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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Il-Seop Shin, Western Illinois University, Quad Cities; Blair J. McDonald P.E., Western Illinois University; Khaled Zbeeb, Western Illinois University; William F. Pratt, Western Illinois University

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collaboration between the School of Engineering and the local community hasbeen positive and very successful. In this paper, several Senior Design projects are discussed.The assessment and evaluation of ABET Student Outcomes using the Senior Design course ispresented and discussed as a means of directly measuring curriculum success. Engineering’sSenior Design course has had a direct impact on the local community, often with a significantreturn on investment for industrial partners. The significance of this community engagement hasresulted not only in the employment of all of our seniors at graduation, but also in the program’srapid growth.1. IntroductionWestern Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois was granted permission to create a new Schoolof

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert B. Rhoads, Ohio State University; Jacob T Allenstein, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

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these expectations. “A strategy for realigning engineeringeducation must be developed within the contexts of understanding the elements of engineeringand recognizing the importance of constant communication with the public and engineeringcommunity stakeholders on the goals of education reinvention and the value of success.”1Collaboration between academe and industry is crucial to prepare engineers to meet learningoutcomes and the challenges of the future. To meet these challenges, engineering education mustbe realigned and a strategy must be developed to recognize the need to communicate with thepublic and engineering community stakeholders on the goals of education and the value ofsuccess.1 According to Rick Stephens, retired Sr. VP of Human

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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to consider how these approachescould benefit industrial enterprise. Further, rigorous Engineering Education research practiceswere put to work underpinning the topical exploration, and enabling the class deliverables whichincluded individually developed, industry facing, research proposals, and formal proposal“pitch” presentations to industry representatives. Beneficial outcomes from developing thiscourse have included: 1) establishing a foundation of college/industry collaborative graduatelevel course work that supports the concerns of industry facing stakeholders and beyond, and 2)offering engineering education students a unique area of research specialization focused on life-long learning and engineering practice in Industry.Framed using

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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contribution to the multi-disciplinary team lies in qualitative methodologies, cultural theory and the belief that outliers offer great insight into the workings of power. Her research interests include cultural theory, the cultural/historical construction of women’s identities and roles in past and present societies, and most recently, equity issues surrounding gender and underrepresented populations in engineering education. She can be contacted at cynthia.e.foor-1@ou.edu.Dr. Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Womens’ and Gender Stud- ies at the University of Oklahoma. Her main research focus is diversity in engineering education and

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynette F. Wilcox, Virginia Tech

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inthis context, three dominant research faculty roles are identified and described in this paper: (1)entrepreneur, (2) inventor, and (3) consultant.A comprehensive role-based model will be useful for researchers and practitioners to clearlydiscern the types of relationships that are relevant to the work they conduct in university-industryresearch partnerships. A key factor in improving university-industry research partnershipexperiences is advancing our understanding of the nature of the roles and relationships amongparticipants. Finally, clarifying these roles will be helpful for moving forward with a morefocused research agenda for university-industry research partnerships.Introduction There is increasing national interest in the U.S

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susannah Howe, Smith College

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 engineering design and project management, and different workplace environments.  The complete list of companies, plus primary engineering discipline(s) and location, is detailed in Table 1.  The author covered her travel expenses from research funding she had been saving at Smith for this purpose.  The author signed NDAs for all companies who requested, about half of the total short visits.    Table 1 ­ Company List for Sabbatical Short Visits (Spring/Summer 2014)    Company  Engineering Discipline  Location  Analytical Methods  Aerospace  Seattle, WA  BETH  Biomedical, Entrepreneurial  Boston, MA

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Gregory John Kostrzewsky, Cummins, Inc; Lin Xiang Sun, Danfoss Turbocor Compressors

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working with threeother engineering departments (17 MD projects in 2013-14 and 19 MD projects in 2014-15) withgreat than 50% of our projects being MD projects in recent years14 as shown in the following twotables. The last column in Table 1 shows ME senior students who participate MD design projectsas compared to the overall ME enrollment. As an example, 65 ME students work on 19 MDprojects while the total enrollment of the class is 117 working on 31 projects. The total numbersof MD teams are also included in the parenthesis to show the growing trend from 5 in 2009-10 to19 in 2014-15. Table 2 shows the ongoing MD projects with titles this school year and thecomposition of each team. We have also indicated those projects that contain

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Osvaldo M. Micheloud, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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private university in Mexico with a top ranked engineering school. It is well (1)known by the quality of their graduates and by the excellent connection with theMexican industry. In particular, Monterrey is a large industrial city, located near theUnited States border, with two large and prestigious universities. The availability of largenumber of well-trained bilingual engineers and qualified labor force in the market areattracting a large number of high tech companies that are moving their manufacturingfacilities and engineering design centers to this area. The fast growing engineering demandof well-trained people, capable of generating new products, improve process efficiency andcreate

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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University of Oklahoma. Her contribution to the multi-disciplinary team lies in qualitative methodologies, cultural theory and the belief that outliers offer great insight into the workings of power. Her research interests include cultural theory, the cultural/historical construction of women’s identities and roles in past and present societies, and most recently, equity issues surrounding gender and underrepresented populations in engineering education. She can be contacted at cynthia.e.foor-1@ou.edu.Dr. Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma Dr. Randa L. Shehab is a professor and the Director of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. She was recently appointed as Director of the