using a concise form. The authors and aprogram director of the granting agency review the proposals received to select a developer foreach module. The developers are required to undergo formal training on how to design andconstruct online learning modules that are highly interactive and of high quality. The Office ofeLearning at UNH provides the necessary training through a 3-week online course to both UNHfaculty and to faculty at other institutions. The modules are designed for course instructors todeploy in an asynchronous mode. Exercises and assessment of student learning are included ineach online module. The online modules will be integrated into the courses identified in Table 1and students will be required to complete them as part of
engineers fromprofessionals in other fields. This skill gives engineering graduates a competitive edge forpursuing diverse career paths and for responding to a range of social and technological needsthroughout their careers. A component of this competitive edge includes affording students theopportunity to develop an entrepreneurial mindset (EM). According to the Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN), the EM includes three dimensions: curiosity, creation of value,and connections. While entrepreneurship is frequently associated with commercialization andbusiness, it is a critical but undervalued aspect of designing products and solutions inengineering. Over the past decade, various members of KEEN have embedded the EM inengineering
use of sustainable economic development and (4) that faculty members andengineers, together, undertake an effort so that engineering education addresses the challengesand social opportunities of the future.In seeking to respond to these demands, universities have been encouraged to play a more activerole in economic development by supporting policies and funding programs forcommercialization of technology and entrepreneurship education [4]. This occurs wheneconomic news shows how global competition, downsizing, decentralization, re-engineering,mergers, and new technologies have made careers more complex and uncertain for graduatesfrom all sectors [5,6]. In this context, political, economic and academic leaders conceiveentrepreneurship as one
research is focused on engineering education. She has over twenty years of experience in automotive manufacturing as an Engineer and Manager. She has worked directly at every phase of the design process from concept to manufacture to service. She has a B.S. in industrial engineering from Kettering University and an M.S. in applied statistics from Oakland University. Dietrich taught statistics at the University of Phoenix where she was awarded Outstanding Faculty. She is also a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Epsilon Pi Tau honor societies. Page 25.913.1 c American Society for
what they deeply care about, because, according to Beth Noveck, “we’re learning withstudents that, building off their interests and the things they care about, to then learn skills usingthat subject matter has a much more powerful effect than trying to force them to be interested insomething else.”1 Page 26.791.7In addition, there is an attitudinal shift especially in American students who are now thinkingmore about the philosophical aspects of their professional lives. From the perspective of religiousscholar Varun Soni, the exploration of social problems is now inherently a personal endeavor forstudents. Therefore, inspiring students
completed including an inventionthat was recognized as one of the nation’s best in 2005 and a product that is being sold across thenation. Finally, we will reveal ways that K-State is realizing an economic benefit from theseactivities that goes beyond licensing intellectual properties and includes the production and salesof products.The program described in this paper enhances the education of university students whilesimultaneously deriving economic benefits for both university programs and private enterprise.This model increases the readiness of graduates for professional work, increases the likelihood offinancial returns to the university, transforms university intellectual property into market-readyproducts, and provides a resource to
”Engineering Creativity” that was designed to bring out the creative side of engineering and business students. Well over 1000 students passed through this course. Because of this background, he was selected to be part of a team to teach the ”Innovations and New Ventures” class on entrepreneurship that began in the summer of 2006, with him concentrating on the innovation side of the course. To date, over one hundred and eighty students have learned how to develop a product and put together a basic business plan. He led a team to develop ”Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum” at Kettering University where faculty members attended workshops designed to help put innovation projects into their classrooms. This effort resulted
, the researchers found that student characteristics such as gender, nationality andGPA are influential in determining the type of EEPs (curricular and co-curricular) students selectto participate in. Furthermore, the researchers found that curricular EEPs act as a gateway toinvolvement in entrepreneurial activities outside of the classroom and women are more likely toparticipate in curricular EEPs than co-curricular programs. In another recent work, Yi & Duval-Couetil (2018) developed an entrepreneurial motivation scale to study motivation behindengineering students’ decision to select entrepreneurial careers [14]. The researchers identifiedthree sub-factors contributing to entrepreneurial motivation: motivation for creating and findinga
