Board 109 : Leveraging the Tech-savvy Next-generation Talents and Hackathon Techniques to Accelerate Digital Enterprise Journey and Space-related Endeavors

Victor Taratukhin; Yury V. Kupriyanov; Chris Welch; Valentina Anikushina

Download Paper | Permalink

Conference: 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Publication Date: June 23, 2018
Start Date: June 23, 2018
End Date: July 27, 2018
Conference Session: International Engineering Education Poster Session
Tagged Division: International
Tagged Topic: Diversity
Page Count: 12
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--29872
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/29872
Download Count: 509

Request a correction

Paper Authors

biography

Victor Taratukhin SAP America orcid.org/0000-0002-7619-9269

visit author page

Victor Taratukhin received his Ph.D. in Engineering Design in 1998 and Ph.D. in Computing Sciences and Engineering in 2002. Victor was a Lecturer in Decision Engineering and Module Leader (IT for Product Realization) at Cranfield University, UK (2001-2004), SAP University Alliances Program Director (2004-2012). He is Next-Gen Network Global Projects
and Regional Director for Silicon Valley and US West at SAP America, Inc., Managing Director, Competence Center ERP at European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Muenster, Germany (2012-present) and was Visiting Professor at Stanford Center for Design Research (CDR) (2015-2016)

Teaching at Stanford (2015-2016)

ME 310I: The Essential Elements of New Product Development: Business and Industry Perspectives

visit author page

biography

Yury V. Kupriyanov SAP orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-0264

visit author page

Deputy professor at Department of Business and Management, School of Business Informatics in National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia, Moscow

Country Manager for Russia/CIS region of global academic prorgam SAP Next-Gen and SAP University Alliances

visit author page

biography

Chris Welch Ph.D. International Space University

visit author page

Chris Welch is Professor of Space Engineering at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France, where he is also Director of Masters Programs. His research interests are in the areas of space propulsion, microgravity science and planetary exploration and he is a member of European Commission Horizon 20202 Space Advisory Committee. Prof Welch has an extensive track record in both space education and outreach and higher education and is currently Vice President for Education and Workforce Development for the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and Vice Chair of the World Space Week Association. In 2009, he received the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Space Education and in 2015 the IAF Distinguished Service Award. Prof Welch is Vice-President of the British Interplanetary Society, of which he is a Fellow together with the Royal Aeronautical Society and Royal Astronomical Society. He sits on several boards including the Arts Catalyst and the Initiative for Interstellar Studies.

visit author page

author page

Valentina Anikushina SAP SE

Download Paper | Permalink

Abstract

This paper elaborates on the formats of situational and project oriented education which being imbedded into university programs enable senior technology and engineering students to use design thinking techniques and develop design, project, and entrepreneurial skills while working on the real-life innovation challenges formulated by an industry partner. A non-exhaustive list of the mentioned formats is set out in the form of a conceptual model that describes an enterprise innovation process extended by the inclusion of academic thought-leadership and tech-savvy students’ insights in new products, services and business models development. Having completed a series of industry supported hackathons and design-thinking workshops, the authors provide an explicit description of use-case scenarios, key success factors, and implications for applying proposed model. The paper conclusion offers a list of benefits for using the model and further insights into setting up and running academia-business collaboration aimed at an innovation design and applied research rather than skills development.

As one of the academia-business collaboration examples, International Space University, which focuses on space exploration issues, should be mentioned. International Space University, a leading private, non-profit institution of higher education designed for students seeking to work in space-related fields, serves to peaceful, purposeful, and sustainable outer space development. Space related disciplines are a quickly developing field of knowledge and to cope with these changes Universities have to constantly adjust their curriculum to adapt to industry’s needs. However, studies still show a discrepancy in needed skill perceptions between industry and education. Literature on the topic also reports a number of existing barriers to establishing successful university-industry cooperation. In this paper, we try to address these problems by proposing a framework for establishing and managing the long-term educational university-industry cooperation. Bringing together academia innovative ideas with state-of-the-art software solutions International Space University and SAP Next-Gen Consulting notably contribute to development of the space exploration around the globe according to the 17 UN sustainable development goals.

