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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park; Alyssa E. Cohen Sherman, University of Maryland

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emails. Poor English writing skills were a commonly cited problem bygraders. There was a dramatic drop in the average grade and a very high standard deviation.The average grade for the peer-graded assignments was a 66.5% versus an 82.5% on the auto-graded assignments. A solution to increase the effectiveness of the peer-graded assessments wasnot adequately found therefore in the subsequent offerings of the course all six weeklyassessments were turned into automatically graded assignments. Thought was given to bringingthe peer assessments back for the campus-based mini-MOOC but the idea was dismissed in favorof the improved assignments that have taken their place.Planned assignments for the Spring 2014 mini-MOOC, and their respective percentage

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt A. Thoroughman, Washington University; Alessandra Hruschka, Washington University in St.Louis; Patricia Widder, Washington University in St. Louis

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pre-professional identity within engineering.Here we introduce foundations to an entrepreneurial mindset to freshmen and sophomores viaonline modules, which we developed and piloted this academic year. We have previously built aone-credit, online, pass/fail course, Engineering Virtual Studio (EVS), that builds understandingacross foundational coursework and into real-world relevance through discussions with peers andupperclassman mentors. Our new Entrepreneurial KEEN Modules integrate into EVSinvestigations into market and society driven problems, to which students explore solutions inconsultation with campus and local experts, all in an integrative context. This instills a mindsetof problem establishment and problem solving as cornerstones

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge; Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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faculty development, community building, peer review of learning materials, and dissemination of educational innovation. She is PI for the project ”Learning from the Best: How Award Winning Courseware has Impacted Engineering Education.” This research focuses on determining how high quality courseware is being disseminated and how it is impacting the culture of engineering education as measured by changes in student learning, teaching practices, and the careers of the authors of these materials.Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Elizabeth Nilsen is Senior Program Officer for Epicenter at NCIIA. Her professional focus is on the de- velopment and growth of STEM and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yan Xu, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Introduction to the engineering design process Form teamsWeek 1: Problem Laboratory LEGO MindStorm NXT (project hardware)Definition LEGO NXT/Robot C (project software) Entrepreneurial Teamwork Thinking Deliverables The problem definition Study controllers, sensors, motors, chassis and Lecture other physical structures of robots Write an engineering design specificationWeek 2: Hands-on labs for

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarvesh S. Kulkarni, Villanova University; Frank Klassner, Villanova University; Vijay Gehlot, Villanova University; E.J. Dougherty III, Villanova University; Sue McFarland Metzger, Villanova University; William P. Wagner, Villanova University

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controlled.” 9 After discussing several casestudies, students were then invited to identify opportunities within the mobile app arena: whatneeds do they think that they, their peers, or their families have, that could be addressed withapps; how could existing apps be improved to better meet consumers’ needs? In the first twocourse offerings, students discussed their ideas and formed their own teams within the groupmembership policy presented earlier in this section. In the third and fourth course offerings, weformalized the team creation process by encouraging students to post their reflections on an“Idea Bounce” blog; the students then “pitched” their app ideas in class, and listed their threebest ideas in order of preference. The instructors then

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Pune Innovation Centre

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verification and validation. He has headed the corporate product and technology innovations and quality and delivery innovation departments. Pradeep was on the apex senior management group before proceeding on to pursue his academic, research and social interests. Before Patni, he has worked at IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, SGGS College of Engineering and Crompton Greaves R & D Electronics in different research and academic positions. Pradeep Waychal has also published papers in peer reviewed journals, presented keynote / invited talks in many high profile international conferences and I involved in a few copyrights / patents. His teams have won a range of awards in Six Sigma and Knowledge Management at international events

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Joseph, Pace University

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edition36, and the TechnicalInnovation Center published The Innovation Algorithm: TRIZ, Systematic Innovation and Page 24.1177.8Technical Creativity, 2nd edition2. The guest lectures were provided on innovation, design anddevelopment of a business plan, marketing and selling, and technology entrepreneurship infinance.The course was assessed by means of surveys, individual and team interviews, journals,examinations, performance-based assessment, informal conversations with students and mentors,and email and oral feedback from mentors. The surveys included pre/post student assessment oftheir learning gains (SALG), peer evaluations, student course

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University

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as a whole class, and after the first week eachgroup is required to meet with me for one hour outside of class. Before the first class meetingtime students are expected to complete a course blog post telling a little about themselves andwhy they chose to take the course. This practice gets them into the habit of completing thefrequent blog prompts that are used to keep students engaged with the course even though weonly meet as a group formally one each week.In the first class they get a crash course from our Small Business Development Center regardinghow to establish a business, how to write a business plan, and how to prepare the relatedfinancial documents. I do this up front because I want students to know what to expect regardingthe

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University

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weekly instructor meetings, peer evaluations, pre-post skill evaluationsurveys, and university required course evaluations. Actual assessments used were not providedin description.A Model for a Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Capstone Course, with Assessment Toolsto Satisfy ABET “Soft Skills” – Stevens Institute of TechnologyHazelwood, Valdevit, & Ritter (2010) described a two semester course sequence at StevensInstitute of Technology that enabled students to work with a physician to address real worldclinical unmet needs and develop basic product development and project management skillswhile working in small teams of 3 or 4. Students were guided through exercises to assessclinical and market needs, technical feasibility, the

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The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University

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University and a Professorial Re- search Fellow at Central Queensland University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineer- ing students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by over $12.8 million from the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011. Dr. Ohland is past Chair of ASEE’s Educational Research and Methods division and a member the Board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G. Meyer, Lawrence Technological University

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develop a ”Biorobotics”facility that provides practical, hands-on experiences to students focused around the topics of sensing,perception, and control in next generation robotics. He has published 32 peer-reviewed journal articlesand was an invited speaker at the IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport inMonte Carlo, Monaco. Dr. Meyer is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering,European Society of Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering Society, and Tau Beta Pi. Page 24.288.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Combining Discipline-specific