Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

successful experiencesand reflections in their creative problem solving processes.Implementation Procedures The students were provided with a list of question prompts after they start their creativeproblem solving in their PBSL project. These question prompts correspond to the process modeland strategies, which are categorized into procedural, elaborative, and reflective prompts.Students were required to write down what question prompts were helpful for them to learnrelevant knowledge and may help develop their innovative solutions. To help students focusattention to some important aspects of the problem solving, participants received questionprompts regularly as reminding through e-mails setups in online software platform Blackboardbesides the

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University; Shaobo Huang, Utah State University - Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the solution (or parts of the solution) to the problem. FeasibilityAnalysis (FEAS): Assessing and passing judgment on a possible or planned solution to theproblem. Evaluation (EVAL): Comparing and contrasting two (or more) solutions to theproblem on a particular dimension (or set of dimensions) such as strength or cost. Decision(DEC): Selecting one idea or solution to the problem (or parts of the problem) from among thoseconsidered. Communication (COM): The participants’ communicating elements of the designin writing, or with oral reports, to parties such as contractors and the community. Other: None ofthe above codes apply. See table 1. Page

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Argrow, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Suzana Brown, University of Colorado, Boulder; Adam J. Blanford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Corrina Ladakis Gibson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Eric Donnelly Kenney

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

presentations employing a more detailed scoring rubricto produce a composite score with input from the module instructor, the collective plenary andother module instructors, and students. Other activities in the discipline modules includedinvited speakers, student/industry panels, and lab tours to introduce the students to the disciplinemajor. A peer assessment was required for each team, and several of the module instructors usedCATME TeamMaker as the assessment tool at the end of the module rotation.Outcomes and AssessmentIn addition to the College’s general freshman survey, students taking the first-year engineeringprojects course are separately given a pre- and post- surveys. Students taking the pilotintroduction to engineering course were given

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

just the lab handout that isn‟t well-written” (Anna, Junior).Similarly, in the fourth year, Beth is frustrated with equipment not working properly and havingto spend her laboratory time fixing it: “I‟m taking [specific class] this semester and, we had like tons of equipment that had major issues. And, our teacher doesn‟t really know what‟s going on. He‟s just kinda‟ like, “Oh, I don‟t know,” like, “try and screw around with it. Fix it.” And, we‟re like, “Great. That‟s wonderful.” And like, it would be okay if then like you could write a report that was like, “Oh yeah, we were just like trying to fix our thing.” And that would be okay. But, you can‟t, you still have to have like a report, written data, and like everything. You know

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

meeting at the end of every semester. Also, program outcome assessmentdata is collected and evaluated by an outcome coordinator, and presented to all faculty membersat an annual assessment workshop.9 At these meetings, the faculty determines whether eachoutcome is being adequately and efficiently assessed. Often, these meetings lead to adjustmentsin the assessment plan.The creation of new courses and the writing of course level objectives to achieve specific ABEToutcomes can be a challenging task, especially for first year program courses where there is nouniversal agreement of the content and topics. Felder and Brent10 describe the effort required tocreate a course to achieve specified outcomes in three domains as: planning (identifying

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Walter von Reinhart

Tagged Divisions

International

application. The IEP usuallysupplies a template for the faculty member abroad to use for the letter of invitation. DAAD grantapplications are highly competitive, and students who can demonstrate “contact to a researchlab” by supplying an invitation letter, have more competitive applications, especially when theycan show how their research abroad adds value to what they have done at home because the lababroad has specialized equipment, or concentrates in an area that complements their work in thehome lab, and thus bridges both research experiences.Some students may be open to doing research but need help with the selection or placement. Inthat case the IEP director writes on the students’ behalf to contacts who have hosted studentspreviously or

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sedki Riad; Mostafa Kamel

.‚ Lecture delivery and testing modes that encourage self-learning and practical problem solving, rather than memorizing notes and solving boilerplate problems.‚ The existence of modern laboratories and workshops and their maintenance.‚ Faculty members and assistants that are in touch with their peers in reputable universities abroad so as to learn about modern trends in curricula development, delivery technologies, student evaluation methodologies and needed supplementary material.‚ Student per class densities that allow meaningful interaction between students and faculty members, as well as actually performing practical experiments rather than watching technicians perform experiments.‚ The present outdated structure of

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Purvesh B. Thakker; Gary R. Swenson

interested parties even if those parties are spread across the entire world. With suchcapabilities, it is not difficult to see that the Internet can transform the way that collaborativeefforts are conducted. Organizations that make proper use of the new medium can experienceorders-of-magnitude improvements in efficiency and capabilities just like a baby that learns tospeak or an elementary school student that learns to read and write. This project involves creating the Project Automation and Collaboration Environment(PACE) for the Senior Design course of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). While PACE was created for auniversity course, it is applicable to many other

