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Leadership and Strategic Planning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Robert Davis, Purdue University; Shripad Revankar, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University; Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; Leah Jamieson, Purdue University

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. IntroductionIn the five years leading up to the beginning of our current strategic planning cycle, the Collegeof Engineering at Purdue had undergone a period of significant growth both in faculty andfacilities. The key questions facing the college centered around how to identify and realize theopportunities that this growth was creating. With this in mind, when the work on the nextgeneration strategic plan began in late 2006, inclusiveness and widespread engagement ofstakeholders were defining goals for the planning process. Reflecting this goal of including alllevels of faculty and staff as well as students, outside academic and industrial experts andalumni,approximately hundreds of people across 25 continentshave been engaged in the preparation ofthe

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stephanie M. Gillespie, University of New Haven

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offer a new technical elective, the providedhigh-level overview of a course is likely not helpful. As an example, one faculty membercommented on a card, “This project is well thought out and comprehensive. If I were designing acourse from scratch I would strongly consider using this as the thread through the course as theauthors did,” [17], and plenty of other supportive but not-ready-as-is comments exist on the cardpages. Ultimately, engineering faculty already feel the pressure of having to teach too manytopics within each course, and many faculty members have trouble finding the time toincorporate entrepreneurially-minded learning into their courses [16]. Shared resources that arefull courses or even month-long projects are unlikely to be

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ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum II

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrea T. Kwaczala, Western New England University

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from using concepts in kinetics and kinematics in an application that also trainsthem on business planning, cost analysis of new biotechnology and market analysis. There is a need tointroduce engineers to the entrepreneurial mindset which can help to engage students in the course materialand become more curious about the world around them. This paper aims to demonstrate how a semester-long human body motion analysis project can teach innovation and business skills in the engineeringclassroom through the use of an entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) module.IntroductionIt is valuable to implement entrepreneurial mindset in the undergraduate engineering classroom. Often,entrepreneurship courses are taught by business programs and do not focus

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University

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learning modules based on the “Quantified Self” social movementAbstractTraditional engineering curriculum and coursework lacks entrepreneurial experiences for students.While most entrepreneurship program models utilize curriculum that is delivered in a businessschool collaboration, more recently engineering colleges have started promoting the idea thatEntrepreneurial-Minded Learning (EML) can be formalized within engineering education.Development of an entrepreneurial mindset is difficult while students are actively working on theirsenior projects, so additional experiential learning during the earlier levels of undergraduateeducation is needed. In this project, we set out to include EML in courses across engineeringprograms and

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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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prerequisite. The pedagogical approach isproject-based, experiential learning, of the entrepreneurial mind-set distinct from minorsin business or engineering. Support for student lead entrepreneurial projects comes fromthe University’s Small Business Development Center, the Office of Technology Transfer, Page 11.32.3the Ben Franklin Technology Partners, the Keystone Innovation Zones (KIZ) ofPennsylvania and the NCIIA. As in the other experiential programs, the entrepreneurshipminor concludes with a two semester practicum. In 2005 the fourth year of our campuswide Student Entrepreneurship Competition (SEC), seven student teams were selected aswinners of small

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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

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highlyappreciated. They have asked for smaller scale projects and for more class time to work on them.Most students were engineering and computer science students, and only few from othercolleges. This paper shares some of the specific comments (please see Appendix D). Special thanks to NCIIA for supporting activities and projects. Page 23.1302.3Details of activitiesThis section details activities that have been used to enhance the understanding of, andengagement with, user-based design. The underlying goal of the activities is to change thetraditional point of view of students when designing products or services, i.e., always keep theuser in mind

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Paper ID #23599Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset Using the KEEN Framework for aDigital Communication System CourseProf. John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University Professor John Santiago has been a technical engineer, manager, and executive with more than 26 years of leadership positions in technical program management, acquisition development and operation research support while in the United States Air Force. He currently has over 16 years of teaching experience at the university level and taught over 40 different graduate and undergraduate courses in electrical engineer- ing, systems engineering, physics

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Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; John Merrill, The Ohio State University

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© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 First-Year Student Experiences, Attitudes and Outcomes in a Seminar on Innovation and EntrepreneurshipAbstractThis paper reports on experiences, attitudes and outcomes of first-year students who havecompleted a one credit-hour seminar entitled "Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Rocket Fuel forCreative Minds". Although the seminar is open to all first-year students at Ohio StateUniversity, it primarily attracts engineering and business students.This paper more fully describes the structure of the Rocket Fuel Seminar and presents selectedresponses of students to surveys recorded at the end of each seminar offering. The survey resultsclearly indicate that engineering and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University

