Connecting Local Industry and the Community to Engineering Technology Through Student Vehicle Projects at MTSU

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Connecting Local Industry and the Community to Engineering Technology Through Student Vehicle Projects at MTSU PDF

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http://se.asee.org/proceedings/ASEE2005/RP2005197FOR.pdf

Creator:

Foroudastan, Saeed

Publisher:

Middle Tennessee State University

Description: The Experimental Vehicles Program (EVP) at MTSU was founded during the summer of 2004 by the local student chapters of ASME and SAE. Both organizations were conducting their own competition vehicle programs, as they had been for several years. These programs include the Formula SAE, Mini Baja (SAE), SolerBike Rayce USA, Solar and Electric Boat (ASME), and The Great Moonbuggy Race (ASME). The various vehicle programs give students a unique real world application for the skills they learn in the class room. Although the organizations collaborated on each project, the various projects lacked unity of purpose and efficient sharing of resources. Realizing this disparity, the organizations jointly decided to develop a blanket program to facilitate the procurement and distribution of financial, intellectual, and human resources. One of the original goals of EVP was to create a brochure highlighting the various vehicle projects in order to attract the attention of local industry for sponsorship purposes, and to hold fundraiser and awareness events to involve the student body in the projects. EVP is currently enjoying considerable success raising funds and drawing attention to what would otherwise be obscure programs. Currently, several companies are interested in sponsoring EVP teams. This paper is intended to provide an example of the effectiveness of an organization like EVP in aiding competition vehicle teams, and how EVP serves to connect local industry and community to engineering education and improve retention.

LC Classification:

Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Higher education -- Public relations -- College publicity. Recruiting
Technology -- Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics. -- Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics -- Aeronautics. Aeronautical engineering
Technology -- Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics. -- Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics -- Aeronautics. Aeronautical engineering -- Addresses, essays, lectures

GEM Subject:

Science -- Engineering
Vocational Education -- Trade and industrial

Date Issued:

2006

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material

Format:

Document -- PPT

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Rights:

Advancing Innovations in Engineering Technology Education Conference

Access Rights:

Free access

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National Center for Manufacturing Education

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