describes two such courses: “BuildingBiomusical Instruments” (an example of what he calls extreme problem based learning) and“Brain, Mind, and Culture” (which exemplifies what he calls “radical disciplinary mixing”).Rather than focusing on the numbers collected as part of the evaluation of the course, he focuseson two categories of observations: (1) “stories of how students not only formed T-shapes butbegan to have genuine interest and engagement in another discipline” and (2) practical advicethat can help other faculty overcome ideological and practical barriers to T-shaped courses (p. 2).Both the breadth of knowledge that Tranquillo brings to bear in the paper and his biographicalsketch provide insight into what allowed him to design, teach, and
Page 12.1520.8consultant or advisor. As the teaming decisions unfold, VA helps faculty and students determinetheir appropriate roles in their startups and navigate associated human resource and conflict-of-interest policies.3.6 Step 6 - Graduation PhaseAs soon as VA companies demonstrate mastery of basic Execution skills, the program begins toconsider them as candidates for graduation. It is important to remember that the goal of theprogram is to “accelerate” a new company on its way to a successful future, not to take it all theway to completion. In general, the fundamental graduation criteria are that the company: (a)display a clear vision of its role in a well-considered market, (b) has secured the initial resourcesnecessary to follow
Research and Learning (INSPIRE) at Purdue University. In 2011, she received a NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students ap- proach innovation. She is also a NAE/CASEE New Faculty Fellow. She is an editorial board member for the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education (JPEER) and the journal of Science Education. Purzer conducts research on the assessment of difficult and often vaguely defined constructs such as innovative- ness, information literacy, engineering design, and data-driven decision-making. Purzer has M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Science Education from Arizona State University. She also has a B.S. degree in Physics Education and a B.S.E. in Engineering.Dr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue
entrepreneurship as a career path.This study examined the following hypotheses: 1) Engineering students who intend to minor inentrepreneurship have higher scores on locomotion and creative-self efficacy and lower scoreson assessment. These students will also have more positive perceptions of entrepreneurship as apossible career path. 2) More positive views of entrepreneurship as a career will be positivelyassociated with higher scores on locomotion and creative self-efficacy and lower scores onassessment. 3) Students with a close family member who is an entrepreneur will be more likelyto intend to minor in engineering entrepreneurship and have more positive perceptions ofentrepreneurship as a career. The results suggest that students who are considered
and members fromUniversity corporate and external relations offices. This board provides accountability andguidance to support the ongoing success and growth of the Lab’s mission. The director alsoworks closely with University Relations to identify external partners and funding sources. Whilethe director ties together all the components of the Lab’s functions, the faculty mentors are theprimary interface with students. Once a project is initiated with a faculty mentor, the facultyperson acts as the liaison between the students and the external partner. This person manages theproject, provides area expertise, and teaches the students associated professional skills. Primarysuccesses for the faculty mentor are in the student outcomes and
Manager, Large Caliber Ammunition, at General Dynamics, Inc., served as guestjudge for the 2011 Case Study Competition.Leadership Workshop SeriesThis series brings students together to explore specific leadership topics and to further developtheir leadership skills. The 2011-12 Series consists of three workshops: An interactive team leadership workshop led by Dr. Jason Winkle, CEO of WinkleCorp, a leadership development and coaching company. A workshop on Leadership, Innovation & Career Coaching, co-presented by National Instruments and Rose-Hulman faculty and staff And a Rose-Hulman alumni panel discussion on the topic of leadership.We initiated the LAP in the summer of 2008, with the first Leadership Academy
feedback are presented.Introduction and Course DescriptionThe College of Engineering (CoE) seeks opportunities to enhance its program curriculumhelping students become more successful after graduation. As of October 2017, the CoE’smission is as follows:“The mission of the College of Engineering is to develop team-oriented engineeringprofessionals from diverse backgrounds who are prepared to ethically apply industry-currentreal-world skills to achieve value-added solutions in a dynamic world.”During 2017, CoE successfully received an ABET re-accreditation with no interim reports for sixyears for the BSEE and BSCE undergraduate programs. During the accreditation process, oneissue ABET visitors posed a question to CoE paraphrased as: where does the
