CARLA J. BAILOECOS CONSULTING, LLC

(PREVIOUS R&D SVP – NISSAN NORTH AMERICA)

The Talent Needs of Innovation Businesses and How Colleges Must Evolve

•SPEED

•DISRUPTION

•MULTI-DISCIPLINED

INNOVATION – WHY?

•Teamwork

•Failure

•Untraditional way

INNOVATION PROCESS IN INDUSTRY

• Collaborative

• Daring – no fear to explore (or fail)

• Untraditional – “no rules, just right”

• Multi-disciplined “jack of all trades”

NEW GRADUATES –INNOVATION TOOLBOX

•Culture

•Business experience

•Project experience

NEW GRADUATES – AS STAFF

• Co-ops, Internships

• Practical Research Projects

• Practical Classroom Exercises

“How do I use this in real life”

ACADEMIA MUST

KETTERING UNIVERSITY

What is Co-op and Experiential Learning?

A program in which students combine classroom learning with a professional, paid job in their field of education.

• Alternate every three months between full-time classes at Kettering and full-time employment

• Gain hands-on experience at school and on the job

• Earn between $6,000-$15,000 on average per year

• Start your professional career during college

Co-op:• Always paid work

experiences

• Continues over entire

college program

• Required to graduate

• Often leads to full-time

employment offers

Internships:• Frequently unpaid

• Usually short-term

• Not required to graduate

• Usually does not lead to

full-time employment

offers

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Undergraduate Education

Strong in science-based core mechanical engineering and

mechanics education

Unique spine with project-based hands-on classes with

engineering rigor throughout and training in communication,

teamwork, etc.

Improve flexibility

for students to

explore more

across campus

Provide more

opportunities; e.g.,

RISE (Research-

Innovation-Service-

Entrepreneurship)

Enhance Flexibility

Advanced Math (3 credits)

Intellectual Breadth (16 credits)

‒ Humanities

‒ Professional & Creative Development Courses

‒ ECON 101 or 102

‒ Liberal Arts Courses

General Electives (9 credits)

Specialization Electives (3 credits)

Technical Electives (12 credits)

Specialization

electives – Can select

across campus with

certain depth: “Must

either have a 300 level

or higher prerequisite

and letter graded or

be any ME course”9 credits

Broadened Economic

(from 2 to 55) and

Advanced Math (from

11 to 64) options

across campus

Enhance Opportunities --

R I S E

Junior Senior MastersSophomore

Research, Innovation, Service, Entrepreneurship

Individual or group PROJECT work where

student apply mechanical engineering principles

Credit: general elective

Deliverable: Poster at

UG Symposium

Credit: technical elective or

specialization credit

Deliverable: Conference paper

with 20 min oral presentation at

UG Symposium

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Multidisciplinary Design Capstone Program

• Engineering design project course

• Undergraduate engineering students

• Non-engineering students

• Industry-sponsored project topics

• 2-semester long project

• Teamwork and project management

• Practical, real-time problem-solving

• Professional communication

Industry Involvement

Contributions:

• Provide real-world projects

• Mentor students

Benefits:

• Gain value-added solutions to project

• Educate the next generation of

engineering professionals

THANK YOU!!

APPENDIX

• International students must take 2

consecutive academic terms before they

can co-op, due to F-1 Student Visa

regulations

• The alternating school/work schedule

starts after the first 3 terms

TERM MONTHS A-SECTION B-SECTION

Summer July – Sept. School

Fall Oct. – Dec. School School

Winter Jan. – March Work School

Spring April – June School Work

• ROI: Top 1% of private U.S. Colleges (AffordableCollegesOnLine.com)

• Top Midwestern College by Salary (payscale.com)

• #1 Industrial Engineering program (U.S. News & World Report)

• #3 Mechanical Engineering program (U.S. News & World Report)

Education

We have undertaken several recent

initiatives in the ME education

programs based on:

ME Strategic Plan and follow-up

faculty retreats

ME External Advisory Board

Alumni surveys

Rackham Program Review

(Graduate)

National studies on future ME

education (ASME Vision 2030;

NSF 5xME workshop reports)

Undergraduate Education

Strong in science-based core mechanical engineering and

mechanics education

Unique spine with project-based hands-on classes with

engineering rigor throughout and training in communication,

teamwork, etc.

New Facility: A Creative Environment for

Project & Team-Based Practicum Spine

FabricationShops, rapid prototyping, physical modeling, etc

MechatronicElectronic workbenches, tools and components, etc

MediaProfessional production, conversion, and editing of

digital, analog, and animation media, etc.

VisualizationVirtual Reality, Scientific Visualization, 3D Modeling,

etc.

Flexible Collaboration Access grid, real-time visual collaboration, advance

teleconferencing, etc.

Learning Environments interconnected learning, flexible classrooms, etc.

Professional Audio Studio

Learning Center

Mechatronic Lab

Mechatronic and Design

Innovation Lab

X95 lab

Global Learning and Engineering for the

Greater Good

UM-SJTU Joint Institute ME faculty Jun Ni 1st Dean of JI

Courses taught in English and aligned

with U-M

Expanding to research collaboration

Global Health Design Kathleen Sienko through the Global

Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates

Program developed a global health

design class focused on the generation

of innovative technological interventions and

educational outreach for developing countries

Capstone senior design course focused

on affordable medical device design for developing countries

developed GHD specialization in Multidisciplinary Design minor

Education Program Outreach to

Impact Society

200 mm

Faculty: Huei Peng (PI), Anna Stefanopoulou, Don Siegel, Ian Hiskens,

Judy Jin, Hosan Fathy (PSU), Chris Mi (UMD), J. Gover (Kettering)

Sponsor: Department of Energy

Goal: To develop a comprehensive set of education programs to

accelerate the migration to electrified transportation

Create knowledge

based workforce for

advanced transportation – impact on society and economy!

Graduate Education

Enhance PhD program quality

− Annual progress updates: Web-based communication as a

formal process to review the research and academic progress

of all Ph.D. students.

− Redesign qualifying exams to allow non-traditional ME and

guide students into research early: Research Core Curriculum

Exam to demonstrate proficiency in coursework; Research

Fundamentals Exam to demonstrate proficiency in research.

− Future faculty group: With ~60 doctoral in which we discuss

application strategies, workshop research and teaching

statements, conduct/critique practice interview talks, etc.

− Support for fellowship applicants: Working group for domestic

students applying to national fellowships to discuss application

strategies, each other’s applications, past successes/failures;

Graduate Program Committee review and provide feedback.

Graduate Education

Enhance Master’s program quality (in particular,

opportunities for coursework-only Master’s students

who will be going into industry right after graduation)

− Unique dual MSE-ME/MoM Master’s degree with Ross

School of Business Master’s of Management Program

− Interdisciplinary team-based projects via MDP

Outreach and data gathering for grad alumni

– Last year we surveyed alumni of our Master’s program.

Based on this data, we implemented several initiatives

for Master’s students (MSE+MM, MDP).

– As part of our Department’s E-Newsletter, we will survey

grad alumni of the past ~50 years to learn about their

career trajectories and their impressions of our program

Graduate Education

‒ Monthly Graduate Student Seminar Series

at which graduate students present their

research to peers

‒ Professional development seminars on

topics such as developing an “elevator

pitch” of one’s job search strategies

‒ Social events such as our Summer BBQ

(100+ students), Thanksgiving Feast (80+

students), and Coffee Hours. Hosted 10

events/semester that were attended by

over 170 unique ME graduate students.

Other extra-/co-curricular activities for professional

development and community building -- ME Graduate

Council works with the Department on numerous activities: