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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Brookstein, Temple College of Engineering; David Brookstein, Temple University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University

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-Uncertain, 2- Disagree and 1- Strongly Disagree).Fourteen questions comprised the initial survey of students entering Senior Design I and completedby a total of 86 students in January 2016: Mechanical Engineering – 35, Electrical and ComputerEngineering – 28, Civil and Environmental Engineering – 17, Bioengineering – 6. 1. When you were a freshman you knew what your career goals were 2. Before taking Senior Design you knew what your career goals were 3. One of my career goals is to be an engineering innovator 4. I expect Senior design will teach me about the importance of innovation 5. One of my career goals is to be an entrepreneur 6. I hope Senior Design will give me some tools to be an entrepreneur 7. One day in the future I plan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Nilsen, Purdue Center for Regional Development; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Edward F. Morrison, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell

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most useful for addressingchallenges that are complex, require many people, and in which there is a high degree ofuncertainty about the best approach.1 This set of conditions holds true far beyond productdevelopment.One such scenario is that of planning and implementation of organizational interventions –anenvironment in which “strategic planning” is often the tool of choice but one which is ineffectivein a networked (rather than hierarchical) context. An alternative approach described in this paperis “strategic doing”. As in agile product development, the approach uses iterative cycles ofimplementation, learning and reflection, and improvement, with a focus on rapidexperimentation and gradual scaling up of solutions. While not designed for

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University; Heather Sapp, Ohio Northern University

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opportunity arose forproviding the first-year programming students (whom will now be referred to as “programmers”to help differentiate between the various student types referenced within this paper) with ameaningful client-driven design experience. In the 2013-2014 academic year, the authors testedthe hypothesis that teams of first-year programmers can gain a subset of the benefits associatedwith service learning by establishing a client relationship with a group directly involved with aservice learning project.4-6 The purpose of the project was to develop an interactive softwareapplication that would complement a lesson plan written by engineering education majorsparticipating with a campus organization that annually performed STEM teacher workshops

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farnaz Ghazi Nezami, Kettering University; Massoud S. Tavakoli, Kettering University; Mohammad Torfeh, Kettering University

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campus and propose action plans, and estimate the economic impact of theirsolution. As a result of this project, students learn how to create value and communicate anengineering solution in terms of economic benefits. Students provide a report for each modulewhich is graded based on designed rubrics. All these modules are performed in teams which inturn improves students’ team work and collaboration skills. This paper elaborates the details ofeach module and learning outcomes, and presents the student evaluation results, and at the enddiscusses the lessons learned.1. IntroductionIn the past few years the attitude that considers engineers as sole reactive specialists has evolvedto team player entrepreneurs. This fact is critical while designing

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian E. Moyer, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown

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semester-long data collectionand analysis project which included a fun laboratory experiment to motivate students. Mini-companies of two students each were asked to treat the project as if they had been hired toperform a consulting job for a customer – their professor. The project provided context for theproduction of a series of typical engineering consulting documents: a formal introductory email,a follow-up cover letter, a meeting summary memo, a project specification document includingan estimate/quote, project planning documentation, an interim technical progress report andfinancial summary, and a final technical report were woven through the fabric of the course.Three iterations later, with minor continuous improvement modification based on

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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concepts through customer engagement*3. Thinking creatively to drive innovation† Project Planning and Development4. Learning from failure* (Freshman)5. Establishing the cost of production or delivery of a service, Project Management and Engineering including scaling strategies* Economics (Sophomore)6. Determining market risks Applied Engineering Statistics (Junior) (Junior Courses) Transport Operations II

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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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facilitator from the parent 3DS organization coaches a student team.Pre-Event Activities After on-campus promotion for the event students applied to take part in the program.In addition to providing motivation for applying to the program, students submitted initialbusiness/innovation ideas. These applications were reviewed by the on-campuscommittee and applicants were selected. A total of 49 applications were received for theprogram at Western New England University. In other 3DS programs, personalinterviews were held, however this was not done at the Western New England program.In retrospect the planning committee feels that conducting personal interviews wouldhave been beneficial in setting

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Galina Burylina, Kazan National Research Technological University; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova; Dilbar Sultanova

