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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #7341Modules for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Existing CurriculaJorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan UniversityDr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. His MS and PhD are in mechanical engineering from NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, instrumentation & control, and fluid power. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio

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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nihad Dukhan PhD, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

respondedto a questionnaire as a way of propping their learning gains and the effect the course had onbringing about awareness of the above skills and issues. Students’ awareness was enhanced inthe following areas: entrepreneurship, innovation, continued self-education, self-awareness in aprofessional environment and working in teams. Students’ responses in class discussions andtheir performance in quizzes indicated that they have learned the targeted skills and that thecourse was effective in helping them acquire the awareness of these issues.Acknowledgment Page 23.827.12The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the Kern Family Foundation through

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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhang Fenzhi, Aalborg University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Merrill, J., 2009. Assessing general creativity and creative engineering design in firstyear engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 98 (2), 145-156.[10] Sawyer, R. Keith. 2012. Explaining creativity: the science of human innovation. New York: OxfordUniversity Press.[11]Zhang, F. Kolmos & Graaf. E., 2013. Conceptualizations on innovation competency in a problem- andProject- based learning curriculum: from an activity theory perspective. International Journal ofEngineering Education, 29(1), 3-16.[12]  Chapman, M., & McBride, M. 1992. Beyond competence and performance: Children's class inclusionstrategies, superordinate class cues, and verbal justifications. Developmental Psychology, 28, 319-327.[13] Forman, E. and Cazden, C

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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #7975Designing an Introductory Entrepreneurial Thinking CourseMr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Daniel M. Ferguson is a graduate student in the Engineering Education Program at Purdue University and the recipient of NSF awards for research in engineering education. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-professional Studies Program and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes

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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #7214User-Based Approach to Teaching and Learning Product DesignDr. Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Raviv is a Professor of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University. In December 2009 he was named Assistant Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. With more than 25 years of combined experience in the high-tech industry, government and academia Dr. Raviv developed fundamentally different approaches to ”out-of-the-box” thinking and a breakthrough methodology known as ”Eight Keys to Innovation.” He has been sharing his contributions with profession

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Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique Fuchs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Frederick F. Driscoll, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #7624Designing, Developing and Implementing an Entrepreneurship ProgramDr. Monique Fuchs, Wentworth Institute of Technology Monique Fuchs is Associate Vice President, Innovation + Entrepreneurship for Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, where she oversees student development and the launch of an innovation and en- trepreneurship center. Dr. Fuchs has experience in the profit and non-profit sector, in international settings and in a variety of industries including Consulting Services, IT, Higher Education, Publishing, Engineer- ing, Biotechnology, and Architecture/Design. Dr. Fuchs is the author of

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Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #6408Assessing Student Design Work in Social Entrepreneurship ProjectsLindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Lindsey Nelson is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her work centers upon helping engineering students connect meaningfully with global problems. She received her BS in Me- chanical Engineering from Boston University and her MA in Poverty and Development from the In- stitute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Her research interests include engineering design for poverty alleviation, sustainable design, the public’s understanding of engineering

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Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zbigniew J Pasek, University of Windsor

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #6971Reel Entrepreneurs: Illustrating Entrepreneurship with Feature FilmsDr. Zbigniew J Pasek, University of Windsor Dr. Pasek received his PhD from the University of Michigan (1993). He is currently an Associate Profes- sor in the department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada. His interests include industrial automation, health care, service engineering and informal engi- neering education. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, SME and IEEE. Page 23.1029.1

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Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chet Boncek Jr, Raytheon Company

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Systems Engineering

-education infrastructure.This paper will discuss two programs which have resulted from the collaboration betweenRaytheon Company –a leader in technology and innovation-- and the New EnglandPatriots – a world class sports organization. This seemingly unlikely partnership hasproven successful in advancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM) education in the middle and high school age groups.The first program titled “Science-of-Sports” uses a science fair model and includes athird partner: the Boys & Girls Clubs of New England. The guidelines, operation andsuccess-enablers will be described for those who may be interested in trying this model.The second program is an engineering design challenge titled: “Power-to-Hear”. “Power

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Computers and Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan S Sankar, Auburn University College of Engineering

