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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Green, University of Maryland

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Connection Program Startup Boot – ENES210: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Analysis Camp • $75K Freshmen & • Existing gap to be filled by the new Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Sophomores Innovation Program (EIP). Competition • Entrepreneur Juniors & • Hinman CEOs Program Office Hours Seniors • Hillman

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University

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Motorola, Boeing, Intel, and Honeywell.Over half were from the Phoenix area of Arizona and the rest were located in Tucson.But these healthy “aging hipsters” are not necessarily retiring early. They plan on working longerthan the generation of their parents. Slightly over 80 percent of the focus team had over twodecades of experience in their field.In spite of this trend of working longer, there will still be a significant number of jobs vacatedeach year. That brings us to the next question: What type of employees do these Baby Boomerswant to eventually replace them?III. MethodologyAn online survey was conducted December 9 through December 20, 2005 with a select focusteam of 14 industrial leaders (Refer to Figure 1). Data were gathered using a

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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institution, what programs had you heard of?” Inresponse to this question, students ranked the entrepreneurship LLC fifth (n = 141) among thetop ten programs identified, Table 1. Table 1 Response to freshman questionnaire: “Prior to coming to our institution, what programs had you heard of?To amplify our in-person marketing effort, we plan to enlist current program participants asguides for tours with prospective students and parents. This may increase the eventual numberof applications if more students join our institution specifically because we have this program.The freshman survey sought to address the issue of program attractiveness with the question,“Which of the following programs had an impact on your decision

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Ports, QTS, Inc.; Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech; Clifford Bragdon, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

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College and the Director of the National Aviation and Transportation Center in New York. His Ph.D. is in the field of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech Dr. Dennis J. Kulonda is a scholar/entrepreneur with substantial academic and industry experience. He served as Director of the Engineering Management Program at the University of Central Florida; Dean, College of Business at Alfred University, New York; and Director of the Center for Professional Development at James Madison University. He has had industry experience as Managing Partner of Operations Associates; manager of Education Consulting at Broadway & Seymour; and Industry Consultant

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Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

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currently exists and the plans that have been derived from therecommendations that resulted from the study. This paper will also discuss recent events that areredefining the effort and the application of experience gained to entrepreneurial education inengineering.Introduction Traditionally, entrepreneurship in higher education has been associated with research-intensive efforts1. Entrepreneurship in higher education has also been linked with innovation andeconomic development exemplified by the Massachusetts route 128 corridor, the North CarolinaResearch Triangle, and the Silicon Valley in California2. More recently, entrepreneurship hasbeen linked with efforts to create social value resulting in what is commonly referred to as

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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plan toeducate scientists and engineers with a strong and vital humanities and arts component.The WPI Plan reasoned that the humanities and arts would place engineering in an ethicaland humane context, graduating young men and women to develop technology with aneye toward the greater good. More than forty years later, the humanistic values that haveremained so important to WPI’s general education of engineers have been embraced byschools of business and by engineering programs seeking to develop entrepreneurialengineers. Two of the attributes of an entrepreneurial engineer, as defined by the KernFamily Foundation’s Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), are essentiallythe qualities found in a well-educated humanist: First, curiosity

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Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile; Constanza Miranda, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile; Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Manuela De la vega, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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inentrepreneurial endeavors. First, this article presents a theoretical framework about competenciesin engineering education, followed by a description of the study objectives, the sample, the datagathering technique and the data analysis plan. We adopted a qualitative design to interviewentrepreneurship stakeholders from Chile, Colombia, Spain, the U.S. and the U.K. Theinterviewees were entrepreneurship instructors, researchers on entrepreneurship education, andleaders from startup accelerators and business incubators. From their perspectives, we shared adefinition of entrepreneurship, we explored the roles that engineers play in startups andentrepreneurial companies, and we identified critical competencies. Finally, we discuss theimplications of these

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Bruce D. Oestreich, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Historical Research-Sources 4.36 1.08 3.88 1.33 Research Questions 4.36 0.94 4.36 0.85 Experimental/Technical Work 4.60 0.82 4.60 0.66 Analysis 4.15 1.23 4.23 0.75Figures 1 and 2 illustrate results using the developed rubric and reveals some interesting findingsregarding EML in our Product Archaeology project. Experimental/Technical Work(Connections) was found to be the high scoring rubric item and one that had the least amount ofvariation between student teams. This relates to the team’s ability to create (and report) on anexperimental plan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Nilsen, VentureWell; Victoria Matthew, VentureWell/Epicenter; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group

