Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. D. Wilson, Purdue University; Michele Summers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tatiana V. Goris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Allen Gordon, Indiana Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

entity, in order to implement and use productively, must overcome the complexity of usingnew technology tools. This is the technological challenge to innovation, full participation andcompany-wide adoption.  In summation, according to the obtained demographics of this study, the majority of currentindustry top-managers are in the age category of under 40-years of age. This category isclassified as a “young generation” and some are even recent college graduates (who graduatedless than ten years ago). Thus, an important question should be raised in future studies about thecollege preparation of engineering leaders and top-managers. Often innovation involves risk, ofwhich psychological discomfort in adapting new tools or working environs is an