The Value of Interpersonal Skills Training in Engineering Education: An Interactive Panel Discussion with the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Futures Program

摘要

For more than two decades, the Engineering Futures Program of Tau Beta Pi (the Engineering Honor Society) has provided engineering students with training in the "soft skills" necessary for success in the workplace. Engineering Futures (EF) seminars cover interpersonal communications skills; team building and management techniques; creative problem solving; and effective presentation skills. The EF program won the 2007 Excellence in Engineering Education Collaboration Award from ASEE, and is offered free of charge to students across the country by a network of volunteer facilitators.