Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Daughton, University of Missouri; Benjamin Dow, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

Page 12.645.2 Table 1 PSM Programs in the Midwestern U.S.3 University PSM Program AreasCase Western Reserve Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, or Statistics for EntrepreneurshipDayton Financial MathematicsEastern Michigan BioinformaticsGrand Valley State Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, BiostatisticsIllinois Institute of Materials and Chemical Synthesis, Analytical Chemistry,Technology Health Physics, BiologyIUPUI Laboratory InformaticsMichigan State Industrial Microbiology, Industrial Mathematics, Zoo and Aquarium Science

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

opportunity for educational collaboration and provided an opportunity for instructors at the three universities to experience and understand the international project issues first hand. These “lessons” are directly transferable to students as a mini-laboratory experience. 7. While SUST expressed interest in the project, the level of interest varied inversely with organizational level. The Dean was very interested but delegated responsibility to subordinates who demonstrated limited initiative and interest. Again similar to a risk- reward free international or domestic project.The last video-conference test has been completed. This was a demonstration of the video linkin the actual

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Management

is greatly enhanced when incubator clients submit a jointproposal with a university or federal laboratory (6) Additional services and resources includingpatent knowledge, alumni who may act as advisors, business contacts and strategic alliance Page 12.717.4facilitators or investors, access to a far-flung network of laboratories and technical expertise, andaccess to investment by university foundations.All the above mentioned research findings and other issues and environmental factors wereconsidered when designing the engineering entrepreneurship programs at Florida Tech.Additionally, leading entrepreneurship programs in the country were

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Kathleen Sevener, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2005).28. W. H. Shaw, “Collaboration: The Key to Preparing Engineering Managers,” Proceedings of the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (1999).29. G. Nelson, “Developing Engineers With An Entrepreneurial Spirit,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education National Conference (2006).30. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Baltimore, MD, 2002.31. R. H. King, T. E. Parker, T. P. Grover, J. P. Goshink, and N. T. Middleton, “A Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

careers, but it also makes their work life easier in the sense that by effectivelyworking in diverse and multifunctional groups engineers can benefit from the creativity,ingenuity, and assistance of their co-workers. Having good team-working skills is essential forengineering students.Interpersonal Skills in EngineeringInterpersonal skills “include the ability to read and manage the emotions, motivations, andbehaviors of oneself and others during social interactions or in a social-interactive context”(North Central Regional Educational Laboratory). Today’s work environment, in whichengineers work on cross-functional teams formed by culturally diverse members who may notshare common norms, values, or vocabularies but who do offer unique expertise