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Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Joseph, Pace University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, entrepreneurship,and project management instruction once per week. Moreover, computer science studentsreceived introductory instruction in finance and project management in their additional classhour. The teaching was supported by nine mentors/advisors from computer-related and financeindustries that facilitated the entrepreneurial component of the course. These mentors/advisorssometimes served as guest lecturers. The 28 students (twenty-six were registered) in the coursewere grouped into seven E-teams labeled E-team #’s 1-7. Five of the E-teams (E-team #’s 1-5)were deliberately designed by the professors within the first two weeks of the semester usingstudent information obtained from a professor designed questionnaire and a multipleintelligences

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

elect to participate in the EEI, and specifically in the EPICS I2P® Competition,are required to have the permission of both their faculty advisor(s) and their project partner in thecommunity. This is necessary to ensure that the participation in the program is appropriate andadvances the goals of the project partner, not just those of the EPICS students that wish to pursuea commercialization opportunity.No additional academic credit is awarded to the members of EPICS teams that participate inentrepreneurship activities. This activity is considered to be within the scope of the EPICSprogram and to have engineering content because the focus is on product development for amarket. Furthermore, the product being evaluated for commercialization must

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Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College; John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, Pennsylvania State University-Erie Robert S. Weissbach received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. He is an associate professor of engineering at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, where he is currently the program chair in Electrical Engineering Technology. His research focuses on power electronics, power systems and multidisciplinary education. Page 11.629.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Facilitating Entrepreneurship Education at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs): Proposed Functional and

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

2006-1714: DEVELOPING POSITIVE TEAMING IN A PRODUCTDEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE USING ANOFF-CAMPUS WEEKEND SEMINARRobert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie ROBERT S. WEISSBACH is an associate professor of engineering in the Electrical Engineering Technology department at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, where he is currently the program chair. His research interests are in power electronics, power systems and multidisciplinary education.Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie JANA G. GOODRICH is a lecturer in management and marketing for the Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Prior to joining the faculty at

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Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin

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2006-2197: DOCTORAL STUDENT CO-FOUNDERS: A CASE STUDY OFADVANCED LASER MATERIALS, L.L.C.Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin R. S. Evans, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His current research focus is on technology commercialization and engineering education. Dr. Evans completed his doctorate in mechanical engineering at UT Austin in 2005. His dissertation covered materials and product development for rapid manufacturing. He also co-founded a company based on his doctoral research concurrently with his doctoral studies. Prior to enrolling at UT he worked as a manufacturing engineer and

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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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engineers of tomorrow.References1 Cohen, A., “Transformational Change at Babson College: Notes From the Firing Line,” Academy of ManagementLearning & Education, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 155-180, 2003.2 Barefoot, B., “Babson College Strategic Plan 2003 Summary,” Babson Park, MAhttp://www3.babson.edu/Offices/President/StrategicPlan/default.cfm, 20033 Bourne, J., R., Schiffman, S., Berbeco, H., Rao, A., Marram, E., Overlan, L., Wientraub, J., Frey, D., and Crisman,J., “Building an Integrated Technology Entrepreneurship Curriculum at Olin College: Design of the First TwoYears. Paper Presentation ASEE Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, June, 2003.4 Olin College of Engineering, see http://www.olin.edu/about_olin/overview.asp5 ABET, Criteria for

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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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abachelor’s degree program titled “Technology and Business Development,” which the framerspurposely designed as entrepreneurial type program that matched the role and scope of theuniversity as well as a program that did not directly compete with the business administrationprograms offered at the neighboring state funded campuses. The business department wasn’tparticularly fond of the name of the new business program and in the late 1990’s the opportunitypresented itself to change the business offerings at the school and Montana Tech started the newcentury by offering a bachelors program in Business and Information Technology with threeoptions including Business Information Systems, Management, and Entrepreneurship.Historically, the entrepreneurship

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Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Warren, Pennsylvania State University; Ralph Hanke, Bowling Green University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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addition, by using an advanced course management infrastructure two other major barriers toscaling PBL learning, namely investment in course development and managing the more complexlogistics associated with PBL are largely overcome.2. AN INTRODUCTION TO PROBLEM BASED LEARNINGFirst implemented in the 1950’s by Case Western Reserve University and in medical schools in the Page 11.115.41970’s, problem-based learning (PBL) has now permeated throughout all levels of the education 3system, including K-12 (San Diego State University 2004). Additionally, PBL

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Rufe, Eastern Michigan University; Gary Rodak, Eastern Michigan University; Scott Pollock, Eastern Michigan University; Mary Finkel, Eastern Michigan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Technologist at S-3 Engineering in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Technology from Eastern Michigan University, graduating Cum Laude in December of 2004; and was awarded an Excellence in Manufacturing scholarship. She is a member of various professional societies such as Society of Automotive Engineers, Society of Plastics Engineers, the Engineering Society of Detroit and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers - from which she earned her Manufacturing Technologist Certification. She is currently a Manufacturing Engineer at Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance in Dundee, MI

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; J. Paul Sims, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University; Jon L. Smith, East Tennessee State University

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certificates on aircraft from Boeing 727’s to Piper PA-31. He has authored or co-authored twenty papers in the areas of aircraft testing, aircraft systems design, systems troubleshooting and project management.Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University CRAIG A. TURNER is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at East Tennessee State University. His areas of interest and research pertain to the effects of risk on decision-making and contextual determinants of entrepreneurial success and failure. He received his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1999. His previous experience included 11 years at various positions involving financial and

