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Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Raina Michelle Khatri, Western Michigan University; Thomas M. Katona, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University; Bonnie J. Bachman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Renee Cole, University of Iowa; John Lovitt, Wichita State University and Missouri University of Science & Technology; Melissa Geist, Tennessee Technological University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University ; Debra May Friedrichsen; Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell

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location • Feedback and discussion with peers from outside the institutionWhile the benefit of dedicated time was highlighted above, we found that having this workshopaway from campus was helpful. There is a growing body of literature pointing to the need forgroups to have so-called “other places”, particularly when working on innovative projects thatmay be counter to the prevailing culture of an organization.24,25 While we do not claim that thisactivity strictly follows the models that have been reported around corporate intrapreneurship,we do believe some of the benefits seen by groups working in these other places similarly helpedour time of reflection and planning. Lastly, it helped to get input from peers from otherinstitutions. Just as

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union; Daniel John Hampu, University of Mount Union

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practical teaching methods to handle conflict, such asproviding “crisis clinic” sessions to brainstorm solutions to actual or potential group difficulties[15]. Additionally, a self-reflection activity could be added at the conclusion of the project. Forthis activity, students could address the need for consistent communication, identify weaknessesin their team’s communication, and create a plan for how they would fix those issues if they wereworking on a similar project in the future.References: 1. CJ Creed, EM Suuberg, and GP Crawford, “Engineering Entrepreneurship: An Example of a Paradigm Shift in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 2002, 91 (2), 185-195. 2. SG Bilan, EC Kisenwether, SE Rzasa, and JC Wise

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ricco, University Of Indianapolis

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has indeed shifted from broad domains ordomains that are related to entrepreneurial mindset to specific dimensions, such as those found in anypsychometric protocol. Furthermore, this particular sentiment is mimicked by the strict and more moderndefining of the entrepreneurial mindset as being one that “reflects deep cognitive phenomena,” including“particularly deep beliefs and assumptions” (Krueger, 2015). This increased rigor in the definition ofentrepreneurial mindset coupled with an expansion of survey instruments designed to create dimensionsendemic to it is promising, but it is still too early to determine the future of this line of study.In the spirit of sharing our work, we have composed this brief work-in-progress as an addendum to

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ENT Division Technical Session: Making and Maker Spaces

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Matthew Lamparter, Bucknell University; Sabrina Shankar; Nathan P. Siegel P.E., Bucknell University; Stu Thompson, Bucknell University

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some additional maker-technologies like the ShopBot, and troubleshoot student projectsin progress. Further, as it often takes multiple academic years for a project to be optimallyeffective, we would like to return to past participants and encourage them to update their Cardsto reflect their project in its final form.AcknowledgementB-Fab workshops from 2017-2019 were offered with support from the Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN).References1. Prince M (2004) Does active learning work? A review of the research. Journal of Engineering Education 93(3):223–231. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ j.2168-9830.2004.tb00809.x.2. Deslauriers L, McCarty LS, Miller K, Callaghan K, Kestin G (2019) Measuring actual learning

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University; Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University

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engineers to theentrepreneurial mindset. This paper will review in depth three different modules created and presented to students.The projects vary from elective courses (intro to biotechnology and polymer science) to requiredcourses (heat transfer operations and process design). The projects included an attempt to explorea contrarian viewpoint by evaluating “bad” plastics, design of a shower without electricity and thedesign of a heat exchanger for commercial scale brewery. The projects were all evaluated usingstudent surveys and post implementation reflection by the faculty. The authors believe these samemodules can be implemented in similar classes at other institutions with equal success.Background The National Academy of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; William Zamora, Califonia State University, Chico; Colleen Robb, California State University, Chico; David Rahn, California State University, Chico

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formteams with entrepreneurs who learn Lean Startup in concert. This paper describes theexperiences and observations while adopting the Tech Startup model in its first two academicterms. We summarize how the Tech Startup model is applied to a Software Engineering courseand reflect on the lessons learned. We supplement the instructors’ observations with datacollected from surveys on students’ attitudes and experiences. We also describe a formativeevaluation and compare how our adaptations to the courses’ implementation of the Tech Startupmodel affected students’ learning experiences. Finally, we recommend best practices andadditional learning activities based on our findings.Background. Active learning pedagogy contrasts with traditional

