This moment will go down in history.

Engineering is at a crossroads. This includes its practice in the workplace—and how it’s taught in the classroom. New technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), nanofabrication, and the internet of things (IoT) have shifted the engineering landscape.

This is THE opportunity to bring a strong lineup of the right voices from academia and industry together to come up with actionable outcomes to implement during this, the most fluid state of education in centuries. Schools are at a crossroads, let’s give them a roadmap.

This industry-wide web series is designed to guide schools to prepare engineering and technology students for The Fourth Industrial Revolution. The goal is to reach a consensus on improvements to curricula, work-based experiences, policies, and practices. This historic event promises to be productive and engaging.

The time is now!

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Workforce for Industry 4.0 Summit

Overarching Objective of the Industry 4.0 Summit:

The industry and academia must develop a consensus for recommendations for changes/improvements needed in curricula, work-based experiences, policies, and practices to prepare the engineering and manufacturing workforce for Industry 4.0.

 

Approach:

The Corporate Member Council (CMC) of ASEE is organizing this Summit on April 25 – 26, 2022, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC, to share thoughts and observations on the state of engineering education and engineering and technical workforce for the next decades.

 

Rationale for the Summit:

The emergence of Industry 4.0 in recent years has accelerated the need for rapid and quantum changes in the preparation of engineers and technical workforce for the new work environment.

 

Relation to Prior Effort:

This Summit will be Phase V. Mobilizing the Community for Change, as the next step of ASEE’s seminal multi-phase study Transforming Undergraduate Education in Engineering (TUEE).  Phases I – IV were funded by the National Science Foundation.

 

Intended Outcome:

It is hoped that this Summit will lead to the establishment of networks, consortia, and mutual interest partnerships among academic institutions and enterprises to reform engineering and technical education to meet the industry’s specific needs.

Summit Series Dates and Details

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April 25-26, 2022: Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC

Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street NW
Washington, DC
April 25-26, 2022

 

MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2022

7:30 AM — 5:00 PM

Registration (Blue Room Foyer)

8:00 — 8:45 AM

Networking Breakfast (Blue Room)

8:45 AM — 9:15 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks (Blue Room)

Welcome:
Norman L. Fortenberry
Executive Director
ASEE

Speaker:
Ronald Mason, Jr.
President
University of the District of Columbia
Presentation Slides

9:15 AM — 9:30 AM

Keynote: Transforming Engineering Education Beyond TUEE to the Workforce for Industry 4.0 (Blue Room)

Speaker:
Don Lewis Millard
Acting Deputy Assistant Director
NSF ENG

Introduction:
Dan Sayre
President
New World Associates

Past Chair
ASEE Corporate Member Council

9:430AM — 10:45 AM

Leveraging new Partnerships and Work/Learn Pathways for Workforce Development (Blue Room)
Facilitated Q&A with panelists and audience

Moderator:
V. Celeste Carter
Program Director ATE
NSF DUE

Presenters:
• Jason A. Tyszko
Vice President, Center for Education and Workforce
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation

• JB Holston
Chief Executive Officer
Greater Washington Partnership

• Gary Conrad
Senior Director, Worldwide Field Engagement for Education
Autodesk

Respondents:
• James Hamilton
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

• Ragu Athinarayanan
Chair, Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation
Purdue University

• Kenneth Ball
Dean, Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University

10:45 AM — 11:15 AM Refreshment Break (Blue Room Foyer)
11:15 AM — 12:30 PM

Networking Breakout – Scale-up Industry-Education Collaboration

Question: How can industry leaders and educators scale up efforts to strengthen relationships, fortify workforce development and expand collaborations?