efforts that acknowledge learner diversity, and understand their effects in students performance. Isabel received her professional degree in biological engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile and her MA in policy, organizations and leadership studies at Stanford Graduate School of Education.Dr. Constanza Miranda Mendoza, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile Constanza Miranda holds a PhD in design with a focus in anthropology from North Carolina State Uni- versity. While being a Fulbright grantee, Constanza worked as a visiting researcher at the Center for Design Research, Mechanical Engineering Department, at Stanford. Today she is an assistant professor at the P.Universidad Cat´olica de Chile’s
(Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and is currently the Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education.Dr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Page 24.295.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Comparing Engineering and Business Undergraduate Students’ Entrepreneurial Interests
,science and technology. Nor did the scope of this initial study explore the objectives and contentof graduate or overseas programs, which are important to address. Additionally, there are clearlychallenges associated with attempting to characterize the content and courses from programoverviews and course descriptions. More in-depth content analysis of syllabi would provide amore comprehensive view of the skills and knowledge covered in courses.ConclusionGiven the growing emphasis on teaching students to be innovative and innovators, this study wasdesigned to be a first step at understanding the characteristics of programs leading toundergraduate academic credentials in the area of innovation. The results provide an overview ofwhat is being
students that identified themselves as from a PLTW said thatthey would have liked a bigger project like they had in EDD. Another PLTW student feltit was an “echo of last year.”Concluding Comments and Future DirectionsThe Project Lead the Way, Inc. program was used as a springboard for an introductoryengineering course at the freshman level. This one-credit hour engineering orientationcourse was developed in the fall of 2006 and introduced engineering entrepreneurship toformer Project The Lead the Way students—now enrolled as college freshman—as wellas other freshman engineering students. Engineering and business faculty members,along with a focus group of entrepreneurs, were involved in the course’s development.Outside business speakers provided
activity.From an instructional perspective, each student receives the personalized EP10 report, but asummary (group) report for the entire class is not available. In addition, participants cannot seethe individual items and their associated response scores.While results from the EP10 are presented qualitatively, the EMP report is at the other end of thespectrum, reporting quantitative data in both tabular and graphical format. The data associatedwith each item is provided in a table with a score from 1 to 5, where a 1 represents the response“Does not describe me well” and a 5 represents the response “Describes me well” to anyparticular item. A group report is available to the faculty member to share with the class. Anexample data set and related items
performance outcomes. The course grades comprised various performance-based assessments by faculty, students, and engineering practitioners. The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez’s Technology-Based Entrepreneurship interdisciplinary course26 sought to address industry’s demand for potential engineers who are entrepreneurial and effective communicators with well-developed teamwork and decision-making skills within the framework of a four course series that also included the capstone design project course. Over 20 professors from engineering and business were involved in the course. Other key features of the course included idea generation and development mindful of engineering design as well as product development constrained by
projects which will enhance their personal career goals. • Courses also fuse business studies with entrepreneurship, such as Small Business Management, Finance in an Entrepreneurial Environment, and Advanced Business Planning. Page 12.843.12 • Internships and mentoring relationships also provide students with an opportunity to learn from experiences outside of the classroom.Gonzaga University: • The Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership program offers entrepreneurship education with an emphasis on leadership. Students must first demonstrate leadership qualities and apply for acceptance into this entrepreneurship program
