Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Richard Scruggs, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

thepublic or private sector. This guest is the focus of a one-hour round table discussion(Q&A) that is conducted by the student team to create a learning experience for the class.In the past, most guests were from engineering/technical companies, but on one occasion,the embedded student arranged to have a successful entrepreneur from a non-technicalenvironment participate in the session. Allowing the technology students to appreciatemore diverse perspectives also has added value to their undergraduate education.The final deliverable of the first course of the E4/Capstone Design Project is a FormalTechnical Proposal (FTP). These documents present the planning activities that havebeen undertaken by the teams and include project management tools

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

group of students) o Presenting cartoon caption winners (students) o A creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship or marketing related video clip followed by a brief discussion (instructor) o Teaming and communication activity o Presentation and discussion (instructor) o Presentation on innovation followed by Q/A and group discussion (students) o Project discussion and presentation (towards the second part of the class) o Book discussion (5 discussions during the semester; usually led by students) o Invited speaker (4 times a semester) o Behavior, mainly driving, assignment (students) Homework assignments included: inventing, designing, building, testing, reporting andpresenting