Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session II: Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Maysam Pournik, University of Oklahoma; Bryan William Bodie

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Problem, gave the BHI Scholars an excellent understanding and appreciation of their engineering tasks at BHI. The BHI Scholars, during their internship, were treated with extra care because the students were viewed as having a longer term commitment.  The Scholars have learned a significant amount of knowledge and most importantly gained an appreciation for another field of engineering from each other through their work and communication in their interdisciplinary team.  Through several interdisciplinary opportunities, student have further enhanced their soft skills, especially ability to communicate and dialogue with people of other disciplines

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Leslie, Engineers Without Borders - USA

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

field of engineering.The model is depicted as a pyramid consisting of several tiers. The arrangement of thetiers in this shape is not meant to be hierarchical, or to imply that competencies at thetop are at a higher level of skill. Instead, the model’s tapered shape represents theincreasing specialization and specificity of proficiencies covered. Its tiers are furtherdivided into blocks that represent competency areas (i.e., groups of knowledge, skills,and abilities), which are defined using critical work functions and technical contentareas.Foundational Competencies Competency – A cluster ofTiers 1 through 3 represent the “soft skills” and work related knowledge