One of the core SAP area is dedicated to the Space Exploration. Working on different levels, SAP Next-Gen helps, e.g. NASA, digitalize running systems and solve challenges the industry faces. For the second reason, in April 2017 a hackathon “NASA Space Apps Challenge” simultaneously occurred worldwide having lasted for over 48 hours and been attended by more than 25.000 participants and with around 24.000 community members joining the event online as well as 40 million people using the #SpaceApps hashtag. Thus, SAP is engaged in driving innovations and capacity-building in areas needed for space technologies which awakes interest in space-related endeavors among a broad public for leveraging the tech-savvy next generation talents worldwide.

Citation
Format

Taratukhin, V., & Kupriyanov, Y. V., & Welch, C., & Anikushina, V. (2018, June), Board 109 : Leveraging the Tech-savvy Next-generation Talents and Hackathon Techniques to Accelerate Digital Enterprise Journey and Space-related Endeavors Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2--29872

TY - CPAPER
AB - This paper elaborates on the formats of situational and project oriented education which being imbedded into university programs enable senior technology and engineering students to use design thinking techniques and develop design, project, and entrepreneurial skills while working on the real-life innovation challenges formulated by an industry partner. A non-exhaustive list of the mentioned formats is set out in the form of a conceptual model that describes an enterprise innovation process extended by the inclusion of academic thought-leadership and tech-savvy students’ insights in new products, services and business models development. Having completed a series of industry supported hackathons and design-thinking workshops, the authors provide an explicit description of use-case scenarios, key success factors, and implications for applying proposed model. The paper conclusion offers a list of benefits for using the model and further insights into setting up and running academia-business collaboration aimed at an innovation design and applied research rather than skills development.

As one of the academia-business collaboration examples, International Space University, which focuses on space exploration issues, should be mentioned. International Space University, a leading private, non-profit institution of higher education designed for students seeking to work in space-related fields, serves to peaceful, purposeful, and sustainable outer space development. Space related disciplines are a quickly developing field of knowledge and to cope with these changes Universities have to constantly adjust their curriculum to adapt to industry’s needs. However, studies still show a discrepancy in needed skill perceptions between industry and education. Literature on the topic also reports a number of existing barriers to establishing successful university-industry cooperation. In this paper, we try to address these problems by proposing a framework for establishing and managing the long-term educational university-industry cooperation. Bringing together academia innovative ideas with state-of-the-art software solutions International Space University and SAP Next-Gen Consulting notably contribute to development of the space exploration around the globe according to the 17 UN sustainable development goals.

One of the core SAP area is dedicated to the Space Exploration. Working on different levels, SAP Next-Gen helps, e.g. NASA, digitalize running systems and solve challenges the industry faces. For the second reason, in April 2017 a hackathon “NASA Space Apps Challenge” simultaneously occurred worldwide having lasted for over 48 hours and been attended by more than 25.000 participants and with around 24.000 community members joining the event online as well as 40 million people using the #SpaceApps hashtag. Thus, SAP is engaged in driving innovations and capacity-building in areas needed for space technologies which awakes interest in space-related endeavors among a broad public for leveraging the tech-savvy next generation talents worldwide.

AU - Victor Taratukhin
AU - Yury V. Kupriyanov
AU - Chris Welch Ph.D.
AU - Valentina Anikushina
CY - Salt Lake City, Utah
DA - 2018/06/23
PB - ASEE Conferences
TI - Board 109 : Leveraging the Tech-savvy Next-generation Talents and Hackathon Techniques to Accelerate Digital Enterprise Journey and Space-related Endeavors
UR - https://peer.asee.org/29872
DO - 10.18260/1-2--29872
ER -