Engineering Network (KEEN) and provided by the University of New Haven(UNH), a KEEN partner institution. KEEN promotes engineering education by fostering anentrepreneurial mindset in students: “… beginning with curiosity about our changing world,integrating information from various resources to gain insight, and identifying unexpectedopportunities to create value. An engineer equipped with an entrepreneurial mindset is able tocreate extraordinary value within any type of organization. KEEN schools identify, nurture, anddevelop entrepreneurially minded engineers who will contribute to our national economicprosperity and secure individual fulfillment through a lifetime of meaningful work.”(engineeringunleashed.com)The UNH KEEN modules are intended to
groups to uncover their own thought and biases before discussing difficult orcontroversial topics surrounding engineering innovation with the class as a whole. While thecourse is taught specifically with engineering design in mind, the course has attracted studentsfrom varying majors which has fostered collaboration and creativity in idea generation. Thecombination of critical thinking methodology with innovation concepts has led students to notonly expand their knowledge of potential applications of engineering, but has lead severalstudents to initiate communication with faculty members regarding their ideas for researchopportunities, innovation competitions, and initiated their own projects via applying forUniversity Innovation Fellows
Paper ID #22908Curious About Student Curiosity: Implications of Pedagogical Approach forStudents’ MindsetDr. Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University Margot Vigeant is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University. She earned her B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University, and her M.S. and Ph.D., also in chemical engineering, from the University of Virginia. Her primary research focus is on engineering pedagogy at the undergraduate level. She is particularly interested in the teaching and learning of concepts related to thermodynamics. She is also interested in active, collaborative, and problem-based
. Given that we accept 45-50 students into theprogram from a pool of 70-80 applicants, it does not appear that we are “over-selling” theprogram with our current advertising efforts.DemographicsLooking back at the first two cohorts, we achieved our goal of diversity by major. In general, theproportion of majors represented in the entrepreneurship LLC mirrors the distribution of majorsin the full student body, Table 3. To provide some context for sample size and analysis, we haveapproximately 2,200 undergraduates and only offer degrees in engineering, math, and science.There are no liberal arts degrees offered. We have experience with only one other LLC, which isfocused on environmentally minded engineering, and has been in existence for five
to experience. Since this time educators have been trying to create educational curricula at various levels that incorporate baseline knowledge with experience (Kolb, 1984; Savery and Duffy, 1995; Bonwell and Eison, 1991; Kolodner, 1993; Boud and Feletti, 1998). Historically, universities have followed traditionalist methods of instilling a broad range of information into the minds of their students. Within technically minded universities and colleges, however, there has been even more focus on providing the technical knowledge base. Today, the field is realizing the importance of developing engineering students who are technically proficient, but who are also inherently curious, who can infer and develop connections between ideas, and
) (2004) pp.293-3014. Nichols, S.P., Armstrong, N.E., Engineering Entrepreneurship: Does Entrepreneurship have a Role in Engineering Education?, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, A Session 2354, (2001)5. Thursby, M.C., Introducing Technology Entrepreneurship to Graduate Education: An Integrative Approach, University Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer: Process, Design and Intellectual Property Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, 16, (2005) pp.211-2406. Jolly, V. K., Commercializing New Technologies: Getting from Mind to Market, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Massachusetts (1997)7. Powell, K., Entrepreneur Contests Spark Innovation and provide a Practice
engineering;[and] only 3 percent associate the word ‘creative’ with engineering.”1, 22, 23 It is likely that thisimage is also in the minds of engineering students, especially underclassmen that have not yetdone much design and open-ended problem work. If the students don’t believe they are creativeand do not get to practice creativity, enthusiasm for continuing engineering study and retentionin engineering education could suffer.On the first day of the course, the students were asked about their personal view on their owncreativity, the role of creativity in engineering, problem solving, teamwork, and leadership.After the course, the same survey was administered. The survey was quantified using a 5-pointLikert scale. The course enrollment was low