Rapporteur:
Dan Sayre
President
New World Associates

Past Chair
ASEE Corporate Member Council

• Breakout A (Capitol Room) – Expanding Industry-Education Engagement (Caroline Cao, Titulaire Chaire, Industrie du Futur, IMT Atlantique)

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• Breakout B (Governors Room) – Planning to Build Collaborative Networks (Kenneth Ball, Dean, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University)

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• Breakout C (Embassy Room) – Implementation of I 4.0 Curriculum & Pedagogy (Karen Wosczyna Birch, Executive Director, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, Connecticut College of Technology)

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• Breakout D (Blue Room) – Expanding Equitable Access to Engineering and Technical Education (Sheri Klug Boonstra, Principal Investigator and Dann Garcia, Deputy Principal Investigator, NASA L’SPACE Program, Arizona State University)

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12:30 PM — 1:30 PM

Luncheon Keynote (Blue Room), featuring Darryll J. Pines, President, University of Maryland

Introduction:
Adrienne Minerick
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
President
ASEE

1:30 PM — 2:30 PM

Academic & Industrial Collaboration to Prepare the Engineering and Technical Workforce (Blue Room)

Moderator:
Jacqueline El-Sayed
Chief Academic Officer
ASEE

Panelists:
• Lee Lambert
Chancellor
Pima Community College

• Roger Tadajewski
Executive Director
National Coalition of Certification Center

• Sharon L. Walker
Dean of Engineering
Drexel University

• Cat Merrill
Director of Program
Ruda Cardinal
President of the Board of Directors
JobPath

2:30 PM — 3:00 PM Refreshment Break (Blue Room Foyer)
3:00 PM — 4:00 PM

Quality of Engineering and Technical Workforce: Role of Funding Agencies and Influencers in Improving and Enhancing Education and Training Programs (Blue Room)

Interviewer:
Dan Sayre
President
New World Associates

Past Chair
ASEE Corporate Member Council

Panelists:

• Vinod Lohani
Program Director
NSF DGE

• Michael Milligan
Executive Director and CEO
ABET

• Brandon Cochenour
Deputy Program Manager SMART
DOD

• Juliana Guaqueta
Skills Transformation Advisor
Coursera

4:00 PM — 4:15 PM Closing Remarks (Blue Room)
Martin Guay
Vice President, Business Development
Stanley Black & Decker
5:00 PM — 6:30 PM

Networking Reception and Policy Discussion (Blue Room Terrace)

Host:
Adrienne Minerick
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
President
ASEE


TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2022

7:30 AM — 1:00 PM

Registration (Blue Room Foyer)

8:00 AM — 8:45 AM

Networking Breakfast (Blue Room)

8:45 AM — 9:15 AM

Welcome Keynote (Blue Room)

Speaker:
• Barbara Humpton
Chief Executive Officer
Siemens USA
Presentation Slides

Introduction:
• Dora Smith
Senior Director, Global Academic Program
Siemens
Chair
ASEE Corporate Member Council

9:15 AM — 10:15 AM

10:15 AM — 10:45 AM

Thinking Bigger: Preparing the Workforce to Meet Societal & Corporate Responsibilities (Blue Room)
Facilitated Q&A with panelists and audience

Speakers:
John Dyck
Chief Executive Officer
CESMII

• Sue G. Smith
Vice President, Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering, and Applied Science
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

• Christopher Carlson
Director of University Recruiting & Relations
Northrop Grumman

Respondents:
• Rudi Ngnepi
Global Director, Digital Sales Enablement Platform
National Instruments

• John Weidner
Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Cincinnati

• Rob Schneider
Executive Director
Lemelson Foundation

Refreshment Break (Blue Room Foyer)

10:45 AM — 11:45 AM

Networking Breakout – A Town Hall Towards Action: Developing Education 4.0 Roadmaps

Attendees will participate in their choice of breakout room. Breakout Session Co-Chairs will lead networking rooms.

Question: What partnerships can be formed to accelerate engineering education reform?

