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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Professional Skills Needed by Our Graduates
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Woods, Donald R.; Briedis, Daina; Perna, Angelo – Chemical Engineering Education, 2013
Accreditation agencies have outlined professional skills that should be possessed by engineering graduates. The question this paper addresses is "What professional skills do our recent graduates actually use and value as being important?" Young engineering professionals, as well as professionals in many different professions, were asked…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Skill Analysis, Skill Development, Educational Needs
Text Messaging as a Tool for Engaging Chemical Engineering Students
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Walton, S. Patrick; Briedis, Daina; Lindeman, Stephen D.; Malefyt, Amanda P.; Sticklen, Jon – Chemical Engineering Education, 2012
Maximizing student learning is first about engaging students. We investigated whether allowing students to use text messaging for course communication would enhance student instructor communication and concomitantly student engagement. We found that students did not prefer using text messaging for communicating with their instructor but that the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Electronic Mail, Chemical Engineering, Computer Mediated Communication
Graduate Bridging and Continuing Education Using the Internet.
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Lira, Carl T.; Worden, R. Mark; Briedis, Daina – Chemical Engineering Education, 2001
Introduces an undergraduate level course aiming to prepare students for graduate work in chemical engineering, considering the need of cross-trained employees in industry. (Contains 29 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Continuing Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Building the EC 2000 Environment.
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Briedis, Daina – Chemical Engineering Education (CEE), 1999
Describes the author's experiences in serving as a program evaluator for an Engineering Criteria 2000 accreditation visit and preparing for the visit to her own department. Examines how constituency "buy-in" and closing of the improvement loop affect evaluation and institutionalization of a program improvement process. (Contains 16 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Chemical Engineering, College Outcomes Assessment