be accessible to all schools with minimal resources orchanges to core curriculum and maximal flexibility of implementation. The KEEN Modules willmature into building exactly those deliverables for students and for the academic community.4. Conclusion and Future WorkTo our knowledge EVS is the first online learning environment built to support students Page 24.512.7throughout the major rather than in an individual class. Our goals parallel those of learningcommunities, here with community building used to foster early integrative thought, betweenfoundational material and real-world relevance, and initial scholarly and pre-professional
. Page 24.229.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Biassociation for the Entrepreneurial Engineering CurriculumAbstractDespite the apparent benefits of fostering creativity, the question largely remains at how todevelop and deliver a curriculum that can stimulate such innovative thinking. Several modelshave developed on an attempt to ground creative thinking and its usage such as schema theoryfrom Bartlett, Johansson’s Medici Effect, Koestler’s biassociation or Tom Kelley’s faces ofinnovation. While the first three focused more on the structure and processes of innovation,Kelley’s work took a more personal approach, defining several characters that play differentroles in the creative process
significant learning curve in understanding the components of the ICsuggested that students would have an even greater challenge. Ideally, the IC would be usedthroughout an undergraduate engineering curriculum as a standardized framework for thinkingabout design. Early on, students could be asked to interact with the IC using current designs thatare on the market (like the toothbrush example discussed earlier) or by watching as others workthrough the design process. Later on, students could explore the individual sections of the IC ascomponents of different classes through the curriculum. With appropriate preparation, the ICcould then be used as a framework for senior design projects. The next paragraphs describesome approaches investigated by the
and has held positions in sales engineering, global business management, and operations management. Bozic holds degrees from Purdue University (BS Industrial Technology), Butler University (MBA Marketing), and will complete her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Purdue University in May 2014.Dr. Nathan W. Hartman, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nathan Hartman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University, and Director of the Purdue University PLM Center of Excellence. Dr. Hartman is also Director of Advanced Manufacturing in the College of Technology. His research focuses on examining the use of 3D CAD tools in the product lifecycle, the process and
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engineering students primarily and areembedded within the engineering curriculum, while others are campus-wide and target studentsin a wide variety of majors. Programs can also vary in terms of how they define their desiredoutcomes; some focus on generating a general awareness of entrepreneurship as a potentialcareer path, while others focus on developing innovative products and/or new business modelsand ventures. Some engineering schools, rather than offer a stand-alone course inentrepreneurship, integrate entrepreneurship throughout the engineering curriculum. Oneexample is Olin College which offers an integrated approach, whereby “entrepreneurship isinterwoven with mainstream engineering disciplines” (Fredholm et al., 2002).Entrepreneurship
and system integration and risk management. He is the director of the Dynamics Environment Simulation (DES) Laboratory and the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Laboratory. He is the supervisor of the capstone senior design project team on the Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) which has competed in the international competition in the last three years. During his tenure, he has the privilege of developing 3 new undergraduate and 6 new graduate courses in the areas related to computational methods and design.Xiaoxiao Hu, Old Dominion University Xiaoxiao Hu is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Old Dominion University. She received her PhD in Industrial/Organizational psychology from George Mason
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team leader is required to be selected, who will serveas project manager of the team to arrange different activities. The students are not only requiredto create a robot to fulfill the technical challenge, but also to conduct an economic or marketanalysis for their own robots. The final project grade considers students’ performance in bothtechnical and business aspects. Figure 1. Project Challenge LayoutThe implementation of the learning module with six major engineering design steps during thesix-week course curriculum is described in Table 1 below with detail weekly lectures,laboratories, entrepreneurial thinking, and deliverables. The learning module integrated theinnovative entrepreneurial thinking into a
recently awarded University of Windsor’s Golden Jubilee Professorship in Business. Page 24.912.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Modern Engineering Sandwich: Management, Globalization and Entrepreneurship on Top of Product DevelopmentIntroduction As globalization leads to an internationally integrated production and consumption ofgoods, cultural products, and services, local and national identities are challenged. Globalizationcreates challenges and opportunities for companies providing goods or services. The coursediscussed in this paper reviews the impact
experiential and inter-disciplinary learning intheir curricula. For instance, some courses attempt to introduce experiential leaning throughinter-disciplinary projects.4 Others teach loosely related topics using a unifying theme in fieldssuch psychology5 and biology.6 However, most inter-disciplinary courses usually focus on thedepth of specific content in a couple of disciplines rather than the breadth, i.e. integration ofcontent across a variety of disciplines. More specifically, all students taking such an inter-disciplinary course are required to master the skills and the content equally well regardless oftheir core discipline. An immediate shortcoming of this approach is that it severely restricts thediversity of student participants with respect
to explore and define engineering innovativeness and the innovationcompetencies4,6. The Innovation Competencies4 for working in a technical environment aresuggested to including three components - Discipline Competencies, Discovery Competencies,and Systems Competencies, in an integrated framework. Arranging these competencies in a 3-D“Innovation Competency Space”, shown in Figure 1, is useful for understanding the activities ofinnovators and visualizing the day-to-day combinations that arise from all three areas.The Discipline Competencies of Figure 1 are those specific to individual technical degreeprograms, such as EE, ME, ChE, CE, etc. This includes competency in the phenomena andtechnologies specific to a discipline.The Systems
Doctor of Management with George Fox University.Dr. Donald Ken Takehara, Taylor University Don Takehara was Director of the Center for Research & Innovation (CR&I) and Associate Professor at Taylor University for 9 years. With responsibility for leadership and overall success of the CR&I, Don developed/implemented an integrated program of research, entrepreneurship, and business assistance. During these years, research grant funding tripled, over 20 new companies were launched/assisted, and consultant services were provided to 100+ companies/organizations. Don also taught classes in engi- neering, physics, and chemistry and performed research in STEM Education (high altitude ballooning), biomass
programs and was instrumental in the breakthrough EDI/EFT payment system implemented by General Motors. Dr. Ferguson is a graduate of Notre Dame, Stanford and Purdue Universities and a member of Tau Beta Pi.Dr. Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr Wendy C. Newstetter is the Director of Educational Research and Innovation in the College of Engi- neering at Georgia Tech.Dr. Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University Eden Fisher is the Director of the Masters Program in Engineering and Technology Innovation Man- agement (E&TIM) and Professor of the Practice at Carnegie Mellon University. She earned an AB in Chemistry from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie
discussion,particularly when they can speak and hear their own words. Visual learners like words,pictures, symbols, flow charts, diagrams, and reading books. Sequential learners prefer linearreasoning, step-by-step procedures, and material that comes to them in a steady stream. Globallearners are strong integrators and synthesizers making intuitive discoveries and connectionsto see the overall system or pattern26. Both innate personality traits and prior experiences mayinfluence preferences on each of these scales.The Index of Learning Styles provides scores showing the strengths of an individual‘spreference for one category or the other on each of the four dimensions. The instrument is a44-item questionnaire4 that requires choosing one of two
Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team.Dr. Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Donald D. Carpenter, PhD, PE, LEED AP is Professor of Civil Engineering where he teaches courses on ethics/professionalism and water resources. Dr. Carpenter is an accredited green design professional (LEED AP) and practicing professional engineer (PE) whose expertise includes Low Impact Development (LID), innovative stormwater best management practices (BMPs), hydrologic and