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Innovation and Regional incubators, venture capital Entrepreneurship Activity availability Based on Graham, R. Creating university-based entrepreneurial ecosystems evidence from emerging world leaders. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)A month later, four to five members of each team bring results from their landscapeanalyses to a multi-day workshop. Presenters from a wide variety of universitiesintroduce Pathways teams to model programs in innovation and entrepreneurship. Thesesessions are interspersed with an introduction to a specific planning and change processcalled “strategic doing.” Based on “lean” principles,7 strategic doing emphasizes rapid,iterative activities based on well-defined

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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,summarize the results of evaluations by the student participants in and judges of thiscompetition, and describe plans for the development of these programs. Section 2 providesbackground on EPICS and the EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative. Section 3 describes how theNational I2P® has been extended to encompass social entrepreneurship efforts in addition toEPICS. Section 4 summarizes the results of evaluations by the students and judges whoparticipated in the 2006 National I2P® Competition for EPICS and Social Entrepreneurship.Section 5 describes future plans for these efforts, including the 2007 competition and the creationof the Innovation Initiative for Social Entrepreneurship as the new umbrella for all of theseactivities

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Teaching Methods and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samuel Todd Hunter, Pennsylvania State University

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creative potential of our citizens. One of the three critical areas addressed inthe strategy includes, “Invest[ing] in the Building Blocks of American Innovation” by focusingon education, research, technology and building of infrastructure. The nation’s push towardscreating an innovative and creative workforce is likely to have significant impacts on STEMeducation at both the K-12 and university levels.In engineering education, the National Academy of Engineering (2004) envisioned the Engineerof 2020 to possess not only strong analytical skills, but also characteristics such as practicalingenuity and creativity.1 As the Academy notes, “Yesterday, today, and forever, engineeringwill be synonymous with ingenuity – skill in planning, combining, and

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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the Hillman Entrepreneurs Program, an educational, team-building andmentoring program that provides four-year scholarships for entrepreneurial students fromMaryland, who otherwise may not have the financial capacity to pursue a college degree orcompete well for financial aid. The Hillman scholarship enables students to go to school full-time and take a rich set of specially designed entrepreneurship and leadership courses. Theprogram includes out-of-the-classroom activities and mentoring to help them develop asentrepreneurs within a community of entrepreneurs. The program supports a full-time mentor ateach educational institution, who is charged with guiding the Hillman students with theirventures and planning the community activities that

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Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

provides access to vitalresources for building quality entrepreneurship education programs that engage engineering andtechnical students including grants, faculty fellowships, capacity building workshops,networking opportunities, and resources. In addition, KEEN has provided financial anddevelopmental resources to grantee institutions for the development of entrepreneurshipcurricula, modules, and extracurricular activities like business plan competitions, speaker series,student entrepreneurship clubs, and seminars. At LTU, the grants provide the funding tointegrate the existing entrepreneurial programs into a new innovative interdisciplinary programfocused on developing the “entrepreneurial mindset” on campus. The skills associated with

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Douglas E. Melton, Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network; Heather Dillon, University of Washington Tacoma; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University; Mary Murphy

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was that after participants engagedwith facilitators at the workshop, they were provided with one year of coaching by a faculty peermentor. This was an opportunity for participants to test ideas from the workshops with a supportsystem in place and guidance as needed, all in a safe way. Coaching cut across disciplines inengineering and course levels and was successful in helping many faculty implement workshopideas [2].In 2020 nine in-person workshops were planned. The plans shifted swiftly to a remote formatdue to COVID-19 and raised several research questions aligned with this transition: 1. Does the COVID shift create long-term benefits for faculty development structures? 2. Did EM assist the faculty facilitators with the COVID

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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David G. Novick, University of Texas at El Paso; Nicholas A. Ramirez, University of Texas at El Paso; Melanie Anne Realyvasquez, University of Texas at El Paso

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interview. In the course of theinterviews, participants were asked to rate their risk tolerance and their interest in pursuing a startupon ten-point scale. The interviews were assessed (see Coding Book, Appendix A) through recordingof categorical and numerical responses for: • Immigration generation • Parents’ education • Employment during college 4 • Switch of major • Risk tolerance • Startup interestand through thematic content analysis [14] for: • Family influence on major • Career plans • Career certainty • Reasons for pursuing or not pursuing a startupThe students in the entrepreneurially oriented engineering major and the students in the

