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Work-in-Progress: Engineers Transitioning from an Industrial Position to Full-time Academic Position in an Engineering College

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Conference

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session - Innovative Teaching Strategies II

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--40601

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https://peer.asee.org/40601

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278

Paper Authors

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Matthew Alexander Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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Dr. Matthew is an associate professor in Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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NAZMUL RAHMANI Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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Dr. Nazmul Rahmani, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Dr. Rahmani is the Van Mooney Professor of Practice in the Department of Chemical and Natural Gas Engineering at TAMUK. Prior to this, he had 12+ years’ experience in petroleum industry with major focus on process engineering design and laboratory R&D project management. He received PhD, MSc and BSc in Chemical Engineering from University of Alberta (UofA), University of North Dakota (UND), and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), respectively.

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Abstract

This Work-in-Progress paper presents some unique challenges an engineer may face in transitioning to a full-time academic position into an ABET-accredited College of Engineering from an industry position, and the findings are based on survey of a limited number of faculty who have made this transition. The intent of the effort presented in this paper is to lay the foundation for a more extensive future survey of the unique challenges the professionals face in making this career change, and to obtain feedback from other engineering faculties in the US who view this transition as a unique challenge. The authors’ personal experience indicates that this transition involves factors beyond the adjustment to teaching as a primary activity, including aspects such as rethinking one’s client base, adjusting to research in an academic environment as compared to an industrial environment, and managing numerous goals and time demands posed from various university sources. The survey results indicated a number of similarities amongst the nine respondents, as well as a few unexpected results that are discussed in this paper. These results, along with discussions that will arise from the presentation of this paper at the conference, will serve our future expansion and development and dissemination of this survey that targets faculty in Hispanic serving institutions.

Alexander, M., & RAHMANI, N. (2022, August), Work-in-Progress: Engineers Transitioning from an Industrial Position to Full-time Academic Position in an Engineering College Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40601

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