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Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Byron Williams, Mississippi State University; Gary Butler, Mississippi State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-239: A MODEL FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION:MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYGerald Nelson, Mississippi State University Gerald Nelson, an industrial engineering graduate (1974) with an MBA (1985) from Mississippi State University, began his career with a co-op experience at Rockwell International. Nelson worked five semesters with Rockwell before joining them full time after graduation as a Project Engineer and Program Manager. Nelson’s career includes former positions as Plant Manager, Trinity Industries; President and Chief Operating Officer of the Wear Resistance Group of Thermadyne Industries, Inc.; Executive Vice President of Operations, Viasystems Group, Inc.; and Chief

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Town Hall Meeting: Supporting University Priorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Karla Andrew, Western Kentucky University; Jeffery Ballweber, Colorado State University; Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida; Rick Fowler, Western Kentucky University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 14.1358.2 bacteria in Mammoth Cave in collaboration with Dr. Chris Groves. His research was incorporated into the Center for Water Resource Studies at WKU in conjunction with the merger of environmental laboratories at Mammoth Cave National Park and WKU. Fowler’s research career has produced over 15 articles in peer-reviewed journals including Science and Nature and he was co-winner of the National Caves Association Science Award in 2001. He is a member of the© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 National Speleological Society, the Cave Research Foundation, and the National Parks Conservation Association

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University; Mark McQuilling, Saint Louis University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technical competence, customerawareness, business acumen, and social values. In addition, engineering students exposed toentrepreneurship early in their education have shown higher retention rates3-6, higher GPAs6, andimproved soft professional skills, which are components of engineering entrepreneurship, evenwhile their understanding of engineering as a technical field does not change3,7. A recent study8revealed how engineering juniors and seniors believe they should receive education aboutbusiness and entrepreneurship throughout their college careers, even though their major is in atechnical field. Traditionally, the capstone senior design projects in undergraduate engineeringprograms come close to exposing the students to the business aspects

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Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nassif Rayess, University of Detroit, Mercy; Darrell Kleinke, University of Detroit, Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

somewelcome ancillary benefits to the careers of the responsible faculty. The students get to work onmeaningful projects that excite the sizable portion of the mechanical engineering students whoare glad to be involved in something that has no wheels for a change, as one student put it. Also,the faculty supervising the students work will make sure that publicity or a publication/presentation result from this activity that will help the student. The benefits to the sponsor areobvious since, as an entity, they exist to provide these types of services. The benefits to thecommunity volunteers are deeply rooted in the philanthropic spirit of this country.The second question of assessment is easy to understand but difficult to implement as anyonewho has

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Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Gregory Leman, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technologies on a global scale than at any othertime.These realities have been well-documented by others, so we only note here one outcome– the emergence of a new paradigm for startup-ventures which are “born global 1”.Presutti et al. conclude that born-global ventures represent the final stage of developmentfor serial entrepreneurs and point to the development of a global network as an importantfactor in the readiness of the individual entrepreneur for a successful born-global launch. 2Whether or not a series of ventures is needed to prepare an individual for such a career-capping event, this model can serve as a guiding paradigm as educators design andexecute educational experiences that will accelerate the preparation of graduates for aworld in

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Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge delosRios-Hurtado, Texas Tech; David Wyrick, Texas Tech

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Accounting• Required Engineering Foundation Course for Business Students: - IE 4320, Fundamentals of Systems• Required Courses for All Certificate Program Students: - MGT 4376, Entrepreneurship II: Discovering Entrepreneurial Opportunity - IE 4331 Individual Studies in Industrial Engineering: Engineering EntrepreneurshipAlso, the area of Management at the Rawls College of Business Administration (COBA) isdeveloping an Entrepreneurship and Family Business Program that utilizes two sequentialfoundation courses (Entrepreneurship Creation and Entrepreneurship Discovery) to preparestudents to exploit any three additional courses as the “practice ground”, and to generateactionable opportunities regardless of their major or career settings, be it

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

thermodynamics. In addition, they complete a mid-term design project and a finaldesign project as part of a team and give an in-class oral presentation on each. This course isalso complemented by GE 199, a required zero-credit seminar course that meets once a week andfeatures a series of guest speakers to help the students understand the field of engineering.It was decided that one of the existing modules in this course (Communication System Design)should be replaced by a module on entrepreneurship. Introducing the concept this early in thecurriculum and across all engineering disciplines provided a unique opportunity to encourage allengineering students to begin to think about entrepreneurship from the beginning of theirengineering careers

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Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technical concepts andpractices of their chosen field they also need to have an appreciation for managementpractices applicable to technical careers and the capability to understand financialstatements from an on-going business enterprise. In order to fulfill this desire, in ourprogram we are encouraging most students to enroll in our graduate class, “StrategicManagement of Technology and Innovation” where they will learn how to develop amarketing and technology strategy and participate in starting up and running a technologybased company through the use of a marketing simulation program entitled The WebMarketplace offered by Innovative Learning Solutions, Inc., Knoxville, TN. In additionto the simulation program, students attend lectures regarding

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane Laux, Arizona State University; Anshuman Razdan, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

