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Paper ID #8375Invited Paper - Faculty Professionalization in Industry Sponsored Projects inAustrian Vocational Education and Training SchoolsDr. Eleonore Lickl, HBLVA for Chemical Industry Former Secretary General of the International Society for Engineering Education IGIP, currently teaching at the Vocational and Technical College For Chemical Industry in Vienna, Austria and at the University of Teacher Education Styria in Graz, Austria. Since 2011 she is editor-in chief of the online journal The International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP). She is also writing in Austrian media related to chemistry, and food