Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Developing a Direct Assessment for Measuring Students’ Ability to Make ConnectionsAbstractThe integration of entrepreneurial minded learning (EML) into engineering courses to developstudents’ entrepreneurial mindset (EM) is growing in popularity through efforts such as the KernEntrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). As the integration of EML occurs, it is importantto assess students’ development of an EM to inform the efficacy of course changes. FollowingKEEN’s definition, we operationalize EM as the ability to create value, make connections, andbe curious. While we acknowledge the importance of all aspects of EML, in this full paper, wefocus on assessing students
University of San Diego, she worked as a Senior Research Engineer at L3 Technologies. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Thermodynamics Design Project that Applies Theory, Explores Renewable Energy Topics, and Considers the Economic and Social Impacts of the DesignsAbstractThermodynamics courses introduce theoretical concepts that can be applied to real-worldproblems using impactful project-based learning (PBL). Entrepreneurially minded learning(EML) can augment PBL by instilling an entrepreneurial mindset (EM), categorized by curiosity,making connections, and creating value, in the students. This paper describes a group
phase into the semi-final and the final rounds of our elevator pitch competition forengineering students.BackgroundThe Capstone Design experience is the culmination of the engineering educational experience.Several authors have identified that the senior design project is the perfect opportunity to applyentrepreneurship skills and further develop the entrepreneurial mindset ([1], [2], [3]). Whilemany definitions of entrepreneurial mindset persist, many authors include communication skillsas one of the specific skills relevant in acquiring an entrepreneurial mindset ([4], [5], [6]) [7]).ABET student outcome #3 also focuses on "an ability to communicate effectively with a range ofaudiences" [8]. These specific outcomes are typically met with
-direction. What people tend to remember, and the meaning they ascribe to thesememories, is influenced by the people they share their stories with: their parents, friends, andteachers. Based on this research literature, we thus incorporated story-driven learning into ourundergraduate curriculum.Another central tenet in, and intended outcome of, our curriculum is the development of anentrepreneurial mindset, as described by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network(KEEN). The ultimate goal of infusing entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) into ourundergraduate engineering curriculum is to not only develop our students’ engineering skill set,but to also habitualize the use of that skill set to create value for themselves, others, and societyas a
) Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences-Clemson, 3) Interim Director of Student Services-Oklahoma State University, 4) Coordinator of the Women in Engineering Program-Oklahoma State University, and 5) Director of the Oklahoma State University Measurement and Control Engineering Center-Oklahoma State University.Dr. Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University Gary Lichtenstein, Ed.D., Director of Program Effectiveness for the Entrepreneurial Mindset initiative at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He is also and founder and principal of Quality Evaluation Designs, a firm specializing in research and evaluation for K-12 schools
entrepreneurial mindset that plays a critical role in their professional success. Design Thinking offers sound and innovative solutions to emerging complex problems. With this approach, solutions can be developed both to sustain existing and enhanceFigure 1. Chemical engineering undergraduate curriculum the existing curriculum to
Paper ID #33675Mask Effectiveness: A Project to Connect Air Pollution and MaterialsScienceProf. Jean M. Andino, Arizona State University Jean M. Andino is a faculty member in Chemical Engineering and Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, and a Robust Entrepreneurial Mindset Leader in the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Net- work (KEEN) program at Arizona State University (ASU). She also serves as the Director of the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (a National Science Foundation Louis Stokes Alliance for Mi- nority Participation program) and as Interim Director of the ASU Hispanic Research
. To teach the concept of pivot, we had all students stand up and thenrotate themselves 180 degrees and list what they saw. For design thinking, we had them draw andhad each of them draw prototypes in real time while we gave prompts.Every session had an interactive component. We attempted not to lecture for too long. For thenegotiation session, we had them in groups of 2 and they had to negotiate as per the case. Table 1. Topics covered in the MOOC course Week Course description 1 Entrepreneurial Mindset 2 Pitch an idea – Identify the problem to be solved 3 Circular Design thinking 4 Understanding how to get effective customer feedback (using Lean Launchpad
is a phenomenological case study that is explaining how a community college student experiences an undergraduate research experience and its influence on their motivation and values, including its influence on the completion of their engineering degree as they pursue and continue a career in engineering.Dr. Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Richard Goldberg is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Depart- ment of Applied Physical Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill. He is developing a new integrated engineering minor and major at UNC. He is interested in integrating engineering with the liberal arts and an en- trepreneurial mindset. He teaches a variety of
to explore.Table 2 Engineering Education Guilds of Interest Guild Name Guild Leader Pedagogical Innovation Consortium to Promote Reflection in Cindy Atman & Jennifer Reflection in Engineering Engineering Education (CPREE) Turns (University of Education Washington) Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Douglas Melton & Thor Entrepreneurial Mindset Network (KEEN) Misko (Kern Family Foundation)Project OverviewThe specific aims of this overall project are to (1) characterize two engineering education guildswith respect to their dissemination
