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Opportunities For International Studies: Öresund University - A Regional University, Bengt Streijffert Apr 2003

Opportunities For International Studies: Öresund University - A Regional University, Bengt Streijffert

Enhancement of the Global Perspective for Engineering Students by Providing an International Experience

The Öresund Region: Eastern Denmark and southernmost Sweden constitute the Öresund Region (Öresund). It is an official "EU Crossborder Region" and has special EU grants. It has about 3. 5 million inhabitants and is the most densely populated area in Scandinavia. In the year 2000 a bridge was opened across the sound that separates Denmark and Sweden. This event is often regarded as the starting point for the crossborder region. It is a high-tech region with a number of successful companies ranging from small startups to large international companies. There are eleven research hospitals and seven science parks, some of …


New Perspectives On Teaching Computer Science In Europe, Mário João Atunes, João Cunha, Jorge Bernardino, Frank Heubach, Mark Kirby, Hugh Osborne, Dominique Laurent, Jari-Pekka Paalassalo Apr 2003

New Perspectives On Teaching Computer Science In Europe, Mário João Atunes, João Cunha, Jorge Bernardino, Frank Heubach, Mark Kirby, Hugh Osborne, Dominique Laurent, Jari-Pekka Paalassalo

Enhancement of the Global Perspective for Engineering Students by Providing an International Experience

No abstract provided.


Developing Global Perspectives For Engineering Students: A North American View , Axel Meisen Apr 2003

Developing Global Perspectives For Engineering Students: A North American View , Axel Meisen

Enhancement of the Global Perspective for Engineering Students by Providing an International Experience

No abstract provided.


Lawrence Technological University - Global Engineering Education Program, Steven Howell, George Schneider Apr 2003

Lawrence Technological University - Global Engineering Education Program, Steven Howell, George Schneider

Enhancement of the Global Perspective for Engineering Students by Providing an International Experience

No abstract provided.


Preparation Of Us Engineering Students For International Practice, Russel C. Jones Apr 2003

Preparation Of Us Engineering Students For International Practice, Russel C. Jones

Enhancement of the Global Perspective for Engineering Students by Providing an International Experience

There are many driving forces for the preparation of engineering students for international practice. Engineers must design and develop products for multinational markets. Materials and components must be sought worldwide to be competitive. Engineers may practice directly in foreign countries for part of a career. Multinational company engineers must work with international teams. Several basic elements are needed to prepare engineers for international practice: foreign language proficiency, cultural background development, international business knowledge, and international technical knowledge. Further detailed descriptions of what is needed are provided by the Institute for International Education and the US Foreign Service Officer Program. Some …


Mediterranean Engineering Schools' Network (Rmei), Zile Soilihi Apr 2003

Mediterranean Engineering Schools' Network (Rmei), Zile Soilihi

Enhancement of the Global Perspective for Engineering Students by Providing an International Experience

No abstract provided.


Global Engineering Education Through Joint Degree Programs, Ali Asghar Mirarefi Apr 2003

Global Engineering Education Through Joint Degree Programs, Ali Asghar Mirarefi

Enhancement of the Global Perspective for Engineering Students by Providing an International Experience

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Abet Criteria In Creating The Entrepreneurial Engineer, George Peterson Jan 2003

The Role Of Abet Criteria In Creating The Entrepreneurial Engineer, George Peterson

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Reaching Out To Entrepreneurial Engineers, Robert Crockett Jan 2003

Reaching Out To Entrepreneurial Engineers, Robert Crockett

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Developing An Entrepreneurial Culture For Faculty, Researchers, And Students, Abigail Barrow Jan 2003

Developing An Entrepreneurial Culture For Faculty, Researchers, And Students, Abigail Barrow

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

The Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego has created a new center to support the commercialization of technology developed within the school as well as to educate engineering students in entrepreneurism ñ the culture of entrepreneurial environments. It is hoped that this experimental center will become a model for research universities wanting to successfully commercialize research and develop an entrepreneurial culture for faculty, researchers and students. The von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement has three distinct functions within the Jacobs School of Engineering: 1. The von Liebig Center staff serve to advise and …


