Collection

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Nicholas Hosein, UC Davis; Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis; Andre Knoesen

Tagged Topics

Diversity

c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Fostering Entrepreneurship Through Targeted Adversity: A Senior Design Case Study Nicholas Hosein, Andr´e Knoesen, Lee Michael MartinAbstractEngineering education has the potential for significant social and economic impacts throughentrepreneurship. In this regard, most engineering curriculum falls short in three critical areas,thereby limiting its effectiveness. Firstly, students are often indoctrinated into the “specificapproach to solve a problem” mindset when in fact real world technical problems are dynamic,nuanced and most importantly, can be solved many ways depending on the resources andexpertise at hand. Secondly, aversion to risk