National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance
Here are the papers accepted for publication in the annual meeting proceedings. They run the gamut from E-Team development to the teaching of sustainability and entrepreneurship to innovative industrial design curricula. Click on each link to download a PDF.
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- Colin O. Benjamin, School of Business & Industry, Florida A&M University, Evan Anderson, Department of Industrial Engineering, FAMU/FSU College of Engineering, Deliena Stone, School of Business & Industry, Florida A&M University, Emerson Naylor, School of Business & Industry, Florida A&M University, Rose Glee, Office of Technology Transfer & Technology Commercialization, Florida A&M University, Facilitating Intra-Team Collaboration in Multi-Disciplinary Product Development E-Teams (presented on Friday in 2B3)
- Jeff Brown, Amanda Barton, and Rachel Rees, Hope College, Improving Drinking Water Quality for Rural Communities in Africa: A Pedagogy for Empowerment (Thurs 2C2)
- Wayne Chung, Carnegie Mellon University, Documenting Design Projects to Enhance Future Student Learning Experiences: Open Project Database in Industrial Design Studio (Fri 1C2)
- Nancy I. Clement, Purdue University Robert M. Lang Jr., Mary Elizabeth & Gordon B. Mannweiler Foundation, Inc., Low-profit Limited Liability Company (L3C) A New Tool for Implementing University Research via Social Entrepreneurs (Thurs 3D1)
- Howard Davis and Denny Davis, Washington State University, Technology Entrepreneurship Education at WSU (Fri 1B3)
- Henry D. Delcore, California State University, Fresno, Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University, Leslie E. Speer, San Jose State University, Using Social Science to Unlock the Pan-Human Capacity for Innovation (Fri 3B)
- Thomas N. Duening, Arizona State University, Enterprise Systems Innovation & Management (ESIM): A New Engineering Masters Program (Sat 2C3)
- Ronald W. Bucinell and Harold O. Fried, Union College, Engineering - Liberal Arts Entrepreneurship Seminar (Fri 1B1)
- H. Robert Gustafson, Jr., Gregory L. Tonkay, Emory W. Zimmers, Jr., Dale F. Falcinelli, and Doug Sunday, Lehigh University, Curricula Model and Pedagogy: An Institute for Academic and Experiential Leadership (Thurs 1D1)
- Brent D. Hales, University of Southern Mississippi, Bill Crawford, The Montgomery Institute, Scott Alsobrooks, Pearl River Community College, Engaging Entrepreneurs: The Role of Universities, Community Colleges, and Non-Profit Agencies in Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship (Thurs 3D3)
- Cal Halliburton, Halliburton Associates, A Brief Overview of TRIZ for College Classrooms (Sat 1C)
- Nathan Harter, Purdue University, Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Senior Course in Technological Innovation & Design (Fri 2B2)
- Rebecca Damron and Karen High, Oklahoma State University, Innovation Experiences for Freshman Engineering Entrepreneurs (Thurs 3B3)
- Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University, Is it Obvious or Not? (Thurs 2B2)
- Elizabeth Kisenwether, The Pennsylvania State University, Product Ideation Activity Based on Voice/Word Recognition Technology (Thurs 2A)
- David Klein and Ken Phillips, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Teaching Sustainability in an Industrial Design Curriculum (Fri 3E2)
- Norris F. Krueger, Entrepreneurship Northwest, Brian A. Cummings, University of Utah, Steven P. Nichols, University of Texas, From Bureaucratic Tech Transfer to Entrepreneurial Tech Commercialization (Thurs 2E2)
- Margo Lukens, University of Maine, Innovation Engineering®: An Interdisciplinary Program for Students in Every Field (Fri 1B2)
- Khanjan Mehta, Ladislaus Semali, Audrey Maretzki, Jill Findeis, Gretchen Kuldau, and Katelyn Willyerd, The Pennsylvania State University, Cell Phones and Social Networks: Defining New Opportunities and Discovering Champions for Entrepreneurial Ventures in Developing Communities (Fri 2D3)
- Khanjan Mehta, Nicole Laliberte, Aaron Fleishman, Julia Wittig, Lee Ann De Reus and Lorraine Dowler, The Pennsylvania State University, Multidisciplinary Social Entrepreneurship Education Model: If Capitalism, Socialism and Feminism in Concert Strive, will Social Entrepreneurship Thrive? (Thurs 3D2)
- Lupita D. Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Ursula Harman, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sustainable Vision and the Affordable Ecological Home for the Andes in Peru (Thurs 2C1)
- Paul. A. Nelson and Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University, Failure and Success Experiences in Commercializing Student Inventions (Thurs 2E1)
- Jonathan Schull, Xanthe Matychak, and Jacob Noel-Storr, Rochester Institute of Technology, Teaching and Learning Innovation and Invention (Fri 1E2)
- Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University, Engaging Alumni in Engineering Entrepreneurship: The Harold Frank Institute (Thurs 3B1)
- William J. Riffe, Andrew S. Borchers, and Arthur DeMonte, Kettering University, Entrepreneurship Education in Forty Hours—You Can Do It! (Thurs 3B2)
- Francisco Ruiz, Illinois Institute of Technology, Apprenticeship at the IIT Invention Center: Learning Engineering as Art (Sat 2A)
- Paul Skaggs, Richard Fry, and Bryan Howell, Brigham Young University, Thinking About Design Thinking (Fri 1C3)
- Mitzi R. Vernon, Virginia Tech, Growing Up Through Entrepreneurship: Case Studies of Student Ventures (Fri 3E1)
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