Mfschar (Talk | contribs)
== Research Question 3 - Curriculum Development ==
[[Image:E14BikeLab.jog|right|250px]]'''How can fundamental engineering curricula be reframed to stimulate integrative thinking, especially entrepreneurial thinking?'''
[[Image:Bike.jpg|right|250px]]'''How can fundamental engineering curricula be reframed to stimulate integrative thinking, especially entrepreneurial thinking?'''
In this research, the unit of analysis is the technical engineering classroom (inclusive of faculty, students, and curricula), and the focus is on the process of entrepreneurship learning in the context of a statics course. This work draws from Kolb's learning theory and studies of scenario-based learning experiences. This research has resulted in an award-winning conference paper (see Schar et al. at http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/20/papers/6565/view).
The DEL's research on entrepreneurship in engineering is conducted with support from the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation, or Epicenter. Epicenter is funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant No. 1125457) and directed by Stanford University and VentureWell (formerly the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance). Epicenter's mission is to empower U.S. undergraduate engineering students to bring their ideas to life for the benefit of our economy and society.
Stanford University Professors Sheri Sheppard, Tom Byers, and Kathy Eisenhardt are the Principal Investigators of the Epicenter initiative.
1.1 Here is a summary of our three core questions:
2 Research Question 1 - Program Models
3 Research Question 2 - Student Interest
4 Research Question 3 - Curriculum Development
Research Question 1 - Program Models
What are current models of educating engineers for entrepreneurship/entrepreneurial thinking?
In this research, the unit of analysis is the entrepreneurship program, and the focus is on programmatic contexts for entrepreneurship learning. This mixed-methods research builds on the work of Standish-Kuon and Rice (2002), Shartrand et al. (2010), Besterfield-Sacre et al. (2011), and Duval-Couetil, Shartrand, and Reed (forthcoming).
See here for our Technical Brief on the findings of RQ1: http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resource/us-based-entrepreneurship-programs-for-undergraduate-engineers.
See here for a link to our recent presentation on RQ1 at the OPEN 2014 conference in San Jose, CA: http://www.slideshare.net/EpicenterUSA/epienter-research-session-open-2014
Research Question 2 - Student Interest
Research Question 3 - Curriculum Development
Initially tested at Stanford, the SBL techniques in this research are currently being rolled out and tested at Univ. of Wisconsin (Madison) and UC-Merced.
. Helen Chen
. Emanuel Costache
SageFox Consulting
. Carolyn Estrada
. Michelle Grau
Nueva School
. Qu Jin
. Angela Harris
. Mark Schar
. George Toye
. Autumn Turpin
. Ari Turrentine