Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Alex Kotlarchyk

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovation and business skills not normally taught in a typical engineeringclassroom environment (Fig. 1). Figure 1: Innovation/Business Skills These skills include, but are not limited to:  Problem solving and entrepreneurial skills, such as explorative, divergent, convergent and critical thinking. Other examples are intuition, inquiry, estimation, knowledge integration, the ability to act on ideas, and direct, no-nonsense communication.  “Big picture” and entrepreneurial skills, such as the observation of problems in wider contexts, and familiarity with non-engineering disciplines. Concepts include economic, political

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

perceptions of those skills) and ease of collecting andanalyzing assessment data (see Table 1). Further, information rich evaluations such as teamprojects do not allow researchers or instructors to assess attributes of individual students orconduct pre/post comparisons. In this paper we present an alternative assessment tool, theInnovationMap, that measures individuals’ understanding of innovation while remaining easy toadminister and score.Table 1. Comparison of Assessment Methods Measures actual Measures at Easy to score Allows construct individual level pre/post (as opposed to (as opposed to team

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nihad Dukhan PhD, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, which meets with thefaculty and makes recommendations to the department on the skills that are expected formgraduating engineers. The department also has funding geared toward implementing innovationand creativity into the curriculum, and continuous efforts in entrepreneurship.The course outcomes were listed as follows. After taking this course, students will have an:1. increased ability to evaluate contemporary issues of the engineering profession2. increased ability to evaluate professional and ethical responsibility3. increased ability to evaluate the impact of engineering solutions in a global, social context4. increased ability to evaluate the importance of team work5. increased ability to make judgments based on analysis of literature and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Review of Measures of InnovativenessAbstractUnderstanding, evaluating, and promoting individual innovativeness is a critical step incultivating engineering leaders for the future. As a means of evaluating the gaps in currentresearch related to innovativeness assessment, this paper analyzes ten measures and models ofinnovativeness through two lenses: (1) their internal vs. external point of reference (i.e., attributevs. action); and (2) their relationship to key elements of cognitive function (i.e., cognitive level,style, and affect). From this review, it is clear that a comprehensive, rigorously validatedpsychometric instrument does not yet exist to assess the aptitudes, skills, knowledge, personaltraits, and behaviors that are indicative of an

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

that the course modifications have had on the university as a whole.Finally, the paper will present assessment results of pre- and post-course surveys of studentperceptions of the use of ACL and PBL to apply attributes of the entrepreneurial mindset. Thesurveys demonstrate a positive shift in perceptions.1. IntroductionLawrence Technological University has offered engineering students entrepreneurial educationprograms for many years. Recognizing that graduates entering industry will require business andentrepreneurial skills, the College of Engineering developed an entrepreneurial certificateprogram and founded the Lear Entrepreneurial Center. The entrepreneurial certificate programdevelops student skills in communication and business

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhang Fenzhi, Aalborg University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

questions were as follows: (1) how learning trajectories were related withconflicts and innovation competency from students’ perspective? (2) how learningtrajectories were related with conflicts and innovation competency from academic staff’sperspectives? (3) how students and academic staff’s perspectives were similar and differentfrom the literatures? Besides providing a brief literature review, we collected empiricaldata by one-year observation and 14 interviews in one engineering master program,Environment Management, at +++ University, Denmark. The empirical findings displaydiverse views on conflicts in relation to innovation competency from both students andacademic staff’s statement, which reminded educators to reflect the use

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

McTighe learning outcomes are organized into three levels of learning importance:1. enduring understandings, 2. important to know insights, and 3. good to know information. InPrinciples the enduring understandings are: 1., the ability to recognize entrepreneurialopportunities, 2. to communicate the benefits of those opportunities to others whether they arecustomers, partners, employees or investors, and 3., the ability to asses and compareentrepreneurial competencies. These enduring understandings establish the most importantlearning outcomes that the student is expected to know or be able to do as a result ofparticipating in the Principles course. Pelligrino’s assessment triangle approach includes in one integrated assessment model;the

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique Fuchs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Frederick F. Driscoll, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

as one of the top fivecritical leadership skills of the future2.Worldwide discussions are taking place to assure the positioning of our future workforce for the21st century and entrepreneurship plays an important role. “Entrepreneurship refers to anindividual’s ability to turn ideas into action and it includes creativity, innovation and risk taking[…]”1. Penã et al. also reference entrepreneurship relevant to interdisciplinary education:“Among the educational disciplines deemed important to the nation, entrepreneurship educationcan facilitate moving the discoveries, innovations, and insights of the other disciplines into theAmerican economy3.”In 2010, Wentworth conducted a Next Gen survey of over 1300 of our students. We found that21% were

