Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; William Zamora, Califonia State University, Chico; Colleen Robb, California State University, Chico; David Rahn, California State University, Chico

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

business people on adaily basis. In the meantime, industry has identified a need for students to gain more “soft skills”including communication across disciplines [14]. To try to reconcile the advantages of FOSS contribution with Agile principles, wefounded an open source consortium in our local community to foster students collaboratingside-by-side with software professionals [15]. Localized FOSS (LFOSS) projects help studentsmodel their communication, behavior, and technical skills from professionals in industry anddemonstrated unique advantages over projects with no external stakeholders [16] and morenatural adherence to Agile than projects with only remote collaboration [17]. However,organizing a local open source organization may be

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

outcomes, so we Deleted: of SEFImust look elsewhere for discussions related to the T-shaped ideal. The closest corollary to the T-shaped ideal has been the discussion since the late 1960s and early 1970s of the relationship Deleted: organizationsbetween so-called “soft skills” and general education versus the technical expertise that is Deleted: educational institutionsviewed as the core of engineering education. Following this thread of intellectual endeavor Deleted: the discussionmakes it easier to see both divergent and parallel developments in the U.S. and Germany

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

areas for the network and sharing experiences through workshops • KEENternships - giving faculty industrial experiences (to teach the value of the requisite “soft skills” to faculty who may not have had industrial experience) • KEEN Innovators - a continuation of our Innovators program, where our KEEN Innovators turn around and teach workshops to other schools • Texas Schools Network - a collaboration of Texas schools, focusing on shared student experiences (design projects and student competitions) • Curriculum and Co-Curriculum - building interactions between ECS and the Hankamer School of Business, in the classroom and in the Residential College • Incorporating connections between ECS and the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Vinit Kishor Agham; Vediya Sitaram Raghuvanshi, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur; Jayantrao Bhaurao Patil, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur; Pramod Jagan Deore

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

such asfinance, human resources, and marketing, as well as keep themselves abreast of domain andtechnology developments in relevant areas. They will also have to develop soft skills such asdecision-making, negotiation, and conflict management. Many students have rightly identifieddeveloping knowledge as one of the support areas. Since the Internet is flooded with knowledgeresources, we need to select effective resources that can add value to our prospectiveentrepreneurs. We will also have to develop resources to meet specific requirements such aswater management in that locality.Play down the need of capital Many prospective entrepreneurs have sought support for capital. We must make themaware that once they have a worthwhile business