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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Kitts, Santa Clara University; Anne Mahacek, Santa Clara University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Christopher Kitts and Anne Mahacek, Santa Clara UniversityAbstractMany universities across the country are leveraging the Maker Movement to establish MakerLabs on their campus and incorporate them into their educational program. This paper describesthe implementation of a Maker Lab at Santa Clara University and several communityengagement programs that exploit the use of this Lab to support educational outreach, industrypartnerships, and adult education. It also describes how the use of a Maker Lab can be used formore than simply supporting a review of manufacturing techniques and the physical realizationof design projects. In particular, Maker Labs can be integrated into academic programs in moresophisticated ways in order to support

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Delaware; Trevor Scott Stephens, University of Delaware

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Scott Stephens, University of Delaware Trevor is a Mechanical Engineering senior at University of Delaware, graduating in 2018. He is the CTO of Sage Smart Garden, LLC, a tech startup dedicated to bringing the smart home to your backyard. He has participated in several entrepreneurship programs, including UD’s VentureOn, VentureWell, and NSF I-Corps sites. He has extensive experience working on interdisciplinary team projects, ranging from commercial toy design to design and construction of a payload-delivering RC airplane. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Lessons learned in the labyrinth: Navigating campus resources to bring a student & faculty smart gardening

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

forEnhancement (G-RATE) assessment of the classroom observations. We mapped the findings tothe KEEN Framework and the Longitudinal Model of Motivation and Identity (LMMI), whichcombines self-determination theory with possible-selves theory. The results were used to developa set of best practices that may be incorporated into EML projects and courses such as allowingstudents some type of choice in their project, whether it is open-ended or highly bounded. Thesebest practices were leveraged during the curriculum development in subsequent phases of thepilot to encourage autonomous motivation and identity development of first-year engineeringstudents.IntroductionEngineering educators have recognized the importance of creativity and entrepreneurship in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

ofthe PAC. With this multi-dimensional SWOT analysis in hand, students are more aware of the pos-sible barriers to executing each idea, and are in a good position to iterate on their forward-lookingstrategies, tactics and actions. The next step is for students to put on the hat of the Chief ExecutiveOfficer and make the best holistic decision on what actions to take. This leading idea becomes theone that they will pursue for their forward archeology proposal.Throughout forward archaeology students make many discoveries. For example, complex deci-sions must take into account the current and projected economic environment, regulatory land-scape, bleeding-edge technology, and movement of competitors, as well as the internal competen-cies, product

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Patrick Bass, The Citadel

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

transition into their eventual careers. While not every student will starttheir own company and take on the role of entrepreneur, the ability to communicate ideas,innovate in product design, and generate value to all stakeholders are skills that are broadlyapplicable to a wide variety of engineering career paths, and these skills are mirrored in ABETstudent outcomes. As a project-based course focused on product development, a senior capstonecourse provides the perfect opportunity to implement teaching methods that emphasize theentrepreneurial aspects of engineering.The present study attempts to incorporate numerous individual entrepreneurship modules toincrease the scope and engagement of engineering entrepreneurship typically offered by any oneof

Conference Session

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

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Ted Astleford, University of Florida

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering student participants developed their technology deliverables (product design specifications, concepts, detail designs, and prototypes) in parallel with, and frequently independent of, the business team’s market research. In other words, design work was completed prior to establishing market requirements. This issue inhibited meaningful exchange of ideas and unnecessarily limited team interdependency. 2. In cases where the technology was discovered to have limited market feasibility (crowded market space, high cost of entry, or small market), the business team tended to disband, while engineering team was stuck with the project since they were enrolled in a 2-semester course. 3. Occasionally the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Olsen, Washington State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of Applied Magnetics in Santa Barbara, CA, a trial program in engineeringentrepreneurship was developed and offered to students of the College of Engineering andArchitecture at Washington State University (WSU). Given its successful introduction, Mr.Frank decided to endow the Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute. It is nowoperated in conjunction with faculty within the WSU College of Business EntrepreneurshipProgram. Additional support has been provided from the College of Business entrepreneurshipendowment, the Herbert B. Jones foundation (for development of the interdisciplinary seniorproject course), the NCIIA for support of senior level entrepreneurial projects and by smallerendowments provided by Lewis Lee and Larry

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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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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

