Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Solt; Ashbjorn Osland; Anuradha Basu

How to start a University Business Plan Competition: the experience of San Jose State University by Michael Solt, Anuradha Basu, & Asbjorn Osland College of Business San Jose State University, CA San Jose State University’s Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship has hosted abusiness plan competition for the last two academic years. The purpose of the Silicon ValleyBusiness Plan Competition (SVBPC) is to stimulate interest in entrepreneurship among studentsand help to create new start-ups. The winners have typically been MBA students with anengineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Chengbin Ma, University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Pradeep Ray, University of Michigan Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

supervised stu- dents won many teaching and research awards at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, such as Koguan Top Ten Best Teacher Award in 2017 and Koguan Top Ten Research Group Award in 2014. He also re- ceived Research Excellence Award from AirFuel Alliance, USA, in 2019 (email: chbma@sjtu.edu.cn; lab: http://umji.sjtu.edu.cn/lab/dsc/).Prof. Pradeep Ray, University of Michigan Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Prof Pradeep Ray is the Director of the Centre For Entrepreneurship (CFE) at the University of Michi- gan -Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI), China. He designed the Minor in Entrepreneurship program at the UM-SJTU JI, that started in 2017. This program involves a num- ber

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University; Hannah Wehlmann

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

collaborate on multidisciplinary teams addressing real world challenges and with industry engagement. College signature programs include the Texas A&M I-Corps Site, Ag- giE Challenge, INSPIRES, and two annual Project Showcases. Magda is the Principal Investigator of the Texas A&M University I-Corps Site grant and has been active in promoting entrepreneurship both at the local and national level.Dr. So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati So Yoon Yoon, Ph.D., is a research scientist at the Department of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Cincinnati. She received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education, and an M.S.Ed. in Research Methods and Measurement with a

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael Hennessey

, such as entrepreneurship. Through a grant from theKEEN Foundation [1], that opportunity presented itself, and the thought was to experiment withuse of an entrepreneurship team project. Would it improve student’s interest in the topic ofdynamics? Would ME students become more interested in entrepreneurship aspects of theirdiscipline? Below, the details of how the project was implemented within the course are described,from the project handout, related instruction, meetings with students, related feedback presentedto the class, student reports, to the results of continuation efforts during J-Term and spring semesterby the top 3 teams.2.1 KEEN Entrepreneurial Minded Learning Dynamics Project HandoutA handout was given to the students that

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jessica L. Isaacs; Anthony Bellezza; Vicki Brown

undergraduate teams, ranging across allengineering majors and years, competed in a culminating event showcasing their pitches andproducts. Upon successful completion of the activity students gained a broad background inengineering concept design, including opportunity recognition, market analysis, and prototyping.I. IntroductionIn Engineer 2020 by the National Academy of Engineering, qualities that future engineers shouldembody are defined and discussed as well as different models of entrepreneurship education inengineering1. Among others, leadership, imagination and innovativeness are discussed. Alongwith these characteristics, the ability to effectively communicate ideas and managinginterpersonal relations and personalities are also vital in becoming

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #6120Learning Strategies and Learning Traits Critical to Practicing Engineers af-ter CollegeMr. 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

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ronald J Hugo, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary; Jian Zhang; Xiaodong Niu, Shantou University

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Diversity, International Forum

. Integrated class experience refers to an at-home effort that includes activities that range from education in the language, customs, history, and government of the country in question. (Downey et al.2)This paper describes the evolution of an international collaboration between the University ofCalgary (UCalgary) in Alberta, Canada and Shantou University (STU) in Guangdong Province,China. The collaboration is best described as a hybrid between International enrolment,International project, and International field trip. The paper begins with a history of theprogram. Next is a description of how Transformative Reflection was used to help the programevolve. This section is followed by how the program and workspaces have evolved from year

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Kristin M. Sample-Lord, Villanova University; Joseph Robert Yost, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

partnership with the Kern Family Foundation in 2007. That firstgrant supported implementation of the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)initiative. Subsequent grants from the Kern Family Foundation have supported intrapreneurshipdevelopment and intercollegiate entrepreneurship opportunities, faculty training to attain the goalof including EML into at least half of the engineering classes in the College, and creation of anEngineering Entrepreneurship minor that can be attained during the school year or through asingle summer-intensive program.The training workshops for faculty at Villanova University are held each summer.Approximately eight faculty members from all four departments participate each year. At thetime of writing about 1/3 of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Mason; Arthur Western

