Characterizing engineering innovativeness through a modified Delphi Study

Ferguson, Daniel; Purzer, Şenay; Ohland, Matthew W.; Jablokow, Kathryn; Menold, Jessica

doi:10.1109/fie.2014.7044148

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“…After interviewing 53 engineering innovators about their experiences as an innovator and qualitatively analyzing the interview data, we identified twenty unique characteristics of engineers who had demonstrated extraordinary innovative behavior (Ferguson D., 2013). This finding was corroborated by a separate focus group study (Ferguson D. et al, 2014). We then initiated a modified This paper discusses our modified Delphi study methodology and the analysis process executed for the first Delphi survey round.…”

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Using a Delphi Study to Confirm the Characteristics of an Engineering Innovator

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is a second year graduate student interested in entrepreneurship, the design process, and innovativeness of engineering graduates and professionals. She is currently working as a student mentor in the Lion Launch Pad program, where she works to support student entrepreneurs. Jessica is currently conducting her graduate research with Dr. Kathryn Jablokow on a project devoted to the development of a psychometric instrument that will measure the skills, behaviors, and traits of an innovative engineer. Her hope is that this awareness of individual innovativeness levels will enhance engineering professionals and student's innovative skillsets. Jessica is also interested in studying and teaching design thinking methods to students, and is currently working to spread design thinking through mini-workshops across Penn State. Using a Delphi Study to Confirm the Characteristic Definitions Describing an Engineering Innovator AbstractFew empirical studies describe the individual behavioral characteristics that lead to discovery, development and implementation of innovations. Even fewer studies focus on innovative behavior by engineers. After interviewing 53 engineering innovators about their experiences as an innovator and qualitatively analyzing the interview data, we identified twenty unique characteristics of engineers who had demonstrated extraordinary innovative behavior (Ferguson D., 2013). This finding was corroborated by a separate focus group study (Ferguson D. et al., 2014). We then initiated a modified This paper discusses our modified Delphi study methodology and the analysis process executed for the first Delphi survey round. In the first round of the Delphi Study, 150 participants ranked the importance of the innovative characteristics of engineers and indicated an 87% agreement with the initial characteristic definitions. Delphi study participants also provided over 600 comments to help us clarify and improve those definitions. After integrating the Delphi participant comments, we received a 96% consensus agreement on the revised definitions. Delphi participants also confirmed that the engineering innovativeness characteristics developed from our interviews covered all of the behaviors they had personally exhibited or observed as engineering innovators.The implications for engineering education and for professional engineering training and management are that these innovative characteristics should be developed, supported and enhanced in engineers if innovative behavior by engineers is desired.

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Using a Delphi Study to Confirm the Characteristics of an Engineering Innovator

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“…After interviewing 53 engineering innovators about their experiences and qualitatively analyzing the interview data, we identified twenty unique characteristics of engineers who had demonstrated extraordinary innovative behavior 17 . This finding was corroborated by a separate focus group study 17 and a modified Delphi study with 150 engineering innovators drawn from academic, corporate, and entrepreneurial organizations…”

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“…This three-phase model is presented in Figure 3. Although the process is presented linearly, we understand the process to be iterative in nature; this innovation model was also derived from data collected during initial interviews with engineering innovators 17 . Experts were asked to rank the level of importance of each of the 20 characteristics in each of the phases of the innovation process or as dominant throughout the entire process.…”

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Using an Instrument Blueprint to Support the Rigorous Development of New Surveys and Assessments in Engineering Education

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Jessica Menold is a second year graduate student interested in entrepreneurship, the design process, and innovativeness of engineering graduates and professionals. She is currently working as a student mentor in the Lion Launch Pad program, where she works to support student entrepreneurs. Jessica is currently conducting her graduate research with Dr. Kathryn Jablokow on a project devoted to the development of a psychometric instrument that will measure the skills, behaviors, and traits of an innovative engineer. Her hope is that this awareness of individual innovativeness levels will enhance engineering professionals and student's innovative skillsets. Jessica is also interested in studying and teaching design thinking methods to students, and is currently working to spread design thinking through mini-workshops across Penn State.Dr. Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Dr. Kathryn Jablokow is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Design at Penn State University. A graduate of Ohio State University (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering), Dr. Jablokow's teaching and research interests include problem solving, invention, and creativity in science and engineering, as well as robotics and computational dynamics. In addition to her membership in ASEE, she is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Jablokow is the architect of a unique 4-course module focused on creativity and problem solving leadership and is currently developing a new methodology for cognition-based design. She is one of three instructors for Penn State's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Creativity, Innovation, and Change, and she is the founding director of the Problem Solving Research Group, whose 50+ collaborating members include faculty and students from several universities, as well as industrial representatives, military leaders, and corporate consultants. Dr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West LafayetteDaniel M. Ferguson is the recipient of four NSF awards for research in engineering education and a research associate at Purdue University. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-professional Studies Program and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes and interventions aimed at improving learning objective attainment. Prior to his University assignments he was the Founder and CEO of The EDI Group, Ltd. and The EDI Group Canada, Ltd, independent professional services companies specializing in B2B electronic commerce and electronic data interchange. The EDI Group companies conducted syndicated market research, offered educational seminars and conferences and published The Journal of Electronic Commerce. He was also a Vice President at the First National Bank of Chicago, where he founded and managed the bank's market leading professional Cash Management Consulting...

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Characterizing engineering innovativeness through a modified Delphi Study

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Using a Delphi Study to Confirm the Characteristics of an Engineering Innovator

Using a Delphi Study to Confirm the Characteristics of an Engineering Innovator

Using an Instrument Blueprint to Support the Rigorous Development of New Surveys and Assessments in Engineering Education

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