influence of the industrialists has broadened theoutlook of the students (and the courses) to look at the bigger picture. Industrialistsserved as guest speakers to introduce the students to a practical outlook on particulartopics. The students thus got an exposure to the real world of business and industrythrough case studies and pragmatic advice from industrialists. The improved coursecontent, with the direct influence from industry, induced an entrepreneurial focus infaculty and students.Research The courses that have been developed and taught have necessitated a new outlookon teaching engineering design and product development, particularly by including such"real-world" business aspects as customer-focused design, design for reliability
increase academic persistence and therefore graduation rates[3]. A three-year NSF funded program is supporting the development and delivery of animmersive five-day workshop at each institution. The workshop is offered the week before thefall semester for incoming transfer students in engineering. Howard University and NMSU areworking together to develop the workshops. However, each institution is structuring and shapingthe workshop in a manner that the instructors believe fit best with their respective institutions.The focus of this paper are the workshops offered at NMSU during the first two years, thequalitative effect it has made to date on the students who participated in it, and how NMSU plansto move forward.The first workshop at NMSU was
had a radical idea for a new micro-mirror technology to render digitalvideo. The project eventually spawned a new TI division (Digital Light Processing – DLP) andled to billions of dollars in product sales.Intrapreneurial skills, as well as a focus on entrepreneurship + engineering skills, has been thefocus of the TIP program. The following sections highlight the program activities, and thenlayout the research methods for analyzing efficacy as well as evaluating the student experience inthe program.project activitiesTIP combines faculty and industry mentorship, workforce development seminars, aninternational experience, an industrial internship, entrepreneurship programs, and scholarships.The program was designed to improve curricular and co
power electronics. He has been working on thin film solar cell research since 1979 including a Sabbatical Leave at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1993. He has also worked on several photovoltaic system projects Dr. Singh has also worked on electric vehicle research, working on battery monitoring and management systems funded primarily by federal agencies (over $3.5 million of funding). Dr. Singh has consulted for several companies including Ford Motor Company and Epuron, LLC. He has also served as a reviewer for the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Dr Singh has over 100 conference and journal publications and holds six issued US patents. Dr. Singh’s recent work is focused on
specialty is water resources engineering. He authored or co-authored six books and many engineering and education publications and presenta- tions. A recent book is Engineering Your Future: The Professional Practice of Engineering and his book Introduction to Creativity and Innovation for Engineers was published by Pearson Prentice Hall in early 2016. Walesh facilitated and/or made presentations at several hundred workshops, seminars, classes, webinars, and meetings throughout the U.S. and internationally. For the past 15 years he has been active in the effort to reform the education and early experience of engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
research design, community-engaged research and mentoring to a) investigate how people perceive, understand, and make decisions about the planet in order to b) address access, inclusion, equity, and justice in STEM and academia. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Developing a conceptual framework to understand student participation in entrepreneurship education programsAbstract: The importance of fostering innovativeness and creativity in graduates has beenwidely noted in national calls and accreditation reforms to enhance graduates’ competitiveness inthe global economy. As a result, universities and other higher education institutions haveinitiated curricular
”: Curiosity, Connections, and Creating Value. The three Cs serve as “containers”designed to be somewhat extensible. For example, some universities have effectively created acollection of goals that are an amalgamation of ABET criteria, KEEN outcomes, and additionaluniversity criteria. While it is too early in KEEN’s existence to have established a body of workdescribing the impact of these criteria, thousands of instructors and students are employing theKEEN entrepreneurial framework. This KEEN framework along with Sarasvathy’s work oneffectual logic serve as the basis for the work in this paper.When perusing the KEEN framework in the Appendix, it became clear that many of the examplebehaviors and complementary skills are well-represented in common
