Innovation for Engineers Developing Creative and Entrepreneurial Suc
Teaches concepts and practices for driving creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship;Discusses personal considerations for success and happiness over one’s course of career;Describes the power of observation and imagination—the O
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Innovation for Engineers
Developing Creative and Entrepreneurial Success
Innovation for Engineers
Mehran Mehregany
Innovation for Engineers Developing Creative and Entrepreneurial Success
Mehran Mehregany Veale Professor of Wireless Health Innovation, and Director of Case School of Engineering San Diego San Diego, California, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-66528-3 ISBN 978-3-319-66529-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66529-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017955949 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my wife, Francesca, for her loving support and encouragement.
Preface
In developing this book, I thought back to when I was graduating from college— when I got my electrical engineering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees. I thought about what were the things I would have liked to have learned in school, rather than over the years as I navigated my career. I pursued a career anchored in academia because of love of learning and teaching. I learned about innovation and entrepreneurship—and how career and life choices are interrelated—along the way. This book presents what I would have liked to have learned in school, before departing for the world of work. We engineers read a lot of “dry” textbooks; I have tried to make the reading less dry when possible, including the use of informal language at times. The presentation is a blend of theory and pragmatism based on my own perspective in developing the content. While the book is written for engineering students and professionals, the content is similarly informative for those in other disciplines. It can be used in
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