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Leadership and Strategic Planning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Robert Davis, Purdue University; Shripad Revankar, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University; Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; Leah Jamieson, Purdue University

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AC 2010-1455: A MULTI-FACETED STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS FORINNOVATIONMonica Cardella, Purdue UniversityRobert Davis, Purdue UniversityShripad Revankar, Purdue UniversityLoring Nies, Purdue UniversityCarolyn Percifield, Purdue UniversityLeah Jamieson, Purdue University Page 15.58.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Multi-Faceted Strategic Planning Process for InnovationStrategic planning has become an important component of how academic programs set goals andpriorities.We present an approach to strategic planning that is characterized by inclusion ofinternal and external stakeholders and is unique in the combination of process tools utilized.1

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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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served as the Chairperson for the Midwest Cooperative Education and Internship Association Conference, held in Detroit Michigan in October 2008. She is also a member of the Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA). Page 15.487.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering Entrepreneurial Internship Programs: Planning, Operating and GrowingAbstractThis paper documents the creation of the Entrepreneurial Internship Program (EIP) at LawrenceTechnological University. The Office of Career Services and the College of Engineering inconjunction with the Kern Family Foundation have

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

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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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Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor. She was awarded the 2005 Price Foundation Innovative Entrepreneurship Educators Award – Stanford University REE Conference (Roundtable for Entrepreneurship Education) and 2006 ASEE Kauffman Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator Award. In January 2010, Liz stepped down as Director of the E-SHIP Minor to help define expansion plans for undergraduate entrepreneurship education across Penn State. Liz is co-Director of the Lion Launch Pad, a new student-centric on-campus business incubator. The Lion Launch Pad supports entrepreneurial teams from across Penn State, with the goal establish viable innovation companies.Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

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Robert Keynton, University of Louisville; James Fiet, University of Louisville; Pankaj Patel, Ball State University

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entrepreneurs who were responsible forlaunching approximately 50 ventures, and restrospective evaluation of business plans. Thesestudies showed that successful ventures were due to more than just entrepreneurial alertness, asasserted by the majority of earlier studies on entrepreneurship [1-7]. The goal of the searchmodel is to improve the odds of aspiring entrepreneurs to discover and exploit valuable ventureideas by systematically searching in areas where they already have prior, specific knowledge.The assessment of the model will be accomplished in part by a novel, theoretically-basedapproach for evaluating the wealth creating potential of business plans resulting from theprogram. This approach has been used by researchers to successfully classify

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

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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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and learnfrom each other as well as from practitioners in the field of engineering entrepreneurshipeducation. They are seeking to develop the 20 universities into a true network that can becomeone of the leaders in engineering entrepreneurship education. Page 15.241.3Baylor University was invited to become part of the third cohort of universities in the KEENnetwork. In 2007 we received a small planning grant. We used this to further develop both ourshort- and long-term plans. We received a larger implementation grant in 2008. This paperdescribes what we are doing as a result of receiving this grant.Baylor University’s KEEN Innovators

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Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Ferguson, Ohio Northern University; Michele Govekar, Ohio Northern University; Amanda Stype, Ohio Northern University

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AC 2010-1665: QUALTIY AND CONSISTENCY IN IDEA PITCH, RESEARCHPROPOSAL AND BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION JUDGINGDaniel Ferguson, Ohio Northern University Daniel Ferguson is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Prior to coming to Ohio Northern University he was Associate Director of the Inter-professional Studies Program at Illinois Institute of Technology and Co-PI on multiple National Science Foundation grants relating to assessment processes and interventions aimed at improving learning objective attainment. Prior to his University assignments he was the Founder and CEO of the The EDI Group, Ltd., an independent professional services company specializing in B2B

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Duncan Moore, University of Rochester

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ofEngineering.The core of the TEAM program consists of three entrepreneurially focused business coursesdeveloped and offered by the Simon Graduate School of Business, three graduate levelengineering courses offered by the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, andeither an additional technical or entrepreneurship elective. A required practicum accompanied bya written business plan and oral presentation ensures students have practical experience, whilegraduate level technical courses of the student's choosing serve to extend the student’s scienceand engineering background.Technical Entrepreneurship and Management students have the unique option to choose anexisting patented technology from the University’s Offices of Technology Transfer (OTT

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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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Engineering and industry in the State of Maryland. Initialprograms included: • On-campus incubator opened in temporary buildings and moved to a permanent building in 1998 • Program to establish industrially oriented laboratories • Manufacturing extensionIn 1987, a new program was added to facilitate R&D projects for Maryland companies, carriedout on campus by faculty and graduate students – Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS).Since 1999, Mtech’s entrepreneurship programs have evolved significantly with the followingtimeline:1999 Hinman CEOs residential program for juniors and seniors2001 Technology Startup Boot Camp University of Maryland Business Plan Competition

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Entrepreneurship and Design

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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that could serve as guidance forsubsequent development of new models; [2] production system: design of a complete factory forserial manufacture of commercial telepharmacy workstation products; [3] business: design of aviable business enterprise that could operate the designed factory and manufacture and distributethe workstations. The entire project was subject to explicit cost and time-to-market constraints. In parallel, student recruiting was launched. The original plan called for a team of sixstudents: one undergraduate each from Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering andManagement, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering, plus one graduate student eachfrom the Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Pharmacy

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerome Schaufeld, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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introductory course on engineering innovation and entrepreneurship ≠ A review of best practices at other institutions, including other efforts supported under the KEEN program. ≠ A faculty workshop to enlist the perspectives of our colleagues. ≠ Development of a long term integration plan to extend these efforts campus wide ≠ Assessment of the courses and processThe course has now been offered twice and here we describe its structure and the studentreaction to it, as well as the broader campus context.2.0 Structure of the CourseThe I & E course consists of lectures, discussions and a project. The course is a collaborativeeffort, taught by the PIs who come from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and theDepartment of

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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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Connection Program Startup Boot – ENES210: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Analysis Camp • $75K Freshmen & • Existing gap to be filled by the new Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Sophomores Innovation Program (EIP). Competition • Entrepreneur Juniors & • Hinman CEOs Program Office Hours Seniors • Hillman

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Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

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currently exists and the plans that have been derived from therecommendations that resulted from the study. This paper will also discuss recent events that areredefining the effort and the application of experience gained to entrepreneurial education inengineering.Introduction Traditionally, entrepreneurship in higher education has been associated with research-intensive efforts1. Entrepreneurship in higher education has also been linked with innovation andeconomic development exemplified by the Massachusetts route 128 corridor, the North CarolinaResearch Triangle, and the Silicon Valley in California2. More recently, entrepreneurship hasbeen linked with efforts to create social value resulting in what is commonly referred to as

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New Methods and Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida; Shalini Chitrapu, Western Kentucky University; Paige Davenport, Western Kentucky University

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AC 2010-1879: WRMT CASE STUDY: GIS WITH RULE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMAndrew Ernest, Western Kentucky UniversityJana Fattic, Western Kentucky UniversityNi-Bin Chang, University of Central FloridaShalini Chitrapu, Western Kentucky UniversityPaige Davenport, Western Kentucky University Page 15.1386.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WRMT Case Study: GIS with Rule-based Expert System for Optimal Planning of Sensor Network in Drinking Water SystemsAbstractThis paper provides a case study in the application of the concepts of the WaterResource Management Technologies technology transfer concept presented at the2009 conference.The Technology Transfer Model[1

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Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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to an organization. In the finalmarketing class period we focused on globalization to help students understand that what worksin one market does not necessarily work in another market, and there are other issues that need tobe addressed, as well.The initial outline in the Accounting and Finance area was aggressive. In addition to teachingstudents about income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, along with theinterconnections, we planned to include both horizontal and vertical analysis and budgeting.Managing cash flow and various methods of financing and the time value of money were part ofthe outline, as well.How It Played OutClearly what one plans is not always how things play out. This section of the paper will reviewwhat

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Entrepreneurship and Design

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William Hornfeck, Lafayette College

