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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Jonathan Cuevas-Ortuño, Tecnologico de Monterrey; J. Reyes Angulo Cedeño, Tecnologico de Monterrey ; Agustin Perez Araos, Tecnologico de Monterrey ; Marco Antonio de Luna

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

to have the support of an organization orcompany that fulfills the role of Training Partner (TP).One of the big challenges for universities is to put different teaching-learning models intopractice to allow students to transfer their learning from “mental knowledge” to a “practi-cal application” of knowledge [5]. The role of both student and professor will be more ac-tive; professors will become mentors and evaluators along with staff from the organizationthat serves as TP. In summary, the main contributions of the study are: • a model of how to successfully teach Lean Thinking through CBL for Industrial and Systems Engineering students; • a teaching-learning model of Lean Thinking in collaboration with organizations; • best

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P K Raju, Auburn University

Abstract The National Academy of Engineering report Educating the Engineer of 2020 calls forsystem-wide efforts to align our nation’s engineering curriculum and engineering profession withthe needs of today’s global, knowledge-driven economy with the goal of increasing studentinterest in engineering careers. As more industries benefit from the economic advantages of aglobal R&D capability, U.S. engineering teams need to prepare for collaboration across countriesand the blurring of national boundaries. Future engineers need to be trained not only in basicengineering skills, but also in managing global research teams. Realizing the importance oftraining U.S. students to work successfully in global R&D research environments, we

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Wilcox, University of Southern California; Yufan Fei; Jihao LI, University of Southern California; Junqiang Wang; Junmeng Xu, University of Southern California

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam, teaching two short courses in quantitative analysis to advanced finance stu- dents.Yufan FeiJihao LI, University of Southern CaliforniaJunqiang WangJunmeng Xu, University of Southern California ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Automated Analytic Dataset Generation and Assessment for Engineering Analytics Education Bruce Wilcox, Yufan Fei, Jihao Li, Junqiang Wang, Junmeng Xu University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USAAbstractIn recent years, there has been significant growth in analytics programs at the undergraduate andmasters’ levels in Industrial and Systems

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Visintainer Lerman; Italo Rodeghiero Neto, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul; Joana Siqueira de Souza, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul; Maria Auxiliadora Cannarozzo Tinoco, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

issues related to the theme. These interviewswere conducted in focus groups, as they are appropriate when expected a dynamic betweenparticipants, allowing for more excellent discussion and detailed responses [32], [33].Based on PMG's objectives, the interview investigated issues related to active universityteaching strategies [26]. For this, discussions were raised on: 1. The teaching methodologies used. 2. How is done the industry-university collaboration. 3. The limitations found in this active process. 4. The infrastructure and knowledge needed for the insertion of these strategies.As the method allows, the interviewers asked questions related to the four points toencourage and deepen the discussion, such as the student's

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Md Abdullah, The University of Texas at Arlington; Gowtham Nageshwara rao, The University of Texas at Arlington; Faith Lauren Sowell, The University of Texas at Arlington; Vibhav Nirmal, The University of Texas at Arlington; Shuchisnigdha Deb, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

physical SIGMA lab, aims to trainstudents with cutting-edge technologies and manufacturing processes. This course projectfocuses on optimizing users’ workforce training experience, one key component of humanfactors engineering research in Industrial Engineering (IE). Including cutting-edge technologylike additive manufacturing allows IE students to explore improved and advanced opportunitiesfor efficient and productive manufacturing.Virtual Reality (VR) is a technological innovation that immerses individuals into a virtualenvironment (VE), creating a sensation of presence despite their physical absence [1, 2]. Overthe past few decades, fully immersive virtual reality (VR) has gained popularity as a method oftraining and collaboration. In recent

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Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Dempsey, Collin County Community College ; Ann F Beheler, Collin County Community College

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Computing and Information Technology

