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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Thestudents develop a new product idea and carry it through to a physical prototype. Theymust also formulate a business plan, marketing strategy, and an appeal for funding. Webring in guest speakers with expertise in intellectual property issues and severalsuccessful entrepreneurs (including former students from this class). In this paper, wediscuss the three versions of this class, and how they have evolved. We also discuss ourstudents’ successes, and some of the problems they have encountered in trying tocommercialize their ideas.Index terms - Creativity, new product development, entrepreneurship, distance learningIntroductionThe first version of our course Creativity and New Product Development was developedby Henry Bolanos and Dave Lewis. Henry

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Birmingham, Grove City College; Blair Allison, Grove City College; James Dupree, Grove City College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

industrial design, business and start up experience.The inspiration for High Technology Venture Start-up, came from the Stanford TechnologyVentures Program and The University of Michigan’s Program in Manufacturing. Both of theseprograms provide a blend of entrepreneurship, business, and engineering. Since our institution isa small four-year college with an undergraduate focus, providing the level of experience studentsat these schools get is impossible. We tried, however, to distill some elements into a three-hour,semester-long class. The most important elements for us to incorporate into the class were:working with a real company that designs, engineers and supports real products;multidisciplinary teams; and, developing a real product for real

Conference Session

Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; Peter Hriso, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

higher education are frustrated withstudents who do not attend class, turn in assignments late or exhibit a lack of effort inclasses where they pay tuition and receive a grade. It is a challenge, therefore, to gain theinvolvement of students in social entrepreneurship efforts where the reward (grade, payor recognition) is not immediate or minimal and the trade-off (time management for theirschedule) may be more fun or financially rewarding. This paper discusses the evolutionfor the process of enlisting student involvement in two distinct social entrepreneurshipprograms at our university.The first program involves linking university skill sets in the arts, digital media,technology and project management to the planning, implementation and

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Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

% 44% 56% 65% 82%Beginning with the ESP class of 2004, all participants completed a pre-survey designed to assesstheir knowledge and comfort with engineering and entrepreneurship as a part of the registrationprocess. At the conclusion of the program, the students were asked to complete a post-surveywith questions identical to the pre-survey. The surveys from each respondent are linked and thechange in the responses is evaluated. Approximately 95% of the participants completed bothassessment surveys. Table 2 shows the survey topics, their association to the program objectivesof Table 1, the percentage of student

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akash Choudhary, University of Missouri; Donald Myers, University of Missouri; Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri; Mihir Gokhale, University of Missouri

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial decisions and interest in entrepreneurship of the engineeringstudents who took it. This compares with earlier studies that have focused on the impact ofentrepreneurship courses on career decisions of students with management or other non-engineering backgrounds. This research is based on a survey of 122 engineering students whotook an entrepreneurship class offered by the University during the last 25 years.Students were asked to provide their perspective on the impact this course had on their career.They were asked how the course impacted their understanding and interest in entrepreneurship, ifit raised their awareness of this career choice, if it impacted the career path they considered, if itaffected the career they chose, if they

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-995: THE INNOVATION INITIATIVE FOR SOCIALENTREPRENEURSHIP: FOSTERING AWARENESS OF GLOBAL AND SOCIALISSUES VIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATIONEdward Coyle, Purdue University Edward J. Coyle received his BSEE degree from the University of Delaware in 1978, and Master’s and Ph.D. Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in 1980 and 1982. Since 1982, he has been with Purdue University, where he is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Co-Director of the Center for Wireless systems and Applications (CWSA), and Director of the EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative (EEI). His research interests include the performance analysis of

Conference Session

The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Dr. Shoaib Shaikh, Nothrup Grumman Corporation

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

and rewarded.The “Engineering Entrepreneur in the Spotlight” Experiential Seminar SeriesThe Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship course series is complemented by another pioneeringinnovation in experiential entrepreneurship at Florida Tech – The “Engineering Entrepreneur inSpotlight” seminar series. In these seminars typically held twice a month, struggling/successfullocal technical entrepreneurs visit the class and present their business plan for critique andrecommendations by the class. Once a month, these “Engineering Entrepreneur in the Spotlight”seminars are open to the public. Over the past three years, these seminars which have got widepre- and post-event publicity in the local media, and have become an increasingly importantnetworking

