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Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas E. Allen, Bucknell University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University

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AC 2011-1863: BIG: UNITING THE UNIVERSITY INNOVATION ECOSYS-TEMDouglas E. Allen, Bucknell UniversitySteven B. Shooter, Bucknell University Steve Shooter, Ph.D., P.E. is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University where he has taught for design, innovation and robotics for 16 years. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers and been PI or Co-PI on grants from NSF, ONR, NIST, ARDEC in addition to industry. As a registered professional engineer he also consults extensively with industry on design projects and formulation of innovation strategies. Page 22.287.1 c

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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy Brett Ross, East Tennessee State University; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University; Kevin Wade Varney, East Tennessee State University

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AC 2011-1359: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO STUDY ABROADJeremy Brett Ross, East Tennessee State University Jeremy B. Ross is a Associate Vice President of University Advancement and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying and Digital Media. He holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Science in Technology from East Tennessee State University. He has experience in design and development of numerous architecture projects in academic and commercial applications in the Southeast.Dr. Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University Keith V. Johnson is a Tenured Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying and Digital

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Novel Entrepreneurship Programs

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James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

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is presenting new opportunities to bring technologyentrepreneurship courses online. With one in four college students taking an online course, andan increasing number of students interested in technology entrepreneurship courses, thisintersection creates an emerging demand for online technology entrepreneurship courses(Clayton, 2010).With existing literature largely answering the question of (a) what are the benefits for thestudents in online technology entrepreneurship courses versus face-to-face courses and (b) whatare the barriers to learning for the students in online technology entrepreneurship versus face-to-face courses, the outstanding questions of the methods that are efficient and effective to createand deliver online technology

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Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Tyler Lewis, Brigham Young University; Paul T Skaggs, Brigham Young University; Bryan Howell, Brigham Young University

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. (1999). Confirming the Three-Factor Creative Product Analysis Model in an American Sample. Creativity Research Journal, 12(4), 287-296. 2. Cropley, A. J. (2000). Defining and Measuring Creativity: Are Creativity Tests Worth Using? Roeper Review, 23(2), 72-80. 3. Godin, B. (2002). “The rise of innovation surveys: measuring a fuzzy concept”, retrieved from , January 13, 2011. 4. Guilford, J. P. (1950). Creativity. American Psychologist, 5(9), 444-454. 5. Hocevar, D., & Bachelor, P. (1989). A taxonomy and critique of measurements used in the study of creativity. In J. A. Glover, R. R. Ronning & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.), Handbook of creativity (pp. 53-76) New York Plenum. 6. Kaltsounis, B

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Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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requirement is addressed by asking the students to minimize thecost of the designed system.Perceived Solution and Physical Contradiction IdentificationSince the students learned how to program using physical ladder logic, they are asked toimplement their designs using this knowledge. Most of the designs are similar to the one shownin Figure 2. This exercise takes about 20 minutes to complete. At this time, the students identifythe main flow in the design during a discussion with the professor. According to Figures 1 and 2,as the clamping plate clamps the part it also closes LS A thus energizing SOL A, extending thecenter cylinder, and punching the part through. When the center cylinder extends fully it closesLS B which in turn energizes SOL B. At

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Marchese, Colorado State University

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, environmental and health problems in the developing worldthrough the formation of innovative business structures that disseminate these products on thewidest appropriate scale. The GIC has played a central role in facilitating the spinoff of a varietyof CSU-related business ventures such as Envirofit [9] and Solix Biofuels [10]. Figure 1 showsan example of the GIC approach wherein research on clean cookstoves at the EECL (Fig. 1a)was transformed into a viable product (Fig. 1b) by the non-profit corporation Envirofit, whichrecently partnered with the Shell Foundation to produce and sell 10 million clean-burning stovesover the next 5 years. Figure 1 (a) Cookstove research at CSU and (b) the Envirofit S-2100 cookstove in use in India.Putting it All

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Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University

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., bringing higher-level variables down to the student level). The problem, again, withthis approach is non-independence of observations, as all students within a given classroomassume identical scores on each variable. Another approach to deal with this problem is toaggregate up to the level of the classroom. Thus, the authors could talk about the effect ofclassroom or teacher characteristics on average achievement for the entire class. However, thereare a number of issues with this approach, including: (a) the authors lose much (perhaps up to80-90%) of individual variability on the outcome variable, which can lead to significant under-or over-estimation of observed relationships between variables [10], and (b) outcome variableschange significantly

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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randall Brouwer, Calvin College; Aubrey Sykes, Calvin College; Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College

