Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; David Robert Schneider; Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University

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Diversity

engineering students. A mindset is a set of attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs that determinehow individuals establish and pursue goals, their likelihood of achieving those goals, and howthey react to challenges they encounter [8]. In a more extensive sense, an entrepreneurial mindsetis characterized by the attitudes and behaviors commonly seen in entrepreneurs. According toIreland et al. [9], an entrepreneurial mindset is “the ability to quickly detect, act, and mobilize,even in unpredictable situations.” The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)defines the entrepreneurial mindset with three components: curiosity, connections, and creatingvalue, also known as the “3Cs.” After an extensive literature survey, London et al. [10] defined