Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

thecompetitive position of the School for applied research opportunities in the current environmentfor research and development; helps promote the general economic development of the region;expedites and simplifies the acquisition and utilization of research contracts; improvestechnology transfer; and links applied scientific research and technological advancements togrowth in the industries that employ graduates of the School.Examples:SET and its Center enhance Institutional Outreach through ongoing efforts to connect its mostcreative ideas and share its best practices with the industries it serves, the professional societies itsupports, the competitions it enters, and the region it respects in an engaging partnership formutual improvement. There have

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Byron Williams, Mississippi State University; Gary Butler, Mississippi State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students throughresearch. While conducting basic research is important to developing hypotheses and acquiringknowledge about a phenomena, applied research is required when the goal is technologycommercialization. Applied research is designed to solve practical problems in the real world.Conducting applied research provides value not only to the researcher, but also to the populationwhom the research benefits.In order to motivate faculty to have a focus on applied research that has the potential forcommercialization, the promotion and tenure process must be augmented. A tenure process thatpromotes commercialization should provide incentives for working with industry, starting a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Clarke, Applied Innovation Alliance; Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

application, consulting, facilitation and training of such methodologies and business practices as TRIZ, Competitive Opportunity Management, Strategic Planning, Competitive Intelligence, Product / Process Development and Optimization, Business Process Innovation, Design for Manufacture and Assembly, Quality Function Deployment, Technology Research and Organizational Engineering.Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University Donald M. Reimer is currently a fulltime senior lecturer and Associate Director of The Lear Entrepreneurial Program in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Green, University of Maryland; Judy Frels, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

identify areas of best practice and potential pitfalls. This paper alsohelps existing providers of executive education with new insights and perspectives to improveprogram efficiency and effectiveness, and benefits new entrants into executive education whohave the desire, but not the resources, to singularly launch and manage an executive educationprogram.BackgroundIn 2007, the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering and Robert H.Smith School of Business partnered to deliver a groundbreaking executive education series thatleverages the unique capabilities of these two world-class institutions. This jointly offered CIMProgram is designed to provide entrepreneurs, small-business owners, and executives responsiblefor innovation

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

sasikumar naidu, University of Tennessee; Prasanna Venkateswara Rao, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Paul Frymier, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Spivey Douglas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Gary Smith, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Masood Parang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

influence of the industrialists has broadened theoutlook of the students (and the courses) to look at the bigger picture. Industrialistsserved as guest speakers to introduce the students to a practical outlook on particulartopics. The students thus got an exposure to the real world of business and industrythrough case studies and pragmatic advice from industrialists. The improved coursecontent, with the direct influence from industry, induced an entrepreneurial focus infaculty and students.Research The courses that have been developed and taught have necessitated a new outlookon teaching engineering design and product development, particularly by including such"real-world" business aspects as customer-focused design, design for reliability

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Olsen, Washington State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Spraycool. In this course, leadership is firstdefined and then applied to the problem of identifying and innovating new products and servicesthat fill an emerging market need. Leverage is then applied in the form of creating intellectualproperty protection, and other barriers to entry to protect the enterprise from competition.Finally, the best formula for operating must be applied to achieve excellence across the board, inall areas critical to the function of the business. A significant part of the course consists ofstudent team projects. Approximately 15 – 20 students enroll in this course each year.The Graduate Faculty WorkshopThis annual event is directed at graduate students and faculty whose research may result inintellectual property that

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Timothy VanEpps, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

donated by a member of our Executive Advisory Council to practice the skills of on-line research, hypothesis forming and testing, and reverse engineering to determine how these devices actually worked. This course includes a Short Course Module (for a system level understanding), Projects Module for hands-on appreciation and understanding of engineering, and a portion of a Challenges Module. This same cohort is currently enrolled in the Technical Writing course. This course is specifically designed to familiarize our engineering students with the content, organization, format, and style of specific types of engineering documents. The students are learning to compose within various genres such as instructions