Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Alexander Koromyslov, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Management

American Society for Engineering Education, 2019An Advanced Teaching Methodology to Improve Student Learning Outcomes in Core Discipline Content and Soft Skills AbstractThe research paper addresses the existing gap between employers’ expectations and thecompetencies of college graduates. According to recent reports, there is an increasing need toadopt new methodologies in teaching to help students improve their career readiness.Contemporary requirements to engineering workforce, besides the core discipline skills, includeproficiency in complex open-ended problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, andmanagement and leadership skills.The proposed methodology is based on a role-play

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

María del Carmen Garcia-Higuera, Universidad Panamericana; Rocio Chavez-Telleria, Universidad Panamericana; Armando Alemán-Juárez, Universidad Panamericana ; Isabel Joaquina Niembro García P.E., Universidad Panamericana

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #25457Improving Student Retention and Soft Skills: Faculty Experiences on Transi-tioning to Active Learning Approaches on First-Year Engineering Programsat Universidad PanamericanaDr. Mar´ıa del Carmen Garcia-Higuera, Universidad Panamericana Carmen Villa is the director for the Center for Innovation in Education at Universidad Panamericana. She teaches courses at the College of Engineering and at the School of Pedagogy. She received a B.Sc. degree in computer science engineering from Tec de Monterrey in Mexico City; a D.E.A. in computer science form the INPG in Grenoble, France; and a Phd.D. in educational

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Kirk St.Amant, Louisiana Tech University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

communication and management acumen (e.g., technicalwriting, technical presentations, and project management). Such an approach is essential topreparing future engineers for the workplace [1]. The challenge becomes providing studentswith effective exposure to both kinds of skills within engineering programs.Traditionally, the development of such skills has been a matter of content-specific courseworkintegrated into a school’s engineering program(s). (A classic example is the technical writingcourse often offer by English or communication departments and required of engineeringundergraduates.) As institutional resources shrink and student demand increases, the need tofind alternative methods for offering training in these “soft-skill” areas grows

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Patricia Fox; Charles McIntyre

Copyright ©2019, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 335What are Employers Looking for in Graduates?Employers are looking for best candidates to fill their positions, however they want more thanjust technical skills. Most employers are looking for graduates with the necessary skills neededfor the particular job requirements, in addition they are also looking for added “soft skills,”which are considered as important as the technical skills. According to a study by Hansen andHansen, these soft skills include: communication (listening, written, and verbal);analytical/research abilities; computer/technical literacy; flexibility/adaptability

Conference Session

Beneficial Partnerships: Enhancing Library Programming with Strategic Collaborations

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily K. Hart, Syracuse University; Alex Vincent Jannini, Syracuse University; Alexander J. Johnson, Syracuse University; Katy Pieri, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

degrees and academic careers in engineering; toaid graduate engineering students in preparing to seek employment in academia; and to increasepedagogical understanding and best practices in engineering education” [2]. The similaritiesbetween the missions of the Libraries and ASEE@SU, both of whom pledge to aid students inachieving success in their academic careers and beyond, and the desire to find the mostsuccessful avenues for connecting with graduate students helped to foster a mutually beneficialrelationship. ASEE@SU puts on programming throughout each academic year, mainly in theform of workshops and seminars designed to sharpen ECS graduate student’s soft skills. Theircore programming, however, is the annual Soft Skills Boot Camp, also known

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josh Mattes, Sitting Bull College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Ann Vallie; Teri Ann Allery; Lori Nelson, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Karl Haefner, Cankdeska Cikana Community College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Cultivating Meta-cognitive Skills and Emotional Intelligence in First- Year Curricula MOTIVATIONColleges and universities have traditionally devoted considerable resources to restructuring andrefining learning environments in order to address deficits in "hard skills" such as reading,writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. Comparatively fewer resources have been devoted toimproving the cultivation of “emotional intelligence” and "soft skills/attributes" such asinterpersonal communication skills, metacognitive analysis of study methods [1], resiliency [2],[3] motivation, and problem solving around non-academic issues. However, research andexperience have shown