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 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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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

marketing concepts with their applications inreal life. The objectives of the course are (1) To increase in the number of students launchinginnovative, technology-based ventures at the University of Maryland and at other universitiesonce the new course model is propagated; (2) To increase in student development of skills tosuccessfully commercialize inventions in a dynamic marketplace; and (3) To increase in studentunderstanding of high-technology market research principles, affordable design, and technologyinnovation.This paper is the ongoing exploration of the development of the Marketing High-TechnologyProducts and Innovations Course from idea to delivery to evaluation. The review will focus onthe first year deliverables including: (1) the

Conference Session

Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Paul T Skaggs, Brigham Young University; Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Bootcamp Model The five parts of the Innovation Bootcamp model (see Figure 1) are: Idea finding, ideashaping, idea defining, idea refining, and idea communicating. Figure 1: Innovation Bootcamp Model Page 23.410.3 2 Idea finding involves teaching students to see opportunities for innovation in the worldaround them. Students in the Bootcamp are taught to take on the role of anthropologist as theyobserve people. They are taught to actively experience what others are experiencing as to findissues that can be improved upon. Kelley (2005) suggests this

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University; Bruce W. Weide, Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. This is notsurprising given the potential rewards of a successful entrepreneurial career both with respect toallowing entrepreneurs the freedom to pursue their own ideas and visions as well as with respect tothe potential for large material rewards. But how do we nurture students to become successful en-trepreneurs? In this paper, we report on an innovative program at the authors’ institution, designedto nurture students to become IT entrepreneurs. While the program builds on the experiences ofother programs, it includes a number of novel components that are integrated together in an un-usual manner to interlock and complement each other.1. IntroductionIt is widely accepted that entrepreneurship is the engine that drives the American economy

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Chingnam Goh, University of Southern Queensland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

manufacturing factors is often dependent on these factors,which are categorized as personal and business related. The underlying project onwhich the work described is based on involved: (1) a SWOT (strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats) analysis on the business, (2) learning and discovering theobstacles and barriers for innovation, (3) seeking and proposing ways to reduce it, (4)and modelling the overall innovation and technology transfer (I&TT) process within Page 23.95.3micro-manufacturers in regional areas. 2LiteratureMacPherson2 as a quantitative study

Conference Session

Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

tool to determine where their students fallshort in terms of their (1) Behavior Styles, (2) Attitudes, and (3) People Skills.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the trends of undergraduate students enrolled at MercerUniversity School of Engineering (MUSE) by gender (male and female) and class status(freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior) for TTI’s three areas for personal attributes. The studywill also quantify the need to initiate a program to reinforce any skills the students’ lack.A total of 104 data point representative of TTI’s survey results from (MUSE) undergraduatestudents were used to carry out the study. Of these 104, 76 were males (35 freshmen,6 sophomores, 9 juniors, and 26 seniors) and 28 were females (9 freshmen, 2

Conference Session

Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Entrepreneurship courses andprograms typically include experiential learning activities to help students gain skills andconfidence in a number of areas. There is limited literature related to the specific content theseexperiential learning activities encompass and the manner in which they are assessed. Thepurpose of this study is to explore and analyze business plan development, which is among themost commonly used experiential learning activities. Business plan development content areaswere identified and categorized, and expected learning outcomes were created, using Bloom’srevised taxonomy. The intent of the research is to: 1) begin to build consensus around some ofthe key elements of entrepreneurship education through the analysis of the skills and

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

XXVI XXVII XXVIII Other ways of counting Number operations [(5!)/12]+2 IX . III (same as 9 x 3; “.” Stands for multiplication operator) 44/2 (or 66/3, etc.: infinite # of solutions) 20+2 (or 19+3, etc.: infinite number of solutions) (Or other possibilities such as 18+4, 19+3, 20+1+1, 20+4-2, 4+8+3+7) 2.2 x 10 XXIX – II + 1 (using Roman letters for 29 and 2, and adding the number 1; the is total 28) XXX – III + 1 (again, using Roman

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

oneculture may be interpreted differently in another culture." 2 In all cultures innovativeness isdefined as an ability where an individual utilizes their skills or competencies and produces Page 25.551.3something new or novel that has value in that culture and is adopted, purchased or used.References to relevant literature are included along with the assertion statements as opposed to aseparate literature section as the most logical place to include information which strengthens theassertions of the interviewees in this exploratory study.Figures 1 is provided as a conceptual representation of the innovation space, a metaphoricalplace where

