{"id":1264,"date":"2017-11-20T10:09:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/engineering-computer-science\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2017-12-01T14:10:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T19:10:53","slug":"volume-one-issue-one-of-ut-chattanooga-magazine-features-cecs-alumni-community-partnerships-and-trajectory-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/engineering-computer-science\/2017\/11\/20\/volume-one-issue-one-of-ut-chattanooga-magazine-features-cecs-alumni-community-partnerships-and-trajectory-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Volume One ~ Issue One of UT Chattanooga Magazine Features CECS Alumni, Community Partnerships, and Trajectory for Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fall, the University published a new magazine designed to keep alumni, donors, partners, and friends connected to UTC, highlighting the outstanding accomplishments \u2013 both on campus and in the community \u2013 of alumni, current students, faculty and staff.\u00a0 The cover story and lead article features the College of Engineering and Computer Science with a focus on how the success of CECS alumni and its responsiveness to industry and community partners reflect the vision for and mission of the College. (link to the Magazine)<\/a><\/p>\n

In the article which follows, the \u201ctowering success\u201d of the College\u2019s grads, and how the rising demand by employers for work-ready engineers, technologists, and computer scientists drive CECS\u2019s teaching, research, and service are featured.\u00a0 The commitment of our faculty, and staff to helping our students develop the key qualities of teamwork, collaboration, ambition, and work ethic, as well as the knowledge and skills to succeed after graduation, are also shared with the reader.\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

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The University of Tennessee Magazine, Volume 1 Issue 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TOWERING SUCCESS\u00a0 – Raising Engineering<\/b>
\nThe Demand for CECS Grads Grows<\/b><\/p>\n

CECS Rising<\/b> by Shawn Ryan<\/p>\n

Dean Pack\u2019s Mantra:<\/i><\/b> Teamwork, Collaboration, Ambition, Work Ethic<\/i><\/p>\n

The first time Bethany Griffin Butler climbed a TVA transmission tower\u2014the ones that march off into the distance like giant, broad-shouldered robots with high-voltage power lines stretched between them\u2014it was 100 feet tall.<\/p>\n

A mere 10 stories. Straight up.<\/p>\n

She was \u201ca little nervous,\u201d Butler says, but \u201cI\u2019ve always loved climbing and heights don\u2019t bother me.\u201d As proof, a photo shows her at the top of a tower, her wavy, copper hair spilling out from under a hardhat, safety harness latched onto a metal strut and a you-kiddin\u2019- me? drop below her.<\/p>\n

As one of TVA\u2019s transmission line engineers, climbing the tower was part of the job for Butler \u201915, who earned her civil engineering degree from UTC\u2019s College of Engineering and Computer Science last December. One month later, she started her full time job at TVA.<\/p>\n

\u201cClimbing the tower,\u201d not coincidentally, is an accurate description of her time at TVA, which began in May 2013 with an internship that lasted until she graduated. As an intern\u2014which she insists was essential in landing the full time job\u2014she worked in such departments as Line Maintenance and Substation Physical Engineering. With each move, she faced new people, new ideas, new cultures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always different when you transfer into another group,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

But her ability to work, cooperate and problem-solve with others\u2014 even those who speak a different technical language\u2014is an invaluable skill she learned at UTC, she says. \u201cIt helped me tie-in the connections between what I was learning in the classroom to what I was learning here at TVA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Partnering with UTC <\/b><\/p>\n

Teamwork. Collaboration. Ambition. Work ethic. Words that crop up often when local companies describe UTC engineering and computer science graduates. In turn, graduates use the same words when they describe what they learned at UTC. Yes, classroom lessons in engineering and math and chemistry and computers and other subjects, so-called \u201chard skills,\u201d are crucial to earning a degree. But there also are \u201csoft skills\u201d such as building relationships and instilling trust that are vital elements in relationships between companies and the College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need top talent and we need that pipeline,\u201d says Crystal Renner, advanced specialist in staffing at Denso Manufacturing, whose Athens, Tenn., plant fabricates automotive parts. \u201cWe also need a university that wants to continue to explore and innovate technology because our world changes quickly. We need universities that have that vision and we believe UTC is one of those schools. UTC graduates come out with the knowledge, the skills and the desire to be in the workforce, especially in technology and manufacturing \u2026 We could not be happier to partner with UTC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others Agree<\/b><\/p>\n

