CLINICAL MODEL TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO ENGINEERS Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028 http://users.rowan.edu/~marchese Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education for Scientists and Engineers Stanford University, October 27, 2004 K. Mark Weaver Anthony J. Marchese ROW AN U N IV ERSITY
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CLINICAL MODEL TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO ENGINEERS
Rowan University201 Mullica Hill Rd.
Glassboro, NJ 08028
http://users.rowan.edu/~marchese
Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education for Scientists and Engineers
Stanford University, October 27, 2004
K. Mark WeaverAnthony J. Marchese
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Rowan University’s Project Based Learning Initiative
The Engineering Clinic Sequence
The Undergraduate Venture Capital Fund
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Technology Entrepreneurship Concentration
The No-Prerequisites Policy for all Entrepreneurship Courses
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Gen Ed Course
Summary and Discussion
CLINICAL MODEL TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO ENGINEERS
OVERVIEW
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Located in Glassboro, NJ. Founded in 1923
University renamed in honor of Henry Rowan after $100 million gift in 1992 to create the College of Engineering
Engineering program started in 1996
Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate program started with NCIIA grant in 2003
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship started in 2002
History of the University
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Accredited engineering (CEE, ChE, ECE, ME) and business programs.
High-quality undergraduate engineering programs3rd Ranked Chemical Engineering program
11th Ranked Mechanical Engineering program
Award-winning, project-based curriculum
Multidisciplinary Masters program
Highly competitive graduatesGraduate study at Princeton, Stanford, Cal Tech, Berkeley, Illinois, Penn, etc.
External funding Factor of 10 increase in research funding since 1995
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THE ENGINEERING CLINIC
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JuniorSenior
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All 32 engineering faculty supervise a clinic team(s).
Junior/Senior clinic is the only course offered in the engineering building on Tues./Thurs. 12:30-3:30.
All students must complete 4 semesters of clinic.
All students must work at least 1 semester for a professor outside their discipline.
Students are “hired” onto their clinic team each semester in a job fair environment.
Projects are sponsored by local industry (SONY, Boeing, ExxonMobil, smaller companies), faculty research grants (NASA, NSF, NJDOT), or by the RUVCF
All projects must show design, build, analyze and test.
Project-based learning model has served as a model for entire university, resulting in an adjusted workload model.
FOUR SEMESTER MULTIDISCIPLINARY “CAPSTONE DESIGN”
JUNIOR/SENIOR ENGINEERING CLINIC
The Clinic Culture:
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The Rowan Undergraduate Venture Capital Fund has been initiated by a series of grants from the NCIIA and private donors.
Funding of up to $2500 per team is awarded to student E-Teams based on a competitive proposal process.
Examples of UVCF rapid product development projects sponsored to date from 1998-2004 include:
Engineered Bed for Autistic Children
ClutchKnobs: Guitar Tuning Device
ChemoTemp
SnoRhinoTM
The Helping Hand
Drill Bite
DigiTails
Eyezon
THE UNDERGRADUATE VENTURE CAPITAL
FUNDPROMOTES DEVELOPMENT OF ORIGINAL STUDENT
PRODUCT IDEAS
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Ideas Local Companies
Funded Research
SimulationIntellectual Property
Rejects
Feasibility Studies/Prototypes
The Engineering Clinic
Rapid Prototyping
Business Development
Technology Enterprise
Licensing
E-commerce
Market Studies
Venture Capital
Business Planning
Master’s Thesis
Training
Modeling
J. Q. Public
Faculty
Students
R.A.P.I.D.
FROM IDEA…TO PROTOTYPE…TO PROFITABLE
ENTERPRISE
UNIVERSITY STARTUP ENTERPRISES
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Ideas Local Companies
Funded Research
SimulationIntellectual Property
Rejects
Feasibility Studies/Prototypes
The Engineering Clinic
Rapid Prototyping
Business Development
Technology Enterprise
Licensing
E-commerce
Market Studies
Venture Capital
Business Planning
Master’s Thesis
Training
Modeling
J. Q. Public
Faculty
Students
R.A.P.I.D.
Excellent
Fair
Poor
FROM IDEA…TO PROTOTYPE…TO PROFITABLE
ENTERPRISE
UNIVERSITY STARTUP ENTERPRISES
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Hired endowed Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies in 2002.
Created the Rowan Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2002.
Created Entrepreneurship Concentration in 2003
Received NCIIA Grant to start a Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate program in 2003
Created a Student Venture Fund for the College of Business
Hired a second entrepreneurship faculty member in 2004
Approved as NCIIA I2V site for 2004
Approved for an NCIIA pilot of I2V-2 Boot Camp Project for 2005
COORDINATED EFFORTS OF BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING COLLEGES
CAMPUS FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CONCENTRATION
Engineering Majors
Junior Engineering
Clinic I
Junior Engineering
Clinic II
Senior Engineering
Elective
Senior Elective
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Junior Business Elective
Junior Business Elective
Senior Business Elective
Senior Business Elective
Junior Fall
Junior Spring
Senior Fall
Senior Spring
Technology Entrepreneurship
Concentration
New Venture
Development
UVCF Clinic Project
-Design for X- Product Design
- Sustainable Design
Finance and Legal Issues
Management Consulting
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Success of the project based learning model in engineering has resulted in a campus-wide emphasis on project-based learning.
