Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the skill-sets required of engineers to grow from: a) Early-career level engineering leadership responsibilities [Project engineering levels I - III] b) Mid-career level engineering leadership responsibilities [Technical program leadership levels IV-VI] c) Senior-career level engineering leadership responsibilities [Technology policy leadership levels VII-IX] This educational transformation will enable an opportunity for experienced graduate engineers to grow through the professional master of engineering (M.Eng.) and the professional doctor of engineering (D.Eng.) levels of proficiency while the degreed engineer continues his or her full-time employment in industry. Also

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

who had a half-time release for graduate programresponsibilities coordinated the program. The assistant dean worked with a graduate educationcommittee to review applications and make policy decisions. The assistant dean positionreported directly to the dean.Nearly all of the twenty-eight students enrolled in the program at that time were part-timestudents, primarily working adults returning to school for an advanced degree to further theircareer goals or expand their opportunities.By Fall of 2008 there were 69 students in the major (which included a few non-degree seekingstudents). Of those 69 total students, 22 were female, the remaining 47 male. Nineteen of the69 were fulltime students. The average enrollment load was around 6 hours (2