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strength or improvement area)Workshop for senior government civil engineersThis workshop was for 40 senior and very senior government civil engineers from the stateirrigation and public works departments. The workshop title was ‗Meeting Minds –ScalingSummits‘ as it was a part of the annual get-together of the departments. We covered the 3Hmodel in detail and limited creativity techniques only to brainstorming. The case studies werefrom the department and presented by the selected participants. We covered meditation but didnot spend time on developing solution for the challenges chosen by the participants. Theworkshop went on for around four hours and received overall rating of 4.4 on the 5-point Likertscale. Various strengths and improvements were

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 11

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Paper ID #16795Mirror Mirror: Reflection and the Building of MindsetsProf. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Dr. Joseph (Joe) Tranquillo is an Associate Professor at Bucknell University in the Department of Biomed- ical Engineering, He is also co-director of the Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management, co-director of the KEEN Winter Interdisciplinary Design Program, and chair of the Biomedical Engineer- ing Division of ASEE. Tranquillo has published three undergraduate textbooks and numerous engineering education publications, and has presented internationally on engineering and education. His work has

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University; Lawrence Funke, Ohio Northern University; David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University

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Paper ID #23833Incorporating the Entrepreneurial Mindset into a System Dynamics CourseDr. Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University Dr. DiBerardino is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University. His teaching and research interests are in first-year engineering, dynamic systems, and musculoskeletal biome- chanics, and integrating curriculum with the entrepreneurial mindset.Dr. Lawrence Funke, Ohio Northern University Dr. Funke received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2017. He is currently an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University.Dr

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Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Gregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University

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-listed as appropriate. Additionally, non-engineering coursesinvolving entrepreneurial skills will be identified and offered within the engineeringcurriculum as electives.Strategy 3: Multidiscipline capstone enterprisesThe entrepreneur minded engineer or scientist of the 21st century will be required tounderstand many disciplines to succeed, and a multidisciplinary capstone enterprise at theUniversity will provide a first experience to develop that understanding. Beginning in the2006-2007 academic year capstone projects will emphasize the collaboration ofengineering, management, and science students.Strategy 4: Promoting and funding student venturesStudent venture capital grants have existed at the University since the 2003-2004academic year on a

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federico Garcia Lorca, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

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Quote “Since we had worked with each other before (in other challenges), we knew how to function better as a group, and we communicated better. We were able to carry out our ideas faster” “This challenge made me realize that communication and understanding the consumer is key; so, as engineers, when we are designing our products we should always keep that in the back of our mind” “This is a great lesson to take away from the challenge. […] When I am an engineer and I think I have a great idea that is worth pursuing, I need to convey that message. With a good pitch, that grabs the attention of my boss, I can display why it is worth it for him to

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt A. Thoroughman, Washington University; Alessandra Hruschka, Washington University in St.Louis; Patricia Widder, Washington University in St. Louis

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Paper ID #10961Engineering Virtual Studio: KEEN Modules to Foster Entrepreneurial Mind-set in an Integrative, First/Second Year Online CourseDr. Kurt A. Thoroughman, Washington University Dr. Thoroughman is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Thoroughman received a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and postdoctoral training in Biology from Brandeis University.Ms. Alessandra

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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chosen. The use of the method is always context depended. The method and theunderstanding of it need to be context-free. To achieve this goal a deeper level of skillsneeds to be achieved. Self-reflection and mindfulness are essential for a storyteller andwe argue that they are essential for a practicing engineer as well48, 61. SBL treats these“higher order thinking skills” as fundamental to engineering that is not only capable ofsolving engineering problems but solving the right problems in general5, 21, 43. This termis closely linked to innovation, which by definition needs a holistic approach to happen9,52 . The path from the classroom, and from the Conversational Storytelling EngagementConcerns shared in the previous chapter, to societal

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). The KEEN framework [5]is based on the premise that an entrepreneurial mindset is characterized by a persistent curiosityof all things, the skills to make connections between seemingly unrelated things, and an ever-present goal to create value. The dimensions of curiosity, connections, and creating value areoften referred to as the 3C’s. In addition to these three dimensions, the KEEN framework addsopportunity and impact as complementary skills within the realm of the entrepreneurial mindset.The framework provides specific learning outcomes for the five dimensions; see Table 1. Table 1: KEEN Framework Dimension Entrepreneurial Minded Learning Outcome