• Breakout A (Capitol Room) – Engineering Technology Program Reforms to Meet Workforce Demands (Martin Gordon, Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology)

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• Breakout B (Governors Room) – Rethinking the Role of Accreditation, Certification (Richard Hope, Chief Technical Officer, AECOM)

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• Breakout C (Embassy Room) – Mindset Matters: Influencing the Cultures of Education and Industry (Adrienne Minerick, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University; President, ASEE)

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• Breakout D (Blue Room) – Applying Industry 4.0 Technologies to Drive Engineering Education (Oscar Barton, Dean, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering, Morgan State University)

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11:45 AM — 12:30 PM

Driving the Agenda to Build an Industry 4.0 WorkforceReflections, Connections and Actions (Blue Room)

Reports from sessions or breakout room leaders

Rapporteur:
Jackie El-Sayed
Chief Academic Officer
ASEE

12:30 PM — 1:30 PM

Closing Luncheon – Synthesis and Call to Action (Blue Room)

Speaker:
Gregory Washington
President
George Mason University
Presentation Slides

Introduction:
Michael Johnson
Digital Media Director
Kern Family Foundation

Friday, March 11, 2022: Policies for Building a Skilled/Technical Workforce for High-Value Manufacturing

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12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

12:45 PM – 1:15 PM

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Closing

PRESENTER
MODERATOR
PRESENTER
MODERATOR
MODERATOR

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Jason Tyszko
Vice President, Center for Education and Workforce

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Stuart Andreason
Assistant Vice President and Director of the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity

WorkingNation
Jane Oates
President

Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Earl Buford
President

New World Associates
Dan Sayre
President

ASEE Corporate Member Council
Past Chair

Friday, February 4, 2022: Community Colleges and ATE Programs Addressing Workforce for Industry 4.0

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Industry 4.0 Workforce Summit Webinar February 4, 2022 Chatline Comments

Host: Dan Sayre, New World Associates, Committee & Program Chair

OPENING STATEMENT (10 MIN.)

PRESENTER

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Celeste Carter, Ph.D.
Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

SESSION 1 (20 MIN.)

Industry Perspective on I 4.0 for Technicians
PRESENTER (INTRODUCTION)/MODERATOR: Technician Workforce Challenges Facing the Nation

National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, CT
Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Ph.D.
PI/Executive Director

Community Colleges’ College of Technology, CT

PRESENTER

Stanley Black & Decker
Marty Guay
Vice President, Business Development

SESSION 2 (40 MIN.)

ATE National Centers Focus on I 4.0
Panel Questions – Relating Their Technologies to I 4.0 and 5 min Q & A
PRESENTERS
MODERATORS

National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, CT
Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Ph.D.
PI/Executive Director

Community Colleges’ College of Technology, CT

Online Instructional Resources for Materials Science Technology Education (MatEdU)
Mel Cossette
Executive Director and Principal Investigator

 

Micro Nano Technology Education National Center, Pasadena City College, CA
Jared Ashcroft, Ph.D.
PI/Executive Director

Future of Work, CORD, TX and FL
Marilyn Barger
Senior Education Advisor

 

 

National Center for Autonomous Technologies, MN
Jonathan Beck
PI/Executive Director

 

 

 

Future of Work, CORD, TX and FL
Marilyn Barger
Senior Education Advisor

 

 

 

UC-Berkeley
Peter Crabtree
PI, BEST Center

 
MODERATOR

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Celeste Carter, Ph.D.
Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

SESSION 3 (15 MIN.)

Informed Chat on Community Colleges and ATE Influence on I 4.0 and Q/A
PRESENTERS
MODERATOR

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Celeste Carter, Ph.D.
Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

New World Associates
Dan Sayre
President

ASEE Corporate Member Council
Chair

 

National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, CT
Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Ph.D
PI/Executive Director

Community Colleges’ College of Technology, CT

 

 

Future of Work, CORD, TX and FL
Marilyn Barger
Senior Education Advisor

 

 

 

Online Instructional Resources for Materials Science Technology Education (MatEdU)
Mel Cossette
Executive Director and Principal Investigator

 

CLOSING COMMENTS (5 MIN.)