Conference Session

Working at the Intersection of Industry and Academia

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan Harpenau; Evelyn Ann Kaelin; Meg Piechocki; Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

years in Manufacturing she decided to pursue her passion of being a leader by completing a M.S. in Technology, Leadership, & In- novation from Purdue University. Thinking outside the box and looking at different perspectives is what sets a leader apart. As leaders are faced with obstacles that become their responsibility to overcome. It’s in these moments that the reaction and allowances made for change and progress are center stage. It is this skill to overcome and push forward as part of a team that drives continuous improvement. Evelyn is passionate about the prospect of intertwining leadership with hard and soft skills to make continuous improvement within herself, her team, her company, and the world around

Conference Session

Working at the Intersection of Industry and Academia

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; David S. Greenburg, The Citadel

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Continuing Professional Development

demand by both students and industry [1].To address the increasing industry demand for workers to have advanced education and theaccompanying increase in undergraduate engineering enrollment, The Citadel developed newMS graduate degrees in three programs to meet demands.By employing a multi-disciplinary approach existing non-technical graduate degree courses,focusing on management and leadership, that can be taken to fulfill electives better preparegraduate students to meet employer and industry requirements. As a result, MS engineeringprograms have seen increased enrollments and partnerships with other departments and industryconnections. Various elective tracts provide the opportunity for students to earn graduatecertificates in soft skills in

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sidra Gibeault, California State University, Los Angeles; Joseph D. Iorio, California State University, Los Angeles; Jorge Diego Santillan, California State University, Los Angeles AUV; He Shen, California State University, Los Angeles; Mark Tufenkjian P.E., California State University, Los Angeles

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Student

design intent from the organizers for the competition tobe accessible to students at every stage of their college career, whereby there are portions of thecompetition that are simple enough to be completed by a team competing for the first time, withsuccessive tasks of increasing difficulty that will challenge even the most experienced students.Implementation of Robotics Competition at CSULAThe Robosub team at CSULA was founded in 2016, providing a multidisciplinary platform forstudents of all majors and backgrounds to participate in the creation of an autonomous submarinerobot for the annual Robosub competition. Students gain various technical and soft skills, as wellas form lasting relationships with other team members and faculty advisors

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

through the REU program on the post-survey: hard and soft skills. Hard skills thatstudents mentioned were fundamental knowledge acquisition, practice of techniques/skills, andhow to do research. Soft skills that students addressed were higher-order thinking skills,communication, teamwork, professionalism, and networking. Higher-order thinking skills thatstudents addressed include analytical, critical, problem solving skills and creativity.Communication includes communication skills with peers, research teams, and people fromdifferent disciplines of research, presentation of the research through posters, and writing skills.Professionalism includes persistence, patience, confidence, independence or autonomy, and timemanagement.Among hard skills

Conference Session

Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University; Vikram K. Kinra, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

0.007 0.778 Engineering Career Path 18 4.79 1.04 5.53 1.15 132.0 2.637 0.008 0.761International Program Research Knowledge 13 5.36 0.63 6.13 0.63 73.0 2.670 0.008 0.771 Research Skills 13 5.29 0.63 6.02 0.68 64.0 2.763 0.006 0.798 Engineering Career Path 13 5.60 0.82 6.17 0.60 60.0 2.413 0.016 0.697D. Expectations of Research Skills and Acquisitions of Research SkillsTwo common themes emerged from open-ended questions on the surveys: hard and soft skills,including several subthemes. Hard skills that students mentioned were fundamental knowledgeacquisition, practice of techniques/skills, and how to do research. Soft skills that studentsaddressed were higher-order

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Park, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Ananda Mani Paudel, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

equipment and materials that are driving advanced manufacturing in the U.S. andaround the world, in both the additive and subtractive manufacturing areas, lies at the heart of theprogram.In addition to a focus on technical skills development, the new program emphasizes soft skills, such ascritical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, leadership and communication, which represent skills thatare in high demand by the industry partners of the program. In addition, cyber risk and manufacturingdata protection issues are integrated into the curriculum in order to expose AMS degree students tosystem vulnerabilities on the manufacturing side.In an exciting time of cloud computing, rapid developments in additive manufacturing, robotics and theIndustrial

