AC 2007-1633: ENTREPRENEURSHIP VIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRODUCTDEVELOPMENTWilliam Birmingham, Grove City College Dr. Birmingham is the chair of the Computer Science Department at Grove City College. Before coming to Grove City College, he was a tenured associate professor in the EECS Department at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Birmingham's research interests are in AI, computer gaming, mobile computing and communications, and computer-science pedagogy. He received is Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. all from Carnegie Mellon University.Blair Allison, Grove City College Dr. Blair T. Allison is professor and chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Grove City College. He teaches
AC 2011-2443: INCORPORATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTO MECHAN-ICAL ENGINEERING AUTOMOTIVE COURSES: TWO CASE STUDIESGregory W. Davis, Kettering University Dr. Gregory W. Davis is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, formerly known as GMI Engineering & Management Institute. Acting in this capacity, he teaches courses in the Auto- motive and Thermal Science disciplines. He also serves a Director of the Advanced Engine Research Laboratory, where he conducts research in alternative fuels and engines. Currently, Greg serves as the faculty advisor for one of the largest Student Chapters of the Society of Automotive Engineers(SAE) and the Clean Snowmobile Challenge Project. Greg is also active on
LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, chair of the First Year Engineering experience, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team.Dr. Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University Page 23.266.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Campus-wide Course Modification Program to Implement Active & Collaborative Learning and Problem-based Learning to Address the Entrepreneurial MindsetAbstractWhile active and
Paper ID #32686Work in Progress: Entrepreneurship and Senior Design ProgramCollaboration Towards Multidisciplinary DesignDr. Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Dr. Rachana A Gupta is currently a Teaching Professor and Director of the ECE Senior Design Pro- gram. She teaches and mentors several senior design students on industry-sponsored projects (On average 25 / semester) to complete an end product. These projects include all aspects of System Engineering: concept design, product design and design trade-offs, prototyping, and testing (circuit design, PCB, me- chanical fabrication, algorithm
areas for undergraduate students to select from: Food and Bio-Innovation, New Media, New Ventures, Social Entrepreneurship and Technology Based Entrepreneurship.Prof. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Joe Tranquillo teaches at Bucknell University, offering courses in signals and systems, neural and cardiac electrophysiology, instrumentation and medical device design. He has published widely on electrical dynamics in the heart and brain, biomedical computing, engineering design and engineering education.Mr. Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University Page 24.265.1 c American Society for
AC 2012-3655: PROPOSED KEEN INITIATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR EN-TREPRENEURIAL MINDEDNESS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering Owe Petersen is Department Chair and professor of electrical engineering and Computer Science at Mil- waukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work ranges over topics such as optical data links, integrated circuit technology, RF semiconductor com- ponents, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC Program Evaluator in electrical engineering.Dr. William M
University and has mentored more than 30 undergrad- uate and graduate business plan teams since 2002. In 2010, Carol’s teams won more national business plan competitions than teams from any one university in the 25 year history of the competitions. Carol has won two national awards for innovation in entrepreneurship pedagogy and won the prestigious University of Arkansas Alumni Association Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching in 2009. She earned a Ph.D. in Strategic Management with an Entrepreneurship Concentration from the University of Georgia in 1988. Page 22.944.1 c
of Maryland, andPennsylvania State University. In September 2007, our university received a grant fromthe Kern Family Foundation to develop a new curriculum for a minor in EngineeringEntrepreneurship open to students in all of the engineering disciplines. The generalframework of this program has been presented elsewhere [1]. The first course in thesequence was taught to a first cohort of students during the Fall 2008 term. The courseis titled Creativity and Innovation and was offered to first semester sophomoreengineering students from all disciplines. The details of this course are presented below.Course Objectives and Pedagogical ApproachThe four primary goals of the Creativity and Innovation course are to:1. Teach students the difference
Biomechanics Laboratory (EBL) at LTU with the goal of advanc- ing experimental biomechanics understanding. Dr. Meyer teaches Introduction to Biomechanics, Tissue Mechanics, Engineering Applications in Orthopedics, and Foundations of Medical Imaging. He has been an active member of the engineering faculty committee that has redesigned the Foundations of Engi- neering Design Projects course that is required for all freshmen in the College of Engineering at LTU. This committee is currently designing a new sophomore-level Engineering Entrepreneurship Studio that will also be required for all students as a continuation of the ”Foundations Studio.” He has published 33 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceeding articles. At
Paper ID #10070Combining Technical and Entrepreneurial Skills in an Electric Circuits Coursethrough Project-Based LearningDr. Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University Heath J. LeBlanc is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at Ohio Northern University. He received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and graduated summa cum laude with his BS in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 2007. His teaching interests include control, signals and systems, electric circuits
