Enhancing EML in Senior DesignKen Bloemer, University of DaytonSteve Silliman, Gonzaga University

Don Weinkauf, University of St. Thomas

Session GoalsTo collect best practices and generate new ideas for enhancing EML in Senior Design to: Provide a basis for a guidebook on EML in Senior

Design Inform the design of a 2016 workshop on EML in

Senior Design Potentially identify an EML in Senior Design

subnet working group

ComplimentarySkills

reinforce the development

of an Entrepreneurial

Mindset

Senior Design Sequence

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Senior Design Overview Add St. Thomas program info here

EML Curiosity Highlights Add your content here

How Do We / How Might We Enhance CURIOSITY in Senior Design?

Curiosity Report OutEach team briefly presents: Current best practices New ideas to enhance curiosity in Senior

Design

Senior Design Sequence(MEE & ECE only)

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Laboratory I – 2 credit hours

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Laboratory II – 3 credit hours

Senior Design Overview Approximately 90% have an external sponsor with

over 200 sponsors & 1000 projects completed Pricing structure:

$2000 for 2 credit hour $5000 for 3 credit hour $6000 for both

One page, industry friendly project agreement Tremendous growth, 60-65 projects per semester Resume building experience, popular interview

topic

EML Connections Highlights Opportunity to have business students on teams,

particularly when client is an entrepreneur Work with Law School IP Clinic Integrate information from many sources:

Encourage patent searches (e.g., dual syringe) Seek internal and external expert advice Robust ideation processes (exposure to biomimicry,

bissociation, painstorming, SIT - subtraction) Constantly assessing and managing risk

How Do We / How Might We Enable CONNECTIONS in Senior Design?

Connections Report OutEach team briefly presents: Current best practices New ideas to enhance connections in

Senior Design

Senior Design Sequence

Senior Design Project I – 2 credit hours

Senior Design Project II – 3 credit hours

Senior Design Overview Traditional (~38)

Majority are with outside (industry) partners

Teams assigned by measure of interest

Primary objectives defined by partner

Advisor plus liaison ~38 this year / ~45 next $5000 / project (nominal) DAB review Engineering students only Primarily technical design

KEEN / EML (~10) Student identified projects

including frosh – junior competition

Teams self identified Primary objectives defined by

team Advisor plus liaison ~10 this year / ~15? Next Funding dependent on

sponsor DAB review Business and other majors

acceptable Definition of non-technical

(value) measures required

EML Value Creation Highlights Multiple Definitions of “Value”

Economic analysis Benefit to society Benefit to profession Must be defined in project reports and presentations (e.g., Africa)

Student identification of project goals and objectives Natural connection to creation of value (market, impact) Earlier competitions to develop ideas helps

Embed this concept Reinforce need for IP and web searches

Opening to non-engineering students Value definition necessarily beyond technology Connection of STEM with economic / societal benefit explicit

Student team must convince faculty, liaison, and sponsor of “value creation”

How Do We / How Might We CREATE VALUE in Senior Design?

Value Creation Report OutEach team briefly presents: Current best practices New ideas to enhance value creation in

Senior Design

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