Session 2354 The Engineer as Entrepreneur: Education for the 21st Century at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Thomas W. Mason, Arthur B. Western Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractOver the past five years, Rose-Hulman has invested over $40M dollars creating anenvironment to encourage entrepreneurship in its graduates. Components of theeducational, organizational, and physical infrastructure are described. These componentsinclude a course in entrepreneurship, internships with entrepreneurial companies, theTechnology and Entrepreneurship Development (TED) program, Rose-Hulman

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Colledge, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University

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International

Mashavuconsisted of students from chemical engineering, biobehavioral health, women’s studies,kinesiology, political science and communication. The core design team for Mashavu in Spring2009 had 12 students from eleven different majors across six colleges.All the core team students also enroll for a common one-credit senior-level Engineering Designseminar class titled “Design for Developing Communities (EDSGN 497C)”. This seminar course(discussed in details later) grounds students enrolled in the core team class and other relatedcourses in the basics of humanitarian engineering, user-centered design for extreme affordability,social entrepreneurship, systems thinking, travel and fieldwork, and related issues. The seminartalks are streamed live for students

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gad J. Selig

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Critical Success Factors for Winning Entrepreneurs and the Role of an Incubator in Accelerating the Growth of Start-ups and Early Stage Companies Dr. Gad Selig, PMP, COP Abstract—This paper will focus on successful entrepreneurship business]; special purpose [technology]; independent; part ofand what it takes to win as well as how incubators facilitate the an organization like a university) [3] [4].process of growing start-up and early stage companies or II. STARTING A NEW BUSINESS VENTUREventures. An incubator case study

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Gerald C Nelson, Mississippi State University; Abby Thompson, Mississippi State University ; John Louis Gazzini, Nimbus Mobile LLC; Read Sprabery, Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

Education. Dr. Keith has taught courses in transport phenomena, separations, fuel cells, and hydrogen energy fundamentals during his academic career.Mr. Gerald C Nelson, Mississippi State University Gerald Nelson is director of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer. He currently man- ages OETT for Mississippi State University to protect and maximize value of IP on MSU campus. He also manages MSU Entrepreneurship Center, and the Hatcher Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. He is director of the Thad Cochran Endowment for Entrepreneurship at Mississippi State Uni- versity. Since March 2006, he has mentored and funded campus-based start ups at MSU. He manages the endowment budget to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Ciprian Popoviciu, East Carolina University; Colby Lee Sawyer, East Carolina University; Joshua Edison Pitzer, ECU College of Engineering and Technology

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

student innovation and entrepreneurship isnot a guarantee of their success [5]. Innovation and entrepreneurship are complex undertakings whichrequire participants with certain traits and concerted guidance and specific support throughout the entirelifecycle of innovation [6]. Universities face challenges such as in [7]. • Students, educators and industry partners are often unaware of initiatives and resources available to them. Despite each of these resources being promoted to a greater or lesser extent across the campus, they frequently are advertised in isolation • Resources are often not presented in the context of the various stages of innovation in order to demonstrate the availability of support throughout the

Conference Session

Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Mirna Mattjik, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines; Wieke Gur, ICQ Global Asia; Muhammad Husni Mubarak Lubis, Pertamina University

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Conference Submission

Paper ID #35904Studies on teaming experience through embedding psychological safety,motivational driver, and cognitive diversity into pedagogyProf. Mirna Mattjik, Colorado School of Mines Mirna Mattjik is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division, Cor- nerstone Design@Mines Program. Mirna is also faculty in the McBride Honors Program, and faculty affiliate for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Mirna’s formal education is in industrial technology, in- ternational political economy, project management and leadership. Her active research agenda is about improving teaching and learning for

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Diana Karen Chen, Arizona State University; Jorge Luis Roldan

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Educational Research and Methods

component areas: research,interdisciplinary curricula, entrepreneurship, global experience, and application of engineering tomeet social needs. Each student chooses her own unique set of experiences, to achieve thedistinction of Grand Challenge Scholar, endorsed by both the university and the NAE. Amajority of the experiences must also be aligned with the Grand Challenge(s) they have chosento dedicate their efforts toward solving. At ASU, students choose one of five grand challengetheme areas (Education, Energy, Health, Security, Sustainability) or one of the 14 NAE GrandChallenges [2]. Students are admitted to the GCSP as freshmen, and most start work on theprogram requirements in their first semester. Prior to starting their first semester

