REU Site: Engineering Entrepreneurship Education (E3) - A Multidisciplinary, Entrepreneurial Research Experience for Undergraduates

REU 网站：工程创业教育 (E3) - 为本科生提供多学科的创业研究体验

• 批准号: 1560072
• 负责人: Daniel Burkey
• 金额: $ 32.48万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560072&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Education

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Connecticut entitled, Engineering Entrepreneurship Education (E3)-A Multidisciplinary, Entrepreneurial Research Experience for Undergraduates, will create novel research experiences for a talented and diverse group of undergraduate students from traditionally underrepresented populations, with limited access to STEM research opportunities. The National Academy of Engineering reports that entrepreneurship is one of the most critical skills to be taught to engineering undergraduates. The proposed REU addresses this need by giving students the opportunity to work on research projects with commercial potential while simultaneously introducing them to challenges associated with bringing new technologies to market. The program offers entrepreneurship, communication, idea generation, salesmanship, and creativity opportunities to encourage students to pursue their own creative and entrepreneurial endeavors in the future. Students with this experience can serve as force multipliers, encouraging and engaging other students or individuals to also engage in creative and entrepreneurial enterprises developing the entrepreneurial mindset necessary to support a vibrant, technology-based economy. To extend the benefits of entrepreneurial engineering training to disadvantaged populations, the site has established a recruitment partnership with Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) to meet ambitious goals for minority participation. Opening avenues to minority students to achieve entrepreneurial competence will translate to greater economic opportunities within their home institutions.Over a three year period, this REU Site program will engage undergraduate students in a 10-week intensive, summer research experience focused on projects identified as having a high potential for translation to commercial projects and which encourage cross-disciplinary discussions and stimulate creativity. The research program will be complemented by a formal engineering entrepreneurship program that will focus on the creative process, idea generation, prototyping, and the realities of starting a business. Students will develop communication skills through required presentations to the REU cohort, their faculty mentors, and entrepreneurs. This REU program translates the model used by a successful graduate course in entrepreneurship at the University of Connecticut to a context appropriate for undergraduates.

康涅狄格大学本科生研究体验（REU）网站题为“工程创业教育(E3)-本科生多学科创业研究体验”，将为来自传统上代表性不足的人群的有才华和多样化的本科生群体创造新颖的研究体验，这些学生获得STEM研究机会的机会有限。美国国家工程院报告称，创业精神是工科本科生应掌握的最关键技能之一。拟议中的REU通过让学生有机会从事具有商业潜力的研究项目来满足这一需求，同时向他们介绍将新技术推向市场的挑战。该项目提供创业、沟通、创意、销售和创造机会，鼓励学生在未来追求自己的创意和创业努力。有这种经验的学生可以成为力量倍增器，鼓励和吸引其他学生或个人也参与创造性和创业企业，培养创业心态，以支持充满活力的技术型经济。为了将创业工程培训的好处扩展到弱势群体，该网站与康涅狄格州立大学（CSCU）建立了招聘伙伴关系，以实现少数族裔参与的宏伟目标。向少数族裔学生开放实现创业能力的途径，将转化为他们在本国院校获得更大的经济机会。在三年的时间里，这个REU网站项目将吸引本科生进行为期10周的密集的夏季研究经验，重点研究被确定为具有很高潜力的商业项目，并鼓励跨学科讨论和激发创造力。该研究项目将由一个正式的工程创业项目补充，该项目将侧重于创新过程、创意产生、原型设计和创业的现实。学生将通过向REU学生、他们的导师和企业家进行必要的演讲来发展沟通技巧。这个REU项目将康涅狄格大学成功的研究生创业课程所使用的模式转化为适合本科生的背景。