DisciplinesIntroductionInnovation Sandbox is a physical and programmatic environment where students of allacademic levels and majors across the California Polytechnic State University at San LuisObispo (Cal Poly) campus can come together to explore and develop their early-stageideas. The goal is to stimulate creative play outside the traditional academic environmentthrough a mix of formal and informal engagement. This space allows innovations fromquick drop-in low resolution prototypes, to projects that are allowed to progress beyondthe duration of a single classroom project or exercise. Decoupling innovation from aparticular course or department into a true separated space increases student’s ownershipand accountability for the projects and is intended to facilitate

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: First-year Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney A. Lemasney, Rowan University; Hayley M. Shuster, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, First-Year Programs

cancapitalize on students’ affinity for curiosity. First, recognizing that students are motivated andinterested when they are curious provides impetus to design projects and lessons to start withquestions or require students to ask questions about the topic through the Question FormulationTechnique [14]. In addition, our results showed that students often link Curiosity with the type oflearner they are, with doing hands on work, and trying new things. These relationships alsoprovide opportunities for project design. In the program at Rowan University we make aconcerted effort to engage these pieces of students’ curiosity through the projects in our first-yearengineering course. For example, we have a project during which students design and producetoys

Conference Session

Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

knowledge of life-science-based products and processes.There have been numerous reports of current and projected shortages of human resourcespossessing the required knowledge in the growing industry.4A need exists to prepare students for a global working environment and characteristicssuch as creativity, the ability to work on an interdisciplinary team and transfer newknowledge in innovative ways are necessary. But how do you teach students creativityand innovation? How do you teach students to work effectively and collaborate indiverse groups to solve interdisciplinary problems that tend to be ill-defined? In order tobegin addressing some of these questions, an existing, introductory biotechnology coursewas adapted as an entrepreneurial option for

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjie Xie, Zhejiang University; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

al. (2016) pointed out that the university-basedentrepreneurial ecosystem is a complex network composed of individuals, projects,departments and units, and supports the realization of commercialization and entrepreneurship in the form of infrastructure, leadership support, education and training, financing and innovation culture. In fact, although some scholars have been discussing the university-based entrepreneurship ecosystem, they have not yet reached a consensus on its concept, but the elements of that ecosystem proposed by scholars also share some commonalities (Table 1). Table1 University-based entrepreneurial ecosystem dimensionsBuilding blocks for University

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Milewicz, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana; Kerry S. Hall, University of Southern Indiana

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

week for relevant training sessions. The meetings were standardized. The lead facultymember gave a short presentation, followed by a group question-and-answer session, and cappedoff with private team meetings with one of the three faculty members. Near the end of thechallenge a team of students needed a way to create a 3-dimensional electronic prototype of theirpizza container idea.The team of management, marketing, and accounting students sought help from the COB team,and who then then sought help from the engineering faculty. An engineering faculty memberagreed to incorporate the design challenge as part of a class project. The business studentsdetailed their idea to the engineering students, and the engineering students produced a

Conference Session

Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Fry, Brigham Young University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-2106: CONVERGENT/DIVERGENT CREATIVITYRichard Fry, Brigham Young University Richard Fry received his MFA from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently Program Chair of Industrial Design in the School of Technology at Brigham Young University where he specializes in Product Design. Previous to entering the education field, he worked professionally in the areas of Appliance, Aerospace, Exhibit, and Home Fitness design. Richard Fry has presented internationally on topics such as design process, web-based industry sponsored projects, and industry support for educational projects

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

external training organization 9. Review of creativity and innovation in the engineering design process Introduction of final projects. 10. Requirements and constraints of final project. 11. Brainstorming for final project. 12. Building models of final project. 13. Refining models of final project. Presentation of draft model to peers and peer review of models. 14. Refining models of final project. Presentation of draft model to peers and peer review of models. 15. Submission of final project and presentation of final projects to peers. Page 26.748.9 Wednesday Thursday

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas - El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas - El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas - El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas - El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas - El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas - El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas - El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas - El Paso

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

pedagogically. Currently he works in one of the most technically outstanding buildings in the region where he provides support to students, faculty, and staff in implementing technology inside and outside the classroom, researching new engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Entrepreneurship and IP