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University

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opportunities. In “reflexivity”, individuals observe social andeconomic arrangements in the environment, and through reflection, they are able see possibilitiesof new and creative social realities. They thus create opportunities rather than discover them. Despite calls for more qualitative research and specifically exploring the stories ofentrepreneurs to generate theories, there have been virtually no studies within engineeringentrepreneurship education that focus on analyzing the narratives of engineering studententrepreneurs. There is one qualitative study that looks at engineering students perceptions ofstudying entrepreneurship during a specific course or program (Taks, Tynjala, Toding,Kukemelk, & Venesaar, 2014). This study adopted a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samarth Gupta, Purdue University; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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through commercialization of technology and launchingstartups at universities as mode 2. While mode 1 is assumed to be known because universitieshave contributed to basic research for a long time, mode 2 is new and unknown with manyuniversities still struggling to incorporate innovativeness through commercialization as a part ofmainstream research efforts.To test the hypothesis that Bimodal transformation of STEM research at US universities leads toa distraction from core principles of STEM research, the authors collected funding related datafrom National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and US Patents and Trademarkoffice. The data collected is expected to reflect the following principles of Bimodaltransformation: 1. Mode 1

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Ryan Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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engineering textbooks. They had tounderstand what assumptions they should make and were making in order to assess the accuracyof their calculations. Students started trying to change assumptions and exploring parameters ofthe design to see how that would affect the results indicating an arousal of their curiosity. Forinstance, what if they changed the pipe’s diameter, the material used, the reflectivity, or addedinsulation? Figure 1 shows an insert from the students’ daily online logbook (which they wererequired to keep as part of their project documentation) that shows their curiosity in changingthese parameters.Furthermore, unlike typical problems solved in textbooks, these challenges require understandingthe constraints of dynamic contexts

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farnaz Ghazi Nezami, Kettering University; Massoud S. Tavakoli, Kettering University; Mohammad Torfeh, Kettering University

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entrepreneurial attitude and intention,but expectedly the effectiveness of these efforts cannot be assessed in practice due to the time lagbetween action and attitude. A new course design with industry participation is discussed byCreed, Suuberg, and Crawford [3], where students collaborated with industry to propose abusiness plan and prototype product. Student reflections were very positive about the learningoutcomes of the course. The impact of student’s exposure to entrepreneurial aspects ofengineering on freshman engineering students and their perception of professional engineeringskills is examined through a simulation game by Dabbagh and Menasce [4]. Their analysisshowed that students’ perception of engineering improved significantly as a result of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Mark B. Mondry, Colorado School of Mines

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led efforts have so far culminated into anew entrepreneurship course for undergraduates, a campus-wide student innovation competitionsupported by significant corporate sponsored financial and other resources, and a new maker-space for students. Faculty and students have worked together to also develop and launchnumerous video training resources on the Colorado School of Mines digital hub. Collectively,all these new innovation and entrepreneurship activities reflect an astounding success in only oneyear.What Has Not Worked?Although our institution has progressed significantly in implementing an innovation andentrepreneurship mindset on campus, it is currently still a challenge to get more faculty on-boardand integrated with these initiatives

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; Tailian Chen, Gonzaga University; Jianfeng Ma, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Saint Louis University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

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Figure 1. This type of product has become popular inrestaurants, but its limited lifespan and recyclability present some opportunities for improvingsustainability. The numbers in the table were not intended to reflect reality, only to providestudents with an example of what the analysis might look like. Figure 1: Disposable, non-refillable pepper grinder used for sample sustainability analysis9Business measures such as cost, profit, and marketability were included in the table. Theentrepreneur must also understand that a product must be “sustainable” in an economic sense aswell; an extremely “green” product which no one would buy due to cost or inconvenience is nota sustainable one.Students were also required to conduct a market

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A Heard, Carnegie Mellon University; J F Whitacre, Carnegie Mellon Univerisity

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responsibilities, and market cycle economics.Course FormatIn this course, information on relevant innovation topics is delivered by traditional lecture, classdiscussion, and through readings. The learning strategy keys on the operationalization of thegained knowledge. In our approach, each topic is presented in a lecture or a series of lectures.Students then receive assignments consisting of two parts, the first asks them to reflect on andexplain the implications of the topic within the framework of innovation in materials or materialintensive industries. This ensures the students have completed the suggested readings and haveunderstood the content of the lecture(s). The second portion of an assignment asks the student tooperationalize the knowledge of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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by (a) introducing students to legal reasoning, which would have been assumed in asecond- or third-year law-school course, (b) providing students with an overview of the U.S.federal legal system and the differences between common law and statutory law, (c) providingindividual feedback and encouragement for legal argument, and (d) asking students to work onreal projects in their project results that would actually affect the outcome of university decisionsabout protection of IP. Page 26.207.7The students’ post-course evaluation comments reflected both the unusualness of the course asan experience for students in technical majors and the

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas M. Katona, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Jonathan L. York, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Robert S. Crockett, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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development and expansion for a program without a strong centralized leadership. 2) Structuring a model for programmatic assessment is particularly helpful when communicating with senior administration regarding funding for continued sustainability and growth of the program. 3) Programmatic assessment of extracurricular interdisciplinary activity that supports the academic accreditation of the individual colleges can lead to enhanced ownership of the program even if it lies outside of the specific college’s charter. 4) Assessment of alignment of objectives provides a framework for self-reflection and improvement which is critically important for a loosely managed program and resource. Mapping Between