(ASSET) Program ATIC, along with the Career Preparation Center at ASU, has developed a program that focuseson the placement of qualified students in an industrial environment. The program, entitled ATICStudent Success in Entrepreneurship Training (ASSET), helps students connect with industry,promotes the pursuit of the student’s entrepreneurial goals, and helps introduce industry to agreater portion of the talented student population on the Polytechnic campus. The ASSETprogram is advantageous to both students as well as participating companies. Benefits for Companies/Businesses: • Company/business gains bright, energetic students who can apply their latest education and skills. • Confidence knowing intern selection is from a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Arion, Carthage College; Matt Wagner, Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation; Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

businesses.Faculty adapt or develop learning materials involving the InovaED database, and share new orimproved materials with CATI so they can be used at other institutions. Faculty and studentssearch the InovaED database for relevant IP or documents from previous project to serve as thebasis for activities, assignments, and projects. Students benefit by working with real materials onreal problems, often in collaboration with business principals and employees. The resultingproject documents go back to CATI, where they can be used by future student teams, or used tohelp businesses launch new offerings. In some cases, student start their own ventures; more often,their experiences play an important role in their careers or ventures they start in the future

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude D'Amours, University of Ottawa; Claude Laguë, University of Ottawa; Frank Mellor, University of Ottawa

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovation (Entrepreneurship Bridges Lecture Series) as well as two entrepreneurshipcompetitions for undergraduate and graduate students respectively. Page 14.580.3Option in engineering management and entrepreneurshipIn the 1970s, approximately two-thirds of all Canadian engineers occupied supervisory-management positions for more than half of their professional careers. In order to better prepareUniversity of Ottawa engineering students for this type of employment, an engineeringmanagement option was added to the curriculum at that time. Furthermore, a 5-year engineeringmanagement program was created in 1980.The option consisted of two management

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

factors: marketing, innovation, management, risktaking and financial controls. They define ESE as “the strength of an individual’s belief that heor she is capable of successfully performing the roles and tasks of an entrepreneur”3. Chen notesthat prior research consistently shows that self-efficacy is a strong predictor of futureperformance. There are several strengths to Chen et al’s work. First, their research is deeply rooted inliterature regarding the concept of self-efficacy and expectancy theory. Second, they developESE using two study groups. One group (n-=140) is a set of mid-career MBA students in twoentrepreneurship classes. Here they established that self-efficacy predicts a student’s intention tostart a business. They studied

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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sasikumar naidu, University of Tennessee; Prasanna Venkateswara Rao, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Paul Frymier, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Spivey Douglas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Gary Smith, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Masood Parang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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. Page 14.1234.19Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………….. SAMPLE PROGRAM TEMPLATEDUAL MS-MBAAugust – First Year Credit HoursBusiness Administration 511 (MBA Core I)……………………………....3Fall – First YearBusiness Administration 501 (MBA Career Development)……………....1Business Administration 512 (MBA Core II)……………………………..15SpringBusiness Administration 513 (MBA Core III)…………………………….9MBA Hub Elective………………………………………………………...3Engineering Major…………………………………………………………3SummerEngineering Major/Math…………………………………………………..6Fall – Second YearEngineering Major …………………………………………………..........6MBA Innovative & Entrepreneurship Elective …………………….……..6SpringEngineering Major………………………………………………………...9Total Hours

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Timothy VanEpps, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

their own personality traits, become more motivated to develop a career plan, understandhow to best present themselves, and gain additional experience in making professional presentations withfeedback from fellow students.8. “Meetings Modules”: These modules will provide the participating students with the opportunityto participate in the College of Engineering and Computer Science student professional societies and beacquainted with University administrators as well as representatives from business and industry.Professional speakers will be invited to discuss trends in technologies, professional opportunities, and theworkplace. In addition, student participation will be facilitated through a variety of panel discussionswith representatives of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dana Clarke, Applied Innovation Alliance; Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

education system systematically drove creativity andinnovativeness out of children at an early age. As this occurred within education systems,educators were also shaping lives by gradually increasing the structure and discipline maturingadolescents needed. Beyond these inherent needs for structure and discipline lie the curriculumof language, mathematics, science, history, culture, etc. all of which are critical to thedevelopment of successful careers and the development of entrepreneurs. This constant transitiontoward the development of our minds gradually moves a large percentage of the populationtoward left-brain analytical thinking. Yet the demand for creativity and innovativeness hastended to be thought of as right-brain functions. Bringing

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Green, University of Maryland; Judy Frels, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Management and the Society for I/O Psychology (SIOP). ≠ Dr. Joyce E. A. Russell, Leading the Innovative Venture. Dr. Russell is a Distinguished Tyser Teaching Fellow and Senior Executive Education Fellow, Department of Management and Organization, Robert H. Smith School of Business. She is a licensed Industrial and Organizational Psychologist and has over 25 years of experience consulting with both private and public sector organizations. Her expertise is primarily in the areas of leadership and management development, negotiation tactics, executive coaching, training, career development, work teams, and change management. Some of her clients have included: Lockheed Martin, Marriott, Oak