An approach to developing partnerships with industry [in education]

Author

Muñoz, Michael S. ; Honchell, Jeffer W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

307

Abstract

The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) Department at Purdue University, USA, has developed a telecommunications curriculum to meet the increasing need for telecommunication professionals. This paper focuses on the development of the telecommunications curriculum and the laboratory design approach to developing a long-term partnership with GTE Mobilnet and the benefits of an industry-university partnership. This paper also addresses the benefits of faculty-industry internship programs based on the author´s experience with GTE Mobilnet

Keywords

educational courses; project engineering; technology transfer; telecommunication engineering education; USA; education; faculty-industry internship programs; laboratory design approach; long-term partnership; telecommunication professionals; telecommunications curriculum; university-industry collaboration; Base stations; Communication industry; Conference management; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Feedback; History; Instruments; Laboratories;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.644891

Filename

644891