Creating An Entrepreneurial Culture At A Startup Engineering Program, Anthony J. Marchese, John L. Schmalzel, John C. Chen, K. Mark Weaver Jan 2003

Creating An Entrepreneurial Culture At A Startup Engineering Program, Anthony J. Marchese, John L. Schmalzel, John C. Chen, K. Mark Weaver

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

In 1992, the College of Engineering at Rowan University was created as the direct result of a $100 million gift from entrepreneur Henry M. Rowan. Mr. Rowan’s requirements were that the gift be used to create a high-quality, public undergraduate engineering institution and to impact the economic development of southern New Jersey, a region which has historically lagged behind northern New Jersey. Having started with a clean curriculum slate during a period of national change in engineering curricula in response to ABET 2000, we had the opportunity to infuse an entrepreneurial culture into our engineering program from its inception. Specifically, …


Bridge Ventures, Rock L. Clapper Jan 2003

Bridge Ventures, Rock L. Clapper

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Experience With An Entrepreneurship Minor For Engineering Students, Mcrae C. Banks Jan 2003

Experience With An Entrepreneurship Minor For Engineering Students, Mcrae C. Banks

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

In 1996 WPI developed an interdisciplinary minor in entrepreneurship aimed at engineering and science majors. This presentation will explain how that came about and how it has morphed over time in content and structure while remaining focused (and becoming more so) on its target audience. Despite its relative longevity the minor has met with limited success. The reasons behind that will be discussed as they are instructive for other schools planning such a program. Also discussed will be how all this has spawned other initiatives that have broadened the reach of the entrepreneurship program.


Teaching New Ventures Creation To Engineers And Computer Scientists, Edwin R. Addison Jan 2003

Teaching New Ventures Creation To Engineers And Computer Scientists, Edwin R. Addison

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

This presentation will overview the experiences of teaching a course called 'New Technical Ventures' to engineers and computer scientists at The Johns Hopkins University over the past several years. The course is aimed at engineers with no prior business courses and who have aspirations of starting or joining an early stage high tech venture. It is based in part on the author's book 'Leveraging the Horizon' to be published in early 2003 by Executive Excellence. The course has been offered both in the classroom and as an online course. The course covers the traits of the entrepreneur, innovation, selecting and …


Lessons In Interdisciplinary Collaboration: The Caltech Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program, Renee Rottner, Kenneth Pickar Jan 2003

Lessons In Interdisciplinary Collaboration: The Caltech Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program, Renee Rottner, Kenneth Pickar

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Mississippi State University Engineering Entrepreneurship Program, Robert P. Taylor Jan 2003

Mississippi State University Engineering Entrepreneurship Program, Robert P. Taylor

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Foreword, The Editors Jan 2003

Foreword, The Editors

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Entrepreneurship And Engineering Education: The Multidimensional Approaches Of Rose-Hulman Institute Of Technology, Thomas W. Mason, Arthur Western Jan 2003

Entrepreneurship And Engineering Education: The Multidimensional Approaches Of Rose-Hulman Institute Of Technology, Thomas W. Mason, Arthur Western

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs are not so different from those of successful engineers. Intelligence, creativity, risk management, tolerance of uncertainty and persistence in achieving an inner directed goal are associated with entrepreneurship, but they are characteristics of anyone, like engineers, who bring about innovation. Educating young people to embrace entrepreneurial traits and behaviors will also help to prepare them for productive careers as leaders in the engineering profession. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requirements have recognized that the 21st Century engineer needs both breadth and depth to be prepared for the complexities of the modern technological workplace and …


Recapturing And Conveying The Excitement Of Engineering Through Practice, Innovation And Integration, Marshall M. Lih Jan 2003

Recapturing And Conveying The Excitement Of Engineering Through Practice, Innovation And Integration, Marshall M. Lih

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


International Entrepreneurship Education, Russel C. Jones, Bethany S. Oberst Jan 2003

