What

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Whats Missing?

• LaRoux K. Gillespie
• Writer and Manufacturing Consultant

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Role of SME in Higher Education Task Force

• LaRoux K. Gillespie, Dr. Eng.
• Chairman

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Task 1
Role of SME in Higher Education

• Understand the state of higher education for
• ? Manufacturing
• ? Engineering and,
• ? Technology

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Task 2
Role of SME in Higher Education

• Provide strategic recommendations
• The role SME should undertake with higher
  education as a key workforce development point
  for feeding the manufacturing talent pipeline.

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Task 3
Role of SME in Higher Education

• Make recommendations for the coordination of
  higher education activities currently undertaken
  by SME.

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Role of SME in Higher Education
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Pipeline Numbers
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Role of SME in Higher Education
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Educational Level K-12
 Activity
Grade school
Middle school
High school
Engineering is Elementary (SME EF)
X
 
 
Partner in Manufacturing is Cool (SME SME EF)
X
X
X
Gateway Academies (SME EF)
 
X
 
Lego League (SME EF)
 
X
 
SAE World in Motion (SME EF)
 
X
 
Future Cities (SME EF)
 
X
 
Project Lead the Way (SME EF)
 
X
X
Ford PAS (SME EF)
 
X
X
Summer Mfg. Experiences (SME EF)
 
X
X
First Robotics (SME EF)
 
 
X
Skills USA (SME EF)
 
 
X
College Scholarships (SME EF)
 
 
X
Others in development (SME EF)
X
X
X
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Educational Level Post Secondary
 
Activity
Technical School
Community College
College
Partner in Manufacturing is Cool (SME SME EF)
X
X
 
Skills USA (SME EF)
X
 
 
College Scholarships (SME EF)
 
 
X
Member Bridge Program (SME)
X
X
X
Technical conferences (SME)
X
X
X
Discounted costs to educators (SME)
X
X
X
Faculty Advisor complementary memberships (SME)
X
X
X
Partner in Mfg. Educ. Resource Center (SME SME
EF)
X
X
X
Student member program (SME )
X
X
X
Student Chapters (SME)
X
X
X
Student Chapter Competitions (SME)
X
X
X
WESTEC Mfg Challenge Competition (SME)
X
X
X
Certification (Certification Comm.)
 
X
X
Health of Education Surveys (MER)
 
X
X
Monitoring of Credentialing (MER)
 
X
X
Identifying nontraditional Mfg Curricula activity
(MER)
 
X
X
Identifying emerging technologies (MER)
 
X
X
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Educational Level Post Secondary (Continued)
Activity
Technical School
Community College
College
Incorporating Mfg into other curricula (MER)
 
X
X
ABET Criteria development (Accreditation Comm.)
 
X
X
Mfg. Education Leadership Forums (MER)
 
X
X
Modeling Mfg. Curricula (MER)
 
X
X
ABET Program Review (Accreditation Comm.)
 
X
X
ABET Governance (Accreditation Comm.)
 
X
X
Assessments of knowledge to national standards
(Certification Comm.)
 
 
X
International Award Program for Mfg. (SME)
 
 
X
Fellows Member Program (SME)
 
 
X
Technical Paper publishing (NAMRI/SME and SME)
 
 
X
Publish faculty research (NAMRI/SME and SME)
 
 
X
Networking center for academic research
(NAMRI/SME)
 
 
X
Professional credit for faculty promotions
(NAMRI/SME)
 
 
X
Recognition (Awards) for faculty excellence
(NAMRI/SME)
 
 
X
Clear identification of scholarly faculty
(NAMRI/SME)
 
 
X
Journal Publications for academic recognition
(SME)
 
 
X
Journal service to profession credit (SME)
 
 
X
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Educational Level On The Job
Activitiy
On the Job
Member Bridge Program (SME)
X
Technical conferences (SME)
X
Certification (Certification Comm.)
X
Assessments of knowledge to national standards
(Certification Comm.)
X
International Award Program for Mfg.
Accomplishments (SME)
X
Fellows Member Program (SME)
X
Technical Paper publishing (NAMRI/SME and SME)
X
Best Paper Award (SME and NAMRI/SME)
X
Jobs Connection (SME)
X
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Educational Level Post Secondary Page 1 version 1
Metric 3
Metric 2
Metric 1
College
Community College
Technical School
Activity
sponsored students
member sponsors
() of students who convert to regular member
X
X
X
Member Bridge Program (SME)
Impact of conference on student
() of students who attend
X
X
X
Technical conferences (SME)
Impact of conference on faculty
of faculty who are SME members
() of faculty who attend
X
X
X
Discounted costs to educators (SME)
student members who convert to regular member
student chapters who meet requirements
Outstanding student chapters
X
X
X
Faculty Advisor complementary memberships (SME)
requests from all sources (or downloads)
requests for SME materials
materials SME sends to them
X
X
X
Partner in Mfg. Educ. Resource Center (SME SME
EF)
retention while still in school
students who are members from Mfg curricula
student members
X
X
X
Student member program (SME )
() chapters/mfg curricula
() chapter members who convert to regular member
chapters who meet requirements
X
X
X
Student Chapters (SME)
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Role of SME in Higher Education

• The Task Force welcomes your suggestions and
  comments on SMEs existing or needed role in
  Higher Education.

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Role of SME in Higher EducationTask Force Members

• Hulas H. King (chair of Accreditation Committee)
• Director, Global Strategic Partnerships
• UGS PLM Solutions (Maryland Heights, MO)
• Winston F. Erevelles (Accreditation Committee
  member, Foundation Director and designated by SME
  Foundation to Task Force)
• Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs
• College of Engineering
• Robert Morris University (Moon Twp., PA)
• Thomas R. Kurfess, PhD, PE (President of
  NAMRI/SME)
• Professor and BMW Chair of Manufacturing
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Director, Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate
  Engineering Center
• International Center for Automotive Research
• Clemson University (Clemson, SC) 

Robert L. Mott (Chair of Manufacturing Education
Research Community Credentialing Tech
Group) Professor Emeritus of Engineering
Technology University of Dayton (Dayton, OH)
Venkitaswamy Raju (Accreditation Committee
member) Professor and Director State University
of New York Farmingdale SUNY Lupton School of
Engineering (Farmingdale, NY) Rathel R. (Dick)
Smith Assistant Professor Industrial
Management Missouri State University
(Springfield, Missouri) Staff Liaison Mark
Stratton
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Department of Education and ASEE Data for
2005-2006
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MEC Survey of Education Background of SME Members
and Individuals Attending SME events (not
Expositions)