Paper ID #20446The Santa Clara University Maker Lab: Creating the Lab, Engaging theCommunity, and Promoting Entrepreneurial-minded LearningDr. Christopher Kitts, Santa Clara University Christopher Kitts is as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University where he serves as Director of the Robotic Systems Laboratory and as the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development in the School of Engineering. Kitts runs an aggressive field robotics program focused on the the design and operational control of robotic systems ranging from underwater robots to spacecraft. As part of this activity
Paper ID #24271Assessment and Evaluation of Villanova University’s Engineering Entrepreneur-ship Minor ProgramDr. Pritpal Singh, Villanova University Dr. Pritpal Singh is Professor and Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Villanova University. He received a BSc in Physics from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1978, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Sciences/Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1981 and 1984, respectively. Dr. Singh teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of semiconductor microelectronics, renewable energy systems and
Engineer in Ontario and in Qu´ebec. He began his professional career as a project engineer for the consulting engi- neering firm Urgel Delisle et Associ´es. From 1989 to 1999 he held a faculty position at Universit´e Laval, where his teaching and research activities focused on agricultural machinery engineering. While at Uni- versit´e Laval, Dr. Lagu¨e also served as Vice-Dean (Research) of the Facult´e des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation and he was the founding chair of the D´epartement des sols et de g´enie agroalimen- taire. In January 2000, Dr. Lagu¨e was appointed to the Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry industrial chair at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of
Paper ID #12636Exploring what we don’t know about entrepreneurship education for engi-neersDr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers
AC 2011-503: BRINGING A TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CUR-RICULUM ONLINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDJames V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. James V. Green leads the education activities of Mtech at the University of Maryland as the Di- rector of Entrepreneurship Education with responsibilities for the Hinman CEOs Program, the Hillman Entrepreneurs Program, and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program. As a Senior Lecturer and Associate Director with Mtech, Dr. Green designs and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. He leads Mtech’s international entrepreneurship education initiatives to include establishing and managing partnerships. Dr
institution. The development of the entrepreneurial programand LEC in the College of Engineering was bolstered by the receipt of two multi-yeargrants (one in 2001 and another in 2003) to create and then strengthen the entrepreneurialprogram in the college of engineering. These grants strengthened the entrepreneurialcertificate program and promoted innovative teaching on campus by conductingworkshops and keynote lectures, awarding faculty curriculum and student venture grants,and providing faculty incentives to work with industry sponsored student teams.Simultaneously and separately, the College of Arts and Sciences, through theUndergraduate Management Program, developed certificate and concentration programin entrepreneurship designed to provide
Paper ID #24273Effect of Entrepreneurial Mindset on Funding Opportunities forFundamental ResearchSamarth Gupta, Purdue UniversityDr. Greg J. Strimel, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Greg J. Strimel is an assistant professor of engineering/technology teacher education in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. His prior teaching experience includes serving as a high school engineering/technology teacher and a teaching assistant professor within the College of Engineering & Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. ©American Society for Engineering
below.Required Entrepreneurship Courses:TEM 401 Economics, Marketing and Strategy: This course will introduce students to situationand market analysis. Students will learn how to make strategic decisions, alliances, andrelationships. It will teach students to find an unmet need and conduct proper market research tounderstand the market size, segmentation, and target customer. Finally students will develop amarketing plan and strategy for a selected technology.TEM 402 Financial Management of New Ventures: This course will introduce students to thetopics of accounting, finance, cash flow, funding sources, and exit strategies. Students will learnhow to generate a financial model, develop a balance sheet, and create deal structures. The keydeliverable for
appointments. She has ex- perience in teaching at the undergraduate and the graduate level. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Erdil worked as an engineer in sheet metal manufacturing and pipe fabrication industry for five years. She holds B.S. in Computer Engineering, M.S. in Industrial Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Binghamton University (SUNY). Her background and research interests are in quality and productivity improvement using statistical tools, lean methods and use of information technology in operations management. Her work is primarily in manufacturing and healthcare delivery operations.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven Maria-Isabel
piezoelectrics, nanomanufacturing, optical measuring techniques, and intercultural design.Dr. Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia Brackin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where she teaches design throughout the curriculum. She is particularly interested in sustainable design. Her B.S. and M.S. are from the University of Tennessee in Nuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. Her industrial experience includes Oak Ridge Na- tional Laboratories, Chicago Bridge and Iron, and a sabbatical at Eli Lilly. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee.Dr. Richard A. House