) – based at BellevueCommunity College in Bellevue, Washington and funded by the National Science Foundation –published a 205-page, comprehensive book of IT industry skill standards in 2003. Thatpublication was based on extensive collaboration with dozens of IT experts in business andindustry across the country. The report was written with the belief that skill standards provide“efficient foundation tools” for developing curriculum and creating a “common-languageframework” among educators and employers for training students and incumbent workers [1].Sixteen years later, in 2019, the IT landscape has completely changed. Back in 2003, thetechnology industry was a vastly different place: Google was still a private company, the AppleiPhone was years

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Mills; William Cleghorn

Ontario(MMO) Connections Program, has the central objective to collaborate with industry in the definition of a realproblem of relevance to that industry, and to subsequently introduce this problem to senior yearundergraduate engineering students for resolution. The MMO Connections Program facilitates the opportunity for talented students to work on these real-industrial problems, and as a result, both parties benefit. The MMO Connections Program thereforepredominantly is one of technology transfer.History of the MMO Connections Program In 1990, when the MMO Connections Program was initiated, the undergraduate curriculum focusedheavily on technical subjects with little formal attention to writing and communication skills. Additionally

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Venkat Allada, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Susan Pariseau, Merrimack College

AC 2010-1870: INTEGRATING HANDS-ON DISCOVERY OF LEAN PRINCIPLESINTO OPERATIONS, INDUSTRIAL, AND MANUFACTURING CURRICULASharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sharon A. Johnson is an associate professor of operations and industrial engineering in the Department of Management at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She teaches courses in process management, facility layout and design, and operations management. Dr. Johnson received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering in 1989. Dr. Johnson’s research interests include lean manufacturing and operations design, process modeling, and improving health care delivery processes. Her work has appeared

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Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

the EET program fullfills more strongly theABET outcomes related to: • Demonstrate that students are able to function on multi-disciplinary teams, • That students show a strong ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems • That students are able to understand professional, social, environmental and ethical responsibility.Due to this collaboration EET faculty and IAB members agreed that the senior design courseexperience could be greatly enhanced if the students could work in projects related to solveproblems that engineering industries face every day. Giving students experience with a real-world design project that involves managing tasks, people, budgets and deadlines. The projectsalso

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raissa Seichi Marchiori, University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama; Sepehr Khorshid, University of Alabama

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

for the phases of design, construction, and facilitiesmanagement, and the need for BIM education in the design process, construction, and facilitiesmanagement stages. The significance of industry collaboration in BIM education is covered in[20], which presents the necessity of collaboration between academic institutions and businesspartners to create a BIM curriculum that satisfies market demands. The effectiveness of highereducation's BIM curriculum is determined through an evaluation of students' BIM competencies[21]. It implies that BIM instruction can enhance students' technical proficiency, capacity forteamwork, and communication skills. Improving BIM classes is crucial, it ensures that studentsreceive up-to-date and relevant information

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Architectural Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saúl Enrique Crespo Sánchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Luis Hernandez Carrasco, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

Paper ID #37530A Challenge-based Teaching model for Structural AnalysisCourses with Strategic Industry PartnersSaúl Enrique Crespo Sánchez Bachelor in Civil Engineering with a Master of Science in Structural Engineering and PhD candidate in Structural Engineering. From April 2011 to July 2017 he served as Senior Researcher of the "Structural Health Monitoring" group of the Mexican Institute of Transportation, directing and collaborating in monitoring and structural prognosis projects applied to special highway bridges, transportation infrastructure, historical monuments and structural systems. He has developed

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Nektaria Tryfona, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sindhu Chava, Virginia Tech; Ayush Dhar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Taimoor Qamar, Virginia Tech ; Daniel Newman, The Boeing Company

