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Bringing Student Innovations To Market: A Hinman Ceos Success Story

Conference Session: Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Karen Thornton, University of Maryland-College Park; Anik Singal, Affiliate Classroom, Inc.; David Barbe, University of Maryland-College Park; James Green, University of Maryland-College Park
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, atechnology entrepreneur, during his senior year with the University of Maryland’s Hinman CEOsProgram. The paper examines the process and explores the trials and successes of how thisfinance major paired university resources with his entrepreneurial mindset to launch a successfulCompany. With his first-hand account of the key success factors, this study may serve as a modelfor building new entrepreneurship programs and as a tool to enhance existing entrepreneurshipofferings. Page 11.289.21. IntroductionThis paper discusses a study of the challenges and opportunities navigated by Anik Singal, atechnology entrepreneur, during his senior year with the

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25 Years Of Technology Entrepreneurship

Conference Session: Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David Barbe, University of Maryland; James Green, University of Maryland; Dean Chang, University of Maryland
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, Venture FairsFigure 1. Mtech’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Continuum3.0 Education Programs and ActivitiesThe University of Maryland is a recognized leader in entrepreneurship and innovation educationthrough the dynamic entrepreneurship courses and offerings of Mtech1,2. At Mtech, we believethat a firm grasp of the entrepreneurial process and mindset benefits every person engaged indeveloping technology. Our goal is to infuse technology-creating students, faculty members andprofessionals with that knowledge and its accompanying skills. Armed with an entrepreneurialmindset, technology creators drive economic growth by launching successful ventures andbringing life-changing products and services to market.Through live companies, courses

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Redesigning Engineering Education in Chile: How Selective Institutions Respond to an Ambitious National Reform

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sergio Celis, Universidad de Chile; Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

4). For example, the R+I+E course knownas ING2030 was created to enhance students’ entrepreneurial mindset. In addition to theING2030 course, mobility between UC and UTFSM was piloted in other course during thesecond semester of 2015, so students from UTFSM would be capable of taking UC courses likeING2030 in the future periods, and vice versa. Therefore, the real challenge is to let studentsknow that they are the most important participants of a big educational change. Then, all student-centered initiatives are crucial for ensuring the consortium success in a near future.Table 2Summary of comparison between two approaches of change of leading engineering schoolsparticipating in New Engineering 2030 UCH –FCFM

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Interdisciplinarity, Financial Software Product Development, And Entrepreneurship In An Urban University

Conference Session: Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Anthony Joseph, Pace University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Software Product Development, and Entrepreneurship in an Urban University†AbstractBecause interdisciplinary learning can be challenging to students, it is important for teachers tomaintain high expectations of students, promote student centeredness, and develop students intoself-aware learners if students are to comfortably think across disciplinary boundaries. Therecent surge in demand for college graduates with an entrepreneurial mindset is motivated, inpart, by the changing nature of the global economy and competitive nature of today’s businesses.A dominant raw material in the global economy is innovation. This makes the teaching ofcreativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in computing and engineering sciences programsvery

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Provoked Emotion in Student Stories of Motivation Reveal Gendered Perceptions of What It Means to be Innovative in Engineering

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Ville Mikael Taajamaa, University of Turku; Christopher Andrew Parlier, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, University of California, Riverside
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

embody a shift in an entrepreneurial mindset, revealing how studentsultimately move forward with what they want to change in themselves and in the world. Theimportance of this shift is underlined by the fact that the next 10 years will bring more than abillion new young people to the global work force and their working lives are estimated to beeven more entrepreneurial than previous generations [5]. Personal characterizations (emotions and motivation) of the modern engineeringstudent have received limited research attention. Regardless of whether a student makesinnovation or entrepreneurial career their primary goal, this paper introduces discussion topreserve a path of sustainable well-being and fairness for men and women entering

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Discovery to Market: Preparing Faculty and Graduate Students for Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael R. Ladisch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Soohyun Yi, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

psychological research. Her current research interest is factors promoting high-ability student’s achievement, STEM education, and program evaluation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Discovery to Market: Preparing Faculty and Graduate Students for Technology Commercialization and EntrepreneurshipAbstractThe desire to move new discoveries from the laboratory to society combined with the evolutionof university priorities in funding of operating expenses and research are leading to whatEtzkowitz et al. (2000) dubbed the “entrepreneurial university.” This development is changingexpectations placed on PhD students and faculty, particularly in STEM disciplines, who areincreasingly

