Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Jennifer Oliver, IAESTE United States; Karl Zimmer, General Cable

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

program, he moved into a Six Sigma Blackbelt position, driving service improvements in the $1+ billion spare parts business. Starting with General Cable in 2001, Karl led the supply chain organization for the $300M communications product division prior to moving into a general management role heading the company’s $30 million harness & assembly business. During his 18-month tenure in the assembly business, sales increased by more than 25% and profitability more than doubled. Currently, Karl runs a Datacom manufacturing plant located in Jackson, Tennessee. Employing more than 300 people, the plant produces over 150 million feet of category 3 and category 5e cables

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

information sheet allows the student to focus on the issues that the readerwill find important and informative. Information sheets can be adjusted for any group of students orfor a variety of situations. Meeting with students before they go on the cooperative work experiencein order to ascertain the kinds of questions that the students themselves would like answered willalso bring a sense of ownership to the report and to the questions being asked. The info-collection sheet 1. Info session - What do you need for the report?__________ 2. Plant tour - What do you see?_________________________ 3. Co-op job orientation. What are your responsibilities? What are the objectives of your position? Why does it exist? Does it

Conference Session

Using Cooperative Education to Validate ABET Criteria

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University; David McMahon, Texas A&M University; Martha Marberry, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

com pleted form to: Experiential E ducation Program s Cooperative Education Texas A&M University TAM U 1476 College Station, TX 77843-1476Nam e: Classification: Major:W ork Term Num ber: 1 2 3 4 5 Com pleted during: Fall Spring Sum m er 20Em ployer: Location:SK ILL (Please check appropriate Exceeds Meets N eeds S om e

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Stwalley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

. Page 11.391.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Definition, Mission, and Revitalization of Cooperative Education ProgramsAbstract The Purdue University Cooperative Education Program recently completed an evaluationwhich included reviewing programs at its peer institution group and other top rankedCooperative Education schools. This due diligence process also included the examination ofdata from participating students, participating employers, non-participating employers, andqualified, but non-participating students at Purdue. Market Analysis as defined by White 1 wasused as a basis to conduct the review, and those results have been presented elsewhere. Thispaper will