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Fall 2009-2010MAE 445 / EGR 445
Entrepreneurial Engineering
Daniel
M.
Nosenchuck
This course builds on the technical foundations established in the engineering program, and extends the scope to include the business, financial, and marketing components that lead to successful entrepreneurial ventures. Students will be directly engaged in the process of identifying, creating and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities. Entrepreneurial design will be introduced and developed. Students, working in small multidisciplinary teams, will identify, design and prototype a highly marketable, consumer product. Classic and modern market analysis, manufacture and distribution will be introduced along with business planning & finance.
Sample reading list:
H.H. Stevenson, M.J. Roberts & H. Grousbeck (5th Ed.), New Business Ventures & the Entrepreneur, 1999 McGraw Hill
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) (Wiley 2003), Essentials of Entrepreneurship: What it Takes to Create ...
T.R. Hawthorne, NTC Business Books, 1997, The Complete Guide to Infomercial Marketing
L.C. Farrell (Wiley 2003) - Getting Entrepreneurial:, Creating & Growing Your Own Business in the 21st Century
Reading/Writing assignment:
Reading will be from distributed materials and printed and web-based references. Midterm and final reports (business plans and design reports). Presentations.
Requirements/Grading:
Design Project - 50%
Oral Presentation(s) - 25%
Precept Participation - 25%
Other Requirements:
Not Open to Freshmen.
Prerequisites and Restrictions:
15 students will be accepted from the School of Engineering and 15 students will be accepted from A.B. departments. For SEAS students, a basic design course is required or the permission of the instructor. There are no prerequisites for A.B. students who will be paired with B.S.E. students for the design projects..
Other information:
1. Successful entrepreneurial engineering teams will draw upon B.S.E. students as well as A.B. students. 2. Laboratories are available for CAD, CAE and CAM support of product prototypes. 3. A final public competition will be held among the entrepreneurial engineering teams. Senior judges from leading industries will be present.
Reserved Seats:
15 - AB Students
15 - BSE Students
Schedule/Classroom assignment:
| Class number | Section | Time | Days | Room | Enrollment | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22323 | L01 | 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm | M W | Engineering Quad D-Wing D221 | Enrolled:22 Limit:30 |