Conference Session

Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyona Sharunova, University of Alberta; Mehwish Butt, University of Alberta; Jason P. Carey, University of Alberta; Ahmed Jawad Qureshi, University of Alberta

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

technicalcommunication: “…explaining the technical details to end consumers from an engineering standof point is difficult…especially for new people coming into the industry.” This group alsoclaimed that teamwork, working effectively in teams and ensuring that all departments talk toeach other, is very important. One participant said: “…working effectively in teams in the sensethat, when you’re communicating what you’ve done to others, you’re also seeking their input andmaking sure that everybody’s had a chance to speak on your team…” According to Group 1,communication and teamwork are the soft skills essential for each engineer because their lackmay result in various “people” problems. All alumni agreed upon the following statement: “Allthe projects that I’ve

Conference Session

Technology and Manufacturing

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Tech University; Eric Newland Wooldridge, Somerset Community College; Thomas Singer, Sinclair Community College

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Two-Year College

students to increase their soft skills in criticalthinking and creativity. Students came up with several design and 3D Printing ideas/solutions tomake the project a complete success.Remote Access Collaboration:The project provided an opportunity for the students to quickly see tangible results from theirwork. The remote access network through a smart phone application developed by the projectleaders provided an excellent avenue to let the students see their works while they were printed.Continuous Improvement:From the brainstorming session of the project to its completion, the entire team was able toreview their current works and constantly suggest possible improvements. This way, the teamcontinuously updated their current work to make it better

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 6 - Technology & Simulation

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Mah P.Eng., Northern Alberta Institute of Technology; Neetu Sharma, MacEwan University

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Construction Engineering

interaction at various levels was analysed andspecific examples for how such an approach improved the development process presented. Thestudy concluded that students were intellectually stimulated by the module design, enhancing theoverall teaching and learning process.Naufalin et al. (2016) concluded that experiential learning is an effective model to improvestudents’ soft skills in the subject of entrepreneurship. The study showed that it increased thedimension of confidence by 52.1%, result-oriented by 22.9%, being courageous to take risks by10.4%, leadership by 12.5%, originality by 10.4%, and future-oriented by 18.8%. Coker et al.(2017) conducted a 5-year study of graduating seniors (n=2,058) to evaluate the impacts ofexperiential learning depth

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez; Arturo Fuentes; Stephen Crown

. personal or soft skills). Most of the current efforts from faculty and1. Introduction existing educational programs focus on developing The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Latinos accounted technical skills, where the faculty makes an extraordinaryfor only 6.5% of the STEM workforce in 2011, even effort to help students learn and understand the courses'though they comprised 17% of the population. Hispanics contents. This focus on technical skills is fundamental in anare not only the largest minority group in the U.S., engineering program, but the lack of non-technical skillsfollowed by

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Festus Ogbaisi, Jacksonville University; Martins Slaboh, Jacksonville University; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Maria Javaid, Jacksonville University

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

department, we have more students in ME thanin EE. However, it is imperative for all students to have the basics of EE in order to work on therobotic projects. In this case, we mix students from two programs together in the engineeringorientation course. “What topics should be covered in this course?” is always a question and achallenge for the instructors. After 3-year practices and continuous improvements, we decide tocover not only the basics of ME and EE but also diverse soft skills trainings especially theproject management trainings. Three teaching assistants (two juniors from EE and one juniorfrom ME) are assisting a professor in the lab sections. This paper studies the outcomes of severalactivities such as the ethics debates, self-identities

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian, Florida Institute of Technology; Jinan Ziade, Westcliff University; Mohd Abdelgadir Khairi, Najran University

