Paper ID #14994Why a Testing Career is Not the First Choice of EngineersDr. Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University Dr Pradeep Waychal is a founder trustee and the chair of Guruji Education Foundation that provides holistic support to the education of underprivileged students and operates on funding from friends. The foundation has recently extended its work in diverse areas such as research in engineering education, youth employability and teaching computer science to adolescents. Earlier, Dr Waychal has worked at Patni Computer Systems for 20 years in various positions including the head of innovations, NMIMS as
Engineering Department at The Lebanese University. He is teaching courses related to Dynamics of structures and Seismic design of buildings. His research focuses on behaviors of structures under earthquake loading, and quality of engineering Education. Page 22.317.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Challenges Facing Graduating Engineers in Transitioning from College to CareerAbstractTransitioning from college to an engineering career is highly complex and critical for graduatingengineers. This research study examines the career transition of
Paper ID #32821To Infinity and Beyond: Boosting URM Students’ Career TrajectoriesThrough Professional ExperiencesDr. Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University Dr. Fethiye ”Faith” Ozis is a senior lecturer in the civil and environmental engineering department at Northern Arizona University. Dr. Ozis holds a B.S. in environmental engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, Los Ange- les. She is a licensed Professional Engineer, Environmental, in Arizona. Dr. Ozis enjoys every dimension of being an engineering educator. She conducts
AC 2012-3832: THE PATHWAYS TAKEN BY EARLY CAREER PROFES-SIONALS AND THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PATHWAY CHOICESMs. Cheryl A. Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a Ph.D. student in engineering education at Virginia Tech and a graduate research as- sistant. Carrico is conducting research on early career professionals and their pathways as part of the engineering pathways study. Carrico has industry experience including as an engineering manager for General Dynamics.Ms. Katherine E. Winters, Virginia TechMs. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University Samantha Brunhaver is a fourth-year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a focus in
Paper ID #6119Not All the Same: A Look at Early Career Engineers Employed in DifferentSub-OccupationsMs. Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University Samantha Brunhaver is a fifth year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in engineering education. Samantha completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in 2008 and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Design for Manufacturing from Stanford in 2010.Dr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford UniversityMichelle Marie Grau, Stanford University Michelle Grau is a senior
Paper ID #32470The Transfer of Learning Between School and Work: A New Stance in theDebate About Engineering Graduates’ Preparedness for Career SuccessAbstractMr. Logan Andrew Perry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Mr. Perry is a PhD student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. He currently studies learning in the engineering workplace and is also working to better understand innovative new teaching strategies for engineering education.Dr
AC 2012-5087: ARTICULATION OF CURRICULUM ACROSS UNIVER-SITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND ADULT AND CAREER CEN-TERS TO MEET THE EMERGING INDUSTRY REQUIREMENTS IN CLEANAND ALTERNATIVE ENERGYMs. Margaret Anna Traband, University of Toledo Margaret Anna Traband, M.B.A., is the Grant Director for the National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation grant entitled An Innovative Model for a New Advanced Energy Workforce. Traband earned a bachelor’s of arts from Bowling Green State University and her master’s of business adminis- tration in entrepreneurship and technology commercialization from the University of Toledo. Previously, Traband worked as the Program Manager for the University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio (UCEAO
development of tools and methods for solar energy resource assessment and the role of technology in engineering pedagogy.Mrs. Susan E Chappell, Penn State University Susan Chappell, M.Ed., coordinates Employer Engagement for Penn State University Career Services on the eastern part of Pennsylvania, working closely with five of Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses to develop pathways of industry engagement that add value to the student academic experience. During her time at Penn State, she has also worked within the Division of Undergraduate Studies, Alumni Relations, Corporate Engagement, and Outreach and Continuing Education before joining Career Services. Prior to working in higher education, Chappell spent several years
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
Paper ID #23098Investigation of Factors Promoting Competitive Candidates for Entry-levelBioengineering PositionsDr. Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in Bio- engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance ex- perimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and
empirical environments,exposure to industry problems and expertise, and establishing future employment connections forstudents as benefits[6-8]. Industry members cite access to new research techniques, developmentof new products and patents, generating knowledge and advancing technology by using facultyand student expertise, and engaging with potential employees [9-11]. Current literature offersevidence that partnerships generate benefits at both the macro level (organization) as well as atthe micro level (individual student/employee).Yet there appears to be some conflict with research and practice as evidenced by continuedconversations about career readiness of graduates, debate about the skills required for earlycareer success, and high attrition
Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives.Dr. Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Terri Talbert-Hatch Dr. Terri Talbert-Hatch is the Assistant Dean for Student Services in the School of Engineering and Tech- nology, IUPUI. In this position she is responsible for recruitment of undergraduate students, scholarships, career services, and the schools residential based learning communities which include two apartment buildings on campus and one floor in the newest residence hall on campus – IUPUI Tower. She is the faculty advisor to the school’s Student Council and the Society of Women Engineers student organization but, also supports all the school’s student organizations. Dr. Talbert-Hatch
university as well as by others, such as parents and friends. In this paper, we report theresults of the analyses of longitudinal data during various times within the study period. Thedependent variable, retention, is calculated as the number of students who both stayed in theiruniversity and in their major. The three efficacy forms consist of work, career, and academicself-efficacy, signifying the confidence that students have in their own success within theworkplace, within their chosen engineering career, and within the classroom, respectively.Contextual support was measured as the support provided to students during their college careersthrough a number of mechanisms, in particular, through financial aid, mentors, advisors, family,friends
engineering educators. Although the merger with the College ofTechnology is a major change, other factors are also having a strong impact. These include therise of the field of engineering education, changes in the undergraduate experience such asincreased emphasis on research and entrepreneurship, and, in addition, changes in the academicengineering job market and in the importance of post-doctoral positions for those students whoare focused on a research career in academia. At the present time, UC is also revising all itscurricula in preparation for a move from quarters to semesters in Fall 2012. And also, like manylarge state universities, UC is dealing with many budget challenges. Here we describe changesin our PFF program to adapt to the many
providing guest speakers for introductory classes or society meetings. The final areais the donation of new or used equipment common to a particular field, or general test equipmentthat may be used in multiple lab exercises. These particular areas will be discussed in greaterdetail in the body of this paper.Introduction – The greater the interaction between Industry and Academia in curriculumdevelopment and course review, the greater the opportunity for engineering students to beprepared for careers in industry [7, 8]. This is especially true when the academic program isslanted to local industry needs. There are five general areas that can be emphasized that will bestbenefit the student: Advisory Board
Paper ID #9182Counter Current - Perspectives from My Move to the Corporate World fromAcademiaDr. John C Oliva, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation Dr. John C. Oliva has had a diverse career spanning the fields of academia and industry. John spent the first half of his career teaching mechanical engineering as a fulltime faculty member, first at Kettering University and later at Grand Valley State University. He then transitioned to the corporate world where he has spent the more recent half of his career as a professional engineer. John currently works as an engineering analyst at Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation. His
a fulltime practicing professional engineer.Constant turnover in the position was difficult to handle and an adjunct could not expand thecourse into a program. In 2006, the author began to teach the class and initiated a majorcollaborative effort with practitioners in the state in order to 1) improve land development designeducation, including increasing student awareness of land development design as a career path,and 2) increase student – practitioner interaction. The Land Development Design Initiative(LDDI) involves more than 70 engineering and land development firms and directly involvesindustry professionals in teaching, mentoring, curriculum development, and promoting landdevelopment to undergraduate students.Strategic planning for
Paper ID #17717Developing America’s Next Generation of Electric Utility ProfessionalsMrs. Sonya Overstreet, EASi Sonya Overstreet, Learning and Development Manager (North America) at EASi a global engineering services company. Mrs. Overstreet’s professional career includes years of experience in the engineering field. For several years, she managed the integration, use, and support of engineering design software at a multi-regional civil engineering firm. In her current position, Mrs. Overstreet is responsible for executing learning & development strategies to ensure the building of employee capabilities, development
as Director of the Industrial Solutions Lab. Ms. Thurman, a Chicago native, earned her BS in Psychology from Western Illinois Univ. and her MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Roosevelt Univ. Moving to Charlotte in 1995, Ms. Thurman continued to work in the I.T. and Engineering recruiting field and then made a career change in 1999 to work in Higher Ed. She has worked for over 10 years at UNC Charlotte, with the past 6 years holding the position of Director for Student Professional Development and Employer Relations for the William States Lee College of Engineering. In March 2010, Ms. Thurman was appointed by the governor to serve on the NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors as the public
factors are built into to them.This panel session will explore" Evolutionary Models for College-Industry Partnerships". The panel will explore emergingstrategies and related activities that both colleges and industrywill implement now and in the future to maintain their visibilityin the marketplace. Career Fairs and corporate checks will nolonger suffice to build solid CIPs. Two seasoned college-industryprofessionals will act as panel moderators interacting with thepanel and audience. The panel will include major corporationsand government agencies and college representatives. A panel-in-the-round format will encourage audience participation while themoderators will challenge the panel and audience withassumptions about college-industry
Opportunities through Education by 2015(EcO15), was created in 2008 to address that deficiency. The main objective of the initiative wasto move residents up one level in their education, training, and/or job placement. One of theprogram’s primary successes was bringing Project Lead the Way (PLTW) programs and classesto every public high school in the ten-county region. PLTW is a pre-engineering, high schoolcurriculum that promotes engineering careers through a rigorous curriculum of engineeringdesign and analysis. Since 2008, student enrollment in PLTW classes in this mostly rural, 10-county region has increased over 900 percent while overall STEM enrollment has increased 30percent. High school graduation rates have also increased over that period from