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sergio William Sedas, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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multiple international academic and industrial forums. Page 26.89.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A program to develop resiliency, self-confidence, intrinsic motivation, and a sense of purpose in young adultsAbstractThe goal of this work is to develop and implement an early development undergraduateprogram that will help increase resiliency, self-confidence and intrinsic motivation, anddevelop a sense of purpose in young adults. The program is divided in two parts. In the firstpart students go through experiential training that uses techniques adopted from

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso

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Paper ID #23633Developing the Entrepreneurial Self: Integrating Professional Growth in anEngineering Design and Entrepreneurship Course SequenceDr. David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso David G. Novick, Mike Loya Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Professor of Engineering Education and Leadership, earned his J.D.at Harvard University in 1977 and his Ph.D. in Computer and Informa- tion Science at the University of Oregon in 1988. Before coming to UTEP he was on the faculty of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Oregon Graduate Institute and then Director of Research at the European Institute

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University; Sandhya Arumugam, Purdue University

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a role that involves technical skills but also requirescuriosity, an ability to connect pieces of knowledge to discover solutions, and a focus on valuecreation—which are all characteristic of innovation-thinking frameworks such asentrepreneurial-minded learning [1], systems thinking [2], design thinking [3], valueproposition canvas [4], and business model canvas [5]. These innovation-thinking frameworksare not just applicable for start-ups, and are not a matter of simply repackaging business forengineering students [6]; rather, they emphasize the development of innovation-thinkingamong engineering students that allows them to identify and solve problems. Becauseinnovation-thinking develops over time and requires practice, the role of

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Mark Cuson; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University

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forces, moments, and normal bending stresseshelp resolve the business problem presented in the case study.2. Case Study Method InstructionEngineers working in business require the ability to solve relevant engineering problems “inuncertain and even currently unknowable environments.”5 The pedagogical goal of the casestudy method is to create this environment in the minds of students while they learn newconcepts and solve important problems. The case study method is widely used in businessschools to explore “the ‘wicked’ problems that potential managers will face in an uncertainworld”6 and encourage the “development of critical thinking and sense making abilities.”7 Overtime, the case study method has become a popular teaching tool because its

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurs” or “Intrapreneurs.” According to Morris et al., “CorporateEntrepreneurship” is a term used to describe entrepreneurial behavior inside established mid-sized and large organizations2. The term “Intrapreneur” was first introduced by Pinchot in 1985as any dreamers who take hands-on responsibility for creating innovation of any kind within anorganization3. The entrepreneurial mind creates inventive solutions to complex problems. It alsorecognizes the importance of identifying entrepreneurial opportunities.Lawrence Tech has a strong commitment of fostering the entrepreneurial mindset. The Collegeof Engineering has taken a leadership position in implementing the University’s vision ofdeveloping students with a global view and an

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Baker, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University

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agreements, and other related agreements with industrial partners. Jim is a registered Patent Agent and holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, an M.S. in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University.Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University Ms. Mary Raber is the director of the Enterprise Program at MTU. In this role, she secures funding and projects from external sources, oversees day-to-day operation of the program and teaches various instructional modules in the curriculum. Prior to Michigan Tech, Ms. Raber worked in the automotive industry for 14 years, holding various positions in engineering and management. Mary holds a B.S.M.E

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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develop entrepreneurially-minded engineers, EEPs oftenleverage student-centered teaching practices (e.g., project-based learning, group discussion, pitchcompetitions, mentorship, and experiential learning) to instill entrepreneurship practices such asopportunity identification, customer discovery, validation and pivoting [6], [7].The growth of EEPs has also fueled research in the area. Researchers have explored a variety ofEEP aspects such as their impact on student career choices, attitudes, and retention [8]–[10];assessed learning outcomes [11]; and have presented different models for EEPs [12].Cumulatively, these studies have provided empirical support for the benefits of entrepreneurshipeducation in the professional development of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Wilson II, University of Georgia