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Diversity

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International

creatively and effectively. Leaders alsoneed to constantly develop skills and intellectual tools to understand soft skills or people skillsand build relationships internally [48]. Results of Gitsham et al.’s [28] survey of CEOs and other executives focus on how softskills and hard skills are beneficial for leaders at all levels of the organization. Specifically,acquisition of interpersonal skills may provide added benefits of knowing and understanding ofhow to interact with people with different cultures and apply the skills to improve organizationalperformance. Soft skills are a set of interpersonal and social skills, whereas hard skills includethe technical or administrative procedures in which the results are quantifiable and measurable[43

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge, 3rd Edition: Preparing the Future Civil Engineer

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University

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Civil Engineering

the UG curriculum. Many engineers may not need a high level of knowledge in various areas until later in their career. Many skills are better learned through specialized education, through experience, or through mentoring. Many BOK2 topics that are programed in the BS could more effectively be addressed either through extracurricular activities, or later in the engineer's career. For example, how much does an entry level engineer need to know about public policy beyond what they would learn in a high school civics class? By the time someone would need to shape the public policy process they will have years of experience seeing it in action and working through it. The balance between technical topics and soft skills is

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ha Thu Le, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

, they successfully performed a number of trouble-shooting tasks forboth software and hardware by consulting various sources beyond the advisor guidance.Impacts on college studentsIn terms of hard skills, the project effectively trained the students in essential engineeringconcepts such as system design, developing software, testing an engineering system, and troubleshooting. They also obtained writing and analytical skills through project report, design andtesting of the engineering system.In terms of soft skills, the students learned communication skill through interaction with the highschool students, the local metal shops, and the people they consulted during the projectimplementation. They also learned how to negotiate and collaborate with

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Okan Caglayan; Sreedevi Ande P.E.; Erik Coronado; Max Martinez; Samuel Handowski

presentations emphasized the following skills/attributes that students need in order to be successful in college and career:1. Introduction  Time management – class attendance, planning, Soon-to-be high school graduates from around the class assignmentsworld apply to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW)  Networking and communication – soft skills,for their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert B. Pyle, North Carolina A&T State University; Iyshea Borders-Taylor; Christian A. Bock Hyeng, North Carolina A&T State University; Tony E. Graham, North Carolina A&T State University

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Construction Engineering

statistics. Also,the best practices, challenges, and lessons learned from the NAHB program are described.Results indicated that students’ had gained residential construction knowledge and careerinterests. Positive experiences included increased understanding of the technical and managerialaspects of residential construction, real-life industrial experiences, professional development,development of soft skills, improved sense of belonging, and lowered financial burden throughscholarships and internships. The few negative experiences included long travel times, newgroup discomfort, and feelings of inadequacy during NAHB competition team preparation.Seventy-five percent (75%) of students were interested in residential careers because of theirdesire to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vy-Linh Gale, New York University; Victoria Bill, New York University; Jessica Si

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

develop the brace itself, the team uses 3D scanning to create an accurately sized brace. Thebrace is then 3D printed and tested with the patient. Students practice design iteration andhuman-centered design principles as they focus on input from each of the various stakeholders:OTs, doctors, patients, and the graduate student and faculty leads. Future work includesdevelopment and assessment of student design and soft skills workshops for this non-traditionalcourse. The VIP program director at the university is piloting a series of workshops to buildpresentation, problem definition, entrepreneurship, and interviewing skills. As studentsparticipate in this course and are encouraged to attend the soft skills workshops, the goal is forthem to progress

Conference Session

M2C: Learning by Design 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine; Maria Jane Evans, Penn State Brandywine; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

thegap that exists between engineering programs expectations regarding soft skills, such as timemanagement and study skills, and the reality. Learning or mastering these skills are generallyleft to the student services, which our experience has shown not to be very successful.Moreover, an FYS would provide an ideal platform to talk about and practice teamwork andethics in a formal setup. Although, engineering design may be covered in other freshmanengineering courses, due to the importance of the subject we believe repetition is going to bebeneficial. We all the benefits that are associated with an FYS course, we believe a three-creditcourse format, rather than a one-credit format would be more valuable. This would providemore time to cover the

