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Session Description

What is innovation? Entrepreneurship? How are innovative people different? What competencies are required? How can these be developed and assessed? This session will share key perspectives on such questions!

Moderated by

1. Dr. Michael J. Dyrenfurth

Papers Presented

1. Creative Go-Getters: Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Activities in Engineering Undergraduates [view paper]
   Dr. Sarah E. Zappe (Pennsylvania State University, University Park)
2. The Traditional Engineer vs. the Innovative Engineeer [view paper]
   Dr. Daniel Michael Ferguson (Purdue University, West Lafayette), Dr. Senay Purzer (Purdue University, West Lafayette), Dr. Matthew W. Ohland (Purdue University and Central Queensland University), and Dr. Kathryn Jablokow (Pennsylvania State University)
3. The Innovation Competencies - Implications for Educating the Engineer of the Future [view paper]
   Prof. William A. Kline (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) and Mr. William D. Schindel (ICTT System Sciences)
4. Quantitative Assessment of All-Class Project-based Undergraduate Course on Graduates Career [view paper]
   Dr. Emil H. Salib (James Madison University) and Mr. Eric Vincent Walisko (James Madison University)
5. Measuring Innovative Thinking Skills in Innovation Challenge Activities [view paper]
   Dr. Catherine T. Amelink (Virginia Tech), Mrs. Christina Seimetz Wade (Virginia Tech), Dr. Bevlee A. Watford (Virginia Tech), Mr. Joseph Ariel Cuadrado-Medina (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Mr. Juan Carlos Folgar-Lopez (Affiliation unknown), and Dr. Stephanie Nicole Lewis (Virginia Tech)
6. Developing Cognitive Innovation Skills through a Problem Solving Approach in Science and Technology to Develop Solution Entrepreneurs [view paper]
   Dr. James L. Barnes (James Madison University), Dr. Susan Kubic Barnes (James Madison University), and Dr. Michael J. Dyrenfurth (Purdue University, West Lafayette)