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AC 2011-2462: ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET DEVELOPMENT IN ASENIOR DESIGN/CAPSTONE COURSERandall Brouwer, Calvin College Randall Brouwer is a Professor of Engineering at Calvin College. He obtained the MSEE and Ph.D degree from the University of Illinois - Urbana. He served as an IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow in 2005. His interests include computer architecture, embedded computer systems, engineering education, public policy, and entrepreneurship.Aubrey Sykes, Calvin College Professor J. Aubrey Sykes is a Ph.D. Chemical Engineer and a Professional Engineer licensed in Texas as a chemical engineer. In his early life, he worked in materials processes and products development of all kinds for W.R. Grace, Shell

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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, and connect them, as seen in Systems Engineering. (Forpurposes of this paper, “discipline” refers to the technology-specific major study areas such asthose just listed; we realize that systems engineering can also be considered a discipline,although the term is not used that way here.)Students show competencies of this systemic type through their ability to explicitly address thefollowing skills, knowledge, and capabilities. Each of these is discussed at length in Appendix B,including specific competency criteria for each competency: 1. Describing the target of innovation from a systems perspective; 2. Applying a system stakeholder view of value, trade-offs, and optimization; 3. Understanding system’s

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Melissa L Moore, American Society of Agricultural Engineers; Rodney A. Pearson, Mississippi State University; Robert S. Moore, Mississippi State University; Allison Pearson, Mississippi State University; Abby Lammons Thompson, Mississippi State University

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nurtures new business entities involving MSU technology, with student and faculty involvement. Nelson is also the director of Jack Hatcher Engineering Entrepreneurship Program which provides an entrepreneurship certificate to engineering students. Both programs fit hand and glove with other efforts at MSU for the creation of a culture of entrepreneurship.Dr. Melissa L MooreRodney A. Pearson, Mississippi State UniversityRobert S. Moore, Mississippi State University Dr. Robert S. Moore (PhD, University of Connecticut) is a Professor of Marketing at Mississippi State University. He is a MSU Grisham Master Teacher Award recipient and has been recognized as the ”Paul B. Murphy” Notable Scholar (2008 -2010) & the ”Richard C

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Novel Entrepreneurship Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert S. Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel W. Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

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AC 2011-1672: PROOF OF CONCEPT, LLC: A PRIVATE COMPANY FA-CILITATING UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INDUSTRY IN-TERACTIONRobert S Crockett, California Polytechnic State University Robert Crockett received his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering. He holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently Professor and Director of the General Engineering Program at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder and President

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica R. McCormick, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Beverly Radloff, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nancy Lamm, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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they are not in a traditional engineering program nor in the EDDP.Appendix A contains a comprehensive listing of the month and year each survey participantgraduated and Appendix B shows the distribution of responses by engineering discipline.Research QuestionsResearch questions were developed to gather a large amount of data that can be evaluated toanswer the research problems. The questions were compiled using an if/then system in thesurvey tool. The employment questions (3-10) were given based upon the previous question’sresponse. Each participant was asked questions 10-14. The questions are: 1. Month and year of graduation 2. Major(s) 3. When did you receive your first job offer (related to your major)? Month and year 4. Did

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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Calvin C. Jen, Calvin College; Tyler Scott Helmus, Calvin College; Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College

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providing participation and representation in governance, but at the same timeworry that such collective influence and power may lead to the majority running rough shod overthe rights of the minority. Both the individual rights as well as the proper role of communalgovernance are needed.According to Gladwell, the three key types of people necessary to start and sustain a socialepidemic are (a) connectors, (b) mavens, and (c) salesmen.2 He contends that a social idea ortrend takes off when a “connector” provides the medium for the idea to spread quickly becausehe or she knows a large number of people, but further, the connector’s network must be ratherdiverse, linking people from all walks of life. The social epidemic also needs the “maven

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Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University

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AC 2011-734: ENGINEERING EDUCATON AND THE ENTREPRENEURIALMINDCynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Sr. Lecturer of Computer Science, Assistant Dean of the School of Engineering & Computer Science, Baylor UniversityWilliam M. Jordan, Baylor University WILLIAM JORDAN is the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in Theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials related courses. He does work in the areas of entrepreneurship and appropriate technology in developing countries. He also writes and does research in

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Novel Entrepreneurship Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Ewert, Iron Range Engineering; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College; Jeff Wandler, Iron Range Engineering; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

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these talented young people to stay in our region. Our immediate goal is to continuedeveloping a hybrid educational/economic development program that converts state tax dollarsinto regional and state-wide wealth. 1. Katz, J.A. ―The chronology and intellectual trajectory of American entrepreneurship education:: 1876- 1999‖, Journal of Business Venturing,18:2, 2003, pp283—300 2. Carlsson, B. and Acs, Z.J. and Audretsch, D.B. and Braunerhjelm, P., ―Knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: a historical review‖, Industrial and Corporate Change, 19:6, 2009 3. Khanduja, D. and Singla, V. and Singh, R, ―Entrepreneurial ambience of engineering education in India‖, 2:4, 2009, pp341—355. 4

