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INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuetong Lin, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; W. Tad Foster, Indiana State University; Jason C. Dean, Indiana State University

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when weparticipated in the I-Corps L program sponsored by the National Science Foundation and ASEEin 2015. During the course of the program, we engaged in an intensive exploration ofopportunities to commercialize prior NSF TUES project on improving diagnostic skills forengineering and technology students 1 . Our goal was to identify industrial partners so that thediagnostic training programs can be adopted or adapted to tackle practical problems. During themonth-long customer interactions, the team had interviewed over 100 potential clients, themajority of whom were engineers, managers, and directors of operations in heavy industry likeenergy, manufacturing, or health care sector. At the beginning of this process, we did not have aclear vision

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor Taratukhin, Stanford University; Yury V. Kupriyanov, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Jörg Becker

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requirements. The case study revealed major technology trends, whichthe company is going to follow in the nearest future. These technologies will require new skillsets of young professionals. As universities are not able to adapt the curriculum in short- andmedium-term, the company’s business lab must be able to fill this gap, although there currentlyexists no process for the setup of new courses for the business lab in the company.UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION FRAMEWORKBased on the case study findings and the success factors identified through literature review wepropose a generalized framework for university-industry cooperation in the area of IS, which isdepicted in figure 1. The framework is intended to formalize the steps for a successful long

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Leslie, Engineers Without Borders - USA

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.......................................................................................................................... 4Tier 1 – Personal Effectiveness Competencies ......................................................................... 6 1.1 Interpersonal Skills ............................................................................................................ 6 1.2 Integrity ............................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Professionalism: ................................................................................................................. 7 1.4 Initiative............................................................................................................................... 7 1.5 Adaptability and Flexibility