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ENT-8: Mentorship, Creativity, and Ethics in Academic Entrepreneurship

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zeynep Gonca Akdemir-Beveridge, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut; Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut

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ENT-8: Mentorship, Creativity, and Ethics in Academic Entrepreneurship

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina McGahan, Vanderbilt University; Charleson S Bell, Vanderbilt University; Deanna Meador, Vanderbilt University; Christopher Harris, Vanderbilt University; HD McKay, Vanderbilt University, Management Library; Yiorgos Kostoulas, Vanderbilt University; Kevin Galloway, Vanderbilt University; Philippe M. Fauchet, Vanderbilt University; David A. Owens, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Sharon M. Weiss, Vanderbilt University

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ENT-8: Mentorship, Creativity, and Ethics in Academic Entrepreneurship

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Anne K DeChant, Penn State University Hershey College of Medicine; Erika Swift, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Alyson Grace Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Mark Daniel Pacey, Pennsylvania State University

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ENT-8: Mentorship, Creativity, and Ethics in Academic Entrepreneurship

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Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Voichita Maria Dadarlat; Yi Wang, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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caninfluence the design, conduct, or reporting of academic research. There are also legalimplications for universities that take public funds but engage in private business activities.When COIs are not managed, a university risks its reputation, and public trust can be damaged(Harman, 2022).Category 1: Personal Interests versus Professional ResponsibilitiesThis category of COIs refers to the ethical dilemmas that arise when an individual’s personalinterest and involvement in academic entrepreneurship conflicts with their professionalresponsibilities. These dilemmas compromise decision-making, transparency, and trust withinacademic and entrepreneurial settings. Examples include the following:Financial Conflicts of InterestFaculty involvement in

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ENT-7: Approaches to Fostering Self-Efficacy and Data-Driven Decision Making

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Eric James, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Zachary Reed Johnson

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characters long, as well as names thatcould not be used in advertising because of alternate meanings in other languages.5. Ethics. Most people trust their fellow business founders to be acting as responsible professionals andnever contemplate one of them hacking the company employee’s emails, stealing intellectual property,or suffering from a disease that can compromise their ability to act rationally and ethically. Whenrequesting to have your operating agreement created by your attorney think about having them add asection where you adopt a simple ethical code. The National Society of Professional Engineer’sFundamental Canons [18] only requires a few adjustments to fit a corporate setting and is familiar tomost engineers. It is also recommended to

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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initiative: Moving from ideation to implementation 10 Constraints in implementation of creativity and innovative ideas 11 Ethics in creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship 12 Assessing creativity 13 Creativity and leadership 14 Final Vision to Reality Semester Project presentations 15 Teaching and advancing creativity Table 1. Weekly course topics.This creativity course includes a variety of assignments and assessment mechanisms of varyingscope and scale. Two assignments constitute the largest portion of the total points for the course.The first is the Vision to Reality Semester Project which can be completed individually or with apartner and is worth 36% of the total

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ENT-1: Innovative Approaches to Student Engagement and Belonging in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Peponis, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University

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ENT-2: Bridging Faculty and Student Perspectives in Entrepreneurial Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tyler James Stump, The Ohio State University; H. Schwab, The Ohio State University; Sydney Cooper, The Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

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use and/ordevelopment [4]. Though the researchers did not specifically anchor this notion with theengineering profession, it does deeply impact those engaging with technology. Carl Mitcham in1994 anchored the consideration of social responsibility into engineering practice and profession.By framing engineering as a social enterprise, he argued that the integration of socialconsiderations is inherent to engineering practice is required to better equipped modern-dayengineers with capacity to solve not only technical challenges but social and ethical ones as well[5]. Mitcham’s introduction of a sociotechnical engineer was catalyzed later by the NationalAcademy of Engineering’s 2005 report, “Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting

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ENT-6: Fostering Creativity, Communication, and Impact in Student Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan Jacobs, University of Oregon; Mark Blaine, University of Oregon

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implement them [10]. We have also observed the immersive “bootcamp”nature of Impact Week to be a catalyst for students to forge new relationships with their graduatestudent colleagues, creating the types of supportive networks that have been shown to improvesuccess and retention in graduate school [11], [12].Following Impact Week, our students complete a two-year core series of required trainings thatreemphasize and deepen the key concepts explored during Impact Week. The requirements inthis core set of trainings are programmed with just in time opportunities in mind, and consist of: Design Thinking and Science Communication: 1 credit course taken fall, year 1 Ethical Considerations in Research and Innovation: 1 credit course taken fall

