Industry-academia collaboration

Abstract

Both industry and academia face the challenge of attracting and developing tomorrow's engineers. This challenge is becoming more complicated because of the aggressive, complex and competitive nature of the global electronics marketplace, which demands constant change and innovation for companies to remain on top. Both industry and universities have solutions to parts of this puzzle. By recognizing their mutual need to address this challenge, and the complimentary nature of their approaches, industry and universities are positioned to develop coordinated channels that result in programs to better prepare students with business-ready skills. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2007.