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Haiying Huang, The University of Texas at Arlington; Monica Franco, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Session XXXX Integrating Peer-Led-Team Learning (PLTL) and Design Thinking to Improve Student Success in Engineering Statics Haiying Huang Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department University of Texas at Arlington Catherine Unite Division of Student Success University of Texas at Arlington Monica Franco Academic Success Center University of Texas at Arlington AbstractThis

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Heidar A Malki, University of Houston - COE

solution that supports continuous learningand professional development globally. BiographiesJack Christiansen is the visionary and founder of the Petroleum Technology Initiative (2007 –present) at the University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering, Technology Division. He wasawarded the ASME Petroleum Division Ross Kastor Educator’s Award in 2013. He earned a B.Sc.degree from St. Lawrence University in 1967 and a M.A. degree from Indiana University in 1970.Jack has over 35 years domestic and international experience with Texaco and ChevronTexaco, 20years of which were devoted to the North Sea exploration, engineering and production departments inthe United Kingdom. He began his career as a

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Nathan Jackson, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico

range of job titlesfrom Process engineer to upper management. All industry participants had at least three years ofexperience and some had >20 years of experience in semiconductor/microsystems. The panelincluded members from different states, so they were not basing their answer on a single universitycurriculum. However, some panel members were former students at UNM so they knew the currentcurriculum. The survey consisted of n=47 questions regarding KSA’s that can be broken down in sixcategories: essential skills, technical skills, fabrication skills, design, statistics, and emerging skills.The panel members were asked to assign a score from 1-4, where four meant that the KSA wascritically needed and not currently taught in academia, a 3

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Nandika D'Souza, University of Texas at Dallas; Hector R. Siller, University of North Texas; Hyun Kyoung Kyoung Ro, University of North Texas; Debbie Huffman, North Central Texas College; Mary J Combs, Quality Measures

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throughworkforce education. Dean Huffman has over 25 years of experience in higher education where she hasprovided leadership in the planning, implementation and assessment of curriculum and programs withinthe CTE Division. She has served on the Texas Association of College Technical Educators Board ofDirectors and currently serves on the Texoma Workforce Board of Directors.1 Current Status of the U.S. Engineering and Computing Workforce, 2019 – IRA | ASEE https://ira.asee.org/national-benchmark-reports/workforce2019/2 Understanding the Closing the Gaps Domain final https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/accountability/academic-accountability/performance-reporting/closing-the-gaps-domainfinal.pdf3 Rankings | Colleges with the largest endowment - Most