Conference Session

Research and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Seven KEEN criteria - Learning 23 Soft Skills Outcomes - 23 Soft SkillsCompetenciesThis area includes 23 key competencies and ranks them from top to bottom, defining person‟s Page 22.244.6major strengths. The skills at the top highlight well-developed capabilities and reveal where youare naturally most effective in focusing your time.BehaviorsThis section of the report is designed to help attain a greater knowledge of oneself as well asothers. The ability

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

studies could be integrated into their existing courses.The Innovators also attended the Annual KEEN Winter Conferences, and had opportunities toparticipate in the exchange of ideas on how to integrate some of these “soft skills” into theircourses through a series of regional KEEN conferences. They were awarded a summer stipendto help compensate for the time required to synthesize what they had learned and theirimplementation approach to their classes.During our charter year of 2009, we solicited those instructors teaching the far-reaching designcourses with the objective of exposing as many engineering and computer science (ECS)students as possible to the entrepreneurial mindset: Freshman Design (fall 2009) 206 Junior

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik Sander, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

challenges in transitioning to the world ofinnovation champions (entrepreneurs and “intrapreneurs”) such as: An engineering education is typically focused on technical depth rather than breadth in fields such as business practice, accounting and finance, operations management, etc. Additionally, the historical engineering curriculum has not included a substantial component of “soft skills” such as ethics, persuasive communications, written and oral presentations, team building, crisis management, and the other skills necessary to succeed as an entrepreneur, the value of which have been recognized by ABET and other organizations.iv, v An engineering education typically does not provide sufficient opportunity to lead teams