Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Pierce, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Robin D. Terwilliger, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jorge Martinez, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

semester. Most commonly, teams have multipleprojects, focused either around a common community partner or a common theme. For example,one team conducts multiple projects with the local branch of Habitat for Humanity, whereasanother team develops web-based database systems for a variety of different communitypartners. Each team has a historical average of 15 students and multiple projects, typically withfour to five students per project. Each team stands as an independent lab division, but with acommon curriculum, syllabus, and assessment. As a student-centered, project-based course,instead of serving as a lecturer, the instructors in each lab division serve as a coach or guide andare thus labeled as ‘advisors’.Early in the formation of EPICS, it