Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Faye R. Jones, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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College Industry Partnerships

technician program graduates, these skills are not oftenincluded in educational mandates; for example, soft skills are not mentioned in Florida’s AMcurriculum frameworks for two-year programs [12], thus indicating a misalignment betweenwhat employers want and what AM curricula include.Concerns over employees’ lack of soft skills have been documented in manufacturingenvironments for decades, and these concerns still exist today. For example, a study conducted in1998 with 54 personnel human directors and 16 managers in Texas Manufacturing firmsforecasted that the State of Texas would see a 34% decrease in the hiring of high schoolgraduates in manufacturing firms because they lacked personal development and groupinteraction skills [13]. In 2007, a

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Pistrui, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke P.E., University of Detroit Mercy; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Ronald Bonnstetter, Target Training International; Eric T. Gehrig, Target Training International

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College Industry Partnerships

attributesand professional competencies found in entrepreneurially minded engineers [20]. The doctoraldissertation research of Dietrich (2012) was able to quantitatively distinguish between engineersand entrepreneurially minded engineers in both behavior and mastery of professional skills in theworkplace [21]. Research by Pistrui et al. used the TTI TriMetrix® DNA assessment suite todefine and establish a measurement model of undergraduate engineering education learningoutcomes associated with professional competencies (soft skills) development [22].TTI TriMetrix® DNA assessments are used by organizations for professional development andsocial science research. The TTI TriMetrix® DNA assessment suite is designed to increase theunderstanding of an

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

required for succeeding in theIndustry 4.0 environment. In this report, the authors reviewed all current relevant publicationsand developed a list of technical and soft-skill competencies needed to be successful andproductive in Industry 4.0. The list of soft skills is similar to the other competencies sharedabove. In Table II we list all the identified technical competencies separated as engineering,business and design competencies.Table II: Engineering, Business and Design Elements of Industry 4.0Engineering Competencies Business Competencies Design CompetenciesData Science and advanced (Big Data) Technology awareness Understanding theanalysis impact of technologyNovel