serviceconsultants, make sure you are getting your monies worth. It is easy for a start-up to spend toomuch of their limited resources on attorneys’ fees and not enough on building the business. Theworst-case for a start-up is to run out of resources and close-up shop while preparing the bestpatent portfolio to go to market. The lean start-up movement has realigned priorities somewhatwith keeping the customer discovery and value proposition at the ‘top of mind’ along with speedto revenues.In academia, the push for science and engineering faculty to generate IP has significantlyincreased over the last decade. According to the Center On Budget And Policy Priorities (CBPP),41 states, state universities are operating with less state funding and support since
exists in the field of aerospace engineering. However, with this definition, comes challenges inassessment of the modules which is designed to incorporate “creativity” since a creative design is onlyassessed by the value it adds over time. However, this definition of creativity ties in congruently with theKern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network’s framework on Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML)which focuses on the value creation. Therefore, the KEEN framework itself is used as an assessment toolfor the module which will be discussed in the forthcoming sections. The assessment of the student workwas done based through poster presentations to external clients and which was judged by a retired F-35 testpilot.2. Ideation, Disruption and Aha
Paper ID #18034University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for Engineering Edu-cation: A Multi-case Study of Entrepreneurship Education in ChinaProf. Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University 2015-Present Professor, Institute of China’s Science,Technology and Education Strategy, Zhejiang Uni- versity Associate director of Research Center on Science and Education Development Strategy, Zhejiang University 2012-2014 Professor, School of management, Hangzhou Dianzi University Dean of Organiza- tion Management, School of management, Hangzhou Dianzi University 2008-2012 Director of Teaching & Research Division, School of
curricular model to develop anentrepreneurial mindset in engineering students. We characterize the entrepreneurial mindsetbased on the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)’s 3C’s, which are curiosity,connections and creating value. The learning outcomes and complementary skills in the KEENframework that we attempt to achieve through the e-learning modules are shown in Table 1. Thecontextual activities, explained in the following section, provide the reinforcing method to helpstudents gain the complementary skills. Table 1 Entrepreneurially Minded Learning (EML) Outcomes and Skills EML Outcomes Dimension Learning Outcome Demonstrate constant curiosity about
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Approach to Assess Achievement of EML through Integrated e-Learning ModulesIntroduction The University of New Haven promotes entrepreneurial minded learning (EML) throughthe integration of e-learning modules on entrepreneurial topics into regular engineering andcomputer science courses. Each module is supplemented by a contextual activity where studentsapply what they learned in the module. The e-learning modules collectively target 18 KEENStudent Outcomes (KSOs) described in the KEEN Framework [1]. Appropriate assessmentmethods are needed to determine whether the integrated e-learning modules are effective indeveloping students
about the problem and thus may not fulfill others’ need to a satisfactory level.The importance of incorporating customers in students’ training has been mentioned by a fewauthors [3-5].Fig. 1 The KEEN pyramid depicting the attributes of an entrepreneurially-minded engineer [1]In addition to an entrepreneurial mindset, engineers have increased need for interculturalcommunication competence. Both academic programs and professional environments areglobalized spaces [6] where intercultural communication competence is a necessary skill foradvancement. Effective intercultural communication requires an understanding of culture thatmoves beyond mere translation of language and into understandings of the cultural backgroundsof potential customers [7
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design project.” ASEEAnnual Conference and Exposition.[3] Prince, M. J. and Felder, R. M., 2006. “Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods:Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases.” Journal of Engineering Education, 95 (2), pp.123-138.[4] Eisenstein, E. M., 2010. “Engineering and entrepreneurship: Creating value fromengineering”. 2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skillsfor Complex Global Environments.[5] Kriewall, T.J., and Mekemson, K., 2010. “Instilling the Entrepreneurial Mindset IntoEngineering”. The Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship, 1(1), pp. 5-19.[6] Gerhart, A. L. and Melton, D. E., 2016. “Entrepreneurially minded learning: Incorporatingstakeholders, discovery, opportunity identification