Management from The Pennsylvania State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Path from Industry Professional to Assistant Professor1. IntroductionThis paper explores the pathway for industry professionals to change careers and become fulltime academics at a four-year traditional university. Herein, “traditional” is defined as “brickand mortar” institutes of higher education with a campus providing residence for undergraduates.The pathway is explored using anecdotal evidence from a review of literature and case studiesprovided by two of this paper’s authors that have made a successful transition from industrialcareers into academia. Both case studies involve moves from
MDTtrack are required for employee/students in both tracks, and the degree requirements then divergeat the upper division courses depending on the employee’s career track.SIA reviewed plans of study for Purdue Polytechnic’s existing BS degrees in EngineeringTechnology, Industrial Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology,Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Organizational Leadership and drew the MDT courseplan out of those degree programs. Each of those traditional degree plans holds value for SIA,and the company hires graduates from those programs, but for the company’s in-house employeedevelopment and career planning program, SIA prefers a more customized plan with elements ofthe degrees cited above. Thus, SIA worked with
. Table 4. On-Campus Events ACTIVITY NOTES Career Day on Campus Career Fair targeting ET students; Quanta employees to present on company; QSWD Team to encourage students to apply for Internship Program / minimester course ETEC 1100 Department Quanta speakers on Campus for ETEC 1100 Dept. Speaking Engagement for both Speaker fall and Spring semesters Internship Program Info Meet with students to answer questions / encourage to apply for program Session Fall and Spring semesters Quanta-University Info session on Campus; Spring semester, Quanta speakers, representatives from Partnership Info Session QSWD Program to
discussed are some aspects ofengineering education and relevant trends in alumni giving.Keywords: alumni, voluntarism, training, ABET, laboratory, collaboration, experiential learning 1. IntroductionCal Poly is a predominantly undergraduate institution widely recognized for its excellentengineering programs. With an enrollment of over 5,800 undergraduate students and 280graduate students, the College of Engineering is a major supplier of engineering talent inCalifornia. As most of our baccalaureate recipients begin their careers in industry and do notpursue graduate degrees, our programs strive to keep a curriculum aligned with industrialpractice.Both the structure and the content of the curriculum determine the alignment. Typically, acurriculum
AC 2011-355: IMPLEMENTING THE MASTERS FOR ENGINEERINGPROFESSIONALS DEGREE AT NJITStephen J. Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology Page 22.825.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing the Master’s for Engineering Professionals Degree at NJITAbstract This paper reports on a plan for implementing a Master’s for Engineering Professionals atNew Jersey Institute of Technology. The Master’s for Engineering Professionals is intended forthe early career development of engineers in industry. It teaches the skill sets and abilitiesrequired of these
continuing education initiatives for the Center; grant writing, program development and management; and conducting outreach to K-12 students. She additionally manages the West Region Transportation Workforce Center (WRTWC), a resource center serving a ten- state regional network of transportation organizations, workforce advocates, and educational institutions to communicate best practices, catalyze new strategic partnerships, and leverage resources to enhance the transportation workforce at all levels. In that capacity, she also serves as the Associate Director for the National Transportation Safety Career Pathways Initiative, part of a national consortium supported by the Federal Highway Administration to develop career
, industry-sponsored Co-op and summer research programs construct e-portfolios in studio settings. Itfocuses on the challenges and opportunities students experienced in constructing the portfolios,which were explained as arguments about preparedness for future careers. The impetus was therecommendation by the industry visiting committee that engineering students in experientiallearning programs create portfolios. The studio activities were adapted from other settings toexplore the use of e-portfolios in the reporting requirements for students. Students experiencedthe following challenges: 1) identifying what their future careers may be; 2) choosing theaudience for the portfolio; and 3) locating and choosing appropriate artifacts to include
degree that serves the needs of local industry.Each successive step provides students access to advanced credentials and associated higherwages, allowing an individual to progress along a career pathway. Students taking advantage ofthe stackable credential track from one of the ATCs through WSU will obtain the technical skillsnecessary to be employed by a northern Utah manufacturer as an automation technician andeventually as an automation engineer. Each stage of the pathway directly supports economicgrowth in the manufacturing industry cluster in Northern Utah.The pathway was constructed by evaluating the courses in the IAT certification program fortechnical content. Coursework in the certification program offered technical skills, but
including business development, marketing, product development, and operations. Throughout her career, Rachel and her team have provided education solutions for several industries including defense, life science, high-tech, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction. Rachel currently serves on the Board of Directors of INCOSE as the Director of Marketing and Commu- nications. In addition, she is on the Board of Directors for AUVSI New England. Rachel has a B.S. and M.S. in the life sciences, as well as an M.B.A. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Rethinking the Corporate Partnership – A focus on corporate needs vs. traditional institutional