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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Rowan University

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College and a Bronze Tablet graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering.Mr. William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences William D. Schindel is president of ICTT System Sciences, a systems engineering company, and devel- oper of the Systematica Methodology for model and pattern-based systems engineering. His 40-year engineering career began in mil/aero systems with IBM Federal Systems, Owego, NY, included ser- vice as a faculty member of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and founding of three commercial systems-based enterprises. He has consulted on improvement of engineering processes within automotive, medical/health care, manufacturing

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; Yuexin Jiang, Zhejiang University; Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University

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, instructional activities spread all over the campus to develop students’ entrepreneurial spiritand mind for their future careers. Taking Cornell University as an example, it insists that “everystudent with entrepreneurial skills and knowledge can make great value in any working conditions”.The Committee of the Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program has been established tocoordinate and guide entrepreneurial activities at Cornell. Students can choose their programs acrossschools and majors, which will break the border of different disciplines and maximize the use ofresources (University-wide Entrepreneurship @ Cornell, 2004).[12] Last, the magnet model. MIT isan important representative of this model. Its Entrepreneurship Center has a mission

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor; Francine K. Schlosser, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor

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education to allengineering students. Among the multiple and often contradictory drivers of current economies, a few areplaying as significant role as the trend towards globalization. Globalization processes imply thatnot only large companies are becoming global in terms of worldwide distribution of theirproduction facilities, but also that companies must offer an ever changing variety of products tomeet customers’ taste and preferences in different countries. This aspect of globalization,together with the e-business opportunities, makes it realistic to create new companies that aim atcustomization and personalization of consumer products and market them around the globe.Global competition, however, places such businesses under continuous

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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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creating a working prototype. They have also already madea major career decision. They are committed to doing research – usually academicallyoriented research. The folks working in industry are more receptive to entrepreneurshipthan graduate students, but they are often limited by the demands and restrictions of theirjobs.Moving forward – bring entrepreneurship into senior designOur capstone design course has also continued to evolve. As seen in Table 3, our seniorswant to learn to be entrepreneurs, and they recognize the need for business and financialskills. They are aware that the career paths of previous generations of engineers are nolonger as available and that their futures will depend on their ability to be innovative andentrepreneurial.We

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Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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don’t know why it’s taken more time in engineering vs. law ormedicine.”Dean ‘west’ commands your attention immediately, firmly and with an aura of unflinchingconfidence. An audience member during a presentation, her student in a class, faculty workingwith her on a project—all would agree that in every context, she walks tall, and energeticallycommands your attention.Sentences punctuated with the words “only” or “like” descriptively accentuated challenges eachfaced. Dean ‘west’ explains, “I was the first and only woman engineering professor for tenyears. While I was received favorably by the students and had an accepting department head,many of the men and women on staff wanted to know what I was trying to prove. There weretimes when a Dean

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina S. Morton, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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and environmental conditions as theyrelate to women in male-dominated fields will be examined briefly in this literature review. Taking an individualistic approach, Eccles’ (1994)17 Expectancy-Value Model ofAchievement suggests that academic and occupation related decisions are guided by one’sexpectations for success and the value one places on a particular activity. Research has shownthat women are less inclined to pursue male-dominated careers because they perceive thoseoccupations to be misaligned with their values18–20. Frome, et al. (2007)18 found that, 82% oftheir study participants with male-dominated career aspirations in their senior year of high schoolchose to change their career aspirations to either a gender neutral or female

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Bielenberg, Khalifa University of Science and Technology; Ali Bouabid, Khalifa University of Science and Technology; Sami Ainane, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

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explore the impacts it is havingon both students and instructors by listening to their voices and observing their actions.BackgroundEntrepreneurship education (EE) in higher education has seen tremendous growth over the pastdecade in many countries around the world [2]. Initially EE was taught mainly in businessschools; more recently it has been offered as an elective course across many other disciplines,including engineering. A main impetus for an emphasis on EE in higher education is that it canbe a significant contributor to economic development and job growth of a country [3]. Inaddition to the potential direct benefits on the economy of a nation in general, research has alsoshown that EE can contribute to greater student engagement and

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Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Green, University of Maryland; Judy Frels, University of Maryland

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are evidenced in the universally positive feedback on the CIM program’s value andeffectiveness. The Robert H. Smith School of Business brings world-class business faculty andexcellence in graduate level teaching experience. The A. James Clark School of Engineering’sMaryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) brings extensive practitioner experience fromworking with thousands of technology entrepreneurs, small business owners, and graduate andprofessional students since 1983. In 2008 alone, Mtech engaged with 394 companies and over1,000 active and aspiring entrepreneurs. Page 14.6.12Through this unique partnership, the co-development and

