Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gregory Kress, Stanford University; Joel Sadler, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

trying to figure out a way to structure exercises to access story as a methodologyand explorative form for a graduate engineering and design methods class. To do this I reflect back onwhat I already know, what I am learning from graduate student co-creators, and how my participantobservation as instructor for the class will impact the developmental stages of their projects.We know that collaborative design thinking is a social activity [1]. Members work together in teamsin the workplace and increasingly in engineering schools in project-based design courses. While thesecourses give an experience of working in teams, the elements of how insights help individuals createnew approaches, sustain engagement and inspiration well into a project and

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

quality of life. These components may help educators create stronglearning scaffolds to help students manage the complexity of designing for people living inpoverty.23 I found engineering design educators24, 25 who used reflection to identify learningneeds of their students developed these stronger scaffolds intrinsically. Furthermore, I wanted tooffer guidance to engineering educators assessing student work that targeted marginalizedcommunities around the world. Design as improving the quality of life has four components. 1. Design activities center on wellbeing objectives. 2. Critical knowledge to understand wellbeing objectives rests in diffuse communities. 3. Designers use social networks to manage design activities. 4. Assessing

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

• Business plan rehearsal (part 2) • Business models12 • Conceptual business model review • Feedback on business plans13 • Business plan preparation • Business plan competition14 • Business plan presentation to class • Formal design and business reviews • Business plan competition15 • Reflection on course and learning • Reflection on course and learning • Course and team reviews • Course and team reviews Page 12.679.5Course Goals and Learning OutcomesThe overall goal of the course is to prepare students for the professional challenges they will facein entrepreneurial

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen C. Davis, University of Cincinnati; Fred Richard Beyette Jr., University of Cincinnati

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

be integrated into engineering and computer scienceclasses at all undergraduate levels. They consist of independent work done via online lessonsthat include video and readings, along with reflective exercises and quizzes.At the University of Cincinnati, we deployed the module on developing an elevator pitch in asenior capstone design course. The online module consists of four lessons. The first two lessonsintroduce the concepts of stakeholders and value propositions, while the latter two introducedeveloping a pitch and recovering from a failed pitch. We split the four lessons into two halves,two to be completed at the beginning of the semester and the remaining two at the end. Therationale for doing so is that students collect voice-of

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Robert E. Kleine III, Ohio Northern University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

: The rubric that will be applied (see Table 1 for an example). Details about the activity or assignment that generated the student work. The illustrative activity (see Figure 1) is a reflection paper intended to afford evidence of students’ Page 25.317.3 effectiveness in a team setting. This activity was completed by students in a freshmen engineering course.  Student work examples (artifacts) that illustrate high and low proficiency (each on a separate page; see Figure 2 and Figure 3 for examples),  A score sheet for each artifact to be evaluated (see Table 2 for an example). Table 1: Rubric for the Effectively

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, and sustainable change are studied. In addition,each student began development of his/her own leadership philosophy through various projectsand personal reflection assignments. Team work is emphasized and all students’ leadershipskills are both self-assessed and assessed by each team member.Near the beginning of the course, the students were surveyed on their general perceptions ofleadership skills including problem solving, teamwork, self-confidence, group management,ethics, organization, social awareness, and confidence. After the course, the same survey wasadministered. A comparison of the pre and post-course surveys yields some shift in perceptions.The students were also surveyed pre and post-course on their

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tim Dallas P.E., Texas Tech University; Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Texas Tech University; Kelli M. Frias, American University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

thecompanyStudents are asked multiple questions corresponding to each of the seven areas above. Theiranswers to these questions show the level of intrapreneurial competencies.Intrapreneurial Motivation Scale Survey (IMSS)The IMSS includes questions designed to get at intrapreneurial motivation. This is a 12-questionset designed to get at various levels of motivation.Cohort 1It is important to note that the data reflected for Cohort 1 in this paper shows data collection forthe first components of TIP. Not all data tools were used (for example, interviews) because, atthis time, not all of the components of TIP have been experienced by the students.Students are given multiple experiences, in each course, to develop intrapreneurial dispositionsand competencies

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Unique Approaches

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S Jordan, Purdue Univeristy; Robin Adams, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

participants and spectators to watch. In addition, students have opportunities to apply thetechnical skills they have learned in the classroom in an application where creativity is king butreliability is key.This paper takes the reader on a journey through the author’s experiences leading a RubeGoldberg team through winning the national championship in 2006. This paper is the result of adeep iterative reflection, assisted by a collaborator in order to pull out the aspects of thisexperience that illuminate lessons related to design knowledge and learning. The aim of thispaper is to identify important areas for future research and build a foundation for a future bookintended to engage young learners in innovation and creative problem solving in a

