Integration of Entrepreneurship-TEAM concept into design classes

Author

Niku, Screed B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., California Polytech. State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

10-13 Nov. 1999

Abstract

With funding from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and the Lemelson Foundation, Entrepreneurship-Teams (E-Teams) were integrated into the Philosophy of Design course at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. In this product design and creativity course, where design process, design consideration, and creativity is taught the addition of E-Teams has created an environment of real world product design. Students are required to design and prototype a new product with commercial potential or social value. 18 teams were formed in Winter Quarter ´98, and 18 products were developed. This paper reports on the results and recommendation on future activities.

Keywords

design engineering; engineering education; product development; Cal Poly; Entrepreneurship-TEAM concept; Lemelson Foundation; National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Philosophy of Design course; San Luis Obispo; commercial potential product; creativity course; design classes; design consideration; design process; product design; social value product; Companies; Innovation management; Mechanical engineering; Problem-solving; Process design; Product design; Proposals; Prototypes; Safety; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual

Conference_Location

San Juan, Puerto Rico

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5643-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1999.839116

Filename

839116