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Douglas Muir, University of Virginia; Elizabeth P. Pyle, University of Virginia

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consulting services across diversified industries. Her extensive experience in business development, strategic planning, marketing, operations, and leadership have left a lasting impact on overall business performance from start-up to turn-around situations. Ms. Pyle is recognized for her unusual ability 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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech

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education circles, awide range of additional canvases have emerged since the Business Model Canvas was firstintroduced (see www.canvanizer.com). In this paper, we discuss our analysis of severalcanvases and propose a framework for selecting and using existing canvases, as well as creatingnew canvases. While canvases have value in both corporate and academic settings, we place aparticular emphasis on their use in educational settings.The Idea of a CanvasThe Business Model Canvas (BMC) simultaneously questioned the formal business plan andproposed a more flexible and iterative tool for developing and executing on a value proposition.The BMC’s was very timely in that it offered a way to balance long-term planning with theadaptability needed to respond

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Minnie Patel, San Jose State University; Anuradha Basu, San Jose State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

systematic way.Despite the fact that SJSU is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, the engineering studentsat SJSU are not adequately exposed to entrepreneurship as revealed by a preliminary survey bythe authors. To bridge this gap, we plan to develop teaching material for an engineeringentrepreneurship course at the undergraduate level supported by a CCLI grant from the NationalScience Foundation.The objective of the present paper is to describe a process of selecting appropriate coursematerial for teaching engineering entrepreneurship in order to dispel some of the common mythsabout entrepreneurship amongst undergraduates at SJSU. This paper also discusses the value andimpact of the two approaches identified above in educating and exposing

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Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Akshit Aggarwal, Stanford University; Felipe Pincheira, Stanford University; Rebecca Rose Krauthamer; Gregory Kress, Stanford University

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discussed using an open-process approach. Members noted a considerable lackof reluctance to prototype methods and team presentations; they also reported a deliberate lack ofspecific planning that they believe contributed to an entertaining and productive team ambiance.The full experiment offers stunning stories and compelling implications for creating effectivedesign interventions in team-based engineering and design classes as well as for those pursuingthe stories of compassion, empathy, and transformation in entrepreneuring.Key words: Open-team process, Entrepeneuring, Design Thinking, IMVU, Social Participation,Empathy1. Introduction and Overview of Design Team DynamicsOur diverse group, composed of graduate mechanical engineering students

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Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela M. Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Ricardo Leon Gomez, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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evaluation, and curriculum design and implementation. Gomez works closely with the Assessment and Evaluation Manager and staff in the development and implemen- tation of the NCIIA’s evaluation plans, including client satisfaction surveys, instrument development, data collection, analysis, and reporting.Mr. Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) As an entrepreneur leading a not-for-profit organization, Phil Weilerstein has grown the NCIIA (http://www.nciia.org/) from founding as a grassroots group of enthusiastic university faculty to an internationally recognized re- source supporting and promoting technology innovation and entrepreneurship to create experiential learn- ing

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Frank Kinney, Florida Tech; Vaidy Vaidyanathan; Tom O'Neal, University of Central Florida; Clifford Bragdon, Florida Tech; Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech; Grisselle Centeno, University of South Florida; Jose Zayas-Castro, University of South Florida; Lynda Weatherman, Space Caost EDC

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innovation and its commercializationcalled the “Technopolis Phenomenon”.This paper reviews research done on creation of Technopolis communities and highlightsexemplary best practices from Technopolis communities around the world such as SiliconValley, Boston, Austin, Ireland, Bangalore, Taiwan, Sophia-Antipolis, and others. The role ofacademia-industry-government collaboration in creation of Technopolis communities isdiscussed in detail. This involves sustained, collaborative efforts by academics, industryrepresentatives, Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs), Economic DevelopmentOrganizations (EDOs), engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, and other practitioners to developinitiatives, plans, methodologies, infrastructure, and action items for

