Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College

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Corporate Member Council

 duration.  The author therefore decided on a hybrid sabbatical model that combined one longer placement and a number of short visits, thus ensuring both deep­dive and broad exposure.   Sabbatical Planning  The first step in coordinating the year­long sabbatical, as discussed above, was determining the general structure: in this case, one faculty internship placement for four to six months at one company (for depth) and multiple short visits (one to three days each) to a wide range of companies (for breadth).  Having established this framework about a year in advance of the sabbatical, the author prepared a cover letter explaining her role at Smith and technical background, her goals for the sabbatical, and how companies could benefit (versatile

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

to devise a master plan for a trail network within the city.OutcomesThe final plan of the trail network incorporated existing trails connecting the city to thesurrounding areas. The plan tied together many of the existing trails surrounding the downtowndistrict to the planned trails connecting the rapidly developing areas in the north within the city.The planned trails are expected to provide better connectivity for commuting and recreationaluse. Two very well connected new trails will connect the southwest area to the northeast. Aseparated trail was under construction in a city’s segment. Once that corridor is completed therewill be a strong connection from south to north, also connecting to the existing trail and arecreational trail

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

negative impact onstudent interest in the course. This was seen in the fall of 2014, when in spite of marketing thecourse broadly, most students had already planned their fall class line-up and the course failed tofill to the course minimum and was cancelled for that term.Upon investigation and interviews with students who were thought to be viable coursecustomers, it was revealed that after the course’s one year hiatus in 2013, the group ofprospective students planning to take the course had advanced in their programs and were nolonger able to fit the course into their schedule which now included a healthy dose of researchcredits. Additionally, the perceived unreliable availability of the course led students whoseinterests were in industrial

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

helptheir employees embrace diversity and inclusion. Boeing’s diversity training covers a variety oftopics, including “awareness of cultural, gender and international sensitivities, avoidingstereotypes and micro-inequities, understanding generational differences, and how to positivelyimpact culture change”.18 The Department of Defense’s strategic plan for diversity and inclusionbuilds on the government’s plan and efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the federalworkforce.19 In addition, the websites of many companies (NASA, Johnson Controls, Dow,General Motors and 3M) have testimonials and statements from executives demonstrating theirsupport of diversity. Raytheon and Xerox have established diversity councils to define policiesand programs

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Corporate Member Council

26.958.13*Combined Extremely Important and Very Important ratings Figure 9: Respondents Early-career vs. MDC Important Criteria (> 12%) (n=9)Future PlansThe industry sponsor survey results indicated several MDC program outcomes as having a strongrelationship between an engineer’s early professional career and the importance to the MDCprogram. Based on these results, the authors identified one area of improvement that is directlyrelated to the program. This area is to analyze and interpret data. Analyzing and interpreting datacan be directly related to designing and conducting an experiment. The authors plan toemphasize the testing and validating phase of the capstone course by increasing the length oftime that students can complete this

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

partners to integrate manyof these activities in order to provide more professional practice skills beyond traditionalengineering education to our students. We believe our recent success in fostering sustainedindustrial partnership is the direct result of the following practices:  Proactive recruitment: selecting partners who have long-term interest to affiliate with the program and replacing inactive members through normal attrition.  Relevant engagement: involving partners with activities that have potential impacts on the program and providing them with a well-planned agenda so they feel full engaged and take ownership of the affiliation.  Steady leadership: selecting and retaining strong leaders who understand