This spring a new elective entitled Entrepreneurship and Innovation (E&I) is being approved as a social and behavioral science general elective.
Designation of an entrepreneurship course as a Gen Ed course is a major milestone since core curricula at most institutions avoid “professional” courses in favor of “liberal arts” courses.
Traditional Gen Ed courses often serve as introductory courses for liberal arts majors and are less likely to assimilate ideas across disciplines.
Core concepts of entrepreneurial thinking are consistent with the purpose of general education and therefore belong in the core curriculum model.
Entrepreneurship adds a new dimension to general education by emphasizing integrative learning and fills a gap defined by leaders who seek to reinvigorate general and liberal education.
Reframing Entrepreneurship for General Education Audiences
Identifying the Multiple Entrepreneurial Domains
Emphasis on “Opportunity” Thinking
Links to Problem Solving and Strategies
E & I GEN ED COURSE
Integration of Creativity Learning Models
Discussion of Entrepreneurial Careers from start-up to social entrepreneurs
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To encourage campus-wide participation in the Entrepreneurship program, the University has developed a “no course prerequisites” (NCP) policy for all entrepreneurship courses.
The NCP policy was proposed as a part of a new entrepreneurship specialization that includes 9 undergraduate and 3 graduate courses.
The NCP policy was the result of the vision of the founder of the program, the support of the Provost, and active involvement of two Deans in the process.
Five key elements influencing this policy include:
1) Prior difficulties with the “by permission of instructor” approach
2) Successful Entrepreneurial Boot Camp for non-business faculty
3) Development of an interdisciplinary, project based learning proposal
4) Creation of the Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
5) Development of new undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs
The “No Course Prerequisites” Policy for Entrepreneurship Courses
CAMPUS FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Core Beliefs for Adopting a NCP Policy
Entrepreneurship is an opportunity mentality
All disciplines benefit from expose to entrepreneurial mindset
Waiver of prerequisites is based on using project teams
We do not all need to be the same!!
Learning is an additive not just duplicative process
NO COURSE PREREQUISITES POLICY
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ABET EC 2000 enables development of bold, risky curricula (as long as you define and measure outcomes).
Integration between College of Engineering, Business and CIE is key to successful product realization and opportunity analysis
The Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate formalizes the process for business and engineering students
Project-based learning and entrepreneurship are catching on as a campus wide initiative
New faculty workload models
12 new entrepreneurship courses approved
Entrepreneurship Gen Ed course
No prerequisites for entrepreneurship courses
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSCLINICAL MODEL TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO
ENGINEERS
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FROM IDEA…TO PROTOTYPE…TO PROFITABLE
ENTERPRISE
UNIVERSITY STARTUP ENTERPRISES
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The Undergraduate Venture Capital Fund has been supported by a series of grants from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and the Rowan Family Foundation. The Technology Entrepreneurship Concentration was also supported by NCIIA. Product development resources have been supported in part by NSF under the grants DUE-9751651 and DUE-9850563.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Northern New Jersey is home to 3000 more high-tech firms than Silicon Valley…
…but, the economic climate in Southern New Jersey is quite different.
Regional need for Rowan University to be an economic engine for southern New Jersey
Since 2000, the College of Engineering has graduated over 400 engineers
Reality: By 2003, despite our focus on entrepreneurship, a grand total of 3 students had started their own companies upon graduation.
NJ High-Tech Corridor
“EDUCATING STUDENTS NOT JUST FOR A JOB BUT TO CREATE JOBS”
CAMPUS FOCUS ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
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Established in 2003
Coleman Foundation Grant for Entrepreneurial Boot Camp for non-Business faculty
Created Entrepreneurs Forum for Southern New Jersey
Approval for Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Approved as NCIIA I2V site for 2004
Received NJ Smart Growth funding for 3 community economic development studies
Participating in EPA grant with Engineering and Liberal Arts
Created MOA with regional economic development councils
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CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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January 2000. Gov. Whitman announced a plan to build a Technology Center in Southern New Jersey.
June 2001. Rowan awarded $6 M by NJEDA to build the South Jersey Technology Park.
Dec. 2002. Master plan developed, 501(c)3 corporation initiated, Board of Directors selected.
June 2003. Master plan complete for 200 acre, 1.5 Million SF Tech Park.
Fall 2004. Ground breaking for first Tech Park building, the 45,000 SF “Innovation Center”.