The Shark Tank Experience: How Engineering Students Learn to Become Entrepreneurs

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Tobias Haertel studied social sciences and put his research focus on science and technology studies as well as creativity in higher engineering education. In his work, he always tries to combine the depth and sophisticated spirit of the analogue world with the interconnectedness and usability of digital techniques. Mr. Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund UniversitySince 2009, he is senior researcher, lecturer and trainer in higher engineering education. Since 2012, he is scientific lead of the "Engineering Education Research Group" at the Center for Higher Education / TU Dortmund University. He holds a degree in education and works for many years in engineering education research, higher education research, and science and technology studies. His current research fields are: teaching and learning in the engineering lab; fostering creativity in engineering; digital media in higher education and vocational training; engineering education cultures. Mr. Dominik May, TU Dortmund UniversityDominik May holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from TU Dortmund University (Germany). Currently he is a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Center for Higher Education at TU Dortmund University in the area of engineering education research. In his position he is managing several research and development projects on engineering education and technical training. Furthermore he offers workshops on professional teaching and learning for engineering faculty. In his research Dominik May focuses, inter alia, on future requirements for science and engineering graduates, such as international competence, in order to become successful engineers in a globalized professional world. Therefore he designs and investigates respective educational strategies with a special focus on online solutions and the integration of remote laboratories. For his research and the development of several transnational online courses he benefits from his working experience in international companies and a broad international professional network. Furthermore Dominik May is founding member of both the Engineering Education Research Group at the Center for Higher Education and the Working Group for Engineering Education at the German Society for Higher Education (dghd).c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Shark Tank Experience: How Engineering Students Learn to Become EntrepreneursTobias Haertel, TU Dortmund University, Germany Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University, Germany Dominik May, TU Dortmund University, Germany AbstractHow can students learn to think like an entrepreneur, boost their creativity and aim at innovative success? Fostering creativity and entrepreneurship is not only a question of knowledge transfer, but has a lot to do with working with students' personality, attitudes and-most importantcourage. The research project "ELLI -Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Higher Engineering Education" funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is focusing these questions and has developed a course conce...

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