Schilling, W. W., & Riley, D. D. (2024, June), WIP: Increasing Engagement with Industrial Advisory Board Members through Asynchronous Assessment of Elevator Pitches  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--48310

\bibitem{asee_peer_48310}
  Schilling, W. W., \& Riley, D. D. (2024, June), \emph{WIP: Increasing Engagement with Industrial Advisory Board Members through Asynchronous Assessment of Elevator Pitches}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Portland, Oregon.
  10.18260/1-2--48310

Walter W Schilling Jr. and Derek David Riley.  "WIP: Increasing Engagement with Industrial Advisory Board Members through Asynchronous Assessment of Elevator Pitches".  2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 2024, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/48310 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_48310}
  Walter W Schilling Jr. and Derek David Riley.
  "WIP: Increasing Engagement with Industrial Advisory Board Members through Asynchronous Assessment of Elevator Pitches".
  \emph{2024 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 2024, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/48310 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Abstract
As the Global Pandemic has continued to resolve, many programs have struggled to maintain active engagement with their industrial advisory boards.  While hybrid meetings have helped to retain attendance, it is unclear if attendees are as engaged with the events.  At the same time, student needs have increased, making faculty interaction and mentorship more challenging.

ABET Accredited Engineering and Computer Science Programs are required to demonstrate that students have an ability to communicate effectively, with Engineering Programs specifically being required to communicate effectively with a wide variety of audiences.  Traditionally, programs assess this using formal oral presentations and written reports in various ways.  However, these methods may not be as important for modern students entering industry or research, where the ability to be clear and succinct may be vital.

As part of the capstone sequence at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), students in the Computer Science and Software Engineering Programs are required to prepare and deliver an elevator pitch related to their project during the first term once the initial requirements have been established.  This pitch helps to solidify the project scope and is used as part of the continuous improvement process for the programs.

To help improve the capstone experience, a subset of elevator pitches for the programs were evaluated by external, industrial advisory board members to provide students with formative feedback from a different audience as a pilot project.  This Work In Progress paper will discuss the process used for external evaluation as well as key initial findings from doing this as part of the capstone experience.

AU  - Walter W Schilling Jr.
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