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Revitalizing the Chemical Engineering Senior Design Experience: Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and a Flipped Classroom Experience

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Andrew Tadd, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan; Elaine Wisniewski, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, Entrepreneurship, and a Flipped Classroom Experience Abstract Graduates in chemical engineering pursue a wide variety of careers and, in today’s businessenvironment, technical proficiency is required but no longer sufficient to ensure success. Well-developed problem-solving skills and the ability to describe, convey, and sell those solutions toupper management is a must. The pace of business has also increased – higher productivity,shorter design turns, and global competition mean that successful engineers must be self-starters,seek out opportunities for improvements, and have an entrepreneurial mindset. Our currentcapstone design experience fails to fully prepare our graduates for these challenges. Currently,the course focuses on technical design

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Finding a Passion and Making It Happen: A Program's Approach to Promoting Entrepreneurship, Making, and Innovation through Hands-On Projects that Benefit Society

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Timothy Joseph Balz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of technology; Stephen Michael Misak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

economy, and documentary film.Mr. Stephen Michael Misak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Stephen Misak is an Engineering Physics Major Senior at Rose-Hulman University of Technology. Tim Balz and Stephen Misak co-founded the Make It Happen Program in Fall of 2015. While Stephen is pas- sionate about MEMS, laser systems, and sensor technology, he also is driven to find innovative solutions for improving the world, one cause at a time. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Finding a passion and Making It Happen: A humanitarian framework for promoting an entrepreneurial and maker mindset through hands-on projectsThe Make It Happen program (MIH), at Rose-Hulman Institute of

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Creativity, Innovation, and Ingenuity Summer Enrichment Program: Assessment from a Multi-institutional Collaboration

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

administered by the institution. Several multi-year grants havestrengthened the program through workshops, keynote speakers, faculty curriculum awards,student venture grants, and faculty incentives to work with industry sponsored student teams.Specifically, the College of Engineering received an invitation to participate as part of a largerinitiative to develop the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN). The invitation alsoprovided funding to develop and integrate entrepreneurial (and leadership) education across thecurriculum.The goal of KEEN is to make entrepreneurship education opportunities widely available atinstitutions of higher learning, and to instill an action-oriented entrepreneurial mindset inengineering, science, and technical

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Encouraging Student Innovation in a Freshman-Level Computer Science Course

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

.,“BrainstormingandPainstorming,”PresentedatEnd-of-SemesterworkshopatBaylorUniversity,Waco,Texas,December2010.16.“EntrepreneurialMindsetDefined,”theKernEngineeringEntrepreneurshipNetwork,http://www.kffdn.org/files/keen-entrepreneurial-mindset-defined.pdf,accessedonJanuary31,2016.17.Fry,C.C.,“BrainstormingandPainstorming,”PowerpointadaptedfromJonathanWeaver’spresentationin2010,designedasamoduleforCSI1440lab,spring2015,https://classnotes.ecs.baylor.edu/w/images/4/48/PainStorming.pdf,accessedonJanuary31,2016.

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A Comprehensive Model For Integrating Entrepreneurship Education And Capstone Projects While Exceeding Abet Requirements

Conference Session: Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: John Ochs, Lehigh University; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; Todd Watkins, Lehigh University; Graham Mitchell, Lehigh University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, 2006A Comprehensive Model for Integrating Entrepreneurship Educationand Capstone Projects while Exceeding ABET RequirementsAbstractImagination, creativity, innovation, invention and venture--a sequence of professionaldevelopment for 21st century renaissance engineers and technical entrepreneurial businesspeople, designed to give engineering and business students the skill sets to compete inour global economy with its ever-increasing rate of technical and financial change. Atechnical entrepreneurship minor started at Lehigh University in the Fall 2004 semester isnow in full swing and available to all undergraduates, including all engineering andbusiness students. The five-course program includes two final project courses, whichstudents can take

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Designing, Developing and Implementing an Entrepreneurship Program

Conference Session: Programs in Entrepreneurship
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Monique Fuchs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Frederick F. Driscoll, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

is an innovation and entrepreneurship challenge for students which cultivates theirinnovative and entrepreneurial mindset by promoting interdisciplinary project based andcollaborative engagement among students, alumni, industry and the extended community in thecity.The focus of the Accelerate program is the learning experience with the goal to immerse studentswithin a short period of time to knowledge and content relevant to becoming an entrepreneur andpushing their ideas as far as possible while still in college. Our hope was that the experience willincrease the likelihood for them to either engage in startup environments after graduation ortime-lapsed at some point in their career. The European Union found in a study that “thelikelihood

