Engineering Societies' Activities in Helping to Align the Needs and Goals of Industry and Academia Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief (2019) / Chapter Skim
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Engineering Societies' Activities in Helping to Align the Needs and Goals of Industry and Academia: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
Engineering Societies' Activities in Helping to Align the Needs and Goals of Industry and Academia: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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Edwardson Dean Emerita of Engineering and Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University and chair of the program committee for the workshop series, welcomed participants and outlined the agenda for this final workshop.2 The workshop began with perspectives from representatives of two companies and two universities to explore where priorities are aligned, where they are misaligned, and the biggest challenges to improve alignment. Next, representatives of engineering societies briefly described their current activities that seek to improve alignment.
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"We need to find more creative ways to make the pipeline larger and have students who understand how to learn, because they're going to have to be in a mode of continuous learning throughout their career to keep up with where technology is going and how fast it's changing." She noted that universities and industry may be aligned on the "what" of student skills, but not on the "how." Steve Chisholm, vice president and senior chief of structures engineering for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, stressed the importance of a competent, diverse, and communicative workforce and cited the need for practical, handson skills, which can be developed through such means as capstone classes and competitions. Communication skills and business acumen are also important to help Boeing create not only products but also value for its customers.
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These include global opportunities, Washington added: With more than three-quarters of all new research capacity being built outside the United States, engineering students should expect to have a global assignment sometime during their careers. The third priority is engagement of populations that are underrepresented in engineering.
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The Leadership Experience Program invites students to participate in SAMPE activities that expose them to potential employers and work environments. To provide academic research visibility, SAMPE's annual University Research Symposium and poster competitions include student presentations, allowing students to engage with faculty and industry representatives.
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. The Undergraduate Process Safety Learning Initiative, a collaboration of the chemical engineering community, industry, and academia, has three major components: modernizing and developing curricula, educating faculty, and engaging and educating students.
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A representative of a LIFT technology team, from either industry or academia, described to the expert educator team one of 11 identified technologies and a roadmap for its development. After discussion, the educator team recommended strategies for education and workforce development around that technology, which the technology team then built into the technology work plans.
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Intensive advising and social gatherings have helped make the program "one of the most successful in North Texas," said Abolmaali. Mutual Benefits for Industry and Academia: Purdue and Cummins Greg Shaver, professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, said that one of his research goals is to create challenging, interesting, relevant, career-launching research and learning opportunities for Purdue students.
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The other program Thole described is the Engineering Ambassadors Network, a professional development program with an outreach mission. The program provides communications training and sends engineering students, many of whom are women or underrepresented minorities, to K–12 classrooms to promote engineering.
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• Practicing engineers are able to move in and out of different career paths. • Bodies of knowledge developed by academia, industry, and engineering societies provide roadmaps for curricula.
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• Identify stakeholders in industry, government, and academia, including students and recent graduates, and deter mine their needs. • Organize industry advisory meetings at engineering society meetings.
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STEERING COMMITTEE ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATION: Leah Jamieson (Chair, Purdue University) , Stephanie Adams (Old Dominion University)
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