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Computers in Education

paper describes a project where the concept of an engineeringdesign process was taught using two engineering design learning modules, and evaluated using acontrol/experimental set up. In the control class, the students are exposed to a lecture about theengineering design process, an active learning exercise (Title: Statistics Applied to DataAnalysis), and a pasta tower building activity. In the experimental set up, the students areexposed to a lecture about the engineering design process, a design simulation exercise (Seriousgame titled ' Engineering Heights: The Design Process in Action'), and a pasta tower buildingactivity. External evaluators will use the same instruments and focus groups to collect bothquantitative and qualitative

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Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Seth Orsborn, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #6277”Impact! Exploring Innovation Across Disciplines” - Engaging the Univer-sity Innovation Ecosystem Through a University-Wide CourseDr. Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University Steve Shooter is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University where he has taught for 18 years. He teaches classes such as senior design, exploring innovation, mechanical design, and mecha- tronics. His research is in information management in design, managing innovation and robotics. As a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania he has consulted with dozens of companies on new product ventures and production

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Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James V Green, University of Maryland, College Park; Alyssa E. Cohen Sherman, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship and innovation. Tofoster the highly entrepreneurial environment both in the classroom and outside experientiallearning was integrated into each stage of the course. This is evidence from the development ofmarketing ready concepts and through classroom activities. These entrepreneurial activitiesinclude prototype development and testing, customer feedback, and product pitches and investorpresentations with live question and answer periods, and the utilization of actual venture funding.See Appendix 1 for photographs of the class in action.Experiential education using active learning models where the student is engaged in real-worldor applied learning has been more effective in producing entrepreneurs than the traditionalapproaches to

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Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

components in the engineering professionand includes a multi-disciplinary capstone design experience for which teams are eligible forstudent venture grants administered by the institution. Several multi-year grants havestrengthened the program through workshops, keynote speakers, faculty curriculum awards,student venture grants, and faculty incentives to work with industry sponsored student teams.Specifically, the College of Engineering received an invitation to participate as part of a larger Page 23.266.2initiative to develop the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN). The invitation alsoprovided funding to develop and integrate

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Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

) guiding students to draw abstractions from theparticular experiences, and 4) prompting students to apply the abstract knowledge to newexperiences and contexts (Itin, 1999). It is not clear to what degree all of these elements areoccurring in courses that are identified as using business plans as an experiential activity. It isclear, however, that in many entrepreneurship courses where business plans are required, somestudents are creating business plans for real ventures while others are developing them only tofulfill the requirements of the class, with no intention to launch a business. The degree to whichthis negatively affects the experience, and the degree to which this is the case, will varysignificantly across institutions, programs

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Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Mark Cuson; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

’ career interest in entrepreneurship change pre-to-post a single entrepreneurial case study experience?4. MethodsThis pilot research was conducted to determine if it was possible to integrate an entrepreneurialcase study into core engineering curriculum and, to a lesser extent, to measure the efficacy of thepedagogy. As a result, this research contains no randomized controls and therefore lacks theability to make causal inferences about the effect or impact of educational experiences. The casestudy and labs were integrated into a 10-week, 20-session introductory engineering solidmechanics course at a western private university in fall and winter quarters of the 2012-2013academic year. A week-by-week overview of the class is shown in

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara A. Karanian Ph.D., Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Jackie Liao, Stanford University; Zubair Ahmed

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

for women to ‘read’ or engage an audience. I felt like they actually echoed everything thatwe've been talking about for the last few weeks in our class, which was CRAZY. I don’t knowwhy it took me so long to really tie stories and storytelling to entrepreneurship, but everythingreally just ‘clicked’ tonight.” Just what “clicked” for this enlightened student may be clear to theInstructor and the other students in class, yet relaying the underlying meaning to others outsideof the class while generative and exciting to explore, presents problems of common language,and a shared vision for application and meaning. Other times, organized class questions and practice exercise prompts do get at the ideasaround whom and what is engaging in