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Allison Michelle Robinson; Nur Özge Özaltin, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Angela M. Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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andhigh-end services jobs overseas.1 This trend of outsourcing jobs is accelerating not only due tolower wages in countries overseas, but also because often, workers are better educated in themath and science skills needed for high technology work. In addition, young entrepreneursoverseas are becoming less satisfied with building what U.S. engineers have designed. Instead,these young entrepreneurs aspire to be the designers of the next wave of innovations. This trendwill put increasing pressure on U.S. global leadership in innovation. In response, the UnitedStates needs to produce “a new type of engineer, an entrepreneurial engineer, with a broad rangeof skills and knowledge, above and beyond a strong science and engineering background.”1 As

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park ; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

skills.Entrepreneurship instructors often focus on the development of the “entrepreneurial mindset”while design instructors focus on the development of “design thinking,” characteristics that havesome similarities. The role of the teacher in both areas is less likely to be a lecturer, but rather asa coach or a guide that assists students in completing a longer-term project. Many capstonecourses have an industry component and can even have an entrepreneurial component. Thepurpose of this paper is to compare the teaching beliefs and practices of instructors of capstonedesign courses and entrepreneurship courses. The following research questions will be used tocompare the beliefs of capstone versus entrepreneurship instructors: 1. What are the teaching practices

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; R. David Kent, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovate.IntroductionBob Taylor (Taylor Guitars) states “…. This is how every business starts, with creativity andvision. As a business grows and matures, this is the most important thing to hold onto to. I thinkthere is a tendency for a business to get stale as it gets bigger, but it can’t be allowed to. Thatcreative spark has to be nurtured, and a business, no matter how large, has to stay willing tocompletely change, sacrifice and remake itself in order to stay fresh and relevant.” [1]For all businesses and organizations, for profit or non-profit, regardless of size, innovation andan entrepreneurial mindset form core assets for long-term survival. How does a curriculum, aprogram, and faculty instill and nurture the spirit of innovation in the first place

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Milewicz, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana; Kerry S. Hall, University of Southern Indiana

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

final presentations. To build on an adjustment from 2010,engineering faculty were further encouraged to participate in the workshops for studentsinvolved in the competitions. As we highlight in Table 1 and in the next section, one of thetraining sessions was completely led by an engineering faculty member using engineeringfacilities. Also, engineering students were actively recruited and encouraged to participate in thechallenge, and this year students accepted the invitation. Some students used their entries into theIdeation Challenge as projects for their engineering classes. The engineering students whoparticipated in the Phase I challenge were sophomores and juniors. Two engineering seniorsfollowed the teams in Phase I of the program to be

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Teaching Methods and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samuel Todd Hunter, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

on how the creative process can beintegrated into non-design engineering courses. The purpose of this paper is to describe aworkshop offered in May of 2011 within the College of Engineering at the authors’ institution.The interactive workshop, entitled, “Integrating the Creative Process into Engineering Courses”was led by an industrial/organizational psychologist whose area of expertise is creativity.Participants included nine faculty from the College of Engineering and seven faculty and stafffrom a teaching and learning center located in the College. The following topics were discussedduring the two-day workshop: 1) What is creativity? Why is creativity important in engineering? 2) What is the “creative process?” 3

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC; John K. Layer, University of Evansville; Sandra L. Dietrich, Eastern Michigan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial mindset.Entrepreneurially minded engineers (EMEs) are characterized as this emergent class of engineersand act as the drivers of U.S. innovation and competitiveness. EMEs have not necessarily starteda new business (although they may have), they are, most often, working in established small- andmedium-sized firms, many work in Fortune 1000 firms [1].The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN), a collection of twenty-one privateengineering schools across the US, in partnership with Target Training International (TTI), aworldwide leader in personal and professional assessments, is undertaking the KEEN – TTIPerformance DNA Assessment Project. Three well-known and vetted assessments are beingused to identify current students’ skills

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Akshit Aggarwal, Stanford University; Felipe Pincheira, Stanford University; Rebecca Rose Krauthamer; Gregory Kress, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, Barbara Page 25.1011.2???-1-4244-1970-8/08/$25.00 ©2012 ASEE/IEEE June, 2012, San-Antonio, TX 40th ASEE/IEEE Session ???AbstractIncreasingly, student entrepreneurial ventures begin as emotional connections, artisticexperiences, and expectations for delivering on research teams. This paper explores studentteam progress and responses to roadblocks while helping a maturing Silicon Valley start-upIMVU consider the role of avatars, creative expression and social interaction in the virtual

