ASEE Corporate Member Council Annual Report May 15, 2008

ASEE
Corporate Member Council
Annual Report
May 15, 2008
Submitted by:
Letha A. Hammon,
Chairperson &
CMC Board of Directors
2007 - 2008 CMC Activities Overview
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Monthly Telecom CMC Board of Directors Meetings, minutes recorded
by Dr. David Evans, Secretary/ Treasurer
Focus on increasing CMC membership has had a huge impact!
Leadership Symposia w/Chairs of Special Interest Groups (SIG’s)
Reporting on Commitments to 2008
CMC Ex-Officio Director (Joe O’Brien) Serves as VP Finance to ASEE
Board
Continued Emphasis to the Institutional Councils and ASEE Board of
Directors for I. Davis Collaboration Award – still in progress
SIG for K-12 Educational Pipeline and Future Workforce continued
work on guidelines for National Publication
2007 - 2008 CMC - ASEE Activities
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SIG for Diversity Issues in Engineering Education Focused on
Increasing Society Membership to ASEE and special sessions at
national conference
SIG on Industry/University Collaboration for Engr. Research &
Intellectual Property Working w/EDC
SIG for the National Collaborative Task Force to Support the
Establishment of Reform for Graduate Engineering Education
Continues Effort w/Universities
Supported the CIP Division Activities at the 2008 CIEC Conference
in New Orleans, LA
Supported the CIP Division Activities at the 2007 ASEE Annual
Conference in Honolulu, HI
Presented the CMC “Excellence in Engineering Education
Collaboration Award” at 2008 CIEC
2007 - 2008 CMC - ASEE Activities
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CMC Members and its Partners submitted Abstracts for 2008 ASEE
Annual Conference
CMC BoD Companies were Major Financial Sponsors of 2007 CIEC
Conference, New Orleans, LA
CMC BoD Companies were major sponsors and participants in the 2008
EDI in La Jolla, CA
PIC V Chair is Ex-Officio CMC Director (Dr. David Quick), and actively
engaged in promoting collaboration between CMC and CIP, CPD
CPD Chair (Lynette Krenelka, Julayne Moser) actively participants in
monthly CMC agenda
Joe Tidwell, as CIP Chair and Ex-Officio CMC Director, instrumental in
keeping CMC connected to CIEC, CIP activities
2007 - 2008 CMC - SIG Activities
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SIG for the National Collaborative Task Force program
(Dr. Don Keating)
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Received endorsement of AIA
Attended the US Dept of Labor symposium on workforce issues
Presented to US Dept of Commerce and NSF
Task force meetings held in Wilmington, DE and NOLA
Active presenters at 2007 and 2008 ASEE annual conferences
University of New Haven (Conn) has joined the alliance
SIG for Engineering, Technology & Society Liaison
(Prof. Pat Fox)
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Served as liaison between EDC, ETC and Professional Societies for
CMC, working to increase mutual partnerships, programs and activities
Engaged with EDC Chair Dean Don Giddens and EDC Diversity
Committee Chair Dean Lee Burge to promote support for the joint
Council national collaboration award
2007 - 2008 CMC – SIG Activities
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SIG for Diversity Issues in Engineering Education
(Dr. Ray Haynes)
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The 2007 EDI meeting was focused on diversity and featured
speakers from many engineering diversity organizations.
A diversity workshop was held at University of HA following the
2007 ASEE National meeting, supported by both industry, academia
and diversity organizations.
Various 1x1 meetings were held with many of the diversity
organizations to pitch the collaborative concept and have them
consider joining ASEE. Led by WEPAN in 2007, the initial 2008
joiners will be AISES, HENAAC and NAMEPA to ascertain the value
of such membership to non-profit groups.
Initial discussions have begun with Dean Sarah Rajala, incoming
ASEE President, to develop strategy for 2008 diversity initiatives.
