Using Student Technical Conferences To Build Multidisciplinary Teamwork Skills

Authors

  • David L. Silverstein University of Kentucky

Abstract

An open-ended student conference project involving sophomore, junior, and senior chemical engineering students is described. The project is designed to address outcomes in each of the courses in which those students are enrolled, as well as broader “soft skills” including multidisciplinary teamwork, communications, lifelong learning, and contemporary issues. Assessment data indicate that students learn about cutting-edge technologies; function as teams with distinct roles, capabilities, and backgrounds; and communicate their results in a comprehensive report.

Author Biography

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

David L. Silverstein is an associate professor of chemical and materials engineering at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering Extended Campus Programs in Paducah. He received his B.S.Ch.E. from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; his M.S. and Ph.Din chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville; and has been a registered P.E. since 2002. Silverstein is the 2004 recipient of the William H. Corcoran Award for the most outstanding paper published in Chemical Engineering Education during 2003.

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Published

2007-04-01

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2007): Spring 2007

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