Paper ID #19539The Roots of Entrepreneurial Career Goals among Today’s Engineering Un-dergraduate StudentsMr. Gunther Rameseder, Stanford University Gunther Rameseder, MSc., studied Mathematics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Universidad de Barcelona (UB). His majors were Mathematical Finance, Statistics and Operations Re- search with a minor in Economics. During his studies, Gunther gained loads of industry experience at Allianz, Roland Berger, UnternehmerTUM and Finleap where he was involved in projects regarding the digital transformation of organizations as well as corporate venturing. Gunther
Paper ID #30266Analyzing Innovative Behavior Outcomes of Early-Career EngineeringGraduatesMr. Simon Jakob Barth, Stanford University Simon has a background in condensed matter physics with a finished bachelor and master’s degree at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In addition, he holds a second master’s degree in management. During his studies, he gained industry experience at different technology and consulting companies be- fore he founded his own business in 2016, an Augmented and Virtual Reality tech consultancy named PrismAR. At the Designing Education Lab, Simon researched on innovative behavior of
Paper ID #12600Starter or Joiner, Market or Socially-Oriented: Predicting Career Choiceamong Undergraduate Engineering and Business StudentsMr. Florian Michael Lintl, Stanford University Florian is studying Environmental Planning and Ecological Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). His majors are Sustainable City Development, Renewable Energy, International Land Use Planning and Environmental Economics. He is also participant in the Entrepreneurial Qualification Program ”Manage&More”. This is a program of the Center for Innovation and Business Creation at the TU Munich (”UnternehmerTUM”) which
-Corps site entrepreneurial leads and their career goalsAs indicated above, two scholars with an innovation and entrepreneurship major backgroundfrom Clarkson University in New York was recruited to work with the REU scholars. One of thestudents had a business and entrepreneurship background, while the second student had achemical engineering and entrepreneurship background. Clarkson University in NY with aninnovation and entrepreneurship major was approached to recruit these students, culminating in aSkype interview with those students. Based on this interview, we were convinced that thesestudents were focused on commercializing innovations in the field of materials scienceengineering. The students indicated that this internship would allow
lower-division engineering students, of whom 11 were enrolled in an engineeringmajor with a significant emphasis on entrepreneurship and 25 were enrolled in other engineeringmajors. Structured interviews of covered the participants’ family background, their motivations forenrolling in their major, their expectations with respect to career (including startups), their attitudestoward risk, and reflection on the interview. In the course of the interviews, participants were askedto rate their risk tolerance and their interest in pursuing a startup. Analysis of the interviews suggeststhat the principal indicator of entrepreneurial intent was interest in a startup, that most students’perceptions of the desirability of startups are negative, and that
explored why some engineering alumni who co-founded or started a company in the pastmay no longer have an entrepreneurial interest. A logistic regression was conducted to explorewhat variables were the most important in predicting a student’s intention and interest inpursuing entrepreneurial activities.Three research questions guided this study: 1. How do engineering alumni with high intentions and high interest in pursuing entrepreneurial activities compare with peers with low entrepreneurial intention and interest in terms of demographics, career-related characteristics, self-confidence and interest in technical concepts and problems? 2. What factors influence alumni’s interest in and intention to pursue
simulatedtechnology business ‘incubator’ in an afterschool program for middle school students at theAnaheim Union High School District in California. Its goal is to make middle school studentsand their parents aware of STEM career paths in addition to engage and attract the students toSTEM fields and careers. To this end, the project focuses on getting the students involved ingroup activities to develop solutions for real-world problems that involve Engineering, ComputerScience and Business concepts. Toward this goal, business entrepreneurship practices, including the traditional new-venturecreation approach and the emerging Lean startup approach, have been applied to stimulate andengage students in STEM learning. Both approaches offered students ways to
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #20166 Also, in spring of 2015 Jackson was recognized by Mihaylo College with the Faculty Award for ”Excel- lence in Service to Students.” Jackson’s work with student consulting and the CSUF Startup Incubator were cited as evidence of his commitment to service. Jackson’s career began in high technology sales in the semiconductor industry at Signetics Inc., but he soon moved to high technology market research with Dataquest Incorporated. At Dataquest, he served as Vice President for nearly ten years and held a variety of roles in sales, marketing, and research
