Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological Univeristy

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

coached by specially-trained highschool teachers called “teacher-coaches.” Teams have access to real-world expertise andmentoring from professionals in academia and industry. HSE teams write business plans, solvereal-world problems, perform testing and analyses, build prototypes, manufacture parts, operatewithin budgets, and manage their projects. Each spring, HSE teams showcase their workalongside college students at the Michigan Tech’s Undergraduate Expo. At the conclusion oftheir HSE experiences, it is expected that the students will demonstrate proficiency in appliedworkforce skills, they will be more disposed to enter STEM careers, and they will be prepared toundertake the training and education needed to enter these careers

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juila Thompson, Purdue University; Brent Jesiek, Purdue University

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International

of students in thispopulation, though the actual numbers of students and detailed results were not published.Georgia Tech has created a degree designation called the International Plan (IP) that preparesstudents for a global work environment. The university is collecting large amounts of relevantevaluation data, including to examine the intercultural development of students in the programbased on various demographic and other variables. To date, the school has reported IDI datafrom 3,781 incoming students.5 In their baseline results, they found that intercultural sensitivitywas generally higher among women as compared to men. In addition, intercultural sensitivitywas notably higher among men who opted to enter the International Plan, but for

Conference Session

Student Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Jason Albert, University of Texas, Austin

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Students Constituent Committee

responsibility weeks, depending on chapter events. for chapter Sample events • Each officer plans at least one event. • Designated department liaisons • First event of the year: Info. session, social, and officer election advertise events via fliers and bulk e- • Speaker meeting: Tips for academic job application process, led by mails. Ask departmental

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, University of Texas at El Paso; Heidi Taboada, University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Espiritu, University of Texas at El Paso; Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

environment.This paper describes an approach that will design new curricula based on the current trends fordeveloping commercial products that are manufactured from renewable and biodegradablematerials, and that will have a minimal environmental impact given our nation’s agriculture,economy, environment, manufacturing, and engineering resources. Through the development ofthis curriculum, students will gain a background and an appreciation of the complexity of ournation’s agricultural system as well as awareness for possible careers within theagriculture/environmental sustainability/biomaterials manufacturing engineering fields whiledeveloping their professional skills.Through this approach, we plan to generate new courses that present students with

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University; Cheng-Zhong Xu, Wayne State University

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Electrical and Computer

experience during the rest of theprogram. The main focus of this paper is to share our experience in various activities such asrecruiting, organizing, mentoring, monitoring and assessing students’ activities with othercurrent and future directors of REU programs so that they can successfully plan for and run theirprograms. In the paper, we present various assessment results of our program. The paper alsopresents the lessons that we have learned from this program. Finally, the paper presentsrecommendations regarding how to organize and run future REU programs by other programdirectors. We believe that our paper will help future REU program directors to plan ahead andavoid any last minute pitfalls in running the program.IntroductionParticipation in

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Nelson, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

one of the few ABET accredited engineering programs in the United States thatexists outside a college of engineering. Housed in the College of Architecture andEnvironmental Design, ARCE resides with the departments of Architecture (ARCH),Construction Management (CM), Landscape Architecture, and City and Regional Planning. Thecollege has a 60 year tradition of collaboration between the engineering, architecture andconstruction disciplines. Several decades ago, all students in the college took a common twoyear curriculum prior to separating into their respective disciplines. Although that model nolonger exists, there is a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration at the lower division level.ARCE students take three architecture studios side

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University; Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

been defined as a “project simulation consisting ofthe 3D models of the project components with links to all the required information connectedwith the projects’ planning, construction or operation, and decommissioning” 1. It is a digitalrepresentation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility providing accurate 3Drepresentation of a building and the capability to affiliate attributes and data to the componentsand objects that form the model 2. Similarly, the National Institute of Building Sciencespublished the following definition: “Building information models, or BIMs (are) digital, easily managed and shared representations of physical and functional data that define buildings throughout their life cycles—are

