Engineering Excellence International Initiative International Engineering Education Series
(I)
Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
(64 Sessions)
Version 1.6
American Alliance for International Education
560 S Winchester Blvd
San Jose, CA 95128
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CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship course is offered as part of the Engineering Excellence International Initiative, a global engineering program that uses world class senior engineers from U.S. multi-national corporations to prepare engineering students for the new business paradigm of international collaboration. The Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship is the third course offered by the initiative. Other courses in the initiative includes
• Fundamentals of International Engineering
• International Engineering Communications
• International Engineering Seminars
• U.S. Engineer Licensure Exam (Prep I)
• U.S. Engineer Licensure Exam (Prep II)
Universities interested in above courses should contact AAFIE for more information.
The Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship course provides students the fundamentals of international engineering invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship through real-world engineering experience and student projects directed by a group of senior engineers from U.S. multinational companies. The course has extensive coverage on international engineering invention system, innovation approaches, innovation characteristics, invention & innovation models, invention and innovation process, as well as high-tech enterprise incubation system. Students will learn about various innovative approaches to solve engineering problems. In the class, innovative ways to solve engineering problems are demonstrated to the students, who then work with the international senior engineers to create engineering solutions for new problems.
COURSE GOAL
The goal of the Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship is to cultivate 21st century international engineers in obtaining key skills for solving challenging engineering problems and designing innovative products.
Students experience the complete process of developing new products from concept design to prototype, and interact with international entrepreneurs.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Understand concepts of technology innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship;
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• Understand how engineering criteria, engineering license, constraints, risks, ethnics, and engineering process affect new product design;
• Understand the roles of international patents, intellectual property, and venture capital in international engineering project and entrepreneurship;
• Understand fundamentals of engineering invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship;
• Understand how to apply invention and innovation principles to the real-world engineering problems and product development;
• Understand how to writ international patents, form business models, and develop business plans.
PREREQUISITES
There are no prerequisites for engineering students to take the introductory course.
INSTRUCTORS
The course is taught by AAFIE Global Engineering Lecturers Group, a group of senior engineers from U.S. multi-national companies.
INSTURCTION APPROACH
By leveraging the world’s most advanced Internet video collaboration technology, the world-class engineering professionals and senior engineers from all over the United States give real-time lectures to engineering students, interact with the engineering students, and guide the engineering students in conducting inventive and innovative international engineering projects.
Students will exposure to global project environment, real world engineering problems, and situations and solutions for different metrics and pitfalls.
TEXTBOOKS
The course is mostly about real-world international engineering experience, therefore, there are no textbooks needed. Students will leverage Internet contents for project assignments and use live recorded sessions for class review.
COURSE CREDITS
The recommended number of credits for the course is 3. To complete the course, a total of 64 lecture sessions is required. Students will have lectures twice a week, each lecture contains 2 sessions (45 minutes/session).
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COURSE GRADING POLICY
Classroom Participations/Responses: 20%
Team Work: 20%
Project/Research Reports: 30%
Exams: 30%
COURSE OUTLINE
Unit 1: Introduction to Global New Product Development Process
1.1 Problem identification
1.2 Research
1.3 Requirements specification
1.4 Concept generation
1.5 Design
1.6 Prototyping
1.7 System integration
1.8 Maintenance
1.9 Risk mitigation
Unit 2: Engineering Solutions
2.1 Roles of Economic, Environmental, Ethical and Legal, Health and Safety
Manufacturability, Political and Social, and Sustainability
2.2 Engineering decision
2.3 Global stake-holders for engineering solutions
2.4 Global eco system
2.5 Economic viability
2.6 Financial viability
Unit 3: Creative Thinking
3.1 Innovation and creativity
3.2 Creative process
3.3 Barriers to creativity
3.4 Creativity techniques
3.5 TRIZ process
Unit 4: Engineering Invention and Innovation
4.1 Global R&D in engineering
4.2 The role of engineering invention & innovation
4.3 Types of innovation
4.4 Invention & innovation approaches
4.5 Invention & Innovation characteristics
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4.6 Engineering invention & innovation models
4.7 Engineering invention & innovation process
4.8 Origins of innovation
4.9 Determinants of innovation
4.10 Innovation roadmap
4.11 Innovation management
Unit 5: Commercialization of Research in Engineering
5.1 Technology transfer basics
5.2 Commercialization process
5.3 Invention disclosure
5.4 Market research
5.5 Evaluation
5.6 Stage of development
5.7 International intellectual property
5.8 International patents
5.9 Engineering license
5.10 Revenue distribution
Unit 6: Diffusion of Engineering Innovations
6.1 Understanding diffusion
6.2 Process of the diffusion of Innovations
6.3 Communication channels
6.4 The innovation-decision process
6.5 Adoption
6.6 The social structure
Unit 7: The Global Innovation Case Studies
7.1 Sustainable technology
7.2 IBM: Global innovation
7.3 General Motors: A century of innovation and leadership
7.4 General Electric: Open innovation
7.5 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Innovation projects
Unit 8: Entrepreneurship
8.1 Entrepreneurial success
8.2 The role of the entrepreneur
8.3 Milestones and deliverables
8.4 Venture capital & entrepreneurship
8.5 Business models and business plans
8.6 High-tech enterprise incubation system
8.7 Will I be an entrepreneur?
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STUDENT PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
Under the guidance of U.S. senior engineers, students will apply the fundamental principles of engineering innovation to solve a real-world engineering problem or develop a proposal for a new product.
Project deliverables:
• Entrepreneurial teams
• Proposal of engineering solutions
• Business plans
• Reports
• Class presentations
GENERAL ASSESSMENT
The following is a list of general assessments for all international engineering courses offered in the Engineering Excellence International Initiative:
1. Technical Skills: Students achieve global competency to pursue the full range of careers for all pathways in the program concentration.
2. Communications: Students use various communication skills in expressing and interpreting engineering information.
3. Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Students define and solve engineering problems from global perspective, and use internationally recognized problem-solving and improvement methods and tools.
4. Information Technology Applications: Students use the latest technologies to access, organize, process, transmit, and communicate engineering information.
5. Systems: Students understand a variety of structures and functions in global engineering fields.
6. Leadership and Teamwork: Students apply international leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish goals and objectives.
7. Ethics and Legal Responsibilities: Students commit to work ethics, behavior, and legal responsibilities in global engineering fields.
8. Innovation Skills: Students come up with engineering solutions in innovative ways
9. Entrepreneurship: Students demonstrate understanding of concepts, processes, and behaviors associated with international engineering projects and successful entrepreneurial performance.
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卓越工程国际首创项目

