2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Engaging your Industrial Advisory Board to promote Industrial Connections for Student Engagement

Presented at Industry Advisory Boards, Experiential Learning

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department at xx University has successfully engaged its Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to actively involve undergraduate students to build an Entrepreneurial Mindset with the goal of stimulating student curiosity, assistance in making connections that ultimately create value. This multi-institutional effort is supported by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). The intent is to help advisory boards move from a traditional advisory role to an active partnership in engineering education. This endeavor has allowed our IAB members to become active partners engaged in promoting professional practice. Our IAB members have partnered with us over two years in a) hosting Industry Networking events every semester b) hosting professional panels and c) partnering with a new program titled PIPES. PIPES (Professional Industrial Partnership Engagement for Students) is a unique CO-OP like opportunity for the students to work with key companies or local agencies for course credit. Students can replace their Junior and Senior engineering clinic courses for a total of eight credits if they want to work outside instead of a faculty led project. The program gives students a chance to try out the real civil engineering projects and work side-by-side with professionals. Infusing entrepreneurially minded learning in our curriculum with meaningful engagement from industry has been an exciting opportunity for all. This paper and presentation will provide guidance on actively engaging IAB members to transform engineering programs to build an Entrepreneurial Mindset that impact the future of our students.

Authors

Dr. Kauser Jahan Rowan University [biography]

Kauser Jahan, is Professor and Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Kauser received her B.S.C.E. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, an MSCE from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Kauser is a leader and innovator in the area of curriculum development. This is evidenced by her high teaching scores, excellent student evaluations, teaching awards, publications on engineering education and effective teaching workshops. She is a pioneer in innovative multidisciplinary engineering education and has worked on a number of NSF course and curriculum projects.
Dr. Jagadish Torlapati http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9273-4121 Rowan University [biography]

Dr. Jagadish Torlapati is currently a faculty at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University in Glassboro. His primary areas of interest are environmental and water resources engineering.
Dr. Jagadish Torlapati http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9273-4121 Rowan University [biography]

Dr. Jagadish Torlapati is currently a faculty at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University in Glassboro. His primary areas of interest are environmental and water resources engineering. Prior to his role at Rowan University, h
Ms. Jennifer S Atchison Drexel University [biography]

Jennifer Atchison received her Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering in 2012 from Drexel University. Dr. Atchisonâ€™s professional interests include nanofibrous textiles, engineering design, engineering education especially active learning, diversity,

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The full paper will be available to logged in and registered conference attendees once the conference starts on June 22, 2025, and to all visitors after the conference ends on June 25, 2025

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