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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Yimesker Yihun; Lena Lamei

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Enhancing Undergraduate Engineering Design Education through Mini-Prototype Projects and an Entrepreneurial Mindset Yimesker Yihun1, Lena Lamei2 1 Wichita State University, 2 Carolina University,AbstractThis paper addresses the need to close the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-worldapplications in undergraduate engineering design education to foster sustainable learning. Toachieve this, the study incorporates a mini-prototype-based project inspired by textbook problemsand an Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) to encourage curiosity and problem-solving abilities. Thestudy takes place in

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Meghann T. Pytka; Tucker Krone

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Yuva M. Tammineni; Talha Khan; Rajeev Nair; Yimesker Yihun

Comparing Entrepreneurial Mindset Among Graduating Senior Students in Mechanical Engineering Through Course Selection/Training Strategy and Question Formulation Technique Yuva Manikanta Tamminenia, Talha Khana, Rajeev Naira,b and Yimesker Yihuna. a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS – 67260, USA 1845, Fairmount St. Wichita, KS, 67226 USA b Corresponding Author: Rajeev Nair Email: Rajeev.nair@wichita.eduAbstract: Engineering institutions are developing the need to invest in inculcating an

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Adam C. Lynch; Amber Williams

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference(WIP) Creating Value: Building an Engineering Mindset via Integrated Projects Adam Carlton Lynch and Amber Williams Wichita State UniversityAbstractBackground: We evaluated the effect of integrating several engineering courses in customer-supplierrelationships. Each class worked on different components of a product using course specificsubject matter in a Six Sigma framework while using KEEN Entrepreneurial Mindset.Purpose / Hypothesis: To reverse engineer a common consumer product: 1) to discover ways to improve itsdesign; 2) to manufacture it in a more sustainable manner; 3) to meet operational

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Adam C. Lynch; Gary Brooking

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference (WIP) PBL: Building the Connection between Theory and Practice using Integrated Projects Adam Carlton Lynch and Gary Brooking Wichita State UniversityAbstractBackground: Working to enable a heightened sense of Connections between the theories ofengineering principles to the practical product value delivered to customers, we dramaticallymodified our current class project in an undergraduate engineering statics course. We threadedinteractive exercises adopted from The Kern Engineering Entrepreneurial Network (KEEN)’sEntrepreneurial Mindset (EM) which focuses on three Cs of