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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Faye R. Jones, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Priyanka Prajapati, LPL Financial; Pallavi Ramakanth Kowligi, Florida State University

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associations, labor organizations,educators, and other subject matter experts [1]. The ETA and partners recently updated the 2010DOL AM Competencies [2] with the 2020 AM Competencies [3] to represent competenciesacross a wide range of AM industries and is mean to provide allow new AM technicians,educators, and employers to align competencies (or knowledge, skills, and abilities) to facilitaterecruitment, retention, training, and developing in AM. The Summary of Changes [4] from the2010 and 2020 models does not appear significantly different within the 10 year span, and themajor topic themes or tiers are as follows: 1) Tier 1 includes Personal Effectiveness Competencies (or soft skills) which focus on interpersonal skills, integrity

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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-rangeof students from K-12 [2] to doctoral [5]. At the undergraduate engineering level, mentorshipprograms are one way educators are working to close the workforce-readiness gap in graduates[6][7][8].Industry Scholars Mentorship Program (ISMP)The University of San Diego’s Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering (SMSE) Industry ScholarsProgram (ISP) engages a dozen faculty-nominated, highly engaged, and academically excellingsophomore students in a year-long program to foster their development in professional networking,interviewing, emotional intelligence and other “soft skills” not typically taught as part of theengineering curriculum through workshops, site visits and internships. In Fall 2018, we launchedthe Industry Scholars Mentorship Program

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

TriMetrix® DNA in acombination of descriptive and multivariate methods and techniques that quantifiedspecific behavioral attributes and professional competencies found in entrepreneuriallyminded engineers [16]. The doctoral dissertation research of Dietrich (2012) was able toquantitatively distinguish between engineers and entrepreneurially minded engineers inboth behavior and mastery of professional skills in the workplace [17]. Research byPistrui et al. used the TTI TriMetrix® DNA assessment suite to define and establish ameasurement model of undergraduate engineering education learning outcomesassociated with professional competencies (soft skills) development [18].The authors used the TTI TriMetrix DNA assessment framework to analyze