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- Leadership and Strategic Planning
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Kirsten Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
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- Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
denoted they teach graduatestudents (15.4%), or both graduate and undergraduate students (19.2%). The faculty membersinterviewed identified a range of roles including full professor (15.4%), associate professor(11.5%), assistant professor (7.7%), instructor (19.2%), lecturer (23.1%), and faculty (7.7%).Approximately 81% of the faculty members interviewed had worked for a small start-upcompany and 53.8% had worked in an “innovation” segment of a large company. A little over athird of those interviewed held patents. When asked if they have any close relatives (i.e.,parents, siblings, etc.) who are entrepreneurs, more than two thirds of the faculty membersinterviewed responded that they did. The most frequent family member listed was father (19
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- New Methods and Tools
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Margaret Pierce, Lawrence Tech University
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- Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
, the Dean of Engineering and other key Kern committee members plays anintegral role in identifying and connecting students to these real world experiences.Employer – Identification, recruitment, operation, monitoring, assessmentOnce the initial structure of the program was developed, several steps were taken to introduce theconcept of this program to employers. Initial exploration was done with key Lawrence Page 15.487.7Technological entrepreneurial alumni participating in an organization known as The Legends.These distinguished alumni participate in various education and lecture programs to educate andexpand knowledge of the entrepreneurial