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fifteen different sponsors over more than two decades and has involved fifteenfaculty members from across the four divisions of the College.A few practical solutions to real problems include the following: a floating debris harvesting device now used on several river systems; a prescreening methodology for a hospital seeking to relieve bottlenecks in polysomnography testing; a jobs creation and economic revitalization plan for a nearby borough.Course StructureThe current Technology Clinic seeks to combine engineering, liberal education, andentrepreneurship. The genesis of this course considered the economic needs of a nearbyregion struggling with the decline of a once-thriving slate mining industry. A regionalcouncil of governments was

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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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coursework or through extracurricular activities(e.g., participation in a business plan competition, creating a written business plan, givingan elevator pitch to an audience, or completing an internship in a start-up company).Modules and Extracurricular Experiences. While the approach described here focusedon examining the more visible and formal entrepreneurship learning experiences such ascourses and programs, many students gain experiences in other ways. Some engineeringschools, rather than offer a stand alone course in entrepreneurship, integrate modules inone or more existing engineering courses. This approach allows entrepreneurship to beintroduced repeatedly and in the context of a specific engineering topic area. Otherapproaches at larger

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Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; David Barbe, University of Maryland

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the “game plan”as needed, and consider multiple ideas and solutions. They tolerate ambiguity, are comfortablewith chaos and uncertainty, are able to entertain paradox, and don’t accept the first “right idea.”They are willing to change work environments as needed, and they constantly adjust their pointof view. Page 15.662.9Taking a step back, it becomes apparent that innovators do not simply focus on the practical.Innovators do more than work; they have fun! They do things that they like, and other things thatare not necessarily related to their work. They like arts, music, movies, sport, travel, and love toread and laugh. Innovators are

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Entrepreneurship and Design

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

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-off for them and their guests.Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Tech University Jerry Cuper is a professor and advisor in the Department of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering. His education includes graduate and undergraduate degrees, and completion of a technology apprenticeship program. Mr. Cuper’s career has spanned a wealth of experience in the machine shop, on the drawing board, in construction, and many years in engineering design, testing and development, management, and planning. Most of his career was with the Ford Motor Company. Mr. Cuper’s last assignment was managing the Ford Technology Review Center to help implement suppliers’ new technologies. He developed and

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Entrepreneurship and Design

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Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Leigh Weiss, Rowan University

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with their product idea.Each proposal includes a patent search, a description of the invention and development plan, anda budget. The director of the RUVF works with students to refine each proposal before and aftersubmission. Funding up to $2500 per team is awarded each semester. Teams can win severalawards to support their ideas through multiple semesters.IV. Mapping Entrepreneurship onto the Engineering Clinic SequenceThe Venture Capital Program described in section III has existed for over 10 years but relativelyfew students have taken advantage of it. In the past two years, the Sophomore EngineeringClinic instructors have implemented new assignments intended to promote entrepreneurship.With these new assignments, it is possible

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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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new courses. Whena general faculty survey in 2006 asked faculty if they believed entrepreneurship was an importanttopic for our students, there was general agreement. However, the challenge we discovered is tofind points where faculty can and will insert entrepreneurship in the curriculum. In late 2008, we formulated a plan to teach entrepreneurship across the curriculum.Beginning with the “writing across the curriculum” movement in the 1980’s, the literaturereveals that many disciplines have mounted “across the curriculum” movements. These includewriting, mathematics, critical thinking, citizenship, ethics and other fields. Such efforts areespecially appropriate for topics such as entrepreneurship that are application oriented and

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New Methods and Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University; Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University

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, and resources. At Lawrence Tech, the grant provided thefunding to integrate the existing entrepreneurial programs into a new innovative interdisciplinaryprogram focused on developing the “entrepreneurial mindset” on campus. The skills associatedwith the entrepreneurial mindset are communication, teamwork, leadership, ethics and ethicaldecision-making, opportunity recognition, persistence, creativity, innovation, tolerance forambiguity, risk analysis, creative problem solving, critical thinking, and business skills(including marketing, financial analysis, and strategic planning).1, 2LeadershipA leadership education program was initiated at Lawrence Tech in 2007 based on assessmentand program evaluation. First, a survey of employers of Lawrence