startup businesses. The paper discusses theevolution of the student group from the engineering economy course and the work of theentrepreneurship consulting group that is receiving much attention from program advisory boardmembers, startup businesses, and university leadership.DisclaimerThe views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect theofficial policy or position of the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of Defense, or the U.S.Government.Introduction and MotivationCompany executives from Alcoa, ADT, and Armstrong among representatives from othercompanies that serve on the Industrial & Professional Advisory Council (IPAC) and a ServiceEnterprise Engineering Advisory Board (SEE) in Industrial
positively contributeto the education of engineering majors who will be making critical life-cycle decisions forprojects in the near future.Acknowledgment and DisclaimerThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1504912. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. We would like to thank the regular instructor and the teaching assistant, Dr. MikeHelwig and Mr. Fikri Kucuksayacigil, respectively, for their cooperation and contributions suchas accommodation, advice, and a decision-tree based guest lecture. We also would like to thankthe Department of Industrial