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CIP Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Glover J.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Todd S. Keiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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selecting university partners have had a significant impact on the waycolleges and universities interact/partner with industry. And an ever pressing issue in thesecollaborations is Intellectual Property.This paper will address the main issues affecting academic/industry collaboration in regards toIntellectual Property. Concepts such as the Work for hire doctrine, copyright and patents will allbe addressed as they impact the relationship. Furthermore, the changes brought about by theAmerica Invents Act will be examined in regards to the impact on faculty research as well ascorporate partnerships.In addition, the paper will examine fundamental tensions in the academic/industrypartnership. For example, academic endeavors seeking to create public

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Juan R. Pimentel, Kettering University; Mehrdad Zadeh, Kettering University

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requirements of aLevel 4 autonomous vehicle (i.e., a vehicle that is totally capable of driving itself within a certainoperational domain). Teams were selected for this competition through a proposal process, withone of the requested components of the proposal focusing on existing courses and thedevelopment of new courses at the participating university. In this paper, we will discuss the rolesof students and faculty advisors at one of the participating schools, address issues related toeducation and training of students who want to work in the autonomous vehicle industry, anddiscuss the benefits of the competition to all of its stakeholders. This discussion will include theskills developed by students, the outcomes of the competition, and the value

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul K. Andersen, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Jalal Rastegary, New Mexico State University; Christopher Campbell, New Mexico State University

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State University Mr. Campbell currently serves as Senior Program Manager at New Mexico State University’s Engineering New Mexico Resource Network in Albuquerque, NM where he manages statewide pollution prevention, energy efficiency and recycling outreach programs. The Network provides information on pollution pre- vention and energy efficiency for New Mexico businesses, communities and Tribes. Chris has authored and managed sixteen EPA Pollution Prevention grants since 1999 (totaling over $2.8 million) providing outreach and training on rural and Borderland P2 issues. Chris implements on-site presentations and training for a variety of industrial sectors on pollution prevention, energy efficiency and Lean &

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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areas of engineering is much higher than thenational average in other disciplines highlights the need to understand the industry fundedresearch impacts in the engineering even more, especially on faculty, where these impacts areless understood.Literature Review ApproachThe literature reviewed is comprised of the articles listed in Table 2 of the Appendix, with theprimary inspiration being the Gulbrandsen and Smeby (2005) article. In this article, Gulbrandsenand Smeby conduct a survey of Norway’s four Universities across all disciplines to seek answersto similar issues looked at in this literature review. Among other questions, Gulbrandsen andSmeby look at the following three questions, which inspired the work of this paper; (1) Doprofessors

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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foundations, pavement design & materials, and concrete durability. His interests also include: contemporary issues of engineering education in general, and those of the Middle East and the Arab Gulf States in particular. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018How may Adjuncts Enrich Engineering Education? Challenges and Opportunities for Bringing the Practice into the ClassroomAbstract: The paper examines the status quo of adjunct faculty in engineering institutions today,and argues for the positive contributions adjuncts could make by bringing their practicalexperience into the classroom. Also, their role in setting up linkages with industry which oftenleads to employment opportunities for

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session II: Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Maysam Pournik, University of Oklahoma; Bryan William Bodie

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very specific to the company. Internship and co-opprograms also prepare students and make them more “hirable”. In the current competitive environment,for both students and companies, new approaches need to be designed that support development ofcompetencies and skills needed by new graduates to be productive from start of their career.1.2 Industry and academia partnership to develop competenciesCorporations and employers have frequently pointed to a lack of professional awareness and low levels ofcommunication and teamwork skills in engineering graduates [11-14] These issues have led the U.S.Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) [15] to transform their accreditationcriteria from a content-based approach to an outcomes

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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, pavement design & materials, and concrete durability. His interests also include: contemporary issues of engineering education in general, and those of the Middle East and the Arab Gulf States in particular. Page 26.1199.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 On the Role of Adjuncts in Engineering Education: Developing Practical Courses and Solving Real World ProblemsAbstract: The paper examines the status quo of adjunct faculty in engineering institutions andargues for the positive contributions adjuncts could make by bringing their practical experienceinto

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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contributing to this failure is the tremendous inertia of the educationalsystems of the Region. (2, 3)The paper sheds light on the seemingly complex issues that have curtailed proper “connectivity”between academia and industry in the Arab Gulf States, and argues for the urgent need to worktogether towards developing mutually beneficial and long-lasting relations, at the grass rootlevel, so that the interests of people on both sides (students, graduates, faculty members,industrial staff, industry managers, research proponents, etc) will be properly served. Perhaps thegreatest achievement in such an endeavor is to improve the “relevancy” of engineeringeducation, by bringing the college closer to the “realities” on the ground. There is a tremendousneed

