requires periodic evaluation of the careerand professional accomplishments of the graduates against established goals called programeducational objectives. This is about evaluation of the ultimate product quality after delivery –the professional and career performance of graduates in the

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, East Carolina University; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Abeer Sharawi, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; H. Gregg St. John, EMG Consulting

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Industrial Engineering

clusters of information that future IE graduates would need to master based onpossible future work scenarios. The emerging topics were mapped to the high level knowledgeclusters to generate curriculum requirements of future progress. This research effort developed arevised IE curriculum that can be used as a national model for IE departments. This curriculumfocuses on nontraditional industry sectors, incorporating enhanced instructional strategies thatcan improve learning and retention, as well as state-of-the art technologies that support thesestrategies. The national model also includes material to help engineers gain knowledge that willhelp to prepare them for roles of leadership and management in their careers, as well as providesfor

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; James Steck, Wichita State University; David Koert, Wichita State University; Larry Paarmann, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2007-710: A CLASS FOR UNDERGRADUATE TECHNICAL LITERACYUSING LEGO MINDSTORMSLawrence Whitman, Wichita State UniversityJames Steck, Wichita State UniversityDavid Koert, Wichita State UniversityLarry Paarmann, Wichita State University Page 12.12.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A CLASS FOR UNDERGRADUATE TECHNICAL LITERACY USING LEGO MINDSTORMSAbstractMuch effort is underway to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics. There is a growing base of infusing these necessary skills andattitudes to stimulate the pursuit of these avenues as careers. There is also much effort aimed ataddressing the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

major; (2) place a greater emphasis on sustainability and globalengineering in the course. In fact, it was hypothesized that the emphasis on sustainability andglobal engineering could help achieve the recruiting and retention goal, particularly for femaleand minority students. Previous research has indicated that these topics help attract women toengineering.7 In addition, Seymour found that: “In the process of developing and clarifying their Page 12.987.2career goals, however, women expressed more altruism than men and were more likely to switchto career paths that reflected humanitarian goals or offered more satisfying work.”8 The

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, The University of Georgia; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. Investigations of interdisciplinary graduate programs nationawide are funded through her NSF CAREER award. Page 13.970.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Perceptions of Engineering EducationAbstractThe impact of engineering education seems to be felt in all veins of

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling

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Graduate Studies

different manners than atraditional student. Most students in the engineering field rely on financial support tojustify the completion of their degree. Yet, by their very nature, many of theseopportunities exclude non-traditional students.Again, while timing and organizational issues affect traditional graduate students, thegreater age and maturity of a non-traditional student causes these issues to impact a non-traditional student in a greater fashion.And finally, there is the job placement issues. By returning to graduate school, apracticing engineer gives up the ability to continue along their existing career path,however stable or unstable it may be, to enter into a career path in which they aredistinctly disadvantaged versus more traditional

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Materials

pursueresearch projects with faculty members, these programs also offer workshops,2,3,4 courses,5,6 andeven “boot-camp”-style summer research experiences7 that focus on topics such as performingscientific literature searches, the role of the engineer in society, research and engineering ethics,communicating research findings, careers in research and even applying to graduate school.The topics covered by these programs and the ones we describe below are among the issues thatthe Council on Undergraduate Research points to as critical for a successful undergraduateresearch experience associated with "socializ[ing] students in the research laboratory culture."8This ranges from topics as diverse as the values and ethics of research, safety, group dynamics

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

ROBERT GRAY, Penn State Erie

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

with a local industry.Perceived Shortcomings to Traditional Systems Design CurriculumBefore I began a career in academia as a professor of (electrical) engineering, I worked inindustry for nearly 20 years. A major part of my career was in the military performing duties asan avionics maintenance technician, a flight crewmember in remote operations in Alaska, anavionics systems engineer for the F-16 aircraft, and researcher for guidance and controls systemsin an avionics laboratory. Once in front of the classroom, it did not take long before I noticedthat my senior students had a good grasp of the individual subjects (circuits, digital electronics,microprocessors, mathematics, physics, etc.), but they lacked a solid understanding of how