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia; James Thompson, University of Missouri; Steve Wyatt, University of Missouri - Columbia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-443: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEENGINEERING FACULTY MEMBERWilliam Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia William Charles Nunnally W. C. Nunnally received the B.S degree, the M.S. degree and the PH.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in 1969, 1971, and 1974 respectively. After serving in the US Army, he joined the magnetic fusion engineering group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1974. Dr. Nunnally's eleven year tenure at Los Alamos included assignments in the laser fusion group, the laser isotope separation group, the plasma physics group, the proton storage ring -accelerator group, and

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Carl A. Lundgren

students in the first group touse the cases have enrolled in the entrepreneurship minor and one student has formed a business thatis moving into the student portion of RIT’s incubator. Ultimate success will be measured by futurecareers.The second use of the cases is occurring in early October 2007 and those results will be presentedalso.Use of entrepreneurial cases in a technical course was accomplished with out displacing coursecontent and in a manner that did not add to the course work load of the students (cases were shortenough to read and discuss during class). Additional cases need to be developed with a flavorrelevant to other technical courses and disciplines. The first cases will be available in the RIT DigitalMedia Library spring 2008

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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-1950: ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATIONALEXPERIENCE (E4) INITIATIVE: A NEW MODEL FOR SUCCESSJay Porter, Texas A&M University JAY PORTER joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently the Program Coordinator for the Electronics and Telecommunications Programs. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University.Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University JOSEPH MORGAN joined the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University in 1989 and is currently the

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, diversity/international issues, environmental issues/sustainability, medicine and bioengineering. • Personal Development – stress management and other wellness issues.Demographics of StudentsThe demographics of the two engineering entrepreneurship sections are given as follows:Section A: 23 students (one student is under 18 and therefore did not participate in assessment), 16 male and 7 female All engineering majors One of the first sections of Engineering 1111 to fill up (class enrollment usually is limited to 21 students) Four students were in a PTLW program in High SchoolSection B: 24 students, 19 male and 5 female All engineering majors Section opened up during the

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EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

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Engineering Management

competitions. All these activities give theEngineering Management students enough exposure in the community so that they areoften recruited out of class to work on critical projects in the industry. In this paper thevarious attributes of this holistic entrepreneurship program are discussed and highlighted..IntroductionWhile meeting the increasing demand for holistic, interdisciplinary education, innovative coursesoffered by Florida Tech’s Department of Engineering Systems have greatly enriched thestudents’ educational experience, broadened their perspectives, served as community outreach/networking forums and integrated experiential learning with academic programs.This paper describes a pioneering, innovative new course in Systems

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Marc Lockard, Lockard and White, Inc

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

for Engineering Education, 2007 The Ethics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship Seminar: Helping Students to Become LeadersAbstractRecently, the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Technology (EET/TET)Programs at Texas A&M University have created a new undergraduate initiative in the area ofentrepreneurship. The goals of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Education Experience (E4) arethreefold: • Excite and motivate undergraduate students to take ownership of their education by giving them opportunities to develop and market their own intellectual property. • Retain the best and brightest undergraduate talent in the Brazos Valley region. • Use entrepreneurship to help

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Systems Engineering And Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Arrasmith, Florida Tech

AC 2007-3087: A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP APPROACHTO COMPLEX, MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNIVERSITY PROJECTSWilliam Arrasmith, Florida Tech William W. Arrasmith received his Ph.D. from The Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio in Engineering Physics. He holds an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Engineering Systems Department at the Florida Institute of Technology. His research interests include adaptive optics, signal processing, image processing, and applied systems engineering. He worked for 20 years for the United States Air

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Business & Entrepreneurial Information for Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

invited tooffer in-class instruction to students in an Entrepreneurship course as well as to visit theGraduate Qualifying Project course. The request came through the Management DepartmentChair, who stated it was made at the request of graduate students who attended the Business PlanResearch workshop. Course integrated exposure to information tools and strategies is ideal forthe library as more students are made aware of tools and can gain information competence priorto their venture start-up, and as Rodriquez recommends, while they have access to superiorinformation staff and resources. This approach also allows all students enrolled in the courseofferings to gain the advantage of having knowledge of all competitive information sourcesaccessible

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cindy Orndoff; Susan Blanchard

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

considerations, but also because of the knowledge base required. Programs such asProject Lead The Way4 and other similar programs are a step in the direction of educating theeducators; however, these programs require a significant time commitment and may not befeasible for many high school math teachers.A High School and College CollaborateIn developing the curriculum for three new engineering programs, a Southwest Florida universityincorporated a series of two classes, Engineering Entrepreneurship and Service Learning inEngineering. Engineering Entrepreneurship is the prerequisite course for Service Learning inEngineering, and the courses are scheduled to run consecutively. The courses were designed sothat students in Engineering Entrepreneurship

