Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Kuratko etal. 10advantage through entrepreneurship.""The entrepreneurial mindset (is) the ability to rapidly sense, act, and mobilize Haynie etal.11.(resources), even under uncertain conditions."“Entrepreneurial thinking is a specific group of competencies relevant to the Kenney etal. 12exercise of successful entrepreneurship.""The framework of entrepreneurship involves the entrepreneurial context, Morris 8process, person, concept, resources and environment

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

that the course modifications have had on the university as a whole.Finally, the paper will present assessment results of pre- and post-course surveys of studentperceptions of the use of ACL and PBL to apply attributes of the entrepreneurial mindset. Thesurveys demonstrate a positive shift in perceptions.1. IntroductionLawrence Technological University has offered engineering students entrepreneurial educationprograms for many years. Recognizing that graduates entering industry will require business andentrepreneurial skills, the College of Engineering developed an entrepreneurial certificateprogram and founded the Lear Entrepreneurial Center. The entrepreneurial certificate programdevelops student skills in communication and business

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

about the redesign of Principles is to investigate how through a better designed courseyou can potentially influence more students, particularly engineers, toward developing orenhancing their entrepreneurial mindset and becoming more entrepreneurial in whatever theychose to do. Better design is assumed to mean a course more aligned with curriculum designmodels known to produce superior learning results in undergraduate students. Entrepreneurialmindset is assumed to be a set of individual factors related to the knowledge, skills and attributesthat research has shown lead to a higher probability of entrepreneurial success 10-14. This paper also introduces the learning outcomes model of Wiggins and McTighe15, theassessment triangle model of

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

presentation skills 6-9. There are no prerequisites forthe redesigned course (nor were there for the predecessor course) and students will engage inseveral individual and group learning activities throughout the term. Our motivation for writingthis paper about the redesign of Principles was to investigate how through a better designedcourse we can potentially influence more students, particularly engineers, toward developing orenhancing their entrepreneurial mindset and becoming more entrepreneurial in whatever theychose to do. Better design was assumed to mean a course more aligned with curriculum designmodels known to produce superior learning results in undergraduate students. Entrepreneurialmindset was assumed to be a set of individual factors

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique Fuchs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Frederick F. Driscoll, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

is an innovation and entrepreneurship challenge for students which cultivates theirinnovative and entrepreneurial mindset by promoting interdisciplinary project based andcollaborative engagement among students, alumni, industry and the extended community in thecity.The focus of the Accelerate program is the learning experience with the goal to immerse studentswithin a short period of time to knowledge and content relevant to becoming an entrepreneur andpushing their ideas as far as possible while still in college. Our hope was that the experience willincrease the likelihood for them to either engage in startup environments after graduation ortime-lapsed at some point in their career. The European Union found in a study that “thelikelihood

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

(Ochs et al., 2006) and in efforts todevelop an entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students (Petersen, Jordan, &Radharamanan, 2012). Better communication of the manner in which entrepreneurship educationobjectives meet ABET criteria could be a catalyst for programs to adopt more entrepreneurship-related objectives and for faculty to embed more entrepreneurship-related curriculum and Page 23.195.4activities into foundational or required courses (Duval-Couetil, Kisenwether, Tranquilo, &Wheadon, 2013).The foregoing developments in entrepreneurship and engineering education demonstrate theincreasing need for engineers to receive some

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy; Ross A. Lee, Villanova University; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Kenneth F Bloemer, University of Dayton; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

capabilities of is surprisingly sparse. The team’s literature reviewdiscovered no publications aimed explicitly at defining educational outcomes to supportintrapreneurship. Page 23.17.2While there are at least thirty papers in engineering education literature that refer tointrapreneurship and the need for an entrepreneurial mindset in corporations,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 theauthors were not able to find any papers that discussed the roles of engineers as innovators incorporations nor the substantive differences between entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.Most papers focus on the methods and content of courses to develop innovative orentrepreneurial

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Burke P.E., Western New England University

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Electrical and Computer

changes are detailed. Followingthis, the assessment process is discussed, followed by a brief conclusion. Page 23.813.2BackgroundIn 2011, the College of Engineering at the Western New England University won a grantfrom the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN). The stated mission of theKEEN program is1: … The creation of programs that develop technical leaders with strong skills and an entrepreneurial mindset in undergraduate engineering programs at select private U.S. colleges and universities.The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) provides resources to privatecolleges and universities to introduce the principles

