Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor Taratukhin, Stanford University; Yury V. Kupriyanov, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Jörg Becker

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Corporate Member Council

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College Industry Partnerships

company would prefer to get the right students in the rightcourses and does not want to teach the somebody, who wants to be an SAP consultant infuture, software testing technologies.The students as well as university and industry representatives state that the joint educationalprogram shows high practical applicability, as it was specifically designed to teach new ITtechnologies. The interviewees also mentioned that in comparison to the joint-programstructure, the university curriculum is out-dated and no longer meets the fast changingrequirements of the IS field. The joint program is strongly seen as an opportunity to close thisgap.During the interviews we have also analysed the satisfaction level of the students whoparticipate in the courses

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Leslie, Engineers Without Borders - USA

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Corporate Member Council

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College Industry Partnerships

last 30 years, whether working in corporate engineering or nonprofit international develop- ment, Ms. Leslie has developed and utilized her technical interests in creating solutions for engineering projects that integrate the needs of the client along with the sustainable needs of the environment. As Executive Director of EWB-USA, Ms. Leslie uses her organizational and project management skills to ensure that the volunteer organization can fulfill its mission and vision. Ms. Leslie was a part of the second project to be completed within EWB-USA, a water project in Mail, Africa. There she worked directly with the community and other volunteers to develop a agricultural water source, and this project was what

Conference Session

Corporate Member Council Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology; Brian Carbonette, New York Institute of Technology

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

researched by Becker (2010).4A summary of his surveys indicates that the greatest disparity is found in four categories:1) hands-on know how; 2) methods, systems know how; 3) ability to work in teams; and4) communication skills. The ETIC was created to address these gaps while responding tothe regional economy’s requirements for well-qualified workers. By having direct accessto industry, students benefit from real-life experiential activities while gaining thefoundational skills necessary to their integration into the workforce.Progress to-dateSince the launch of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC) inMarch 2015, the School has put into action a strategic plan to nurture an entrepreneurialecosystem at the new facility. All