University College.Georgina Johnston, University of Maryland Georgina Johnston is doctoral student in counselor education at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a graduate assistant with Hinman CEOs with responsibilities for research and teaching assistance. Georgina earned a BA of History and Political Science from Marquette University and a MS of School Guidance and Counseling from Fort Valley State University. Page 13.48.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Holistic Performance Measurement System for Entrepreneurship
Engineering. He currently teaches first-year engineering courses as well as various courses in Mechanical Engineering, primarily in the mechanics area. His pedagogical research areas include standards-based assessment and curriculum design, including the incorporation of entrepreneurial thinking into the engineering curriculum and especially as pertains to First-Year Engineering.Brock Alexander Hays, Ohio Northern University Brock Hays is currently an undergraduate student at Ohio Northern University. At Ohio Northern, he is studying Middle Childhood Education, with concentrations in both Mathematics and Language Arts, with generalist certifications in both Social Studies and Science. c
total frequency. Therefore, the majority of the classrooms across sitesrepresented community-centered and assessment-centered instruction, meaning that studentsconnected with each other in class and engaged in active feedback with their instructor and witheach other. This baseline data highlights that EML classrooms differ from traditional lecture-based courses and are quite interactive. Future research may use the G-RATE to determine ifsimilar interactive activities are occurring in new or partially-infused EML courses or tohighlight differences in EML-based instruction by course type (e.g., laboratory or lecture).Observation data may also be analyzed over time to note how changes in pedagogy orcurriculum influence a classroom and student
Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team.Dr. Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Donald D. Carpenter, PhD, PE, LEED AP is Professor of Civil Engineering where he teaches courses on ethics/professionalism and water resources. Dr. Carpenter is an accredited green design professional (LEED AP) and practicing professional engineer (PE) whose expertise includes Low Impact Development (LID), innovative stormwater best management practices (BMPs), hydrologic and
types of educational interactions and processes we believe are mostappropriate to achieving those outcomes within an overall reference framework. The educationof engineering graduates occurs through a series of experiences ranging from attending classes,working in laboratories, participating in co-curricular activities, being part of industry-sourcedpre-professional or professional experiences, to experiencing residence life on campus. It isproposed that the Innovation Competencies are best taught to and learned (by students andpracticing professionals) through a new and rebalanced combination of the teaching of contentand an expanded and defined set of experiences.A model-based systems engineering framework has been developed to explore the
. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not done – is essential.The programmers were then introduced to their clients as part of a laboratory session where eachengineering education major provided a brief presentation on their lesson plan. Eachprogramming team had to evaluate and rank the lesson plans in a bidding-type process. Thesebids were reviewed by the instructor and teams were then assigned to specific lesson plans. Thefirst half of the next laboratory session was dedicated for the teams to interact with their assignedclient in order to discuss the specifics of the lesson plan and to
AC 2009-498: A CALL FOR CROSS-CAMPUS COLLABORATION INEXECUTIVE EDUCATION: REFLECTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATE ININNOVATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OFMARYLANDJames Green, University of Maryland Dr. James V. Green is the Director of the award-winning Hinman Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities (Hinman CEOs) Program at the University of Maryland, and the associate director of entrepreneurship education at Mtech Ventures. He manages the executive education programs and the Technology Start-Up Boot Camp, and serves as the course manager for Mtech Ventures. He is an instructor with the A. James Clark School of Engineering, teaching a variety of courses in entrepreneurship and technology
AC 2011-1606: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GRADUATE COURSE INSUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SCIENTISTSAND ENGINEERSAnthony Marchese, Colorado State University Anthony Marchese is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University and a PI at the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and B.S. and M.S. degrees from Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute. He is currently funded by NSF to study pollutant formation and combustion chemistry of algae-derived biofuels and is the fuel conversion/characterization team leader for the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, a $48 Million
successfulenterprises on the campus. Although, this would not necessarily be an undesirable outcome, thegoal of the program is more in the realm of building a firm foundation. That being said, start-upsprovide the laboratory for a variety of learning experiences, which is difficult to simulate in theclassroom. We will discuss the aspect of nurturing start-ups later in the body of this paper.The Marketing Plan for the Certificate Program to the StudentsThe Certificate Program was marketed initially by writing and printing a brochure that succinctlydescribed the requirements and benefits of the program. The program was then presented througha variety of means. The program was primarily marketed by “word of mouth”. Briefpresentations were given to students
, West Lafayette Nicholas is a Ph.D. student in engineering education at Purdue University. His research interests include engineering design, team learning, and instructional laboratories. He has conference publications on cooperative learning, engineering laboratories, innovation, and design. Page 23.740.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Innovation Process Mapping Protocol: An Approach to Assessing Students’ Understanding of Innovation As a ProcessAbstractThe assessment of knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to innovation is a challenging