person in charge of her/his life-long plan. The series intended to answer thequestion, “How do I get the best possible results for my life goals from this graduate program?”With faculty and industry engagement, we identified specific learning outcomes for theleadership series, critical features for the process and expected outcomes for each of the courses.We used a set of critical design assumptions as our guide for development. These assumptionswere based on adult learning theory as well as motivational theory. Furthermore, we felt thestudent should take personal responsibility to be actively involved in their learning agenda, shapea vision for his/her leadership and learning that would guide their planning process while theydeliberately
). This has implications for the need to build leadership understanding and capabilitiesfor all engineers, and to emphasize continuing leadership education for all. Figure 2. S&E bachelor‟s degree holders with R&D as a major work activity by years since degree (NSF 2003)Further research by the National Science Foundation demonstrates what people do after earninga science and engineering bachelor‟s degree.2 Data from graduates who received S&Ebachelor‟s degrees before 1994 show that 51% earned no additional degree; 16.5% earnedprofessional degrees in business, law or medicine; 12.6% earned masters or doctorates in thesame field; and 5.9% earned masters or doctorates in other fields. Responses
. Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Transfer of Learning Between
withsix faculty members involved. Three papers have been finalized at this point. One of thepapers is currently under review in the Renewable Energy Journal and another wassubmitted to the IEEE CCNC Annual Conference. Three projects were presented at the“5 de Mayo” creativity and research institutional conference.Outreach (Middle school-Friday Academy Event) Page 24.115.14Total of lecture/lab hours: 7 Fridays, 5 sessions each and 1.5 hours each session.Total students impacted: 759 in total, 385 male and 374 female.Others: • PI Server deployment at NNMC. • A mobile app for Android was designed and deployed at the Google store. • A kiosk was designed and
Paper ID #32815Study of Organizational Knowledge Retention Practices in the UtilitiesEric G. Barnfather Jr., Purdue University at West Lafayette Eric is a Graduate Research Assistant working under Dr. Lucietto, pursuing his Master of Science in Engi- neering Technology at Purdue University, where he also received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology. Eric began his assistantship in the summer of 2020 at the local Utility plant working to update the operator training program and to create training simulations within the automation software. He is interested in power at the utility and national
Paper ID #17240Towards a Framework for Educational University-Industry Cooperation: In-dustry PerspectiveProf. Victor Taratukhin, Stanford University Victor Taratukhin received his Ph.D. in Engineering Design in 1998 and Ph.D. in Computing Sciences and Engineering in 2002. Victor was a Lecturer in Decision Engineering and Module Leader (IT for Product Realization) at Cranfield University, UK (2001-2004), SAP University Alliances Program Director (2004- 2012). He is Managing Director, Competence Center ERP at European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Muenster, Germany (2012-present) and Visiting
of Prof. Nick Holonyak, Jr. She worked as a member of technical staff at Lytel, Inc., following graduation. At Polaroid, she was appointed a Senior Research Group Leader, responsible for the design of laser diodes and arrays. After leaving Polaroid, she was employed at Biocontrol Technology. She moved into academia full-time in 1997 and worked at the University of Denver, West Virginia University, and Virginia Tech. She is currently the director of the University of Glasgow-University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Electronics and Electrical Engineering programme. While at Virginia Tech, she collaborated with Dr. Robert W. Hen- dricks, with assistance of a number of undergraduate students, to
be a tremendous resource totap; in combination with regular “full-time” faculty- who are, in most instances, the “research-type,” and who have not had the opportunity to practice engineering. Second, industry’sprevailing perception that engineering education does not prepare graduates adequately for thepractice. Therefore, from industry’s perspective, the quality of education for engineering practiceis seen as deficient. Third, blending practical experience in teaching design and design-relatedcourses is repeatedly emphasized by ABET, and by other engineering organizations, such asASEE.(2,3) Thus, directions for proper merging of professional experience with engineeringscience in design courses are a concern that comes up often in
-learning process, inpartnership with “full-time” regular faculty members. The impetus here is three fold. First, thegeneral belief that well-seasoned and experienced practitioners can be a tremendous resource totap; in combination with regular “full-time” faculty- who are, in most instances, the “research-type,” and who have not had the opportunity to practice engineering. Second, industry’sprevailing perception that engineering education does not prepare graduates adequately for thepractice. Therefore, from industry’s perspective, the quality of education for engineering practiceis seen as deficient. Third, blending practical experience in teaching design and design-relatedcourses is repeatedly emphasized by ABET, and by other engineering
. They also recognize the impact of engineers as the innovation agents for their enterprise, and the importance of hiring engineers that are ready to contribute to the corporation immediately upon hire. As such, they understand the important role that they need to play in the education of those engineers. Our contacts inform us that LMA has a goal that 80% of their new graduate hires have a previous positive internship experience with the corporation. They have partnered with us to provide an integrated program of practical experience through internships, and also on-campus laboratory and research environments as well. Clinical Sites Our prototypical partnership with LMA includes three fundamental elements of a fully