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Policy with a specialization in social policy from the University of Maryland, as well as a Certificate in Nonprofit Studies from Johns Hopkins University. Her scholastic honors have included an Academic Achievement Fellowship, the John Portz Outstanding Student Award, induction into the Maryland Medallion Society, and Gemstone and Honors Citations. Kristen is currently president of the Maryland School of Public Policy's Graduate Women in Public Policy (GWIPP) and a member of the school's Policy Student Government Association.Nathan Myers, University of Maryland Nathan Myers is a research assistant with the University of Maryland's Office of Executive Programs (OEP), where

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Joseph Balz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of technology; Stephen Michael Misak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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projectsand maker spaces provides an excellent opportunity for creating a diverse community.Program StructureThe MIH program was created by and is primarily run by students with the assistance of facultyadvisors. A core team of students and faculty make up the Executive Board. This Board meetsweekly to manage the day-to-day operations of the program, which include communicating withexisting teams and clients as well as implementing changes to improve the program. Whendeveloping and maintaining the MIH program, the collective mindset of this group is critical topreserving the culture and ethics of the overall organization. The members of the executive boardearn their position through involvement with MIH projects and active dedication to improving

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven

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strategy consists of students completing an online module outsideof class, participating in online or in-class discussions, and completing an activity or assignmentrelated to the module content. Each element of this integration approach provides students aplatform and experiences to build knowledge and competencies resulting in increasing levels oflearning at each step. The integration of these e-learning modules into courses first took place inspring 2015, and since then 14 modules have been fully integrated. Four new modules will bedeployed in fall 2019, which will complete the integration of all eighteen modules. Our focusgroup of spring 2018 graduates in this study completed 4-11 e-learning modules (see Appendix 2),since the integration of the

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

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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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Entrepreneurship-related Factors Teachers consistently discussed how they valued teaching engineering andentrepreneurship to their students, but their reasons for valuing this content differed. One highschool teacher noted the importance of teaching students about understanding your customer andrecognizing that business decisions entail constant risk analysis and cost-benefit tradeoffconsiderations; his reasoning behind the value of entrepreneurship education focused on specific,practical considerations within a business setting. An elementary school teacher noted thatlearning about entrepreneurship can prompt a variety of career interests, possibly ones thatstudents had not previously considered; her value on entrepreneurship education relates

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz; Bryan M. Jenkins, University of California, Davis, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Martin Lehmann, Aalborg University, Denmark; Chresten Træholt, Center for Electric Power and Energy, DTU Department of Electrical Engineering; Ronnie D. Lipschutz, University of California, Santa Cruz; Kurt Lawrence Kornbluth, University of California, Davis; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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(DTU). Each summer, these* Refer to the webpage for more information on the Summer School: https://pire.soe.ucsc.edu/universities host an intensive, four week course housed in Electrical Engineering (UCSC, DTU),Biological and Agricultural Engineering (UC Davis), and Energy and Environmental Planning(AAU). The program is open to selected senior undergraduates, graduate students and morerecently professionals in any discipline from US and European Institutions; participants areadmitted based on their academic qualifications, creativity and commitment to renewable energyand sustainability assessed through the submission of an essay and interview. The bulk of theactivity takes place in the summer during a three week, in-person workshop preceded

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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Gül E. Okudan is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Design at The Pennsylvania State University. She received her Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Rolla. Her research interests include intelligent shop floor control, manufacturing strategy modeling and measurement, solid modeling, product design, and product design teams. Her published work appears in journals such as Journal of Engineering Design, Design Studies, Journal of Engineering Education, European Journal of Engineering Education and Technovation. She is a member of ASEE and ASME. She is also a National Research Council-US AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow of the Human Effectiveness Directorate for 2002, 2003 and 2004

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Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Timothy VanEpps, Florida Atlantic University

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”, (c) Personal, and (d) Social. The new student-centered environment will help students to develop a can-do, proactive, innovativemindset; an environment that will light the students’ spark of innovation, and provide them withresources to translate their ideas from paper to prototype. This will be achieved using modules composedof multi-sensory activities that will be synthesized to create an interactive, empirical, authentic, and team-based multi-disciplinary experience. The environment will emphasize interaction with a cultural-, racial- and age-diverse community. Itwill be based on building-up interpersonal relationships that will develop as a result of additionalsupervision provided to the students. This unique “personal touch

