Paper ID #27319Integrating Entrepreneurial Mind-set into First-Year Engineering Curricu-lum through Active Learning ExercisesDr. Chad S. Korach, University of Mount Union Chad Korach is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Engineering at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio.Dr. Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union Joshua Gargac is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH, where he advises the mechanical engineering senior capstone projects and SAE Baja team. In addition, Dr. Gargac teaches first-year engineering courses
Paper ID #24668EML Indices to Assess Student Learning through Integrated e-Learning Mod-ulesDr. Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven Ron Harichandran is Dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering and is the PI of four grants related to the development of an entrepreneurial mindset in students by utilizing integrated e-learning modules and experiential learning opportunities. Through these grant entrepreneurial thinking is being integrated into courses spanning all four years in seven ABET accredited engineering and computer science BS programs, and 75 engineering and computer science faculty at 53 other
, respectively. In 2006, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Sin- gapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in educational psychology, specialized in measurement, evaluation and assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Li has a unique cross- disciplinary educational and research background in mechatronics engineering, specialized in control and robotics, and educational psychology, specialized in statistical analysis and program evaluation.Dr. Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven Ron Harichandran is
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engineering entrepreneurship education.AcknowledgementsThis project is funded by the U.S National Science Foundation through grant number 1531533.The opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] D. T. Rover, “New economy, new engineer,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 94, no. 4, pp. 427–428, 2005.[2] T. Byers, T. Seelig, S. Sheppard, and P. Weilerstein, “Entrepreneurship: It’s Role in Engineering Education,” Bridg., vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 35–40, 2013.[3] S. K. Gilmartin, H. L. Chen, and C. Estrada, “Investigating Entrepreneurship Program Models in Undergraduate Engineering Education,” vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 2048–2065, 2016.[4] J. A. Katz, “The chronology and intellectual
literature, and the media.Yet, once past the title and initial discussion, the focus invariably is on entrepreneurship – notinnovation. This focus on entrepreneurship is fueled by the excitement of “the start-upexperience,” the aura of its founders as entrepreneurs, and the community for economicdevelopment. “Entrepreneurship leverages innovation to create value” [10] and “entrepreneursneed to search purposely for the sources of innovation” [11] to be successful. Whereas“[i]nnovation – or practical creativity – is mainly about making new ideas useful [and] aninnovator…solve[s] old problems with new ideas…or solve[s] new problems with old ideas usedin radically different ways.” [12] Innovation is possible without entrepreneurship
starting acompany in their assessment process. Such assessment results will help practitionersbetter design course content and pedagogy to meet the desired learning outcomes, andalso simultaneously provide the research community with data to identify whichconceptualizations or constituent constructs of EM are most frequently targeted in currentengineering entrepreneurship programs.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation through grant number1531533. The opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent theNational Science Foundation. 8References[1] N. Duval-Couetil, M. Ladisch, and S. Yi, “Discovery to
used at a much higher rate since the late 1990’s. [24]Although the rubric has been viewed solely as an assessment tool for quite some time, recentstudies have suggested that it can also be used as a learning instrument. Arter and McTighesuggest that in collaboration with a formative assessment of student’s current un-finished work,the rubric can highlight areas that students are excelling in, as well as show opportunities wherethey can improve. [25] Jonsson and Svingby also note that a great benefit to using a rubric is thatit can be incredibly consistent in regards to the use of judgment when assessing specific studenttraits in class. [23] A prominent example of rubric use, the VALUE Rubrics developed and published by theAssociation of
findings, Barba-S´anchez et al. [33] identified Financial Motivation as one of the leadingmotivational factors for industrial and computer engineering students. They further elaborate thatmoney is seen as a synonym for well-being, and reflects safety and a good standard of living forthe society. Having the power to act seems to be a strong factor for engineering graduates. Thegraduates value the power to make their own decisions but also to take responsibility. Previousresearch from Barba-S´anchez (2012)[12] identified ”do things my way” as one of the factors, rep-resenting the possession and execution of power. The participants talked about the reputation ofstarting a company and could appreciate additional visibility. A similar factor has been
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items (see Table 2), determine if scores on the 3C’s varied by product choice, andidentify which aspects of an entrepreneurial mindset are most targeted by Product Archaeology(and likewise, which aspects need further development in regards to EML). The results aresummarized in Figures 1 and 2 and Table 3 below. Table 2. KEEN-related Rubric ItemsKEEN 3C’s Rubric Item(s)Mapped to Curiosity Historical Research (information, sources, and research questions)Mapped to Connections Experimental/Technical WorkMapped to Creating Value Analysis Figure 1. Average Rubric Scores for Final Report color coded by general (yellow), Curiosity(blue), Connections (green), and Creating
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narrow theirscope as they traverse the design challenge. Future research should investigate this approachacross different design challenges, using a larger subset of students, and incorporatequantitative and explanatory data analysis.6. References[1] L. Bosman and S. Fernhaber, Teaching the entrepreneurial mindset to engineers. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2018.[2] J. Seddon and S. Caulkin, "Systems thinking, lean production and action learning," Action Learning: Research and Practice, vol. 4, pp. 9-24, 2007.[3] T. Brown, Change by design: how design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2009.[4] A. Osterwalder, Y. Pigneur, G