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diana Stoppiello, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, TheWorld is Flat by Thomas Friedman,4 the NSF-sponsored Babson-Olin Symposium onEngineering Entrepreneurship Education,5 the Student-Centered Active Learning Environmentfor Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) Project at North Carolina State University,6 and a2006 Project Kaleidoscope workshop on designing undergraduate science and mathematicsfacilities7 all contributed to the development of engineering at FGCU and to the design of its newbuilding (Holmes Hall), which opened for classes in January 2009. During the U.A. WhitakerSchool of Engineering’s initial 5-year period, its vision and mission evolved based on input fromfaculty and external advisors and in response to the addition of computer science to become

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

kenneth weaver

results suggest that it is possible to start with some small initiatives andbuild upon each initiative as the momentum for entrepreneurship develops.IntroductionIn 1992, the local industrialist Henry M. Rowan made a $100 million donation to the thenGlassboro State College with the ambitious goal of establishing a high-quality engineeringschool in southern New Jersey. To achieve this goal, the university appointed a NationalAdvisory Council in 1993 chaired by Simon Ostrach of Case Western Reserve University and including prominent leaders in engineering academia such as the late C.L. Tien of University of

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Michael, Gannon University; David Gee, Gannon University

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Diversity

Entrepreneurship minor consists of three entrepreneurship coursesalongside a full slate of other general business classes. The three entrepreneurship courses arefirst Organizational Innovation, second Entrepreneurial Finance, and third New Venture Creation(the program capstone course). Organizational Innovation dives into what makes anentrepreneur, how to better present and how to find a good idea to pursue. In EntrepreneurialFinance students learn what goes into financing a business and measuring how profitable thebusiness is. New Venture Creation sees the entrepreneurship students take on the task of writinga full business plan around a product or service. While writing the business plan the studentsconduct interviews with members of their target

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Czuchry; W. Andrew Clark

learning is listed in Table 1.Two of the classes in the innovative entrepreneurship curriculum provide the student withfrequent and constructive interaction with regional entrepreneurs. This interaction and dialogwith entrepreneurs from diverse technologies provide students an opportunity to observeentrepreneurs from numerous market segments. The graduate course “InnovativeEntrepreneurship” provides the student with the opportunity to develop a unique business planfor an innovative product or service. The business plan is developed throughout the semester asstudents attend relevant lectures and meet regional entrepreneurs and learn from their experience.Presentation of the final business plan to a panel of area entrepreneurial business owners

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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International

engineering technology programs at the University of Cincinnati,such as internships or co-ops, service learning courses, study abroad programs, field projects,academic research, etc. This paper will describe how two faculty members in the MechanicalEngineering Technology department in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS)designed and delivered two avenues of concrete experience. One is a service learning coursewith entrepreneurship for honors scholars and the other is a study abroad course for allengineering technology students.IntroductionThe University of Cincinnati (UC) is a large urban public institution with students from aroundthe world. It is also classified as a research university by the Carnegie Commission. The city

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2018 Engineering Research Council (ERC)

Authors

Andrew Singer

the Illinois Street Residence Halls, Innovation LLC is a dorm for entrepreneurs that provides resources, on-site classes and workshops focusing on the themes of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.• Programs specifically for Innovation LLC students: • How I Failed Lecture series (2-3x per semester) • Extreme Entrepreneurial Lock-in (1x each semester)• The Garage, a dedicated work space within the community, is available for use by residents as they develop their new businesses and projects. Learn more at go.illinois.edu/innovationLLC• Offers resources and an enhanced infrastructure that make the current entrepreneurial ecosystem more accessible to all: • A dedicated entrepreneur-in-residence familiar with the needs of

Conference Session

LEES Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cayla Ritz, Rowan University; Cheryl Bodnar, Rowan University; Melissa Montalbo-Lomboy, Rowan University

the humanities and social sciences with STEM education to create a unique learning experience for students.Cheryl A Bodnar (Associate Professor, Experiential Engineering Education) Dr. Cheryl Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University and is currently serving as the Provost’s Fellow for Student Success. Recently, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kern Family Foundation have funded her research. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game-based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

III, Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner

and 82°/0 white and with the College of Engineering where 22°/0 of the students arefemale and 82’%0 are white. Retention at the University and in Engineering is excellent for Entrepreneurs participants. For all but theentering class of 1994, 100°/0 of the entering freshmen remained at the University and those who began asengineers, remained in engineering. Some students even transfered into engineering from other non-engineeringmajors after participating in the program. A few of the students surveyed, including one of the three womenresponding, indicated that participation in the Entrepreneurs program was one reason that they remained inengineering. Chart 1 shows the persistence in major for Entrepreneurship students in contrast to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine

selling price of $28.80, profits from Michigan sales alone are estimated at $300,000 by the fifth year. At the end of the course, the inventor initiated negotiations on a licensing agreement with an Ohio company.III. N1D041 “Creative Problem Solving, Innovation and Entrepreneurship”This course consisted of six 7-hour sessions and three 6-hour sessions of lectures and in-classexercises and project work over three weeks, supplemented with intensive out-of-class readingassignments, exercises, and project tasks (totaling approximately 90 hours). Ten-minute breakswere provided between topics, with one hour off for lunch. Each session topic listed in Tables3a, 3b, and 3c was designed to last about 50 minutes. This introductory pilot course in a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Lloyd Massengill; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

(Entrepreneurship and Prototyping Processes), local speakers filled in (Contracts andUser-Centered Design) for these missed sessions.The joint design seminar was offered in the fall of 2003. It was taken by 66 BMEstudents, 50 ME students, and 20 EE/CE majors. Classes were held in a newly renovatedchemistry lecture hall, one of the few rooms on campus adequate for such a large classsize (136.) The hall was a two level amphitheatre design. Students typically entered onthe upper level, grabbed a drink, signed in, then took places in the room.During a few of the lectures, several students exited class during the lecture using theupper level exit. Attempts to remedy this lead to students expressing dissatisfaction withthe conduct of the course. We report below

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Gallogly

experiences of the entrepreneur.12 The Benefits Of A Franchise Business. An alternate form of entrepreneurship. The benefits andlimitations of becoming a franchiser to grow a business and the view of the franchisee.13 Business plan presentations - Teams present their business plan as a request for financial backing of your proposed venture to three guest business/financial executives (Alumni who have started their own business and members of the Cooper Union Board of Trustees or advisory councils). The executives and the class will listen and comment upon the presentation.3 These schools freely forwarded their course offering materials, which assisted me in the coursedevelopment

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; James Christopher Foreman, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

potential, and supplemental team building and leadershiptraining via the chair of UofL’s Army ROTC chapter. Representatives from UofL’s ForchtCenter for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business [12] visit the class to educate students onthe basics of entrepreneurship and an opportunity to earn a minor in entrepreneurship concurrentwith their engineering degree. Student instruction associated to 3D printing includes a tour of theUofL’s Advanced Manufacturing Competency Center (AMCC), and course facilitators haveworked alongside local industry on collaborative development of various course pedagogicalfeatures, such as the implementation of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Furthermore,leaders from the school’s Recognized Student Organizations

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Les Kinsler, Kansas State University, Salina; Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #9593Growing a STEM Initiative: Establishing Philosophies, Identifying Needsand, Lessons LearnedProf. Les Kinsler, Kansas State University, Salina Les Kinsler is a Professor with the Engineering Technology Department at Kansas State University Salina campus. Mr. Kinsler received his M.S. Degree in Computer Science from Wichita State University (KS) in 1987 with an emphasis in Software Engineering. He received a B.S. in both Physics and Mathematics from Emporia State University (KS) in 1972. Mr. Kinsler teaches classes in programming, software engineering, and fluid mechanics. His research interests include

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - NAE Grand Challenges, Graduate Students, Sustainability, and Makerspaces

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olgha Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; David Parish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

engineering major then can apply tothe Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) to participate in the program as early as theirsophomore year. Approximately 30 students are accepted into the university GCSP and maybegin participating in the GCSP as soon as the summer prior to their sophomore year and havethree years to complete the five required competencies of this program. Approximately 90scholars actively participate in this program every year (sophomore, junior and seniorengineering students). The five competencies include talent, multiculturalism, multidisciplinarystudies, entrepreneurship and social cognition. Typically, the scholars start taking engineeringclasses and start working with research mentors to assist with the completion of the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Melissa Geist, Tennessee Technological University; Yunbo Zhang, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Tech University

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Manufacturing

believe that AM will fundamentally change healthcaredelivery and this should be emphasized in the future. Inviting guest speakers and showing videosof current AM applications at the beginning of the course will demonstrate to the students thepower of this emerging technology. We also discovered that students became attached to theirinitial design ideas and were resistant to criticism. One of the most uncomfortable class periodsinvolved a guest speaker from a local entrepreneurship launch pad who challenged the studentsto consider as many different design options as possible that would solve the problem the teamidentified. The students bristled at the notion that their original designs were not adequate.Embedding activities to help students