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Ville Taajamaa, University of Turku

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, demonstrate howstory messages may be misinterpreted. Student misunderstanding of their ownmotivations and their ability to mobilize and engage others may occur due to: 1. Blurring Entrepreneurial level concepts with individual story phenomena. Many confuse the big picture definition of entrepreneurship with individual level entrepreneuring activity. Specifically, audiences sometime assume that the confident, clear entrepreneur’s delivery of his story indicates an equal strength of conviction, and clarity in their personal life. In fact, the reality may be something very different. During the first class meeting, Jon (introduced earlier) a graduate student and new company-founder, confidently shared his non

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New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Douglas G. McGee, University of Pennsylvania; Ruth Wolfish, IEEE

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Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. An active member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), he has a strong interest in creating new student-centered, engaging approaches to STEM education. As an Innovation Advisor to Elsevier’s Academic Engineering Solutions Library Advisory Board (AES-LAB), he has been the lead content developer for the 2016 Elsevier Engineering Academic Challenge and the 2015 Knovel Academic Challenge.Mr. Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Jay Bhatt is responsible for building library collections in engineering subject areas, outreach to fac- ulty and students, and teaching information and research skills to faculty and students in

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ENT Division Technical Session: Assessment Tools and Practices

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Siddharthsinh Jadeja, Rowan University; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

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personal attributes), the skills they mayneed to use, such as communication and collaboration, and how they enact their use of EM(shown under the process category). The working EM master concept map also captures“what” may be involved within having an EM as illustrated with the category branchbeginning with “knowledge & skills”. This branch includes elements that as faculty wewould think are necessary to develop in our students as we seek for them to build an EM.Examples of the concepts that fell under these higher-level categories include fields of studysuch as engineering, marketing, science, and liberal arts, as well as broader career preparationskills, which include leadership, creativity, professional skills, and having a global view

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ranji K. Vaidyanathan, Oklahoma State University; Shalini Sabharwal Gopalkrishnan, Menlo College

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a mass online education specificallyfor students and faculty from Tier 2 and Tier 3 colleges. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course )are online courses which enable large numbers to participate via the web or other technologies.MOOCs have a long history and have primarily been asynchronous so that international studentscan also avail of this. In this article, we delineate how we modified that approach by piloting thissynchronously. The Covid19 situation was an added incentive to offer this course to students whocould not meet in person due to restrictions for in-person classes. Over 350 students from 20different engineering colleges from India were recruited for a pilot program along with the facultyfrom their schools. Each college recruited

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; J. Paul Sims, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University; Jon L. Smith, East Tennessee State University

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observe the challenges of introducing a new technology toaddress previously met market needs through introduction of a superior product. Thebusiness incubator is further linked to a sister technology-centered business incubator inEurope providing students (graduate and undergraduate) the opportunity to evaluate if anew technology should be launched initially in the United States or Europe. The creationof these learning opportunities mimic the industrial setting where graduates will berequired to operate in cross-disciplinary teams that may address global manufacturingand marketing decisions.This paper discusses the pedagogical approaches several faculty members havedeveloped to introduce and cultivate a creative innovation process to

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Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ochs, Lehigh University; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; Todd Watkins, Lehigh University; Graham Mitchell, Lehigh University

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-educational, non-denomination and serves 4,650 undergraduates and 1,980 graduatestudents with ~60% percent male and 40% female. Students are enrolled in 3undergraduate colleges: arts and science (50%), business (20%), engineering (30%) witha graduate college of education. Lehigh is considered to be in the class of “highlyselective” schools with a combined SAT scores ranging from 1210 to 1350 with over50% of the student body receiving scholarships. The student body is from over 20 statesand 65 countries with the majority of students coming from Pennsylvania, Delaware,New Jersey and New York. There are approximately 400 full-time faculty members with Page

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

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testimony, case studies and role play, we've created the opportunity forinnovation and for students better understanding themselves through applied entrepreneurialethics. Our next section presents an outline of the curriculum.A Practical Approach to the Seven Layers of Integrity™Neither business nor engineering curricula offer much opportunity to explore self-knowledge. Inviewing themselves as present team members or future business partners, entrepreneurshipstudents must begin to explore their own intentions and values while understanding thatstandards exist outside themselves. While striving to create innovations, students also encounterself-creation and the use of a tool to aid them in decision making.In a workshop environment composed of part

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New Methods and Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Margaret Pierce, Lawrence Tech University

