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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Rose Morehouse, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ; Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #26849Employer Perceptions of Undergraduate Student Entrepreneurial Experi-enceMrs. Elizabeth Rose Morehouse, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Liz Morehouse is an assistant director in Career Services & Employer Relations at Rose-Hulman Insti- tute of Technology. She received a B.A. in Spanish and M.S. in Community Counseling from Northern Kentucky University in 2007 and 2009, respectively. She is an award-winning curriculum designer with significant experience providing leadership and career development opportunities for college students.Dr. Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Tom

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Patrick Bass, The Citadel

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transition into their eventual careers. While not every student will starttheir own company and take on the role of entrepreneur, the ability to communicate ideas,innovate in product design, and generate value to all stakeholders are skills that are broadlyapplicable to a wide variety of engineering career paths, and these skills are mirrored in ABETstudent outcomes. As a project-based course focused on product development, a senior capstonecourse provides the perfect opportunity to implement teaching methods that emphasize theentrepreneurial aspects of engineering.The present study attempts to incorporate numerous individual entrepreneurship modules toincrease the scope and engagement of engineering entrepreneurship typically offered by any oneof

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael D. Whitt, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Nancy L. Denton P.E., Purdue Polytechnic Institute's School of Engineering Technology; Christopher Heylman, California Polytechnic State University; Rodney Gene Handy

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, retention of students in engineering, technology, andtechnical schools is important to future productivity (GDP) across all sectors. A model isproposed where Kolb Experiential Learning Cycle fundamentals in conjunction withdevelopment of student ‘lead user’ abilities would have a significant effect on academic metricsassociated with student outcomes such as student retention as well as professional metrics in theareas of placement and career development. The proposed model would supply the impetus for aValue Mitosis Initiative (VMI) at any college/university where the learning model would lead toincreased equity and GDP in the university/college community and affiliated communities.Proper development of the lead user experiential learning model

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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professional skills such as innovativeness, teamwork, communication, 1problem-solving and creativity [2]. Increasingly, universities and higher education institutionsare leveraging entrepreneurship education programs (EEPs) to expose undergraduate engineeringstudents to entrepreneurial environments in curricular and co-curricular settings [3].Expanding from a business school focus of venture creation [4], EEPs in engineering also placeemphasis on the development of entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviors in graduates. ManyEEPs seek to promote innovation and creativity in students pursuing both entrepreneurial andnon-entrepreneurial career paths [5]. To

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christian Schnell, Stanford University; Johann Elmar Nordhus gen Westarp, Technical University of Munich (TUM); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurial Intentions and Actions of Engineering Graduates: What contributes to increase intentions and continued entrepreneurial skill developmentAbstractSome engineering graduates have the intention to become entrepreneurs. To bring this kind ofintention to reality, graduates need additional skills beyond their engineering knowledge by thetime they start their entrepreneurial career. In this paper we analyze Entrepreneurial Intentionsof engineering graduates and explore the impact of activities to convert intentions into actions.Furthermore, we investigate what entrepreneurs were already doing as students in order to gatherrelevant skills for starting a venture. While previous research has focused more on

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University; Sandhya Arumugam, Purdue University

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Paper ID #25207A Scaffold and Competency-Based Learning Approach to Innovation-RelatedThinking FrameworksDr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University Dr. Bosman is an Assistant Professor in Technology Leadership and Innovation and the Program Co- ordinator for Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology. Her STEM education research interests include entrepreneurial mindset, renewable energy, competency-based learning, self-regulated learning, transdis- ciplinary education, civic engagement, and faculty professional development. She spent the first part of her career working as a manufacturing engineer for world-class companies including

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa

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GROUPStudies on the impact of mindset in mathematics skills on students’ math performance andSTEM career aspirations find that female students are more vulnerable than male students to thedetrimental effects of holding an entity theory mindset [32], [29], [33], [34]. Van Alderen-Smeets and Walma van der Molen [35] analyzed the findings of studies on the impact of implicittheories on STEM career choice and aspirations and noted that improving students’ implicittheories, especially for female students with entity beliefs, can increase their STEM self-efficacyand the probability that they will choose a career in a related STEM field.This result confirms that female engineering students have a growth mindset in relationship totheir making abilities. Also

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Michelle B. Sabick, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

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and Educational Materials and he has been formally engaged in K-12 engineering education for nearly ten years.Dr. Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.Dr. Michelle B. Sabick, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng. Dr. Michelle Sabick assumed the role of Dean of Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology at Saint Louis University in July of 2016. Prior to that she was Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University. Dr. Sabick began her academic career at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho where she co-founded the Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanics Research and served as Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering for