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Soohyun Yi, Texas Tech University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Practices Engineering and entrepreneurship educators are paying more attention to the generationof intellectual property (IP) by students as involvement in the invention and innovation increases.Universities are investing in educational and experiential programs designed to equip studentswith entrepreneurial skills projects to prepare them for the contemporary job market. Also,entrepreneurial opportunities are more accessible given the lower startups costs associated withsoftware and apps, which allow more undergraduate to participate in entrepreneurship early intheir college experiences (Pilz, 2012). These result from entrepreneurship courses orcompetitions where students create projects on their own or in partnership with industry

Conference Session

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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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

communication. In this paper, we intend to correlate the factors that make thedesign team effective, utilize the findings to guide new student teams, and facilitate progressacross the stages of the project. Two factors set the stage for insights on entrepreneuring: 1)evolving research team dynamics, and 2) the need-finding interactions with users both inside andoutside the industry environment studied (IMVU). Surprising discoveries include a strong genderimbalance in the community as well as users reporting that online “was basically real life.” Apalette of stories abstractly parallels the student design team to the start-up they studied.Concepts include: self motivated, ambiguity readiness level, passion, and empathy. The teamleader knowingly

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial skills.Mindset of student engineers are benchmarked at the beginning of the freshman year and thenagain at the end of the freshman year, soon after completion of a team based poverty alleviationfreshman capstone project. Two pre and post control samples of freshman engineer mindsets arebeing collected from similar sized engineering programs at comparable colleges in ourgeographic vicinity. Initial beginning-of-year testing results indicate a statistically significant tilttoward a fixed mindset in freshman engineering students compared to a growth mindset observedin an opportunity sample of freshman business students. We are tracking engineering studentsboth at the group and at the individual level, by major and by other statistically

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Yousef Ismail, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Bing Guo, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Konstantinos E. Kakosimos, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Raelene Dufresne, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Nasser Alaeddine, Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #14992Dr. Nasser Alaeddine, Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar Nasser I. Alaeddine is the Director of Educational and Media Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University Qatar. He previously worked as the Director of Enterprise Applications and Educational Technology at Texas A&M University at Qatar. Dr. Alaeddine also taught courses as an adjunct faculty at University of Phoenix and University of Maryland University College. He has more than 18 years of experience in managing, developing, and leading enterprise IT projects. Dr. Alaeddine has published a number of papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University; Ricardo Cummings, University of Michigan; Valentina Tafurt, University of Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

skills (such as innovativeness, creativity and communication) needed tomeet the demands of competitive global market. In addition to technical knowledge, engineeringstudents should also demonstrate the ability to identify new venture opportunities, commercializetechnologies, and exhibit an understanding of market operations. Entrepreneurship educationfocuses on instilling these skills by exposing students to business content and entrepreneurialpractice through engagement in project-based courses, pitch competitions and providingopportunities to interact with practicing entrepreneurs.Over the last several years, many undergraduate engineering programs have incorporatedentrepreneurship education into their curricula through formal coursework and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. They compare theirexperience to existing theory and determine its applicability. If experience is not conjunctivewith theory, ongoing reflection with others can produce new theory.” (Raelin, 2007, p. 506)Reflection is valuable for professionals, as well as student interns. Raelin cites Donald Schon(Schon 1983) who coined the term, “reflection-in-action,” and describes the value of “a learningenvironment which permits and encourages practitioners to test their mental models.” (Raelin,2007) Oeij et al. argue that “Donald Schon’s reflective practitioner actually outlines an explicitmodel of the steps that project leaders in practice apply largely unaware” and illustrates withexamples of leadership in innovation projects. (Oeij et al., 2017).As

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Wilson II, University of Georgia

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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

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Harlan E Spotts Jr., Western New England University; José Antonio Riofrío, Western New England University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineering Education, 2015 Opportunity Thinktank: Laying a foundation for the entrepreneurially minded engineerIntroductionDesign projects have become a principal element of the undergraduate engineering curriculum.Recently, using the KEEN philosophy, there is momentum to push engineering education furtherby fostering an entrepreneurial mindset among students. Providing a basic set of engineeringskills in specific specialty areas of study is no longer sufficient. Engineers design solutions formarketplace problems. As such it is imperative that they approach the marketplace in search ofopportunities for which they can design break-through solutions. This is the mindset of theentrepreneur. The need for entrepreneurial thinking is pervasive among