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal, John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L. Price, University of Tulsa; John E. Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Wes Bussman, John Zink Co. LLC.; Sarah M. Olson, Northern Oklahoma College

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) are private institutions in Tulsa that offer engineering programs. Both arelocated no more than 20 minutes from JZ. This paper discusses some of the lessonslearned by industry adjuncts from JZ teaching mechanical and chemical engineeringcourses at ORU and TU. JZ industry adjuncts teach the mechanical engineering coursesApplied Thermodynamics and Experimental Methods in the fall and spring, respectivelyat ORU.3 These required courses are each taught by a pair of JZ instructors. In this casethe courses are being taught by adjuncts because there are not enough full time faculty toteach them. It is up to the department chair to ensure all accreditation issues are met.JZ adjuncts teach Combustion Engineering in the chemical engineering department

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Durga Suresh, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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semester.Further, as also described in Table 2, a few new students, largely focusing on theelectromechanical and biometric sensor concepts, were added to the team.In this semester, four faculty were in charge of the five different teams (three from the previoussemester, including the PI, and one additional person). These faculty were more communicativewith each other and with the students, specifically with the scope of the individual team goals.This communication was focused on a more isolated approach to each of the technical tasks.Student groups were given non-overlapping portions of the project and thus were able toaccomplish their task without being concerned with infringing on someone else’sresponsibilities.In the first semester, the team at

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir I. Prodanov, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Greene, Maxim Integrated

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Sponsored Course DevelopmentAbstractThis paper demonstrates the importance of alumni voluntarism in creating experiential learningopportunities for future students while also facilitating the professional development of a facultymember. Specifically, the collaboration between two recent graduates and their former collegeprofessor resulted in the development of a new 400-level elective class containing both a lecturecomponent and a lab component. Because of alumni efforts, the lab will use state-of-art hardwareallowing students’ exploration of various concepts related to sensing and IoT (Internet ofThings). The generous support of the employer effectively eliminates the financial burden tostudents and enables faculty professional development. Also

Conference Session

CIP Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Chell A. Roberts, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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be delivered by the program’s faculty,the latter issue should not be significant. However, the use of company engineers to overseeprojects and the intellectual property issues that may prohibit project technical content frombeing revealed to the program’s regular faculty has sparked discussion. Fortunately, by theprogram’s assessment and continuous improvement plan, the significant course outcomes thatneed to be assessed in the project courses do not rest on the technical specifics but on theprofessional skills demonstrated by the students. Thus the intellectual property of the technicalwork can be protected. This realization seems to have addressed initial concerns about this issue.RecommendationsBased on this experience, the following

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Ted Song, John Brown University; Will C. Holmes, John Brown University; Kyle Andrew Crouse, John Brown University; Zachary Jordan Lee, John Brown University; Cameron Drax Geiger, John Brown University

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can provide individual instructors to teach existing courses as adjuncts or visitingprofessors.1 Industry can help provide new course content, for example for emergingtechnologies, which can be taught by academia.2 Industry adjunct instructors can temporarily fillin for faculty on sabbatical or on leave,3 help handle temporary increases in student courseenrollments,4 relieve full-time faculty so they can do research,5 or co-teach with full-time facultyto help bring professional practice into the classroom.6 Adjunct instructors can also teach specifictopics in a course where faculty are less knowledgeable,7,8 teach entire courses outside thespecific area of expertise of the faculty,4,9,10 and teach courses at off-campus locations.11 In

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Ladesic P.E., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Robert R. Wolz, Gulfstream Aerospace; Frank Simmons III P.E., Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation; Timothy D. Farley

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citizens but not practitioners. They have writtentextbooks, have helped define the curricula content evolution, and also currently deicide theprofiles befitting junior faculty as new hires – and the trend perpetuates. Page 25.25.12Impact of widespread outsourcing on overseas suppliers,Of late this tendency has changed a bit with many non-citizens upon graduation choosing toreturn to their home countries adding to the capabilities of those nations and contributing tooverseas outsourcing issues now faced in the U.S. job market. Meanwhile U.S. manufacturersmove their sub-assembly manufacturing dependence to overseas sites in hope of

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University; James Kirby Easterling, Eastern Kentucky University School of Business

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seminars for local industry on topics including forecasting, inventory control, production planning, project management, transportation logistics, procurement, and supply chain management.Dr. Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University Dr. Leslie Pagliari serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Technology and Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Systems. Her research interests center on STEM initiatives, leadership, global supply chain issues, and new technologies in the distribu- tion and logistics sector. She was one of three professors in the United States recognized in an Inbound Logistics Article featuring leading professors in today’s supply chain curriculum

