Webinar: Chasing Career Readiness in Engineering by Elsevier

Chasing Career Readiness in Engineering

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In case you missed it:

According to a 2019 study by NACE, graduates often lack the necessary critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they enter the workforce. During our webinar, we explored questions such as: What does it mean for your students to be career-ready? And how can you best prepare your students to be successful in an increasingly competitive and complex environment?

It's our hope that we can move this conversation forward and continue to be of service to the engineering community.

A word from our sponsor

This webinar was sponsored by Knovel, an interdisciplinary engineering reference solution preferred by 75 out of 100 top engineering schools.

Knovel is designed to help your engineering professionals and students incorporate technical information into their work and expand their knowledge efficiently and responsibly. By providing students with the same engineering resources and tools as professionals in the field, Knovel enables students to harness the power of technical information like experienced professionals. Please visit our Knovel for higher education page to learn more or request trial access.

Thank you and we hope to see you again soon!

Presenters

Chris Cogswell

Customer and Engineering Solutions Global Consultant, Elsevier

Chris will be the webinar moderator.

Juan Denzer

Engineering & Computer Science Librarian, Syracuse University

Juan Denzer is the Engineering and Computer Science Librarian at Syracuse University. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Binghamton University and a Master of Library Science from the University at Buffalo.

Juan is a maker and author of “Terrific Makerspace Projects: A Practical Guide for Librarians” and “Digital Collections and Exhibits”. He enjoys helping students with their research and developing life-long research skills.

Matthew Frenkel

Engineering Librarian and Adjunct Professor, New York University

Matthew Frenkel is the engineering librarian at NYU's Bern Dibner Library, and affiliated faculty in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon. He is a member of the ASEE Engineering librarian division and his background is in the experimental study of optical whispering gallery sensors. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and an MLIS from Rutgers University. His current interests are focused on professional skill development and engineering pedagogy.

Allison Hostetler

Director of Community Programs, SAE International

Allison Hostetler currently serves as Director of Community Initiatives at SAE International, leading diverse portfolios, driving community-based programs and managing an annual revenue of $10-$12M. Her roles have included directing pre-professional education programs, overseeing workforce development initiatives, and fostering strategic partnerships with industry leaders like General Motors.

Allison holds a Master of Arts Degree in History from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Political Science & History from the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown. Allison's accomplishments underscore her commitment to excellence, fiscal responsibility, and driving impactful change within her field.

Susan Metcalf

Senior Librarian, T&I Library, Sabic

Susan Metcalf is a Sr. Corporate Librarian for SABIC. Her background is mostly as a university reference and instructional services librarian and she’s worked at Northeastern University, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, University of Southern Indiana and, since 2007, SABIC, a Saudi Arabian petrochemical company.

As a corporate librarian, Susan serves a global user-base of primarily PhD-level engineering or chemistry researchers across the U.S., Europe, Saudi Arabia, India, China, Japan and South Korea. As the only librarian, her responsibilities are varied and range from document delivery to developing and managing the library website to training and awareness, to collaborating with researchers and leadership, to subscription management and budgeting.

Over the past two decades, she has worked closely with Elsevier to offer training and awareness sessions for ScienceDirect, SCOPUS and Knovel as these databases and platforms continue to be enhanced. These library tools as well as your librarians can in fact be part of your success.

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a. What are your primary concerns when it comes to career-readiness?

b. What tools are you currently using in your engineering program to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills?

c. Are you currently a Knovel subscriber?

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