Paper ID #17396Approaches to Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development at an Engi-neering UniversityMrs. Galina Burylina, Kazan National Research Technological UniversityDr. Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University - West Lafayette Dr. Sanger is a professor in the School of Engineering Technology in the College of Technology of Purdue University. His focus and passion is real world, industry based, senior capstone experiences both domes- tically and internationally. He has successfully developed this area at Purdue and at Western Carolina University. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Sanger had a successful 30 year
. The programsreferenced in the literature included: The Invention Bootcamp, Career Advancement MentoringProgram for Young Entrepreneurs (CAMP-YES), Poder (i.e., Spanish for “to be able to” and“power”), Pathways to Innovation, #WatchMeCode and STEM-Inc. We discuss these programsand interventions in the following paragraphs.The Invention Boot CampThe Invention Boot Camp is a four-week interdisciplinary program that focuses on teachingentrepreneurship, innovation, and STEM skills in a college environment to underrepresentedhigh school students in STEM [38]. One benefit of this program is that it utilizes an equitablelens in the recruitment and application process by going into schools with a large percentage ofracially minoritized and low-income
within an existing organization. Intrapreneurs are particularlycritical for engineering because this academic domain often provides the foundation the technicalexpertise needed to commercialize innovation. Many important innovations will come fromexisting organizations; as such, most new graduates will begin their careers with establishedfirms, and intrapreneurial skills have been identified as drivers in retention and careeradvancement in engineering-focused firms [2]. The literature suggests enhancing intrapreneurialskills of students in engineering can be achieved through a combination of curricular and real-world experiences [3]. Since traditional engineering curricula often neglect entrepreneurialtopics, as well as intrapreneurial
later, a wide variety of business experiences in international companies, and startup experiences. This has helped him lead a very successful industry career. Currently he is using his technical business experiences to develop and run innovation and entrepreneurial programs for the Engineering Innovation Center, a 20,000 sq ft rapid prototyping facility. These in- clude Aggies Invent, TAMU iSITE, Inventeer, and Pop Up Classes. In addition, he mentors multiple entrepreneurial teams. Formerly he was a Senior Vice President of Fujitsu Network Communications, headquartered in Richard- son, Texas. With over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, Rodney was responsible for de- veloping partnerships with
and data products developed by Fujitsu. Along with Yau Chow Ching, Rodney conceived (and wrote the standards for), the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) architecture, which served as the base for today’s North American telephone network. Rodney was Chairman of the T1X1 Technical Sub- Committee (the organization responsible for SONET standardization) from 1990 through 1994. He has been active in SONET’s National and International Standardization since 1985. In addition, Rodney has published numerous papers and presentations on SONET. Rodney began his career with Fujitsu Network Communications in 1989 as the Director of Strategic Plan- ning. He also held the positions of Director of Transport Product Planning, Vice
entrepreneurship education assessment research. Explanations for women’s underrepresentation in male-dominated fields, such as engineeringand entrepreneurship, have been subject to debate for decades 16,17. However, upon closerexamination of the literature, these explanations can be divided into two major categories:characteristics of the individual and characteristics of the environment. Individual characteristicssuch as a person’s sense of self-efficacy and agency certainly contribute to one’s interest andcapability for success in a particular field. Yet, the nature of the environment in which onechooses to participate also plays a critical role in women’s academic and career decision-making.Key arguments pertaining to individuals’ characteristics
, ecosystems, careers, diversity and curriculum. This round ofcategorization was done by two investigators sequentially; first one investigator, then theother (working from the first investigator’s coding), followed by discussion to come toagreement.This second round of coding was refined by revisiting actual worksheets to better understandthe context of questions, going back to some of the question-authors for clarification, andallowing for classification not just of complete questions, but also the larger issues embeddedin some of the questions.4.2 Key Themes IdentifiedFive themes emerged from categorizing the 46 questions that were written by Summitattendees in the “Re-search” session. These are: 1) Educational Aims, 2) Students Are Not Allthe Same