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Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Shoaib Shaikh, Northrop Grumman Corporation

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Entrepreneurship, ed. Calvin A. Kent (Lexington Books, 1984) p. 4121. Knight Russell M. “Can Business Schools Produce Entrepreneurs ? An Empirical Study,” Page 12.1339.11 Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 5 (1) Summer 198722. AUTM: Association of University Technology Managers Licensing Survey (1999). http://www.autm.net/surveys99A.pdf23. Schreiberg, D. The Matchmakers. Stanford Today. (Jan/Feb 1998)24.Wolfe, C., D. Adkins, and H. Sherman. Best Practices in Action – Guidelines for Implementing First-Class Business Incubation Programs. NBIA Publications, Athens, OH 2001.25. Aley, J. “The Heart of Silicon Valley: Why Stanford

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Lawrence J. Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship when they already face an ambitious and challenging curriculum. 4. How to accomplish the above goals on a modest budget in a short timeframe.Our response to these challenges is described in the following sections that list the activities thathave been initiated in the past year and that are now underway at MSOE.Faculty Orientation (addresses challenge #2)Every year, just prior to the start of classes, a series of seminar-style “in-service” sessions areheld on campus to inform faculty of new or modified programs or procedures. In fall 2006, weorganized and held a half-day session that introduced the key elements of entrepreneurship to thefaculty. The half-day sessions were well attended and an inventory-style survey was

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Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-824: DEVELOPING AN ANGEL INVESTOR FORUM TO COMPLEMENTAN ENGINEERING SCHOOL'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVESThomas Duening, Arizona State University Page 12.484.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Developing an Angel Investor Forum to Complement an Engineering School’s Entrepreneurship Initiatives Page 12.484.2BackgroundAfter two years of decline, entrepreneurial activity in the United States increased from 10.5percent in 2002 to 11.9 percent in 2003. This level of activity ranks the U.S. 7th among 31nations surveyed by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in Total Entrepreneurial Activity(TEA).1

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Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley; Sara Beckman, University of California at Berkeley; Leslie Speer, San Jose State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, management, feedback andevaluation. We provide case studies of teams that have taken the next step indeveloping products after course completion. We analyzed factors that areassociated with these successful entrepreneurial teams using: questionnaires,ranking by industry judges, personality profiles and instructor observations.Factors considered include personality type, creativity climate, discipline mix,participation in other entrepreneurial classes, participation in business plan/technology competitions and success in obtaining outside funding.Keywords: new product development, multifunctional teams, entrepreneurship,entrepreneurship assessment, entrepreneurial skills

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Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Street, Rochester Institute of Technology; jack danziger, Rochester Institute of Technology; William Leonard, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

through rapid prototyping (RP), a new process that is facilitating more efficientproduct development. RP is becoming a manufacturing tool that is also being utilized by theuniversity and students to support innovation and entrepreneurship amongst the academic andbusiness community. Some of RP’s strength’s are in its versatility and ability to prove a concept.Often used by manufacturing representatives, RP provides fast response to marketing and anequally fast production turnaround. RIT recognizes the strengths that RP can provide and ismaking an effort to institute RP in a new non-profit Center for Product Innovation andCommercialization (CPIC). This entrepreneurial based center provides an avenue for studentslooking to expand their experiential

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Product Innovation And Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Kathleen Sevener, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University

fellow student with whom they just don’t get along, they can also make thatknown to the instructors. By the second week of the class, instructors make the team assignmentsso that each team can get started as soon as possible.All members of the team are expected to contribute equally to the conceptual design, theconstruction and testing of the prototype, and the documentation of the final results of theproject.4 Extensive communication is required, including individual and team presentations,written proposals and final reports, and creation of a team video and a team poster.The multidisciplinary nature of the teams involved in these projects has provided many benefitsfor our students, as reflected in the observations of teams at other

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny Davis, Washington State University; Jerman Rose, Washington State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

recognize that learningassociated with these courses is different than occurs in many other engineering classes, butmany disagree on appropriate learning outcomes for the course. Critical questions are: (1) What should and have students learned and demonstrated through their capstone design courses? (2) Do these abilities match the public’s expectations for graduates who will be leading technical and business innovation for our nation in coming years?As demonstrated by these questions, capstone design course instructors must give properattention to defining, accomplishing, and measuring achievements of targeted student learningoutcomes. ABET accreditation requirements reinforce the importance of these measures3.GoalThe goal of this