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University ; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Richard John Schuhmann, Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

things in theworld.”). The literature for undergraduate engineering student self-efficacy in venture creationindicates the critical role played by curricular authenticity: clear value to the curricular material;meaningful performance feedback by the instructor.16 There may be opportunities for leadershipeducators to learn from the entrepreneurship literature with respect to effective pedagogy.Positive mean differences were achieved for all 65 core items on the survey. The three itemswith the least mean difference were Item 7 (“If there is an in-class topic that I am not aware of, Ifeel the pressure to learn that topic.”), Item 31 (“I am aware of what I know and what I do notknow.”), and Item 43 (“I am likely to try my best in what I do.”). These

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Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University; Michael S Harris, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi S Behara, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

andgraphics for mobile applications (for artists), Android App design and project management (forbusiness majors), and directed independent study (for anthropology majors). The first courseemphasizes a software component-based top-down system design approach for Appdevelopment. The second course deals with tools for asset (graphic and animation) buildup andthe aesthetic aspects in mobile application design. The third course focuses on business theories,marketing strategies, project management, and work breakdown. The fourth course advisesanthropology students on research methods to observe, document, and (occasionally) advise theproject teams. Students meet regularly, separated by disciplines, and a few times together duringthe class hours across the

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Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy; Ross A. Lee, Villanova University; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Kenneth F Bloemer, University of Dayton; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #6758”The Influence of Culture, Process, Leadership and Workspace on ”Dr. Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Leo Hanifin is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, and has been the PI of UDM KEEN Entrepreneurship Grants for over five years, studying innovation and entrepreneur- ship. He was Dean of the College of Engineering and Science at UDM for the past 21 years August 2012.Dr. Ross A. Lee, Villanova University Ross Lee is a professor at Villanova University where he teaches Engineering Entrepreneurship, Sustain- able Industrial Chemistry, Sustainable

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Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #6710Analysis of Personal Attributes and Skills of Mercer Undergraduate Engi-neering StudentsDr. R. Radharamanan, Mercer University Dr. R. Radharamanan is currently working as Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of Mercer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MCIE) at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He has thirty nine years of teaching, research, and consulting experiences. His previous administrative experi- ences include: President of International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE), Acting Director of Industrial Engineering as well as Director of Advanced Manufacturing Center

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Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

laboratory measurementtechniques. They will also be able to effectively utilize and apply the knowledge gathered and gainedduring the lecture classes, study sessions, and in a variety of courses. There is plenty of work to be carried out and the author tries to obtain feedback from thestudents and faculty at regular intervals. Washington State University’s Critical Thinking Rubric hasproved to be extremely valuable in documenting the effectiveness of systematic use of discovery Page 23.227.7approach. This has helped the instructor address perceptual dimensions of learning most studentsacknowledge and appreciate. This will give the

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Panel: Opportunities & Methods to Encourage More Women Toward Research Commercialization

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Babs Carryer, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Abby Thompson, Mississippi State University ; Louise C. Dunlap, DunlapBrowder

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, Women in Engineering

training at the National Collegiate Inventors and In- novators Alliance (NCIIA). Babs is a serial entrepreneur and active in multiple entrepreneurial activities. She blogs about entrepreneurship on New Venturist. Babs taught entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for 15 years, where she maintains an adjunct position. Formerly, Babs was embedded entrepreneur for CMU’s Project Olympus and innovation advisor for CMU’s Institute for Social Innova- tion. For seven years at the University of Pittsburgh, Babs taught the Benchtop to Bedside new technology commercialization course. Babs is President of Carryer Consulting and co-founder of LaunchCyte, which has a portfolio of five companies. Babs has a Masters in

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Institutional Transformations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Women in Engineering

next lunch meeting. Given the range oftopics covered at the lunches, the initial target group has expanded over time to includecollaborators in other disciplines, faculty whose research focuses on gender and STEM,as well as colleagues from areas such as entrepreneurship and social science who facemany of the same issues as women faculty in STEM. This provides an opportunity tobuild a larger campus network of faculty interested in the issues that affect womenfaculty, as well as spur collaborations with interested groups outside the college. Whilenot all of these additional faculty are invited to attend every lunch, some generally attendeach month. Given the small number of women faculty in STEM, these additions do notincrease the size of the

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It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luz M Rivas, Iridescent; Dara Olmsted, Iridescent

