Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session I: Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda D Young, Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Lee Michael Warburton, AKKA Technologies; Christopher David Ciechon

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

partner was used todescribe how the Academic to Industry Developmental Program (AIDP) supports professionalsocialization within the aerospace industry. Students acquire knowledge through student tailoredexperiences, mentoring, and real world assignments. Students gain and develop needed skillsthrough experience based learning and a robust training program. Students adopt professionalvalues via exposure to engineering professionals and active participation in coursework,research, and technical projects.Similar approaches in partnering may lead to increased career readiness, narrowing the skill gapfor graduates seeking to enter engineering industry, and reducing attrition of engineers in the firstfive years on the engineering industry pathway