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

implementation represents the more general concepts.The brightest students make all of the connections easily; with help the more literalminded students also begin to see how things are related.In our experience of teaching networking in a classroom setting for computer science andIT as well as teaching courses to prepare programmers in industry to work on networkingprojects, we have found that the lectures that provide the model and vision level oflearning in these settings are almost identical. The real differences in the courses are inthe instances emphasized in the lectures and especially the instances selected for the labs.The labs for a computer science curriculum prepare a student to write and understandnetwork stacks and intermediate system

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Wisconsin–Madison Traci Nathans-Kelly earned her PhD in 1997. At that time, she was also the Program Director for the Sci- entific and Technical Communication BS degree at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. She came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to teach in the College of Engineering’s Technical Communication program, the Masters of Engineering inProfessional Practice program, and the Masters of Engineering in Engine Systems program. She instructs a variety of topics, including technical communication (graduate and undergraduate), technical presentations (graduate and undergraduate), technical editing, writing user manuals, and other courses. She is active in the Society for Technical Communication (STC) as

Conference Session

DSA Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Fox, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Zachary del Rosario, Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

2020 degree share 24%), race (sample white 33% vs 2020 degreeshare 56%), and nationality (including participants residing in Canada, Turkey, and thePhilippines). Aligned with the goals of the larger study, participants were drawn from Aerospace,Civil, and Mechanical engineering disciplines. Demographics are summarized in Table 1.Our sample size of n=24 is in line with recommendations for qualitative research [22], and iscomparable with other peer-reviewed qualitative research projects [23], [24], [25].Table 1. Summary of participant demographics. Experience 2 years: 3 3 years: 2 4 years: 8 5+ years: 11 Race Asian: 10 Black: 2 White: 8 Other: 4 Subfield Aerospace

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Lyu, Beihang University; Chuantao Yin, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

withacademic learning but also an integration of learning from both domains (Zegwaard & Coll,2011). WIL internships offer students a foundation to expand their discipline knowledge andutilize skills with guidance from a supervisor and peers (Patrick et al., 2008) In the Frenchengineering curriculum, students delve deeply into mathematics and physics, a characteristicnot commonly found in other systems (Chatzis, 2010; Lemaître, 2017) The rigorous nature ofthese courses often posed challenges for students. However, through internships, studentscame to realize that their scientific studies had laid a strong foundation for their training,providing them with a broad base from which to explore various fields of study. 'It was atraining of the mind and

Conference Session

The Global and Cultural Dimensions of Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology; Xinru Li

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

main content is divided into three modules: “EngineeringEthics”, “Information Retrieval and Technology Writing”, and “Psychological Health”. Eachmodule is independent of each other, but the content of each module is helpful for improvingstudents’ basic qualities and engineering ethics literacy.2.2.1.2 The Activities to Increase Student’s Interests Compulsory courses can enhance students’ awareness of engineering ethics, whilepractical activities in engineering ethics can enhance their subjective initiative and fullymobilize the enthusiasm of each student. Beijing Institute of Technology organizes a debate competition with the theme of“engineering ethics” to stimulate students’ engineering ethics thinking. By simulating realengineering

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kwabena A. Narh, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rajesh N. Davé, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

). With this in mind, the RETprogram was designed to include each of these five features: 1) Active Learning: Teachers wereinvolved in discussion and planning, as well as research, 2) Coherence: Activities built on whatthey were learning, and led to more advanced work, 3) Content Focus: Content was designed toimprove and enhance teachers’ knowledge and skills, 4) Duration: Professional development forthe teachers extended over 6 weeks during the summer and continued during the school year, and5) Collective Participation: Teachers met in teams as well as a group to discuss strategies andcontent, and to develop approaches that they presented to their peers

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Fabert, Arizona State University; Marilyn Cabay, Ph.D., Argosy University, Phoenix; Melissa B Rivers, Arizona State University; Mary Lee Smith, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

responsibilities, or simply wanting to spend timewith their family set them apart from other students. Women experienced these differences aslost social opportunities, leading to a greater sense of isolation from their peers in thedepartment: They're very young. They go out and celebrate later or go do something else. I do exactly what I want to do which is go home to be with my family. There is just a completely different mindset on what our social lives are like. They live in apartments close to school and they walk to work. I drive 25 miles after dropping the kids off at grandparent’s house or school. It’s a very different world. I have to come home and work and wait until the kids fall asleep

