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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

knowledge of life-science-based products and processes.There have been numerous reports of current and projected shortages of human resourcespossessing the required knowledge in the growing industry.4A need exists to prepare students for a global working environment and characteristicssuch as creativity, the ability to work on an interdisciplinary team and transfer newknowledge in innovative ways are necessary. But how do you teach students creativityand innovation? How do you teach students to work effectively and collaborate indiverse groups to solve interdisciplinary problems that tend to be ill-defined? In order tobegin addressing some of these questions, an existing, introductory biotechnology coursewas adapted as an entrepreneurial option for

Conference Session

Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

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of Business at ASU.The Technology Venture Clinic (TVC) serves as a teaching laboratory but is run as a robust"market-focused" enterprise that leverages the intellectual capital of the ASU student body.Some of the university's brightest students, from several disciplines, including law, business,engineering and science, are recruited to work as members of this technology transfer team,gaining first hand knowledge of what works best in bringing new ideas to market. The studentswork in all aspects of technology venturing including patent investigation, business modeling,deal structuring, and market assessment and research. Twenty graduate students andundergraduate honor students are selected each semester to participate in a very competitive

Conference Session

Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineering Education, 2001. 90(4): p. 589-596.15. Clark, W.A. and A.J. Czuchry. Technology-based business incubators: Living laboratories for entrepreneurial students. 2004. Salt Lake City, UT, United States: American Society for Engineering, Washington, DC 20036, United States.16. Oberst, B.S., R.C. Jones, and I. Tiginyanu. Teaching entrepreneurship to engineering students. 2005. Portland, OR, United States: American Society for Engineering Education, Chantilly, VA 20153, United States.17. Wierman, J.C. and M. Camerer. Lessons from starting an entrepreneurship program. 2003. Nashville, TN, United States: American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC 20036, United States.18. McCorquodale, M.S. and R.B

Conference Session

Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia; James Thompson, University of Missouri; Steve Wyatt, University of Missouri - Columbia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-443: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEENGINEERING FACULTY MEMBERWilliam Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia William Charles Nunnally W. C. Nunnally received the B.S degree, the M.S. degree and the PH.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in 1969, 1971, and 1974 respectively. After serving in the US Army, he joined the magnetic fusion engineering group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1974. Dr. Nunnally's eleven year tenure at Los Alamos included assignments in the laser fusion group, the laser isotope separation group, the plasma physics group, the proton storage ring -accelerator group, and

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Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Shoaib Shaikh, Northrop Grumman Corporation

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-2726: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP - A UNIQUECONVERGENCE OF THE BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING REALMSCarmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech Dr. Carmo D'Cruz is Associate Professor of Engineering Enttrepreneurship in the Department of Engineering Systems at Florida Tech. He has over 20 years of industrial experience at Bell Labs,Advanced Micro Devices, Hitachi Semiconductor, RF Monolithics, Harris Semiconductor, Tantivy Communications and Chip Supply Inc. in addition to teaching experience in the Business and Engineering Schools at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.Dr. Shoaib Shaikh, Northrop Grumman Corporation Dr. Shoaib Shaikh is a Staff Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation in

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Birmingham, Grove City College; Blair Allison, Grove City College; James Dupree, Grove City College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-1633: ENTREPRENEURSHIP VIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRODUCTDEVELOPMENTWilliam Birmingham, Grove City College Dr. Birmingham is the chair of the Computer Science Department at Grove City College. Before coming to Grove City College, he was a tenured associate professor in the EECS Department at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Birmingham's research interests are in AI, computer gaming, mobile computing and communications, and computer-science pedagogy. He received is Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. all from Carnegie Mellon University.Blair Allison, Grove City College Dr. Blair T. Allison is professor and chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Grove City College. He teaches

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Gregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

institution. The development of the entrepreneurial programand LEC in the College of Engineering was bolstered by the receipt of two multi-yeargrants (one in 2001 and another in 2003) to create and then strengthen the entrepreneurialprogram in the college of engineering. These grants strengthened the entrepreneurialcertificate program and promoted innovative teaching on campus by conductingworkshops and keynote lectures, awarding faculty curriculum and student venture grants,and providing faculty incentives to work with industry sponsored student teams.Simultaneously and separately, the College of Arts and Sciences, through theUndergraduate Management Program, developed certificate and concentration programin entrepreneurship designed to provide

Conference Session

Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Brandon Moore, Florida Atlantic University; Eiki Martinson, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-1083: FROM IDEA TO MARKET: A CASE STUDY FOR SUSTAINABLEINNOVATIONDaniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Daniel Raviv received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1987 and M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1982 and 1980, respectively. He is currently a professor of Electrical Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. With more than twenty years of innovative teaching and high-tech industry experience, Dr. Raviv developed a fundamentally different approach to teaching “out-of-the-box” problem solving. For his unique contributions he received the prestigious President’s Leadership

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-1226: IMMERSING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING ANDENTREPRENEURSHIPDavid Feinauer, University of Kentucky David Michael Feinauer was born in May, 1981. He received his BSEE from the University of Kentucky in 2003. As an undergraduate, David was awarded the distinction of the outstanding junior and outstanding senior in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky in the area of Symbolic Controls. As a graduate student, David has served as a research and teaching assistant, and co-authored 4 research publications. David is also the co-founder and Associate Director of UK's Engineering Summer Program

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Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Wierman, Johns Hopkins University; Lawrence Aronhime, Johns Hopkins University; Marybeth Camerer, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin Gibbs, Johns Hopkins University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

slightly more complicated. Page 12.415.9Initial FundingThe center provided start-up funds for HSE from its operating budget. The operating budgetreceives its funds from the service of teaching full-time undergraduates. Since the plan called fora limited number of enterprises in the beginning, HSE received initial funding of $25,000.An important question was whether to consider the initial funding to be a grant, a loan, or aninvestment. If provided as an investment, the center would expect HSE to return a portion of theprofits, which in turn would help cover the costs of providing services to HSE. The amountreturned however might prove quite

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Baker, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University

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agreements, and other related agreements with industrial partners. Jim is a registered Patent Agent and holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, an M.S. in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University.Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University Ms. Mary Raber is the director of the Enterprise Program at MTU. In this role, she secures funding and projects from external sources, oversees day-to-day operation of the program and teaches various instructional modules in the curriculum. Prior to Michigan Tech, Ms. Raber worked in the automotive industry for 14 years, holding various positions in engineering and management. Mary holds a B.S.M.E

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-951: ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOL ANDEARLY COLLEGE STUDENTSKaren High, Oklahoma State University KAREN HIGH earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and her M.S. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. High is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University where she has been since 1991. Her main research interests are Sustainable Process Design, Industrial Catalysis, and Multicriteria Decision Making. Other scholarly activities include enhancing creativity in engineering practice and teaching science to education professionals. Dr. High is a trainer for Project Lead the Way pre