funding organizations are also moving toward a greaterconsideration of the future impact of research activity forcing those in the academy to promotetheir work in a broader and more application driven light. The careers of engineers often grow toincorporate managerial and strategic responsibilities which are almost impossible without anability to consider business and legal issues and to communicate effectively to many differentaudiences. 1, 2, 3, 4 And, as Meier et al., suggest even those who remain squarely within atechnical arena, “are being asked to take responsibility for the overall system.”5 One subject thatneatly encompasses the concepts of innovation (implying new markets and new products),opportunities, creating networks, management
Professor of Engineering at Arizona State University in the Polytech- nic School. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to ASU, London worked at the National Science Founda- tion, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Way to Win: Incentivizing Engineering Faculty to Incorporate Entrepreneurship in their CoursesAbstractIt can be very challenging to incentivize engineering faculty to incorporate something
skills to compete in the globalbusiness environment when they meet with international business leaders on their travels abroad.They interact with America’s best entrepreneurs to learn business strategies. They design,implement, and lead a business project that aims to be the best of its kind in the world. They aretreated to guest lectures in the classroom and a year-long series of business workshops held bysome of the Northwest’s most successful business leaders. See Appendix 2 for descriptions ofthe three courses in the E-Scholars program.E-Scholars travel both domestically and abroad to meet business leaders across the globe. Allstudents travel to New York, where they meet with companies, consultants, non-profits andgovernment agencies, to
commercial developer. Ina report concerning best practices for nanotechnology commercialization, Waitz andBukhari (4) pointed out that the most currently visible nanotech company, Narcosis wasformed through the licensing of Intellectual Property (IP) from universities, where theworld’s leaders in nanoscience academics and research are resident. Michael Darby andLynne Zucken, in a study conducted for the National Bureau of Economic Research (5),stated that 70 % of university inventions cannot be utilized without the involvement of theinventor. The inventor team generally consists of university faculty members and studentswho conduct research. This background and overview of the commercialization process fornanotechnology, highlights the need for
Entrepreneurial DesignEngineering) and CEED2 (Centre for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Design) initiatives thatwere put in place in 2015.2.5.1 CEED1In 2014, uOttawa Engineering identified the Chair in Design Engineering (CDE) program of theNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada (re. http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/CFS-PCP/CDE-CGC_eng.asp) as an opportunity to betterintegrate its entrepreneurial initiatives with the design engineering components of itsundergraduate and graduate programs of studies. uOttawa Engineering was successful insecuring a financial contribution of $1M over five (5) years from NSERC in support of theuOttawa Engineering NSERC Chair in Entrepreneurial Engineering Design (CEED1) with
you keep in mind that some of the respondents graduated 16 years ago.In order to increase response-rate we took multiple actions that were developed based on pastexperiences and best practices [40]: • The invitations and survey featured clear but appealing design with photos of the course • We ensured concise content without unnecessary details. The content of the three e- mails varied slightly, highlighting various values for the respondent each time: the opportunity to give something back to their alma mater and prospective students by further improving the curriculum; the chance to reflect on their own educational and career goals; and an opportunity to win a prize. • The initial drafts took 20
. However, these very traits oftenlead to problems when building large scale software systems. As has been reported by Felder[2], most engineering students tend to be introverted and sensing in their nature. This makes itdifficult for students to interact with others and can lead to problems when building complexsoftware systems. Software engineers often fail to understand the human aspects of the systemsthey design, yielding non-optimum results when finished.We know from the research that appropriate requirements gathering, and elicitation are critical tothe success of software engineering projects. Efforts in effectively defining requirements pay offin both faster deliveries and more successful projects [3]. Thus, it is essential that a
assessment tools and methodology to be used to measure the effectiveness of their proposal. 4. A list of any particular challenges or gaps in know-how in which they would like the Baylor KEEN grant team and KEEN members to assist.2009 KEEN Innovators Page 15.241.4As a result of our Request for Proposals (RFPs) for 2009 KEEN Innovators, two ECS facultymembers were selected, based on their program proposals. Their initial proposals included theembedding of entrepreneurial content into the freshman, junior, and senior design courses,impacting slightly more than 50% of the students in the School in this first year.Initial plans for embedding
