2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Mr. Jacob Dean Wheadon Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   Jacob Wheadon is a PhD candidate in engineering education at Purdue University. His current research focuses on understanding the benefits of entrepreneurship education for engineering students. He has a BS degree in manufacturing engineering technology and an MS degree in technology and engineering education from Brigham Young University. Before pursuing graduate studies, he worked as an industrial engineer and earned the Six Sigma Black Belt from the American Society for Quality.

2. Dr. Nathalie Duval-Couetil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0260-0208 Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   Nathalie Duval-Couetil is the Director of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University. She is responsible for the launch and development of the university’s multidisciplinary undergraduate entrepreneurship program, which has involved over 5000 students from all majors since 2005. She has established entrepreneurship capstone, global entrepreneurship, and women and leadership courses and initiatives at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to her work in academia, Nathalie spent several years in the field of market research and business strategy consulting in Europe and the United States with Booz Allen and Hamilton and Data and Strategies Group. She received a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an MBA from Babson College, and MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University. She currently serves on the board of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship in the role of Vice President for Research. She is also a Senior Research Advisor to the Stanford University Epicenter.

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