Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karl D. Schubert, University of Arkansas; Kristie Neff Moergen, University of Arkansas; Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Wen-Juo Lo, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Innovation, Ithaca, Fontainebleau, and Geneva. p. 205.[3] Mckeown, M. (2014). The innovation book: how to manage ideas and execution for outstanding results. FT Press, p. xxvii.[4] Schubert, K. D., Massey, L. B., & Ellstrand, A. E. (2019) Expanding and Evolving an Innovation Concentration. 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Tampa, FL USA. https://peer.asee.org/32787[5] National Science Foundation. (2018). Building the Future: Investing in Discovery and Innovation. Strategic plan for 2018-2022. https://nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18045/nsf18045.pdf, accessed: February 7, 2020.[6] Brown, K.W. & Ryan, R.M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia A. Scott, Santa Clara University; Evangelia Bouzos, Santa Clara University; Matthew Philip Hendricks, Santa Clara University; Prashanth Asuri, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, proposal invitations, and multiple new commitments,often of $10,000 or more. In addition to discrete gifts, activation of these channels is also drivingdeeper donor engagement and interest as demonstrated by a significant number of donorselecting to give their time as executive mentors or join the Lab advisory board. We further foundthe interdisciplinary nature of the Lab (as a nexus point for a wide variety of disciplines) enablesit to attract donors that would otherwise not support an initiative housed in the School ofEngineering. As an organization founded fewer than 36 months ago, the Lab’s ability to attractgrants from institutional philanthropists is still nascent and will be an area for further growth in2021 and 2022. Larger private and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

topresent?”5. The Case and the Role Play ActivityThe seminar provided is an elective course open to bachelor as well as master students of alldegree programs at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt. Therefore, one characteristic ofthe seminar is its interdisciplinary blend of attendees. The course is named “CO2-Emissions,Climate Change and Climate Policy”. It discusses a topic of special political interest in Germanyas the Federal Government decided for an exit strategy from nuclear power after the Fukushimadisaster in 2011. By the year 2022 all German nuclear power plants have to be shut down anddismantled. Concerning CO2-emissions the nuclear power is seen as a clean technology,nevertheless major groups of the general public are not in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Alan E. Ellstrand, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

whereasentrepreneurship is most often based on innovation.Recent studies on future workforce needs identify the need for “refreshing curricula to includeskills required in the future workforce – both digital as well as ‘human’ skills such ascommunication, problem-solving, creativity, collaboration and critical thinking.” [13] And,while it might be natural to infer that proficiency in new technologies would be at the top of theskills list, it is “only one part of the 2022 skills equation…as ‘human’ skills such as creativity,originality and initiative, critical thinking, persuasion, and negotiation… attention to detail,resilience, flexibility and complex problem solving [will] see outsized increase in demandrelative to their current prominence.” [14] At the same