establishing the revolutionary EDI/EFT payment system implemented by General Motors. He is a two-time award winner of the Best Paper in Cash Management awarded by the Bank Administration Institute.Mr. James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West LafayetteMr. Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Benjamin Ahn is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests relate to higher education reform, graduate teaching assistants’ roles in engineering classes, undergraduate engineering syllabus and curriculum development, and professional engineering practices in universities and industries.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette Matthew W. Ohland
of formal engineering entrepreneurship programs is likely to increase inthe near future. To meet the demand of developing entrepreneurially minded engineers,engineering institutions “will need to keep pace by offering opportunities to acquireentrepreneurial knowledge and experience” (Besterfield-Sacre et al., 2012). Considering theemergent state of engineering entrepreneurship education, the assessment of entrepreneurshipprograms is important and necessary to identify best practices for teaching entrepreneurship toengineering students.Although investigation of the impacts of engineering entrepreneurship is a relatively new field ofstudy, investigation of a range of student outcomes has already begun to emerge. Researchershave examined a wide
Paper ID #30805Integrating Innovation Curriculum: Measuring Student Innovation toAssess Course and Program EffectivenessDr. Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas Dr. Karl D. Schubert is a Professor of Practice and Director of Research for Innovation and Data Science Initiatives for the College of Engineering and the Sam M. Walton College of Business in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His academic research focuses on providing Innovation programs for STEM education; and, student, faculty and industry innovation engagement. Schubert also serves as a consultant specializing in innovation
in the design and execution of strategies to support economic development and innovation in the U.S. economy. He teaches in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University and is a frequent guest lecturer at other universities both in the U.S. and abroad. Scott is also the Associate Director of the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab. Prior to his career in academia, Scott worked in both corporate and social change strategy with American Airlines and United Way. He has a Ph.D. in public policy, a masters in public administration, and an undergraduate degree in theatre. His doctoral research was on effective strategy in economic development. c American Society for Engineering Education
Paper ID #21674Exploring the Dynamic Interactions and Cognitive Characteristics of NSF In-novation Corps (I-Corps) TeamsDr. Kathryn Weed Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Kathryn Jablokow is a Professor of Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. A graduate of Ohio State University (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering), Dr. Jablokow’s teaching and research interests include problem solving, creativity in science and engineering, and high perfor- mance teams. In addition to her membership in ASEE, she is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Jablokow is the architect of a
. Finally, the teams focus on the development of an overall vision of the company,describing the company growth goal, and the strategies for achieving this goal (strategies inproduct design, manufacturing, marketing, etc.). They also address product distribution anddelivery methods, use of information technology, and financial issues (best and worst casescenarios in sales vs. expenses projections). The primary challenge faced by the students preparing the outline of business strategies fortheir potential company is the fact that it is a start-up venture. Therefore, even though they maybe fairly familiar on how to design a typical manufacturing facility, development of a strategythat deals with limited resources available for a start-up
. the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineering (ASME), and 4. the Institute of Physics (IoP), London, England; multiple best paper awards; NanoBusiness Alliances’ Lifetime Achievement Award and Most Influential Nanotechnology Leaders award; and Special recognition under ”Discoveries” from NSF for a new process, ”Electric Pen Lithography (EPL) for sub-20 nm scale machining using nanoEDM”.Dr. Salil T. Bapat, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Salil Bapat is currently a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Purdue University under the mentoring of Prof. Ajay P. Malshe since March 2020. Dr. Bapat holds a Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics-photonics from University of
University of Maryland (at Mtech, Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute) and at Johns Hop- kins University (at the Center for Leadership Education), where he researched and delivered processes for creative and innovative problem solving. For his unique contributions, he received the prestigious Distin- guished Teacher of the Year Award, the Faculty Talon Award, the University Researcher of the Year AEA Abacus Award, and the President’s Leadership Award. Raviv has published in the areas of vision-based driverless cars, green innovation, and innovative thinking. He is a Co-holder of a Guinness World Record. Raviv received his Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1987 and M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from the
