Conference Session

WEDNESDAY PLENARY: Featuring Best Zone and PIC Papers & Corporate Member Council Keynote Speaker, Sponsored by EngineeringCAS

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chao Wang, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council

-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