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Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin; Jennifer Parks, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Nichols, University of Texas-Austin

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2006-2164: I2P™ INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: A GLOBALEDUCATIONAL FORUM FOR TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIPRobert Evans, University of Texas-Austin R. S. Evans, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His current research focus is on technology commercialization and engineering education. Dr. Evans completed his doctorate in mechanical engineering at UT Austin in 2005. His dissertation covered materials and product development for rapid manufacturing. He also co-founded a company based on his doctoral research concurrently with his doctoral studies. Prior to enrolling at UT he worked as a manufacturing

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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Philip Rufe, Eastern Michigan University; Gary Rodak, Eastern Michigan University; Scott Pollock, Eastern Michigan University; Mary Finkel, Eastern Michigan University

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2006-129: BRINGING "REAL WORLD BUSINESS" INTO THE CLASSROOM:INTRODUCING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSPhilip Rufe, Eastern Michigan University Mr. Philip Rufe is an Instructor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Eastern Michigan University. He is a certified Manufacturing Engineer and a registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent agent. He is the program coordinator of the Manufacturing Technology and Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs. He is also heavily involved with the Center for Product Reseach and Development at Eastern Michigan University.Gary Rodak, Eastern Michigan University Gary Rodak, President of

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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Paul Swamidass, Auburn University; Brian Wright, Auburn University

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2006-1798: A NON-CREDIT MODEL FOR REAL-LIFE TECHNOLOGYTRANSFER EXPERIENCE FOR CROSS-DISCIPLINARY STUDENT TEAMSPaul Swamidass, Auburn University Paul M. Swamidass, Auburn University. Dr. Paul Swamidass is Professor of Operations Management in the College of Business, and the Director of the Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University. Under his direction, the Center runs an Internship program for engineering and business graduate students who evaluate Auburn University inventions for commercialization. He has published over 80 papers and proceedings, two books and an encyclopedia. He has presented in national and regional ASEE

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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University PAUL E. ROSSLER directs the Engineering and Technology Management Program and co-directs the Legal Studies in Engineering Program at Oklahoma State University and is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management. He is a licensed professional engineer and holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Virginia Tech.Karen High, Oklahoma State University KAREN HIGH earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and her M.S. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. High is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University where she has been since 1991. Her main research interests

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; J. Paul Sims, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University; Jon L. Smith, East Tennessee State University

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University J. PAUL SIMS holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Wales (U.K.), an M.S. from the University of Tennessee in Aviation System /Flight Test Engineering, a BS in Physics from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), and a BS in Aerospace Science, also from MTSU. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Technology Department at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Sims is also a Federal Aviation Administration Designated Engineering Representative in the areas of aircraft systems and equipment and flight analysis for large transport FAR part 25 and General Aviation FAR part 23 aircraft (DERT-510369-CE). He has nine FAA and two foreign STC

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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John Stephens, Lawrence Technological University; Mariam Iskandarani, Lawrence Technological University

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2006-255: STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BOOTSTRAPPING TECHNIQUESJohn Stephens, Lawrence Technological UniversityMariam Iskandarani, Lawrence Technological University Mariam is working on her doctoral degree at Lawrence Technological University. She has many years of experience in the equipment leasing industry and is currently working in the automotive industry as a finance professional. Page 11.1172.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Study of Financial Bootstrapping TechniquesASEE AbstractStudy of Entrepreneurial Financial Bootstrapping TechniquesAbstractFinancial bootstrapping is a little explored and

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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2006-2121: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP, GENDER AND TEAMS IN THEENGINEERING AND SCIENCE CONTEXTBarbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology Barbara A. Karanian is a Professor of Social Sciences and Management at Wentworth Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies in Organizational Psychology from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was a Leadership Teaching Fellow at Harvard University. Her research interests include collaborative and cross-functional teams, transitions in the career path, gender/influence/and persuasion, and entrepreneurial leadership. Her consulting work is with changing organizations.Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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