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A Scaffold and Competency-Based Learning Approach to Innovation-Related Thinking Frameworks

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Lisa Bosman, Purdue University; Sandhya Arumugam, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #25207A Scaffold and Competency-Based Learning Approach to Innovation-RelatedThinking FrameworksDr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University Dr. Bosman is an Assistant Professor in Technology Leadership and Innovation and the Program Co- ordinator for Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology. Her STEM education research interests include entrepreneurial mindset, renewable energy, competency-based learning, self-regulated learning, transdis- ciplinary education, civic engagement, and faculty professional development. She spent the first part of her career working as a manufacturing engineer for world-class companies including

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Development Of A Leadership And Entrepreneurship Skills Assessment Instrument

Conference Session: New Methods and Tools
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University; Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

empowering students through creative teaching methods.Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University Katie Hayes is the Entrepreneurial/Leadership Assistant Coordinator. She oversees the junior and senior year requirements, and is an instructor for the Department of Humanities. Additionally, she assists in carrying out the initiatives outlined in the Kern Grant, which aims to inspire an entrepreneurial mindset in undergraduate engineering students throughout the educational experience. Page 15.403.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Leadership and

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Critical Success Factors For Creation Of Technopolis Communities And Creation Of The Central Florida Technopolis

Conference Session: Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation
Collection: 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
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

its commercialization, called the“Technopolis Phenomenon”.A Technopolis (plural Technopoleis) is a region trying to build and maintain a healthy,technology-driven economy. 1Dr. Fred Phillips (ex Austin, Texas) of the Maastrict School of Management ((Netherlands),1 anacknowledged authority and experienced expert on the Technopolis phenomenon in the US andEurope, has postulated that Technopolis regions grow by: 1. Attracting new companies 2. Nurturing existing indigenous firms 3. Encouraging entrepreneurial start-ups Page 12.423.2 4. Providing a supportive educational, social, tax, quality-of-life and cultural context for research

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Critical Success Factors For Technopolis Creation

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kenneth Ports, QTS, Inc.; Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech; Clifford Bragdon, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 11.373.2acknowledged authority and experienced expert on the Technopolis phenomenon in the US andEurope, has postulated that Technopolis regions grow by: 1. Attracting new companies 2. Nurturing existing indigenous firms 3. Encouraging entrepreneurial start-ups 4. Providing a supportive educational, social, tax, quality-of-life and cultural context for research, technology entrepreneurship and business 5. Networking with other technopoleis worldwideDr. Phillips has also listed the following Technopolis Success Factors: 1. Embracing Change 2. Social Capital, especially with cross-sectoral links 3. Cluster strategies that target specific company groups for collaboration 4. Visionary and persistent leadership 5

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Analyzing the Expected Learning Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Business Plan Development Activities Using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Conference Session: Assessment
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

(Ochs et al., 2006) and in efforts todevelop an entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students (Petersen, Jordan, &Radharamanan, 2012). Better communication of the manner in which entrepreneurship educationobjectives meet ABET criteria could be a catalyst for programs to adopt more entrepreneurship-related objectives and for faculty to embed more entrepreneurship-related curriculum and Page 23.195.4activities into foundational or required courses (Duval-Couetil, Kisenwether, Tranquilo, &Wheadon, 2013).The foregoing developments in entrepreneurship and engineering education demonstrate theincreasing need for engineers to receive some

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EML Indices to Assess Student Learning through Integrated e-Learning Modules

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Aadityasinh Rana, University of New Haven
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #24668EML Indices to Assess Student Learning through Integrated e-Learning Mod-ulesDr. Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven Ron Harichandran is Dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering and is the PI of four grants related to the development of an entrepreneurial mindset in students by utilizing integrated e-learning modules and experiential learning opportunities. Through these grant entrepreneurial thinking is being integrated into courses spanning all four years in seven ABET accredited engineering and computer science BS programs, and 75 engineering and computer science faculty at 53 other

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Developing Practice Fields for Interdisciplinary Design and Entrepreneurship Exposure

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gregory Wilson II, University of Georgia
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