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa Mary Martine, Rowan University; Lia X. Mahoney, Rowan University; Christina M. Sunbury, Rowan University; John Austin Schneider, Rowan University; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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, Colorado Christian University After earning my B.S. in Engineering Science at Penn State University (2007), I began working as an audio-video engineer/designer. I then made a career transition to teach high school physics. Having sparked my love for education, I went back to school to earn my M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering (2015) and my Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2016). My first faculty job was at Rowan University in southern New Jersey, where I had the honor of helping develop their first-year engineering and B.S. in Engineering Entrepreneurship programs. I’m now blessed to be at CCU contributing to what God’s doing through our Industrial & Systems Engineering program and university.Dr. Cheryl A

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Ville Mikael Taajamaa, University of Turku; Christopher Andrew Parlier, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, University of California, Riverside

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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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven

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, respectively. In 2006, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Sin- gapore, 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 educational 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 is

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University

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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 entrepreneurial programs for the College of Entineering. These include Aggies Invent, TAMU iSITE, Invent for the Planet, Engineering Inc., and curricular 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 leading network technology providers and driving marketing efforts for op

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Hadi Bozorgmanesh, University of Connecticut; Manisha Srivastava, SurePath Evaluations LLC; Randi Mendes, University of Connecticut

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some point later on in their careers, and also a generalquestion as to whether or not successful venture creation should be the primary metric by whichthe success of entrepreneurial education is judged. The Kern Entrepreneurial EngineeringNetwork (KEEN) model suggests that venture creation is just one potential aspect of successfulentrepreneurship education, and that the development of an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’, in whicheducators work to foster creativity and opportunity identification, results in graduates that arebetter prepared to solve meaningful problems within existing workplaces, in addition to startingnew ventures to address challenges [7], [8].A more recent review by Nabi, Liñan, Fayolle, Krueger, and Walmsley [9

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Alan E. Ellstrand, University of Arkansas

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does not need to be the only source of innovation from research universities.Innovation can also come through students by way of purposely developed or enhanced courses,pedagogy, and experiences designed to create a spark or foster an existing spark, fan the flames,and fuel them to help them grow. It is unfortunate to create the spark in first-year students andthen ignore it until it is time for the senior design / capstone project; the innovators need tocontinue to learn, experience, and grow throughout their academic career. To be a meaningfulreal-world experience, an innovation concentration needs to incorporate learning and experienceswithin disciplines students will encounter once they have begun their professional careerincluding

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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themes Necessary Conditions and Realities of Innovation.We would also posit that the ideal mode for promoting student perceptions of Self as Innovatorwould also require that students engage in authentic and personally meaningful innovationexperiences. With that said, recent scholarship on engineering identity has also described theimportance of performance/competence for success, although these considerations alone areinsufficient for encouraging the pursuit of an engineering career [28]. Rather, performance andcompetence are mediated by interest and recognition. As we draw a parallel, it may be thatconfidence in one’s ability to be innovative is insufficient for identifying as an innovator.Simultaneously, one might also need personal and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Adele Hanlon, Jacksonville University

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. Dr. Traum coordinated MSOE’s first crowd-funded senior design project. He also co-founded with students EASENET, a start- up renewable energy company to commercialize waste-to-energy biomass processors. Dr. Traum began his academic career as a founding faculty member in the Mechanical & Energy Engineer- ing Department at the University of North Texas - Denton where he established a successful, externally- funded researcher incubator that trained undergraduates to perform experimental research and encouraged matriculation to graduate school. Traum received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he held a research assistantship at MIT’s Institute for Soldier

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Bruce D. Oestreich, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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EMwhile also furthering the long-standing instructional objectives of the course, which includewriting effective reports and analysis and collection of data. The results show, broadly, that mostteams met the instructional objectives of the project.IntroductionIn recent years we have seen a shift in the economy. Individuals are no longer spending theirentire careers working for a single organization. In fact, many individuals are experiencinggreater than ten position changes over the course of their career [2,3]. We have also seen manyindividuals starting their own organizations [4,5] or working on contracts [6]. These observedchanges require newly graduated engineers to not only be able to apply technical engineeringskills in the workforce but

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Ferrar, Temple University; Dustyn Roberts P.E., Temple University

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Paper ID #25712Sustainable Senior Design: MVP EngineDr. Anthony Ferrar, Temple University Tony Ferrar is obsessed with student success. He focuses on preparing students for rewarding careers through pedagogical innovation and incorporating professional development into educational experiences. Anthony received his BS, MS, and PhD in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech, where his research revolved around air-breathing propulsion. As a graduate student he contributed to Virginia Tech’s Gradu- ate Education Development Institute, Faculty Development Institute, and Networked Learning Initiatives. After graduating in