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

collaboration with industrial and governmental agencies, and academic partners. She has published her work in peer-reviewed international conferences and journals. Her current research interests include data management, data valuation and AI and engineering educa- tion. Her teaching/mentoring activities focus on developing and offering classes in project-based learning environments as well as, advising and mentoring students working in industry-driven problems. Before joining Virginia Tech, she was tenured Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department, Aalborg University, Denmark, a Senior R&D Engineer in industry and academic research centers in USA and Europe, and the founder and Director of DataLab, George

Conference Session

Experiential Learning : Global Models and Perspectives

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Shih, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Sarah Grundy, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Peter Neal, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

prominent for statement 3,having the lowest p-value of 1.1e-11. This is supported by Figure 2, where 37% of studentseither disagreed or strongly disagreed to the post-DST survey compared to only 2% ofstudents in the pre-DST survey. This is likely due to the DST being an individual experience– as there is no interaction between the user and the tour guides, or the user and other users, itis more dependent on the tutorial structure to help develop student collaborative skills.McNaughton [23] notes that to get students to work together effectively, they need tounderstand the importance of collaboration from an industry perspective. The providedtutorial activity evidently did not emphasise this, with students commenting that “I did notunderstand what

Conference Session

Committee on Professional Practice Presents: Topics in the Academic-Industry Zone

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Wambeke, United States Air Force Academy; Joel Sloan, United States Air Force Academy; Timothy E. Frank, United States Air Force Academy; Daphne DePorres, United States Air Force Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Develop An Automated Training Platform Paper presented at 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii. 10.18260/1-2—2253Batson, R. G. (2015, June), Sabbatical Leaves with Industry - Three Experiences Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24688Bollo, M. E., & Ventura, C. E. (2011, June), A Model for the Post-Bachelor’s Degree Education of Structural Engineers Through a Collaboration Between Industry and Academia Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17348Casey, M., & O'Donnell, E. (2008, June), Models For Direct Industry Support Of Us Civil Engineering Programs Paper

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Leadership Perspectives in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

alliances/collaborations have helped even smallerregional universities with much needed support in donations both of money and gift in kinddonations of equipment.7The question then becomes if industrial relationships are good and to be desired how do wecreate and foster these alliances. One of the best means to facilitate the creation of these alliancesis the use of faculty on staff that has industrial experience. Often faculty with industrialexperience can approach prospective partners from their perspective since they have “walked inthere shoes” before. If approached in the correct way local industry will be more than willing tohelp, all we have to do is ask.8 Industrial partnerships can take many forms. A brief discussionfollows for four of the

Conference Session

Outcomes of Cooperative Education Assignments

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

preparation for a career as an engineer. Furthermore, colleges of engineering cannotjust be a stop on the educational assembly line which takes decreasing numbers of high-schoolstudents with widely varied levels of preparation, provides them with an academic exposure totheory and then graduates them to be trained, as needed, by their employer. Students must beeducated to be life-long-learners, and industry and the university must become constant andpersistent collaborators in this process. This will require universities to rethink the educationalparadigms which have shaped engineering education for the last half century.5 PBL is oneapproach that provides a solution to improving the education of incipient engineers on campusand engineers on the

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia Armstrong, Ohio State University; Meris Mandernach Longmeier, Ohio State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

program.IntroductionHackathons and makeathons, rapid-prototyping contests, focus on software or hardwaredevelopment. They provide participants a hands-on experience to create a workable product in ashort time frame. Hackathons and makeathons have been used in an industry setting for manyyears. Articles have been written about hackathons and other informal learning events used in theclassroom [1] - [4], engaging with the public [5], [6] and about research around the eventsthemselves [7] - [9]. In recent years, interdisciplinary collaboration has become a growingcomponent of OHI/O’s program and that is echoed in the literature which focuses on bridgingengineering with business [10], entrepreneurship [11], [12], and health and wellness [13]. Whileoutputs of hackathons

