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Publications
Publications and examples of
our work are presented below. Please contact us if would
like more information.
BOOKS
- Entrepreneurship
from Creativity to Innovation: Thinking Skills for a
Changing World. This book will show you how to learn to think more
creatively and to solve problems more effectively.
You will discover the knowledge needed to meet the
challenges of entrepreneurship and innovation
through models and techniques, individual and team
exercises, tips, action plans, how-to lists,
references and web sites. More
information
- Creative Problem
Solving and Engineering Design
This book incorporates a strong focus on innovative
thinking, teamwork, and communications in
engineering design. It responds to the needs of
industry for engineers who have these foundational
skills and to the ABET Criteria 2000 which require
that students are able to work on multidisciplinary
teams and understand the global context of
engineering.
More Information
(PDF Format)
PAPERS
TEACHING AIDS
A CD with PowerPoint Slides for most topics covered in
the two books listed above is available upon request to
instructors who are adopting the book for their
students. Additional material is also included: (a)
Student workbook for a one-week
shortcourse in entrepreneurship. (b) Important handouts
(with syllabi) for a one-year
capstone design sequence. Please specify which book and
e-mail your request to
mlumsdaine@comcast.net (with copy to
lumsdain@mtu.edu).
Pugh Method
Example: Design of a Car Horn (PDF Format)
Note: This replaces the information that was on
EngineeringCreativity.com
HBDI ASSESSMENTS
A copy of the
published research paper (with follow-up information) is
available upon request:
M. Lumsdaine and E.
Lumsdaine, "Thinking Preferences of Engineering
Students: Implications for Curriculum Restructuring,"
Journal of
Engineering Education, April 1995, pp. 193-204.
For additional
information about the HBDI, see
http://www.hbdi.com or
http://www.hbdi-uk.com
SHORT COURSES
- Educating
Designers on Design via Distance Learning
This paper describes the experiences of the
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering
Mechanics at Michigan Tech University in teaching
conceptual capstone design to corporate designers,
and it presents the challenges of adapting the
traditional course delivery to students learning at
a distance.
More Information (PDF Format)
- Teaching
Entrepreneurship to Engineers
This paper describes the authors’ experiences in
teaching entrepreneurship courses to MBA students
(many of them engineers) through the Nottingham
University Business School in Singapore and Malaysia
and then adapting the material for undergraduate
engineering students at Michigan Technological
University and the University of Nottingham.
More Information (PDF Format)
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