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Teaching Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Engineering *
Author(s) -
Wang Eric L.,
Kleppe John A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2001.tb00640.x
Subject(s) - capstone , entrepreneurship , curriculum , capstone course , product (mathematics) , class (philosophy) , engineering , liability , new product development , venture capital , engineering management , business , management , marketing , pedagogy , sociology , computer science , economics , mathematics , accounting , geometry , finance , algorithm , artificial intelligence
A special capstone course for senior electrical and mechanical engineering students has been developed at the University of Nevada, Reno. The class also includes MBA students from the College of Business Administration. All phases of new product development including innovation, patent law, product liability, business, sales, marketing and venture capital are covered. This paper presents a brief description of the course and the assessment results. The assessment results indicate that the learning objectives are being met and that students strongly feel that invention and entrepreneurship should be part of the engineering curriculum.