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Janet Braun, Western Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

continue to develop, recruit and capitalize on input from industrial advisory committees;this is an invaluable link to the heart beat of technology and professional practice in the field. Atthe same time, do not overlook input from recent industry-to-faculty converts. These membershave the industry experience element, in addition to a firm cognizance of institutionalcapabilities and limitations, and may be able to assist in developing a more synergisticrelationship between the two collaborative entities.An additional area to enhance is the solicitation of feedback from recent graduates who havesuccessfully made the transition into industry. While some universities may provide a rathergeneric survey for graduates to complete, the development of a

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jackson Denise; Charles Aikens

commitadditional time to teaching. With pressure to do research and publish, the percentage of facultyeffort available for teaching is diminishing. The level of collaboration necessary for the successof Ignite will likely increase the overall time investment per student credit hour. One possiblealternative is to provide faculty with the option to trade-off participation in Ignite for othermetrics used for tenure and promotion decisions.5.0 SummaryIn this paper we have described a planning process that will reengineer the industrial engineeringcurriculum at the University of Tennessee, and possibly result in a new template for engineeringbaccalaureate education. Our plan builds on reforms that have been implemented in the basicmath and science requirements

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nga Hin Ben Fong, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Patrick Brunese, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

author was astonished to learn directly from one of the top IE school’spresentations (faculty) at the IISE Annual Conference [21]. To be fair, some faculty might havenever worked in industry or did any consulting work in his/her career, they may not have theproper training or experience to collaborate and work directly with the industry leaders.For the industry sponsors [13,14,15], they usually determine the project charter and the expecteddeliverables at the beginning of the semester. Unfortunately, without much interaction with thefaculty mentor, some sponsors might even treat the student team as an unpaid, remote internor co-op. Often, the sponsors could change the objective and deliverable in the middle of thesemester [19,20]. Hence, it

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Besser, University of Saint Thomas; AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-894: A COMPARISON OF DESIGN EDUCATION ACROSS TWOFIELDS:LESSONS FROM INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND MECHANICALENGINEERINGWilliam Besser, University of St. Thomas William Besser is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, MN with degrees in Mechan- ical Engineering and Business Management. His academic interests include design, design processes and design thinking, multidisciplinary collaboration, consumer behavior and organizational behavior. William is currently working as a product design engineer for a medical device company.AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas AnnMarie Thomas is an assistant professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas, and co- director of the UST Center for Pre

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SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Kelly, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

participate in collaborative research that has resulted in severalundergraduate researchers contributing to publications in journals. This new interdisciplinarycourse, The Global Pharmaceutical Industry, was developed to be an important addition to theexisting three technical courses in biochemical engineering at Villanova. The courses togetherwill interest engineering students that are motivated to learn biotechnology and pursue careers inthe pharmaceutical industry. The engineering students taking these courses will receive a well-rounded and thorough foundation for entering the pharmaceutical industry. These students arepositioned then to make positive impacts on the industry in their entry-level jobs and beyond.For the business students, this new

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 8 - Design Methodologies

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Huderson, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Erin Peiffer; Sahar Shamsi; Francisco Plaza; Elizabeth Collins

andquality control/quality assurance, requiring additional skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, CAD, programming, and data analysis.• These three roles will require specific soft skills in the future including multidisciplinaryand cross-cultural collaboration, communication, empathy, and creativity skills.• Academia needs to work with industry to revamp current curriculums at post-secondaryinstitutions to align what is being taught with anticipated skills (technical and soft) for Industry 4.0. This can be accomplished through more experiential learning (e.g., client interactions, project-based learning, work terms, apprenticeships, etc.)• Shorter programs focusing on specific skills can be used to upskill

Conference Session

Using Research in Engineering Ed

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36527Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Project – Design andDevelopment of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Industry ApplicationsDr. Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University Adeel Khalid, Ph.D. Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering Office: 470-578-7241 ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Project – Design and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Industry Applications Adeel Khalid, Ph.D