Conference Session

Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Arrasmith, Florida Tech; Jihan Dinally, Florida Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Platform issues such as multiple or single users, directed in-gameinteraction by an educator, remote site multi-user interaction over the internet, and asynchronouslearning are also addressed.In keeping with the systems engineering basis, the roots of this video game knowledge module,we will be outlining our project using a system engineering approach. The discussion will startby briefly describing the stakeholders’ requirements and goals, followed by the concept ofoperations. The stakeholder requirements and concept of operations are used to derive thesystem level requirements along with technical performance measures and a qualificationstrategy2. Next the feasibility studies, functional analysis, and design and prototype developmentsections

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineering and industry in the State of Maryland. Initialprograms included: • On-campus incubator opened in temporary buildings and moved to a permanent building in 1998 • Program to establish industrially oriented laboratories • Manufacturing extensionIn 1987, a new program was added to facilitate R&D projects for Maryland companies, carriedout on campus by faculty and graduate students – Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS).Since 1999, Mtech’s entrepreneurship programs have evolved significantly with the followingtimeline:1999 Hinman CEOs residential program for juniors and seniors2001 Technology Startup Boot Camp University of Maryland Business Plan Competition

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea T. Kwaczala, Western New England University; Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Denine A Northrup, Western New England University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #34692Using Rapid Prototyping to Realize Design: Mindset and EngineeringSelf-EfficacyDr. Andrea T. Kwaczala, Western New England University Andrea Kwaczala is an assistant professor at Western New England University in the biomedical engineer- ing department. She teaches Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Courses, Senior Design and Prosthetic and Orthotic Design. She focuses on hands-on labs centered on student engagement and project based learning. She works in collaboration with Shriners Hospitals for Children where her re- search focuses in the design of assistive technologies to help people with

Conference Session

Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Lague P.Eng., University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Richard Jean L'Abbé

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineer in Ontario and in Qu´ebec. He began his professional career as a project engineer for the consulting engi- neering firm Urgel Delisle et Associ´es. From 1989 to 1999 he held a faculty position at Universit´e Laval, where his teaching and research activities focused on agricultural machinery engineering. While at Uni- versit´e Laval, Dr. Lagu¨e also served as Vice-Dean (Research) of the Facult´e des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation and he was the founding chair of the D´epartement des sols et de g´enie agroalimen- taire. In January 2000, Dr. Lagu¨e was appointed to the Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry industrial chair at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Atkins, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julian Ernesto Martinez-Moreno, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lalit Patil, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kimber J Andrews, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ; Maryalice S. Wu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Debasish Dutta, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Barbara Hug, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Liora Bresler

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #13052Fostering Innovative Skills within the Classroom: A Qualitative Analysisfrom Interviews with 60 InnovatorsLaura Atkins, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Laura Atkins is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois. Recent research includes projects aimed toward improving the lives of students. Her other research interests relate to health disparities along class, gender, and racial lines.Mr. Julian Ernesto Martinez-Moreno, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Julian currently works as a researcher at Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences

Conference Session

Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Street, Rochester Institute of Technology; jack danziger, Rochester Institute of Technology; William Leonard, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineeringprocess. RP machines have more versatility today then ever before with their ability to createfully functional parts that can be tested immediately.Each year more companies are opting to purchase RP machines and develop their productsthrough an assortment of different types of physical modeling. According to a January 17, 2005press release by Z-Corp. a move was made to an 80 percent larger facility with 25 percent moreemployees. In 2005 the RP industry was projected to have sales around 655 million with roughlyfive million models being produced (Rowe, 2004)2. RIT’s MET department has seen an increasein enrollment in product realization courses that offer the chance to develop product with thesenew machines.discussion and analysisThere are a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University; Mark McQuilling, Saint Louis University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technical competence, customerawareness, business acumen, and social values. In addition, engineering students exposed toentrepreneurship early in their education have shown higher retention rates3-6, higher GPAs6, andimproved soft professional skills, which are components of engineering entrepreneurship, evenwhile their understanding of engineering as a technical field does not change3,7. A recent study8revealed how engineering juniors and seniors believe they should receive education aboutbusiness and entrepreneurship throughout their college careers, even though their major is in atechnical field. Traditionally, the capstone senior design projects in undergraduate engineeringprograms come close to exposing the students to the business aspects