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session III: Collaboration

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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tremendous inertia of the educationalsystems of the Region. (2, 3)The paper sheds light on the seemingly complex issues that have curtailed proper “connectivity”between academia and industry in the Arab Gulf States, and argues for the urgent need to worktogether towards developing mutually beneficial and long-lasting relations, at the grass rootlevel, so that the interests of people on both sides (students, graduates, faculty members,industrial staff, industry managers, research proponents, etc) will be properly served. Perhaps thegreatest achievement in such an endeavor is to improve the “relevancy” of engineeringeducation, by bringing the college closer to the “realities” on the ground. There is a tremendousneed for faculty and students to be

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Stephan J. Nix, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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interesting them in specific sub-fields ofengineering.Project Description: The project is motivated by the following problem: How to increase theretention rate of engineering majors by increasing engineering related knowledge and projectsinto their first two years curriculum courses.Retention of students in colleges of engineering is an issue of current concern, since engineeringgraduates provide a high percentage of tomorrow’s technical workforce. Some argue thatretention is so important it should be used as a college outcomes assessment parameter and that itbe considered a measure of our abilities as faculty and professional engineers to design programsof study that meet market and customer expectations [5]. Historically, engineering enrollmenthas

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, University of Texas, El Paso; Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; Ahsan Choudhuri, University of Texas, El Paso

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of new students the following year.We have a process in place with LMA where our faculty discusses the needs andpriorities of the corporation to define areas of possible collaboration. Once these areasare understood and prioritized, LMA and UTEP develop a Statement of Work (SOW) ofexpected outcomes and deliverables for on-campus developmental projects and/or on-sitedeployment of students under a particular project. For on-site deployment studentsinterested are encouraged to submit their application for LMA review. After LMAreview they choose candidates to be interviewed and LMA decision makers select thestudents they want to hire for on-site deployment which usually happens during thesummer. During the interview process, LMA managers and

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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the following elements: (i) anagreement; (ii) between competent parties; (iii) based upon the genuine assent of the parties; (iv)supported by consideration; (v) made for a lawful objective; and (vi) in the form required bylaw.”6A contract may include several agreements such as non-disclosure agreements, non-competeagreements, intellectual property ownership including possibly new discoveries, publicationagreements, and many others. Item (iii) above can be a particular issue since all of the parties tothe agreement including those faculty and students who will work on the contract, must assent(usually separately) to the restrictions these agreements impose.One of the stickiest S3 Design Project problems involves passing on the restrictions of

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler; Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas, Tyler

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decisionto place a hardware bug in the counter test board arose out of a concern from the applicationengineers that the practicing test engineer should have the ability to troubleshoot and solveproblems in the field. The initial survey results indicating student interest in learning how to usethe new tester are encouraging.In sum, the collaborative effort with our industry partner has generated excitement among boththe faculty and students as the introduction of real-world test experiences into curriculum isexpected to have a significant impact on the educational value of our program. The uniqueapproach being tested in this college-industry partnership is to introduce test engineering acrossthe BSEE curriculum as opposed to a single technical

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University

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issues, and new technologies in the distribu- tion and logistics sector. She was one of three professors in the United States recognized in an Inbound Logistics Article featuring leading professors in today’s supply chain curriculum. She has worked with a team of colleagues throughout other colleges at East Carolina University to plan a STEM initiative for 8th grade girls. This initiative helps bring more than 100 Pitt County girls to campus to engage them in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. She has also worked with ECU’s Global Academic Initiatives to collaborate with other institutions throughout the world. In addition, Dr. Pagliari collaborates with many external organizations. She is past president of

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Dallas P.E., Texas Tech University; Tanja Karp, Texas Tech University; Brian Steven Nutter; Yu-Chun Donald Lie, Texas Tech University; Richard O. Gale, Texas Tech University; Ron Cox; Stephen B. Bayne, Texas Tech University

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test Spring 2010 Page 24.1298.10One primary concern when course offerings are heavily influenced by a particular company in aparticular industry is the applicability to students who will choose other career paths. The powermanagement classes have proven to be very popular to a broad range of electrical engineeringstudents. Consistently, enrolment in the power management courses is a majority of non-PSPEstudents.Student access to current semiconductor industry tools is one of the most daunting challengesfacing the academy. The cost, complexity, and maintenance issues make the acquisition andsustainability of such tools difficult

