The Enterprise Program: A Vertically Integrated Engineering Technology Curriculum (original) (raw)

CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ECE PROGRAM

2002

We have developed a new Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program at Rowan University. The first class graduated in May 2000. Features include: a continuous Engineering Clinic sequence, a mixture of two-, three-, and four-credit courses, and technology focus electives. Project and laboratory based instruction are employed as a tool for motivating students and to demonstrate the relevancy of material. Multidisciplinary courses provide the opportunity for students in different disciplines to work together. Some of the approaches-and lessons learned-may be of interest to other start-ups and programs considering transformation.

Development and Implementation of a Minor in Enterprise Technology

2013

This paper discusses the process of developing and implementing an academic minor in Enterprise Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Included is a history of UW-Stout computing, the development process including a brief review of relevant literature and the documentation for the approved minor in Enterprise Technology. The paper concludes with a look at the effective use of advisory committees and external stakeholders in program operations and the importance of student centered learning and personal learning strategies.

Tech Prep: Seeding Technology Careers Via Michigan Tech University's Enterprise Program

2005 Annual Conference Proceedings

Since the fall of 2000, Michigan Technology University's undergraduate Enterprise Program (www.enterprise.mtu.edu) concept of cross-disciplinary problem solving and product generation has created active learning environments for undergraduate students across campus. Within the program, teams of students from a broad base of disciplines are provided an opportunity to work for several years in a businesslike setting to solve real-world engineering problems supplied by industry. Through participation in the program, Enterprise students are able to develop not only technical competence, but also an understanding of the practical application of skills and knowledge in areas such as communication, relationships, conflict resolution, leadership, teamwork, global markets and competition, environmental and social issues, ethics, and business. Michigan Tech strongly believes that in order to increase the numbers of minority and female students who select to enroll in technical programs, students must be introduced to engineering and science while they are in elementary and secondary school. For the last 30 years, Michigan Tech's Youth Programs (www.youthprograms.mtu.edu) have provided pre-college students opportunities to explore engineering and science-related fields through intensive summer workshops. In ten years of data tracking, approximately 35% of Youth Programs participants return for admission to the University after participation in the programs.

Composing a new ECE program: the first five years

2001

 We have developed a new Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program at Rowan University. The first class graduated in May 2000. Features include: a continuous Engineering Clinic sequence, a mixture of two-, three-, and four-credit courses, and technology focus electives. Project-based instruction is employed as a tool for motivating students and to demonstrate the relevancy of material. Multidisciplinary courses provide the opportunity for students in different disciplines to work together. Some of the approaches-and lessons learned-may be of interest to other start-ups and programs considering transformation. Index Terms  new programs, curriculum design, projectbased instruction, multidisciplinary design.

Collaborating with Industry to Improve the Role of Business in Engineering

2006

There are currently many pressures on the traditional four-year degree program and many educators and professional societies, including ASME, are starting to examine the viability of the fouryear degree. In the US today many, if not most, new jobs are in small to medium businesses. The engineers in these companies must not only be technically proficient but they must also possess the business sense to ensure the company's success. In addition, growing outsourcing of routine engineering overseas makes it imperative that our graduates be able to develop, coordinate and lead projects globally. It is apparent that we cannot cover all of the topics that are needed in the traditional four-year undergraduate degree. A compromise that covers the fundamentals and some of the advanced topics and integrates business concepts in the curriculum appears to be the best approach for the undergraduate degree. In depth technical knowledge within a discipline (or disciplines) should be achieved at the graduate level.

Developing the enterprise curriculum Building on rock, not sand

2007

Abstract: Entrepreneurship education is the process of providing individuals with the ability to recognize commercial opportunities and the insight, self-esteem, knowledge and skills to act on them. It includes instruction in opportunity recognition, commercializing a concept, marshalling resources in the face of risk and initiating a business venture. It also includes instruction in traditional business disciplines such as management, marketing, information systems and finance.