Echoes of Renner\u2019s comments are heard from executives at other regional companies. After graduation, UTC students hit the ground running, they say, no babysitting needed to make sure they\u2019re doing their job. \u201cThey want to work,\u201d says Tim McGhee, president and CEO of the Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee. \u201cThey\u2019re more focused on a career and not so much on staying in college for 10 more years.\u201d<\/p>\n

UTC programs in civil engineering and construction management take many cues from the construction industry, so \u201cthey\u2019re closely linked to our industry\u2019s needs,\u201d he says. And one of those needs is a solid work ethic, something UTC graduates personify. You can have all the classroom knowledge in the world, but it\u2019s useless if you\u2019re unreliable or lazy. \u201cIf you can\u2019t get to work on time or you just don\u2019t come to work at all \u2026 well, people in our industry don\u2019t have a lot of leniency toward delinquency and not showing up to work on time,\u201d McGhee says.<\/p>\n

Being ready for the world of work is one of the driving forces both in and out of the classroom at the college, says Dean Daniel Pack. \u201cOur approach, our philosophy, is that students should not just have book knowledge but real-world knowledge and experiences,\u201d he says. \u201cIn our classroom and coursework, we deal with real-world problems and having those skills and experience is paramount.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wally Edmondson \u201901 says that, when he graduated from UTC with a degree in computer engineering (now called computer science), perhaps the most important thing he took with him was a solid work ethic, the ability to \u201ccross the finish line.\u201d Edmondson, who works as head of engineering for Feetz, which builds custom-made, recyclable shoes through 3D printing, says \u201cYou can do what you have to when you have to do it, whether you like it or not. You get the job done. Sometimes you have to eat a frog, but it means you get to do the things you love to do instead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Job Growth Explosion<\/b><\/p>\n

Chattanooga is rated as the secondbest city in the country when it comes to the number of new engineering jobs, according to Change the Equation, a group of corporations, including Amazon, IBM, Verizon and Microsoft, pushing STEM-related initiatives. Detroit is No. 1 on the list.<\/p>\n

Over the past five years, jobs for engineers in Chattanooga have grown by about 28 percent, Change the Equation reports. Some of that growth can be attributed to the arrival of Volkswagen in 2008 and the supply companies that have sprung up nearby, the group adds, while companies in power generation such as TVA also have brought in new jobs. Newlyminted engineering graduates earn the highest starting engineering salaries in Tennessee when they are employed in Chattanooga, studies show.<\/p>\n

With the need for engineering employees rocketing, many companies are eager to snag UTC students. Joe Ferguson, chairman of EPB\u2019s board of directors, says the company often finds interns, as well as full time employees, by working directly with faculty at UTC, setting up events to help students grow more comfortable with writing resumes, the interview process and networking with local businesses. UTC students \u201ccome prepared, are work-ready and have the skills needed for the positions we are looking to fill,\u201d Ferguson says.<\/p>\n

Equally important is the close, trusting relationship that has developed between EPB and UTC as a whole, he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a good relationship and that makes a whale of difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pack calls the college\u2019s partnerships with local companies \u201ccritical,\u201d not just through internships but through company-led information sessions, workshops and joint research projects.<\/p>\n

Women in Engineering<\/b><\/p>\n

Ashley Thompson Poe \u201913 worked as an intern at chemical manufacturer BASF while earning her degree in chemical engineering. Upon graduation, she was immediately hired by the company. Her responsibilities at the plant on Amnicola Highway now include process and product optimization, production and maintenance support, technical support for research and development projects and handling customer concerns.<\/p>\n

While the engineering principles she learned at UTC \u201cdirectly affect my job,\u201d she says, \u201cthe most important aspects from college that affect my job are my time management skills and my networking skills. I learned how to improve both of these skill sets as an engineering student due to the complex and difficult class schedule and by getting involved in multiple student chapters for the engineering societies such as Society of Women Engineers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bethany Griffin Butler says much the same thing, describing how she juggled multiple responsibilities while in school. She attended classes, studied and completed assignments while also maintaining a life outside of school with family and church, says Butler, whose husband, Jordan, is a mechanical engineer graduate from UTC now working at Komatsu.<\/p>\n

A major driving force through her NASCAR lifestyle was working with outside organizations. Faculty at UTC strongly urged her to join the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, saying the networking would help her career. They were right, she says. \u201cAs a member, if I wasn\u2019t in class or at my [TVA] internship, I was doing ASCE or I was at home sleeping a couple of hours. I was going about 200 mph.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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