different from many other invention competitions in that teamwork isstrongly encouraged and the teacher is a vital part of facilitating the process. When studentsparticipate in the InVenture Challenge, they do not work alone at home; rather, they arecollaborating with up to two other student peers and their teacher is guiding them through anengineering design process. As a result, the InVenture Challenge is inclusive and diverse—abouthalf of K-12 participants are female and nearly 40% are underrepresented minorities.The contributions of this paper are two-fold. First, a model is provided for a K-12 innovationprogram housed at a university that is aimed at empowering underrepresented groups in STEMdisciplines by looking further down the pipeline
Paper ID #17938Promoting Entreprenuerially Minded Learning through Online DiscussionsDr. Lisa Bosman, Marquette University Dr. Lisa Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Her research interests include solar energy performance modeling, entrepreneurial minded learning, and STEM education.Dr. Brooke K. Mayer, Marquette UniversityProf. Patrick McNamara, Marquette University Dr. McNamara is beginning his 4th year as an assistant professor at Marquette University. His research group focuses on understanding how consumer product chemicals impact microbes and antibiotic resis
seventeen years within the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. There, he also served as the program director for Entrepreneurship Across the University. Prior, Doug was the Director of Research & Development for Digisonix Incorporated. His disciplinary specializations include signal processing, acoustics, and wireless communications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Beyond Problem Solving to Creating Value: A Priority for Engineering EducatorsIntroductionThe increasing complexity of the challenges facing our society and world suggests thatengineering graduates must be
Paper ID #19983The Social Mechanism of Supporting Entrepreneurial Projects Beyond theClassroomMr. Alexander Joseph Zorychta, University of Virginia Alex Zorychta finds, guides, connects, and builds community for student entrepreneurs. He has been guiding and building community for student entrepreneurs for the past four years. A student entrepreneur himself, he was triggered by winning the grand prize of the UVA Entrepreneurship Cup. While pursu- ing this startup post-graduation for two years near the University, he helped to guide other student en- trepreneurial projects. He joined the staff of the Technology
classroom while also seeking the additional knowledge required to create a valuable endproduct for their client. Engineers are hired to create value for their employer, and if a studentonly knows how to follow a syllabus, then they will not be prepared to anticipate unknownopportunities to create value. Learning core engineering skills is the single most important part ofan engineering education, and by teaching an entrepreneurial mindset through programs thatreinforce these skills, we are better preparing the innovators of tomorrow.ReferencesBarrett, T. W., & Pizzico, M. C., & Levy, B., & Nagel, R. L., & Linsey, J. S., & Talley, K. G., &Forest, C. R., & Newstetter, W. C. (2015, June), A Review of University Maker Spaces
than 2700 patients and aimed at gaining knowledge about atrial fibrillation. She returned to academia in Fall 2013. She now teaches Fluid Dynamics and is in charge of the freshman engineering program in Mechanical Engineering department. It is a tri-term course introducing theoretical and hands-on engineering to a wide variety of students. She is also director of the Invention Bootcamp at PSU, a 4-weeks summer course for high school students in a university setting. She received her BS and MS degrees in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from the EPF, Ecole Polytechnique Feminine, France, and an MS degree in Bioengineering from Clemson University, SC (2004).Shannon K. Keith-Marsoun, Portland State University
become a valued resource for business incubator programs throughout Virginia and her success as a business consultant is reflected in the successful outcomes of her clients. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Beyond "The Innovator's DNA:" Systematic Development of Creative Intelligence in an Engineering Entrepreneurship ProgramIn a seminal paper published in the Harvard Business Review in 2009 and titled “The Innovator’sDNA,” Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen argue that there are "five discovery skills thatdistinguish the most innovative entrepreneurs from other executives." The specific skills theyidentified through their research were (1) associating, (2) questioning, (3
AC 2007-1689: CULTIVATING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET THROUGHINTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AND NETWORKINGDonald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological UniversityGregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University Page 12.426.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset through Interdisciplinary Collaboration and NetworkingAbstractLawrence Technological University, a private institution located in the Detroitmetropolitan area, has an enrollment of approximately 3000 undergraduate students inday and evening degree programs. Unlike a majority of institutions were entrepreneurialprograms tend to originate in the college