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2006-2446: SUCCESS, FAILURES AND NEXT STEPS FOR ENGENIUSSOLUTIONS: REAL WORLD IDEA LAB FOR ENGINEERSDan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyDavid Shepard, Engenius Solutions Page 11.1174.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Success, Failures and Next Steps for Engenius Solutions: Real World Idea Lab for Engineers Michael Shepard and Dr. Moore1 Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyThe process of producing new products is difficult and filled with challenges not typically taughtin an engineering curriculum. While many students are exposed to product development, due totime

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Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

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-basedapproaches.6 While meeting the increasing demand for holistic, interdisciplinary education,innovative courses offered by Florida Tech’s Department of Engineering Systems have greatlyenriched the students’ educational experience, broadened their perspectives, served ascommunity outreach/ networking forums and integrated experiential learning with academic Page 11.559.2programs.This paper describes a pioneering, innovative new course in Systems EngineeringEntrepreneurship that is dove-tailed into three existing courses in Technical Marketing, HighTech Product Strategy and Technology Commercialization Strategies7 to complete a courseseries and proposed

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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Arnold Lumsdaine, University of Tennessee; Frank Speckhart, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Geoff Robson, Technology 2020; Kenneth Kahn, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Majid Keyhani, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Dan Fant, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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2006-2103: THE MS-MBA DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM: AN INTEGRATEDENGINEERING AND BUSINESS APPROACH TO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTArnold Lumsdaine, University of TennesseeFrank Speckhart, University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleGeoff Robson, Technology 2020Kenneth Kahn, University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleMajid Keyhani, University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleDan Fant, University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleRapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Page 11.1311.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Combined MS-MBA Program: An Integrated Engineering and Business Approach to Product DevelopmentAbstract – The University of Tennessee at

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University

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transfer nationwide according to the Council on Governmental Relations.1 Thesignificant changes in the handling of Intellectual Property has enabled exclusive licensing bythe universities enhancing the ability of university personnel to participate in thecommercialization of technology. Over 300 public universities in the United State have sincecreated some form of Entrepreneurship program. In 2000, under the leadership of Dean A.Wayne Bennett, Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering recognized theneed to promote such a program.The Jack Hatcher Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate Program at Mississippi StateUniversity was initiated on February 7, 2001, with a primary investment of $1.25 million. Sinceits inception as the

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Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Neck, Babson College; John Bourne, Olin College; Stephen Schiffman, Olin College

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College Dr. John R. Bourne was previously Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, where he had been on the faculty since 1969. He also held the position of Professor of Management of Technology between 1991 and 1998. Dr. Bourne received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1969 from the University of Florida. In 1982 he served as a Visiting Professor at Chalmers University in Goteborg, Sweden, and in 1990 he was a Visiting Researcher at Northern Telecom. He has had varied research interests over the last three decades that include: Quantitative Electroencephalography, Visual Evoked Response Studies, Syntactic

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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William Sherrill, University of Houston; Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

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encouraged across an increasinglywide range of disciplines, the approach to teaching entrepreneurship has not been standardized.There are a number of competing perspectives regarding the most effective curriculum forteaching entrepreneurship. To make the matter even more complex, these perspectives differfrom school to school (e.g., from the business school to the engineering school) and also fromstudent level to student level (e.g., from undergraduate student to graduate student).1Business schools were the initial locus for entrepreneurship education, although a fewengineering programs such as the one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can laylegitimate claim to being pioneers of the genre. Still, it is not in dispute that

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Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin

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2006-2197: DOCTORAL STUDENT CO-FOUNDERS: A CASE STUDY OFADVANCED LASER MATERIALS, L.L.C.Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin R. S. Evans, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His current research focus is on technology commercialization and engineering education. Dr. Evans completed his doctorate in mechanical engineering at UT Austin in 2005. His dissertation covered materials and product development for rapid manufacturing. He also co-founded a company based on his doctoral research concurrently with his doctoral studies. Prior to enrolling at UT he worked as a manufacturing engineer and

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University

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served as the Chair of the ASU Commission on the Status of Women for the Polytechnic campus. She is currently the Chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for the College of Technology and Applied Sciences, and Region 5 Director for the National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT). She is a member of the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE), Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD), International Graphic Arts Education Association (IGAEA), and Epsilon Pi Tau, a technology honor society. Page 11.1298.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The IDeaLaboratory Needs Assessment of Today’s Industry Professionals La

