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The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College

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AC 2007-1811: DEVELOPING A CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH ANDTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (CART, INC.) AT BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGEBruce Mutter, Bluefield State CollegeFrank Hart, Bluefield State College Page 12.477.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Developing a Center for Applied Research and Technology Transfer (CART, Inc.) at Bluefield State CollegeAbstractThe paper updates the continuing development of the Center for Applied Research andTechnology (CART, Inc.), at Bluefield State College (BSC), as a vehicle for entrepreneurialsuccess. It discusses our Applied Research Assistant Program (ARAP) to provide teams ofengineering technology students for

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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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Cooperative Graduate Engineering Program. These courses areoffered in the evenings to accommodate the working students. Creativity and NewProduct Development has now been offered three times in the distance learning mode.Each time the technology was different, and in some sense these seemed like threedifferent courses. For many traditional lecture classes, this type of distance-learningenvironment is fine. For a hands-on, team–based and project-oriented course, thedistance-learning environment is challenging.In the Distance Learning situation, we must deal initially with classroom logistics anddiffering expectations among the students. This is a different kind of educationalenvironment and is new to many of the students. The studio arrangement

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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2007-1950: ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATIONALEXPERIENCE (E4) INITIATIVE: A NEW MODEL FOR SUCCESSJay Porter, Texas A&M University JAY PORTER joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently the Program Coordinator for the Electronics and Telecommunications Programs. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University.Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University JOSEPH MORGAN joined the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University in 1989 and is currently the

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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2007-3110: COLLABORATIVE, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY LEARNINGTHROUGH DYNAMIC, VIDEO GAME KNOWLEDGE MODULES: SYSTEMENGINEERING APPLICATIONWilliam Arrasmith, Florida Tech William W. Arrasmith received his Ph.D. from The Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio in Engineering Physics. He holds an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Engineering Systems Department at the Florida Institute of Technology. His research interests include adaptive optics, signal processing, image processing, and applied systems engineering. He worked for 20 years for the

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Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Tucker, Kansas State University; Bret Lanz, Kansas State University; Dale Wunderlich, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Katz, Kansas State University

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AC 2007-893: EARLY STAGE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ANDCOMMERCIALIZATION: AN INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION THAT YIELDSAN ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL IMPACTBradley Kramer, Kansas State University Dr. Kramer is the Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Institute and the Department Head for Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Kansas State University. He holds the Ike and Letty Evans Engineering Chair.Jeffrey Tucker, Kansas State University Jeff Tucker is the Associate Director for the Advanced Manufacturing Institute.Bret Lanz, Kansas State University Bret Lanz is the commercialization project manager for the Advanced Manufacturing Institute.Dale Wunderlich, Kansas State University Dale

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Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Subach, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; John Magrane, Microchip Technology Inc.; Carol Popovich, Microchip Technology Inc.

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AC 2007-2084: UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY CREATEENGINEER-ENTREPRENEURS TO FUEL INNOVATIONJim Subach, Arizona State University Jim Subach received his BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Maine, and his MS and Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. He has 30 years of experience in technology, was a Visiting Scientist at NASA-JSC, currently operates his own business and technology consulting practice, and is a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University.Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University Lakshmi Munukutla received her Ph.D. degree in Solid State Physics from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and M.Sc and B.Sc degrees from Andhra University, India. She has been

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Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Laughlin, University of Maryland; Scott Magids, University of Maryland; David Barbe, University of Maryland

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Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH). Mr. Magids is the primary architect of the VentureAccelerator program. Mr. Magids is a serial entrepreneur and private equity investor in the technology and marketing industries. Mr. Magids received his B.S. (with highest honors) from the University of Maryland.David Barbe, University of Maryland David Barbe is Executive Director of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH), Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Faculty Director of the CEOs Program. He received B.S. (’62) and M.S. (’64) from West Virginia University and the Ph.D. (’69) from The Johns Hopkins University in Electrical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. His

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Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Wierman, Johns Hopkins University; Lawrence Aronhime, Johns Hopkins University; Marybeth Camerer, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin Gibbs, Johns Hopkins University