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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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and Mind-Set,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 2005, pp. 233 – 243.3. Barbe, David F., J. Robert Baum, and Karen S. Thornton, “Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2001.4. Ports, Ken, et. al. “Senior Design Project Commercialization and Entrepreneurship,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2005.5. Stanford Technology Ventures Program. Stanford University, Stanford, CA. http://www.stanford.edu/ group/stvp6. MIT $50k Entrepreneurship Competition. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

survey results and the existing participation of engineering students in the Near IdeasFair, this paper proposes two complementary approaches to learning, namely, (i) case studies and(ii) active learning,, to make the engineering students aware of what entrepreneurship means andto help them to dispel some of the common fears and myths they hold about entrepreneurship.References1. Nichols, S. P. and Armstrong, N. E., “Engineering Entrepreneurship: Does Entrepreneurship Have a Role inEngineering Education?” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol 45, No. 1, February 20032. Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Century: Trends Impacting the Profession, (a report prepared for theCommittee on Issues, Identification, Council on Public Affairs, The

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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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M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. She managed her own career as a performing musician for 25 years and taught at Towson University and Jacksonville University. Ms. Thornton was a Fulbright Scholar. Page 11.289.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 “Bringing Student Innovations to Market: A Hinman CEOs Success Story” James V. Green, Anik Singal, David F. Barbe, and Karen S. Thornton University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractThis paper discusses a study of the challenges and opportunities navigated by Anik Singal

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

2006-1816: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIPPROGRAMS: HOW TO HOLD ONTO YOUR WALLET AS YOU TRANSFERTECHNOLOGYMartin High, Oklahoma State University MARTIN S. HIGH founded and co-directs the Legal Studies in Engineering Program at Oklahoma State University and is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. Professor High earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Penn State, and a J.D. from the University of Tulsa. He is licensed as an attorney in Oklahoma, registered as a Patent Attorney to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and licensed as a professional engineer in Pennsylvania.Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arnold Lumsdaine, University of Tennessee; Frank Speckhart, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Geoff Robson, Technology 2020; Kenneth Kahn, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Majid Keyhani, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Dan Fant, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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, including those concepts unique to technological products. Student teams will then beready to develop a product prototype in their senior capstone design experience. The dual degree Page 11.1311.9program partners will also be supporting this program by providing guest lecturers and half-timeinternships for some of the undergraduate students. Each student team will also include amarketing student. Ideally, students completing the summer program will be ready to prototypethe product in their senior culminating design course(s). AN ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSPECTIVEAs the MS-MBA program strives to meet its goal of providing real world

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Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin; Jennifer Parks, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Nichols, University of Texas-Austin

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2006-2164: I2P™ INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: A GLOBALEDUCATIONAL FORUM FOR TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIPRobert Evans, University of Texas-Austin R. S. Evans, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His current research focus is on technology commercialization and engineering education. Dr. Evans completed his doctorate in mechanical engineering at UT Austin in 2005. His dissertation covered materials and product development for rapid manufacturing. He also co-founded a company based on his doctoral research concurrently with his doctoral studies. Prior to enrolling at UT he worked as a manufacturing

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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”factor(s) is or are, it is the opinion of many critics of entrepreneurship education that the topiccan be taught, but you can’t make someone an entrepreneur who does not have this “different”factor as a function of god’s will or fortunate genetics. As it is sometimes pithily articulated, oneis either born an entrepreneur or not.Legions of entrepreneurship educators around the country have heard this question and havegrown weary of responding. In our opinion, the question furtively is one of those trick questionsthat sounds profound but has no possible satisfactory answer. It’s similar to a question like “Areyou still beating your spouse”? The very attempt to answer the question provides it withundeserved legitimacy. The question about teaching

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Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

: State of the Art ?” ed. Bohman and Pousette, Smaforetagsforskning 1 Tiden, 4th Nordic SME Research Conference, Umea Universitet, June 198612. Staub-French, S. “Entrepreneurship and Engineering Management” – Engineers in Law and Business Development – February, 200413. Kao, John J., The Entrepreneurial Organization (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1991).14. Edwards, Robert. Entrepreneurs in High Technology: Lessons from MIT and Beyond (New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991)15. Palmintera, D., J. Bannon, M. Levin and A. Pagan. “Developing High Technology Communities: San Diego”. Report produced under contract to Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, Innovation Associates, Inc., Reston, Virginia

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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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? Conceptual Des ign and Build and Sell Design Project Build Project Project Cours e(s ) Completed a b c d e f g h i ENGR310 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 ENGR310 5 5 5 ENGR310 QMM492 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 ENGR310 QMM492 4 4 4 4 2 4 ENGR310 4 2 3 4 4 4 ENGR310 4 4 5 4 4 5

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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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Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ochs, Lehigh University; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; Todd Watkins, Lehigh University; Graham Mitchell, Lehigh University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Integrated Product Development and the entrepreneurshipminor.Entrepreneurship teaching – undergraduate: Since the mid 1990’s Lehigh hasoffered an award winning cross-disciplinary program in Integrated Product Development(IPD) for students in engineering, business and the design arts. For the past eight yearsthe program has focused on technical entrepreneurship through new productdevelopment, with industry sponsorship of cross-disciplinary student teams2. The IPDprogram has also engaged local entrepreneurs and student entrepreneurs. Since theinception of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), elevenLehigh teams have won national competitions for collegiate innovation andentrepreneurship (see www.NCIIA.org). The IPD program

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

: Distinguishing Itself from Other FieldsNot only does some of the literature on entrepreneurs distinguish them from others in business,the field of entrepreneurial studies has sought to identify itself as different from mainstreambusiness studies, even though similarities exist. We see this distinction as another reason forcreating ethical studies for entrepreneurial education. Higher education has allocated a greatmany resources towards keeping up with changing business trends: growing, modifying andcustomizing curriculum to better prepare graduates to compete in the ever evolving economiclandscape. In the mid 1990’s entrepreneurship education was born. Over the last decade it hasbecome one of the fastest growing fields of study available to students