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, the Dean of Engineering and other key Kern committee members plays anintegral role in identifying and connecting students to these real world experiences.Employer – Identification, recruitment, operation, monitoring, assessmentOnce the initial structure of the program was developed, several steps were taken to introduce theconcept of this program to employers. Initial exploration was done with key Lawrence Page 15.487.7Technological entrepreneurial alumni participating in an organization known as The Legends.These distinguished alumni participate in various education and lecture programs to educate andexpand knowledge of the entrepreneurial

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Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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) greater interest in pursuing IT business ventures, and (3) more en- trepreneurial knowledge and skill than comparable students who do not participate in NEW- PATH? • Are NEWPATH students more likely to pursue IT startup career positions after graduation than comparable students? • Which NEWPATH program components are most critical at producing outcome effects?Quasi-experimental design: The outcome evaluation design consists of administering a pre-and post-test survey to each incoming cohort of NEWPATH students and to a comparison group ofstudents who attended the initial recruitment meeting but did not become members of NEWPATH,then administering a post-test survey at the end of the following academic year to both groups.The pre

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Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Alex Kotlarchyk

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academic background in biology and the environment, as well as computer science andengineering experience. The project included both graduate and undergraduate students so thatall could benefit at an early stage in their careers. The photo (Fig. 2) shows participants at anearly stage of the project gathered at the inventor’s residence for early experimentation. Figure 2. Early project participants Academic vs. Business Environment Michael Levine brings his entrepreneurial background to the project. As such, he isaccustomed to being surrounded by people devoting their full attention to his projects. In anacademic environment such single-mindedness is unrealistic to expect. Student participants

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael (Mick) J. Bates, Waynesburg University; Donald Ken Takehara, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

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business plan competition and on-campus incubator. Dr. Bates served as a board member and past executive committee member on two economic development organizations. His nearly 20-year business career revolved around high tech start-up companies in the contact center industry. His international experience includes an exchange to Guatemala during college, living in Germany for three years, business trips to various European countries, and in his time with Taylor University and Waynesburg University, research, speaking, and education travels to China, Laos, South Korea, Thailand, East and West Africa. Dr. Bates is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, holds an MBA from Regent University, and a

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Neuroscience 101: Might Your Teaching and Their Learning Benefit?AbstractThis paper’s purpose is to explore the idea that if faculty members acquire significantknowledge of brain basics, much of which has been discovered and/or documented in thepast few decades, they can be even better teachers. They can use that knowledge toimprove student advising -- show students how to be more effective and efficient -- and,when opportunities arise, enable students to achieve higher levels of creativity andinnovation.The presentation begins with a summary of brain features and functions, not at a brain-surgery level of detail, but rather from the perspective of immediate application outsideof medicine and inside of engineering education. Building on

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Kelsey Z. Musa, Saint Louis University; Shannon M. Sipes, Indiana University, Bloomington; Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University; Michelle B. Sabick, Saint Louis University

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individual consultations to faculty on areas related to their own teaching and to student learning. Prior to her current role, she has applied her interests in a STEM learning environment and taught a variety of psychology courses to both undergraduate and graduate students in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. Shannon earned a BS in psychology, a MA in experimental psychology, and a Ph.D. in curriculum & instruction with a focus in higher education.Dr. Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University Scott A. Sell, Ph.D. is currently an Associate Professor and the Biomedical Engineering Program Coor- dinator in Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology at Saint Louis University. Prior to joining

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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institution, our annual career fair is characterized by a number oflarge companies that recruit every year. Both employers and students hope thisrelationship will continue.However, even students who are satisfied with the best positions and careers generallyavailable can benefit from the skills of an entrepreneur, that person who is not satisfiedwith what is and wants instead to bring some different vision to life. As we continue torefine our negotiations assignment, we hope to contribute to the development of theEngineer of 202015: engineers who exhibit “practical ingenuity,” “skill in planning,combining, and adapting” (54-55); creativity, that “indispensible quality forengineering” (55); good communication, the “ability to listen effectively as

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G. Meyer, Lawrence Technological University

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, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, communication (oral andwritten), and general software tools/applications (e.g., PowerPoint, Excel, Word) were to beincluded. All of these topics could be covered within hands-on projects, especially those thatcater to exploring the world’s major social problems (e.g., the Grand Challenges) which havebecome very popular among incoming engineering freshmen. An additional bonus is therealization of true-multi-disciplinary teams composed of electrical-minded, mechanical-minded,etc. students. Because the course is allotted two hours of studio time per week (much like ourlaboratory courses), faculty members teaching the course are granted two contact hours