Paper ID #39759Development of entrepreneurial mindset-driven training materials forundergraduate researchersDr. Maysam Nezafati, Georgia Institute of Technology I am a lecturer in the department of biomedical engineering at Georgia institute of technology /Emory University. I have been working on educational research since 2016. My main focus is on problem based learning core courses. But specifically I work onDr. Irene Reizman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Irene M.B. Reizman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Al- fred R. Schmidt Endowed Chair for Excellence in Teaching at the
section of the Tennessee Academy of Science in 2022 and 2017. His research interests include MEMS, Lipid Bilayer Membrane sciences, and advanced manufacturing.Prof. Jeffrey Ma, Saint Louis University Dr. Jeff Ma is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Saint Louis University. Dr. Ma at- tended KEEN Foundation-funded programs and workshops to learn fundamental pedagogical techniques of EML, ACL, and PBL to instill entrepreneur mindset into engineering students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023. Enhancing Programming Industrial Robots Course Through Integration of the Entrepreneurial MindsetAbstract:Engineering students equipped with an
Paper ID #41822Assessing Entrepreneurial Mindset in Computer Science Students Using ConceptMappingArwen Elizabeth Pearson, University of Washington Undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Washington Tacoma. Set to graduate June 2024. Conducting undergraduate research with Heather Dillon on the benefits of concept mapping in computer science and numerical methods courses as of December 2023.Mr. Simon Njoroge, University of Washington Simon Njoroge is a driven Mechanical Engineering student born and raised in Central Kenya, currently finalizing his Bachelor of Science degree in the United States
Paper ID #42495Active Learning Experience Incorporating Entrepreneurial Mindset in EngineeringMechanics CourseDr. Lynn Dudash, University of Mount Union ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Active Learning Experience Incorporating Entrepreneurial Mindset in Engineering Mechanics CourseIntroduction An increasing number of engineering professors have been using active learningexperiences to engage students. Moreover, active learning techniques have been shown toincrease student performance in several settings [1], [2], [3], [4] and may help close achievementgaps for underrepresented
Paper ID #46949Infusing an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Undergraduate Researchers throughFaculty DevelopmentDr. Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University Liping Liu is the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research in the College of Engineering and also an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. She holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her primary research expertise lies in the fields of thermal sciences and fluid mechanics, with a focus on addressing transport phenomena in energy processes. Her work primarily aims
Paper ID #46096Developing Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Construction Management throughExperiential ProjectsDr. Dalya Ismael, Old Dominion University Dr. Dalya Ismael is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. She holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on advancing sustainable design and construction practices through behavioral interventions, immersive visualization, and data-informed decision-making. With over a decade of combined academic and industry experience, Dr. Ismael is also a LEED Green Associate and Envision Specialist
Paper ID #46061Introducing the Entrepreneurial Mindset into Classes at NC State UniversityDr. Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Anna Howard is a Teaching Professor at NC State University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering where she has led the course redesign effort for Engineering Statics. She received her Ph.D. from the Rotorcraft Center of Excellence at Penn State University and is one of the campus leaders of Wolfpack Engineering Unleashed. She has launched and is currently chairing the College Teaching Committee for the NC State College of Engineering.Katherine Saul, North Carolina State
Paper ID #47492An Entrepreneurial Mindset-Based Early-Curriculum Exposure to UndergraduateResearchDr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Associate Professor and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, measurement science, engineering education, engineering leadership, and professional identity development.Dr. Irene Reizman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Irene M.B. Reizman is an Associate
Paper ID #46833Assessing the effectiveness of entrepreneurial mindset training materials forundergraduate researchersDr. Irene Reizman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Irene M.B. Reizman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Alfred R. Schmidt Endowed Chair for Excellence in Teaching at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She holds a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research interests include metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and impacts of undergraduate
Paper ID #37077Statistical Validation of Growth in the Entrepreneurial Mindset ofStudents Resulting from Four Years of InterventionsDr. Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven Nadiye O. Erdil, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering and engineering and opera- tions management at the University of New Haven. She teaches at the undergraduate and graduate level and has held several academic positions including administrative appointments. In addition to her work in engineering education, her background and research interests are in quality and productivity improve- ment using statistical tools, lean
