Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #15428The Interface between Cognitive Science and InnovationDr. Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael J. Dyrenfurth is a Professor and Graduate Program Coodinator in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation in the Polytechnic Institute of the Purdue University. He is a member of the ASEE and he has served on both the ENT and the ETD Board of directors and as program chair for the ASEE ENT (2014) and the CIEC in New Orleans (2008). Previously he completed a four year term as Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies in Purdue University’s College of Technology. He was co-PI

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

experiencesC. You are the user: mapping experiencesD. Activities to experience the meaning of simplicityE. Resourcefulness-based design: Making something from (almost) nothingF. Blue Collar designsG. “What’s in it for me” designsH. “Be there:” Empathy-based designsI. Designs that solve or re-solve existing problemsJ. Design QuickiesK. Use-based designL. Rethinking existing designs (“do not get used to…”)The meaning of user-based designThe following story epitomizes one of many that are being shared with the students. It is aboutdesigning a solution to an “unsolvable” problem. The story emphasizes the need to look atproblems and solutions from the customer’s point of view (web-ref 1).The plot deals with young gang members. The disobedient teenagers