Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

person in charge of her/his life-long plan. The series intended to answer thequestion, “How do I get the best possible results for my life goals from this graduate program?”With faculty and industry engagement, we identified specific learning outcomes for theleadership series, critical features for the process and expected outcomes for each of the courses.We used a set of critical design assumptions as our guide for development. These assumptionswere based on adult learning theory as well as motivational theory. Furthermore, we felt thestudent should take personal responsibility to be actively involved in their learning agenda, shapea vision for his/her leadership and learning that would guide their planning process while theydeliberately

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

). This has implications for the need to build leadership understanding and capabilitiesfor all engineers, and to emphasize continuing leadership education for all. Figure 2. S&E bachelor‟s degree holders with R&D as a major work activity by years since degree (NSF 2003)Further research by the National Science Foundation demonstrates what people do after earninga science and engineering bachelor‟s degree.2 Data from graduates who received S&Ebachelor‟s degrees before 1994 show that 51% earned no additional degree; 16.5% earnedprofessional degrees in business, law or medicine; 12.6% earned masters or doctorates in thesame field; and 5.9% earned masters or doctorates in other fields. Responses

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, University of Texas, El Paso; Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; Ahsan Choudhuri, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

. They also recognize the impact of engineers as the innovation agents for their enterprise, and the importance of hiring engineers that are ready to contribute to the corporation immediately upon hire. As such, they understand the important role that they need to play in the education of those engineers. Our contacts inform us that LMA has a goal that 80% of their new graduate hires have a previous positive internship experience with the corporation. They have partnered with us to provide an integrated program of practical experience through internships, and also on-campus laboratory and research environments as well. Clinical Sites Our prototypical partnership with LMA includes three fundamental elements of a fully

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

or co-principal investigator for more than 70 research proposals from many diverse funding agencies. His research areas include urban stormwater modeling, low impact develop- ment, watershed and floodplain management, and sustainable land development. He teaches classes in GIS, land development, and water resources and has won numerous teaching awards, as well as a second place award in the 2009 NCEES Engineering Competition for Connecting Professional Practice and Edu- cation. His latest award is the 2010 National James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award from Chi Epsilon. Page 22.1476.1

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University; Christopher A. Mattson, Brigham Young University; Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering Design, where he also received a Post Doctoral fellowship. He taught engineering courses and served in department and college administration at BYU- Idaho (then Ricks College) before spending 10 years in industry in senior engineering and management positions with both the General Motors Corporation and the Michelin Tire Corporation in both the U.S. and Europe. His research and teaching interests include manufacturing process machine design, product design and the improvement of engineering education in a global setting. Since coming to BYU in 1989, he has been the senior author of two manufacturing processes books, one, Manufacturing Processes Ref- erence Guide, a best

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler; Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

AC 2011-1222: INTRODUCTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR TEST ENGI-NEERING INTO THE BSEE CURRICULUMDavid H. K. Hoe, University of Texas at Tyler David H. K. Hoe did his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Toronto, culminating with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1991. His professional experience includes positions at General Electric’s Research and Development Center as a Staff Engineer and at the University of Texas at Ar- lington as a Research Associate and Adjunct Professor. He assumed his present position as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Tyler in August 2008. He teaches classes in Computer Architecture and VLSI Design. His research

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

were then evaluated and a single direction was developed into a finaldesign through extensive analysis. This final design was then prototyped and tested in one ormore impact events. Students typically needed to create the impact test setup themselves (atleast until the impact tester became available).Over the course of this relationship, there have been a number of benefits afforded to the projectsponsors (AISI Bumper Project). First of all, the student projects provided a means ofcompleting pre-competitive research into alternative designs for specific conditions. Thisresearch was performed at very low cost to the individual consortium members (approximately$5000, including materials, for each of the projects). In addition, by engaging

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal, John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L. Price, University of Tulsa; John E. Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Wes Bussman, John Zink Co. LLC.; Sarah M. Olson, Northern Oklahoma College

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

actualindustrial combustors? (The answer is that it can be used to show trends when changesare made to operating conditions that can impact, for example, heat transfer and pollutionemissions.)Another benefit to students of using industry adjuncts is access to potential internshipsand permanent positions after graduation. The students can get a better idea about thecompany by listening to some of its top employees. They already have significantexposure to academia through their traditional full-time professors, but many have hadlittle contact with practicing engineers. Our experience has been that students ask lots ofquestions throughout the semester about what it’s like in the “real world.” Thesediscussions give students more information about what type