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Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC; John K. Layer, University of Evansville; Sandra L. Dietrich, Eastern Michigan University

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Engineering Education, 2012 Mapping the Behaviors, Motives and Professional Competencies of Entrepreneurially Minded Engineers in Theory and Practice: An Empirical Investigation American Society for Engineering Education 2012 Annual Conference June 10 - 13, 2012 San Antonio, Texas By David Pistrui, Ph.D. Managing Director Acumen Dynamics, LLC Assessment Fellow Kern Family Foundation dpistrui

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Student Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset

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Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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the heart of the reason for listening toothers: “I think a part of innovation is life’s experiences, what someone has really done in their lifetime, what kinds of experiences they’ve had. (Innovation happens) if in fact their mind or their thinking is open to the point where they are inquisitive. They want to know. They want to know more. Or they’ve had a personal experience in their life that has been puzzling and they just don’t have a solution for it and they want to be able to find it.”- GeorgeRisk taking or the willingness to risk failure is an attribute of an innovative engineer but not anattribute that is found in abundance among practicing engineers. Frank makes the point thatorganizations tend to

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Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; R. David Kent, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University

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provide innovations that contributecommercial value. For the development of entrepreneurial minded graduates, the educationalcontributions provided by general education are essential for career success.Introducing an entrepreneurial mindset in an engineering curriculum will not be accomplished byadding courses. This challenge must be addressed by making the liberal arts, social science, andbusiness topics relevant to engineering students in a practical sense that allows engineeringgraduates to commit to engaging in a world driven by more than technical facts. Professionalcompetencies and engineering skills/knowledge must be integrated, together in the same course,because that is how the graduates will engage their careers and

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National and Multi-university Initiatives

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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intended manner.It is highly advantageous that the proposed structure aligns and is compatible with the ABETEngineering Criteria, which is well-established and well-understood by engineering programs.This would simplify interpretation of language and could serve to minimize any additionalassessment work.IntroductionThe Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) educational initiative in engineering hasthe goal to increase the number of entrepreneurially minded engineering graduates in the US.[1][2]To achieve that requires the establishment of curricula content and extracurricular activitieswithin existing engineering programs. Such a process is naturally related to key aspects of theABET accreditation process, as defined by the Engineering

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Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

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Chad Milewicz, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana; Kerry S. Hall, University of Southern Indiana

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Engineering Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 95, No. 2, 2006, 153-164.3. Ricter, David M., and Marie C. Paretti, “Identifying Barriers to and Outcomes of Interdisciplinarity in the Engineering Classroom,” European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2009, pp. 29-45.4. Bilen, Sven G., Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Sarah E. Rzasa, and John C. Wise, “Developing and Assessing Students’ Entrepreneurial Skills and Mind-Set,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 2, 2005, pp. 233-243. Page 25.708.12Table 1: Suggested Session Schedule for Ideation Challenges

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National and Multi-university Initiatives

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Edmond John Dougherty, Villanova University; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Kenneth F. Bloemer, University of Dayton

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has a Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering. Page 25.1303.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Helping Hands Dense Network – A Collaboration Across Multiple UniversitiesInspired by the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network’s (KEEN) mission of educating a newtype of entrepreneurially minded engineer who will ―catalyze a transformation in the workforceand build economic and technical commerce in their communities,‖1 four member universities ofthe KEEN joined together to form the Helping Hands Dense Network (HHDN) with a three-yearplan of work that: Leverages

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Leadership, Design, and Entrepreneurship

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Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Donald M. Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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for creatinginnovation of any kind within an organization.8 Based on these terms, it appears thatentrepreneurial thinking could therefore be an important aspect in a successful senior project.9Consider that the entrepreneurial mind creates inventive solutions to complex problems. Theentrepreneurial mind also recognizes the importance of identifying entrepreneurial opportunities.Lawrence Technological University (the authors’ institution) has a strong commitment offostering the entrepreneurial mindset. The College of Engineering has taken a leadershipposition in implementing the University’s vision of developing students with a global view andan entrepreneurial spirit. The curriculum includes eight courses with entrepreneurial content (as

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Faculty Development

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Angela M. Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Ricardo Leon Gomez, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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Assessment for Entrepreneurial Skill Development: Stage I—Entrepreneurial Leadership course,” presented at the NCIIA 9th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2005.[24] J. Goldberg, Capstone design courses  : producing industry-ready biomedical engineers. San Rafael, CA: Morgan & Claypool, 2007.[25] S. Fredholm, J. Krejcarek, S. Krumholz, D. Linquist, S. Munson, S. Schiffman, and J. Bourne, “Designing an engineering entrepreneurship curriculum for Olin College,” in Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2002.[26] S. G. Bilén, E. C. Kisenwether, S. E. Rzasa, and J. C. Wise, “Developing and assessing students’ entrepreneurial skills and mind-set,” Journal of Engineering