国际工程教育系列课程

（一）

国际工程创新与创业

 (64课时)

1.6版本

通讯地址：

American Alliance for International Education

560 S Winchester Blvd

San Jose, CA 95128

版权所有©1998 - 2012年，美国国际教育联盟（AAFIE）

所有版权归美国国际教育联盟所有。未经美国国际教育联盟事先书面授权，不得以任何形式和手段（包括电子手段、机械手段、影印、录制或其他）将该文件的任一部分复制、传送或存储于检索系统，应用于商业用途。

课程描述

国际工程创新与创业是卓越工程国际首创项目的一部分，是全球性的工程课程。任课教师由美国跨国公司一流的高级工程师担任，旨在帮助工科学生为应对国际合作中的新型商业模式做好准备。国际工程创新与创业是首创项目中的第三门课程，该项目还包括以下课程：

•               国际工程基础

•               国际工程交流与沟通

•               国际工程研讨班

•               美国工程许可考试（准备课程一）

•               美国工程许可考试（准备课程二）

各高校若对以上课程感兴趣，请联系美国国际教育联盟，以获取更多的信息。

国际工程创新与创业这门课程将通过实际的工程案例和学生项目向学生介绍国际工程发明、创新与创业的基本原理。其中学生项目将在一批来自美国跨国公司高级工程师的指导下完成。课程设计内容广泛，包括国际工程发明体系、创新方案、创新特性、发明与创新模型、发明与创新过程以及高科技企业孵化体系。学生将学习了解各种用于解决工程问题的创新方法。课堂上，国际高级工程师会首先将这些创新方法介绍给学生，然后带领学生为新的工程问题设计解决方案。