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Thornton, University of Maryland; Jacqueline Rogers, University of Maryland (Retired); Kristen Waters; Nathan Myers, University of Maryland; Lisa Rawlings, Prince George's Prince Community College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

creates anew model for entrepreneurship education. This new program strengthens and expedites thedevelopment of aspiring entrepreneurs through mentoring, community building, and class workas students move through the community college to graduation from UM supported byscholarships from the Hillmans. This paper describes the program features, the learning curve ofthe stakeholders as they navigate working across the boundaries of two academic systems, andearly outcomes of this new program.IntroductionThe Hillman Entrepreneurs Program launched in fall 2006 with the selection of the first cohort of20 students attending PGCC. This three-year pilot program will provide mentoring and fouryears of scholarship support to four cohorts of 20-30 students

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wilburn Clouse, Vanderbilt University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to encourage students to think of new and different ideas and to sharethose ideas in small group settings in their classes and on the Internet with other students throughout the world who are interested in new idea development. Instructors may want to requeststudents to list ideas that are of interest to the student. The concept here is to develop as manyideas as possible. A black board Discussion group and or Glob will be established and their ideas Page 12.1010.3are added to the list.///Entrepreneurs in Action! (EIA)Entrepreneurs in Action! is a curriculum designed to teach entrepreneurship, creativity andinnovation by using online cases

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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Arrasmith, Florida Tech; Jihan Dinally, Florida Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

may learn these other subjects. In-game encounters can be written to direct students to a variety of multi-disciplinary topics. Theunderlying story lines must also be consistent with this idea and convey to the characters thatthey should learn more about other subjects.Coordinated classroom participationCoordinated classroom participation within the game is feasible. A class or class teams maylogin to the same game over a Local Area Network (LAN) and play a synchronous game in realtime. The instructor may also choose to participate as either a DM or a player. This will beaccomplished the same way as synchronous play over the internet except it will be restricted tothe LAN and not over the Internet.Data SecurityUser character profiles, game

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-2155: DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOTECHNOLOGY OPTION AREA FORAN ENTREPRENEURIAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMKari Clase, Purdue University Page 12.505.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Development of a Biotechnology Option Area for an Entrepreneurial Certificate ProgramAbstractAn undergraduate certificate program in entrepreneurship and innovation has beendeveloped at --- University in collaboration with the --- Center for Entrepreneurship.Option areas are offered to students enrolled in the certificate program in order to explorespecific discipline areas or markets. The objective of this paper is to discuss thedevelopment of a course within an

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

anarrow academic concentration outside their primary degree area, and for the general citizenryeasy access to graduate level instruction. In this paper, two universities that have been active ininternal entrepreneurial engineering activities at both the undergraduate and graduate level willreport on a cooperative survey of existing entrepreneurship and project management-focusedGraduate Certificate programs made in preparation to creating their own programs.These Graduate Certificate programs were examined for program ownership, number of hoursrequired, internal or external student focus, classes required or offered as electives, time limits ondegree completion, as well as several other program attributes of interest to the academiccommunity

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Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Tucker, Kansas State University; Bret Lanz, Kansas State University; Dale Wunderlich, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Katz, Kansas State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

for specific users and uses. Ourservices include: observation based user research; function based styling; prototypedevelopment; defining a product language; platform development; and developing a productportfolio strategy.6. Tie to the K-State MBA ProgramIn addition to the AMI internship program, K-State has developed a TechnologyEntrepreneurship Internship Program for students enrolled in the Technology EntrepreneurshipTrack of the K-State MBA Program. The MBA track in Technology Entrepreneurship allowsgraduate students to gain valuable exposure to the technology transfer process at Kansas StateUniversity through in-class teaching and an on-the-job program. The courses are open to allgraduate students if space is available.Since 2002 K

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Baker, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

promoteentrepreneurship, innovation, and teamwork across the campus. Michigan Tech’s EnterpriseProgram, the University of Florida’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, PurdueUniversity’s EPICS Program, and the Illinois Institute of Technology’s IPRO Program3-5represent some of the existing programs that fit this category. The following section describessome of the primary considerations for describing programs across universities:Team size and composition - The experience of working in teams is perhaps the biggest source oflearning on these projects, in many cases much more so than the technical aspects of a particulardesign problem. Furthermore, the composition of the team directly influences the approach tothe problem, and therefore is critical to the