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Mary Fraley, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

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an important part of who I am Jaussi, et al. Overall, my creativity has little to do with how I see myself. Jaussi, et al. My ability to be creative is an important reflection of who I am. Jaussi, et al. Being creative is important to me personally. 69. Rate your degree of confidence (i.e. belief in your current ability) to perform the following tasks byrecording a number from 0 to 100. (0 = cannot do at all; 50 = moderately can do; 100 = highly certain cando) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Conduct engineering design Identify a design need

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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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includes those who have faced economic and social challengesand many are non-traditional students. The PGCC campus serves people from a wide age rangeincluding students with families and children and the Hillman Program reflects this population.If successful, the Hillman Entrepreneurs Program will provide a replicable model for integratingnon-traditional community college students successfully into four-year colleges. Page 12.1429.5 3Program Setup and TimelineNo precedent existed for the Hillman Entrepreneurs Program, but the working team kept itsfocus on finding and supporting the type of student Hillman

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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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possibletopics. We brainstorm during class, but many good ideas come in after class by e-mail.We typically distribute lists with over 60 possible projects for the teams to select from. I Page 12.422.5had originally planned to let teams form around topics – as we usually do in thetraditional version of this course. But this proved awkward, so we assembled the teamsfirst and then allowed to them to select the topics they wished to pursue. We createdteams to reflect diverse expertise and geographic dispersion. Each team had both on- andoff-site members. In later offerings, we permitted a few teams with all members at asingle location.Titles of the projects

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

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speakers. In future semesters, the biotechnology option course will takeadvantage of complementary programs on campus that invite guest speakers with topicsrelated to entrepreneurship. An example is the biomedship program, a focusededucational program at -----University that provides formal training in innovation andentrepreneurship in the context of biomedical technology.Finally, it is important to note that some of the comments may be a reflection of thediversity of the students and must be interpreted in respect to Tables 1-3. The studentsthat enrolled in fall 2006 represented the first cohort of the entrepreneur program and thusbecause there were not many option courses available, some students may have taken theclass that were not very

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Shepard, Engenius Solutions

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constraints and meeting course objectives, these classes tend to offer either structuredprojects or surface level introduction to product development and especially new productdevelopment. The projects developed, in Engenius Solutions Lab, are not structured and requirea level of commitment not generally required in the student inventor’s classes.Over the past five years, Engenius Solutions has worked with over 20 different projects whichspan the various engineering disciplines and product lines. The Board of Directors and staff haveaccumulated a reservoir of knowledge in assisting students with product development. Thispaper is a reflection on the successes, failures and next steps for Engenius Solutions, a grantfunded, student run, product

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Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Allison Michelle Robinson; Nur Özge Özaltin, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Angela M. Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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, two tools3 have been created to measure students’ familiarity with key entrepreneurialterms and concepts, and to examine students’ “entrepreneurial mindset” as reflected in a writtenresponse to a hypothetical technology-based company scenario. The first tool, which is the focusof this paper, is the Entrepreneurship Knowledge Inventory (EKI). This inventory was initiallydesigned to measure self-assessed entrepreneurial knowledge of students enrolled inentrepreneurship-based engineering courses and programs at six engineering schools located inthe Midwest. The items were initially based on a taxonomy being developed under funding bythe NCIIA entitled, Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions(PUIs)4. The survey

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University; Michael Harris, Kettering University; William Riffe, Kettering University; Massoud Tavakoli, Kettering University

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financial risk) regarding their attitudes toward entrepreneurship. As a baseline, one survey has been given to first year students (n=111) and one to seniorstudents (n=89). Since we exposed none of these students to faculty innovations resulting fromthe workshop, we expected very little difference in their scores – and this is exactly what weobserved. As we survey more students, we expect first year scores will remain constant while thegap between the two groups will increase, reflecting the impact of the faculty innovations duringthe tenure of the student at the university. Figure 1 depicts this hypothesized relationship: E-Ship Attribute Senior s

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azim Houshyar, Western Michigan University; Bob White, Western Michigan University; Steven E. Butt, Western Michigan University; Tycho K. Fredericks, Western Michigan University

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associated with product and service design,manufacturing, and support, engineers are being called upon to a much greater extent to performthe what-to-do functions that drive technology innovation and fill the front-end of the design-product-service pipeline.” 1Development of the new industrial and entrepreneurial engineering programIn 2006, the faculty initiated a complete review of the IE program. It was decided that no courseor topic was off limits. The objective was to completely revise the IE program and put in place acurriculum that would meet the needs of future graduates. After several meetings and retreats, thefaculty agreed that the new IE curriculum should have the following features: 1. Change the name of the program to reflect the