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qu Jin, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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).Personal CharacteristicsInnovation OrientationThe scale of Innovation Orientation was adapted from Scott and Bruce’s measures ofindividuals’ innovative behavior17. The scale includes six items that ask participants to rate theextent to which they engage in a list of behaviors. Example items are “Search out newtechnologies, processes, techniques, and/or product ideas” and “Develop adequate plans andschedules for the implementation of new ideas.” The items were measured on a five-point Likertscale with responses ranging from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always).Intentional Self-RegulationThe sub-scales Goal Selection, Goal Optimization, Goal Compensation, and Loss-Based GoalSelection were selected from the Entrepreneurial Intentional Self

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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Project for Civil Engineering Freshmen to Enhance Their Entrepreneurial MindsetIntroduction In a 1972 article entitled, “Mickey Mouse for Mayor!” [1] Peter Blake said, “…it is WaltDisney Productions, and not our innumerable U.S city planning agencies and experts, that hasreally created the first, great, vibrant New Towns in America.” Walt Disney Imagineering,which is responsible for the design and construction of Disney projects, seems to understand thedesign process better than most. One might say they are particularly entrepreneurial in theirmindset and approach. They exhibit curiosity and creativity; they connect various disciplines toaccomplish major tasks; and they undoubtedly create value with nearly every project

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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activities running specifically in Business Harvard Focused model School and Management School University Cornell Radiant model Instructional activities spreading all over the campus US University Entrepreneurship Education Center taking charge of Magnet model planning and running the whole program using resources MIT from Business School and Management School Specialized education

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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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as a Ph.D. student in Experiential Engineering Education, Rowan University. Before joining this program, he has also completed a professional training certification course from IUCEE, underpinning for engineering education. Siddharthsinh plans to become a professor after completing his Ph.D. and continue his journey as a life long learner.Dr. Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University Dr. Elise Barrella is a Founding Faculty Member of the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest Univer- sity. She is passionate about curriculum development, scholarship and student mentoring on transportation systems, sustainability, and engineering design. Dr. Barrella completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech where

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University

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three years of engineering or business courses supplemented with a year of IBE cohort courses spread over the four years. The program requires a fifth year for students wishing to earn a BS in engineering or a BA in a business specialization. Some additional characteristics include: o Students acquire proficiency in a foreign language and encouraged to study abroad o Summer industrial internships are mandatory o Program culminates with a comprehensive senior capstone design project focused on entrepreneurship that incorporates marketing, strategic planning, and competitive analysis, along with product, process, and system design issues

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon M. Sipes, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #12796Assessment of the Rose-Hulman Leadership AcademyMr. Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Philip Brown is a PhD candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and was part of the Rising Engineering Education Faculty Fellowship program at Rose-Hulman in the Fall of 2014.Dr. Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assess- ment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her research areas include technical

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell/Epicenter; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Shelly Engelman, SageFox Consulting Group

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Grintner Report, the applied,practical approach to engineering education that nurtured young innovators was replaced by amore theoretical approach6. This theoretical approach was fitting for a time when engineeringcorporations were large and sought workers to simply execute their plans. However, society isnow characterized by organizations that generate wealth from the innovations of their workers7.Indeed, employers seek graduates that can apply their knowledge, have the ability to innovate,can communicate effectively, work in teams and understand contexts and constraints8,9, all skillstypically addressed by entrepreneurship education. Such skills also prepare students to start theirown companies based on their own innovations10, which also serves

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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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as a capstone experience. To date, several pilot teams have successfullycompleted the sequence, completed their undergraduate engineering requirements andused the capstone courses to develop products and undertake business planning for theirstart up technical ventures. In addition to the courses in the entrepreneurship minor,infrastructure is in place to support a Student Entrepreneurship Competition in whichstudent teams can develop prototypes and their ideas into business plan proposals forseveral sources of possible seed funding. The infrastructure includes a mentoringentrepreneurs’ network of Lehigh alumni, an on-campus student-start-up incubator, andnew early-stage follow-up funding. This paper will describe the integration of

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Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Allen, Bucknell University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University

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the Innovation Ecosystem. 2. Identify university stakeholders and administrative support for innovation activities. 3. Establish a strategic plan for uniting the University Innovation Ecosystem that capitalizes on our uniqueness of liberal arts and professional programs.. This includes desired outcomes and identified resources needed to achieve them. 4. Develop an interdisciplinary course offering for Spring 2011 called “Impact! Exploring Innovation across Disciplines”.The workshop has resulted in the engagement of faculty, students and administratorsfrom domains of understanding across engineering, management, arts, humanities,sciences and social sciences through the formation of BIG (Bucknell Innovation Group).The