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Conference Session
College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd, MassBay Community College; Chitra Javdekar, Mass Bay Community College
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Diversity
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College Industry Partnerships
 results from the combination of grasping and transforming experience” (Kolb 1984, p. 41).  Kolb’s experiential learning theory describes how students absorb and use information and is commonly shown in a four stage cycle ‐ concrete experience, observation of and reflection on that experience, formation of abstract concepts based upon the reflection, and testing the new concepts.1  A number of studies have shown the benefits of experiential learning and various models of integrating the concepts in the college curriculum. 2 A common way of providing experiential learning to college students are internship and co‐op experiences.  In Liberal Education and America’s Promise [LEAP] report, developed by the American Association of Colleges and
Conference Session
College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joseph Ranalli, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Susan E Chappell, Penn State University
Tagged Divisions
College Industry Partnerships
share activities that would add valueto your recruitment process.8. Please add any other reflections and suggestions for improved career development andemployer engagement events for our students.
Conference Session
College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions
College Industry Partnerships
interpersonal 3. Engineering skills: design and system integration 4. Business skills and acumen: cost accounting, scheduling, and planningUsing these categories offered a simplifying strategy for presenting all of the literature reviewedin this study, from both themes. Results are shown in table 2.Although articles in this theme do not attempt to elaborate upon how these necessarycompetencies should be taught or applied within the engineering curricula, they did all reflect anattitude that the reform of engineering curricula is a work in process that should continue,sometimes offering a proposed categorized list of competencies which they felt could bridge thetransition between academia and industry10.Theme 2: Approaches to Address
Conference Session
College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Durga Suresh, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
College Industry Partnerships
provided a way to reflect and improve the program. Ourwork developed similar conclusions. In a survey done to characterize programs collaborating withindustry partners across the country, it was noted that in most cases these collaborations lead tosuccess, but warrant further discussion and investigation 3 . Industry-academia collaborations alsofind a place in accreditation guidelines which makes it even more attractive to both academic andindustry partners 4 . Similar observations and experiences have been discussed in additional priorwork as well 5,6,7,8 , echoing many of the conclusions reached in our present work.Many of the academia-industry collaborations revolve around the senior design or capstoneproject experience, where an industry