International Entrepreneurship Education, Russel C. Jones, Bethany S. Oberst

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

Entrepreneurship for engineering students must be taught within the global context. Lacking that, graduates will be ill prepared to be internationally competitive. Any engineering graduate who does not scour the earth for new ideas, developments and designs is not competitive. And any engineer who does not look at the total world marketplace for sale of products is limiting potential success. This paper will outline what every entrepreneurially minded student should have in the way of competencies, attitudes, communication strategies, cultural understandings, business mores, multinational corporate logistics, and macroeconomics understandings. It will outline cultural soft skills needed, as well as hard-nosed …


Appendix B: Conference Program, The Editors Jan 2003

Appendix B: Conference Program, The Editors

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Pairgain: The Copperoptics Company, Howard Flagg Jan 2003

Pairgain: The Copperoptics Company, Howard Flagg

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Appendix A: List Of Participants, The Editors Jan 2003

Appendix A: List Of Participants, The Editors

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Kauffman Collegiate Entrepreneurship Network, Margaret Kenefake Jan 2003

Kauffman Collegiate Entrepreneurship Network, Margaret Kenefake

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


What Is The Culture At The University That Fosters A Spirit Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship?, William M. Leonard, Carl Lundgren, Robert Merrill Jan 2003

What Is The Culture At The University That Fosters A Spirit Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship?, William M. Leonard, Carl Lundgren, Robert Merrill

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

The culture in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Mechanical Engineering Technology department is one of long standing innovation and entrepreneurship. Our ‘Idea Factory’ starts in our freshmen seminar where the students are required to generate, investigate, and develop ideas. In later courses they refine and focus their designs up to and including developing prototypes. We are developing a ‘technology shelf’ that allows us to produce products that have evolved from engineering models and alternate process production runs to hard tooling and packaged products that have gone through all the rigors of the production process. It is not just about creating a …


Attributes Of Entrepreneurs: Personality Versus Perspective, Caron H. St. John Jan 2003

Attributes Of Entrepreneurs: Personality Versus Perspective, Caron H. St. John

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

This presentation will address the general conference topic: what are the attributes of successful entrepreneurs? The presentation will begin with a brief history of the term - Entrepreneur, including its evolution from a descriptor of farmers in the 1800s who faced price-uncertainty when planting crops each season -- to the 20th century definition of an entrepreneur as the instigator of the creative destruction that brings about fundamental industry change. The presentation will briefly review the large body of research that has investigated entrepreneurial personalities -- and conclude with the key point that successful entrepreneurs and successful managers do not differ …


Importance Of Entrepreneurs To The U.S. Economy, Joseph Bordogna Jan 2003

Importance Of Entrepreneurs To The U.S. Economy, Joseph Bordogna

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Examples Of Initiatives To Engender An Entrepreneurial Culture In The Faculty Of Engineering At The University Of Sydney, Judy Raper Jan 2003

Examples Of Initiatives To Engender An Entrepreneurial Culture In The Faculty Of Engineering At The University Of Sydney, Judy Raper

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


To Sell A Better Mousetrap, David Bodde Jan 2003

To Sell A Better Mousetrap, David Bodde

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

No abstract provided.


Moving Students With Entrepreneurial Mindsets To Being Technology Entrepreneurs, Elizabeth C. Kisenwether Jan 2003

Moving Students With Entrepreneurial Mindsets To Being Technology Entrepreneurs, Elizabeth C. Kisenwether

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students

There is general agreement that entrepreneurial thinking and attitudes can be learned and fostered. But how do colleges and universities really prepare students for the challenges of being a bootstrap startup entrepreneur, or being a product innovator in an existing company? Guiding this shift from entrepreneurial thinking-to-doing is the ultimate value of any entrepreneurship program. This presentation summarizes Penn State’s approach to moving entrepreneurial minds from the classroom to the business world in an Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor. First, sophomore and junior year students interested in technology entrepreneurship are actively recruited from the colleges of business, engineering and school of IST …