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Design in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erica M. Comber, Carnegie Mellon University; Elisha Anthony Raeker-Jordan, Carnegie Mellon University; Kalliope Georgette Roberts, Carnegie Mellon University; Melanie Alexis Loppnow, Carnegie Mellon University; Andrew Hudson, Carnegie Mellon University; Wayne Chung, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad M. Zapanta, Carnegie Mellon University

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Biomedical Engineering

information researcher for the Federal Highway Administration’s Advanced Driver Interface Design and Assessment Project and industrial designer for Sundberg-Ferar. Prior to teaching at Carnegie Mellon, Chung taught in the Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design at The Ohio State University, and he served as the interim Director of the Indus- trial Design Program at Georgia Institute of Technology.Chung also has been published in various design and management journals and proceedings. He is also the author of the book,The Praxis of Product Design in Collaboration with Engineering (Springer Publishing). It is a culmination of applied methods, case studies, and unique views in respect to numerous

Conference Session

Programs That Serve Industry and Academia

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Baldwin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; John Ludwick, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kevin Marshall, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Continuing Professional Development

instructor’s current class load best reflected thedesired skills needed within the studio. This precaution eliminated the chance of incorporating aneducator into the program who was merely a curious fan of Hollywood special effects, ratherthan an educator who could transfer specific R+H skills and ideology to the classroom.Call for Participants: AnalysisCentral to success during this phase is the ability to determine the technological relevancy,knowledge discipline, and the theory/application alignment of the participating educator with theindustry partner. Preparing the answers to several fundamental questions during this phase couldprovide insight into a possible collaboration between academician and industry. ≠ Does the educator or academic

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Communication in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering

the classroom and industrythrough collaboration with industry on communication-intensive courses [4,5]. While this caneffectively bridge the gap, it requires significant commitment from an industrial partner to providestudents with adequate feedback. Alternatively, engineering faculty have developed assignmentsthat mirror communication that takes place in industry, but this has not been widely adopted. Tounderstand where improvements can be made in the engineering curriculum, knowledge of boththe audience and the method of communication required in industry is crucial. As a result, a surveywas developed for engineering students who have completed industrial internships, with a goal ofunderstanding communication requirements during short-term

Conference Session

Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

participants to actively participate in research and thentranslate their research experiences and new knowledge into classroom activities; 2) establishlong-term collaborative relationships with the Mechatronics, Robotics, and IndustrialAutomation research community at Texas A&M University; and 3) disseminate findings andinstructional materials developed for this program. Participants spent six weeks working on aresearch project with a mentor and a graduate student. Opinion survey data suggests thatparticipants enjoyed the program and learned from the research experienceOverview and ObjectivesAutomation has a profound effect on the way we do work, and mechatronics and robotics are thebuilding blocks for industrial automation. U.S. manufacturers are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, Georgia Perimeter College; Naranja C. Davis, Georgia State University; Brandi Campbell Villa, Belay Consulting

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the United Stateshas a competitive workforce in STEM fields. Increased collaboration between communitycolleges and employers holds the promise of reducing skill mismatches in the marketplace.6Many STEM industrial partners actively engage in the educational pipeline, drawing potentialemployees and participating in their training through internships and other partnerships. TheseSTEM companies realize a return on investment in the form of reduced hiring costs (recruitment)and talent development. According to STEMConnector,7 90% of STEM employers favorincreased collaboration between industry and higher education and believe these collaborationswill close the existing gap between the required skillset that is taught in the classroom and

Conference Session

Professional Aspects of Graduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Kavitha D. Ramane, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

agencies  Promote interdisciplinary, collaborative work  Align their programs to be more relevant to societyIndustry-to-Academia ResponsesAligned with the key points presented in the above-mentioned three groups, the participants inthis group also highlighted the importance of developing industrial experiences among students, Page 25.1101.6students writing peer-reviewed high quality publications, the establishment of a workingrelationship between mentors and students, and encourage students to work with each other.Besides these major points, the participants in this group also brought in additional insights fromworking in both industrial