Conference Session

From Entrepreneurship Education to Market

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and theapplication of thinking and reflection provide the necessary conditions for knowledge and skillsattainment (Gherardi, 1999; Brown and Duguid, 2001; Chiva & Alegre, 2005).Launched in 2009, the Entrepreneurial Consulting Practicum is a proven approach to providingundergraduate students the opportunity to engage in short-term consulting engagements with alarge corporate partner in the region to develop their management and entrepreneurial skills.Based on 16 projects completed to date, this practicum places entrepreneurial students with acorporate partner not traditionally defined as entrepreneurial. With five semesters of projectscompleted to date, student feedback is strong, with a number of students reapplying to joinsubsequent

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

through Project & e-Learning Final Exam Module (Blackboard) Question Discussion Reinforce learning through a Class Project Figure 1. Integration components of e-Learning modulesInstructors are asked to perform the following to integrate e-learning modules into their classes: 1. Complete the e-learning module; 2. Attend training designed for faculty deploying the modules; 3. Revise course syllabi to reflect integration of e-learning

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhang Fenzhi, Aalborg University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

questions were as follows: (1) how learning trajectories were related withconflicts and innovation competency from students’ perspective? (2) how learningtrajectories were related with conflicts and innovation competency from academic staff’sperspectives? (3) how students and academic staff’s perspectives were similar and differentfrom the literatures? Besides providing a brief literature review, we collected empiricaldata by one-year observation and 14 interviews in one engineering master program,Environment Management, at +++ University, Denmark. The empirical findings displaydiverse views on conflicts in relation to innovation competency from both students andacademic staff’s statement, which reminded educators to reflect the use

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

journey.To increase our base of shared moments, another set of stories were collected using this classprompt:Complete strategic storytelling. Write a strategic 5 sentence story that can be told in any order.a) Student reflects on her Chinese past. ● It’s Chinese New Year. Page 23.13.10 ● Red lanterns hang all along the streets, emanating warms and happiness. ● She could not draw herself away from the stall with steaming rice cakes, the ones just like her grandma used to make for her. ● A gust of piercing wind came by, she shivered in cold, tiny hands blue and purple. ● Squeezing tight on a bill of one, all

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

to understand the impact of entrepreneurship in terms of abusiness education in general 4, 9. However, little literature could be found to analyze theeducational impact of an entrepreneurship course and how it affects the entrepreneurial decisionsand interest in entrepreneurship of the engineering students who have taken it.Research purpose This research will try to capture the reflection of former engineering studentswho took a specific entrepreneurship course. This study will try to ascertain whether theseengineering students perceive that the course helped them: choose a career; better understandentrepreneurship and new product development; prepared them to pursue entrepreneurship andnew product development activities; communicate and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie M. Gillespie, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Project-Based ClassesThe second topic introduced into the first-year engineering program was a single 50-minute classperiod active-learning lesson which introduces various topics related to market research. Theclass started off by asking students to identify the single-most important product that they hadpurchased or received as a gift. This reflection led them to identify that most engineeringdisciplines contribute to product development at some level. In order to have a successfulproduct design, engineers should consider both the users and the competing market during thedesign phase. Students and faculty then discuss tools such as competitive market research,stakeholder identification, and user scenarios through examples, with constant breaks

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne A. Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Timothy Cone, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

negative (IntrojectedRegulation, in which avoidance of guilt or other negative feelings serves as a motivator; ExternalRegulation, in which an obligation or demand from work or elsewhere serves as a motivator; andAmotivation, where the individual is unsure of why he/she is doing something, and is unable toarticulate a motivating factor) [15]. As has been the case with several other groups of programteachers, respondents provided high levels of agreement with statements reflecting the two morepositive types of motivation (Intrinsic Motivation, mean = 5.08, and Identified Regulation, mean= 4.41), and provided low levels of agreement with statements reflecting the three more negativetypes of motivation (Introjected Regulation, mean = 2.25; External

