expertise employee development to experience with real- access to technology for enhance or develop new world projects use in research and skills teaching project work by faculty networking opportunities opportunities to further and students with industry their research connect with experts cutting-edge research opportunities to bring opportunities more applied research into their classroom remain competitive in a
, respectively, both from the University of Cincinnati where he joined the faculty as an assistant professor in September 2005 and became an associate professor in September 2010. From July 1995 to August 2000, he worked as a R&D Engineer, then Senior Engineer and Project Manager in the industry designing and developing distributed computer control systems, real-time embedded systems for various process controls. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE. Page 22.830.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improving a Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering Program
industry through an open-endedquestion, “What other abilities are essential?” Adapting and understanding the industryenvironment was mentioned by over 18% of the participants. Comments included workingtowards the company’s goals and “not investigating in detail an area of interest related to theproblem.” They also included understanding cost, quality, and project planning or projectmanagement. These comments suggest that the more successful Ph.D.s in industry are able toadapt and understand the industry environment quickly.Leadership, including interpersonal leadership, visionary leadership and lifelong learningleadership, as described in Watson and Lyons 14, was another theme mentioned by 10% of theparticipants. Comments included “the desire to
Paper ID #9498More than Advice: Increasing Industry Advisory Board Member Involve-mentDr. James W. Jones, Ball State University Dr. James W. Jones is the Construction Management Program Director and an Associate Professor in Ball State University’s Department of Technology. He has taught in the areas of leadership and construction management for more than 10 years and has more than a decade of experience managing construction projects in both field and office environments. Page 24.914.1 c
AC 2011-1050: COMPUTATIONAL EXPERTISE IN ENGINEERING: ALIGN-ING WORKFORCE COMPUTING NEEDS WITH COMPUTER SCIENCECONCEPTS.Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University Claudia Elena Vergara. PhD Purdue University. Fields of expertise: Plant Biology and STEM Education Research. Dr. Vergara is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) at Michigan State University. Her research interest is in STEM education through research projects on instructional design, implementation and assessment of student learning, aimed to improve science, engi- neering and technology education.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Director of Instructional Technology Research & Development
imperative. As a result of the U.S. Census Bureau projections showing a steady decline in the White population (from 81% in 2000 to 72.1% in 2050) and a correspondingly slight increase in the African American population (from 12.7% in 2000 to 14.6% in 2050), and a large increase in the Hispanic population (from 12.6% in 2000 to 24.4% in 2050)1, relative to the near term projections in the Labor Force Growth, 2000-2010 graph below, it is clear that the science and engineering workforce of the future must come from the ranks of currently under-represented minority groups. Labor Force Growth, 2000-2010 36 37 40
Education, Tsinghua University. He is interested in higher education ad- ministration as well as engineering education. Now his research interest focuses on the quality assurance in higher education, particularly quality assurance in engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Experiences, Issues and Reflections of School-Enterprise Joint Training in Chinese Mainland under the Vision of PETOE Strategy: An Empirical Study Based on Small-N CasesAbstractThe Plan for Educating and Training Outstanding Engineers Plan (PETOE) is one of themajor reform projects initiated by the Ministry of Education of China, as well as one of themajor initiatives to
Students’ Interest in Their CoursesIn addition to the potential benefits in terms of student engagement, there is also a correspondingbenefit for the department’s industry partners. The department’s current industry engagementefforts focus on design project sponsorship, large-scale events, and opportunities for one-on-onementorship. Those efforts provide a broad range of opportunities for industry to engage with thedepartment, while also providing some insight into the kinds of opportunities that could bevaluable and that are not included in the current model. The push to increase the use ofindustry-based examples across the curriculum is unique in that it focuses specifically on classesthat haven’t traditionally been highly industry-based, and in
