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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Rodriguez, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Qu Jin, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

role in fosteringentrepreneurship in undergraduate students through the creation of and exposure to differententrepreneurial activities and environments. The Stanford Innovation Survey is a systematicsurvey of Stanford alumni, faculty and selected staff that assesses the university’s economicimpact based on involvement in entrepreneurship. The study outlines some of the differentlearning experiences that alumni encountered as undergraduates, which may have influencedtheir perception of entrepreneurship. Approximately one-third of the alumni respondentsreported being entrepreneurs who founded an organization, and described themselves asinvestors, early employees or board members in a startup at some point in their careers. Eesleyand Miller9

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University

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Research and Learning (INSPIRE) at Purdue University. In 2011, she received a NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students ap- proach innovation. She is also a NAE/CASEE New Faculty Fellow. She is an editorial board member for the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education (JPEER) and the journal of Science Education. Purzer conducts research on the assessment of difficult and often vaguely defined constructs such as innovative- ness, information literacy, engineering design, and data-driven decision-making. Purzer has M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Science Education from Arizona State University. She also has a B.S. degree in Physics Education and a B.S.E. in Engineering.Dr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue

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The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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entrepreneurship as a career path.This study examined the following hypotheses: 1) Engineering students who intend to minor inentrepreneurship have higher scores on locomotion and creative-self efficacy and lower scoreson assessment. These students will also have more positive perceptions of entrepreneurship as apossible career path. 2) More positive views of entrepreneurship as a career will be positivelyassociated with higher scores on locomotion and creative self-efficacy and lower scores onassessment. 3) Students with a close family member who is an entrepreneur will be more likelyto intend to minor in engineering entrepreneurship and have more positive perceptions ofentrepreneurship as a career. The results suggest that students who are considered

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qu Jin, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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(Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and is currently the Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education.Dr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Page 24.295.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Comparing Engineering and Business Undergraduate Students’ Entrepreneurial Interests

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Joseph, Pace University

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performance outcomes. The course grades comprised various performance-based assessments by faculty, students, and engineering practitioners. The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez’s Technology-Based Entrepreneurship interdisciplinary course26 sought to address industry’s demand for potential engineers who are entrepreneurial and effective communicators with well-developed teamwork and decision-making skills within the framework of a four course series that also included the capstone design project course. Over 20 professors from engineering and business were involved in the course. Other key features of the course included idea generation and development mindful of engineering design as well as product development constrained by

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Definition of Program-level and Student-level Outcomes Criterion 2 Criterion 3Program educational objectives must be published that The program must have documented student outcomesare consistent with the mission of the institution. There that prepare graduates to attain program educationalmust be a documented and effective process, involving objectives. Student outcomes are outcomes (a) through program constituencies, for the periodic review and (k) plus additional outcomes that may be articulated by revision of these program educational objectives. a program or individual faculty members. Implementation and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor; Francine K. Schlosser, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

education to allengineering students. Among the multiple and often contradictory drivers of current economies, a few areplaying as significant role as the trend towards globalization. Globalization processes imply thatnot only large companies are becoming global in terms of worldwide distribution of theirproduction facilities, but also that companies must offer an ever changing variety of products tomeet customers’ taste and preferences in different countries. This aspect of globalization,together with the e-business opportunities, makes it realistic to create new companies that aim atcustomization and personalization of consumer products and market them around the globe.Global competition, however, places such businesses under continuous

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael (Mick) J. Bates, Waynesburg University; Donald Ken Takehara, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

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business plan competition and on-campus incubator. Dr. Bates served as a board member and past executive committee member on two economic development organizations. His nearly 20-year business career revolved around high tech start-up companies in the contact center industry. His international experience includes an exchange to Guatemala during college, living in Germany for three years, business trips to various European countries, and in his time with Taylor University and Waynesburg University, research, speaking, and education travels to China, Laos, South Korea, Thailand, East and West Africa. Dr. Bates is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, holds an MBA from Regent University, and a

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G. Meyer, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, communication (oral andwritten), and general software tools/applications (e.g., PowerPoint, Excel, Word) were to beincluded. All of these topics could be covered within hands-on projects, especially those thatcater to exploring the world’s major social problems (e.g., the Grand Challenges) which havebecome very popular among incoming engineering freshmen. An additional bonus is therealization of true-multi-disciplinary teams composed of electrical-minded, mechanical-minded,etc. students. Because the course is allotted two hours of studio time per week (much like ourlaboratory courses), faculty members teaching the course are granted two contact hours