2007 - 2008 CMC – SIG Activities
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SIG for Diversity Issues in Engineering Education
(Dr. Ray Haynes) – cont’d
 A new organization, Ncourages, emerged as the provider of the
collaborative workspace including scheduling of local, regional and
national conferences where industry provides significant resources.
So, under the leadership of Michele Lezama at GEM, a site was
created to be the point of engagement and now lists 10 diversity
organizations.
(www.ncourages.org)
SIG on Industry/University Collaboration for Engineering
Research & Intellectual Property (Lou Witkin)
 Participated in the 2007 CMC Leadership Symposium
 Re-engergizing membership on SIG by actively soliciting additional
corporate membership
2007 - 2008 CMC – SIG Activities
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SIG for K-12 Educational Pipeline & Future Workforce
(Richard Blais)
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Conducted a conference on establishing guidelines for K-12 education to
support the STEM effort in the US
Compiled a rationale and set of guidelines for K-12 STEM education entitled
“Engineering Activities are for All Americans”, which are focused on:
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Engineering Design
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Connecting engineering to Science, Technology and Mathematics
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Nature of Engineering
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Communication and Teamwork
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Engineering and Society
The rationale and guidelines will be published by the National Careers
Clusters Project of the US Dept of Education
Accepted direction from the CMC Leadership Symposium to solicit the NSF
for a planning grant to assess how it could get involved over the next three
years to improve the K-12 programs (proposal submitted)
2007 - 2008 CMC – Committee Activities
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Awards Committee (Pete Janzow)
 We set a record for the number of nominations received for the
2008 Excellence in Engineering Education Collaboration awards!
Five winners were selected and awards presented at the 2008 CIEC
in NOLA to:
 FIRST Program Collaboration
Autodesk, Inc
 A World in Motion International
SAE
 SAE Collegiate Design Series International
SAE
 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Collaboration
SolidWorks
 Rolls-Royce/ Purdue MS of Tech Degree Program
Rolls-Royce
Membership Committee
 Recruit, retain and diversify CMC membership
 CMC membership has increased a record 25% over the past two
years!!
2007 - 2008 CMC – Committee Activities
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Nominations Committee (Dr. Ray Morrison)
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Record number of nominations for new Directors collected and to
be forwarded to members
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Results of vote to be reported at ASEE Annual Conference
CMC Archives & Web Site (Mark Stratton)
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Collecting and publishing CMC history
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Updating Handbook with Revisions
Program Committee (Diane Matt)
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Continuing the inclusive approach for 2008 CMC /EDC Dinner at
the Annual Conference to include Deans of Engineering
Technology on the invitee list
2007 - 2008 CMC – Committee Activities
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Program Committee (Diane Matt) – cont’d
Industry Day Sessions on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, focus on current
challenges in engineering education. Organized under the overarching
theme of “Collaboration between Industry and Higher Education”, topics
for four sessions were drawn from suggestions by the CMC Board and
others. Emphasizing perspectives from industry and higher education,
each session is structured to generate next steps for future action:
2107: Collaborations to Meet the Global Future in Engineering
2207: A Dialogue on Key Components of K-12 Formal and
Informal Engineering Experiences
2507: Another Grand Challenge--A Systems Approach to
Engineering Diversity
2607: Hearing Student Voices--Understanding student
experiences and improving climate, instruction and
community.
2007 - 2008 CMC – Committee Activities
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Program Committee (Diane Matt) – cont’d
A CMC Sponsored Session will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2008:
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3407: Issues of Diversity: Path Forward for Action
Co-Sponsored Sessions include:
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1153: FPD Innovative, Project-based and Hands-on Courses
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1445: Intellectual Property Issues in Software R&D
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1455: Professional Graduate Education & Industry
CMC Events on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 include:
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2407: CMC/CIP Joint Business Meeting Luncheon (Ticketed)
12:30-2:00 p.m.
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2707: EDC/Engineering Technology/CMC Reception (Ticketed)
6:30-8:00 p.m.
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2907: EDC/Engineering Technology Deans/CMC Dinner
(Invitation Only) 7:30-9:00 p.m.