engineering1. In addition, globalization has introduced more job opportunitiesabroad along with intense competition for employment. Thus, it is more likely that Americanstudents will see more competition for employment opportunities2. The challenge of how toenhance student competitiveness and competency for a global market propels the continuousreformation of improvement in engineering education. Research studies have shown thatproviding entrepreneurship education could broaden student career choices and perspectives, andprovide an alternative career path for graduates3-4. Motivated by the significant roles ofengineers transferring technology to industry, during the last two decades, hundreds of programswith diverse approaches in entrepreneurship
toinvestigate these ‘critical’ entrepreneurship experiences among engineering students includingthe impacts they have. The study applied the critical incident technique in a narrative format toelicit and thoroughly investigate three senior engineering student’s entrepreneurship experienceswho were very involved in advancing multiple entrepreneurial projects during theirundergraduate education. The study reports these critical experiences and their impacts in anarrative format with rich detail. The findings suggest that entrepreneurship funding programsand classes are primarily involved in catalyzing powerful student experiences that have profoundeffects including changes in attitudes, behavior, and altered career goals. This study overallprovides
mind thatleads students to seek additional information beyond what is presented. Students who arecurious go beyond what they need to know for the test, ask “Why?” and are better poised totransfer knowledge between courses and in their ongoing careers. This first of EM’s three C’s isalso recognized more broadly as a key attribute; for example, in “Curious” by Leslie, oncedemographic factors are accounted for, it is curiosity and conscientiousness that are correlatedwith student success [2].Closely linked to curiosity, motivation helps describe students’ intention to realize this curiosity.There are a number of lenses through which to view both curiosity and motivation. One usefultheory for describing situational interest is Self-Determination
her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Singapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in educational psychology, specialized in measurement, evaluation and assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Li has a unique cross-disciplinary ed- ucational and research background in mechatronics engineering, specialized in control and robotics, and educational psychology, specialized in statistical analysis and program evaluation.Dr. Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven Ron Harichandran has served as the Dean of the
solutions that generate and strengthen career plans of students, as well as improve retention, graduation rates, and speed to graduation. He is recognized within education circles as standing at the vanguard of the progressive technological movement. He has taught students, trained corporate salespeople and career coaches, and advised entrepreneurs. His energy, passion, positivity, and attention to detail have served him well in bringing out the best in others.Dr. Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Kishore Pochiraju is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He recently
embody a shift in an entrepreneurial mindset, revealing how studentsultimately move forward with what they want to change in themselves and in the world. Theimportance of this shift is underlined by the fact that the next 10 years will bring more than abillion new young people to the global work force and their working lives are estimated to beeven more entrepreneurial than previous generations [5]. Personal characterizations (emotions and motivation) of the modern engineeringstudent have received limited research attention. Regardless of whether a student makesinnovation or entrepreneurial career their primary goal, this paper introduces discussion topreserve a path of sustainable well-being and fairness for men and women entering
stress and in groups. 5)The hands-on curriculum, that meshed engineering tools (soldering iron, millingmachine, hand tools, laser cutter, 3D printer), visit of guest lecturers (local entrepreneursand innovators), and work on group projects using a human-center design thinkingapproach.Introduction Early exposure to STEM initiatives increases students’ interest in STEM contentand STEM career fields1,2. Additionally, science classes in middle schools and highschools would benefit from focusing on developing critical thinking, problem solving,and open inquiries instead of learning content information1. But students can getexposure outside of science classes. Our focus has been on increasing STEM exposurethrough an extra-curricular STEM program
