Charlotte A. ErdmannBruce HardingPurdue UniversityASEE Annual ConferenceJune 22, 2010

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ASEE AC 2010-1352 “What Do Employers Want in Terms of Employee Knowledge of Technical Standards and the Process of Standardardization?”

40% of US university ME department heads feel that existing curricula is weak in coverage of codes & standards and needs strengthening

50% of US ME practitioners & engineering managers indicate that entry-level engineers’ knowledge of codes & standards is weak and needs strengthening

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Harding and Erdmann, ASEE Paper (2010)

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