Conference Session

The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

types of educational interactions and processes we believe are mostappropriate to achieving those outcomes within an overall reference framework. The educationof engineering graduates occurs through a series of experiences ranging from attending classes,working in laboratories, participating in co-curricular activities, being part of industry-sourcedpre-professional or professional experiences, to experiencing residence life on campus. It isproposed that the Innovation Competencies are best taught to and learned (by students andpracticing professionals) through a new and rebalanced combination of the teaching of contentand an expanded and defined set of experiences.A model-based systems engineering framework has been developed to explore the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qu Jin, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering and business students prior to college matriculationand/or major declaration as well as after graduation to test how college contexts such as major Page 24.295.20may influence students.Along these lines, only a select number of contextual factors (supports from family and friends,contacts with mentors, and previous entrepreneurial and extra-curricular activities) wereexamined in this study. These factors showed relatively low correlations with students’entrepreneurial intent. Future studies ought to look into additional contextual factors andinvestigate how these factors may not only correlate with students’ entrepreneurial intent but