forentrepreneurship and innovation. Although studies have analyzed how students perceive this typeof training, few of them have unveiled its influence on behaviors and career goals. The formativeuse of the assessment instruments employed is limited, so more efforts are needed to evaluateentrepreneurial training towards its continuous improvement. This article proposes a methodologyto involve students in curriculum evaluation so they become partners in curriculum delivery andteaching practices. To explore its benefits, we applied it on a Major focused on engineering design,entrepreneurship and innovation. During classroom sessions of three Major courses, a form wasused to generate individual reflections and collective discussions about course methods
consulting services across diversified industries. Her extensive experience in business development, strategic planning, marketing, operations, and leadership have left a lasting impact on overall business performance from start-up to turn-around situations. Ms. Pyle is recognized for her unusual ability to quickly create clarity around key issues to ensure that strategic plans are developed, executed and monitored for success. This clarity of vision is informed by her highly diverse career, starting as an exploration/development petroleum geologist, including a brief stint in education when she lived in Venezuela, and to the present day when her clients have ranged from a heavy equipment manufacturer to a discount
wrote the standards for), the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) architecture, which served as the base for today’s North American telephone network. Rodney was Chairman of the T1X1 Technical Sub- Committee (the organization responsible for SONET standardization) from 1990 through 1994. He has been active in SONET’s National and International Standardization since 1985. In addition, Rodney has published numerous papers and presentations on SONET. Rodney began his career with Fujitsu Network Communications in 1989 as the Director of Strategic Plan- ning. He also held the positions of Director of Transport Product Planning, Vice President of Business Management, Senior Vice President of Sales Management, Senior Vice
refers to an educationalsystem that equips the learners with entrepreneurial abilities via the development of entrepreneurialawareness, entrepreneurial thinking, and entrepreneurial skillsets, of which the objective is to makestudents in colleges and universities behave like entrepreneurs and to equip them with the knowledge,skills, and personalities needed for their future careers through cultivating entrepreneurial mind,attaining entrepreneurial knowledge, and experiencing the entrepreneurial process (Zhang, 2007; Liu,2008).[6][7] Bae et al (2014) & Tingey et al. (2016) argue that entrepreneurship education is aboutdeveloping entrepreneurial attitudes and skills, with the purpose of increasing motivation forunder-resourced groups to
, stakeholder analyses, mass balance,sewage treatment, material properties and selection, sewage properties and conveyance,statics and stress, filtration and chemical precipitation) while playing the roles ofengineers, industrialists, elected officials, workers, scientists, public health officials,inventors, and city residents. In this course we introduce the entrepreneurial mindset to apopulation of students who may not think they are interested in the subject. Our role-playing game (RPG)-based approach is intended to attract students to entrepreneurialthinking and to introduce them to STEM-humanities integrative study, project-basedlearning, and other disciplinary content they may not have considered important to theirengineering careers. Near the
responsibilities; 6. Communicate effectively with a range of audiences; 7. Analyze the local and global impact of your design on individuals, organizations, and society.Lean LaunchPad Innovation and Engineering Design ProcessNew Mexico State University has innovation and entrepreneurship programs to support studentswith their preparation for careers in engineering design, innovation, and the creative economy.For example, the College of Engineering has an “Innovation Space” that is both managed andstaffed by engineering students. The workshop’s emphasis on innovation and working in teamsdovetails well with the need to promote an innovation mindset and get students thinking aboutentrepreneurship. As it would turn out later, several students
to attaindesignated types of performances” [8] (p. 391). Self-efficacy has been extensively examined inresearch investigating career goals [9], [10] and has been noted as a critical factor for studyingindividual behavior [8], [10]. In entrepreneurship domain, self-efficacy has been contextualizedas entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) or an individuals’ self-perceptions of their skills andabilities related to successfully performing entrepreneurial tasks [11]–[13].Due to its specificity to entrepreneurship practice, ESE has been widely studied inentrepreneurship research when compared to general self-efficacy due to its impact of severalentrepreneurship-related attributes. Specifically, while several researchers have examined ESE asa
Funded Jump Start Grant 9-credit Program in Start-Up Trek’s Entrepreneurship Pitch Competitions Student Incubator Mentoring Start-up Career Fair Student Entrepreneurial Organizations Figure 1. Co-Curricular Experiences Supported by the Center for Entrepreneurship. Institutional Support Start-‐Up Treks Student