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Harlan E Spotts Jr., Western New England University; José Antonio Riofrío, Western New England University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

understand the appropriate behaviors to observe and questions toask. The process then moves to observing the client’s pain point experience. Observing is not Page 26.1208.2enough, students need to at least talk with the client and, if possible, experience the pain pointthemselves. All through this process students are framing and re-framing their problemstatements as they collect additional information. The Thinktank concludes with a final revisionand refinement of the problem statement that reflects their empathetic understanding of theirclient’s pain point and preparation for the next phase of the process, ideation.Why is an entrepreneurial

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz; Bryan M. Jenkins, University of California, Davis, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Martin Lehmann, Aalborg University, Denmark; Chresten Træholt, Center for Electric Power and Energy, DTU Department of Electrical Engineering; Ronnie D. Lipschutz, University of California, Santa Cruz; Kurt Lawrence Kornbluth, University of California, Davis; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, solutionsmust not only be technically feasible, but also economically, environmentally, and sociallyviable. Thus, truly impactful innovations cannot be isolated to linear track constructs such aszero net energy or carbon neutrality, but must be addressed holistically as a complex systeminvolving diverse stakeholders and with outcomes that may include such metrics.1Training the next generation of leaders and professionals to tackle such challenges in today’sglobalized economy requires a pedagogy that reflects these complex themes and fosterscreativity, engagement and entrepreneurship required for innovation. Municipalities in Denmarkand California have actively committed resources to achieve 100% renewably poweredcommunities by 2050 and have strong

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sine Celik, Aalto University; Senni Kirjavainen, Aalto University; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

cities to IoT technologies and datasecurity. Teaching was divided into three interconnected sections on sustainabledevelopment, technology and ethics, and collaboration. Each of these sections combinedtheory with practice through panels with experts from academia and industry and hands-onworkshops, encouraging the students to consider multidimensional aspects of their chosenchallenge and its consequences for the entire system it links to. A variety of design thinkingmethods were introduced for exploring the challenges holistically to define and reframe theproblem at hand, identify ethical dilemmas and understand the needs of stakeholders forsuccessful collaboration.At the end of each section, students were asked to reflect on their incorporation

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas at El Paso; Nicholas A. Ramirez, University of Texas at El Paso; Melanie Anne Realyvasquez, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

lower-division engineering students, of whom 11 were enrolled in an engineeringmajor with a significant emphasis on entrepreneurship and 25 were enrolled in other engineeringmajors. Structured interviews of covered the participants’ family background, their motivations forenrolling in their major, their expectations with respect to career (including startups), their attitudestoward risk, and reflection on the interview. In the course of the interviews, participants were askedto rate their risk tolerance and their interest in pursuing a startup. Analysis of the interviews suggeststhat the principal indicator of entrepreneurial intent was interest in a startup, that most students’perceptions of the desirability of startups are negative, and that

Conference Session

Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Pilot 3 Sensing connection, Expects confrontation, characterThe stories are organized to reflect the perspective that the author takes toward the problem ofdefining entrepreneurial leadership. Story one, defines the term with an extensive illustration ofthe Film Maker’s vision and approach, outlining the emerging attributes through 5 assertions andsets the stage for the remaining stories. The four remaining story results, presented as mini-composites are utilized for building next research agenda steps.Story two makes the case for the life cycle and career path challenges of the female leader as asenior level administrator in engineering education with a focus on sensing connection andexpecting confrontation, referred to as ‘dean’ for

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

included. People have images in their heads about the meaning of thegender terminology--sex, gender-role, male/female, masculine/feminine, but these images aredefined by the fact that they reflect an individual’s familiar world.d. Previously dismissed or under-explored psychological factors like character and emotionalresponses may be very important in understanding complex 21st Century issues of leadership andentrepreneurship.We begin by briefly discussing how this preliminary investigation came into being— one of theauthor’s personal path into it, the creation of collaborative FIE and ASEE sessions, and how theevolving design of the research methods parallel the key features of an approach tounderstanding leadership, gender and teams.The

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ajay P. Malshe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Salil T. Bapat, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

in basic humanneeds. Additionally, it is important to implement these innovations through social entrepreneurship andleadership efforts for achieving the desired societal impact. To apply the above principles effectively,students (especially the Gen-Z students) need to have a skill set in understanding the role of engineeringinnovations in a globalized society with an attitude of leadership to serve society [16], which was themotivation behind this class. Selected successful social innovations across the world were studiedthrough the lens of fundamental science and engineering along with the societal impact. At the sametime, students also reflected on how the innovators applied/integrated leadership skills/approacheswith social