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

achievement of skills by graduates and their employers.Graduates are apparently not as ill-prepared for the workplace as anecdotal comments fromemployers would suggest. This survey is part of a program of quality assurance measures andprovides useful information for curriculum design and revision.Key Word: Construction, Education, Employer, Student PerformanceIntroductionThe objective of many degree professional programs is to prepare students for the workplace.Students of professional studies programs have what can be regarded as an additional benefit orhurdle they expect to join a particular profession and have a clearly identified career path inreturn, employers often expect students of such courses to be instantly able to fee-earn.Academics

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Baxter, University of Southern California; Louise Yates, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

high quality student support and services to students and two,creating academically driven courses that will engage and connect students early in theiracademic careers to the field of engineering. The USC Viterbi School has established a strongprogrammatic response to both of these areas and has seen significant increases in our freshmenreturn rate as a result.This paper will discuss at length the First Year Excellence (FYE) program developed to providehigh level student affairs related service and support programs for our undergraduates, as well asan academic course, the Freshmen Academy Program, implemented to introduce freshmenstudents to general concepts and issues. Using statistical and survey data over the past fouryears, we will

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Chen, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; George Toye, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

elements of students’ engineering education contribute to the changes observed in questions one and two? What do students find difficult and how do they deal with the difficulties they face? Page 13.633.2 • WORKPLACE: What skills do early-career engineers need as they enter the workplace? Where did they obtain these skills? Are there any missing skills? How are people’s identities transformed in moving from school to work?The APS has utilized a variety of methods including surveys, structured interviews, ethnographicmethods, engineering design tasks, and academic transcripts to gain a broader and richer pictureof

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Girls and Young Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Burkett, University of Arkansas; Claire Small, Springdale High School; Charles Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

andpossibilities of engineering careers.3 The UA-SHS day camp targets 7th grade (rising 8th grade)girls in Springdale to increase the number entering the Springdale High School pre-engineeringprogram and ultimately the engineering profession. Support for single gender programs andspecifically reaching this age group is supported by research. Studies have shown significantattitudinal differences between girls attending single-gender programs compared to mixed-gender programs,7 and that targeting underrepresented rising 8th graders in this critical period ofeducational development and growth was very effective.8,9 Students began forming careerchoice opinions and were generally receptive to engineering as a realistic career choice. TheUA-SHS camp provided a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Zahed Sheikholeslami, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

exposure. As evidencedby the growth of the “learn-by-doing” approach to education in the United States and the rest ofthe world, project based learning has been accepted as a valuable component in the educationalexperience of nascent engineers.1,2,3The nation’s requirements for innovation clearly show that educational programs must provideengineers who can deal with both design and manufacturing. It is important and justifiable toinclude much science and engineering science in an engineering curriculum, but that alone is notadequate preparation for a career as an engineer. Furthermore, colleges of engineering cannotjust be a stop on the educational assembly line which takes increasingly inadequately preparedhigh-school students, provides them with

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Robert Houghton, Western Carolina University; Elaine Franklin, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school. Because of the added costs of these kits, no high schoolsin the district were able to participate in this work, however in future years, the desire is to makethem an integrated part of the learning-mentoring-learning experience.The ultimate goals for the students were as follows: For grades six-eighth, increase studentexposure to technology and technological careers and raise expectations to these students thatsuch careers are possible and educational resources are available to them at both vocational anduniversity levels. Specifically, use robotics and data logging tools to expose the students to usingthese tools for competitions, and to solve math, science, and engineering problems. In addition,through the process of working with

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

AC 2008-1966: ASSESSMENT OF A PRESTIGIOUS ENGINEERING GRADUATETEACHING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMMaura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University MAURA BORREGO is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. Investigations of interdisciplinary graduate programs nationwide are funded through her NSF CAREER award

Conference Session

Looking at the ChE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Jacobson, Carnegie Mellon University; Rosemary Frollini, Carnegie Mellon University; Susana Steppan, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

level with my (more experienced) co-employees who work on polymers, plasticizers and detergents” • “CPS knowledge has provided me with a vocabulary that I otherwise would have no exposure to, and has allowed me to see a potential area for my career development that I hope to pursue with further education” • “It made adjustment on the job easier—I could pick up things more quickly and became more effective faster.” • “I know when I get a test result back what it means and how to interpret data” • “I’ve found applications to industry based on material I learned through CPS…I don’t think I would have realized or appreciated without that study”.We continue to receive similar comments from today's