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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Scott Duncan, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Valparaiso University; Tom Cath, Valparaiso University

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of interesting middle-school girls in com- puter programming. After working with the SWE chapter closely for the past ten years, Will was named advisor for the chapter in the fall of 2013. Will has been an active member of ASEE throughout his pro- fessional career, serving as an officer in his local section from 2002-2007 (Chair in 2005) and attending and publishing at national and sectional conferences.Prof. Ruth E. H. Wertz, Valparaiso University Dr. Wertz is an Assistant Professor of General Engineering at Valparaiso University, located in Valparaiso Indiana. She has earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Trine University, a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Morrison, University of Notre Dame

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income distribution are ten timesas likely to become inventors as those from below-median income families [5, 6]. By 8th grade,half of students will have given up on STEM as a career [7]. Only 69.7% of high school graduatesattend college [8], and more than half of college students who declare in a STEM field will changemajors or drop out of school entirely, meaning 11% of HS graduates become qualified STEMprofessionals, and the deficit would not be met if 100% of STEM students graduated. Table 1: PISA Results for U.S. Students compared to the International Median since 2000.There are significant socio-economic barriers to growing and diversifying the STEM workforce,and outcomes highly correlate to income, educational access, race, and gender

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon M. Fulk P.E., Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Seyedali Ghahari, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kyubyung Kang, Purdue University, West Lafayette (Construction Engineering and Management); Makarand Hastak P.E., Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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: Students in construction engineering will work in a competitive global arenaas work will (and is) abundant outside of the U.S. Globalization will become achallenge for the student in their professional careers and the instruction theyreceived should help prepare them by exposure to relevant topics and exercises(Darwish et al. 2012). Engineering students work in small groups to solve problemswhich mimic industry in a proportionate perspective. The community of practicetheory aligns well with this notion about the learners need for training associated withworking in groups (Wang 2003). Students who study the construction andengineering curriculums “learn how to develop schedules” better in the non-traditional sense by using 4D (four dimension

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego

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opportunity to learn alongside astrategically matched mentor. This program was successfully piloted and initial activity from bothmentors and mentees has been positive. This paper introduces the structure of the Industry ScholarsMentorship Program, shares initial output and lessons learned, and offers up a model for industry partnersseeking to prepare and secure students equipped with both professional and technical skills.IntroductionCurrent industry demands of engineering graduates are changing, and higher education is not producingstudents prepared for these careers in industry. This challenge for higher education has been present nowfor quite some time, as indicated by a 2014 Gallup Poll, where 96% of college provosts believe theirgraduates are

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder/Denver

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includes a variety of curricular andco-curricular components but has so far been largely isolated to a small cluster of classes. Thegoal moving forward is to launch a significant expansion into the broader curriculum through thedesign of industry-based examples and problem sets that can be inserted into core classes in thesophomore and junior year. The goals of the initiative include increasing student engagement andacademic motivation, encouraging students to proactively think about potential career paths, andproviding opportunities for industry partners to meaningfully engage with students outside of anevent setting.The current effort was inspired by a combination of interested, engaged alumni and assessmentdata showing that students’ level of

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pistrui, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke P.E., University of Detroit Mercy

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transition from “traditional careers” where they have trained to do specifictasks (mechanical engineer) to “multitrack careers” where they will have multiple jobs (engineer,data analyst, network administrator).21st Century Skill SetsIn their 2016 report “The Future of Jobs,” the World Economic Forum identified 10 key skillscritical for success in the workforce [8] As Table 4 illustrates we have grouped these skills intothree categories. The first category People Centered includes managing relationships,coordinating and providing service. Table 4 - Ten 21st Century Skill Sets People Centered Skill Centered Thinking Centered People Management Complex Problem Solving

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faye R. Jones, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Divya Pahuja, Florida State University

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encourage their children to pursue manufacturing careers, and mostdon’t believe that manufacturing jobs today are interesting, rewarding, clean, safe, stable, andsecure (p. 1).” The limited entry of students into the pipeline leads not only to an unmet need fortechnicians in the AM industry, but also creates a shortage of experienced instructors that arehighly skilled and that have obtained the experience and credentials to instruct these importanttechnical programs.The need for skilled AM workers was described by Powers [10], who stated that “one of ourmost significant challenges facing virtually every manufacturer is trying to find a reliable sourceof factory-ready workers that can operate sophisticated machine tools and keep automated

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Louisiana Community and Technical College System-MEPOL; Willie Eugene Smith Sr., Louisiana Community and Technical College System

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recently he was the Interim Director of South Central Louisiana Technical College (SCLTC) from June 2017- June 30, 2018. Dr. Smith also served as Vice President of Academics and Workforce Solutions at South Louisiana Community College (SLCC). Dr. Smith earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane Uni- versity, where he attended on a full athletic scholarship. He earned his Master of Public Administration from Troy University in 2001. He earned his doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from Argosy University in 2014. Dr. Smith has a long and faithful career with the former Louisiana Technical College, which became Acadiana Technical College (ATC), and now South Louisiana Community College. At SLCC he served in