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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Cao, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Qu Jin, Stanford University; Carolin Christin Dungs, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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, orconcentration—a “learning experience”—and other SCCT constructs: Innovation Self-Efficacy(ISE) and Career Goals: Innovation Work (CGIW).The EMS institutional sample represents a stratified quasi-random sample of ~350 U.S.engineering schools. Schools were stratified on the basis of: 1) research university or non-research university, 2) size of engineering school as measured by number of engineering degreesawarded, and 3) presence of an undergraduate business major on campus. This resulted in a2x2x2 scheme. Institutions within each stratification “cell” were “quasi” randomly sampled inthat schools were flagged as “Epicenter affiliated” or “not Epicenter affiliated”, and, wherepossible, roughly equal numbers were randomly selected from each group

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina S. Morton, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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current approach to entrepreneurship education. As engineering educationseeks to recruit and retain diverse groups of students, it is important to consider the influence ofentrepreneurship education environments on women. To date, the few entrepreneurship education studies specific to engineeringentrepreneurship programs are usually multi-institutional and focus on individual studentparticipant characteristics, attitudes, outcomes,12 and interests13. Individual characteristics, suchas a person’s sense of self-efficacy and agency, certainly contribute to one’s interest andcapability for success in entrepreneurship and innovation. Yet, the nature of the environment onechooses to participate in also plays a critical role in initial student

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael R. Ladisch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Soohyun Yi, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

venturing self-efficacy scale wasused (see Appendix A). It measures venturing self-efficacy based on survey items that reflect theskills needed for developing innovation for the launch of new ventures such as recognizing andevaluating new opportunities, estimating costs of new projects, marketing and selling, andpersonnel selection. It measure technical–functional self-efficacy measures with survey itemsrelated to performing science and technology tasks that play a role in developing innovation.Survey items ask respondents to rate their confidence on a scale of 1 to 10. Pre- and post-measure for both measures were significant, with an increase from 4.92 to 7.62 post forventuring self-efficacy and 6.88 to 8.82 for technology-functional self

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group; Leticia C. Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford University; Humera Fasihuddin, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

5% Doctor’s 80%* Percentages reflect some rounding errorEQ1: Factors associated with individual Fellows’ successStudents are exceptional upon entryA partner arm of the Epicenter project has been conducting national research on the entrepreneurialmindset of engineering students through a survey of junior or senior engineering majors1.Constructs were developed for Innovation Self-Efficacy, and Career Goals: Innovation work(Figure 1). Figure 1: Engineering Major’s Survey Constructs Innovation Self Efficacy Construct Career Goals: Innovation work construct How confident are you in your ability to do How important is it to you to be involved in the each of the following at this

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Andrew Zimbroff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Harlan E. Spotts Jr., Western New England University; Cameron Houser, 3 Day Startup; Alexis Taylor, 3 Day Startup; Mary G. Schoonmaker, Western New England University

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a successful startup, thanks to 3DS and the community at Western New England University.”Assessment of Participant Learning OutcomesSurvey Methodology This study surveyed 26 students (23 undergraduate and 3 graduate) from diversefields of study. All students participated in the 3DS experiential entrepreneurshipprogram described in the narrative. Respondents were given pre- and post-programingsurveys, which investigated variables shown in literature to be correlated with futureentrepreneurial activity. Using a 5 point Likert scale, participants were asked to self-assess their ability to complete startup-related functions. Previous research has shownsimilar self-efficacy measures to be correlated with future entrepreneurial

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group; Emanuel Costache, SageFox Consulting Group; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University & SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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% 42% 34% 32% Customer development 21% 17% 22% 8% * Economic development 22% 27% 14% 31% * Self-efficacy 27% 27% 23% 25% Endurance 30% 26% 16% 18% Need for autonomy 13% 14% 10% 17% Social orientation 12% 8% 10% 3% * = p < 0.05What’s changed since 2012‘Creativity’ is an even stronger associative characteristic for I&E

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Douglas E. Melton, Kern Family Foundation

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Incorporating an item or two from Table 1 is agood place to start. Also focus on some of these key elements of EML as defined by Wheadonand Duval-Couetil:  In order to better create value in society, students need to learn how to discover, identify, and dig deeper into real problems rather than just solve given problems.  Learning through experience and reflection is critical to entrepreneurship education due to the situated nature of entrepreneurial thought and action.  EML is student-centered and focused on developing a combination of affective factors, thinking patterns, knowledge, and skills.  EML involves creating learning experiences through which students develop self-efficacy, value-orientation