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officers in the Whiting School of Engineering, BloombergSchool of Public Health, as well as university laboratories and outside federal laboratories.Several students were hired full-time upon graduation by a technology commercializationassessment firm. They prepared studies, prepared business plans, found investors, andnegotiated deals, and recruited several other students as interns. Both the technology transferofficers and this firm have expressed interest in sub-contracting technology assessments to anHSE business. To further explore the possibility, we arranged summer internships for thestudents with the School of Engineering and a university laboratory, who were very happy withtheir contributions. In fall 2006, with a pledge from the Whiting

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Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

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Importantly, the U.S. is the only nation among the G7 to register a TEA score in the topten.Today, nearly 50 percent of the growth in the U.S. economy can be attributed to entrepreneurialactivity; much of this activity is in the technology sector. Since success in a technology venturerequires both technical feasibility and economic viability an engineering curriculum thatintegrates both aspects is of considerable value.2 Of the over 200 thousand graduates of collegeengineering and science programs each year in the U.S., a growing proportion seek employmentin entrepreneurial ventures or are starting their own ventures. This trend among engineering andscience graduates requires “a new type of engineer, an entrepreneurial engineer, who needs abroad

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Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-2804: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AND TRANSFORMATIONALCHANGEBarbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology Page 12.680.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Entrepreneurial Leadership: A Balancing Act in Engineering and ScienceAbstractBuilding on previous work, “Entrepreneurial Leadership, Gender and Teams,” multipleparticipants representative of private, public and academic settings were interviewed to uncoverthe unique features of the entrepreneurial leader in the engineering and science context. Onecentral question organized the current work. If the entrepreneur gets everyone excited and theleader

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Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Gregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University

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AC 2007-1689: CULTIVATING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET THROUGHINTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AND NETWORKINGDonald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological UniversityGregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University Page 12.426.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset through Interdisciplinary Collaboration and NetworkingAbstractLawrence Technological University, a private institution located in the Detroitmetropolitan area, has an enrollment of approximately 3000 undergraduate students inday and evening degree programs. Unlike a majority of institutions were entrepreneurialprograms tend to originate in the college

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Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2007-2553: RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY'S NICHE INDEVELOPING PRODUCT INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALIZATIONCENTERSDavid Street, Rochester Institute of Technology received BS degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is graduate student at RIT in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Systems Integration department. His research interest includes rapid prototyping, product innovation & commercialization, and rapid product development.jack danziger, Rochester Institute of Technology is currently working on receiving a BS degree in MET and a MS degree in professional studies with concentrations in industrial design and product development. He has

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Baker, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University

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agreements, and other related agreements with industrial partners. Jim is a registered Patent Agent and holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, an M.S. in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University.Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University Ms. Mary Raber is the director of the Enterprise Program at MTU. In this role, she secures funding and projects from external sources, oversees day-to-day operation of the program and teaches various instructional modules in the curriculum. Prior to Michigan Tech, Ms. Raber worked in the automotive industry for 14 years, holding various positions in engineering and management. Mary holds a B.S.M.E

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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AC 2007-1570: PRODUCT INNOVATION ENGINEERING PROGRAM: TRAININGSTUDENTS IN ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKINGMartin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Page 12.1187.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Product Innovation Engineering Program: Training Students in Entrepreneurial ThinkingAbstractWhen measuring innovation in Europe, Sweden is in the top end concerning resources put intoresearch; almost in the top concerning education, but behind concerning innovation. KTH, thelargest technical university in Sweden, has set out on a path to create a systematic changeaffecting engineering education toward innovation engineering

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Schox, Stanford University; David Chesney, University of Michigan

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truth is that the patentability of an invention, and the right to sell and make the inventionwithout infringement of another patent, are completely unrelated. By misunderstanding thisconcept, engineers may eventually lose patent rights or infringe the patent rights of a competitor.More importantly, engineers may fail to gain adequate funding for their technology and mayconsequently fail to introduce, sell, and make an impact with their technology.Attempts to Educate EngineersPatent law courses are offered to engineering students at many of the top engineering schools,including: • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (6.901: Inventions and Patents)1, • Stanford University (ME208: Patent Law and Strategy)2, • University of Illinois