Conference Session

Exploring the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Suzann Girtz, Gonzaga University; Stephen E. Silliman, Gonzaga University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

on talent. The Cronbach’s alpha was also applied to the full data set.The negative questions were adjusted by subtracting each response from 7, thus ensuring equivalent scale. Theresulting fit between matched pairs of positive and negative formulation is interpreted as a measure of confidence intwo aspects of the student responses: (1) the extent to which students are reading and interpreting individualquestions; and therefore (2) the reliability of the entire data set as a reflection of student opinion.Results of Analysis of Survey Responses Multiple analyses were pursued relative to these data. These included basic assessment of the reliability ofthe data, as well as consideration of the data as separated by such groupings as

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Assessment Tools and Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Aadityasinh Rana; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

failure Learning from failure (LFF) Establishing the cost of production or delivery of a service, including Cost of production (CoP) scaling strategies Building, sustaining and leading effective teams and establishing Effective teams (ET) performance goals Table 2. Assessment Outcomes for the Four Modules Module AO1 AO2 AO3 AO4 Thinking Articulated creative Reflected on the Applied divergent- Applied an ideation

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

been combined together.In addition to the survey, at four times during each semester, a full class period was used toproduce open-ended responses to a reflection prompt (n=16 for Fall 2015 and n=16 for Fall2016, a total of 126 reflections). Reflections prompts were not focused on the canvas (e.g.“Explain a struggle you have had during the design process to this point and describe the variousways you overcame that struggle. What might you abstract that you can use in other designexperiences?”). Lastly, a faculty assessment focus group met on May 21, 2015 and consideredtwo prompts: 1) “I like…” and 2) “I wish…” regarding the course as a whole.As mentioned previously and important to our assessment, Crismond and Adams (2012) proposethat students

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjie Xie, Zhejiang University; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

kind of formal curriculum education is notavailable in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the general sense (Wang Xuyan et al,2018);participating in competitions is a good way to improve students' entrepreneurialability(Harrington, 2017); the number of graduates who choose to start their own businessescan reflect the output of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in a sense (Beyhan et al, 2017).Synergistic symbiosis mainly refers to the cooperation between organizations in universities.This paper divides synergistic symbiosis into two secondary indicators, namely, theuniversity-school synergy and the teacher-student synergy (Zheng Juan et al.,2017). At leastfor the time being, transforming teachers into entrepreneurs is not the most effective way

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

model, sketch, or 3D representation23,26,27 Conduct experiments Running tests to consider hypotheses, gain new information and learn “how prototypes behave”23 Revise and iterate Revisiting the design, using new information or feedback23 Reflect on the process Thinking about challenges, failures, and successes; considering what contributed to or hindered

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

their discipline and someone new. We strongly encouraged them to move tonew seats throughout the semester (if they were sitting at all). Students shared their work ingroups of various sizes and often presented to the entire class. Reflection, self-criticism andconstructive criticism of others were integral to all activities. Passivity was not an option. Theclass met twice per week with two hour sessions. This allowed for flexibility of class activities.Students shared and presented their assignments at each class. All of these various techniquessupported an overall active learning method of Problem-based Learning that incorporated bothCollaborative and Cooperative learning methods19(The course was developed and team taught by Steve Shooter in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Douglas E. Melton, Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network; Heather Dillon, University of Washington Tacoma; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University; Mary Murphy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

FacultyDevelopmentAbstractFor several years Engineering Unleashed has provided in-person faculty development eventsfocused on expanding an entrepreneurial mindset in undergraduate engineering programs.During Spring 2020, it was decided that ten faculty development workshops scheduled to be in-person multiple-day summer workshops would be delivered in a virtual format due to COVID-19. Workshop teams of facilitators and coaches structured the pivot to remote learningeffectively and efficiently, reflecting the entrepreneurial mindset that infuses the workshops. Thepandemic created an opportunity to build community and connections using new tools.In this paper we share how the workshop teams of 47 facilitators and coaches restructured theirworkshops, creating value for

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the course, reflection on factors that would encourage ordiscourage students from pursuing their projects, and employment status during and after thecourse. The results of the interviews were assessed through thematic content analysis. Theinterviews suggest that (1) that students do not continue with their projects because they cannottake time away from the paying jobs that are supporting their education, (2) that studentscompleting their junior year do not want to take time away from their senior-year studies, and(3) that students completing their senior year do not want to take the risk of pursuing a startupwhen they could instead obtain a “real” job. Additionally, student startups appear to have beendiscouraged by their expectation in the