Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

developed as part of this initiative.The Need for the Creative Problem Solving CourseAt LTU and at most institutions, in the freshman year, all engineering students complete an“introduction to engineering” course. The course introduces the engineering design process,teamwork, and many design/build/test projects. These topics all cater toward problem solvingand creativity. In the junior year, the students are doing plenty of “real-world” engineering anddesign in their coursework which also promotes creativity and teamwork. Unfortunately, there isa gap in learning experiences that promote creativity, teamwork and engineering design duringthe sophomore year when students are busy taking general humanities, mathematics, science,computer applications