Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Rui Pan, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council, Diversity

Sooner Engineering Education Center dedicated to engineering education related initiatives and research focused on building diversity and enhancing the educational experience for all engineering students. Dr. Shehab teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in ergonomics, work methods, experimental design, and statistical analysis. Her current research is with the Research Institute for STEM Education, a multi-disciplinary research group investigating factors related to equity and diversity in engineering student populations.Dr. Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma Dr. Susan E. Walden is the founding Director of the Research Institute for STEM Education (RISE) and an associate research professor in the

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rick I Zadoks, Caterpillar Inc.; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Corporate Member Council

the IAC community idealized several beneficial outcomesassociated with developing this new course including: 1) establishing a foundation ofcollege/industry collaborative graduate level course work that supported the concerns of industryfacing stakeholders and beyond, and 2) offering engineering education students a unique area ofresearch specialization focused on life-long learning and engineering practice in Industry. Thecreation and assessment of this course however moved beyond the initial objectives idealized. Inretrospect, this course development project serves as a means for evaluating oneindustry/academic partnership through the lens of a Six Sigma orientation, by way of a sharedexperience.Review of LiteratureA scant number of