Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Leigh Weiss, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

III.The Freshman and Sophomore Engineering Clinics are intended to provide a foundation ofengineering skills needed for Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic. The goals of the SophomoreEngineering Clinic consist of teaching engineering design principles and technicalcommunication (technical writing in the fall, public speaking in the spring). The SophomoreEngineering Clinic is an integrated course, team-taught by Communication and Engineeringfaculty. There are two 75 minute lecture periods and one 160-minute lab period each week.Students work on design problems during lab periods, which are supervised by a team of 5-6engineering faculty representing all four Rowan engineering departments (Chemical, Civil &Environmental, Electrical & Computer

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome Schaufeld, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

proposition, its commercial feasibility, the various risk factors, and the resourcesrequired. The class was divided into five separate groups, but all groups worked on the sameoverall problem. Additionally, excerpts from the writings of thought leaders on innovation, suchas Carlson, Christensen, and Porter, were included. To give us more time for extendeddiscussions, the class met twice a week, for two lecture hours each time. The syllabus for the fallof 2009 is shown in figure 1.Our institution operates on a somewhat unusual academic calendar where each semester is splitinto two seven-week terms. Terms A and B are taught in the fall (September to December) andterms C and D are taught in the spring (January to April). During each academic term

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University; Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

trying to rewire a747…while it is in flight! Attempting to integrate the curriculum as smoothly as possible, thefour pieces of the curriculum (freshman-year component, sophomore-year component, etc.) wereintegrated one year at a time. At the writing of this paper, the freshman and sophomorecomponents are firmly in place, the junior year component had just been integrated, and thesenior year component is being integrated (i.e., piloted). In short, the first two years of thecurriculum introduces the student to the foundations of leadership and allows for some “basic”training with some practice. The final two years of the curriculum are heavily experiential wherethe student will put to practice the skill sets learned during the first two years. In

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Keynton, University of Louisville; James Fiet, University of Louisville; Pankaj Patel, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

draft business and marketing plans being an end-product of the workshop. 5. Provide a step-by-step approach on how to take an idea and make it into a product. 6. Provide the presenters with information about the participants, and their projects, via a short write-up of what projects they were involved in and projects they have worked on in the past, so the instructors could find relevant case studies from journals, or better yet take one of the examples of the participants firms and discuss that in detail. 7. Create 'glossary' of terms that participants can go through before they attend the seminar, so less time is spent on concepts and much more time on application. 8. Devote more time to opportunity

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Gregory Leman, Baylor University; William Jordan, Baylor University; Brian Garner, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

team effort tothe extent that assistance is needed. Two awards were made in 2009 and 2010.The opportunity to apply for this $5,000 summer stipend is available to ECS faculty membersonly. Proposals must focus initially on those ECS courses that are required in one of the ABET-accredited degree plans.Applicants are required to write a 1- to 2-page narrative that provides the following information: 1. Description of the courses they are currently teaching, as well as their ideas for how to integrate entrepreneurship within the course or courses they plan to target. 2. Identify the learning enhancements that they will aim to accomplish through this effort, and the numbers of students who will benefit. 3. Description of the