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Business Venturing, 21(5), 704–725.Mann, L., Alba, G. D., & Radcliffe, D. (2007). Using Phenomenography to Investigate Different Ways of Experiencing Sustainable Design. In Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Honolulu, HI.Marshall, S. P. (2009). Re-Imagining Specialized STEM Academies: Igniting and Nurturing Decidedly Different Page 26.504.26 Minds , by Design. Roeper Review, 32(1), 48–60.McKenney, S. E., & Reeves, T. C. (2012). Conducting educational design research / Susan E. McKenney, Thomas C. Reeves. New York  : Routledge, 2012.Miemis, V. (2012

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ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University

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fromengineering”. 2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skillsfor Complex Global Environments.[5] Kriewall, T. J., and Mekemson, K., 2010. “Instilling the Entrepreneurial Mindset intoEngineering.” The Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship, 1(1), pp. 5-19.[6] Gerhart, A. L. and Melton, D. E., 2016. “Entrepreneurially minded learning: Incorporatingstakeholders, discovery, opportunity identification, and value creation into problem-basedlearning modules with examples and assessment specific to fluid mechanics.” ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition.[7] Erdil, N. O., Harichandran, R. S., Nocito-Gobel, J. Carnasciali, M. and Li, C. Q., 2016.“Integrating e-Learning Modules into Engineering Courses to Develop and

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Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University; Michael S Harris, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi S Behara, Florida Atlantic University

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disciplines. They are encouraged to meet outside the class hours(during the lab hours) with their team members from the paired courses. The hope is to mixvisual artists, analytically minded engineers, and venture-oriented business students together insmall teams to catalyze innovation, with anthropology students as ethnographers and moderators.Since they have to form teams, we have a common assignment by the second week to post theirbios at a common Blackboard community site. They will have the next three weeks tocommunicate with each other and determine the team make-up. We get involved if they areunable to form teams on their own; we help them make up their minds. During the lab hours (seebelow) the engineering and arts professors teardown our

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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; Exposition, Salt Lake City,Utah, June 2018.[8]. C. Q. Li, R. S. Harichandran, N. O. Erdil, M. Carnasciali, and J. Nocito-Gobel, “Assessingthe Growth in Entrepreneurial Mind-set Acquired through Curricular and Extra-curricularComponents,” in Proceedings of 126th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida,June 2019.[9]. S. R. Brunhaver, J. M. Bekki, A. R. Carberry, J. S. London, and A. F. McKenna,“Development of the Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment (ESEMA),”Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 7, no. 1, p. n1, 2018.[10]. W. J. Schell, A. Kwapisz, K. Aytes, S. E. Bryant, B. J. LaMeres, and E. B. Varnes, “UsingEntrepreneurial Mindset Constructs to Compare Engineering Students and Entrepreneurs,” inProceedings of

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The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College

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from industry, the R&D community,government, the armed services,” students, and faculty inthe pursuit of meeting the technological challenge. Thispaper highlights the projects and activities happeningthrough the Center. Continuous improvement needsnurturing to cause desired CART activities.(CART) is up and running well. In the first two years ofoperation, we have continued to develop new appliedresearch projects and technology services to betterrepresent the School of Engineering Technology andComputer Science and Bluefield State College. KeepingCART’s vision and mission in mind, we worked diligently to meet the goals of our ambitiousbusiness plan. We have stayed within our project budgets without expense to the School or theCollege and

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Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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entrepreneurshipprograms and minors aimed at engineering and other technical professions seems to support thehypothesis that engineers who are more entrepreneurially minded are essential to the futuretechnical competitiveness of the country. Many institutions with already packed engineeringcurricula are struggling with how to better develop the entrepreneurial mindset in their technicaland engineering students.Intercollegiate entrepreneurship education is well underway at The University of Detroit Mercy(UDM). Through support from the Kern Family Foundation (two grants), the LemelsonFoundation (administered by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance), FordMotor Company, and the Jesuit 100 Association, we have already piloted four new courses

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University

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a technological decision is not theonly important element. An organization’s human capital –– open-minded creative team playersand risk takers –– should be valued.One team member stated that he believed it was a “bad trend” to require students to apply fortheir final two years of a 4-year design or technology degree. Students who are not accepted intothe last two years would have to begin another degree program. Another said that the ComputerScience Engineering curriculum needs to include more physics and mathematics to better preparefuture employees.The most important lessons learned from higher education, which led to the career success of thesurvey participants, was how to deal with ambiguity, how to move forward in the face ofadversity