Todd is a PhD Student in Engineering Education at Purdue University who's research is focused on en-trepreneurship education and entrepreneurship education as a component of modern engineering education efforts. He is a CAPES grantee and also professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Technology at the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia. He is a mechanical...

This article focuses on entrepreneurship in economic geography and aims at a systematic investigation of regional variation in knowledge-based entrepreneurial activity. We develop and test a three-phase structural model for regional systems of entrepreneurship after introducing a systems approach to entrepreneurship. The model is built upon the absorptive capacity theory of knowledge spillover ...

The purpose of this article is to discuss core competencies that entrepreneurial health care leaders should acquire to ensure the survival and growth of US health care organizations. Three overlapping areas of core competencies are described: (1) health care system and environment competencies, (2) organization competencies, and (3) interpersonal competencies. This study offers insight into the...

This paper presents a case of incorporating Project-Based Learning (PBL) and EntrepreneuriallyMinded Learning (EML) to foster an entrepreneurial mindset in a freshman-level, introductory course in mechanical engineering within an ABET accredited program. The course is designed to teach the basic tools and skills of engineering such as graphics communication, solid modeling, and programming, wit...