(Epicenter), funded by the National Science Foundation andmanaged by Stanford University and VentureWell.2 The goal of Pathways is to make high-quality innovation and entrepreneurship offerings available and accessible to undergraduateengineering students, through two strategies: faculty development and institutional change.Teams of faculty and administrators from 50 institutions participate in the program in threecohorts (chosen in a competitive process in three successive years).Participating schools are four-year US institutions with engineering programs, but beyond thatdo not have any specific profile: they include both public and private schools; range from fewerthan 100 undergraduate engineering students to more than 9,0003; are in urban
students an amazing experience in working closely with the industrial sponsor on a real problem. Attribute 4: Students apply broad perspectives to their work. In addition to focusing on the technical aspects of project work, students in the IDEAS studios are encouraged to consider broader perspectives to understand how their efforts influence and are impacted by global, societal, and economic drivers. We provide instruction on design thinking, encouraging students to practice empathy with users and to look beyond their current circumstances and locality. Students are also encouraged to consider the tailend of scaling and implementation. Often in the IDEAS studios, students struggle with the idea of how to deliver value to users through new
inscience or engineering (Rising above the Gathering Storm Revisited, 2010). The National Science Board (2010) cites longitudinal data showing that intellectuallytalented individuals who can be identified at an early age and then supported in their learninggenerate a disproportionate number of Fortune 500 patents, peer-reviewed STEM publicationsand other creative achievements, and comprise a disproportionate number of tenured academicfaculty at top universities. Developing future stem innovators, the board declares, is nothing lessthan an economic imperative. Unfortunately, as students go through school, their interest in STEM fields begins to wane,particularly by middle school. This attitudinal decline can begin at age 11, but researchers
academic programs performing vanguard research andlearning in sustainable energy systems and practices.2,3,4,5,6,7 By leveraging these commitments,the US-Denmark Summer School provides a collaborative research and education model focusedon strengthening the intersection of academia, private industry, civil society, and governance toobtain impacts and benefits far beyond what can be achieved individually.8,9,10 Students andprofessionals participating in the summer course gain experience working within disparatecommunities of practice: interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral and diverse teams learn about andtackle real world problems. While experiential and entrepreneurially-minded learning promoteslearner efficacy, it is by working intimately within a
schedule, with most core courses and the first “Innovation Management inPractice” seminar class completed the first semester. This calendar has been designed to preparestudents for a required summer internship midway through the program.As part of the “Innovation Management in Practice” seminar class, students are introduced to themental models of innovation experts and the Framework for Organizing Mental Models ofContributors to Innovation described above. This framework provides scaffolding for learningabout innovation management throughout the program and beyond. (Fisher, Biviji and Nair,2014.)We consider each E&TIM class to be a learning community. In considering “high impact”educational practices, “Learning Communities” are recognized by
and engaged learning. Aileen has a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a Doctorate of Philosophy from The Johns Hop- kins University School of Medicine, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Aileen is also a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Sigma Gamma.Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Mapping engineering outcomes to the Lean Launch curriculum in a user-centered design contextAbstractAlthough engineering graduates could once be successful through acquiring technicalproficiency alone, modern engineers are expected to
Paper ID #14992Advancing Engineering Education through Technology-Driven Teaching In-novationsDr. Mohamed Yousef Ismail, Texas A&M University - Qatar Mohamed Y. Ismail received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA, in 1989, and the M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, in 1992 and 1997, respectively. He is currently a Senior IT Consultant with Texas A&M University at Qatar, since 2014. During 2013 and 2014, he taught a course on cyber security for the University of Maryland