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Small, Clarkson University; Gail Gotham, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES; Peter Turner, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Clarkson University Ms. DeWaters is a PhD candidate in the Environmental Science and Engineering program at Clarkson University. Her research focuses on assessing and improving energy literacy among middle and high school students.Mary Margaret Small, Clarkson University Dr. Mary Margaret Small is the program coordinator for the projects described here. She has experience as a classroom teacher and school administrator and currently works for Clarkson University's Office of Educational Partnerships.Gail Gotham, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Gail Gotham is the Administrator for Program Planning and Development for the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, Canton NY. She has experience as a classroom teacher and

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Cordes, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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Women in Engineering

. In this capacity, he is responsible for all activities related to student services (academic administration, advising, career planning, women and diversity programs, etc.) and curricular issues. He is principal investigator on several NSF grants related to retention of engineering students. As a faculty member in civil engineering, he co-teaches a large introductory course in civil engineering. His research and consulting activities have focused on the safety and reliability of hydraulic structures, and he has participated as an expert in three different capacities regarding reviews of levee performance in Hurricane Katrina. He is a three-time recipient of his college’s Withrow Award for Teaching

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Audo, Pittsburg State University; Seth O'Brien, Pittsburg State University

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Construction

the house to see if thestructure is sturdy. The students are then asked why they think the house is so strong. Theimportance of planning is again mentioned. The students are all invited inside the house to seethe interior and look at how all the framing members tie together.The students then return all the tools and materials issued to them prior to leaving the assemblyarea. After all the students have left the assembly area and headed off to another activity theadult volunteers and boss disassemble the house and stack the pieces in areas according to theircolor in preparation for the next group of student builders. The structure is designed to beassembled and disassembled one hundred times before a new kit is required.An independent third

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Green, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

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

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy Baldwin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Marisa Hemingway, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc

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College-Industry Partnerships

to cover their roles andresponsibilities as a mentee, the mentor roles, and expectations for future activities. Roles andresponsibilities for mentees include: communicating future goals and expectations clearly,actively participating in their career development plan, participating in networking activities,identifying potential pitfalls to success, and developing an increased sense of self-assurance andself-directed behavior. The coordinators asked mentees to commit time to regular meetings withtheir mentor that would include discussions beyond technical training. Topics to considerincluded general professional development questions, struggles and accomplishments, andopportunities for further education or experience. Again, these nontechnical

Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Roper, George Mason University

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Engineering and Public Policy

, but also forfuture generations to come. In other words, it is the development and restoration of urban areasthat will meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations tomeet their own needs. The course addresses a number of urban design concepts for smart growthand sustainable development including balanced land use planning principals; importance of anoverall transportation strategy; providing urban tree coverage, leveraging public transportationaccessibility; providing a spectrum of housing availability; integration of office, retail andhousing units; reduction of urban area environmental foot print; use of recycled, reused,reusable, green and sustainable products; integration of renewable solar energy

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 15.200.3Note that besides the concepts of ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve as presented in thedesign process model in the “Engineering is Elementary” unit, we also added test, time anddocument in the process. The test concept is an implicit activity that links create and improve—after a design is created, it can be tested to identify opportunities for improvement. This testingprocess is included in the Engineering is Elementary units, although it does not appear in theirdiagram. The time concept came from Bailey’s original rubric. As teachers need to design lessonplans to carry out design process and also monitor students’ process, we choose to include it inour rubrics. The document aspect was also included in Bailey’s original

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Nordstrom, Lipscomb University; John Pettit, David Lipscomb University

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Electrical and Computer

gathering, analysis, and evaluation will the program evaluation be successful.And it is precisely this part of the process—the individual course assessment and evaluationactivities—for which our syllabus-based assessment and evaluation tool was designed.The tool addresses many of the needs described above. It provides an easily navigatedframework to guide faculty though the process of planning and conducting individual courseassessments, it feeds critical, timely information to program evaluation and improvementprocesses, and it produces an archival record of all course assessment activities. It is lightweightand flexible, requiring a minimum of effort to manage, and provides a high level of transparency,showing program evaluators what data was

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Daphene Koch, Purdue University