with major themes in each student’s academic discipline. Thus,students may be strongly affected by the overarching contexts in which they have come tounderstand engineering.More acute encounters (i.e., specific project characteristics) have also been shown to affectstudents’ innovation-related capabilities, knowledge, and awareness. One key factor seems to bespecific pedagogical interventions. For example, students who have participated inentrepreneurship courses often report greater knowledge, skills, and attitudes related toinnovation17,18. Further, students who received targeted training in empathic design producedmore innovative concepts on a follow-up design task21. Additional project characteristics,including team composition and
[64]. It must be cultivated by designing with the particularindividuals in mind who comprise the membership [64,65].Works in Progress: social mechanism for supporting entrepreneurial projectsAt the University of Virginia, we have been developing an informal experimental initiative thatfocuses on harnessing these peer effects through a community of practice, and have already seensome successes with only a small staff. We noticed the aforementioned gap between the increaseof entrepreneurial education programs on par with other institution’s offerings and the unaffectedoutput of successful founders. Having added to our staff a recent graduate of the Engineeringprogram who had pursued a technology entrepreneurship project after graduation, we had
not for profit boards. His interests include the integration of faith in all types and aspects of business including engineering and architecture, and the use of business in international community development.Tyler Scott Helmus, Calvin College TYLER S. HELMUS is a student currently enrolled in Calvin College’s engineering program. He expects to graduate in 2012 and hopes to attend graduate school after. research interests include robotics and control systems.Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College STEVEN H. VANDERLEEST is a Professor of Engineering at Calvin College, Vice-President of Re- search & Development at DornerWorks, Ltd., and partner at squishLogic LLC. He obtained the M.S.E.E. from Michigan
University Mona Eskandari is a graduate student in mechanical engineering at Stanford University with a focus in biomechanics.Mr. Jackie Liao, Stanford University Jackie Liao is a Master’s student in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in the Dynamic Design Lab (DDL) under Professor Chris Gerdes. Jackie is currently designing the sensing systems for vintage race cars with a focus on driver input measurements such as steering wheel angle, throttle, brake and clutch measurements. Jackie has worked with Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Research Asia.Mr. Zubair Ahmed Zubair Ahmed and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 2005, and he is a Master’s Degree candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. He is a co
. To make these objectivesaccessible to K-12 audiences, the IC provides a structured, simplified approach for teachers toguide students through an open-ended design problem within a domain of the students’ choosing.In this paper, we will describe the K-12 InVenture Challenge and the K-16 ecosystem in which itis situated. Then, we will focus on research outcomes related to the following guiding questions:1) To what extent does participation in the IC affect K-12 teachers’ self-efficacy for teachingengineering and entrepreneurship content? 2) What are teachers’ perceptions of the program’simpact on students?Background and OriginsThe IC was originally developed as a high school-level competition with materials created byhigh school science
questions that would arise in a sociotechnical systems analysis or design thinking process. Onthe other hand, if students have (1) research and critical thinking skills, (2) analytical frameworksthat guide the exploration of the entrepreneurial space, (3) a variety of strategies for organizingtheir thinking, and (4) first-hand experience applying the approaches of the HSS, we do not haveto worry about covering everything they might need to know because they will be able to learnwhat they need as they go along. If we succeed in providing students with this foundation, wecan truly say that we have equipped them for lifetime learning.We suspect that anyone who has studied entrepreneurship and its history realizes the successfulinnovation occurs when
approved.Planning for the new Aggie Innovation Space was now underway. Engagement becomes a goal. To help ensure the space was effective. The team researched best practices and traveledto a few world-famous “innovation spaces.” The team went to the Bay Area to meet with Page 26.295.6researchers at Stanford’s d.school, venture capitalists on renowned Sand Hill Road, operators ofTech Shop San Francisco, and even toured the underground hackerspace, Noisebridge. The tripwas enlightening. It helped refine the vision for the college’s innovation space, as well as build astrong bond between the team members. An important take-away from the site visits was