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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VentureWell Open Conference, Washington, DC, March 23, 2018.[4] C. E. Eesley, and Y. Wang, Y, “The effects of mentoring in entrepreneurial career choice,” Boston U. School of Management Research Paper 2387329, January 2014.[5] D. Novick, M. Kendall, and A. Cervantes, “Integrating the I-Corps experience into undergraduate engineering education,” In VentureWell Open Conference, 2017). Available: http://www.cs.utep.edu/novick/papers/icorps.venturewell17.pdf [accessed October 14, 2018].[6] H. Julien, “Content analysis,” in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods, L. Given, Ed., Hadley, MA: SAGE Publications, 2008, pp. 120-122.[7] S. Blank, and B. Dorf. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan

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any engineering career path. In anotherexample, focusing on instilling ‘action-oriented’ EM in undergraduate students, Gerhart& Carpenter [27] associated EM with a set of skills such as creativity, innovativeness andcritical thinking. Similarly, other researchers presented EM as a reasonable substitute forentrepreneurial skills [28], [29]. 4In other articles, researchers included specific traits in addition to skills in theirdescriptions of EM. In one example, Pistrui, Layer, & Dietrich [30] argued that EM is notspecifically associated with an entrepreneur but rather with other professionals such asengineering students who can think

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Rees Sattele, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Kadri Akinola Akanni Parris, Ohio State University

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that over two-thirds of engineering students believedthat “entrepreneurship education can broaden…career prospects and choices,” almost half wereinterested in taking EML classes, and those who did take EML classes felt more confident incommunication and presentation, although not at a statistically significant level.Additionally, The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) has provided aframework for incorporating EML curriculum into engineering coursework with the goals ofincreasing curiosity, connections, and creating value. The Ohio State University is in the processof incorporating EML and KEEN principles into its first-year engineering curriculum. The first-semester half of the first-year engineering class contains several

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton

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content of several existing classes were adjusted to better reflect nationaltrends in Aerospace engineering education. The intention of the Introduction to Flight course within theMechanical Engineering curriculum is to motivate sophomore level undergraduate students to differentaspects of aerospace engineering so that they can make an informed decision about pursuing aerospaceengineering as their career. The topics covered in the course are shown below - 1. Aviation Pioneers 10. Thrust to Weight Ratio and Lift to Drag 2. Parts of Airplane (Activity) Ratio (Gimli Glider activity) 3. Nomenclature of Airplane and Airfoils 11. Finite Wing Aerodynamics

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Macarena Zapata P.E., Universidad de Chile ; Sergio Celis, Universidad de Chile

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use of sustainable economic development and (4) that faculty members andengineers, together, undertake an effort so that engineering education addresses the challengesand social opportunities of the future.In seeking to respond to these demands, universities have been encouraged to play a more activerole in economic development by supporting policies and funding programs forcommercialization of technology and entrepreneurship education [4]. This occurs wheneconomic news shows how global competition, downsizing, decentralization, re-engineering,mergers, and new technologies have made careers more complex and uncertain for graduatesfrom all sectors [5,6]. In this context, political, economic and academic leaders conceiveentrepreneurship as one

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University

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the group, singularly or in groups, finish the wiring. He would routinelydrop in to inspect, but not to take over. They learned how to test their connections and to pro-gram the counting devices. They then assembled the components into the raceway (Fig. 5), againfollowing a schematic. They tested and debugged the assembled product, made any last minutechanges, and prepared the tables for shipment to the customer. They then monitored the use ofthe tables on site to check for efficiency and to collect feedback.Because of the great mix of student backgrounds, the instructor relied on his parallel career as asuccessful youth soccer coach whose philosophy was that “there’s a place on the soccer field forevery player.” As an administrator, he has

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Shawn A. Carson, University of Tennessee; James H. Lampley, East Tennessee State University; William H. Knight, East Tennessee State University

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to businesses located in economically disadvantaged areas. Prior to starting his academic career at the University of Tennessee, Carson spent 10 years with Technol- ogy 2020, an organization that supported entrepreneurial startups in Oak Ridge Tennessee. During that time, Carson developed accelerator programs and workshops for a number of different programs around the state of Tennessee. Notably, he created curricula and delivered programming for an agricultural ac- celerator in rural northwest Tennessee, an automotive accelerator in southern middle Tennessee and a general business accelerator program in Johnson City in northeast Tennessee. Carson also deployed a 3-year project funded by the Appalachian

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Aadityasinh Rana, University of New Haven

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first Ph.D. in me- chanical engineering from National University of Singapore in 1997. She served as Assistant Professor and subsequently Associate Professor in mechatronics engineering at University of Adelaide, Australia, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, respectively. In 2006, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Sin- gapore, 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