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Construction

constructive leadership component of the criteria is addressedthrough the assessment of lectures by the students and through the curriculum review by theindustry advisory board. The ongoing bidirectional feedback and subject matter contentadjustment to relate updates in the industry assures that the topics meet the constructive feedbackpart of the criteria.Institutional GoalsA new synergistic strategic plan was announced at this university in 2009. The plan will positionthe Purdue University to meet the challenges facing humanity, grow and create opportunities forthe state Indiana and the global economy, and enhance student learning for success in a changingworld6. The Purdue College of Technology new strategic plan has a mission to “provide astudent

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Lisa Grable, North Carolina State University; Patricia Dixon, Florida State University; Sharon Schulze, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

streaming video on the ERC website.Graduate students are challenged to make the mentees a full participant in laboratory activities,help plan a research project that builds on mentees’ individual interests, and teach mentees basiclaboratory safety, research methods, and ethics. Graduate students are also responsible formaintaining contact with mentees through graduation from high school or college, continuing toencourage their scientific and engineering interests, and updating them on laboratory and Centeractivities. REU students assigned to the same laboratories as Young Scholars also take part inthe Scholars’ mentoring.Research Experience for TeachersOnce facet of the FREEDM precollege program is the Research Experience for Teachers (RETs).Middle

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

the very early years of education, and start to formulatea concentrated plan that deals with the education of the young in all things related to the workthat they will do in their later lives. The synthesis of academic learning and the work doneoutside the classroom and its immense value needs to be exploited.Introduction Page 15.323.2Cooperative Education, Internships, and Experiential Learning conveyed in different termsshould be begun at the earliest age possible, probably in pre-school. What once were calledchores should be presented to these young impressionable children as the beginnings of theircareer aspirations. In early Greece

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sami Khorbotly, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

details will include the bridge specifications and criteria, and results of testing. In order to assess thesuccess of specifying the criteria, basic bridge designs will be presented. Finally, specific studentevaluation data and descriptions of successes and future implementation plans from the instructor’sviewpoint will be presented.IntroductionRecruiting engineering students has become a major challenge. Recent news about factories movingoverseas and the outsourcing of jobs may easily give high school students the perception that our nationalindustries are decaying, which makes the college of engineering a less attractive destination and a careerin engineering very unlikely.While recruiting engineering students is no easy task, retaining them is

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rockaway, University of Louisville; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville

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Mechanics

AC 2010-480: QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN STATICSThomas Rockaway, University of LouisvilleD. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville Page 15.1007.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Quality Enhancement in StaticsAbstractTo satisfy accreditation requirements the University of Louisville recently developed a QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP) to improve undergraduate instruction across all disciplines. Centralelements of the plan are: emphasis on critical thinking; integration of critical thinking throughoutthe curriculum; service learning for undergraduates; and a culminating experience. With theadoption of the QEP, instructors were asked to incorporate

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Steve Patterson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

Planning (ERP) systems have grown from documentcontrol systems pioneered, developed and perfected by engineering organizationsover the past 100 years. The idea of having controlled and correct informationavailable at the fingertips of any employee has revolutionized the entire businessworld, and contributed to the vast productivity increases seen in the workplace inrecent decades. As a part of a comprehensive capstone engineering experience,exposure to documentation control is used to prepare graduating seniors fortypical of duties they will encounter in the modern workplace, but that are notcovered in traditional engineering curricula. This work describes a basicdocumentation control system used in a multidisciplinary program to trainstudents in

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Ramesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

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Manufacturing

Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the MET and IET programs, andfrom employer surveys the department started planning a new B.S. in Manufacturing Page 15.377.2Engineering Technology program in spring 2007. 1The curriculum for this proposed B.S. in MFET was developed by a joint committee of facultymembers from the MET and IET Programs in the MCET department with assistance of themembers of the IAC.The new Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MFET) offered by the Department ofManufacturing & Construction Engineering Technology and Interior Design (MCET) in theCollege of Engineering, Technology

