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2025 PNW Section Annual Meeting

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Yuliana Flores; Jennifer A. Turns

high school student group, providingfeedback and additional scaffolding.Research or No Research Around December 30th - January 2nd, I realized my winter quarter was already full. Iwasn't progressing on my dissertation proposal as I was still researching diary study structuresand question types for participants. I was interested in exploring settler colonial practices,reading relevant scholarship, and considering how to integrate this into diary studies withoutoverwhelming participants. As the quarter approached, I recognized that I was preparing for the high school projectwhere I would be an engineering instructor. I had also joined a DRG on "AI, Reflection, andResearch through Design." The first session of this DRG solidified my

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2025 PNW Section Annual Meeting

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Naga Korivi

entrepreneurship,tailored to engineering students. These educational opportunities are provided either byintegrating entrepreneurship concepts into the engineering curriculum or through non-engineering courses, minors, and certificate programs available to engineering students [2].However, despite the growing recognition of the importance of entrepreneurship education forengineering graduates, research indicates that its widespread inclusion in undergraduateengineering curricula is still limited and not yet fully institutionalized [2, 3]. This could be due tofactors such as ABET accreditation requirements or constraints related to program flexibility andresources. ABET, Inc. is a recognized organization responsible for accreditation of around

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2025 PNW Section Annual Meeting

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Stephanie Wettstein

Peripheral Jigsaw Activities to Engage Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindsets Stephanie G. Wettstein Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USAAbstractThroughout a student’s undergraduate career, oftentimes the only engagement they have withengineering professionals is during internships and their senior-level design course. However,research indicates that students value these interactions for their engineering development.Through Kern Entrepreneurial Education Network (KEEN) Fellowship funding, four chemicalengineering alumni created jigsaw activities that were presented in a junior-level