课程目标

国际工程创新和创业这门课程旨在培养具备解决具有挑战性的工程问题和设计创新产品的核心技能的二十一世纪国际工程师。

教学目的

完成本课程的学习任务后，学生将具备以下能力：

•       理解科技创新、商业化和创业的概念；

•       明白新产品的设计是如何受到工程标准、工程许可、工程限制和风险、道德以及工程流程的影响；

•       了解国际专利、知识产权和风险资本在国际工程项目和创业中的作用；

•       掌握工程发明、创新与创业的基本原理；

•       学会如何将发明和创新原则运用到实践中，解决工程问题和完成产品开发；

•       学会申请国际专利、建立商业模型和制定商业计划。

选课条件

国际工程创新与创业是入门课程，向所有工科学生开放，无特殊选课要求。

任课教师

该课程由美国国际教育联盟全球工程讲师团授课，讲师均为来自美国跨国公司的高级工程师。

授课方式

该课程使用世界上最先进的互联网视频协作技术授课。来自美国各地的世界一流专业工程人士和高级工程师将通过互联网为工科学生进行实时授课，与学生交流沟通，指导学生开展具有发明创新性的国际工程项目。

学生将置身于全球项目环境中，了解现实环境下的工程问题以及不同指标下，不同问题的解决方案。

课程用书

该课程主要介绍现实环境下的国际工程经验，因此无指定用书。学生将利用网络资源完成项目作业，并利用现场录制的课程进行课下复习。

学时学分

该课程推荐学分为3学分，共64课时。课程两周一次，每次课为2课时。（45分钟/课时）

考核方式

课堂参与/反馈：20%

团队合作：20%

项目/研究报告：30%

考试 ：30%

课程大纲

第一单元：全球新产品开发流程介绍

1.1   问题鉴定

1.2   调研

1.3   需求规格说明

1.4   概念生成

1.5   设计

1.6   样机研究

1.7   系统集成

1.8   产品维护

1.9   风险缓释

第二单元：工程解决方案

2.1   经济、环境、道德和法律、健康和安全、工艺性、政治和社会以及可持续性的影响

2.2   工程决策

2.3   全球工程解决方案中的利益相关方

2.4   全球生态系统

2.5   经济生存能力

2.6   财务可行性

第三单元：创造性思维

3.1   创新和创造

3.2   创造的过程

3.3   创造的阻力

3.4   创造性技术

3.5   发明式问题解决（TRIZ）流程

第四单元：工程发明与创新

4.1   工程全球研发

4.2   工程发明与创新的角色

4.3   创新的种类

4.4   发明与创新方法

4.5   发明与创新特点

4.6   工程发明与创新模型

4.7   工程发明与创新流程

4.8   创新的来源

4.9   创新的决定因素

4.10   创新路线图

4.11   创新管理

第五单元：工程研究商业化

5.1  技术转让基本要素

5.2   商业化过程

5.3   专利申请

5.4   市场调研

5.5   评估

5.6   开发阶段

5.7   国际知识产权

5.8   国际专利

5.9   工程许可证

5.10   收入分配

第六单元：工程创新的扩散

6.1   什么是扩散

6.2   创新扩散的过程

6.3   交流渠道

6.4   创新决策的过程

6.5  意见采纳

6.6   社会结构

第七单元：全球创新案例学习

7.1   可持续性技术

7.2   IBM: 全球创新

7.3   通用汽车：一个创新和领导力的世纪

7.4   通用电器：开放的创新

7.5  美国国家航空航天局：创新项目

第八单元：创业

8.1   创业的成功

8.2  企业家角色

8.3   里程碑和成果

8.4  风险资本和创业

8.5   商业模型和商业计划

8.6   高科技企业孵化体系

8.7  我会成为企业家吗？

项目作业

学生将在美国高级工程师指导下，运用工程创新基本原理解决实际的工程问题或者为新产品制定产品提案。

作业要求：

•       建立创业团队

•       提交工程解决方案提案

•       提交商业计划

•       提交报告

•       课堂展示

课程评价

对卓越工程国际首创项目中包含的所有国际工程课程的综合评价列举如下：

1.  专业技能： 学生有能力胜任与项目相关的各类职业。

2. 交流与沟通： 学生运用各种交流沟通技巧来表达与诠释工程信息。

3. 解决问题与批判性思维：学生从全球视野出发，定义并解决工程问题，同时运用国际认可的解决、改进问题的方法和工具。

4. 信息技术的应用：学生利用最先进的技术来评估、组织、处理、传播和交流工程信息。

5. 体系：学生对全球工程领域多样的结构与职能有一定的了解。

6. 领导力和团队合作：学生应用国际领导力和团队合作能力与他人合作达成目标。

7. 道德和法律责任：学生将坚持在全球工程领域中遵守道德、行为规范并履行法律责任。

8. 创新技能：学生通过创新的方式，提出工程解决方案。

9. 创业：学生根据自己的理解，对国际工程项目的概念、流程和行为以及成功的创业表现进行表述。