Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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College-Industry Partnerships

, the capstone experience reported on in this article,has served as a microcosm of the four year curriculum, and at the same time, provided insightsinto future curricular changes necessary to improve design education of the students. Page 15.999.14The teaching partnership between academics and practitioners has resulted in a totally newexperience for the students. Senior students, working in teams, have produced engineeredsolutions to real design problems, with an understanding of the socioeconomic, environmentaland political implication of their work. As a consequence, students have gained good insightsinto the “nuts and bolts” of design in

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Sly, Iowa State University; Daniel Bumblauskas, Iowa State University; Frank Peters, Iowa State University

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College-Industry Partnerships

≠ Industrial Tooling, Machines, Automation, Manufacturing≠ Industrial/Agricultural Equipment (graders, tractors, etc) ≠ Transportation≠ Systems Integrators ≠ IT Services (Technology)≠ Industrial Chemicals and Supplies ≠ Energy/Utilities≠ Contractors and HVAC SuppliersThe Industrial Engineering committee reviewed the companies that were hiring COE graduates for sales and marketing positions.Prior ISU graduates at these companies, or companies in similar industries, were asked to participate on an engineering salesadvisory board which would assist in developing the curriculum for the course. The industry advisory board, selected by

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy Baldwin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Marisa Hemingway, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc

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College-Industry Partnerships

AC 2010-2048: ENGINEER DEVELOPMENT AND MENTOR PROGRAMTammy Baldwin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Tammy Baldwin graduated with a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Idaho. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Educational Administration. Tammy has been with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. for four years and is the University Relations Coordinator responsible for encouraging and supporting engineering curriculum at universities across the United States and internationally.Marisa Hemingway, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc Page 15.473.1© American

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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College-Industry Partnerships

monitoring.Major Internship Goals1. Provide the opportunity to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed in the college or university curriculum.2. Provide the opportunity to work within an on-going business enterprise, meeting the performance standards set for regular employees and management, as well as completing the learning experiences that are integrated into the daily work routines of the organization.3. Refine planning, communication, and technical abilities in real world situations while establishing resume-worthy experience for future reference. Page 15.989.44. To demonstrate

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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College-Industry Partnerships

with the facultyand students at my institution. The Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program is something forwhich Boeing should be commended and remain committed.IntroductionThe Boeing Company is a company dedicated to developing the best engineers in the world.Early on, pioneers such as John McMasters from Boeing, with his unique style of addressinglearning1,2, recognized the need to integrate industry and education with the goal of improving theeducation process. John McMasters and Lee Matsch, from Allied Signal, authored a paperentitled “Desired Attributes of an Engineering Graduate – An Industry Perspective” in 1996outlining their view of engineering education leading to the practice of engineering3. EventuallyBoeing adopted its list of the

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahesh Aggarwal, Gannon University

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College-Industry Partnerships

AC 2010-52: COLLEGE-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS AT ITS BESTMahesh Aggarwal, Gannon University Page 15.288.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 College-Industry Partnerships at its BestIntroductionThis paper describes an integrated graduate program at Gannon University in cooperation with apracticum at GE Transportation leading to a Master of Science in mechanical, electrical, orembedded software engineering degree. Both are located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The programincludes the support of GE Transportation engineering mentors for directing the graduatestudents and Gannon University faculty mentors for administering the program and providingstudent

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Baukal, John Zink Institute; Joseph Colannino, John Zink Co. LLC; Wes Bussman, John Zink Institute; Geoffrey Price, University of Tulsa

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College-Industry Partnerships

AC 2010-67: INDUSTRY INSTRUCTORS FOR A SPECIALIZED ELECTIVECOURSECharles Baukal, John Zink InstituteJoseph Colannino, John Zink Co. LLCWes Bussman, John Zink InstituteGeoffrey Price, University of Tulsa Page 15.731.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Industry Instructors for a Specialized Elective CourseAbstractThe University of Tulsa (TU) offered an elective course entitled “CombustionEngineering” for its chemical engineering students in the area of combustion technologytaught by John Zink Co. LLC (JZ) which is a world-renowned supplier of industrialcombustion equipment, such as burners and flares, to the process industries. Thisarrangement had many