Educating Engineering Undergraduates to be Industry Innovators and Managers

培养工程本科生成为行业创新者和管理者

• 批准号: 1834137
• 负责人: Tim Dallas
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Texas Tech University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-03-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1834137&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Educating; Engineering; Undergraduates; Industry; Innovators

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, this project will support the success of 24 high-achieving students with demonstrated financial need at Texas Tech University. Throughout its five years, this project will fund three-year scholarships to two groups of twelve students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in electrical and computer engineering. In response to the needs of engineering-focused companies for a diverse, innovative workforce, this project aims to produce graduates with "intrapreneurship" competencies. Intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship require similar competencies and enable development of a new venture, product, or service. However, intrapreneurship focuses on developing innovations within an existing organization. Intrapreneurial skills have been shown to support career progression, as well as improve managerial skills and opportunities. This project aims to help students develop intrapreneurship skills by providing them with resources including scholarships, faculty and industry mentors, workforce development seminars, industrial internships, and entrepreneurship training. The project includes industry partnerships that will provide additional scholarship support, mentorship, and internship opportunities. The project will leverage NSF's current investment in Texas Tech University's I-Corps Site and Node programs, which provide training and resources that help innovators commercialize their ideas. The project's research questions focus on determining the efficacy of intrapreneurial education for engineering students. The research team will obtain and analyze data from Intrapreneurial Competencies Measurement Scale pre-test and post-tests, mentor interviews, and student self-assessment surveys. These results will be correlated with measures of student achievement such as GPA, retention, and time to graduation. The knowledge generated through this research will provide insight into the relationship between intrapreneurial education and engineering student achievement. Interactions with industry and faculty mentors should improve student retention and lead to internship and full-time employment opportunities. Scholars educated through this approach are expected to benefit society through their strong job skills and intrapreneurship/entrepreneurship competencies.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在美国国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金 (S-STEM) 计划的资助下，该项目将支持德克萨斯理工大学 24 名表现出经济需求的优秀学生取得成功。在五年内，该项目将为两组攻读电气和计算机工程学士学位的学生（每组 12 名）提供三年奖学金。为了满足以工程为重点的公司对多元化、创新型劳动力的需求，该项目旨在培养具有“内部创业”能力的毕业生。 内部创业和创业需要类似的能力，并能够开发新的企业、产品或服务。 然而，内部创业的重点是在现有组织内开发创新。事实证明，内部创业技能可以支持职业发展，并提高管理技能和机会。 该项目旨在通过为学生提供奖学金、教师和行业导师、劳动力发展研讨会、行业实习和创业培训等资源，帮助学生培养内部创业技能。 该项目包括行业合作伙伴关系，将提供额外的奖学金支持、指导和实习机会。该项目将利用 NSF 目前对德克萨斯理工大学 I-Corps 站点和节点项目的投资，这些项目提供培训和资源，帮助创新者将他们的想法商业化。该项目的研究问题集中于确定工程专业学生内部创业教育的有效性。研究团队将从内部创业能力测量量表前测和后测、导师访谈和学生自我评估调查中获取并分析数据。 这些结果将与学生成绩的衡量标准（例如 GPA、保留率和毕业时间）相关联。通过这项研究产生的知识将有助于深入了解内部创业教育与工程学生成就之间的关系。与行业和教师导师的互动应该可以提高学生的保留率，并带来实习和全职就业机会。 通过这种方法接受教育的学者有望通过其强大的工作技能和内部创业/创业能力造福社会。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Developing Intrapreneurship in the Next Generation of Engineering Innovators and Leaders

培养下一代工程创新者和领导者的内部创业精神

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
• 作者: Dallas, Tim;Greenhalgh-Spencer, Heather;Frias, Kelli
• 通讯作者: Frias, Kelli

The Role of Mentorship in Student Preparation for Impactful Internships

导师在学生准备有影响力的实习中的作用

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Dallas, Tim;Greenhalgh-Spencer, Heather;Frias, Kelli
• 通讯作者: Frias, Kelli