{"id":6133,"date":"2022-11-30T04:45:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T09:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=6133"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:08:23","slug":"bringing-industry-to-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/engineering-the-future-workforce\/bringing-industry-to-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Industry to Academia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=TLFIE7460233272\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<p>After Covid-19, many habits like remote learning have been sustained. Most students and teachers prefer a hybrid course format for large engineering classes compared to the traditional, in-person setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can students use modern-day software like NX to facilitate learning? How does a hybrid teaching style help students learn more efficiently than in a traditional format? What tools and resources can help educators improve their current teaching systems? What path is engineering veering toward in the next 5 years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this episode, our host Shannon O\u2019Donnell sits down with our guest, Kathy Stevenson, a senior academic teaching specialist in the Mechanical Engineering Department at <a href=\"https:\/\/msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan State University.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/11\/Siemens_Audiogram-2.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Transition from Industry to Academia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathy has a&nbsp; Bachelor\u2019s in Product Design and Development from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emich.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Eastern Michigan University<\/a>. 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