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National and Multi-university Initiatives

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University; Timothy J. Kriewall, Kern Family Foundation; Christopher Kitts, Santa Clara University

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-accredited engineering program.For KEEN to flourish on any campus, faculty members are the change agents that need topersonally embrace the KEEN Theory of Change. We have seen that faculty participation goesthrough several phases: They need to know why change is required, They need to know what change is required, They need to know how change is made, They need to know when the change is required.Thus, faculty development is critical. Over the course of each year, KEEN meetings areessential to facilitate this process. They are: The January annual KEEN conference, The October annual principal and co-principal investigators‟ meeting, The Shaping the Entrepreneurially Minded Engineer Workshops held two or

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Teaching Methods and Assessment

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Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samuel Todd Hunter, Pennsylvania State University

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center for funding, the faculty members have tried various activities intheir classes and have, at minimum, begun thinking about how we can do this better inengineering education. The working group is also a catalyst for the faculty for thinking of new Page 25.812.11ideas to try and keeping creativity at the forefront of their minds when developing their coursematerial. One mechanical engineering faculty was planning to use the creative process in hisjunior level design class.The workshop was intended to spark ideas on how to integrate the creative process inengineering courses, particularly in non-design courses. One limitation of the workshop

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Teaching Methods and Assessment

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R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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discuss about the Innovation and EntrepreneurshipEducation at KEEN Schools as well as possible collaboration between them on topics ofcommon interest that include but not limited to: • Entrepreneurially-minded Education and Culture • Intrapreneurship Education • Entrepreneurial Project-based Education • Collaboration within and between Dense Networks • Integration of Engineering and General Education • Entrepreneurial Engineering and Enterprise • Page 25.431.6 Web-based Entrepreneurial Education between KEEN Schools • KEEN/ABET Assessment • Long-term Sustainability of Entrepreneurship Education

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Teaching Methods and Assessment

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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AC 2012-2975: ASSESSING INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES THAT ACCEN-TUATE STUDENT PERFORMANCEDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University Mysore Narayanan obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of electrical and electronic engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several ency- clopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional, national, and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized, and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a Senior

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Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park ; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Inventors and Innovators Alliance, defined the characteristics of theentrepreneurial minded engineer as possessing “integrity, tenacity, ethics, creativity, intuition, adeep knowledge of engineering fundamentals, the ability to engineer products forcommercialization, a penchant for lifelong learning, and ability to see how their ideas fit into thelarger context of society, and a proficiency in communicating his or her ideas.”11 Gurol andAtsan defined the “entrepreneurial profile” of students as high need for achievement, inner locusof control, a risk-taking propensity, high tolerance for ambiguity, innovativeness, and high self-confidence.12 Okudan and Rzasa defined the necessary attributes of an entrepreneur as beingautonomous, innovative, risk

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From Entrepreneurship Education to Market

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

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the analysts. The facultyand staff are the senior partners who act as advisors. The client is the sponsoring company; withone to two mentors from the company assigned to each project. Student teams own the problem,the project, and the deliverables for the client.Student teams are sourced exclusively from the University of Maryland’s Hinman CEOsProgram. Hinman CEOs is the nation’s first living-learning entrepreneurship program, placingapproximately 90 entrepreneurially-minded junior and senior students from all disciplines into aunique community in which students live together, learn about entrepreneurship, and launch newventures. In the 2011 class, the major distribution is 48 percent engineering, 38 percent business,and 14% arts, humanities

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Student Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Buford Randall Jean, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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., Fry, C., “Assessing a Dense Network of Entrepreneurially Minded Engineering Programs,” ASEE2012 Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June 10-13, 20125. 2011 ABET Annual Report, Industry Advisory Council, last accessed March 8, 2012, http://www.abet.org/2011-annual-report-industry-advisory-council/6. http://www.abet.org/vision-mission/ accessed on January 8, 2012.7. “Summit Series on the Grand Challenges,” National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies, lastaccessed January 8, 2012, http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/8. http://kffdn.org/default.asp?L1=InnovationPrograms&L2=KEEN accessed on January 8, 2012.9. http://www.ecs.baylor.edu/mechanicalengineering/index.php?id=62490 accessed on January 11, 2012.10. http

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Leadership, Design, and Entrepreneurship

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Mara London, Gonzaga University; Spencer Joseph Fry; Andrew Douglas Matsumoto, Gonzaga University; Melanie Ruth Walter

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AC 2012-5569: CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP EXEMPLIFIED IN SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTSDr. Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University Noel E. Bormann, P.E., Ph.D., professor and Chair, Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave., Spokane, WA 99258-0026.Dr. Mara London, Gonzaga UniversityMr. Spencer Joseph FryMr. Andrew Douglas Matsumoto, Gonzaga University School of EngineeringMs. Melanie Ruth Walter Page 25.366.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Critical importance of social