PRESENTER

New World Associates
Dan Sayre
President

ASEE Corporate Member Council
Chair

Friday, November 12, 2021: Call for Action for Engineering Education Reforms

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12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

PRESENTER
PRESENTER
PRESENTER 

National Science Foundation
Don Millard, Ph.D.
Deputy Division Director, Engineering Education and Centers Division
Purdue University
Gary Bertoline, Ph.D.
Sr. VP, Purdue Online & Learning Innovation

New World Associates
Dan Sayre
President

ASEE Corporate Member Council
Chair

Friday, September 10, 2021: Alternative Pathways, Platforms, and Policies: Educating Engineers and the Skilled Technical Workforce

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Host: Dan Sayre, New World Associates, Committee & Program Chair

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

12:45 PM – 1:15 PM

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Recap and Sneak Peak

PRESENTER
MODERATOR
PRESENTER
MODERATOR
MODERATOR

Credly
Pete Janzow
VP Business Development

Center for Next Generation Manufacturing
Karen Wosczyna-Birch
Executive Director

WorkCred
Roy Swift, Ph.D.
Executive Director

National Instruments
Rudi Ngnepi
Global Director, Digital Sales

Siemens
Shannon O’Donnell
Strategy Lead

Friday, March 12, 2021, Noon EDT: A Town Hall Towards Action: Developing Education 4.0 Road-maps

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Host: University of Detroit Mercy – David Pistrui, Ph.D., Committee & Program Chair

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

12:45 PM – 1:15 PM

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Recap and Sneak Peak

PRESENTER
MODERATOR
PRESENTER
MODERATOR
MODERATOR

Campbell University
Jenna Carpenter, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering

Grifols Therapeutics
Jennifer Culp
Vice President of Manufacturing

Morgan State University
Oscar Barton, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering

Siemens
Felicia Boyd
Global Head of University Relations

University of Nebraska
Ron Bonnstetter, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Secondary Science Education

TTI Performance Systems, Ltd
Senior Vice President of Research and Development
and CEO

Friday, January 29, 2021 Noon EDT: Industry 4.0 Education, Policies, Perspectives and Pandemics

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Host: University of Detroit Mercy – David Pistrui, Ph.D., Committee & Program Chair

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Recap & Sneak Peek

PRESENTER
PRESENTER
MODERATOR
PRESENTER
MODERATOR
MODERATOR
Bosch, USA
Carolina de Aribba
VP Human Resources, Talent & Organizational Development
Bosch, USA
Kavita Phadke
Director, COE, Organization Associate Development
Ivy Tech Community College
Kara Monroe, Ph.D.
Provost & Senior VP
Boeing
Michael Richey, Ph.D.
Chief Learning Scientist & Assoicate Technical Research Fellow
University of Texas, Dallas
Stephanie Adams, Ph.D.
Dean, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
MathWorks
PJ Boardman
Director, Education Marketing

Friday, November 20, 2020 Noon EDT: Accelerating Engineering Education Reform to Meet the Demands of the Talent Pipeline

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Hosted by David Pistrui, Ph.D.

Introduction by Sheryl Sorby, President, ASEE Board of Directors

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Recap and Sneak Peak

MODERATOR
PRESENTER
MODERATOR
PRESENTER
MODERATOR

Purdue Online – Polytechnic Institute
Mark Schuver
Director

Kelly Engineering
Jorge Puente
VP of Engineering

Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University
Kenneth Ball, Ph.D.
Dean

Lockheed Martin
Jeff Wilcox
Vice President, Digital Futures

Automation Alley
Tom Kelly
Executive Director and CEO

Friday, October 9, 2020 Noon EDT: Kickoff Event - Leveraging the Digital Domain for Workforce Development

How Do We Scale-up Industry-Education Collaboration?

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Host: Automation Alley R&D – David Pistrui, Ph.D., Committee & Program Chair

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM – Creating Lasting Value in the Age of AI and IOT


Intel
Irene Petrick, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Industrial Innovation


Arizona State University
Kyle Squires, Ph.D.
Dean, IraA. Fulton Schools of Engineering

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM – Adaptive Space: Transforming into Agile Organizations


Amazon Web Services
Michael Arena, Ph.D.
Vice President, Talent & Development


University of Detroit Mercy
Darrell Kleinke, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM – Session Recap, Research Overview, and Sneak Peak


Siemens
Dora Smith
Senior Director, Global Academic  Programs


Automation Alley
David Pistrui, Ph.D.

Committee & Program Chair

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