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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Ari Turrentine, VentureWell; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

graduates aligns with employers, who indicate that communication,problem solving, and the ability to apply knowledge is essential for graduates.14,15 Alsoimportant, but generally lacking, are effective communication and team work, the ability tounderstand contexts and constraints, and the ability to innovate.14,15 All of these skills aregenerally addressed in entrepreneurship education. Byers et al. go further and explain, “Inaddition to their technical and analytical expertise, [engineers] need to be flexible, resilient,creative, empathetic, and have the ability to recognize and seize opportunities … It is thus theresponsibility of engineering educators to instill these qualities in students to enable them to bemore innovative and entrepreneurial

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ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sine Celik, Aalto University; Senni Kirjavainen, Aalto University; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

promote responsible engineering education through a case studyfrom an ongoing course at Aalto University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.1.1 Societal aspects of innovationIn today's interconnected society, innovation has gained a significant role in economic andsocial growth. Innovation capacity has a direct impact on the resilience of companies andregions, since it refers to the ability of finding alternative solutions and leading towards asustainable future [7]. Being able to innovate consistently is a result of establishing aproductive environment that facilitates creative awareness holistically through inspiration,realisation and education [8–10]. Innovation orientation and behaviors are also connected toentrepreneurial intent in

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Marta Alicia Panero, New York Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

startups related to information technology, cybersecurityinfrastructure, energy and green technologies (including remote monitoring of power and watermanagement systems as well as drinking water); infrastructure resiliency, and innovations in Page 23.543.6health care and bioengineering. Moreover, given its access to a network of Fortune 500companies, Venture Capital, and Angel Investors, the ETIC will provide access to capital forsmall, medium-sized, and ethnically diverse enterprises.4. Environmentally-Sustainable Development. The Energy and Green Technologies Lab, inparticular, will enable partnerships leading to investments that promote job

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Nilsen, VentureWell; Victoria Matthew, VentureWell/Epicenter; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

DevelopmentThe Pathways to Innovation program (Pathways) is a faculty development andinstitutional change initiative of the Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter)project – an initiative borne out of the growing realization that 21st century engineersneed to be equipped with new kinds of knowledge and skills to effectively operate in aworld marked by rapid technological innovation.3 Students as well recognize that theyneed to know how to “collaborate effectively as leaders, in teams, and with their peers. Inaddition to their technical and analytical expertise, they need to be flexible, resilient,creative, empathetic, and have the ability to recognize and seize opportunities” (p. 36).4Over the last decade, the Epicenter partners have seen

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Thornton, University of Maryland; Jacqueline Rogers, University of Maryland (Retired); Kristen Waters; Nathan Myers, University of Maryland; Lisa Rawlings, Prince George's Prince Community College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship program, theHinman CEOs Program and Thornton, the founding program director, joined the team to providedomain knowledge and six years experience starting a ground-breaking program. The HinmanCEOs Program is housed in MTECH Ventures where a significant number of entrepreneurshipprograms and initiatives serve the entire campus community, such as: a technology incubator; aVenture Accelerator for faculty and graduate students; educational opportunities both in and outof the classroom through courses and programs open to the campus; and annual business plancompetitions and start-up boot camps. Given this infrastructure, the working team decided tohouse the UM component of this exciting program within MTECH Ventures.The ProgramWhat evolved was

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anna Newsome Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

inventions that are novel, useful and of high quality. This endeavor requires peoplewho have a broad set of skills, including technical knowledge, creativity, resilience, anunderstanding of the design process, entrepreneurial thinking, and strong communication skills1.Just as importantly, innovators need to be able to effectively collaborate and work in teams tosolve problems—all talents grouped under the umbrella term “21st Century Skills” 2.There are numerous reasons why proportional participation by all parts of the nation’s workforcein creative innovation is important. Research has shown that diverse workforces outperformthose with less gender and ethnic diversity, and that diverse design teams produce more radicallyinnovative solutions3, 4