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy C. Bradshaw, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Patricia Lea Hardre, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, Translate, Paraphrase Can the student use Choose, Demonstrate, Dramatize, Applying the information in a Employ, Illustrate, Interpret, new way? Operate, Schedule, Sketch, Solve, Use, Write Can the student Appraise, Compare, Contrast, Analyzing distinguish between Criticize, Differentiate, Question, the different parts? Discriminate, Distinguish, Test,Higher

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Buck; Kathleen Wage; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

that encompass many common student misconceptions about fun-damental concepts. The questions incorporate visual diagrams and everyday situations toemphasize conceptual understanding over mathematical manipulation.Inspired by all of these factors, as well as a grant from the NSF-funded Foundation Coalition,we set out to develop both CT and DT SSCI exams. We sought to write exams coveringthe core concepts of signals and systems in a manner emphasizing conceptual understand-ing over computational mechanics. This paper reports preliminary results from studies forboth exams. The following section describes the development of the SSCI exams, includinginventories of the core concepts assessed by each exam. Section 3 describes the design ofthe

Conference Session

Delivery Methods in Mechanical Engineering Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J. Dimas, The University of California, Irvine; Faryar Jabbari, University of California, Irvine; Jia Frydenberg, University of California, Irvine

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

quality can also suffer if a single camera is used and there is no camera operator to zoomin and out appropriately during the lecture. Classroom lighting can also be a challenge.Document cameras can be useful but instructors often have to use a wider than normal pen toallow the camera to resolve the writing. This presents difficulties for many engineering coursesdue to the intricate nature of many of the equations and drawings. There are a variety ofalternatives to live lecture capture that can be effective for hybrid classes. A common techniqueis to use screen recording software such as Camtasia. In this study, faculty used three methods tocreate content that was subsequently captured adding both audio and video annotations withCamtasia. In

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helena Isabel Scutt, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

given context”3 to eliminate therole of false assumptions and stereotypes. Gender analysis seeks to achieve equity rather thanequality in that gender equity accounts for the differences in women’s and men’s “lifeexperiences, needs, issues, and priorities”4. Page 23.1042.2Gender analysis in STEM education allows us to more deeply understand the effects of existingSTEM programs and new STEM initiatives: whom they are most affecting and in precisely whatways. This knowledge provides policymakers, educators, parents, and students with the toolsnecessary to determine how to, for example, allocate limited funding, write a successfulcurriculum, or

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Wei Chen, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell, Northwestern University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

- sylvania State University. Her research focuses on decision analysis and design theory applied to im- provement of products and systems. She has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers to date and received several best paper awards. She has been also a National Research Council-US AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow of the Human Effectiveness Directorate for 2002, 2003 and 2004, and a Fulbright Scholar (2010-2011).Dr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkProf. Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah E. Zappe is director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Nosakhare I. Idiaghe; Jessica Deters

thinking skills andintroduces students to open-ended problems with multiple solutions [3] a vital skill for earlycareer engineers [17]. Undergraduate research has been discussed as a potential avenue toimprove the retention of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering and address theshortage of diversity in STEM [18], [19], [20]. Other benefits of engaging in undergraduateresearch include boosting students confidence, enhancing cognitive and technical skills,improving computational skills and research writing skills, clarifying future career or educationalpaths, and providing insight into the process of knowledge creation [21], [22], [23], [24], [25].Apprenticeship Model of ResearchApprenticeship as a concept of learning was developed

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Sarah T. Dunton; Jayce R. Warner, University of Texas, Austin; Jeffrey Xavier; Joshua Childs, University of Texas, Austin; Alan Peterfreund, SAGE

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

-specific needs as they worked the project (as ofthis writing, a third and fourth cohort, each consisting of 7 states, are engaging in the CMP).States vary in data capacity and in policy structure (see Tab. 1). For example, most of the cohort1 states have a decentralized model where curricular and course decisions are made at the districtor school level with little influence from the state. In cohort 2, most of the states operate within atop-down approach where curriculum and graduation requirements are set at the state level.Table 1: State data capacity at baselineState features (at baseline) Cohort 1 Cohort 2 (n=6

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown

group discussions and report writing. These types of assignments requirethe students to reanalyze what they have done and reflect “Why?” they have done these things inthe three previous stages. Finally to complete the cycle, students will take what they havelearned from the module and want to know “What?” other problems can be modeled and solvedwith FE methods. The students now have used commercial tools and developed skills to analyzemore complex problems with further practice. It is in this manner they will be able to beginproviding solutions to new problems using self conceived ideas in new areas.Fatigue FE Learning ModuleOverviewThis module was integrated into the senior level MECH 125 Machine Design II course at theUniversity of the