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Daniel Bumblauskas, Iowa State University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

within the nationalorganization was unclear. To help clarify their role and interests, a survey of ASEE studentmember needs was conducted by the Student Constituent Committee (SCC). An invitation toparticipate in a web survey was sent to all student members of ASEE (N=635). Ninety-seven(15%) students responded to the invitation. Ninety-three percent of respondents were graduatestudents.This paper presents the aggregate results of all 97 respondents. It includes a profile of surveyparticipants, motivations for joining the ASEE, experiences with the ASEE, interests andsuggestions. Additionally, this paper will discuss the implications those results had on the SCCExecutive Board's immediate plans for the 2009-2010 year, as well as on the longer

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alanna Storey, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University

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Environmental Engineering

systems. This approach exposes students to the broader aspects of watershedmanagement beyond the mere technical components.KIWMS provides regional planning support to communities throughout the Commonwealth inorder to maintain the natural and economic resources of their watersheds. The Center for WaterResource Studies (CWRS), which houses KIWMS, uses undergraduate students from WesternKentucky University (WKU) to conduct field work, develop surveys and analyze data under thedirection of a Professional Engineer. The CWRS expertise in water and wastewater, combinedwith its mission as a utility and municipal technical assistance provider, empowers communitiesto realize the fundamental goal of holistic watershed management. KIWMS leverages

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Anders Sonnenburg, Xcel Energy; Munira Masoud, Xcel Energy; Meron Demissie, Mortenson Construction

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Minorities in Engineering

collaboration of people helping each other to reach a meaningfulgoal.IntroductionThe BRIDGE Project started as a class project overseen by Michael Davis, a student fromSouthern Alabama University, who was participating in a Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) program at the University of Minnesota. Mr. Davis led a group ofincoming minority and female engineering students through the process of designing andbuilding a wind turbine from scratch.As instructive and interesting as this activity was, the students soon realized the broader value oftheir work and determined that their work should be brought out of the classroom. Plans weresoon made to continue their work as a stand-alone project.The University of Minnesota chapter of NSBE took the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; P. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

theory, and engineering graduates spendtheir time planning, while technology programs focus on application and technology graduatesspend their time making plans work9. An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineering andtechnology students on research and design projects answers some of the challenges in this “flat-world”. Based on this background and the significance of interdisciplinary projects, the RFID-AD platform is designed to update the engineering and technology programs. Additionally, thisplatform is in accordance with the National Academy of Engineers recommendation that,“Engineering schools should introduce the interdisciplinary learning in the undergraduateenvironment, rather than having it as an exclusive feature of the graduate

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; Yueh-Ting Yang, Drexel University; Brittany Killen, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Ajou University

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Manufacturing

accommodate wireless control and/or an onboardcontrol computer, allowing semiautonomous or possibly fully autonomous operation ofthe robot. The robot is programmed at runtime to simply follow a pre-planned sequenceof commands. Page 15.184.6 The programming for both the servo and command microcontrollers is developedin PIC assembly (for a PIC16F887 microcontroller). Microchip MPLAB IDE v8.40 isused to develop and debug the firmware as well as to download the program to robot. Themicrocontroller on the breadboard is the (temporary) command controller. It issues apredetermined sequence commands that are sent to the servo microcontroller to tell itwhat

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Soko Starobin, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

college faculty, administrators, and programcoordinators. The researchers requested the program coordinators to invite specifically femaleengineering students who are planning to transfer to a four-year institution. Female facilitatorsguided group interviews to create a safe and comfortable space for the participants to expresstheir opinions. Data from the guided group interviews were tape recorded and transcribed. Theresearchers reviewed and coded the transcripts to identify recurring themes and opinions.This research paper presents findings from interviews with female community college students inSTEM fields regarding their learning experiences, interaction with faculty, and educational andcareer aspirations. The authors discuss implications

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

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

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Aerospace

that there will be a significantshortfall in technically competent engineers and other technical specialists necessary to keep thissector healthy, and preserve the nation’s aeronautics core competencies. From a national policy perspective, this need has been clearly recognized. The NationalAeronautics R&D Policy instructs that “executive departments and agencies with responsibilityfor aeronautics-related activities should continue to invest in educational development of thefuture aeronautics workforce…” The NASA Strategy Plan of 2006 references the need forNASA’s own Strategic Management of Human Capital, and in the section on StrategicCommunications: Education Initiatives reinforces NASA’s responsibility to “strengthen NASAand the