1. Leveraging Evidence Based Research and Entrepreneurship Education for Engineering Professional Formation Aileen Huang-Saad University of Michigan Keywords: entrepreneurship, professional formation

2. Why? Educational Objectives: – To understand innovative design and the innovation value chain – Enable students with the tools necessary to be “adaptive” and encourage the students to try it in the safety of a classroom. “If the U.S. is to maintain its economic leadership position and be able to sustain its share of high-technology jobs, it must prepare for a new wave of change…it is agreed that innovation is the key and engineering is essential to this task” IdeationProduct SelectionDevelopmentCommercialization

3. When? 2006200720082009201020112012201320142015 Launch Graduate Biomedical Innovative Design Launch U-M COE Center for Entrepreneurship Launch Transforming Research in Engineering Laboratory Program in Entrepreneurship Approved Provost Campus Wide Entrepreneurship Education Committee UM Innovate Blue Initiative UM COE Committee on Entrepreneurial Environment and Programs for Students Campus-Wide Minor in Entrepreneurship Approved

4. Where? U-M BMEU-M COEU-M Campus- Wide

5. What? Team based projects Collaborative learning Real-world problems Technology based collaborative learning Self-Directed Learning – Self-Assembly – Self-Selection – Self-Awareness – Self-Reflection

6. Prognosis? How are you documenting impact? – Developing an evidence based research area in engineering entrepreneurship education How do you plan to scale-up? – Studying engineering entrepreneurship education across institutions What challenges are you currently facing? – Learning best practices for engineering education research What advice would you like from others at FOEE? – How to effectively develop a sustainable enterprise in engineering education research.