-MadisonIntroductionThe discipline of project management, as traditionally taught, seeks to precisely plan, budget,and schedule projects, then execute according to those predetermined plans, budgets, andschedules. Engineers seek to fully understand and avoid possible risks to project success. In thisview, success depends on accurately predicting the future, developing a path to success, andensuring all elements of the project remain fixed on that path.The true success of any project depends on whether the project delivers its intended value tostakeholders. Whether the project follows the planned path to success is immaterial. The scope,schedule, and/or budget may evolve to the benefit of all, provided the target value is delivered.To achieve project and career
decreasing rate. The dwindling number of high school graduates – which, from the research, is premised on declining birth rates, contributed to by higher levels of educational attainment, career pursuits, and increasing greater graduation debt loads [15].In reviewing the literature on distance and distance-hybrid based courses/programs, the literaturereviewed focuses on: Overall increase/decrease in distance education enrollments. Distance enrollments differing by university type, sector within each type and regions.DefinitionsBefore continuing, it is necessary to initially briefly define the three types of institutions forminga part of this paper. The three types of addressed institutions are public, private non-profit
including business development, marketing, product develop- ment, and operations. Throughout her career, Rachel and her team have provided education solutions for several industries including defense, life science, high-tech, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction. Rachel currently serves on the board of directors for INCOSE and AUVSI New England. Rachel has a B.S. and M.S. in the life sciences, as well as an M.B.A.Mrs. Stacy L. Chiaramonte, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Stacy Chiaramonte is the Director of Operations and Online Learning for WPI’s Corporate and Profes- sional Education (CPE) division. Stacy is directly responsible for online strategy, program development, logistics and operations for WPI
Paper ID #22702Managing Engineering Talent in Organizations: A Qualitative SystematicLiterature Review on Engineering Talent ManagementMs. Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette (School of Engineering Education) Swetha is currently a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue. Her current work includes identifying and developing leadership and technical competencies for early career engineers and managers. She integrates her research in Engineering Education with prior background in Human Resource Management and Engineering to understand better ways to manage technical talent in organi
AC 2007-1283: ADDRESSING THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OFEXPERIENCED PROJECT PROFESSIONALSJames Plemmons, The Citadel James “Keith” Plemmons, PE, Ph.D. Dr. Plemmons is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. He obtained a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Citadel in 1980, M.S. from Clemson University in 1991, and earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University in 1995 with a focus in Construction Management. He is a registered Professional Engineer in South Carolina, with over 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors. His experience includes major design and construction projects
Paper ID #17613Educational Support through the Career Life-Span of Professional WorkingAdult Learners: An Integrative Theoretical and Experiential Reflection fromthe Learner’s PerspectiveDr. Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Dr. Springer currently serves as an Executive Director for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute lo- cated in West Lafayette, Indiana. He has over 35 years of theoretical and Defense industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Program Management
as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of
employees. Once a strategic plan is implemented, Dan regularly meets with corporate partners to assess the impact of the plan and make necessary adjustments to maximize value to corporate partners. Dan currently works closely with companies from the energy, biotech, defense, insurance, and finance industries. Dan enjoys learning more about new technologies and the ways in which those technologies impact existing and emerging industries.Mr. David B. Ortendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute David Ortendahl currently serves as Director of Corporate Relations at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, MA. In this role he currently oversees the WPI Career Development Center ”Em- ployer Team” and actively bridges
Course Delivery for Cybersecurity EducationAbstractThe need for quality cybersecurity education is growing rapidly due to a significant level ofcurrent unfilled demand, which is growing rapidly, for cybersecurity professionals [1]. Thisdemand was created and is driven by the ever-increasing rate of technology implementation inmission-critical roles throughout industry, governments, and society.Due, in part, to this need and for a variety of other reasons, numerous non-collegiatecybersecurity offerings have been launched [2]. Many of these programs promise to offer theeducation and career prospects of a 2-year or 4-year degree in a matter of weeks or months.While the focus is somewhat different and these programs do not offer the well
policies and procedures.While organizational behavior researchers have proposed various career and motivationmanagement practices, educational institutions do not seem to leverage these practices. Noe 12believes that the career management process involves career exploration, development of careergoals, and use of career strategies to reach the goals, and studies the relationship betweendifferent aspects of the career management process and employee development behavior andperformance. Sorcinelli, et al. address the top challenges facing faculty members, institutions,and faculty development programs 13. Greenhaus, et al. examine the conditions under whichcareer goal-setting contributes to effective career management 14. We posit that