, and helped critique pitches during pitchpractice. Each of the outside individuals who served as subject matter experts and/or mentorsdonated their time.The university staff consisted of a managing director, a student program director, a studentintern, an advisor, a media consultant, an assessment specialist, and a faculty mentor. Themanaging director is a staff member in engineering who co-runs the support facility that housesthe program. Her role is dedicated to Catalyze CU on a part-time basis. She works to provideconnection to the other entrepreneurial initiatives on campus, aligns university and communitypartners, sets the program direction, and runs administrative tasks through the university such aspayroll, providing the grant funding
) and treating, building, and designing for them accordingly23.The empathy characteristic is critical when it comes to team function and interactions betweenteam members; each teammate must be aware of the inputs and contributions of each person andensure that people are felt valued and appreciated to improve team dynamics. All four concepts: self-motivated, ambiguity readiness, passionate social connection, andempathy are related to the consideration of vulnerability as a cue to be studied to understand thepower of first storytelling moments.METHODSParticipants: The participants in the study consisted of 16 male and female graduate students rangingin age from 20-31, from a West Coast university, enrolled in one elective, graduate
• Decision making ability • Salesmanship skills • Negotiation skills • High need for achievementWhile this is not an exhaustive list, it is reasonable to assume that an entrepreneurship courseusing the entrepreneurial personality approach would touch on some or all of these “traits”. Thegoals of the course using this approach will include: • Familiarize students with basic entrepreneurial traits • Distinguish these traits from those of other career tracks • Attempt to build competencies in the entrepreneurial personality traits • Establish practical steps to improve traits over timeThis approach has seen fewer practitioners over the years as the scholarship directed
to quickly create clarity around key issues to ensure that strategic plans are developed, executed and monitored for success. This clarity of vision is informed by her highly diverse career, starting as an exploration/development petroleum geologist, including a brief stint in education when she lived in Venezuela, and to the present day when her clients have ranged from a heavy equipment manufacturer to a discount brokerage and a biotech firm. Ms. Pyle holds a MBA degree from Averett University, a MEd. from the University of Houston, and a BA in Geology from Cedar Crest College. She has served on various boards including the Board of Directors for the Charlottesville Venture Group where she chaired the Business
onintrapreneurship), but do not discuss those differences in their paper.14,15Zappe, Hochstedt and Kisenwether conducted a study of faculty beliefs regardingentrepreneurship and design education.16 One of their questions asked 37 entrepreneurship andcapstone design faculty members to choose whether Entrepreneurship programs should “focuson: Intrapreneurship Only versus Entrepreneurship Only,” or somewhere along a scale fromzero (intrapreneurship only) to 100 (entrepreneurship only). An answer of 50 means “theirresponses tended to fall between Intrapreneurship Only and Entrepreneurship Only.”16 Themedian for entrepreneurship instructors was 60 (slightly skewed toward entrepreneurship only),while the capstone design instructors’ medium response was 50. The
Tech, her MS degree in Biomedical Engineering from the joint program between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University, and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Surrey.Dr. Lauren Lowman, Wake Forest University Lauren Lowman is a Founding Faculty member and an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Depart- ment at Wake Forest University and has served in this role since 2018. In this role, she has developed new interdisciplinary curriculum that bridges engineering fields and reflects the Wake Forest University motto of Pro Humanitate (”For Humanity”). Lauren received a Ph.D. and M.S. in Civil and Environ- mental Engineering with a focus in Hydrology and Fluid Dynamics from Duke University, and a B.A
Definition of Program-level and Student-level Outcomes Criterion 2 Criterion 3Program educational objectives must be published that The program must have documented student outcomesare consistent with the mission of the institution. There that prepare graduates to attain program educationalmust be a documented and effective process, involving objectives. Student outcomes are outcomes (a) through program constituencies, for the periodic review and (k) plus additional outcomes that may be articulated by revision of these program educational objectives. a program or individual faculty members. Implementation and
socialstyle and the context may be critical (Hackman & Wageman, 2007). By considering leadership incontext, we may better understand whether some styles of leadership are more effective thanothers. Therefore, in exploring leader social styles, we pose the following research question: Are some leadership styles better than others when initiating and promoting change initiatives?In academic settings, an important individual characteristic of team leaders is tenure status.Among the faculty in a university, those that have tenure track positions, but have yet to gaintenure, are under great pressure to be productive compared to their tenured peers (Miller, Taylor,& Bedeian, 2011). Thus, they must pay special attention to their