Proposal for Connecting the Gap Between University and Industrial Worlds
Open Access
Author:
Pichi, Alexander
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Degree:
Bachelor of Science
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Montgomery Meigs Alger, Thesis Supervisor Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
connecting universities industry students companies chemical engineering skills learning collaboration classroom case-study
Abstract:
The objective of this thesis is to propose a method to connect Chemical Engineering students at universities to companies in a more open and effective manner than how it is done currently. An overview of the current relationship between universities and companies is analyzed. Then, an integrated feedback loop is introduced to show a model of the steps utilized to put forth this transformation process. It begins with the exploration of Career Discovery, followed by Skills+, Learning+, Experience+ and ends with Collaboration and Development. Each step is a vital component that greatly contributes to this process in its own respective manner. By understanding how universities and companies have operated in the past, a new path can be conceived to picture the great improvements to be had in the future by implementing these modifications.