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University; Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

validation, a test-retest to ensuretemporal stability and internal consistency, and pilot testing in the second year componentLeadership Models and Practices course. The instrument was administered at the beginning andend of the semester to determine the shift in perception of their leadership/entrepreneurial skills.1. IntroductionEntrepreneurshipLawrence Technological University (LTU) has offered engineering students entrepreneurialeducation programs for many years. Recognizing that graduates entering industry will requirebusiness and entrepreneurial skills, the College of Engineering developed an entrepreneurialcertificate program and founded the Lear Entrepreneurial Center. The entrepreneurial certificateprogram develops student skills in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Leigh Weiss, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

meeting the main pedagogical objectives of thecourse: teaching technical communication and engineering design. It will also givean assessment of whether the new assignments have been effective in causing morestudents to pursue entrepreneurship in the Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic.I. Background and IntroductionProject-based learning has been gaining popularity in engineering curricula to address theprofessional skills component (or A-K criteria) introduced by ABET in the 2000 criteria. [1] TheCollege of Engineering at Rowan University has adopted a sequence of courses, known asEngineering Clinics, throughout the engineering curriculum. In this sequence, engineeringstudents progress from limited scope projects freshman year, to ill-posed and

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duncan Moore, University of Rochester

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

” threelanguages- 1) that of their undergraduate engineering, science or mathematics degree, 2) that oftheir graduate cluster which we advise to be different from their undergraduate major and 3) thatof business. TEAM graduates are equipped with detailed technical knowledge in their field aswell as business-savvy. They have the tools to innovate, lead, and strategically manage in anindustry that increasingly rewards interdisciplinary expertise.Entrepreneurial BackgroundThis degree program is a result of the University of Rochester’s successful Kauffman Foundationgrant received in 2004, which awarded the University $3.6 million over five years, and the USDepartment of Labor Finger Lakes WIRED grant, which awarded the Rochester community $15million over 4

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University; Michael Harris, Kettering University; William Riffe, Kettering University; Massoud Tavakoli, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

recently for mid-western engineering schools, theKern Foundation, have funded entrepreneurial programs. Finally, society in general isincreasingly looking for small and medium sized firms for economic and employment growth.The days of large employers absorbing large number of graduates are largely over. Because ofthese factors, engineering school interest in entrepreneurship is evident in a growing numbers ofconferences, journals and funded projects. Against this backdrop, Kettering University began working to include entrepreneurship inits academic programs in 2006. Funded with a generous donation by the Kern foundation, webegan following a “magnet” approach 1 wherein the Department of Business offered academiccourses to students from all

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

instruction since 2004.[1] These effortshave been primarily focused in extra-curricular teams that bring together students at every level Page 15.54.3for participation in a topic related to a professor’s research. While these ‘scholar teams’ were(and are) extra-curricular, it was hoped that they would spawn capstone projects that wouldextend the work into design of commercially-useful products. The motivation included theobservation that a certain fraction of capstone projects normally will evolve designs ofsignificant commercial potential. It was further observed that our college houses about onehundred team-based capstone projects each year, and it

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Barbe, University of Maryland; James Green, University of Maryland; Dean Chang, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

programs in entrepreneurship education, venture creation andindustry partnerships, three of which are national models. These programs form an innovationecosystem, a continuum that provides a full range of supportive activities for entrepreneurialendeavors. This continuum can be thought of as a system whose inputs are ideas, concepts andintellectual property (IP), and whose outputs are seasoned entrepreneurs and sustainablecompanies. Over 600 students enroll in Mtech’s entrepreneurship courses annually. Each year,the most promising research results are selected for company formation and enter into theVenture Accelerator Program for 1-2 years of intense mentoring. Mtech’s technology transferprogram enables Maryland companies to access UM faculty and

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Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

investigate industry and community needs for engineering educationin the high desert in order to inform the university’s planning and decision making.Research Questions Tyler’s9 seminal work in curriculum development provided the basis for developing theresearch questions for this exploratory study. The issues surrounding affiliation and the ability toset goals and accomplish informed decision making can best be accomplished within theframework of Tyler’s 4 questions and Dewey’s description of the fundamental sources ofeducational objectives as related by Tanner and Tanner10. The research questions for this studywere6: 1. What is the demographic information provided by regional organizations that would support an engineering program at a