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Wolff P.E., Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University; Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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-to-date “real-life” perspectives and reality checks to our students in addition to furnishing needed external financial support.Accordingly, the ERE was created to address these concerns and also address the followingstudent-centered objectives:  To enhance the classroom experience by implementing experiential opportunities related to the profession of, and challenges of, engineering.  To introduce students to resources on campus and in the college.  To create peer mentoring relationships between upper class students and students new to the College of Engineering.  To build a lasting connection between students and faculty.  To introduce students to engineering majors early in their

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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legal contracts were NOT, in general, a part of the relationship. As aresult, for this series of projects, there were certainly not a critical success factor. Because of theinterpersonal relationships, shared goals, and successes, no contract was needed to develop andmaintain the series of projects. Small contracts were signed when larger dollar amounts wereneeded (for instance, to fund faculty or graduate student work). However, these were limited inscope and flexible in implementation. Intellectual property (IP) was not an issue as theconsortium was willing to accept the university’s default policy, which essentially states that theuniversity retains all IP. Perhaps this would have become a concern if more funds were provided… in which case

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen F. Gygi, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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this issue is torequire students to register for a 1-credit seminar. Since departments do not require Co-opparticipation, it would help if this seminar could be included in credits that students really needto graduate.But we can imagine other constraints and concerns that educators might raise. For example,educators might ask about additional burdens placed on busy students who may have a learningcurve to master the e-portfolio tools. Or they might raise the issue of whether portfolios detractfrom the rigor of a technical report or the value of a preparedness argument given the uncertaintyof student career paths. In our experience, these are all addressable concerns. The overarchingissue, it seems, is what exactly is the function of the

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Oliva, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation

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to share viewpoints from both sides of the fence that I havewitnessed while working in the respective environments. I will discuss issues specific to co-op Page 24.324.2programs, internships, and mentoring initiatives, and highlight some deficiencies in university-industry collaborations. I will also take this opportunity to voice my concerns regarding theeducational state of my own field of specialization, computer-aided engineering.From the onset, I want to make it clear that the evidence cited within this paper is merely basedon my own experiences and should be considered anecdotal at best. I am very cognizant thatexperiences and viewpoints

Conference Session

CIP Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L Price, University of Tulsa; Geoffrey D. Silcox, University of Utah; Michael Newton, University of Utah, Chemical Engineering Department; Terry L Phipps

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videotaped by a multimedia company and put online for a distance course forstudents at a remote university. There were many benefits to the participants involved, but alsosome significant challenges. This paper discusses this unique multi-organization partnershipincluding the lessons learned to improve future collaborations.IntroductionThere are many ways that industry and academia can collaborate to educate engineering students.Industry can provide individual instructors to teach existing courses as adjuncts or visitingprofessors.1 Industry can help provide new course content, for example for emergingtechnologies, which can be taught by academia.2 Adjunct instructors from industry cantemporarily replace faculty on sabbatical or on leave,3 help

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan White Stewart, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University; Alexa Kottmeyer

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the delivery of engineeringeducation, as follows (paraphrased):1. Engineering curricula are too focused on engineering science and technical courses without providing sufficient integration of these topics or relating them to industrial practice. Programs are content driven.2. Current programs do not provide sufficient design experiences to students.3. Graduates still lack communication skills and teamwork experience (programs lack experiences).4. Need awareness amongst students of social, environmental, economic and legal issues of modern engineering.5. Existing faculty lack practical experience and are not able to adequately relate theory to practice or provide design experiences.6. Teaching and learning strategies outdated and needs

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology

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based on introducing Scrum into the capstone projects. These are related to thetwo types of actors in these projects; the students and the company representatives. Thecompany representatives express slight changes in mindset after these projects, and express agreater understanding for agile methods in engineering design. The students express a greaterunderstanding and preparedness for a future career in industry.The challenge of today’s capstone projects are not the specific technical competencies butrather organizational issues, as it has been experienced over many years. The projects arecomplex and based on knowledge and competencies in several fields, spread over allmembers of the student team (and faculty). At KTH, most resources in terms

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas H. DeAgostino, Trine University, Innovation One; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; M. Brian Thomas, Trine University

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ambiguous technical and socialenvironment where there is little or no mentoring and guidance10,14. Many employers must nowleave new engineers to “sink or swim” and survive “trial by fire”. A solution must be soughtwhich is accessible to all engineering students. This solution must be based in the classroom, butmust nearly replicate useful corporate experience. Since capstone implementation has becomecommonly required at nearly all engineering universities, it makes sense to utilize this classroomsetting to address this issue. In addition, the chronological position of the capstone requirement Page 24.1083.3make this a timely point at which to give