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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Donndelinger

significant improvements in student of the Entrepreneurial Mindset. A course in Engineeringengagement as measured by class attendance, homework Economics is required for all students in Baylor’scompletion rates, and course evaluation statistics. This undergraduate engineering programs, complementing thetransition also increased polarization of students’ academic goal of instilling the Entrepreneurial Mindset. Most studentsperformance which may be addressed through further satisfy the Engineering Economics requirement with adevelopment of the problem-based learning course content. conventional course offered by the Economics Department

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez; Arturo Fuentes; Stephen Crown

approach is to (1) change the mindset of selected studentscompetencies and inventories of skills) from multiple and teach them meta-skills (i.e. fundamental behaviors) forperspectives and for various purposes: continuous self-transformation. And (2), these selected• Sets of skills for a given technical topic, for example students will make a critical mass of trained students would engineering design [4]. lead communities of learning and propagate their• Sets of skills for a particular task or activity, for motivation. example problem solving [5] Innovation and entrepreneurship are

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

operate. In pressure ratio, FPR, and the bypass ratio, ALPHA. Theconclusion, the active learning modules and the designproject were effective in challenging and exciting thestudents about the design of gas turbine engines. Thecompany context for teams prepares students for what theymight encounter in industry.1. Introduction Since 2007 Baylor University has been involved withthe Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN).KEEN is “a national partnership of universities with theshared mission to graduate engineers with anentrepreneurial mindset so they can create personal,economic, and societal value through a lifetime ofmeaningful work.” [1] This is accomplished byincorporating entrepreneurially minded learning into the