Paper ID #16706Instilling an Entrepreneurial Engineering Mindset through a Freshman De-sign CourseProf. Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy Nassif Rayess is an associate professor at University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), He teaches design, in- novation and entrepreneurship. He received his Ph.D. from Wayne State University and joined UDM in 2001. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Instilling an Entrepreneurial Engineering Mindset through a Freshman Design CourseAbstractThe course “Fundamentals of Engineering Design” was developed at University of
US students participate annually in invention educationprograms that lead to participation in local, state, and national competitions. InventionConvention™ is now a worldwide program, with a flagship national competition held annually atthe Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, MI, attracting 500 top K-12 inventors annually. Studentsqualify for this competition through dozens of different state-level programs, including K12InVenture Prize.Program History and Offerings The K12 InVenture Prize program has been in existence since 2013, and now reachesapproximately 5,000 K-12 students annually. It is a university-based outreach program whosemission is to create the next generation of engineers and entrepreneurs by making inventioneducation
is the creation of formal programs that empowerstudents and faculty to take an active role in commercializing their inventions through newcompany formation. Such a program requires more than information and education; it requiresdirect, hands-on assistance with most facets of business formation, planning, networking,financing and team building. United States colleges and universities have a tremendous untappedentrepreneurial resource in their students and faculty. Page 12.1520.2Recently, the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering, through itsVentureAccelerator Program, has pioneered the provision of specific and dedicated
Paper ID #11287Broadening Participation through Engagement in the Maker Space Move-mentDr. Edward Pines, New Mexico State University Edward Pines is Department Head and Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at New Mexico State University. He is a co-team leader of NMSU’s Pathways to Innovation team and is serves on the Faculty Advisory Board for NMSU Engineering’s Aggie Innovation Space.Dr. Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University Patricia A. Sullivan serves as Associate Dean for Outreach and Public Service and is Director of the En- gineering New Mexico Resource Network in the College of Engineering at
utilizeinterdisciplinary courses, where engineering and business students work together to gain anunderstanding of each others’ disciplines. This approach enables students to enhance theirunderstanding of entrepreneurial ventures and their ability to work with peers from otherdisciplines to see a project through to fruition. All of these programs recognize the importance ofhaving graduates who understand concepts such as intellectual property, business plandevelopment, and how to start and operate a business.Such programs can vary greatly by institution, primarily because of limited faculty resources todevelop such programs. Since entrepreneurial education requires broad expertise, the limitedfaculty resources of the PUIs, along with their typically heavy and
), many of which are initiated by localuniversities/governments as enterprise centers.Recent studies have developed a more positive awareness of educating people inentrepreneurship and eventually how to become entrepreneurial. It has been determined that 1)potential entrepreneurs can be encouraged through university-based entrepreneurship programs2) entrepreneurship within an established definition can be taught and 3) entrepreneurial alumnido succeed and they themselves provide further insights and educational materials fordissemination in the classroom.21, 22, 23 Studies by Wolfe, Adkins and Sherman,24 have shown Page 11.559.4that universities
Paper ID #15272Promoting the Entrepreneurial Mindset through Faculty DevelopmentDr. William M. Jordan, Baylor University William Jordan is the mechanical engineering department chair at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials-related courses and does work in the area of mechanical behavior of composite materials. He is also interested in entrepreneurship and appropriate technology in developing countries.Ms
Innovation Across Disciplines”this is one of many class sessions exploring what innovation means to different people and howthey go about doing it. For many of them, this class has been a transformative experience wherethey have learned about the nature of innovation and recognized the important knowledge, skillsand character development involved. Through their explorations they have learned thatinnovation is not easily defined. Innovation goes beyond the creative generation of ideas. Whilecreativity is an asset, ideas, even “good ideas” are not enough. And what makes an idea good?Certainly good ideas provide benefit, but innovation must also consider the expenditure ofresources to implement them so that they provide value. Moreover, these good