processes.Bibliography:1. W.M. Morris and L. Morris. 1999. Fourth Generation R & D: Managing Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation. New York. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.2. National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators – 1996. Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996. (NSB 96-21).3. Klein. J.T. 1990. Interdisciplinarity: history, theory and practice. Detroit. Wayne State University Press.4. Fogarty, R. 1991. The Mindful School: How to Integrate the Curricula. Palatine, IL. Skylight Publishing, Inc.5. Goldratt, E. M. 1984. The Goal. Great Barrington, MA. The North River Press.6. Haynes, C. 2002. Innovations in Interdisciplinary Teaching. Carol Haynes (ed.). Westport, CT. Oryx Press.7. Hofer, C.W. 1975
for creatinginnovation of any kind within an organization.8 Based on these terms, it appears thatentrepreneurial thinking could therefore be an important aspect in a successful senior project.9Consider that the entrepreneurial mind creates inventive solutions to complex problems. Theentrepreneurial mind also recognizes the importance of identifying entrepreneurial opportunities.Lawrence Technological University (the authors’ institution) has a strong commitment offostering the entrepreneurial mindset. The College of Engineering has taken a leadershipposition in implementing the University’s vision of developing students with a global view andan entrepreneurial spirit. The curriculum includes eight courses with entrepreneurial content (as
analyzing the 26 concept maps and creating one master concept map, it wasfound that EM is composed of character traits, attitudes, and behaviors, such as thinking outsideof the box, being open minded, being a risk taker, and critical thinking [27].The final stakeholder that is important to consider are students. There have been limited studieson students' definitions of EM in the engineering context, though a few studies have addressedbusiness student perspectives on entrepreneurial qualities. Some common attributes ofentrepreneurs given by undergraduate business students in the School of Economics at theUniversity of Turku in Finland are courage, social skills, supporting others, serving society, andmaking an effort to attain common goals [28]. A
AC 2008-1067: INNOVATIVE THINKING: DESIRED SKILLS AND RELATEDACTIVITIESDaniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Page 13.750.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Innovative Thinking: Desired Skills and Related Activities Daniel Raviv Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: ravivd@fau.edu 561 297 2773 Abstract This paper describes a new interdisciplinary graduate course titled: “Innovative Thinking” aimedat enhancing
something new; 3) shifting norms of leaders involved in entrepreneurial-minded action; and 4) developing teaching methods with a storytelling focus in engineering and science educa- tion. Founder of the Design Entrepreneuring Studio: Barbara helps teams generate creative environments. Companies that she has worked with renew their commitment to innovation. She also helps students an- swer these questions when she teaches some of these methods to engineering, design, business, medicine, and law students. Her courses use active storytelling and self-reflective observation as one form to help student and industry leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a project- from the early, inspirational stages to prototyping
Paper ID #16203An Intensive Experiential Entrepreneurship Program (3-Day Startup)Prof. Robert Gettens, Western New England University Rob Gettens is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Director of the First Year Engineering Program at Western New England University.Dr. Andrew Zimbroff, University of Nebraska, LincolnHarlan E. Spotts Jr., Western New England University Professor of Marketing in the College of BusinessMr. Cameron Houser, 3 Day StartupMs. Alexis Taylor, 3 Day Startup Alexis Taylor is a program manager at 3 Day Startup where she guides organizing teams through the program creation
AC 2011-934: IPHONE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASS: BRIDGING THEGAP BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS TO CREATE AN EN-TREPRENEURIAL CULTUREGerald Nelson, Mississippi State University Gerald Nelson is an Industrial Engineering graduate of Mississippi State University who later went on to receive his MBA. Nelson’s career includes former positions as Plant Manager, Trinity Industries; Presi- dent and Chief Operating Officer of the Wear Resistance Group of Thermadyne Industries, Inc.; Executive Vice President of Operations, Viasystems Group, Inc.; and Chief Operating Officer of Deka Medical, Inc. In 2006, Nelson assumed responsibility as Director for the Thad Cochran Endowment for Entrepreneur- ship, which fosters funds and
