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Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Alan Jacobs, Education Market Business Development Consulting; Ziqian Dong, New York Institute of Technology

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design and analysis of practical buffered crossbar packet switches, network security and forensics and wireless sensor networks. She was associated with Networking Research Laboratory at New Jersey Institute of Technology and MySYNC Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology for her postdoctoral research. She has served as a technical committee member in IEEE HPSR 2011, 2012, IEEE Sarnoff 2010 and 2011, and IEEE Greencom 2011 and ChinaCom 2008. She is a member of IEEE Com- munications Society, IEEE Women in Engineering, and American Society for Engineering Education. For further information: http://iris.nyit.edu/˜zdong02

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas F. Wolff P.E., Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University; Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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majors and is the greater beneficiary of involvement by our industrysponsors. The second course, EGR 102, Introduction to Engineering Modeling, introducesproblem solving and mathematical modeling of engineering problems and systems. It is requiredof all majors except computer science and computer engineering.EGR 100 is a two-credit course taught in a lecture and laboratory format. Lectures are held onceeach week for 50 minutes throughout a 15 week semester. The laboratory sessions meet onceper week for 110 minutes each. Lectures are held in a traditional auditorium; whereas thelaboratory sessions are held in a computer facility populated with Windows ®-based PCs.Lectures primarily deal with the various aspects of design, communication and the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stamper, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mitchell A. Landess, Rose-Hulman Ventures

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samemeasure requires that blood samples be sent to a lab and can take approximately 1 day to obtainthe results.An entrepreneur recognized the market potential for a clinical device based on this research.However, as developed in the laboratory, the technology was too complicated and expensive forbroad clinical acceptance. Rose-Hulman Ventures provided the venue for exploring differentoptions for productizing the technology and building functional prototypes for the clinicalsetting. This project required multi-disciplinary teams with student interns drawn frombiomedical engineering, optical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology

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themechanical design of the system including the motion control aspects.Company C is a medium-sized Nordic product development company acting as consultancyprimarily within embedded systems and industrial IT. The company is involved in the earlystages of product design in a wide range of fields and for many different customers. In thisspecific case, Company C was recruited by a “third part” who hired Company C to design andmanufacture a prototype of a machine to be used in a medical laboratory setting for theanalysis of tissue samples. The “third part” was kept secret for the student team and CompanyC basically took the same design brief as being given from the third part to the student team.This company was also located within the Stockholm area. The

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Stephan J. Nix, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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will allow the students and faculty in Javelina Innovation Center tohave meetings with participating company managers or faculty in Del Mar College, to discussthe detail requirements and progresses of the engineering projects without having to travel toeach location. One more HP Virtual Room will be used in the computer laboratory, so that thestudents in Javelina Innovation Center can have a real-time discussion with the students in DelMar College. The HP Elitebook Tablet PCs will also allow the instructors to create innovativeinteractive class materials that will increase the attraction of STEM related topics. We hope theengineering related interactive class materials and real life projects can raise the awareness ofengineering students and

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald G. Colliver P.E., University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

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semester2011 which was developed for the students to obtain this eyes-on learning. In order to expand thelearning opportunity in the course and to make it more than simply a series of tours, the coursewas designed so the students would do background work to gain an understanding of what theywould be visiting, and then actually visit the facility and talk with operators. At the conclusion ofeach visit the students would then write a journal of their visit to each regional power and energyrelated facility. Assessments from the students about the course and its learning opportunitieswill also be presented. The class represents a potential model for exposing students to industryfacilities in the form of a learning laboratory and also exposes the students

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Anna Traband, University of Toledo; Daniel Burklo, Northwest State Community College; Nadeane D. Howard, University of Toledo; Marcia A King-Blandford, University of Toledo

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their local and regional industries. The public stateuniversities directed their industry partnership efforts towards the commercialization of theresearch produced in their laboratories. These differences shaped the relationships between theinstitution and their industry partners. Community colleges focus on current job needs whileuniversities look for future opportunities.Funding also presents a challenge. Workforce development programs at the community collegesare financially self-supporting activities. Their self-supporting nature allows flexibility inprogramming. Many of the energy related courses exists as workforce development programsand lead towards a non-credit bearing certificate. The universities, on the other hand, offercourses that

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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expectations for each and figure outwhere the best fit is. Such exposure could include required undergraduate research experiences,internships, or for ECPs rotations in work assignments or graduate school laboratories beforesettling on a career path. We also suggest developing practices around mentoring. Mentors,whether in the form of undergraduate advisors and research professors or bosses and coworkersat a first job, can have substantial impacts on career choices. Knowing why some mentors havesuch a tangible impact can help develop a set of best practices.AcknowledgmentsThe authors wish to thank the entire EPS research team as well as the study participants. Thisresearch is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a collaborative research

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Ladesic P.E., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Robert R. Wolz, Gulfstream Aerospace; Frank Simmons III P.E., Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation; Timothy D. Farley

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Fellow at Gulfstream Aerospace. In addition, he is the Lead FAA Structures AR. He has been with Gulfstream for 31 years, serving in various technical and management positions. He is a co-recipient of the 2010 JEC Composite In- novation Award, the 2008 Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine Laureate Award for Aero- nautics/Propulsion, and nominee for the 2007 Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine Program Excellence Award. He has performed research for both DARPA and the Air Force Research Laboratory with emphasis on innovative structural design concepts. As Structures Staff Scientist - Technical Fellow, Simmons is responsible for the oversight of all structural activities across all projects at Gulfstream