basedon excellence in teaching. All three of these individuals are faculty at R1 institutions and havereceived recognition for their innovative teaching in terms of awards and media attention.Pseudonyms have been assigned to protect confidentiality. The three individuals are at distinctcareer stages – an early-career assistant professor, a mid-career associate professor, and a late-career full professor. Pseudonyms are prefaced with e, m, and l respectively to indicate early-,mid-, and late- career stages. The questions in the interview were designed to elicit the stories Page 23.1145.3of how they came to adopt and evolve their teaching and to
and sustainable program.Introduction:Let’s assume that you are an organization whose technical leadership sees the necessity inestablishing and maintaining a technical continuing education program (TCEP) for its workforcein order to effectively and efficiently achieve its strategic technical goals. Further, let’s assumethat this technical leadership also sees the necessity to assure career path plans and processes thatintegrate with the development and retention of a valued workforce that will benefit from theknowledge derived by such a TCEP. These two assumptions help build the foundation for thesuccessful creation and continuation of a TCEP that will add value to the organization and theemployee. Without this dual benefit to the employee
Endicott-Popovsky, Ph.D., is the Director for the Center of Information Assurance and Cyber- security at the University of Washington, designated by the NSA as a Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research. She holds a joint faculty appointment with the Infor- mation School and Masters in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructure, following a 20-year industry career marked by executive and consulting positions in IT architecture and project management. Her research interests include enterprise-wide information systems security and compliance management, forensic-ready networks, the science of digital forensics and secure coding practices. Barbara earned her Ph.D. in Computer
intent(both in this paper and in the program we describe) to elevate the academy’s understanding ofthe value of teaching faculty, to promote inclusivity, and to provide encouragement to teachingfaculty themselves.Literature ReviewThe proportion of teaching faculty at U.S. universities has been increasing steadily since the1970s.2 In 2013, at doctoral universities, teaching faculty represented just over half (52.9%) ofthe faculty workforce, up nearly five percent from 2005.3 Although in 2013 over half of thoseteaching faculty were part-time, more recent trends in 2015 indicate a shift toward hiring morefull-time teaching faculty.4Teaching faculty are not heterogeneous in type of job responsibilities or career aspirations. Whileteaching faculty
, lose theirdirection within the pipeline and do not continue their studies beyond an associate’s degree.To address both the demand to increase the number of STEM graduates and also the need toprovide an alternative route for non-traditional students, we have developed and implemented a“Bachelor’s Degree Completion” program for working professionals, adult learners andcommunity college students who are interested in careers in science and technology.This new Bachelor’s Degree Completion program is an integrated approach to science andtechnology that provides an opportunity for non-traditional students to finish their degrees in twoinnovative tracks of Information Systems Technology and Biotechnology. The program is alsodesigned to provide a
modelers cannot predict tomorrow.”6 In other words, educators are currentlypreparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist.This continuing upward spiral of innovation imposes difficult challenges on companies, theeducational infrastructure, government and the individual to adapt and stay current. If thegraduating engineer will be working with technologies, products, applications and markets 10years or less into his/her career that did not exist at the time of graduation, where will he/she gainthat knowledge? How can companies address the time and cost pressures of having to constantlyre-train their engineering staffs to remain competitive? How can the educational infrastructureremain relevant and effective when the useful life of a technology
engaged in mentoring early career faculty and a recent research project uncovers the narratives of ex- emplar engineering faculty that have successfully transitioned to student-centered teaching strategies.Dr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campusDr. Matthew A Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Matthew Verleger is Assistant Professor in Freshman Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univer- sity. He has a BS in Computer Engineering, an MS in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, and a PhD in Engineering Education, all from Purdue University. Prior to joining the Embry-Riddle faculty, he spent two years as an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Utah State University
whichfaculty from multiple universities join forces to serve a unique online student body distinct fromthe traditional on-campus students. Thus far, our student body consists of mostly workingprofessionals seeking career advancement. Some are electrical or electronic technicians seekingthe degree for promotion. Some are intellectual property lawyers in different engineeringdisciplines seeking to expand their practice to include electrical engineering. There are yet othersseeking completion of their bachelor degrees that were interrupted by various life scenarios. Inthis paper, we discuss the triumphs and challenges of the program and outline how ourcollaboration across three universities and other partnership further enables us to leverage