Paper ID #38203Undergraduate Research as a Tool for Building Entrepreneurial Mindset inEngineering StudentsDr. Heather Dillon, University of Washington Dr. Heather Dillon is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining academia, she worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer working on both energy efficiency and renewable energy systems, where she received the US Department of Energy Office of Science
Paper ID #37561Promoting Entrepreneurial Mindset in Engineering Students UsingIoT-Focused Project-Based LearningDr. Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico Associate professor at California state university, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests in Engineering Education focuses on Project-based learning course development, and inclusive teaching practices.Dr. Alfred Schademan, California State University, Chico Dr. Al Schademan is a Professor at California State University, Chico in the School of Education. His research interests focus upon preservice science teacher education
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Gap Analysis for Assessment of Entrepreneurial Mindset in EngineeringAbstractThe efforts to incorporate an Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in engineering have grownsignificantly in recent years. The purpose of this work-in-progress research is to determine whattools and methods are currently used to assess EM, and what gaps exist in the current practice.To determine the current practices we performed a comprehensive literature review, anassessment review of cards on Engineering Unleashed, and a series of faculty interviews. Todetermine the gaps in the current assessment tools, we reviewed the results from each of the datasets and conducted additional industry
his domain expertise to improve STEM education, with an emphasis on how AI can be incorporated into design practices.Dr. Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia Beshoy Morkos is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology where he directs the STRIDE Lab (SysTems Research on Intelligent De- sign and Engineering). His lab currently performs researchDr. Jianfeng Ma ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Development of a Manufacturing Assessment Survey to Promote Entrepreneurial Mindset in EngineeringAbstract Most manufacturing content taught in the engineering classroom is presented passively
professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. Her researDr. Anthony M. Jacobi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work-In-Progress: Early Student Exposure to an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Engineering ResearchAbstractMany studies have indicated that research experiences can be beneficial to undergraduatestudents. However, these experiences are not given the same importance as coursework byfaculty and administrators designing curricula and undergraduate research
Tagliatela College of Engineering at the University of New Haven in West Haven, CT. Since entering academia, she has been passionate about preparing the next generation of engineers with real-life skills, specifically by teaching courses in the area of engineering service learning, first-year engineering courses, and the Grand Challenges of Engineering. Her current research interests span multiple areas of engineering education including makerspaces, multidisciplinary teams, gender diversity and minority retention, and entrepreneurial mindset. Her PhD from Georgia Tech focused on machine learning and signal processing for affective computing, specifically detecting stress and depression in adults with communication
Paper ID #42594The First-Year Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset: A LongitudinalInvestigation Utilizing Indirect Assessment ScoresSherri M. Youssef, The Ohio State University Sherri Youssef is a PhD candidate in the Engineering Education Department at The Ohio State University. Her research interests include understanding the motivation of regional campus undergraduate engineering students to persist and how the need to belong inform one’s motivation to persist in engineering. She completed both her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University as
Paper ID #46824Investigating Perceptions of Inventiveness and Entrepreneurial Mindsets inLate Elementary School StudentsJasmine N Patel, Georgia Institute of Technology Jasmine Patel is a Research Associate at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). She specializes in invention education and informal STEM learning within K-12 settings. Her work involves research into the implementation and effects of educational interventions. In her role, Jasmine collaborates with a diverse group of K-12 students, educators, and administrators to develop and
Paper ID #46850Incorporating an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Online Introduction to EngineeringCourses: A Study of Value Creation ˜ Arizona State UniversityDr. Kristen Pena, In her role as Senior Program Manager, Learning Initiatives for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (FSE) Learning and Teaching Hub (LTH), Kristen Pe˜na plans, develops, and supports a variety of faculty professional learning initiatives, including workshops, communities of practice, quick-reference guides, and other learning opportunities for engineering instructional staff and faculty. She also teaches undergraduate and graduate
Ohio Northern University, where he currently teaches first-year programming, user interface design, and capstone design preparation courses. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including formative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset through student engagement in educational software development. Estell earned his BS in Computer Science and Engineering degree from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Dr. DeAnna Lynn Leitzke PE, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. DeAnna Leitzke serves as chair of the Civil