enhancements to come in our engineeringcurriculum.References[1] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A review of literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented capstone courses,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 17–28, 1997.[2] C. L. Dym, A. M. Agogino, O. Eris, D. D. Frey, and L. J. Leifer, “Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning,” J. Eng. Educ., no. January, pp. 103–120, 2005.[3] C. Charyton and J. A. Merrill, “Assessing general creativity and creative engineering design in first year engineering students,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 145–156, 2009.[4] S. P. Nichols and N. E. Armstrong, “Engineering entrepreneurship: Does entrepreneurship have a role
on three criteria, per established guidelines of critical incident technique [27]: 1. Detailed description of an experience or series of experiences that are directly attributable to the aspect(s) of their way of understanding or approaching innovation. 2. Description or demonstration of one or more aspects of understanding or approaching innovation. (Note: Direct connections to innovation were preferred, but this connection could be inferred from a participant’s way of experiencing innovation (as seen in the previous study [9]) or contextual cues in the excerpt or elsewhere in the interview.) 3. A clear change, refinement, or crystallization in one’s view of innovation, especially as it addressed aspects of
theworkforce [6]. There are many explanations of individual excellence and entrepreneurialmindset [7,8, 9] and multiple studies about engineering students [10,11,12] with an emphasison a high need for achievement and potential for break-through innovation [13]. Since the late1990’s engineers and designers have been exploring moods and feelings and their connectionto better solutions [14]. And while research links entrepreneurial status to personality theory[15] and personality to leadership [16], few studies focus on the impact of emotion oninnovative success. This paper aims to begin filling that gap with a preliminary experiment toshow how students experience a story of innovation. The experiment is inspired by Radcliffe President Mattina
: • Course(s) enrolled • Employment during university enrollment, • Factors leading students to not pursue their project as a startup, and • Suggested measures for increasing the rate of startup formation from course projects3. ResultsThe study’s three hypotheses were assessed using the interviews and the coded data. On average,each of the 16 participants provided 2.2 reasons for not launching their project as a startup. 3.1. Hypothesis 1Hypothesis 1 was that students do not continue with their projects because they cannot take timeaway from the paying jobs that are supporting their education. The data suggest that this is true.As shown in Fig. 1, students most frequently mentioned lack of time as a factor discouragingpursuing a
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). Students use knowledge of MATLAB taught in the lectureportion of the course to design a game. Students choose one or more games from a provided listto design or invent their own. Each game carried a point value and students could exceed thepoint requirements for extra credit. Students then conducted two user interviews to determinerequirements for the game and created a team working agreement. Before coding began, studentscreated a flowchart, algorithm, or pseudocode draft. Students then coded their chosen game(s).Additionally, students created a project notebook including a project schedule, business plan,advertisement, and project pitch video. Software documentation was also prepared including auser manual. Students were given multiple class
corresponding means of assessment. We plan to submit a full paper in a year with more details on our progress towards these outcomes. Acknowledgments This work was made possible in part by a Faculty Grant from VentureWell to the authors. The authors would also like to acknowledge the rest of the senior design teaching team (AP, BT, RR, JG) and our college’s administration for the ongoing support. References[1] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 17–28, Jan. 1997.[2] “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2019 – 2020 | ABET.” [Online]. Available
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4.94 Founders and Management Team Factors - Founder(s) commitment to startup 4.89 Relationship Factors - Integrity 4.89 Relationship Factors - Coachability 4.82 Founders and Management Team Factors - Perseverance 4.76 Relationship Factors - Character 4.72 Intellectual Property Factors - Competitive Advantage 4.71 Relationship Factors - Passion 4.67 Competitive Factors - Understanding of Competitive Landscape 4.67 Exit Factors - Potential for
Consciousness Competency. In the United States entrepreneurial training was starting toget introduced across colleges and universities in the 1970’s. Since then entrepreneurshipeducation and training programs have expanded and been adopted in several more college anduniversity curricula in recent years. It is estimated that 80% of all U.S. colleges and universitiesat present implement such programs [3]. Entrepreneurship for most of the students is a newexperience. The benefits it offers includes the opportunity to acquire new skills and experience,access to knowledge and tools related to establishing and operating companies, decision makingand negotiations, project management and team working and bearing consequences of undesiredoutcomes. Self
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these tablesare collected and sent to a Tomra commercial recycling unit where their labels are scanned andthe items crushed. The throughput of the Tomra is much slower than our counting tables. Sincethey have such variety, cans are either sent to a large table (~12’ X 12’) for hand sorting and bag-ging, or they are put through the Tomra machine. Using an Omega LC101 S-beam load cell anda Red Lion Strain Gage Conditioner (LD2SG5P0) that has a large 2.25” high 5-digit LEDdisplay, the students constructed a hanging scale with a calibrated 1 to 1000 gm range to weighfilled can bags. It was a good idea but we soon found that can weights varied widely from onebrand to another and even within a brand, so the scale idea was abandoned after a center