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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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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

2006-699: TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO ENGINEERS: ALOGICO-DEDUCTIVE REVIEW OF LEADING CURRICULAThomas Duening, Arizona State UniversityWilliam Sherrill, University of Houston Page 11.1208.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers: A Logico-Deductive Review of Leading Curricula By Thomas N. Duening Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Arizona State University William W. Sherrill C.T. Bauer College of Business University of HoustonSubmitted to the American Society of

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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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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

challenge students to move beyondcontinuous improvement projects. In several cases, ideas generated in the classroom orthrough collaborative efforts between the business and technology faculty have resultedin prototypes being built in the laboratory for further testing of the prospectiveinnovation.The presence of a technology-centered business incubator located within walking Page 11.530.2distance from campus provides students the opportunity to observe several hightechnology businesses that have developed new technology niches in established marketsegments. These businesses provide consulting opportunities for cross-disciplinarygraduate student teams to

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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

organizational change resulting in improved student data systems, relevant academic policies, outcomes based curricula, effective programmatic assessment and evaluation strategies, and national and state accreditation. Additionally, Dr. Krueger has owned three companies and currently guides other professionals pursuing entrepreneurship endeavors in both the private and public sectors via her current endeavor Pathways to Performance, Inc. Dr. Krueger’s research interests include educational and organizational assessment and evaluation, teaching and learning engineering within P/K-16 and its application to the college curricula and academic performance standards as a means for

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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

chances of entrepreneurial success. An expected secondary outcome of thisprogram is the shift of the locus of entrepreneurship education from the traditional businessschools (which have had limited success in launching highly successful high tech start-ups) tothe engineering schools (which have traditionally been responsible for the sources of most(>90%) of the successful high tech companies).9Engineering and Teaching of EntrepreneurshipEngineers with a Bachelor or Master degree are typically products of a four-year and two-yearuniversity programs respectively, which vary little from university to university, or even countryto country. Entrepreneurial courses can be found in high schools, undergraduate schools,graduate schools, trade

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

successfulenterprises on the campus. Although, this would not necessarily be an undesirable outcome, thegoal of the program is more in the realm of building a firm foundation. That being said, start-upsprovide the laboratory for a variety of learning experiences, which is difficult to simulate in theclassroom. We will discuss the aspect of nurturing start-ups later in the body of this paper.The Marketing Plan for the Certificate Program to the StudentsThe Certificate Program was marketed initially by writing and printing a brochure that succinctlydescribed the requirements and benefits of the program. The program was then presented througha variety of means. The program was primarily marketed by “word of mouth”. Briefpresentations were given to students

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Silvernagel, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. degree from UND in 1990, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Notre Dame in 1992 and 1995, respectively. Dr. Schultz joined the UND faculty in 1995, and his teaching and research interests are in signal and image processing, embedded systems, technology entrepreneurship, and systems engineering. Page 11.1161.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Student-Generated Intellectual Property: Preliminary Results from a Research Instrument Used to Capture Student, Faculty, and Industry Partner Perspectives and ExpectationsAbstractAn area of

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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

are Sustainable Process Design, Industrial Catalysis, and Multicriteria Decision Making. Other scholarly activities include enhancing creativity in engineering practice and teaching science to education students and professionals. Page 11.807.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Programs: How to Hold onto Your Wallet as You Transfer TechnologyAbstract Entrepreneurship programs present wonderful opportunities to allow students to practiceengineering in an exciting and challenging environment. One of the challenges that students

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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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it teaches the students how to succeed in life and preparesthem for lucrative careers in the technological-business arena. Some of the key qualities forsuccess in the program include: making good judgment, taking the initiative, being a self-starter,having good work habits, having a good attitude, being able to work effectively with people in agroup environment, and developing sound technical, economic, and communication skills.Curriculum HighlightsThe combined MS-MBA degree program consists of 60 total credit hours over a 23 month periodon the UT campus. The curriculum split is defined to be 44 hours (17 months for a full-timeMBA student) in the College of Business Administration and 30 hours in the College ofEngineering (12-18 months for a