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or practice avariety of professional skills, and to network with professionals working within the field ofengineering. The primary activities were Panel Discussion events (targeted toward freshman andsophomore students), an Industry Lecture Series (targeted to upper-division students), anEngineering Alumni Dinner (for upper division students), and corporate-sponsored Real-WorldProjects (integrated with Senior Design). Student attendance at each of these events ranged from10 to 25 with a core group of 15 engineering students attending and/or participating in 16 distinctCareer Engagement events over the past three academic years. Students were specificallyintroduced to over 15 different industry partners through these events. Current best
provided the computing infrastructure to accomplish the analysis,and a first analysis is underway in Burlington, NC. Undergraduate and graduate students areengaged in developing the necessary data extraction programming and energy analysis. Anexpected outcome is a method for objective validation of energy conservation programs. Asecond outcome is an information model to maximize the impact of limited energy conservationfunds.Bio-hazard threat analysisA related GIS research project concentrates on the determination of the potential effect of a bio-hazard incident on the NCA&T campus and surrounding community. If an intentional oraccidental release of a chemical or biological substance occurs, will the hazard spread acrosscampus and the
or co-principal investigator for more than 70 research proposals from many diverse funding agencies. His research areas include urban stormwater modeling, low impact develop- ment, watershed and floodplain management, and sustainable land development. He teaches classes in GIS, land development, and water resources and has won numerous teaching awards, as well as a second place award in the 2009 NCEES Engineering Competition for Connecting Professional Practice and Edu- cation. His latest award is the 2010 National James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award from Chi Epsilon. Page 22.1476.1
, there is no clear definition in theliterature of what a mutually-beneficial partnership entails, across the full range of educational,research, and professional development and service activities carried out within the engineeringand technical community. The authors of this paper established informally that educators in bothengineering and engineering technology are often challenged by this lack of research on soundrecommendations regarding collaborative efforts. This paper is intended to be the start of alarger systemic literature review.IntroductionTo date, no broad, holistic studies have been conducted on best practices for maintaining multi-faceted relationships between industry and academia. There has been some research oncollaboration
project and did the initial research to learn more about the materials and environment around which they needed to design the cages. Then, led by the graduate student and faculty advisor, the team developed a list of questions for the company advisor as well as a list of things to investigate during the company visit. In the second week, the team visited the company, prepared questions for the company advisor, and took notes and dimensions of the materials needed to move forward with the project. Throughout the eight weeks of the internship, interns worked independently on weekly tasks. On average, each intern spent eight to nine hours per week working on the project. Similarly to an online course, interns were able to set a schedule that
Paper ID #23329The Industry Scholars Program: An Immersive Professional Experience forUndergraduatesDr. Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego Bre Przestrzelski, PhD, is a post-doctoral research associate in the General Engineering department in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, where she seeks to innovatively integrate social justice, humani- tarian advancement, and peace into the traditional engineering canon. Before joining USD in August 2017, Bre spent 9 years at Clemson University, where she was a three-time graduate of the bioengineering program (BS, MS, and PhD), founder of The Design &
and undergraduate programs. Further, todate there does not appear to be a single accepted approach or best practice for incorporatingtargeted competencies into engineering curricula. More research into how to address andincorporate targeted engineering competencies into undergraduate curricula is called for.AcknowledgementI acknowledge the contributions of Dr.Mary Pilotte. References1 Parry, S. B. Just What Is a Competency?(And Why Should You Care?). Training 35, 58 (1996).2 Turley, R. T. & Bieman, J. M. in ACM Conference on Computer Science. 271-278.3 Nair, C. S., Patil, A. & Mertova, P. p. m. a. m. e. a. Re-engineering graduate skills - a case study. European
design and analysis of practical buffered crossbar packet switches, network security and forensics and wireless sensor networks. She was associated with Networking Research Laboratory at New Jersey Institute of Technology and MySYNC Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology for her postdoctoral research. She has served as a technical committee member in IEEE HPSR 2011, 2012, IEEE Sarnoff 2010 and 2011, and IEEE Greencom 2011 and ChinaCom 2008. She is a member of IEEE Com- munications Society, IEEE Women in Engineering, and American Society for Engineering Education. For further information: http://iris.nyit.edu/˜zdong02
contributing to this failure is the tremendous inertia of the educationalsystems of the Region. (2, 3)The paper sheds light on the seemingly complex issues that have curtailed proper “connectivity”between academia and industry in the Arab Gulf States, and argues for the urgent need to worktogether towards developing mutually beneficial and long-lasting relations, at the grass rootlevel, so that the interests of people on both sides (students, graduates, faculty members,industrial staff, industry managers, research proponents, etc) will be properly served. Perhaps thegreatest achievement in such an endeavor is to improve the “relevancy” of engineeringeducation, by bringing the college closer to the “realities” on the ground. There is a tremendousneed
engineering enterprises to adapt quickly to a multi-cultural and multi-nationalwork environment.6 While intercultural competence is paramount, it is also critical to inculcate aglobal mindset into all aspects of the work including design, material choice, constructiontechniques and processes, and construction management.5 The Association of American Collegesand Universities released a report in 2008 that included results from two surveys, 2006 and 2007,of employers regarding satisfaction with recent graduates skills and abilities.7 These surveysrevealed that “fully 63% of employers believe that too many recent graduates do not have theskills they need to succeed in the global economy.”7This growing cognizance surrounding the impact of globalization
this research was to explore the use of student internships as a means of benchmark-ing best practices in the construction industry while providing synergistic benefits for all stake-holders involved in the process. The objective was to design a model internship program involv-ing faculty, students, and participating companies that could actively introduce students to sys-tematic methods of inquiry and industry best practices while increasing their resourcefulness andvalue to companies during their industry experience. The model should also provide a platformfor engaging faculty by providing a means of gathering difficult-to-obtain data from industry thatcould be used for research purposes, and it should return that data in aggregated form to
Paper ID #26061The Industry Scholars Mentorship Program: a Professional Industry Con-nection Experience for Engineering UndergraduatesDr. Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego Bre Przestrzelski, PhD, is a post-doctoral research associate in the General Engineering department in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, where she innovatively integrates social justice, humanitarian advancement, and peace into the traditional engineering canon. Before joining USD in August 2017, Bre spent 9 years at Clemson University, where she was a three-time graduate of the bioengineering program (BS, MS, and PhD), founder of
Paper ID #30698Faculty Perceptions of Industry Sponsorships in Capstone Design CoursesDr. Jen Symons, University of Portland Jen Symons is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering in the Shiley School of Engineering at the University of Portland. She is most passionate about teaching biomechanics and statistics for engineers. Her research focuses on understanding the causes of musculoskeletal injury and developing noninvasive mechanisms that prevent injuries and/or enhance performance in equine athletes.Ms. Kate Rohl, University of Portland c American Society for Engineering
electric submarines. Most recently includes 12 years in Research and Development and Lean Six Sigma process improvement experience troubleshooting process issues in the Paper, Chemical, and Converting Industries. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Statistical Methods Can Confirm Industry-sponsored University Design Project ResultsAbstractAn industry-sponsored project was recently developed to automatically inspect soup mixpackages. The industry sponsor had determined that its highest customer complaint was theabsence of a flavor packet within the soup mix package. It partnered with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to develop an
/industry andin colleges/universities) collaboration might improve success. Using a quantitative study,researchers attempted to determine whether disconnects for change are a derivative oftechnology and innovation. After all, the process of innovation be it locally or globally, isparamount to future successes. The team of experts within notes the paradigm of Pracademics –a cross between Practice and Academics - as one way to afford best practices within College-Industry (CI) collaboration and for innovation at-large between colleagues. Before addressingC-I, however, an understanding of how certain technological tools are chosen for progress-forward entities.IntroductionDefining the term innovation provides the first basis to our study, as: "an
expert in structural design, analysis, and forensic engineering. Most recently, he created and installed the first off-campus graduate degree program, the multidisciplinary master’s of science in engineering, with Gulfstream in 2010. As Associate Dean, Ladesic is responsible for a variety of tasks related to increasing the role of industry in education and research, growing fac- ulty applied research, facilitating faculty industry experiences, developing and marketing industry-related graduate programs, and enabling industry-based research projects for students. This position enables the College of Engineering’s ability in research and professional development and enhanced participation in the Embry-Riddle Aerospace
Paper ID #33669Industry-University Capstone Design: How Did Students Adapt to theCOVID-19 Pandemic?Ms. Shruti Misra, Unviersity of Washington Shruti Misra is a graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wash- ington, Seattle. Her research interest is broadly focused on studying innovation in university-industry partnerships. She is interested in the various ways that universities and industry come together and par- ticipate in driving technological innovation at the regional and global level.Dr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson is a professor of electrical engineering
expectations for each and figure outwhere the best fit is. Such exposure could include required undergraduate research experiences,internships, or for ECPs rotations in work assignments or graduate school laboratories beforesettling on a career path. We also suggest developing practices around mentoring. Mentors,whether in the form of undergraduate advisors and research professors or bosses and coworkersat a first job, can have substantial impacts on career choices. Knowing why some mentors havesuch a tangible impact can help develop a set of best practices.AcknowledgmentsThe authors wish to thank the entire EPS research team as well as the study participants. Thisresearch is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a collaborative research
Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering Design, where he also received a Post Doctoral fellowship. He taught engineering courses and served in department and college administration at BYU- Idaho (then Ricks College) before spending 10 years in industry in senior engineering and management positions with both the General Motors Corporation and the Michelin Tire Corporation in both the U.S. and Europe. His research and teaching interests include manufacturing process machine design, product design and the improvement of engineering education in a global setting. Since coming to BYU in 1989, he has been the senior author of two manufacturing processes books, one, Manufacturing Processes Ref- erence Guide, a best