26.504.2project pitch phase, mixing and recruiting phase, project development phase, projectpresentations, judging, and closing statements (Duhring, 2014). Hack-a-thons are conducted onevenings or weekends, outside of typical working hours and can range from one day to threedays. Famous design firm, IDEO, designed a version of the hack-a-thon, called a make-a-thon,which is more design-driven and centered on collaboration across silos (Zhang, 2012). Newventures and early-stage startups also use a process called teaming, which involves creatingtemporary groups to solve problems that are complex and rapidly changing (Edmondson, 2011). Developing an entrepreneurial mindset prepares students for the 21st century workplace.Entrepreneurship is defined as

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The "T-Shaped" Engineer

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

within acommunity that acknowledges their expertise in a particular craft or discipline and shareinformation competently with those who are not experts."The Kern Family Foundation is helping engineering schools change their pedagogy to developthe entrepreneurial mindset in undergraduate engineers [12]. The Kern EntrepreneurshipEngineering Network (KEEN) consists primarily of small private engineering schools to promotethis change. Attributes of the KEEN entrepreneurially minded engineer are integrity, tenacity, Page 26.1507.5ethics, creativity, intuition, a deep knowledge of engineering fundamentals, the ability toengineer products for

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Introducing Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Design Course

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7
Collection: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Jaby Mohammed, Illinois State University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Innovation, but they aremost often challenged on leading and managing the same. They are often hurdled on building aninnovation mindset, and usually, it is outsourced activity into the market research and developmentdepartment in any corporation. Failure to deliver Innovation hurts the business and one's careeraspirations within the organization that they work for the potential to improve a product andimprove a process. Diversity in thinking and changing a mindset is the foundation for building aninnovative mindset. Entrepreneurship is the next level of Innovation when an innovator tries tocombine all the resources to come out with a product or process to solve a problem cost-effectively.The global economy and job scenario trends have shown that the

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An Implementation of Innovative Thinking in the Entrepreneurship Curriculum for Engineers

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Dale S. Deardorff, Rocky Peak Leadership Center
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

principal investigator at The Epicenter, this is crucial as today’sengineers must possess an entrepreneurial mindset in order to be the innovators of tomorrow andkeep America competitive in the global market. Page 24.165.2Realizing the increasing importance of entrepreneurship for engineers, there is also a new fieldcalled “entrepreneurial engineering,” which is being offered by schools which are in the initialstages of offering entrepreneurship related courses to their engineering majors. EntrepreneurialEngineering can be considered as a subset of the more general field of entrepreneurship. Whileincluding the basic skills and knowledge required for

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Engineering Students' Misuse of Business Concepts: Understanding Problematic Precursors to Entrepreneurship

Conference Session: Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Student Experience
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Todd M. Fernandez, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Connor Rene Couetil, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

learning experiences. The general focus of hasbeen on what students need to know to eventually behave as effective entrepreneurs. Most often,this involves the knowledge, skills, and experiences that will equip students with an‘entrepreneurial mindset’3. Exact definitions of ‘entrepreneurial mindset’ vary but generallyrefers to a focus on business skills and ‘entrepreneurial awareness’2–4.There is a growing body of research focused on measuring, teaching, and organizing the contentand concepts that students need to be effective entrepreneurs; however, little research hasexamined the preconceptions and misconceptions that engineering students have aboutentrepreneurship. Misconceptions involve cognitive actions that are based on incorrectunderlying

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Beyond "The Innovator's DNA": Systematic Development of Creative Intelligence in an Engineering Entrepreneurship Program

Conference Session: 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
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

” entrepreneurship initiative and Cornell University’s “Entrepreneurship AcrossCornell” program.Rice University’s Freestyle program brings together students, faculty, administrators, andmembers of the Houston community and engages them in discussions and activities that explorethe entrepreneurial mindset through multiple lenses, including those of the sciences, humanities,arts, and various professions. The Freestyle approach is broad and integrated and uses differentmethods of delivering knowledge and experiences, including traditional lectures, coursework,research experiences, and performances. Each year, the program explores multipleinterdisciplinary themes that engage experts and practitioners not only across disciplines andprofessions, but also in the

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Developing An Angel Investor Forum To Complement An Engineering School's Entrepreneurship Initiatives

Conference Session: Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Thomas Duening, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

a widerange of commercial settings. While not everyone who develops such technologies is interestedin their commercial potential, much less interested in spearheading their migration to themarketplace, the value of an entrepreneurial mindset within engineering schools has intuitiveappeal. Page 12.484.3Entrepreneurship education in higher education in the United States actually began 40 years agoin technology centric programs. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is often cited as thebirthplace of technology entrepreneurship education.8 MIT has continued its tradition ofentrepreneurship since those early days, with technology and its