Paper ID #23455Teaching Entrepreneurial Thinking Through a Companion Course for AllTypes of Capstone Senior Design ProjectsMrs. Sandra Furnbach Clavijo P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology Sandra Clavijo is the manager for the Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship at Stevens (IDEAS) pro- gram in the School of Engineering & Sciences which coordinates the design and innovation spine, PROOF Lab and the Senior Design Expo. Sandra also teaches Senior Innovation and Introduction to Entrepreneur- ship Thinking. Before coming to Stevens, Sandra worked as a consulting engineer with Stantec and T&M Associates
University, a mid-size Mid-Atlantic public university, we set out to foster anEntrepreneurial Mindset in our first-year engineering students by modifying the ProductArchaeology framework that was first developed by K. Lewis, et al. [1]. In our implementation,we allowed student teams to choose from a bank of products and guided them through the fourphases of product archaeology (preparation, excavation, evaluation, and explanation). For theevaluation phase, each team developed and executed three or more qualitative experiments fortheir product. At the conclusion of the project, students wrote a report that addressed the fourphases of product archaeology, including the results of their quantitative experiments. Eachreport was graded using an
, 2015 Improving Entrepreneurial Skills Through Problem-Based Learning on SustainabilityAbstractEngineering success comes not only from technical prowess but also through a spirit ofinnovation and an awareness of the business context of engineering ventures. Thus it is vital thatengineering students are prepared for this environment and given opportunities to develop afuller set of skills necessary to contribute to business success. This paper discusses a problem-based learning (PBL) module on the topic of sustainability which sought to develop students’abilities in and sense of the importance of collaboration, market analysis, innovative problemsolving, as well as other entrepreneurial skills. Sustainability
Paper ID #29316B-Fab: Cultivating Student Learning in the Makerspace through FacultyDevelopmentDr. Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University Margot Vigeant is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University. She earned her B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University, and her M.S. and Ph.D., also in chemical engineering, from the University of Virginia. Her primary research focus is on engineering pedagogy at the undergraduate level. She is particularly interested in the teaching and learning of concepts related to thermodynamics. She is also interested in active, collaborative, and problem-based
/resources/1 5. D. Rae and D.E. Melton. “Developing an entrepreneurial mindset in US engineering education: an international view of the KEEN project,” The Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship, vol. 7, pp: 1-16, 2016. 6. R. Nagel, K. Holland, K. Gipson, J. Henriques and K. Paterson. “Creating an Ecosystem that Fosters Innovation and Entrepreneurial Mindset at an Undergraduate Institution through Pathways to Innovation,” Advances in Engineering Education, Spring 2020. 7. W. Clark and M. Besterfield-Sacre, “Full Court Press as a Come-From-Behind Strategy to Win the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Game: A Case Study at the University of Pittsburgh,” Advances in Engineering Education, Spring 2020.
Test Acuity Solutions. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Introducing the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Freshman Engineering Students through an Agriculture Sector ProjectThis full paper addresses the topic of introducing the KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurial EngineeringNetwork) entrepreneurial mindset to freshman engineering students. The KEEN entrepreneurialmindset encompasses three parts - curiosity, connections, and creating value. During a projectcourse, freshman engineering students discover the entrepreneurial mindset through the processof completing a team project. The assignment consists of five real-life problems from theagriculture sector
Paper ID #25289Assessing the Growth in Entrepreneurial Mind-set Acquired through Curric-ular and Extra-curricular ComponentsDr. Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven Cheryl Qing Li joined University of New Haven in the fall of 2011, where she is a Senior Lecturer of the Industrial, System & Multidisciplinary Engineering Department. Li earned her first Ph.D. in me- chanical engineering from National University of Singapore in 1997. She served as Assistant Professor and subsequently Associate Professor in mechatronics engineering at University of Adelaide, Australia, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore