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Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Baukal Jr., Oklahoma Baptist University

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2021, amid strong labor demand and lowunemployment as vaccinations eased the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic” [4]. Most believethe Great Resignation started near the “end” of the COVID 19 pandemic in April 2021 [5].Currently, there is no end date which begs the question, “Is this the new norm?” [1]. Other namesfor this phenomenon include: The Great/Big Quit, The Great Discontent, The Great Reshuffle,and Quiet Quitting. (a) (b) Figure 1 The nonfarm quit rate (a) in millions and (b) in percent [6].Figure 1 shows how many non-farm employees quit between 2012 and 2022. It doubled in thattime period. There was a dip in the curves during the height of the COVID-19

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Cherish C. Vance, The Ohio State University; Kimberle Ann Kelly; Janel L Ortiz, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Shawanee' Patrick, Texas A&M University; Philip Olawale Adebo; David Chimene; Joseph William Newton Leo Reustle, Hampton University Department of Marine and Environmental Science

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--131. (Available: https://peer.asee.org/131) [3] L. Mayo and K. Wheaton, “Writing and Engineering – Perfect Together,” Proc. 2022 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 26-29 June 2022. pp. 1-13. (Available: https://peer.asee.org/40443) [4] B. Richards and I. Milanovic, “Partnership Between Engineering and Professional Writing,” Proc. 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, June 20- 23, 2010, pp. 1-16. Doi: 10.18260/1-2--15926 (Available: https://peer.asee.org/15926). [5] C. D. M. Andrews, M. Mehrubeoglu and C. Etheridge, “Hybrid Model for Multidisciplinary Collaborations for Technical Communication Education in Engineering,” in IEEE Transactions on Professional

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Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S Linvill, Purdue University; Eric Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Emily M. Haluschak, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Evelyn Shana Marx; Breejha Sene Quezada, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Tamara J Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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developed.Tags: workforce development, microelectronics, lifelong learning, professional development,radiation hardened technologies, teamwork1 IntroductionThe microelectronics industry has been in the national and global news, particularly with theshortage of microchips and the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. These shortageshave significantly impacted the automotive industry and consumer electronics and, moreimportantly, caused a rethinking of global supply chains [1]. In the U.S., the Defense IndustrialBase (DIB), consisting of “Department of Defense (DoD) components, and more than 100,000companies and their subcontractors who perform under contract to the DoD” [2], is facingsimilar but additional challenges with microelectronics. These