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Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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Kenneth Ports, QTS, Inc.; Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech; Clifford Bragdon, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

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2006-2056: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR TECHNOPOLIS CREATIONCarmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech Dr. Carmo A. D’Cruz is Associate Professor in the Engineering Systems Department at Florida Tech. A twenty-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, Dr. D’Cruz has studied and taught at Engineering and Business schools. His experience ranges from R&D and engineering to manufacturing, operations, marketing and Business Development. His research areas include Technopolis Creation and Engineering Entrepreneurship. He has developed pioneering courses in Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship, Technical Marketing, High Tech Product Strategy and Technology Commercialization Strategies. He has a BSEE from the

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Engineering's 1997 Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teacher Award, Purdue's Class of 1922 Award for Outstanding Innovation in Helping Students Learn, and the 1997 Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The EPICS Program has been honored with several awards, including the Corporate and Foundation Alliance Award and, from the State of Indiana, the Inaugural Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism. With Professors Jamieson and Oakes, Coyle was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering's 2005 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. Dr

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College

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Technology. He holds an M.S. and B.S. in Industrial Technology with a minor in chemistry from Illinois State University. He is a co-PI on NSF grant #0501885. Page 11.73.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Multi-Disciplinary Entrepreneurial Project for Teaching ReengineeringAn entrepreneurial project at Illinois Valley Community College immerses engineeringdesign and electronics students in reengineering and entrepreneurship over the course of theirtwo-year technical programs. The project also teams the technical students with businessstudents, simulating an industrial

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Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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Doug Abbott, MT Tech of the U of MT; Lance Edwards, MT Tech of the U of MT; John Evans, MT Tech of the U of MT; Leo Heath, MT Tech of the U of MT; Mike Johnson, MT Tech of the U of MT; Timothy Kober, MT Tech of the U of MT; Mary North-Abbott, MT Tech of the U of MT; Roger Oldenkamp, MT Tech of the U of MT

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effectiveness.Introduction and BackgroundToday’s outstanding engineer must have the knowledge of many sciences and disciplines.Interdisciplinary skills help an engineer to cope with the changing social, economic, and politicalconditions that influence technology and its development1. Engineering is a profession thatserves many functions of design and problem solving. These engineering functions support thegoals of business and entrepreneurship, and in turn engineering is supported by entrepreneurship.The ideas and designs created by engineers are only useful if they fill a need and have a market,such as creating machines for improving industry or solving troublesome problems. As ThomasL. Magnanti, dean of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has

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Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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2006-379: BRINGING STUDENT INNOVATIONS TO MARKET: A HINMANCEOS SUCCESS STORYAnik Singal, Affiliate Classroom, Inc. Mr. Singal is a 2005 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a B.S. in Finance. He is an alumnus of the Hinman CEOs Program and was awarded the Program’s “Entrepreneur of Year” in 2004-2005. He is the founder and president of Affiliate Classroom, Inc. Mr. Singal is a recognized leader in affiliate marketing.David Barbe, University of Maryland-College Park Dr. Barbe is the Executive Director of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Faculty Director of the Hinman CEOs Program at the University

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Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College; John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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, Pennsylvania State University-Erie Robert S. Weissbach received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. He is an associate professor of engineering at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, where he is currently the program chair in Electrical Engineering Technology. His research focuses on power electronics, power systems and multidisciplinary education. Page 11.629.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Facilitating Entrepreneurship Education at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs): Proposed Functional and

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Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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Thomas Miller, North Carolina State University; Stephen Walsh, North Carolina State University

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. Since 1982 he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, where he holds the rank of Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Dean in the College of Engineering. He is currently serving as Vice Provost for Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA). In his role as Vice Provost, Dr. Miller is responsible for strategy, deployment, and implementation of the university’s learning technologies and distance education programs. Dr. Miller has served as Principal Investigator (or co-PI) on research and educational grants totaling more than $5M. He is the author or co-author of more than 50

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Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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John Ochs, Lehigh University; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; Todd Watkins, Lehigh University; Graham Mitchell, Lehigh University