education has been included. Leadership topics were embeddedin courses such as Project/Program Management, Masterful Leaders and Leadership and theCapstone class on Global Strategy, Ethics and Leadership.The emphasis on leadership was expanded in 2000 when our Industry Advisory Board (IAB)asked how we knew that we were achieving our mission, how could we determine that ourstudents were becoming the leaders we claimed and, further, how would we know what ourprogram was contributing to students‟ personal growth? There was further discussion amongindustry representatives, faculty and students on what it meant to be “professional” and a“leader.” With further inquiry and data collection in the industry sector that sends graduatestudents to our programs
convince others of a certain direction. S/he likes to be on a team and may bethe spokesman for the team. S/he will trust others and likes a positive environment in which torelate. On one’s response to the pace of the environment, s/he likes mobility and can handle theabsence of routine. S/he feels comfortable juggling different projects and is able to move fromone project to another fairly easily. On one’s response to the rules and procedures, s/he isindependent by nature and feels comfortable in situations where the constraints are few and farbetween. S/he will follow rules that s/he agrees with, has a tendency to rebel from rules set byothers and wants input into any constraints.Comparison of Behavioral TraitsThe twelve behavioral traits listed
advisory committee (IAC) at Western Carolina University of the ConstructionManagement program have reported shortages of craftsmen and project managers to such aserious degree that they are not bidding on and refusing work where they anticipate a seriousshortage of workers. The opportunity for these companies for profit growth is lost whereworkers are not available. Many companies are at a loss as to a course of action to replaceretiring workers. Many state funded trade craftsmen programs across the country have beeneliminated at vocational and technical colleges due to budgeting issues. Many parents of collegeage students are reluctant to recommend construction programs to their offspring due to therecent memories of the 2008 housing market crash
State University. She received her PhD in industrial engineering and has over 32 years’ experience directing statewide engineering outreach services that include technical engineering business assistance, professional development, and educational outreach programs. She is co-PI for a National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES pilot grant, co-PI for a NSF grant to broaden participation in STEM, and was a co-PI for an i6 Challenge grant through the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). She is institutional integrator for the Partnership for the Advancement of Engineering Education (PACE) at NMSU, is University Affiliate Director for the NM Project Lead the Way program, and was co- lead for a NSF funded
that the elective class in semiconductor test really helped thestudents pull together the theory from all their course work, this integrative approach willprovide this benefit to the students as they progress through the program rather than waiting fortheir senior year.6 Third, from a pragmatic perspective, the gradual introduction of the tester labsinto the curriculum will allow the faculty to get up to speed on using the tester, introducingmaterial as the lab projects are developed. The proposed learning objectives for each testlaboratory are summarized in Table 2. Table 2. Learning Objectives for Test Laboratories Laboratory Main Learning Objectives Resistor Understand overall ATE
-phase research project on characteristics of BPTconducted within a Fortune 500 Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) multi-national company.The aim of this research is to support ways to capture technical knowledge in industry and enablethe transfer of this knowledge to the next generation of professionals.BackgroundIn today’s organizations, human capital, and the potential it brings in terms of expert knowledge,efficiency, and insight,1 is more important than traditional assets such as equipment, facilities ornatural resources.2 Organizations that see themselves as “knowledge-generating communitiesmust continually determine what they know and do not know, find ways to efficiently share whatthey know among their members, and create or acquire knowledge
over 25 years of industry experience in the design and development of electro-mechanical systems. As a tenure-track faculty member and Chair of the University of Detroit Mercy Mechanical Engineering department, he has developed a program of instruction that promotes student-lead design of assistive technology products for people with disabilities. The guiding principle is that student project work is more meaningful and fulfilling when students have the opportunity to experience interaction with real live ”customers.” Dr. Kleinke is currently the Director of the Graduate Engineering Professional Programs, emphasizing Systems Engineering and Graduate Product Development programs. In addition to academic work, Dr
