Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Programs for the Future

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabeel Yousef, Daytona State College; Ron Eaglin, Daytona State College

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

, interviews and surveys were conducted with 88 industryleaders in Florida. The goal of the survey was to identify the set of skills and competenciesacademia should produce to meet industry requirements in the area. The identified skills andcompetencies were used to guide the research team in the development of a new skilledworkforce oriented curriculum.The survey concentrated on two categories or set of skills, the soft skills and the technical skills.Soft skills included: Communications, team work/collaboration, work ethics,innovation/creativity, global competency, financial literacy, and flexibility/adaptability. Whilethe technical skills concentrated on the depth of technical knowledge, critical thinking andjudgment abilities, and system thinking

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Programs for the Future

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Fazle Shahnawaz Muhibul Karim, University of Illinois, Chicago; Samuel Thomas Harford; Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

research are available indicating the importance of integrating various skillsfrom the job market into the engineering curriculum. Chikumba, S. et al. discusses the benefit ofintegrating hard technical skills and technologies with the soft skills required by IndustrialEngineers to satisfy the marketplace [3]. The University of Florida produced a study on the“talent paradox” in which students cannot find jobs because they do not possess the skillsrequired by companies and companies cannot find the right employees because of the lack ofskills in applicants [4]. One article outlines a course for engineering students in their lastsemester. This course aims to bridge the skills gap from school to real life situations [5],[6]. TheU.S. Department of