Paper ID #43307Career Readiness: Integrating NACE Career Competencies in engineeringcoursesProf. Ryan C Cooper, University of Connecticut Professor Ryan C. Cooper is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence at the University of Connecticut in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Professor Cooper teaches a number of core mechanical and manufacturing courses. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Career Readiness in the classroom: Integrating NACE Career CompetenciesAbstractThis study investigates the early outcomes of incorporating the National Association of
Paper ID #43329Women’s Engineering Career Stories: Looking for a Pathway BackDr. Christina A. Pantoja, Campbell University Christina Pantoja is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Engineering at Campbell University. Her research interests include career choices, pathways, and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering. Her other interests include the topics of mentoring, job-crafting, and self-care. She earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, a M.S. in Education from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She has four years of
Paper ID #41754Building Leadership Capacity in Rising Engineering Professionals throughEngagement as Career Mentors: Influencing a Self-Directed Learning MindsetDr. J. Eliseo De Le´on, New Mexico State University Eliseo De Le´on serves as a Professor of Practice in the Chemical and Materials Engineering department and provides support to the Engineering Education Enrichment Initiative, e3, at New Mexico State University. Previously, he served at Iowa State University (ISU) and is a lifetime member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). Since 2009, De Le´on has delivered STEM programming throughout Iowa
when preparing to meet withemployers. The framework of essential topic areas was then used to find professionaldevelopment resources from institutional career services, literature, and professionaldevelopment articles. Based on the located resources, a grounded theory approach was used todevelop criteria applied to the gathered resources to determine the “best” to share as exemplarswith students as they prepare to meet with employers. For each topic area, a content analysis wasperformed on over 20 institutional resources and over 20 professional development articles andliterature resources. The four criteria that emerged from the data using the grounded theoryapproach were used to split the resources into categories and allow for comparison
education, especially at the pre-university and first year level.Dr. Bridget Ogwezi, ANSYS, Inc. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Understanding the Impact of Industry Sponsorship for Student Teams: a Case StudyMotivation: the rapidly-changing job landscape and its impact on student preparednessThe rapidly changing job landscape is causing significant challenges for educators and industryalike. The World Economic Forum (WEF) published their Future of Jobs 2023 Report[1], whichhighlights the impact technology has on various career sectors. Technology, digitalization, andsustainability are highlighted as sectors with some of the fastest-growing roles and analytical
Paper ID #42586Engagement in Practice: A Road Map for Academia and Non-Profit CollaborationKerrie Danielle Hooper, Florida International University Kerrie Hooper is currently an Engineering and Computing Education Ph.D. student at Florida International University. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Guyana in 2019 and then worked for two years in the industry as a Data Analyst & Systems Administrator, before pursuing her doctoral degree. Her research interests are in AI ethics, responsible technology in education, women’s careers in computing, and arts-based approach to STEM
understanding of the components, that is, each organization’s culture andpriorities, and how – or if – they align for the success of the collaborative [4]. When cultures andpriorities are taken for granted, ambiguous, or interpreted differently by individuals acrossorganizations, misunderstandings or differential experiences can lead to issues arising in MTS.This is further compounded by individual team member’s experiences within the sameorganization [5].Project BackgroundWe created a multisector MTS to develop and implement a project funded by the NationalScience Foundation’s (NSF’s) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (S-STEM) program titled “Improving Access to Career and EducationalDevelopment (I-ACED) for Talented, Low
research question, “What are the industry perspectiveson assessed strengths and challenges related to professional and engineering design skills ofbioengineering seniors?”Building on prior coursework, the senior design capstone experience provides students with theopportunity to apply concepts and develop important skills necessary for transition to theirprofessional careers. In the bioengineering undergraduate programs at the University ofCalifornia San Diego, the senior design experience culminates with an event calledBioengineering Day (BE-Day), in which senior students present posters on their design project.Students have the unique opportunity to interact one-on-one with industrial professionals todiscuss their projects. After visiting with
Engineering Education, 2024Examining the Effectiveness of Industrial Partnerships in Capstone Courses: A Qualitative Study through the Lens of Engineering UndergraduatesAbstractRapid changes in the global economy have necessitated the development of a workforceequipped with the skills to adapt and evolve to meet the demands of the modern workplace. Inthis context, universities are tasked with preparing and training students to be job-ready upongraduation. Yet, adequately preparing students for engineering careers beyond graduationremains challenging for all engineering institutions. Problem-solving skills are often regarded asone of the key characteristics of successful engineering graduates. Most engineeringundergraduates are formally exposed to
author was astonished to learn directly from one of the top IE school’spresentations (faculty) at the IISE Annual Conference [21]. To be fair, some faculty might havenever worked in industry or did any consulting work in his/her career, they may not have theproper training or experience to collaborate and work directly with the industry leaders.For the industry sponsors [13,14,15], they usually determine the project charter and the expecteddeliverables at the beginning of the semester. Unfortunately, without much interaction with thefaculty mentor, some sponsors might even treat the student team as an unpaid, remote internor co-op. Often, the sponsors could change the objective and deliverable in the middle of thesemester [19,20]. Hence, it
with the Teaching Excellence Award in the Department of Computer Science for the academic years 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16. Furthermore, he was a shortlisted candidate for the UGC Teaching Award (Early Career Faculty Member).Dr. LEI YANG, The University of Hong Kong Lei Yang is a lecturer of Innovation Academy of the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing under the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong. Before that, he worked as a Research Officer at Centre of Transformative Garment Production from 2021 to 2023 and as a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong from 2018 to 2021. Dr. Yang received his Bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. degree from Dalian
university-industry educational collaboration.Interestingly, both the university side the industry has been finding potential possibilities foruniversity professors and industrial experts enrolled in university-industry educationalcollaboration as a way to facilitate human capital flow, therefore, can be regarded as anopportunity to be promoted in careers once the legal framework and regulations are adequate,this is somehow inconsistent with current literature (Nelson, 2004).3.2 Synergistic interaction channel of university-industry educational collaboration: joint mentor groups driven by project threadsIn the BUAA context, the attempts to reform engineering education, particularly, the university-industry relations can be summarized as a
or in any one ofseveral elective courses the student would enroll in. Programs themselves were also responsiblefor designating a location within the curriculum whereby each item would be assessed as well.Program assessments tend to fall toward the end of a student’s academic career, and many cases,this assessment was handled in one of the capstone courses.Computer ScienceGraduates of the MSOE Computer Science program will have an ability to: 1. Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions. 2. Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline. 3
mobility.The consortium will actively work to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups inmultiple disciplines, with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) being central to the consortium’smission. Graduate and undergraduate students conducting research will collaborate with industrystakeholders, not only gaining real-world experience, but being encouraged to think criticallyfrom multiple disciplinary perspectives and to raise important societal concerns.Partnering with existing university outreach programs will be used to attract students to researchprojects, expand internship programs, and organize activities for secondary-school students tofoster early interest in STEM careers, with attention to underrepresented minorities and