systems, compiling information or data,developing alternatives, and improving efficiency. Evaluate verbs (Level 5) in Tier 3 involveprioritizing, estimating, evaluating, and assessing outcomes, and focus on the relative merits ofsolutions, consequences of actions, the importance or criticality of problems, and resourcesneeded for project completion. Analyzing (Level 4) verbs are also high in Tier 3 target the needto anticipate the future needs of customers, anticipate obstacles to project completion, anticipateproblems, and discover new ways to add value to the team and organization, and anticipate andprevent work-related injuries. Workplace Competencies, which had the second highest numberof high-level verbs in the AM Competency Model is likely
suggested). Following this Introduction is a descriptionof the process followed to execute the program. The program itself is then described. Finally, theprogram highlights the projects that have thus been funded through the grant program. Thearticle concludes with a summary of the key benefits and challenges of an academic / industrypartnerships in operating a grant program.Description of ProcessThe idea to develop an outreach effort within the CSS started several years before the programbegan to materialize. Casual discussions of implementing an outreach program were generallymet with positive agreement, but serious discussions never succeeded without a specific personbeing tasked with executing the ideas. Professional organizations that comprise
-innovation analysis argues, “that technological growth should be proportional topopulation size” (Ibid). And yet, population density actually causes innovation to grow fasterthan population size. Indeed, ‘Globalization’ is critical, entrepreneurially, to succeeding in theworldwide economy (Wilson, M.D., et al, 2013). Moreover, entrepreneurs need to understandGlobalization and that the evolution of the global economy has brought forth a competitiveworldwide marketplace delivering the benefits of reduced labor costs and lower operatingexpenditures, which could directly affect the product that they are developing3. UnderstandingGlobalization successful processes is important to both growth and innovation. The purpose ofany project or organization is
Paper ID #15921Creating a University-Industry Advisory Board for a Joint Engineering SchoolDr. Duncan J Bremner, University of Glasgow Dr Duncan Bremner has over 30 years in the semiconductor industry and has held operational and strategic executive roles in product development and technology planning within leading organisations such as National Semiconductor and The Intel Corporation. Duncan is presently employed by the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering working with both academic staff and industry partners to develop collaborative projects. He is also responsible for the development and delivery of the
then used to rankthe most important indicators and factors from the industry practitioners’ perspective. Therankings and findings of this study are expected to provide valuable information foracademics, industry and college students in STEM related fields. The corresponding resultscan be used to help improve academic curricula, expand college and industry partnerships,and better cater to industry expectations by improving the output quality of college graduates inSTEM fields.IntroductionThere is a growing focus and emphasis on education surrounding STEM related technicalsubjects. STEM education in the traditional sense encompasses education focused on Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. With the projected growth and expansion
Sales and Branch Management, and Transportation Logistics. His research interests include improvement of supply chain efficiency through the application of technology and best practices for logistics and in- ventory management. Dr. Angolia is highly engaged with regional and national companies in recruiting students from ECU for both internships and full time positions. In addition to a PhD from Indiana State, he holds a Master of Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and professional certifica- tions of CPIM and CSCP from APICS, The Association for Operations Management, and a PMP from the Project Management Institute. Dr. Angolia also conducts consulting projects and professional develop- ment
, FedEx, KPMG, AT Kearney, Motorola, Wrigley, IBM, GrubHub, Comarch, Minnetronix, Cleversafe, Automation Alley and the World Economic Forum among many others. Currently Dr. Pistrui is leading a consortium of ten Michigan universities and colleges (and their in- dustry partners) in a multi-year applied research project focusing on Industry 4.0 (the fourth industrial revolution). Dr. Pistrui has served as an economic advisor to the states of Michigan, North Carolina and Illinois, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, AutoCluster Styira (Austria), Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, Middle East Economic Digest, and the Family Firm Institute. As an educator, he has held faculty appointments at the University of
importance of testing activity and are aware that testers are responsible andaccountable for the product quality. The percentage of such students is 17% as against theprofessionals 50%. We can apprise students of the complete product life cycle through real-life projects and exposure to industry processes.The major issue is on the con side. The students are aware that the profession is relegated tosecond-class citizenship and vote that as the most critical issue. However, only 36% of thestudents believe so, as against 73% of the professionals. If students are exposed to this reality,many more may get distracted from the testing profession. The industry has to take care ofthis issue. While they may not have planned for this situation to occur, they