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Lee Russell, Grand Canyon University; Maria Zafonte, Grand Canyon University

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Educational Research and Methods

they entered anengineering program. A large gender gap was found, particularly in females’ initial attitudes thatreflected lower confidence in their knowledge and abilities that would help them in the field.Recently, there has been a greater acknowledgment that many engineering soft skills, such asleadership and managerial functions, have been learned on the job in the past, but should insteadby an explicit part of the engineering curriculum due to their importance [4].Often students do not fully recognize the skills that they need to be successful engineers. Part ofthe reason for this is that engineers mostly work behind the scenes and do not generally interfacewith the public, thereby creating some mystery about what the work of an engineer

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

benefits that they had sought and whether they had attained them or not. Itthen went on to ask them to identify their pre- and post-participation statuses with regards toseveral key metric areas (including technical skills and excitement about the research area) andseveral other soft skill areas. Further, the survey asked participants to identify what level ofattribution of the gains that they made they associated with program participation.The paper presents the results of this survey. It then continues and provides a discussion of thebenefits of REU program participation for student participants, drawing from the benefit datapresented and analyzed throughout the paper. Areas for prospective future work are alsodiscussed.2. BackgroundThis section

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

courses aren’t necessarily designed for learning withoptimized shortcuts, student’s experience a disconnect between what they learn and their “real-life” experiences and tend to use memorization/pattern matching as an easier approach/shortcuttowards learning [12,13].As a first evaluation, it appears that such practices would lead to students who are technically weakand unprepared to meet the demands of engineering environments [14,15]. However, over theyears, it has been observed that students who possess necessary soft skills [16,17] related tolearning, possess curiosity and are engaged in collaborative learning, can adjust and learn inchallenging technical environments despite some deficits in background. In fact, as suggested in[15,18], with

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 18: Student Learning and Problem Solving

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Ferrar, Temple University; Pete Watkins, Temple University

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Educational Research and Methods

successfulstudent leaving this course will develop a working Android, iOS, or Web-based App.” Studentslearned ten key programming skills including Variables, Data Types, Console I/O, Functions,Debugging, Operators, Conditional Code, Flow Control, Loops, Objects. In addition, studentsemployed integrated development environments for their final projects. Students were given achoice between these three platforms based on interest and resource availability (for example,developing for iOS requires access to an Apple computer).The third learning objective focused on developing the soft skills required to flourish asengineers: “A successful student leaving this course will create a personal learning network.”Students learned to work effectively in teams

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 14: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Earnest, National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR), Bhopal, India; shashi kant Gupta, National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research, Bhopal, India; Susan Sunny Mathew, National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research, Bhopal, India; Sthuthi Rachel Joshua, Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

the last semester.However, a few universities may have an additional course as a ‘minor project’ in the lastbut one semester, which is rare. Due to above reasons, the employability levels of theengineering graduates drastically deteriorated over the past years. To address this problem,the micro–project was introduced in every course, from the first to the last semester in this‘Competency–Focused OBC’. As the students move to higher semesters undertaking thedifferent types of micro–projects, some of the social skills and attitudes (see section 3.1)which are ‘embedded’ in the micro–projects also get developed. This is due to the‘repeatability’ factor which is the key to any skill development. The ‘soft skills’ are alsoacutely required by the

Conference Session

Continuous improvement of programs, practices and people.

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Dirk Joel-Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University; Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University; Astri Briliyanti

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Continuing Professional Development

scientific imaging). Dr. Colbry also conducts research in computational education and high performance computing. From 2009 until 2015, Dr. Colbry worked for the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (iCER) as a computational consultant and Director of the HPCC. Dr. Colbry collaborates with scientists from multiple disciplines including Engineering, Toxicology, Plant and Soil Sciences, Zoology, Mathematics, Statistics and Biology. Recent projects include research in Image Phenomics; developing a commercially-viable large scale, cloud based image pathology tool; and helping develop methods for measuring the Carbon stored inside of soil. Dr. Colbry has taught a range of courses, including; com- munication ”soft” skills