Obtaining feedback from industries is vital to reviewing curriculum content of schools preparing a competent workforce to meet industries’ needs. In 2017, a survey was developed by FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence) in partnership with Polk State College (PSC), the Florida Forum for Engineering Technology (ET Forum) and FloridaMakes, the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership organization in Florida to check the alignment of the statewide curriculum frameworks for the Engineering Technology Associate of Science Degrees with the skillset (competencies) that industry identified as critical for their engineering technician and advanced manufacturing workforce needs. The results showed strong alignment and differences will be addressed in the next statewide review of the standards and benchmarks defined in the Curriculum Frameworks. This poster will share the background of the survey, previous work to define the competencies within the A.S. Engineering Technology Degree and the survey results and next steps for the educators.
Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Senior Education Advisor for FLATE part of the FloridaMakes Network, a
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center. She was the P.I. and Executive Director of FLATE, an ATE Center
focused on manufacturing technology education in Florida for over 18 years. Today FLATE is part of the
FloridaMakes Network (www.floridamakes.com), the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center in Florida
which is continuing its NSF mission supporting manufacturing technician education. Dr. Barger serves on several
national and regional workforce education boards and has developed award-winning curricula for STEM programs
at all educational levels. She taught Environmental Engineering at Hofstra and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering,
authored many engineering education papers, is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida, and a Fellow of both
the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Institute of Medical and Biochemical
Engineers (AIMBE).
Richard Gilbert is a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida's College of Engineering . Richard is the Co-PI for the grant that supports the NSF designated Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Educat
Thirty five (35) years experiences in higher education. Began teaching mechanical engineering, and manufacturing related courses at Murray State University in Murray Kentucky in 1984 for two years. Starting 1986 till 2015 first as assistant professor, and
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