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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir I. Prodanov, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Greene, Maxim Integrated

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history of learn-by-doing, the technology evolution in the lastdecade challenges instructor ability to deliver industry-relevant laboratory experience; this isespecially true in advanced (400-level and 500-level) hardware-based courses. In the era whereone square-inch of board space packs more technology than we cover in the entire EE curriculum(no exaggeration), technology outpaces the rate of instructors' professional development. This ismostly due to the confluence of different technical fields. As depicted in the prism analogy inFigure 1 such convergence is observed in many industry sectors creating new system-of-systemsparadigms. In practical terms, instructors may be able to teach 'point-of-confluence' courses andexplain how key concepts

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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,” are assigned to teachpractice - related courses. Often, teaching design-oriented and/ or field-related subjects dorequire “first-hand” knowledge that instructors could only get by having taken part, or beeninvolved in real engineering problems. Relying mainly on textbooks and/ or reference material,as the only source to teach from, is regarded by many, as an oversimplification or a deviationfrom reality.This paper sheds light on the pros and cons of opening-up to off-campus practitioners, andargues for engaging properly selected adjunct faculty in the teaching-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

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

McKenzie Caroline Lawry, Lipscomb University

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college, we continued our collaboration to realize the dream of the Dean toutilize the building and building systems as a practical teaching tool for faculty and students.Representatives from Trane and the engineering faculty met to brainstorm on ways we could utilize thebuilding as a teaching tool – we primarily expanded on existing lab experiments already in the curriculumto develop new laboratory experiments using instrumentation added to the new building’s hydronic systemas well as a dedicated heat pump system in the Thermal-Fluids lab with high-level instrumentation. Thisallowed for lab exercises calculating heat transfer, air flow, thermodynamics, hydronics, efficiencies, etc.The resulting lab curriculum benefits students insomuch as it

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Madeline R. Darling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Gabriella Rose Dupont, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Paper ID #23098Investigation of Factors Promoting Competitive Candidates for Entry-levelBioengineering PositionsDr. Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in Bio- engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance ex- perimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dylan John, Georgia Southern University; Yunfeng Chen, Georgia Southern University; Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Weinan Gao, Georgia Southern University

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environment. This could possibly be the reason for ahigher ranking for Team Work as an important skill. Scientists and Mathematicians are oftenmore focused around teaching, laboratory or other individualized tasks based on their workenvironments and therefore may not better value the importance of Team Work.Additional comments in the survey suggested that Emotional Intelligence, Software Skills,Interdisciplinary Thinking and Responsiveness to customer requirements also be incorporated inthe study. One participant stated that “Managers should understand the specific skills ofemployees and learn to delegate and assign work accordingly”. Another participant added “Workethic is sometimes interpreted differently by employers and employees. Employers