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Novel Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert S. Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel W. Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

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, anechoic chambers, etc).8 Cal Poly is recognized as a very practical, hands-on, applied research university, and this is reflected in the way that Proof of Concept is marketedto potential clients: we provide engineering R&D services with a core competency in early-stagereduction to practice of technology-based ideas. Typical products are “skunkworks”-typeoperations, with rapid development, prototyping, and validation of client technology. AllIntellectual Property generated during the project is owned entirely by the client.POC was created as a for-profit entity that does not involve a formal partnership with theUniversity. This arms-length relationship is key to the success of the model: it assures clientsthat they are signing agreements with

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Research and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University

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, Page 22.243.8allowing one to analyze variance in the dependent variable at multiple levels without artificiallyflattening the levels, and thereby allowing the variables to be more accurately reflective of the 7multilevel phenomenon. HLM originated in the mid-1980s in the fields of educationalmeasurement and sociology and has been applied to other domains as the idea of individuals orobjects, nested in groups, can explain additional variability of a phenomenon [9]. HLM is aregression-based approach that allows a hierarchical partitioning of variance. HLM provides away for examining higher-level effects on lower-level relationships. Researchers

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Katharine Golding, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

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businessschools in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. Of the schools that responded, 50 reportedoffering a entrepreneurial program of study (defined as at least four courses in the area ofentrepreneurship). Levie [4] conducted a similar inventory of entrepreneurship educationin the UK. To examine the institutionalization of entrepreneurship, Katz [5] conducted asurvey examining the extent of endowed chairs and professorships of entrepreneurship,finding that between 1999 and 2003, the number of these positions grew by 71 percent.While these studies reflect foundational work on offerings of entrepreneurship in highereducation, and document the growth of offerings, none have paid particular attention toentrepreneurship education within the STEM fields, focusing

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Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; David Barbe, University of Maryland

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thinkingprocesses need incubating time.Innovators look for diverse opinions and multiple ideas. They self reflect, self criticize, anddevelop good balance between confidence and distrust. They tend to withhold compulsivecriticism of their own ideas, while at the same time make sure that they do not feel that they areexperts or are overconfident.(By the way, the following “fill in the blanks” exercise resulted in more than 120 meaningfullydifferent solutions.)Observing is not enough. Innovators know they must also get their hands dirty. They areexperimenters. They are goal oriented and like to take an idea to its prototype. They have noproblem failing as they see it as part of success, an opportunity to learn from and improve in thefuture. WD-40 so named

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New Methods and Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida; Shalini Chitrapu, Western Kentucky University; Paige Davenport, Western Kentucky University

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reflecting the impacts of lead release in WDSs. The other tworoutine contamination scenarios were related to chlorination and its impact due tothe by-products.During the process of creating the scenarios and their simulations, EPANET wasintegrated into the GIS platform. Tools were developed to correct problemsassociated with working with real world spatial data. Problems included: mainsnot split at intersections, mains not split at junctions (meters, fittings, etc), fittingsmissing at intersections of mains, elevation data missing, missing mains(unconnected pipe network), junctions not snapped to mains, and meter locationsdo not necessarily match locations in water usage file.A rule-based expert system is software that provides the knowledge of an

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Leadership, Design, and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon M. Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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StudyCompetition, Workshop Series, and Speaker Series.Rose-Hulman Leadership AcademyThe Rose-Hulman Leadership Academy provides students the opportunity to develop theirpersonal leadership style and equip themselves with tools to make a difference in society. TheAcademy is open to all students, with or without previous leadership experience. The two-dayAcademy is an intensive workshop designed by Rose-Hulman faculty and staff to build eachparticipant’s confidence in his or her ability to lead, consciousness of various leadershipapproaches, and connection to leadership resources and mentors. The curriculum cultivatesskills through lectures, guest speakers, team interactions, team building activities, andassessment through self-reflection. Topics include

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso; Cory Hallam, University of Texas, San Antonio; Dorie Jewel Gilbert; Olivier Wenker MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Gary L. Frankwick, University of Texas at El Paso

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offices for technology transfer and business incubation, plus complementary resourcesfrom the community. This part of the project sought to build a cross-UT System ecosystem forinnovation and entrepreneurship, which proved to be more difficult than anticipated. Theprincipal stumbling block is that processes and offices for technology transfer and businessincubation differ markedly across campuses, even across the four campuses of the UT-TRANSFORM partners. While these differences likely reflect local priorities and history, theydetract from providing UT System innovators a clear and consistent path for commercialdevelopment of their ideas. Thus while the project’s Web site provides useful information foruniversity researchers interested in