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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

included. People have images in their heads about the meaning of thegender terminology--sex, gender-role, male/female, masculine/feminine, but these images aredefined by the fact that they reflect an individual’s familiar world.d. Previously dismissed or under-explored psychological factors like character and emotionalresponses may be very important in understanding complex 21st Century issues of leadership andentrepreneurship.We begin by briefly discussing how this preliminary investigation came into being— one of theauthor’s personal path into it, the creation of collaborative FIE and ASEE sessions, and how theevolving design of the research methods parallel the key features of an approach tounderstanding leadership, gender and teams.The

Conference Session

Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Neck, Babson College; John Bourne, Olin College; Stephen Schiffman, Olin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Management, the Babson Entrepreneurship Research conference, and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and has several refereed publications and book chapters. Dr. Neck is the Faculty Coordinator of REFLECT, a reunion program for alumni of the Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators and is currently designing a NSF-funded education program to help engineering educators infuse entrepreneurship into schools of engineering. At Babson, she teaches Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation and the Foundation Management Experience, an introductory course that requires students to create, start, manage and liquidate a business.John Bourne, Olin

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Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Doug Abbott, MT Tech of the U of MT; Lance Edwards, MT Tech of the U of MT; John Evans, MT Tech of the U of MT; Leo Heath, MT Tech of the U of MT; Mike Johnson, MT Tech of the U of MT; Timothy Kober, MT Tech of the U of MT; Mary North-Abbott, MT Tech of the U of MT; Roger Oldenkamp, MT Tech of the U of MT

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

thefoundation of engineering and exposing students to the entrepreneurial side of things is a major piece ofthe puzzle," says Evans. "Historically, Montana Tech graduates were quite adept at the technical side ofthings, but they needed a broader background in the ability to synthesize engineering data from a businessperspective," continued Evans.History of Entrepreneurship Education at Montana TechEntrepreneurial education at Montana Tech came about with the start of a movement by theschool to diversity into programs that reflected the technologically based role and scope of theinstitution. The school has long enjoyed a heritage deeply rooted in engineering and particularlyengineering in the extractive industries. Currently the school would be

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Minnie Patel, San Jose State University; Anuradha Basu, San Jose State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship amongst engineering students. However, this would be atodds with the feedback received from student surveys conducted by us over the past two years,which indicate an interest in learning about entrepreneurship, as discussed in this paper.Alternatively, and more likely, it reflected the difficulties of attempting to persuade students toparticipate in extracurricular events, given that most engineering students have extremely highwork loads (131-138 units required for graduation for various majors in the college ofengineering). Besides, most SJSU students pay their way through university, and hence, juggleschool with part-time employment.These results imply that if we want to foster entrepreneurial skills amongst SJSU engineeringstudents

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Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Thornton, University of Maryland-College Park; Anik Singal, Affiliate Classroom, Inc.; David Barbe, University of Maryland-College Park; James Green, University of Maryland-College Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

attributes, business practices, and human resource management practices.The second stage was to identify unique characteristics relevant to undergraduate studententrepreneurs in universities based on Anik’s comments, reflections, and perspectives. Theobjective of this methodology was to develop a set of suggestions for programs and activities foruniversities to foster desired characteristics and behaviors of undergraduate entrepreneurs.The findings for the singular case of Anik Singal’s experiences were then compared to findingsof critical success factors from the 90 undergraduate students of the Hinman CEOs Program.Using a qualitative approach through an online survey and one-to-one 30 minute interviews: • 91.7% stated their “knowledge base

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Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Secor, Institute to Promote Learning; Douglas Arion, Carthage College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Course in the MajorSenior Year • Bring Integration and Closure • Career Services to College Experience • Alumni Development • Provide Opportunities to Programs Reflect on the Meaning of the • Capstone Courses Undergraduate Experience • Internships • Prepare for the Personal and Professional Issues Related to Post-College Life Figure 5. Developmental Needs and Suitable Programs for Students. Page 11.365.18 Cognitive Domain

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Shepard, Engenius Solutions

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

constraints and meeting course objectives, these classes tend to offer either structuredprojects or surface level introduction to product development and especially new productdevelopment. The projects developed, in Engenius Solutions Lab, are not structured and requirea level of commitment not generally required in the student inventor’s classes.Over the past five years, Engenius Solutions has worked with over 20 different projects whichspan the various engineering disciplines and product lines. The Board of Directors and staff haveaccumulated a reservoir of knowledge in assisting students with product development. Thispaper is a reflection on the successes, failures and next steps for Engenius Solutions, a grantfunded, student run, product

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

alternative by providing simulated world of workexperience on campus. MIMIC is a replicable, cost-effective model that can be adapted to avarying number of semesters and integrated into a variety of technical programs and collegesettings. Page 11.73.11References1. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0501885. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.2. Bilen, Sven G., et.al., “Developing and Assessing Students’ Entrepreneurial Skills

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Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Finelli, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 11.590.3content categories based on explicit rules of coding4,5. In order to allow for replication, thetechnique can only be applied to data that are durable in nature.In general, content analysis is used to examine trends and patterns or monitor shifts indocuments6. It can be conducted simply by doing a word-frequency count. The assumptionmade is that the words that are mentioned most often are the words that reflect the greatestimportance. However, during the word count usage of synonyms should be taken into account5.Content analysis results in data categorization. A category can be described as “a group ofwords with similar meaning or connotations"5.Content analysis can be completed in two ways: 1) emergent coding, and 2) a priori

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Sherrill, University of Houston; Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

competition is added to the simulation with significantrewards for the top competitors.Pre-packaged simulation curricula for use in the technology entrepreneurship classroom come ina wide range of options. In some ways, they reflect the variety of approaches to teachingentrepreneurship discussed in this paper. That is, some simulations use the business plan as thecenterpiece, requiring students use live data to gather, collate, and present information aboutmarkets, industries, and customers within the context of a business plan. Other simulations focuson small business settings, where students are required actually to make decisions aboutmerchandise mix, pricing, cost allocation, and other core business decisions.Some of the leading technology