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the Wharton Program in Technological Innovation. Between 1993 and 1997 he was United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy. Prior to that, he was for 12 years with the General Electric. A co-founder of a start up in wireless communication, he is a member of several boards. He is author of over 40 papers and studies on technology, management, and policy. He holds 7 U.S. patents, and is a recipient of several major honors. He holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Westminster, London. Page 11.32.1© American Society for Engineering Education

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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Minnie Patel, San Jose State University; Anuradha Basu, San Jose State University

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engineering students toentrepreneurship.IntroductionWith recent technological developments, globalization and the internet revolution, the businessenvironment has changed dramatically over the last few years. Customer-driven markets inhighly competitive environments have led many U.S. companies to engage in offshoredevelopment of their non-core activities. This has impacted engineering job opportunitiesdomestically. It is becoming ever more important for engineers to understand and adapt to theincreasingly complex business environment and be able to create jobs for themselves throughentrepreneurial initiatives. Small and medium size firms are experiencing fast-growingemployment and self-employment in engineering is increasing1. It has become

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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2006-1714: DEVELOPING POSITIVE TEAMING IN A PRODUCTDEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE USING ANOFF-CAMPUS WEEKEND SEMINARRobert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie ROBERT S. WEISSBACH is an associate professor of engineering in the Electrical Engineering Technology department at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, where he is currently the program chair. His research interests are in power electronics, power systems and multidisciplinary education.Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie JANA G. GOODRICH is a lecturer in management and marketing for the Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Prior to joining the faculty at

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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Craig Silvernagel, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

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. degree from UND in 1990, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Notre Dame in 1992 and 1995, respectively. Dr. Schultz joined the UND faculty in 1995, and his teaching and research interests are in signal and image processing, embedded systems, technology entrepreneurship, and systems engineering. Page 11.1161.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Student-Generated Intellectual Property: Preliminary Results from a Research Instrument Used to Capture Student, Faculty, and Industry Partner Perspectives and ExpectationsAbstractAn area of

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Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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Paul Lane, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

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process? The authors have been working in this are for threeyears and have discovered that it is important to recognize that for a project to be successful,more than one generation of students may be required. For example, engineering students candevelop the technology required for a product and then graduate. Much more effort from manymore disciplines is required to bring a product to market.Multiple Generations of studentsBuilding entrepreneurial efforts usually requires a team effort over a long period of time. If asenior is on a team that initiates a product development project, it is unlikely that the senior will Page 11.361.6still be there

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Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Secor, Institute to Promote Learning; Douglas Arion, Carthage College

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Professor of Physics at Carthage College. After a career at Science Applications International Corporation as head of the Applied Physics and Engineering Division, Dr. Arion conceived, started, and directs the ScienceWorks: Entrepreneurial Studies program at Carthage. This program has for the last twelve years successfully integrated entrepreneurship and career training into the undergraduate science and technology curriculum. He works extensively with regional business development groups and municipal organizations, combining academic activities with new business creation and business revitalization. He is also technical director at the Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation, a

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Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Warren, Pennsylvania State University; Ralph Hanke, Bowling Green University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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2006-961: A SCALABLE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING SYSTEM FORENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATIONAnthony Warren, Pennsylvania State UniversityElizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State UniversityRalph Hanke, Bowling Green University Page 11.115.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Scalable Problem-Based Learning (PBL) System for Entrepreneurship EducationEXECUTIVE SUMMARYEntrepreneurship skills are vital to the future of the US economy and its ability to supportcontinual wealth creation. Traditional educational methods do not teach such skills; indeed theymay hinder them. The initiative described creates a new way to provide a valuable

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

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others in business careers. In addition, not allentrepreneurship students will have studied business and/or engineering ethics. As a new courseoffering, many institutions are offering Entrepreneurship with no prerequisite courses.Thus, special circumstances pertain to the entrepreneurship student: • With its extensive emphasis on opportunity, technology, and innovation, entrepreneurship differs somewhat from other business ownership or from non- entrepreneurial work within organizations. Page 11.1209.3 • Entrepreneurs face expectations that they will aggressively compete based on