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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stephanie M. Gillespie, University of New Haven; Onyinyechi Nwadiuto Agu, University of New Haven; Erica Maggiore, University of New Haven

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Research Assistants. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 How well can Makerspaces build an Entrepreneurial Mindset?1. IntroductionIn this paper, we explore if makerspaces can contribute to student development of anentrepreneurial mindset. Makerspaces take prior implementations of hands-on engineering, suchas machine and wood shops, and push a step further to have complete digital tools available toassist with the common goal of creating a final product or solving problems. Often integratedthrough coursework, students usually have access to tools and a maker community both in andout of the classroom. They also allows students to unleash creative potential and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Rachel E. Friedensen, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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learning the skills and knowledge aligned with the profession and connecting to professional roles or aspects thereof. In this study, we understood engagement with professional activities to be the coursework, group projects, internships, co-op experiences, and extracurricular design projects, among other experiences, in which these students engaged in what they considered to be innovation. • Developing social networks – This refers to building communities of others engaged in the professional and understanding one’s place in that network of peers. We understood these students’ social networks to be those individuals (e.g., students, engineers, instructors, etc.) with whom they interacted in the

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin; Anastasia Katharine Ostrowski, University of Michigan

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Southern California and B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India.Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan Aileen is faculty in Engineering Education and Biomedical Engineering. Previously, Aileen was the Associate Director for Academics in the Center for Entrepreneurship and was responsible for building the Program in Entrepreneurship for UM undergraduates, co-developing the masters level entrepreneur- ship program, and launching the biomedical engineering graduate design program. Aileen has received a number of awards for her teaching, including the Thomas M. Sawyer, Jr. Teaching Award, the UM ASEE Outstanding Professor Award and the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award. Prior to joining the