Innovation, but they aremost often challenged on leading and managing the same. They are often hurdled on building aninnovation mindset, and usually, it is outsourced activity into the market research and developmentdepartment in any corporation. Failure to deliver Innovation hurts the business and one's careeraspirations within the organization that they work for the potential to improve a product andimprove a process. Diversity in thinking and changing a mindset is the foundation for building aninnovative mindset. Entrepreneurship is the next level of Innovation when an innovator tries tocombine all the resources to come out with a product or process to solve a problem cost-effectively.The global economy and job scenario trends have shown that the
business growth is Innovation, but they aremost often challenged on leading and managing the same. They are often hurdled on building aninnovation mindset, and usually, it is outsourced activity into the market research and developmentdepartment in any corporation. Failure to deliver Innovation hurts the business and one's careeraspirations within the organization that he works for the potential to improve a product andimprove a process. Diversity in thinking and changing a mindset is the foundation for building aninnovative mindset. Entrepreneurship is the next level of Innovation when an innovator tries tocombine all the resources to come out with a product or process to solve a problem cost-effectively.The global economy and job scenario trends
on active, collaborative, and problem- based learning, entrepreneurial mindset education, creative problem solving, and innovation. He is an author of a fluid mechanics textbook.Dr. Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University Liping Liu is an associate professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. Her research focuses on thermal sciences and energy systems, with special interest in addressing transport phenomena in energy processes. She is a member of ASEE, ASME, and SAE International. American
literature [8],[16],[14]. These include different operating methods, lack of knowledgeabout other disciplines, steep learning curve [8],[14], and many more. And even then, simplyforming multi-disciplinary design programs or adding entrepreneurial teaching is not enough.Strategies to assess the impact of such programs and collaborations are the key to continuousimprovement [10],[13].Authors have noticed in general two types of programs across the board; the ones that teachentrepreneurship mindset and engineering innovation as part of engineering education [9],[12],and the others that focus on core multi-disciplinary engineering design [5],[17], each with theirunique learning outcomes and skill development. In general, between
way hegemonic ideologies and cultures reinforce powerrelations in each of the other domains [15]. Figure 1: Domain of Power Framework, adapted from Collins [15]Applications of intersectionality in STEM and entrepreneurshipAlthough there is a significant landscape of literature in STEM entrepreneurship that focuses onwomen, gender differences, entrepreneurial efficacy and entrepreneurial mindset, research onracially minoritized populations remains understudied. Most of the literature examining theexperiences of racially minoritized populations in STEM entrepreneurship focuses on programdesign and evaluation for entrepreneurship and innovation programs that seek to supportunderrepresented students (e.g., racially minoritized
Work-in-Progress: Engaging First-Year Students in Programming 1 During COVID-19AbstractDuring the Fall 2020 semester, it became even more important than before to engage students inthe “classroom” whether that be in-person, online, or a hybrid model. This paper will introducevarious entrepreneurial mindset (EM) techniques to engage students that could be adapted to anyengineering course. All the techniques have suggestions for adapting to a fully online course aswell as working for an in-person or hybrid class. The first activity presented will be name signswith badges that will promote (1) setting, evaluating, and achieving goals, (2) self-reflection, (3)considering a problem from multiple viewpoints, and (4
-choice open-ended designprojects allow students to generate their own idea, take ownership of their design project, andresults in significant gains in creativity and entrepreneurial intentions [6].In a project-based first-year Introduction to Engineering course at Arizona State University, thedesign project was revamped in the fall semester of 2016 [7], following the KEEN (KernEntrepreneurial Engineering Network) movement [8] of fostering an entrepreneurial mindset inyoung engineers. An open-ended design project was chosen to let students discover customerneed, identify pain points, and design a solution. The student feedback was very positive. Mostliked that they were given the ability to construct and solve their own design problem. They
the Appendixas well as twelve behavioral traits given in Table A2 of the Appendix. There are six motivatorsthat are shown in table A3 and twenty-five competencies determined and ranked by the TTIsurvey and presented, along with descriptions, in Table A4 of the Appendix. Figure 1 – TTI TriMetrix DNA Assessment Suite - Competencies, Behavioral Style and MotivatorsThe TTI survey has been used to identify traits and competencies that are believed to beassociated with entrepreneurial mindset [6, 7] and to guide engineering education towardsproducing graduates with said mindset [8].The choice of using the TTI survey for this study was based on the needs of the co-op program atUniversity of Detroit Mercy in
Paper ID #33509To Inhibit or Invite: Collaboration from Far AwayDr. Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University Barbara A. Karanian, Ph.D. , Lecturer, formerly visiting Professor, in the School of Engineering, in the Mechanical Engineering Design Group at Stanford University. Barbara’s research focuses on four ar- eas: 1)grounding a blend of theories from social-cognitive psychology, engineering design, and art to show how cognition affects design; 2) changing the way people understand the emotion behind their work with the intent to do something new; 3) shifting norms of leaders involved in entrepreneurial-minded
Paper ID #33149Engagement in Practice: Social Performance and Harm in Civic HackathonsAngela L. Chan, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Angela has completed her B.S. Systems Engineering and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and is beginning a M.S. Systems & Entrepreneurial Engineering to focus on design research. She is invested in co-designing with communities, ethical tech and engineering education, and radical empathy.Dr. Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Molly H. Goldstein is Teaching Assistant Professor in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at