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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serve.Background:Interest in collegiate-level engineering or technology entrepreneurship has been increasing at arapid rate over the past 10 years. Examples of this interest are easily found: • The Entrepreneurship (ENT) Division within ASEE in 2000 and ENT Division membership now has over 550 members, indicating a strong interest from individual faculty members and their institutions. • A supportive national organization for these entrepreneurial efforts (the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance - NCIIA1) was formed in 1995 under financial support of the Lemelson Foundation2, with the number of NCIIA member institutions now standing at 339. The NCIIA provides encouragement of technology entrepreneurship

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Lawrence J. Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Milwaukee School of Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 1995 and his MS degree in Electrical Engineering in 1974 both from Marquette University. Gassert is an AIMBE Fellow, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and an ABET EAC program evaluator for Biomedical Engineering. He has developed and taught courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level in Biomedical Engineering, Medical Informatics, Perfusion, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering Technology. Prior to arriving at MSOE, Gassert spent seventeen years in industry in positions as a design engineer, a clinical engineer and a consultant.Lawrence J. Schmedeman

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cindy Orndoff; Susan Blanchard

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is an increasingconcern in the United States that high school students are lacking in math and science skillsleaving them ill-prepared for college programs in the sciences, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM).1 According to a recent report form the US Department of Education, theUnited States ranks 27th in the world in mathematics problem solving,2 reiterating the point thatUS high school students are not well prepared for college after completing high school mathclasses. At one Southwest Florida university, more than 60% of the first year students were notacademically prepared for college calculus, prolonging their entry into the engineering programand increasing the time the students will spend in college. These deficiencies

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Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Shoaib Shaikh, Northrop Grumman Corporation

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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 certificate program in Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship. The SystemsEngineering Entrepreneurship course which has received excellent reviews from students, isbeing taught for a second successive semester at Florida Tech. This course is uniquely designedto leverage proven Systems Engineering principles, tools and practices that parallelentrepreneurship concepts and steps for high tech entrepreneurial success such as RequirementsEngineering, Competitive Analysis, Systems Modeling and

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia; James Thompson, University of Missouri; Steve Wyatt, University of Missouri - Columbia

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application of physical electronics at several IEEE conferences and for several federal agencies in a number of areas. He also serves as an international consultant and lecturer.James Thompson, University of Missouri Dr. Jim Thompson has been Dean of the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Engineering since 1994. He is involved in numerous professional and civic organizations including the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers and the Rotary Club of Columbia. Professional topics of interest include our country’s need for more engineers and the role of technology and higher education in economic development. Dean Thompson received

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Dinardi, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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AC 2007-3112: IMPLEMENTING ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIPEDUCATION AT LAFAYETTE COLLEGERussell Dinardi, Lafayette CollegeSharon Jones, Lafayette College Page 12.843.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Implementing Engineering Entrepreneurship Education at Lafayette CollegeIntroductionEntrepreneurship is growing in relation to the fields of technology as well as theeconomy. As a result, the definition of entrepreneurship is evolving. According tosome sources, entrepreneurship is a very broad field and can simply be defined asinnovation.1 The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship defines entrepreneurshipspecifically in terms of the economy and

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Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Page 12.824.7by the program coordinators and the project judging panel serve as a method of assessing thesuccess of the program in regards to all of the objectives in Table 1. The enrollment of ESPparticipants in the University of Kentucky and its College of Engineering serves as a method ofevaluating the program’s achievement of objective G.As is demonstrated by the results in Table 2, the Engineering Summer Program and itscurriculum is most successful at helping the students with their understanding of engineering andentrepreneurship. Secondly, in exposing the students to the many facets of engineering, the ESPparticipants have an improved understanding of engineering as it applies to not only the science,technology, engineering and

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny Davis, Washington State University; Jerman Rose, Washington State University