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Minorities in Engineering

questions: “Howcan I make my shock absorber stronger?”, “Why doesn’t my rocket go straight?”, "Whatball worked better and why?”, “What kinds of wings can we make?”, and “Why arelighter materials better.?”Second year project findings show children are learning new concepts and vocabularyand actually remembering them weeks and months after the class is over. In fact, nearlythree quarters (74.8%) of children reported that since participating in Family Science,they have a better understanding of science and engineering.Children said they share their knowledge with their siblings and friends after they learnsomething interesting in the Family Science Workshop. The children feel empowered toshare what they know with others. Some children have been

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Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Moriarty, National Science Foundation; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Elena Rose Yasinski, Carnegie Mellon University

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Women in Engineering

learning in middle school students and to support entrepreneurship at primarily undergraduate institutions. Her background is in civil engineering with a focus on structural materials; she holds a B.S.E. degree from Princeton, and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell.Elena Rose Yasinski, Carnegie Mellon University Page 23.836.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Job Shadowing: Improving Interest and Persistence for Women in EngineeringAbstractWith funding from the Engineering Information Foundation, the Picker Engineering Program atSmith

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Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Gardner-McCune, Human Centered Computing Clemson University; Darrryl Bryant DUPE McCune II, YES Beyond Limits; Chanteal Maria Edwards; Cedric Stallworth, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing

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Computers in Education

learning in formal and informal learning environments. She has designed and piloted a mobile application course for undergraduate non-CS majors through her participation last summer in the national pilot of the new AP CS Principles course. She is currently designing mobile appli- cation curriculum with MIT AP Inventor for 8th grade mathematics classes and middle and high school social studies classes. Dr. Gardner-McCune recently completed a year and a half long postdoctoral re- search position in computer science education at Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Computing where she led the design of the I-3 Experience programs. She holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, and earned both

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Undergraduate Student Issues II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa A Dagley, University of Central Florida; Nirmala Ramlakhan, Nee-Moh, Inc; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida

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Women in Engineering

Page 23.546.6committee, an assessment committee, a program coordinator, and fifteen (15) femaleupperclassmen who served as peer mentors. In Fall 2010, the project committee met bi-weeklyfollowed by the assessment committee meeting. By Spring 2011, only the project committee metbi-weekly, since the work of the assessment committee was completed by the end of Fall 2010.Informal interaction between the project PI and other project members was frequent. The ProjectPI met with the Program Manager bi-weekly to discuss the progress of the project.Peer mentors were recruited from EXCEL then hired and trained over Summer 2010. Menteesconsisted of the entire EXCEL freshman female class and were assigned to mentors based ontwo factors: major and living

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Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory A. Hixson, Virginia Tech; Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

worked in entrepreneurial and technical management roles in a machine monitoring company.Cory A. Hixson, Virginia Tech Cory earned his B.S. in Engineering Science from Penn State University in 2007, graduating with honors. He is currently a NSF Graduate Research Fellow and is pursuing a Masters in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Cory has experience as both a pro- fessional engineer and high school educator. It is this combination of experience that led him to Virginia Tech to pursue a doctoral degree in Engineering Education. His professional and research interests are un- derstanding the interaction between engineering/education pedagogy and entrepreneurship

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Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Howard P Davis, Washington State University

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Biomedical

Dr. Davis received his B.A. from the Evergreen State College in 1976 and then both his B.S. and M.S. from WSU in 1981, and in 1988, respectively. Dr. Davis earned his Ph.D from the University of Oregon in 1993. Dr. Davis is currently a clinical assistant professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering. He has been the president and CEO of IPM, a medical device company and Total Dynamics LLC a software company. He is also on the board of directors of Developing World Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development and clinical

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Best of DEED

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren A Cooper, University of Colorado Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

underdevelopedcommunity outside the U.S.Although PBSL opportunities are expanding at educational institutions nationwide, much of thefindings on their impacts are anecdotal.10-11 Some faculty have begun to assess PBSL programsand have found that PBSL does, in fact, cultivate stronger learning outcomes, entrepreneurship,cultural awareness, and community-mindedness. However, comprehensive and rigorousassessment methods have not yet been implemented.10 Also, given that the number of studentsparticipating in PBSL activities may be small or unrepresentative of the undergraduateengineering student population at large, it is difficult to draw conclusions that can be generalizedabout this promising instructional strategy.One of the main differences between PBSL and