Conference Session

Technical Session 2 - Paper 5: Need for Change: How Interview Preparation and the Hiring Process in Computing Can Be Made More Equitable

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Stephanie Jill Lunn, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Monique S Ross, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

the fact that I haven’t had an interview yet with another woman who’s inmy field. All of them have been guys.”Several of the females also noted being the only one in their department, and that they may havebeen talked down to, or given different tasks than their peers. While they did not often directlylabel the sexism or racism they encountered, they also did not always feel that the field wasinclusive. Many were uncertain what could be done to improve the situation, however, studentssuch as Deanna (a Black female) suggested companies take the time to ask: I think it would, what’s one thing that could be really insightful is just...the very few that are in computing that are from diverse groups, I think if communication was with

Conference Session

Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

material by the end of the course, to show cumulativeknowledge, or to test on a final unit of material. Students also noted that forming an epic finalethat covers all of the course material or relates and probes the technical content deeply may be achallenge (yes, students, it is!). One student expressed concern that with the group nature ofsome of the work, students may ‘ride the coattails’ of classmates. However, that student noted,and the instructors have observed, that this has not happened during our experiences. The peer-accountability, the quick pace, the interesting topics, and the buzz and excitement in the roomhave thus far carried along even the least motivated students.Ultimately, one student astutely put it this way:I think this model

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

found to impact positively: tolerance for diversity,personal development, interpersonal development, and community-to-college connections.Students reported working harder, being more curious, connecting learning to personalexperience, and demonstrated deeper understanding of subject matter. The quality of placementsin the community and the degree of structured reflection were found to be important inenhancing the positive effects, significantly so for critical thinking increases. They found thatthe "students who participated in service-learning differed significantly from those who did notparticipate on almost every outcome we measured." 26 They summed up effective S-L principlesin: connection (students, peers, community, faculty; experience

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, thefirst What Do You Want To Be? Explore Space Sciences includes 12 biographies ofcontemporary women scientist describing what she does, how she got there, and why she enjoysit. The next two books will focus on Earth Science and Health Sciences. The Sally Ride ScienceFestivals20 held in different locations, bring together more than 1,000 middle school girls, parentsand teachers.Education Unlimited21 offers a variety of summer programs for students in grades 4-12. TheirA+ Summer Programs22 held at Stanford University builds proficiency in logic, critical thinkingand writing skills, dividing students into two sessions: a 12 day camp for 11th and 12th graders23,and a 9 day camp for 9th and 10th graders24, which focus on critical thinking skills in

Conference Session

Technical Session 13: Digital Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hieu-Trung Le, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Aqdas Malik, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

pieces ofinformation. The benefits of using Twitter data for this type of analysis is that the whole dataset can be used, rather than havingto select a small sample from the dataset.In this study, descriptive analysis will look at information and metrics in three main areas of the dataset: tweets, users, and URLs.The outcome of this analysis will provide a picture into the data and provide metrics about the tweets. Analyzing the tweets, thestudy will look at word counts, hashtags that are used, how tweets are produced over time, and the overall statistics of the tweetsthemselves. For the users, the study looks at who write the tweets, and who response to it. In addition, it identify the key playersand characteristics that makes them important in

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Tech; Erin Heaney, Clean Air: Organizing for Health and Justice; Glenn Andrew Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York; Jennifer Holly Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

vision of 21st century civilengineering, it states: “Means of communication include listening, observing, reading,speaking, writing, and graphics. The civil engineer must communicate effectively withtechnical and nontechnical individuals and audiences in a variety of settings. Use ofthese means of communication by civil engineers requires an understanding ofcommunication within professional practice. Fundamentals of communication should beacquired during formal education.”17In practice, however, training in listening is rarely included in the engineeringclassroom.13 In fact, counter to the engineering profession’s ideal of engagement, it hasbeen suggested that engineering education fosters a “culture of disengagement.”According to sociologist

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles S. Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

this context, this paper provides personal observations common across many organizationsbased on the author’s work in SE, project management, organizational development, and teamdevelopment.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMDespite the formulation and development of Systems Engineering capability assessment andcompetency models, certifications, education and training courses, et al, system developmentprojects continue to exhibit technical performance issues concerning the engineering of systems.Contributing to this overall problem are several contributory performance effecters: 1. Misperceptions that writing specifications, developing designs, performing integration