, students who had an interest in graduate programs were alsoencouraged to take an M-CURE that focused on writing peer reviewed papers and transition to graduateprograms [3,5].The last element of the CURE experiences was tied to development of an entrepreneurial mindset (EM).EM for this project is defined as a set of attitudes, dispositions, habits, and behaviors that shape a uniqueapproach to problem-solving, innovation, and value creation. In the context of research, we are focused onhelping students connect research with value creation. We have defined a research mindset as a broaderidea that includes many facets of an entrepreneurial mindset. These factors in turn are connected to theidea of student-centered research [6].All of the CUREs in the
Paper ID #48054Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset via Hands-On Learning: A Case Study onProject-Based Learning in Advanced Manufacturing and Additive ManufacturingCoursesDr. Anu R Osta, Rowan University Dr Anu Osta is an Associate Teaching Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Rowan University. His teaching interests are Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science, Manufacturing, and Design.Dr. Behrad Koohbor, Rowan University Behrad Koohbor is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset via
Paper ID #45847Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset in Chemical Engineering Students Throughan Alumni Seminar Series and Alumni-Led Jigsaw ActivitiesProf. Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University - Bozeman Stephanie Wettstein is a Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering department at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. She is also the Associate Director of the Montana Engineering Education Research Center (MEERC) and a KEEN Community Catalyst. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset in Chemical Engineering Students
Paper ID #47726Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset by Bridging Design and Construction– Incorporating Three Cs in Civil Engineering Technology CoursesDr. Amanda Y Bao P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology Amanda Bao is a Professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She got her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, in 2006. Dr. Bao started teaching at RIT in 2010 and she regularly teaches structural engineering courses. Prior to RIT, she worked as a bridge
mathematics textbook: Algebra Essentials. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 irst-Year Study Abroad Experience: An Engineering Design FCourse That Enhances Student Development in Multiculturalism and Entrepreneurial Mindset eywords:Entrepreneurial Mindset, EM, Connectedness, Creating Value,KCuriosity, International experience, Study Abroad, Global awareness, Multiculturalism, First-Year Engineering bstract:International experiences are high-impact opportunities forAundergraduate engineering students to cultivate the development of entrepreneurial mindsets (EMs) in relation to place. Engagement in hands-on experiences during an engineering design course abroad
Paper ID #46728Faculty and Students’ Perceptions and Experiences in the STEM Patent PathwayProgram and Entrepreneurial Mindset Development: A Case StudyMs. Katherine Jiawen Ren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Katherine Jiawen Ren is a Ph.D. student in the Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Katherine is currently a Graduate Research Assistant in the Educational Leadership Department in the Cato College of Education. Her research interests include educational psychology, research methodology, and STEM education. She had contributed to a
Paper ID #37637Bringing Entrepreneurial Mindset to the Design of Machinery through aBio-Inspired Design Project with Aesthetic ObjectivesProf. Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Colorado State University Soheil Fatehiboroujeni received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Merced in 2018 focused on the nonlinear dynamics of biological filaments. As an engineering educator and postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineer- ing, Soheil worked in the Active Learning Initiative (ALI) to promote student-centered learning and the use of computational tools
.Introduction:International experiences, including collaborative online international learning (COIL)experiences that naturally increase accessibility, are of interest to many students [1]. Theseexperiences provide educators a unique opportunity in which to develop a student'sentrepreneurial mindset (EM). EM is a framework to encompass a multitude of essential skills,including the inclination to discover, evaluate, and exploit opportunities, all of which are criticalfor developing students into well-rounded engineers. The Entrepreneurial StudentEntrepreneurial Mindset Assessment, as developed through The Ohio State University College ofEngineering, details the assessment criteria to concentrate on three main areas which areexpanded upon for varied focuses: Curiosity
Paper ID #47968Work-In-Progress: Using Technical and Professional Communication Assignmentsto foster Entrepreneurial Mindset in a Multidisciplinary Design CapstoneCourseLynn Hall, The Ohio State University Lynn Hall is a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Chair for Academic Administration in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D. in English from Miami University (Ohio).Mr. Bob Rhoads P.E., The Ohio State University Bob Rhoads currently functions as the Multidisciplinary Capstone Program Director for the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State University. He has a
,achievement motivation, leadership, and tolerance for failure, among others. They correspond toa specific mindset that needs to be effectively channeled into attitudes that promoteentrepreneurship and innovation. Both aspects are interdependent and mutually complement eachother on the path to achieving entrepreneurial goals, and they have gained significant prominencein recent years, leading educational institutions to focus on understanding various aspects of thisrelationship. Given the aforementioned, this research aims to analyze the relationship betweenentrepreneurial intention and self-perceived development of entrepreneurial competencies inengineering students. The sample comprises 175 students aged 18 to 28, representing variousengineering