. David S. Greenburg, The Citadel Dr. Greenburg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He served over 20 years of active military service, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps. During his military career he served in a variety of progressively responsible command and staff and leadership positions in Infantry, Logistics, Acquisition, and Human Resources; with peacetime and combat experi- ence. Upon completion of active military service, Dr. Greenburg served in program leadership positions at Eagan McAllister Associates, and Science Applications International Corporation until
Paper ID #31454Online Professional Development for Embedding Industry Credentials inEngineering CurriculaDr. Susan J Ely, University of Southern Indiana Dr. Ely began her academic career at the community college level, after having worked as an engineer in areas of manufacturing, distribution, logistics and supply chain. Her research interests in Supply Chain Management include optimization through resiliency, lean supply chain practices and effective instruction in supply chain for career development, professional development of educators and online practices. c American Society for Engineering
non-credit program offerings spanning theeducational continuum of engineering and technology.Both organizations, ProEd and ProSTAR, recognize the similarities of their mission and sharedpurpose to provide learning opportunities to those in technical professions with careers inprogress. To this end, and aside from common policies, procedures and practices, bothorganizations recognize the significant commonality premised on space (facilities, equipment),distance infrastructure (distance classrooms, capture and delivery mediums), and the engineering– technology educational continuum (professional short courses, business/industry educationalcontinuum needs). This richness in overlap creates an unquestionable synergistic opportunity forefficiency
in the adult audience andthe professional goals of the students. The novelty of the program is in its content andmodular character. The main units of the program are pedagogical, psychological, juridical(this is necessary for the Russian model of state and education), management of educationquality, international standards and the peculiarities of the specific enterprise.Assessment of the program has included opinion polls from both students and directors of thetraining centers at enterprises. Feedback from employers indicates that this program is veryeffective for improving the quality of the specialists training and increasing the number ofspecialists who successfully continued their careers at the enterprises after the
possible and provides thesupporting structure for students and faculty. By removing the obstacle of distance, the programenables a sufficient number of practice-oriented engine engineers to enroll in the programwithout moving or suspending their careers. The intentionally collaborative, project-basedlearning in the program enables students to learn with and from highly experienced industrypeers. The program also creates broader and deeper connections between campus faculty andindustry, enabling faculty to gain greater understanding of, and linkage with, the interests andneeds of mid-career engineers and their employers.For the author, the unique learning opportunities that online learning can create was illustratedparticularly well in a web
undergraduate assimilated knowledge throughsuccessfully greater career opportunities, recommendations from supervisors and third partiesand the potential students statement of purpose. In the final analysis, it is a judgment decision onmaturity, based on a collection of factors that support an informed decision on the potentialsuccess of an applicant. These many career oriented factors are typically not available whenassessing the Master’s applicant who has just completed their undergraduate degree.This paper shares the quantitative results of a longitudinal study of nearly 400 workingprofessional adult learners, from business and industry, who graduated from Purdue University’sCenter for Professional Studies in Technology and Applied Research (ProSTAR
Homeland Security. Within the Oak Ridge Institute forScience and Education (ORISE) contract, there is a program specifically tasked with growing theSTEM workforce pipeline. This program takes a dual pronged approach to filling theemployment needs of federal agencies and ensuring potential employees have developed thetechnical skillsets necessary for employment in the STEM fields after completing their degrees.The ORISE workforce development programs utilize a multitude of resources, such as careerfairs, university career centers and social media, to identify individuals interested in employmentwithin the government sector. Additionally, because ORISE is funded through a Department ofEnergy contract it is privy to the unique needs, both current and
learning Lifelong learning Flexibility Source 1. ABET 2004 General criteria for accreditation of all engineering programs (USA) [3] 2. IChemE 2001 Guidelines for accreditation of degree programmes in chemical engineering [4] 3. AGR 2004 Association of Graduate Recruiters (UK) – all graduates [5] 4. GCCA 2004 Graduate Careers Council of Australia – all graduates [6] 5. LTSN 2003 Learning and Teaching Support Network (UK) – all graduates [7] Table 2. Main Transferable Skills [2] Chemical engineering graduates are expected to be: 1 Good at communicating in a variety of forms (written, oral, etc) 2 Able to work well in teams 3 Able to
. Page 26.1673.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Using On-Line Education to Meet the Needs of Working Engineering ProfessionalsWorking engineering professionals and their employers understand the value of, and the need forcontinuing education; be it training courses, certificate programs, or advanced degrees. Theseconsumers are looking for an efficient means to gain the required skills and knowledge to movetheir career, company, or project forward. These consumers demand well-written and well-presented material that matches their current need for knowledge. Often, the best approach tomeeting these needs is a team consisting of university faculty members