level engineering capstone design courses that were cross-listed as a single course, which was open to MBA students24, 25. The purpose of this cross-listed course was to produce business minded future engineers who through the experience of producing marketable products would develop better teamwork skills, adaptable communication skills, be comfortable with business plan development, and be knowledgeable of patents and intellectual property. Student team projects were either assigned or self-generated. The final product of the project was a functional product prototype supported by a written report describing its business and engineering aspects. The project evaluation was based on the intended business and engineering
Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Developing a Direct Assessment for Measuring Students’ Ability to Make ConnectionsAbstractThe integration of entrepreneurial minded learning (EML) into engineering courses to developstudents’ entrepreneurial mindset (EM) is growing in popularity through efforts such as the KernEntrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). As the integration of EML occurs, it is importantto assess students’ development of an EM to inform the efficacy of course changes. FollowingKEEN’s definition, we operationalize EM as the ability to create value, make connections, andbe curious. While we acknowledge the importance of all aspects of EML, in this full paper, wefocus on assessing students
meant to gauge understanding ofall the topics covered in an engineering electromagnetics course. The CUE-CMR has beenapplied at this university since the Spring 2018 semester, where a transformation of the course toan active learning environment was initiated [11].Entrepreneurially Minded Learning and Electromagnetics EducationEML is not to be confused with entrepreneurship or even activities that are purelyentrepreneurial in nature. EML broadens entrepreneurship education by incorporating a focus onmindset and skillset while attempting to measure the knowledge of students, how students think,skills, and attitudes toward learning [12]. An entrepreneurial activity requires pairing a specifictechnical skillset with business acumen to create a new
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Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Prior to Joining the University in 2004, Hanan was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Ceyba, an optical long-haul networking company that employed 250 people at its peak. Hanan also worked at Nortel Networks in different positions conducting pioneering research in various areas of photonics, rang- ing from device physics to optical networking. She has numerous journal and conference publications and patents. Hanan’s current research interests include Biophotonics, Innovation and engineering educa- tion.Her passion is to help students graduate with an entrepreneurial mind set that enable them to play leading roles in existing organizations or
criteria. The Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship 6(2), 44-57. 7. Dyer, J. H., Gregersen, H.B., & Christensen, C.M. (2009). The innovator’s DNA. Harvard Business Review, 87(12), 60-67. 8. Dyer, J. H., Gregersen, H. B., & Kristensen, C. M. (2011). The innovator’s DNA: Mastering the five skills of disruptive innovators. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press. 9. Gardner, H. (1983), Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books. 10. Gardner, H. (2000). Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century. New York: Basic Books. 11. Jones, G., and Wadhwani, R.D. (2007). Entrepreneurship and business history: Renewing
why you are using it.Although some skeptics will continue to ask the question, “why do we even need estimationwhen nowadays, we can write programs to calculate nearly anything?”. In some instances,usually when working in teams, estimating is about creating a shared understanding of a givenrequirement, and keeping the big picture in mind. By keeping things simple, and not gettingcaught up in precise details of the final results; estimation puts everyone on the same page towork toward a common goal. Although the estimates will not always be exactly right, they willbe consistent.5. Future WorkThis paper is part of an ongoing work that includes additional estimation techniques andexamples that are relevant to engineers and entrepreneurship. Some
courses in Section 4 and discuss these results briefly in Section 5. 2 IDEAS Studio Courses The IDEAS Studio courses are elective courses taught through the College of Engineering at Bucknell University and are designed to engage students in authentic, projectbased work with students in multiple disciplines. A core goal of the IDEAS studio courses is to grow students in an entrepreneurial mindset, while students are encouraged to learn new skills that they have not yet acquired through coursework or other experiences. Entrepreneurially minded topics within the courses span opportunity recognition, ideation, creativity, fabrication, business models, value creation, and market analysis. All courses have elements of engineering