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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Christopher C. Ibeh

ADVANCED NANOTECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION Christopher C. Ibeh Pittsburg State University (PSU), Pittsburg, KS 66762 AbstractDevelopment of the “Advanced Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship” course is an ongoing projectat PSU that is part of a three course entrepreneurship series funded through an NCIIA (NationalCollegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance) grant. The course focuses on product design anddevelopment with emphases on the entrepreneurial elements of team-based design,benchmarking, design optimization, on-time market entry, life cycle cost analysis [LCCA], datamining, patents, safety and ethics. The course is

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Crystal A. Powers; Donald M. Edwards; Dennis D. Schulte

-Day,” where freshmen, senior, graduatestudents, faculty, and alumni industry representatives participate in an open house at the end ofthe semester. Parents, high school students, and the community provide a diverse audience forthe students and alumni. Networking is encouraged, and freshmen are required to visit at leastthree alumni, senior or graduate student displays. This paper focuses on the role of the EdibleCar design competition in achieving the course objectives by uses team-based learning to engagethe students in the engineering design process, and providing hands-on experience with problem-solving, biological materials, teamwork, communication, and professional ethics in anengineering setting.Introduction to the CourseIntroduction

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Robert I. Egbert

the freshman engineering courseto include topics such a teamwork, professionalism and ethics, and fundamentals of theengineering design process.This paper describes the development of an appropriate introductory engineering course forstudents on the Missouri State University (MSU) campus who are participating in thecooperative engineering program operated by Missouri University of Science & Technology(Missouri S&T) in cooperation with MSU.IntroductionOn August 21, 2006, the Governor of the state of Missouri, along with the Curators of theUniversity of Missouri, the Chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology(Missouri S&T), and the President of Missouri State University (MSU) signed a Memorandumof Understanding that

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Bruce Dvorak; Dennis Schulte; Mary Garbacz; Shari Aldrich; David Admiraal; Julia Soulakova

Lincoln 53 51 30 Ethics CIVE 489 Omaha 20 8 11 Ethics BSEN/AGEN Lincoln 16 9 13 Ethics 470 Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3MethodsThe basic methodology used to develop and apply each of the four types of tools during the2007-2008 academic year is described below. The tools were administered to the freshmanclasses during the mid-to-late portion of the fall semester and to the junior and

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kaylea Dunn

interpersonal skills essential (8)  Excellent organizational and planning skills (6)  Basic supervisory skills (1)  Attention to detail (4)  Strong work ethic essential to be successful (3)  Ability to communicate technical issues with a wide range of people (7)  Solve problems (6)  Work independently (1)  Business knowledge (2)  Theoretical understanding (8)Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 5  Writing skills (4)  Project management (2)  Time management skills (4)  Ability to travel (1)  Software