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Paper ID #17396Chair of the Department of Economics and Management in Nizhnekamsk Chemical Engineering Institutein 2002-2012. She supervised several projects for Tatarstan chemical and petrochemical companies inthe years 2002-2007 and headed the Department of Macroeconomic Research in Advanced EconomicResearch Center in the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan in the years 2007-2010. Hercontribution to the projects was the supervision of their economic sections (including setting of researchobjectives, project supervision, economic assessment, report writing, presentations, and publishing of re-search discoveries). She was personally involved in the strategic planning of economic development at aregional level. All these research

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University

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Value Delivery 30 Start Innovating 30 Challenge Plan 60 Closure 15 Figure 1: Workshop framework Architecture - The central trunk provides the core contents of workshops. The branches are optional and all the timings (given in diamonds) are indicative.We then move on to case studies that are mainly drawn from

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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institution, what programs had you heard of?” Inresponse to this question, students ranked the entrepreneurship LLC fifth (n = 141) among thetop ten programs identified, Table 1. Table 1 Response to freshman questionnaire: “Prior to coming to our institution, what programs had you heard of?To amplify our in-person marketing effort, we plan to enlist current program participants asguides for tours with prospective students and parents. This may increase the eventual numberof applications if more students join our institution specifically because we have this program.The freshman survey sought to address the issue of program attractiveness with the question,“Which of the following programs had an impact on your decision

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Douglas Muir, University of Virginia; Elizabeth P. Pyle, University of Virginia

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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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 9

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech

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education circles, awide range of additional canvases have emerged since the Business Model Canvas was firstintroduced (see www.canvanizer.com). In this paper, we discuss our analysis of severalcanvases and propose a framework for selecting and using existing canvases, as well as creatingnew canvases. While canvases have value in both corporate and academic settings, we place aparticular emphasis on their use in educational settings.The Idea of a CanvasThe Business Model Canvas (BMC) simultaneously questioned the formal business plan andproposed a more flexible and iterative tool for developing and executing on a value proposition.The BMC’s was very timely in that it offered a way to balance long-term planning with theadaptability needed to respond

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria Matthew, VentureWell/Epicenter; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Shelly Engelman, SageFox Consulting Group

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Grintner Report, the applied,practical approach to engineering education that nurtured young innovators was replaced by amore theoretical approach6. This theoretical approach was fitting for a time when engineeringcorporations were large and sought workers to simply execute their plans. However, society isnow characterized by organizations that generate wealth from the innovations of their workers7.Indeed, employers seek graduates that can apply their knowledge, have the ability to innovate,can communicate effectively, work in teams and understand contexts and constraints8,9, all skillstypically addressed by entrepreneurship education. Such skills also prepare students to start theirown companies based on their own innovations10, which also serves

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David G. Alexander Ph.D., California State University - Chico

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competition are to deliver a market-driven technology application, create aninnovative business plan, and develop a deployment strategy. Two faculty advisers, a mechanicalengineering assistant professor from the college of engineering and an entrepreneurship assistantprofessor from the college of business designed and delivered content to help student memberseffectively collaborate and innovate across their disciplines and form a cohesive and highfunctioning team. In addition to being members of the cross-disciplinary team, half the studentswere concurrently enrolled in a business management course with an emphasis in socialentrepreneurship and market analysis while another half were enrolled in a senior capstoneengineering course. Activities in the

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Jim R. Baker, Michigan Technological University

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directed atserving interested students have been variable over time resulting in loss of momentum duringpeaks and valleys of activity. This variability, compounded by the turnover as students graduateand move on to pursue either their entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial interests outside of the localarea, resulted in the need for campus-based and student-focused programs that complementcommunity programs but maintain momentum and focus on student needs and perspectives.Business and Design Competitions - Business plan competitions are sometimes solely thoughtof as mechanisms for students to get early stage funding for their entrepreneurial endeavors.More importantly, they also provide a range of other core benefits including entrepreneurial

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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to the teams, and facilities issues. The program directorposition was held by a very capable undergraduate student with a background in entrepreneurialprograms and was returning for his second year with the program. He ran the day-to-dayprogramming and addressed immediate concerns of the cohort of teams. The intern was anundergraduate student interested in entrepreneurship. His main duties included logistics, media,and marketing. He planned the social events, wrote the blog, and collaborated with the mediaconsultant to promote the final demo day event to the public. The program’s advisor is anassistant dean from the engineering college. He helped co-found the program in 2014 andworked to secure base funding from the College of Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

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futurecustomers’ needs and expectations. To overcome a narrowed and purely technical view ofinnovation, I changed the prevalent setup of some of my seminars at the University of AppliedSciences (UAS) in Darmstadt, Germany, by combining weekly classroom meetings with a full-day Saturday session. The main method of instruction on these Saturdays is a role-playingexercise for the whole group. Thereby, the task is to apply some empathic thinking and reasoningand to participate in two situations of a simulated public discussion about a planned infrastructuralproject. Students have to take the role of a stakeholder group, to develop arguments, and to applystrategic empathy to discussing the topic with others representing different stakeholders andviews.The

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 11

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry G. Richards, University of Virginia

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teams developing new product ideas. Each team carries their idea through toa working prototype, and manufacturing and business plans. They also submit a proposal forfunding and a draft patent application. In its current form, the class project is usually also thebasis for students’ senior thesis.Structure and Content of the current courseC&NPD is now a two semester senior design course open only to Mechanical Engineeringstudent. Students are expected to enroll for both semesters. This class covers the engineeringdesign process by engaging teams of students in design activities that results in useful and novelproducts. We complete all stages of the typical product design process in this class, and performthe activities required by each stage

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sergio Celis, Universidad de Chile; Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile

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Pontificia Universidad Católica (UC), themost prestigious and oldest engineering schools in the country. A key difference between thesetwo institutions’ proposals is that UCH developed its own strategic plan, while UC created aconsortium with Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM), another prestigiousinstitution within the region. By comparing both strategies, this investigation seeks to understandcurricular and organizational change in selective institutions after the first years of the designingand implementation of the program. As a conceptual framework, we ground our work in the richliterature of change in engineering education, in particular the branch that studies national effortsand coalitions for change. Our data set consists of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health, and Environment Research Organization; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho - ALGORITMI; Victor F. A. Barros Ing.-Paed IGIP, Science and Education Research Council

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Education Society of the IEEE (IEEE-EdSoc). She is also Chair of Intersociety Cooperation Committee of Education Society of the IEEE (IEEE-EdSoc) since 2011, Co-Chair of Working Group ”Ingenieurp¨adagogik im Internationalen Kontext” in IGIP (Internationale Gesellschaft f¨ur Ingenieurp¨adagogik) since 2002, Member of Strategic Planning Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) since 2009 and Board Member of ”Global Council on Manufacturing and Management” (GCMM) since 2004.Prof. Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council Dr. Claudio da Rocha Brito is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Currently is the Pres- ident of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 9

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cristi L Bell-Huff, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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opportunities. 2. Organize, plan, and manage a long term engineering project within a team environment. 3. Identify and communicate the value of a design in terms of economic, professional, personal, and societal value. 4. Translate customer feedback into design specifications. 5. Utilize a systematic design process in order to bring a project to fruition. 6. Identify and utilize technical tools and skills needed to create a viable design solution. 7. Account for cost, value, and market implications at all stages of development. 8. Communicate design status and results to all stakeholders in verbal, written, and public presentation formats at appropriate points in the development timeline.Once these learning objectives were

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Ville Taajamaa, University of Turku

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of deep engagement.The Instructor breaks the silence, “What are your impressions of Jon’s story?” Classmates in graduate engineering, design, business, law, and humanities make itclear to Jon that he is a natural “conversational storyteller.” One classmate explained,“Everyone can’t do what you just did. You make it understandable and comfortable. Andit’s a meaningful, memorable story – it’s clear to us that you didn’t do the start-up just tosay you did it. ” They all left the classroom that day, planning to do the homework Joninspired: create pages of short stories from every part of your life. Be so comfortablewith the stories that they become second nature, a natural way to respond, and reliablepreparation for a conversation with a

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Freddy Solis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joseph Victor Sinfield, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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discovering the path to success, rather than on predicting howto succeed. In addition, they emphasize departure from pre-established goals or means [55],effectively embracing what in the management sciences is termed an emergent strategy [42], ascritical information is gathered through experiments or trials. Rather than implementing solutionsat full scale, these entrepreneurial approaches emphasize a stepwise scaling of solutions to learnwhat will and will not work, by planning to learn [54] and proactively pursuing “smart” failure[57, 58]. Similar approaches could be useful in engineering and engineering education researchand practice, where often times plans from deviate from originally envisioned paths.BehaviorsAnother component of the framework