marketing experience. He has worked for sixteen years in the industrial sector in a variety of sales, marketing, and business development roles, ten of which were with Corning Glass Works in their Science and Medical Products Divisions. He has over 20 years of academic licensing experience and is the former vice president of Ventures of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and formed the technology commercialization office at the University of Vermont. While at UVM, he formed UVM Ventures, an internal gap fund intended to create a ”valley of birth” by funding projects that had commercial promise but were too early for initial outside investment. He is in the process of doing the same at WPI. Keiller has founded or
arrangements, I only have a single experience to share, but that may bea result of its unsuccessful outcome. At one point, I worked to get a faculty co-op positionapproved on my engineering team. The concept was that we would bring in a professor duringhis or her non-teaching term (most likely during the summer), and we would have them workside-by-side with our regular engineers on whatever projects we were already working on. Weviewed this as a high-end version of a student co-op. Presumably, the faculty member would beable to hit the ground running regarding many of the tasks we were working on. There would beopportunities for the faculty member to learn how we did things in our organization, and theycould recognize and suggest improvements to the
several universities and is a member of Kappa Mu Epsilon Mathematical Society and Sigma Xi Research Society.Sarah M. Olson, Northern Oklahoma College Ms. Olson received her BS in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University in 1998 and is completing her Masters in Adult Education at Colorado State University (May 2011). She worked with ConocoPhillips as a project and area engineer and as a distillation consultant until 2009. She currently serves full time as a faculty member teaching math and science courses and as Director of the Process Technology degree program at Northern Oklahoma College. Page
action to become a more intentionalleader in their workplace, their social environments and their families. There was excitement,high energy and serious commitment.Several of these students had completed approximately five other courses within their graduateprograms and were registered for the second of the series of LLL courses. In this second course,LLL-II, the students reviewed and measured their progress in all areas, adjusted their learningplans accordingly, expanded their leadership capacity building to include team effectiveness andorganizational influence.Students also identified a real-time action learning project to be undertaken within theircompanies. This team-led project was to be completed by the time the student returned for LLL
Paper ID #32316Exploring a New Mentorship Model: From One-on-One to Flash MentoringDr. Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego Marissa Forbes, PhD is a Research Associate in the University of San Diego Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, where she works on the Engineering Exchange for Social Justice (ExSJ). Her research ar- eas include broadening participation in engineering education, engineering for social and eco-justice, and water justice. Dr. Forbes earned her MS and PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in Civil (envi- ronmental) Engineering. She previously served as the project manager and lead editor of
include extracurricular activities completed by thestudent, personal connections to industry personnel, training in soft-skill development, orcompletion of entrepreneurial projects [7].From an advising standpoint, additional insight into correlations between tracks and nextdestinations (graduate school, medical school, industry opportunities) will provide a startingpoint for further discussion on career paths for students. For future studies, we will examinealumni data and obtain qualitative data from industry professionals regarding their perceptions ofthe competencies obtained through a bioengineering curriculum and the different track areas.References1. ABET: Search for Accredited Programs (February 4, 2018) Available: http://www.abet.org2. D
Department for the College of Applied Science and Technology at Weber State University. She is the Faculty Advisor for the Weber State University Section of the Society of Women Engineers and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). McCulley is a board member of the CAPA and SPARKS National Science Foundation project with five years of service. She has more than 20 years’ experience working in industry as a project engineer specializing in automation and controls engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 AAS Controls Technology Stackable Degree Education Requirements for Employees at Highly Automated