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AssessmentAbstractCapstone engineering design courses play pivotal roles in development of engineering students’professional skills needed for innovation in a globally-competitive technological world. Thispaper describes a two-semester course sequence, jointly taught by faculty in engineering andentrepreneurial studies, that integrates engineering design and business development. Courseoutcomes are defined based on research that established four performance areas addressingstudent and solution development in capstone design courses: personal capacity, team processes,solution requirements, and solution assets. Performance criteria for each area establishdefinitions of desired student achievement in each area and form the basis for assessment ofoutcomes for the

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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-Engineering curriculum. Dr. High is involved with the development of an undergraduate entrepreneurship program at Oklahoma State University.Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State 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.Martin High, Oklahoma State University MARTIN S. HIGH founded and co-directs the Legal Studies in Engineering Program at Oklahoma State University and is an Associate Professor of

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Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Balbir Singh, NIS-Punjab; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Ashok Pandit, Florida Tech

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AC 2007-3018: REVOLUTIONIZING THE GAME OF FIELD HOCKEY IN INDIAUSING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGAPPROACHESCarmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech Dr. Carmo D'Cruz is Associate Professor of Engineering Entrepreneurship in the Department of Engineering Systems at Florida Tech. He has developed and taught pioneering courses in Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship, Technical Marketing, High Tech Product Strategy and Technology Commercialization Strategies. He has played hockey at the semi-professional level in India and has played at the National Level in India and the U.S. He tried out for Team India in 1980 and Team USA in 1992. He has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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a key resource to the New Product Development Council Steering Committee, facilitated Design for X (DFx) workshops internationally, developed business process linkages between new product development and lean manufacturing, and developed and implemented manufacturing systems software. His interests include technology transfer, product development, design education and DFx. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Florida and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Engineering Education.Ted Astleford, University of Florida Ted Astleford is the Assistant Director for Experiential Learning Programs in the University of

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The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael McCorquodale, Mobius Microsystems, Inc.; Richard Brown, University of Utah

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one of the best opportunities for eco-nomic development and growth. New technology ventures are typically led by the originalresearcher or group of researchers. However much recent academic development in technologyentrepreneurship has not focussed on the relatively linear and analytical protocol associated withthe commercialization of such research. Rather, most recent efforts, such as those in [3]–[7], havepresented relatively ad hoc approaches to introducing entrepreneurial concepts to engineers.Though these efforts address the fact that new technology ventures are most likely to be led byscientists and engineers and that these students require proper training, these academic programsdo not address the development of research-oriented

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Central Florida. Ms. Weatherman has considerable experience in Technopolis Development in the US and abroad. Page 12.423.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Critical Success Factors for Creation of Technopolis Communities and Creation of the Central Florida TechnopolisAbstractTechnopolis communities are sprouting up all over the world and are creating a profound impacton global economic landscapes. Today’s global economy can be characterized by increasingglobalization, heightened interdependency and the emergence of a new paradigm of regional,institutional and technological clusters which facilitate

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Clase, Purdue University

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as opportunities • explore potential solutions for new technology development to address identified needs within the biotechnology industry.IntroductionScience and technology impact the economy. In order for science and technology tocontinue to drive the economy, students need to learn innovation, which has become evenmore important now with a global economy. In a recent report from the NationalAcademy of Engineering, creativity was cited as one of the key attributes for the engineerof 2020: • “Creativity (invention, innovation, thinking outside the box, art) is an indispensable quality for engineering, and given the growing scope of the challenges ahead and the complexity and diversity of the technologies

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Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley; Sara Beckman, University of California at Berkeley; Leslie Speer, San Jose State University

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AC 2007-1326: ENABLING AND CHARACTERIZING ENTREPRENEURIALSUCCESSES IN NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMSAlice Agogino, UC Berkeley Alice M. Agogino is the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering and is affliated faculty at the Haas School of Business in their Operations and Information Technology Management Group She has served in a number of administrative positions at UC Berkeley, including Associate Dean of Engineering and Faculty Assistant to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost in Educational Development and Technology. Prof. Agogino also served as Director for Synthesis, an NSF-sponsored coalition of eight universities with the goal of reforming