El Paso Roger V. Gonzalez, Ph.D., P.E., is the Director of the Leadership Engineering program for the College of Engineering and Professor and Chair of Engineering Education and Leadership. Dr. Gonzalez earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1986 from UTEP. He earned his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow and the premier Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern Medical School. Professor Gonza- lez has been recognized for scholarly work, education innovation and socio-entrepreneurial humanitarian efforts. He is known and respected for actively incorporating students into all three of these
Paper ID #33752The PEERSIST Project: Promoting Engineering Persistence Through Peer-ledStudy GroupsMs. Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona State University Thien Ta is a doctoral student of Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. She obtained her B.S., and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. She has taught for Cao Thang technical college for seven years in Vietnam. She is currently a graduate research associate for the Entrepreneurial Mindset initiative at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her doctoral research focuses on Entrepreneurship Education and Innovation in
, and the theory of action is that the combination of coursework experiences,internship experiences, mentorship, and other job-related experiences provided by the TIP, thatwe would see an increase in intrapreneurial competencies and dispositions as measured by ICMSand the Intrapreneurial Motivation Scale. Furthermore, we collected data from the students abouttheir perceptions of TIP to lead to new skills and mindsets, and we added this to our array of datato help us understand the efficacy of TIP to increase intrapreneurship within our graduates.Cohort 1 is comprised of a diverse group of 16 students (8 men, 8 women, 8 ethnic minorities) ina Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Students attended lectures byprominent
including online classes and flipped classrooms and incorporat- ing the entrepreneurial mindset into curriculum. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Implementation of a Module to Increase Engineering Students' Awareness of Unconscious BiasIntroductionThe engineering discipline has developed a culture which values objectivity and empiricallydriven decision making, and these empirically driven methods are focused on in engineeringeducation. However, as humans, engineers engage in activities, even engineering activities, in away that is influenced by their personal beliefs, values, worldview, and background. Thisdiversity of viewpoints is often cited as
workshops were designed to help students think more creatively in their class projectsand practice a growth mindset [14] through short exercises demonstrating cognitive biases,barriers, and traps that prevent people from finding creative, novel solutions to problems.Thereby, we hope that students would be less likely to fall into these traps. According to a recentstudy by Burnette et al. [15], students in a growth mindset intervention, relative to the control,reported greater entrepreneurial self-efficacy and task persistence on their main class project andimprovement in their academic and career interests. Reducing the negative effect of the cognitivebiases, barriers and traps requires deliberate and repeated practice of CPS techniques. Althoughwe
Paper ID #34087Work in Progress: Post-Pandemic Opportunities to Re-Engineer EngineeringEducation: A Pragmatic-Futurist FrameworkDr. Shahrima Maharubin, Texas Tech University I am a lifelong transformer. My personal, educational journey has built my skills as an engineer, leader, collaborator, and communicator. My education, engineering problem-solving skills and entrepreneurial spirit have naturally pushed me toward need-based innovation. The global pandemic has exacerbated societal problems and inequality and heightened the necessity of need-based innovation in many areas. One significant area is education. My goal is to
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for the Global Freshman Academy/ASU Earned Admission Program. Her Ph.D. research focuses on multi-scale multiphase modeling and numerical analysis of coupled large viscoelastic defor- mation and fluid transport in swelling porous materials, but she is currently interested in various topics in the field of engineering education, such as innovative teaching pedagogies for increased retention and student motivation; innovations in non-traditional delivery methods, incorporation of the Entrepreneurial Mindset in the engineering curriculum and its impact.Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University Amy Trowbridge is a Senior Lecturer in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State Uni- versity and is the
biomedical engineering curriculum.Assessment MethodsIntroductory activities (as described below) were conducted at the start of every class period,except days with exams or labs. The impact of these activities was assessed via surveys andobservation.The survey implemented was a slightly expanded version of a survey designed to assess theengineering student entrepreneurial mindset [4]. This survey was based on multiple traits ofengineering students with an entrepreneurial mindset, including altruism, empathy, belonging,participation, and more. Questions were categorized by their relation to each of these traits.Some course-specific short-answer questions related to the course were added, but quantitativeportions of the survey considered herein were
program's initial role was to provide a generalist viewpoint on engineering, particularly for those undergraduates who had an entrepreneurial bent. The idea was to provide a degree program suitable for someone who would need to know knowledge across engineering disciplines, but not to senior level in all disciplines. Although the program had some students graduating each year, it was becoming somewhat stagnant by 2007 when an effort was made to begin a rejuvenation project. The working team of two faculty, one Mechanical Engineering faculty and one Computer Science faculty (first author of this report) examined both the market need for generalist engineering (prompted by The Engineer of 2020) and the