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Entrepreneurship and Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Cook, Lawrence Tech University; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Tech University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

tool controls and gauging at GTE-Valenite Corp., started and managed the clinical engineering department at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, and was a research associate in radiology, nuclear medicine, and bio-mechanics at Wayne State University. Ken has taught at Lawrence Tech evening programs as an adjunct instructor since 1965. His senior projects class, where students generate project ideas, research, design, manufacture, and assess the market for inventive products is the capstone course. Cook also has enjoyed a long side career in magic finding his hobby very useful in teaching. A highlight for his students each year is the two-hour magic performance he offers as a congratulatory send

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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

Entrepreneurship Fellows Program at Lawrence Tech. He serves as the Executive Director of The Legends Entrepreneurial Alumni Organization. Reimer has been recognized as a professional by the Institute of Management Consultants and has been elected a Certified Management Consultant. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit Mercy. He is one of the founders of The Small Business Strategy Group (SBSG).Margaret Pierce, Lawrence Tech University Margaret Pierce is currently serving as the Director of Career Services at Lawrence Technological University. Before she joined the

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; John Merrill, The Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2010-1906: FIRST-YEAR STUDENT EXPERIENCES, ATTITUDES ANDOUTCOMES IN A SEMINAR ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIPPhil Schlosser, Ohio State University Dr. Schlosser teaches First-Year Engineering courses and Freshman Seminars at The Ohio State University. He graduated from Ohio State University with B.Sc. degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering. Early in his career, he was Professor of Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering at OSU where he taught courses and conducted research in nuclear medical imaging systems. Over the past two decades, he has started several successful companies in the central Ohio area. He holds 22 U.S. and foreign

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Green, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Program in 2008 and an additional 115 freshmen registered for Mtech’sFreshmen Connection entrepreneurship course, this collective 184 freshmen population alreadyexceeds the anticipated 75 seats within EIP each year. We believe this level of interest isconsistent with the Honors category of students, and is likely higher based on the parallelsbetween high-achieving students and the desire for entrepreneurial, innovative career paths.Student demand is evident based on: • 69 freshmen applicants for the Hinman CEOs program. In 2008, 69 freshmen applied for the Hinman CEOs Program. This is the clearest level of demand for freshmen desiring to enroll in a living-learning entrepreneurship and innovation program at the University of

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duncan Moore, University of Rochester

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

as amember of an underrepresented group increased to 3.2 percent during that period. Forprofessional staff, the percent of underrepresented minorities increased to 6.4 percent betweenfall 2006 and fall 2008.There are several college level and graduate level programs that support and increase diversityon campus. At the college level, the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate AchievementProgram has the objective to increase the numbers of low-income, first-generation andunderrepresented minority undergraduates who pursue doctoral degrees (specifically the Ph.D.)and go on to careers in research and teaching at the University level. Another program at theundergraduate level, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholars program currentlysupports

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University; Michael Harris, Kettering University; William Riffe, Kettering University; Massoud Tavakoli, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

date, student report greater exposure to creativity than attitudes and tasks. Weanticipate presenting results that are more complete at the ASEE conference.Future Efforts In the future, we want to expand our work on student attitudes from formative measuresin a single course to a summative measure across a student’s university years. To this end, weare pursuing two efforts. First, we have already begun to measure student attitudes at both thefreshmen and senior level using an instrument developed by Kingston University in the UnitedKingdom (http://business.kingston.ac.uk/researchgroup.php?pageid=27). The survey asks 36questions of students in six categories (creativity, leadership, problem solving, project work,career control and

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Barbe, University of Maryland; James Green, University of Maryland; Dean Chang, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, seminars, workshops, competitions, and volunteerism, Mtech’sstudents are part of a special experiential learning model. While providing entrepreneurship andinnovation education and helping teams to start and operate ventures are important, a continuumof hands-on mentoring helps students not yet engaged in founding and managing start-ups todevelop their entrepreneurial skills. Over the course of students’ careers in Mtech programs, theycan develop innovative ideas and write business plans. Students may also compete in the Page 15.5.4University’s $75K Business Plan Competition, attend the Technology Start-up Boot Camp eachfall, and

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Gregory Leman, Baylor University; William Jordan, Baylor University; Brian Garner, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

are graduating, and are already thinking of their future careers. One objective inintegrating the entrepreneurial mindset into this course is the broadening of students’perspectives on how their creative ideas can be developed into a marketable product, with theintent that students see beyond just solving an engineering problem to get a grade or please asupervisor, but to think about the potential for commercialization of their products.The structure of the Senior Design course is well‐suited for integrating entrepreneurial concepts.To begin, the students are already working on a project in a simulated professional environment,and student questions and class and team discussion can be guided to include the entrepreneurialconsiderations. For

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Katharine Golding, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, staffing, and funding).Based on the work to date we conclude with thoughts on directions for future researchand practice in this area.IntroductionBackground/Context. Motivated by the key role that engineers play in bringing newdiscoveries and technologies to the market, universities have begun in the last twodecades to offer entrepreneurship as part of engineering education in the U.S. This hasproduced a rich and diverse landscape of programs, courses and extracurricularopportunities for engineering and science students. Entrepreneurship is increasinglyviewed as a necessary area of competency and a career path for engineering graduateswho need to be equipped with an appropriate knowledge base, skill set and an

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, Page 15.381.3 Engineering students need to be better trained in entrepreneurship and innovation management, to expand their vision of career opportunities, to introduce non-technical skills needed and to enhance their performance in small, focused companies. For instance, engineers are expected to have a broader range of skills, a greater sense of teamwork, more eclectic interests, and an awareness of information from sources outside of their field of interest.The Problem and the Purpose of the Assessment The problem that this study addresses is that there is a lack of affiliation with and informationfrom industry and the communities related to the public university engineering programs. Thepurpose of this study was to

Conference Session

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

majority of facultywill believe that certain aspects of entrepreneurship can be taught, as to think otherwise wouldnot likely have resulted in the career paths of these faculty members. However, faculty memberswill likely differ on what characteristics of the entrepreneur would tend to be more innate to theindividual.3. How do faculty members teach entrepreneurship?Henry, Hill, and Leitch (2005) note that the methods used in entrepreneurship education varytremendously (from lectures, presentations, to video and case-based learning). 6,7 They see theneed to model entrepreneurship education to what true entrepreneurs would likely experience:an unstructured, real-life situation, active learning. Speaking from the business realm, Hanke(2009) discussed

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

(market penetration, staffing, purchasing, facilities, distribution) business plan (capitalization, pro-forma financial projections) Figure 5: Matching Project Objectives with Project Performance The innovation team presented a set of designs that they believe are commercially viable, andall three members of the final team roster offered to take the opportunity of building this newenterprise as their first career placement after graduation. As of the time of this writing, thecustomer has not made a decision on proceeding further, in part due to