2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Professional Skill Development in Engineering Economics and Project Management

Presented at Elements of decision making in engineering economics education

Employers require many skills in their employees in addition to technical proficiency. Many of the professional skills often articulated from college recruiters and discipline specific advisory boards include project management, organization, communication, teamwork, and leadership. Requiring extra coursework or experiences in very structured engineering curricula is often difficult. However, introducing some of these skills early in the students’ curricula can provide the basis for reinforcement at concurrent and subsequent levels of coursework. Preparing engineering students with the professional skills they need in the workforce is crucial to their continuing success.

Authors

Dr. Robert J. Rabb P.E. Pennsylvania State University [biography]

Robert Rabb is the associate dean for education in the College of Engineering at Penn State. He previously served as a professor and the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at The Citadel. He previously taught mechanical engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United Military Academy and his M.S. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching interests are in mechatronics, regenerative power, and multidisciplinary engineering.
Mr. Paul Mittan Pennsylvania State University
Ted Graef Pennsylvania State University

Note

The full paper will be available to logged in and registered conference attendees once the conference starts on June 22, 2025, and to all visitors after the conference ends on June 25, 2025

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