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Agreed on the need for soft skills and communication. I started a consulting firm to address just those things! With consulting engineering professionals and also students and educations. 

www.liaclark.com/engineer-with-empathy/

Thanks for the comment, Lia. Since engineering education university are already constrained by external forces, training after graduation is an ideal way to obtain communication and time management skills.

Bill Mc

Agreed on the need for soft skills and communication. I started a consulting firm to address just those things! With consulting engineering professionals and also students and educations. 

www.liaclark.com/engineer-with-empathy/

Hi William, I'm wondering what training might look like to improve these skills. Do you mind sharing your insights?

Sincerely,

Donovan Morrell

Thanks for the comment, Lia. Since engineering education university are already constrained by external forces, training after graduation is an ideal way to obtain communication and time management skills.

Bill Mc

Agreed on the need for soft skills and communication. I started a consulting firm to address just those things! With consulting engineering professionals and also students and educations. 

www.liaclark.com/engineer-with-empathy/

Thanks Donovan!

• A recent sample from an engineering univ. program:

"Covers elements of engineering practices such as product engineering 

(system design and engineering, integration, and documentation); engineering leadership

(team building, communication, leadership styles, ethical behavior, and conflict resolution);

market assessment (engineering economics, business plans, intellectual property, risk assessment, and mitigation);

 and engineering excellence (quality, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, procurement, and problem solving)."

• The ASEE-LEAD has worked on a strategic plan to help facilitate the orderly pilot versions of such.

Cheers,

Bill

p.s. Expect the naysayers to jump all over such changes to a system they grew up years ago learning within.

e.g., Coming from the "slide rule generation" of engineers, well, you can guess what I went through.

Hi William, I'm wondering what training might look like to improve these skills. Do you mind sharing your insights?

Sincerely,

Donovan Morrell

Thanks for the comment, Lia. Since engineering education university are already constrained by external forces, training after graduation is an ideal way to obtain communication and time management skills.

Bill Mc

Agreed on the need for soft skills and communication. I started a consulting firm to address just those things! With consulting engineering professionals and also students and educations. 

www.liaclark.com/engineer-with-empathy/

I'm happy that you found a course description you like, Bill H. With the exception of "market assessment" it maps rather well to the existing engineering curricula that I am familiar with, so who would the naysayers be? 

As for market assessment, engineering economics is a staple in most engineering programs. Business plans, intellectual property, risk assessment, and mitigation are available in an elective from the business colleges, if a student want to access it instead of an engineering course. However, if I were hiring a graduating engineer, I'd prefer they wait until they have a couple of years' work experience before investing time in the marketing side of my business. That makes me a naysayer on that item, unless it's an elective course.

Bill Mc

Thanks Donovan!

• A recent sample from an engineering univ. program:

"Covers elements of engineering practices such as product engineering 

(system design and engineering, integration, and documentation); engineering leadership

(team building, communication, leadership styles, ethical behavior, and conflict resolution);

market assessment (engineering economics, business plans, intellectual property, risk assessment, and mitigation);

 and engineering excellence (quality, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, procurement, and problem solving)."

• The ASEE-LEAD has worked on a strategic plan to help facilitate the orderly pilot versions of such.

Cheers,

Bill

p.s. Expect the naysayers to jump all over such changes to a system they grew up years ago learning within.

e.g., Coming from the "slide rule generation" of engineers, well, you can guess what I went through.

Hi William, I'm wondering what training might look like to improve these skills. Do you mind sharing your insights?

Sincerely,

Donovan Morrell

Thanks for the comment, Lia. Since engineering education university are already constrained by external forces, training after graduation is an ideal way to obtain communication and time management skills.

Bill Mc

Agreed on the need for soft skills and communication. I started a consulting firm to address just those things! With consulting engineering professionals and also students and educations. 

www.liaclark.com/engineer-with-empathy/

Thanks for the comment, Lia. Since engineering education university are already constrained by external forces, training after graduation is an ideal way to obtain communication and time management skills.

Bill Mc

Agreed on the need for soft skills and communication. I started a consulting firm to address just those things! With consulting engineering professionals and also students and educations. 

www.liaclark.com/engineer-with-empathy/