Enhancing the entrepreneurial mindset of freshman engineers

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Reid, Kenneth ^a   Ferguson, Daniel Michael ^b  

^a OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS; FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING COURSE; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING; FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; OPERATIONAL DEFINITION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85029029145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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