Conference Session

Technical Session T1B

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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to resolve problems in teams, andbecoming a better leader. In contrast with meeting new people, students often struggled todefine these goals in such a way to make them measurable.Although communication encompasses hard and soft skills, it was included as part of interactingwith others. While some of the communication-related goals were generalized or simplified,most stated or implied social or professional interaction with another person. A few examplesare asking good questions, being able to voice what I am thinking, being more comfortablepresenting to an audience, and learning how to present a proposal and make recommendations.Most (85) of the remaining (114) goals were grouped into the development of hard and soft skillsand abilities

Conference Session

Technical Session M5C

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University

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, requires the soft skills, like motivation, self-directed learning and confidence, as primaryelements as part of the college degree program. E. Pang et al. [11] investigated the competencies (Ability andwillingness to learn’, ‘teamwork and cooperation’, ‘hardworking and willingness to take on extra work’, ‘self-control’ and ‘analytical thinking’) effectively needed for fresh graduates to succeed at work and they foundthe earnest need of developing these competencies among university students prior to their entry into theworkforce. It is clear from these studies that the skillsets needed to succeed respectively in university and inthe professional career have an overlap, but they indicate a requirement of more than the basic course contentknowledge

Conference Session

Technical Session M5C

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Kelly Salyards P.E., Bucknell University; Benjamin B Wheatley, Bucknell University; Katsuyuki Wakabayashi, Bucknell University

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, teamwork, information literacy, and professional development (ABET 3, 5).Course coordinators chose the language “power skills” to describe complementary skills that areoften described as “soft skills”, as this term places a greater perceived value on abilities such ascommunication and teamwork. These skills are associated with professional leadership successand are typically not associated with traditional engineering curricula [6]. Course Outcome #4 -Employ the NSPE code of ethics to examine ethical case studies and extrapolate principles forother situations (ABET 4). Engineering ethics is crucial to any engineering program. Byintroducing engineering ethics in the first semester, we aim to develop a foundation for furthercoursework and generate