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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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. Page 22.622.7Discussion and Future Plans:The question of any effect of the entrepreneurial interventions remains: did the interventionsthemselves have an effect on the changes in fixed or growth mindset of first-year engineeringstudents?To investigate this, two comparison populations are participating in the survey at the beginningand end of the academic year. The two populations will serve as control groups, in that they willnot receive an intentional entrepreneurial intervention in their first year of study. All freshmenengineers in comparison samples A and B will be sampled with the validated Dweck mindsetinstrument at the beginning and end of their freshmen year.The first comparison sample, school A, is a college in the upper Northeast

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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; William J. Riffe, Kettering University

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value can bemade. Page 22.845.10References1 Carlson, C., and Wilmot, W. “Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want,” CrownBusiness, ISBN 13:978-0-307-33669-9, 2006.2 Thursby, M., Fuller, A., and Thursby, J., “An Integrated Approach to Educating Professionals for Careers inInnovation,” Academy of Management Learning & Education, Vol. 8, No. 3, 389–405, 2009.3 Sager, B., Fernandez, M., and Thursby, M., “Implications of a Multidisciplinary Educational and ResearchEnvironment,” Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 18, pp. 57-69, 2006.4 Kingon, A. I., Thomas, R., Markham, S. K., Aiman-Smith, L., Debo, R.. “An

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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

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Erik Sander, University of Florida

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. Studentscapture these results through issuance of equity (shares) and company capitalization tables are Page 22.586.8maintained by each company CFO. Companies then have shareholders (the other students thatare investors in their companies) with whom they must communicate company progress andmajor direction changes – again mimicking real world entrepreneurship to as great a degree aspossible.All company capitalization tables, including shares issued and investments made by eachstudent, are compiled in one course capitalization table kept by the instructor for subsequentReturn on Investment calculations. Appendix B contains an example course

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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judith Giordan, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Joseph Steig, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and VentureWell; Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell

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National Research Council to develop and release the report “Research and Development: Essential Foundation for U.S. Competitiveness in a Global Economy” [13], which underscores the need for competitive improvements not only in R&D funding but also in the value-added outcomes of that R&D.Translation of innovation into commercial solutionsAn estimated 90% of high tech translation ventures fail [14]. The high prospect of failure can bediscouraging for scientists, their universities and also for funders. This is despite the fact that (a)many academic programs in engineering and science have identified the need to developcommercial innovations as the basis for institutional and state economic growth; (b) theinfrastructure to support

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University

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AC 2011-19: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT COMPETITIVE AC-TIVITIES AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSETDonald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University Donald Reimer is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Engineering and Director of Entrepreneurial Pro- grams, College of Engineering, at Lawrence Technological University. He teaches Corporate Entrepreneur- ship for Engineers and Structured Approaches to Innovation in the Lear Entrepreneurial Program. Mr. Reimer is the faculty advisor for the Lawrence Tech Chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organi- zation. He serves as a Kern Fellow in the Kern Entrepreneurial Education Network. Mr. Reimer also serves as the Program Director for the Coleman Foundation Faculty

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Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC

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AC 2011-2417: ASSESSING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET WITHINENGINEERING PROGRAMSCynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Sr. Lecturer of Computer Science, Assistant Dean of the School of Engineering & Computer ScienceDavid Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC David Pistrui, Ph.D., serves as the Managing Director of Acumen Dynamics, LLC, a strategy-based edu- cation, training, and research firm that focuses on practical knowledge and skills that help organizations align vision and strategy with execution and performance. Working as an independent scholar, thought leader and advisor to corporations, family foundations, academic institutions, government agencies and global think tanks Dr. Pistrui’s activities include strategy

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Carol Reeves, University of Arkansas

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AC 2011-1232: INTERDISCIPLINARY STEM-BUSINESS GRADUATE CER-TIFICATE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMKen Vickers, University of Arkansas Ken Vickers is a Research Professor in Physics at the University of Arkansas, and has served as Director of the interdisciplinary Microelectronics-Photonics Graduate Program since its creation in April 1998. He worked for Texas Instruments from 1977 through March 1998 in integrated circuit fabrication engineering, the last seven years as Engineering Manager of the TI Sherman IC Wafer Fab. Professor Vickers’ technical accomplishments before leaving TI included chairmanship of the Sherman Site Technical Council for six years, election to Senior Member Technical Staff, chairmanship of two