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sayara Saliyeva, Nazarbayev University; Dinara McLaughlin; Moulay Rachid Babaa, Nazarbayev University; Hella Tokos, Nazarbayev University; Stefaan Jan Rogier Simons, University College London; Sarim Naji Al Zubaidy, Nazarbayev University; Joseph A. Menicucci Jr., Nazarbayev University

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Chemical Engineering

exception ofan elective and an introductory course in each specific discipline. The curriculum was developedafter a “needs analysis” identified the attributes desirable to companies looking for engineers inthe Republic of Kazakhstan.Most aspects of higher education in the Republic of Kazakhstan are prescribed by the Ministry ofEducation, including courses to be taught and texts to be used. Nazarbayev University is the firstin the Republic of Kazakhstan to be developed in a “western style” without Ministry approval ofthe curriculum. A Rodriguez-Falcon study1 highlights the significant cultural differencesbetween the western mindset and the mindset of students from Asian backgrounds, as found inthe Republic of Kazakhstan. Specifically, students from

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Seth Orsborn, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

courses to promote more business acumen among engineers. Many provide aninterdisciplinary experience with engineers working with business majors10,11,12,13,14,15,16.Thoughts on innovation have advanced beyond a narrow view of entrepreneurship.Intrepreneurship refers to the application of the same types of principles for innovation withinlarge organizations. Social entrepreneurship describes innovative solutions for societal problems.In recognition of this expanded view, the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) ofroughly twenty engineering programs nationwide seeks to instill the entrepreneurial mindset instudents17. Page 23.1404.3Clearly

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

awareness, multi-disciplinary teamwork and entrepreneurial mindset development. Paper presented at: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition; 20-23 June, 2010; Louisville, KY.6. Barrington L, Duffy J. Maximizing benefits of service-learning in engineering. Paper presented at: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition; 20-23 June, 2010; Louisville, KY.7. Coyle EJ, Jamieson LH, Oakes WC. EPICS: Engineering projects in community service. International Journal of Engineering Education. 2005;21(1):139-150.8. Nelson L. Research and development strategies for innovations that alleviate poverty. Studies in Material Thinking Journal. 2011;6:http://www.materialthinking.org/papers/65.9. Hart SL. Capitalism at the Crossroads

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne Elizabeth Dare, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

helping those individuals to lower their levels of DI by improving their study habits to increase the retention rate of freshmen engineering students; Developing and implementing methods to lower the levels of DI among the incoming freshmen in order to achieve the ideal DISC balance of lower DI and higher SC; Conducting longitudinal study of individuals who experience engineering education at MUSE to identify real changes in personal attributes and skills of individual students; Developing and offering courses and course modules on innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the engineering curriculum (freshman through senior years) and promoting extra- curricular activities to instill entrepreneurial mindset and improve the needed

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank V. Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Susan E. Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Patrick B. Kohl, Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines; Hsia-Po Vincent Kuo, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Physics & Physics

at recent (2012) ASEE Conference proceedings5 to quickly take the pulse of theengineering education community, 13 papers and one workshop were strongly associated withhow to best counter this creativity flatline. Although there is some overlap, these presentationsfall into the following broad categories: • 4 papers deal with creativity in the entrepreneur/business mindset; • 2 papers and one workshop concern creativity in the context of product design; • 2 papers describe trying to incorporate a creativity component in experiential and project- based learning; • 2 papers focus on general puzzles, activities, and games that are not engineering-specific, in efforts to stimulate creativity; • 3 papers deal

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

them. Forsome, the concept of design with the user in mind was an “eye opening” experience. Theyenjoyed prototyping activities (and asked for more) and hands-on experiences that led to Page 23.1302.2prototyping. Open environment and openness to new, simple and absurd ideas were highlyappreciated. They have asked for smaller scale projects and for more class time to work on them.Introduction This paper details engaging activities in an introductory multidisciplinary course titledInnovative Product Design at Florida Atlantic University. The main goal of this course is toenhance the student’s mindset and awareness as it relates to product

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

beliefsabout certain assumptions based on our life experiences and through the influence of socialnorms and culture. As our beliefs get reinforced we use them unconsciously for makingdecisions while we are consumed in our day-to-day life. A transformative change is a changewhich requires examining some of our fundamental assumptions that form the basis of how wethink, how we act and how we think about ourselves for who we are and what we want to be.The process of transformation involves a significant change in our mindsets, our worldviews andour sense of self. Transformation is a form of learning that is distinguished from learning newknowledge or skills31. For example, Piaget’s cognitive constructivist theory provides a model forlearning according to