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Mark B. Mondry, Colorado School of Mines

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. The Pathways programprovided support for three separate annual cohorts of institutions to amplify innovation andentrepreneurship in engineering education.4 Colorado School of Mines applied to be a Pathwaysinstitution, and was selected in early 2015. Becoming a Pathways institution allowed the facultymembers to participate as formal a team on campus. Becoming a Pathways team provided alsoprovided a vehicle to coordinate activities and initiatives. The team first gathered at a planningconference with other newly minted Pathways institution teams that February. The purpose ofthe conference was for each team to begin to formulate a plan of action for amplifyinginnovation and entrepreneurship at their institution and to identify an initial project

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A. Mallory, Western New England University; Matthew Romoser, Western New England University; Michael J. Rust, Western New England University; Thomas Keyser, Western New England University

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• Could give options of scenarios; different bridge optionsDiscussionThe pilot studies for new entrepreneurially minded learning modules in 2nd-year core engineeringcourses at Western New England University were completed in Spring 2015. Since the resultswere promising, the modules will be implemented in more sections of the respective courses inacademic year 2015-2016. Minor changes to the modules are planned to further address targetEML skills in the respective courses.IE 212Small changes are planned for the next implementation of this assignment. The module will bepitched to the students in a similar fashion; the students’ goal is to convince the CEO of theircompany to locate a new facility in a particular region. The assignment will be

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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to buy a product but they will only have that choice if the product can be made. Thus, students are introduced to manufacturing considerations and work with the instructor to validate the manufacturing and pricing assumptions.7. Technology roadmapping. The fact that this is a freshman level class with a one semester duration necessitates that the process be truncated. The students are required to make a technology roadmap, describing the technologies that need to be developed in order for the product to become a reality. They are, however, not required nor encouraged to embark on the technology development during the course. Instead, the students are asked to make an initial plan to develop these technologies in

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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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, & Golding, 2010) and take many forms including cross-campus programswhich leverage multidisciplinary collaboration, to efforts specifically targeting engineering andSTEM students and social or non-profit ventures.At the graduate level, entrepreneurship courses open to non business students typicallyemphasize technology transfer and pair scientific teams with MBA students to developcommercialization plans for specific technologies. A long-established example is Georgia Tech’sTechnological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER) Program, which createsteams of two MBA students and two law students who focus on the commercialization of a PhDstudent’s research (Thursby, Fuller, & Thursby, 2009). Another example is Ohio

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tobias Haertel, TU Dortmund University; Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University; Dominik May, TU Dortmund University

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valuable part of the scientific community Entrepreneurship • Knowledge about • Self-Awareness (ability to management methods, how to reflect) write business plans and get • Accountability (take financing, instruments to responsibility) protect intellectual properties • Emotional coping (cope with • Knowledge about product problems) design and development, • Risk taking (tolerance for

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandy Chang, University of Calgary

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financingoptions through university grants and partnerships with local environmental groups and firms.Their hope was to roll this system out in our university, then to other universities in the area, andeventually to universities nation-wide. The goal was to change the social norm of a disposablesociety, divert thousands of pounds of waste from landfills, and generate conversation about foodpackaging and alternatives.As one of the groups that ranked in the top five, they met with advisors from the start upincubator to assess next steps for actualizing their plan. The advisors helped the students clarifytheir goals, what they would consider for profit margins, and what resources they may haveaccess to as they move forward towards implementation. To

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benedict M. Uzochukwu, Virginia State University; Coray Davis, Virginia State University ; Ben U. Nwoke, Virginia State University

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was illustrated through in-class entrepreneurship simulation. The complexityinvolved in entrepreneurial activities in academic setting requires an equally complex set ofactivities to facilitate the acquisition and understanding of the requisite entrepreneurial abilities(Robinson and Malach, 2004). In his work, Drummond (2012), linked team-based learning and 9critical thinking skills to effective entrepreneurship education while Gibbs (2002) categorizedvarious forms of experiential education as case analysis and writing in-class and out of classexercises and simulation, projects, interviews, business plan writing, consulting, among