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ENT-9: Multidisciplinary Activities in Engineering Innovation

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emmanuel Tetteh Teye, Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University - Bozeman; Seth Yeboah Ntim

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central to entrepreneurial competence.Recognition by Others Recognition from family, peers, and mentors played a crucial role in participants’entrepreneurial identity development. Grace shared how her family’s encouragement bolsteredher self-efficacy: “My family has always encouraged me to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams.They see my work ethic and think that I have what it takes.” Similarly, Cortex described howpeer validation reinforced his leadership identity: “I naturally gravitated towards this vicepresident role... because I showed up and liked the club.” Such external recognition strengthenedtheir confidence and reinforced their belief in their potential as entrepreneurs.Future Possible Selves (Hoped-for) Participants’ hoped

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ENT-1: Innovative Approaches to Student Engagement and Belonging in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ebony Omotola McGee, The Johns Hopkins University; Shelly Engelman, Johns Hopkins University ; Thema Monroe-White, George Mason University; Binh Chi Bui, The Johns Hopkins University

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captures how integral participants perceived their entrepreneurial work totheir identity (e.g., “My work as a founder is an important part of who I am”). ENT self-efficacy(McGee et al., 2009) included sub-constructs such as marshalling (3 items; α = 0.70), whichassessed confidence in gaining support for one’s vision (e.g., “How confident are you in gettingothers to believe in your vision?”), and planning (4 items; α = 0.80), which measured confidencein estimating customer demand. Equity ethics (McGee et al., 2022) included 17 items (α = 0.96),focusing on participants’ efforts to create inclusive spaces for marginalized groups (e.g., “I applymy expertise to make spaces more inclusive of marginalized groups”). Racial activism (adaptedfrom Szymanski

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ENT-3: Transforming Engineering Curriculum through Entrepreneurial Approaches

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Gargac, Ohio Northern University; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Kurt M Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College

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(Fig. 5). These positive changes wereassociated with three primary response trends. First, 27 students (27.6%) described how failure in thecourse motivated changes in their behavior or work ethic: “It has taught me to ask more questions when I am struggling to figure something out instead of sitting around doing the same thing over and over.” “It has showed me that using failure as motivation can help future attempts rather than give up and hurt future attempts.”Second, 19 students (19.4%) adopted a growth mindset, seeing failure as an opportunity to learn: “It has helped be to think of failure better since every time I would not get the score I wanted I always was able to look at what I did wrong

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ENT-4: Experiential Approaches to Developing Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amanda Y Bao P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Yewande S Abraham, Rochester Institute of Technology

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collaboration for successful project delivery [10]. They also have to balancemeeting technical requirements with considerations of ethical and social responsibilities. Inaddition, new technologies such as smart materials, artificial intelligence (AI), and data analyticspresent new opportunities for civil engineers to add greater value to the built environment. Thesetools, technologies, and techniques allow the management of projects to be more efficient, whilethe stakeholders can also collaborate and make decisions more effectively [10]. Civil engineersneed to work out optimal designs that minimize waste and ensure better performance ofinfrastructure [11]. As the industry continues to evolve, it becomes requisite that civil engineersadopt these

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ENT-3: Transforming Engineering Curriculum through Entrepreneurial Approaches

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Katherine Saul, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Nathalie Lavoine, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Communication)26. How confident are you in implementing activities that develop collaboration, communication and character of your students by: [Substantiating claims with facts and data]​ (Focus is Communication)27. How confident are you in implementing activities that develop collaboration, communication and character of your students by: [Fulfilling commitment in a timely manner] (Focus is Character)28. How confident are you in implementing activities that develop collaboration, communication and character of your students by: [Discerning and pursuing ethical practices] (Focus is Character)29. How confident are you in implementing activities that develop collaboration, communication and character of your students by

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ENT-9: Multidisciplinary Activities in Engineering Innovation

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alvaro Reinaldo Gonzalez, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile; Juan Felipe Calderón, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile

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social science research, indicating that the items are sufficientlycorrelated to be grouped [14]. The analysis of the pilot test data provided preliminary insightsinto the questionnaire's reliability, which was subsequently refined based on the results.Data AnalysisThe data collected from the questionnaires were analyzed using quantitative and qualitativemethods. Quantitative data were subjected to statistical analysis to identify response trends andpatterns. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the participants' perceptions regarding theimportance of innovation and entrepreneurship competencies, as well as their views oninstitutional support [2],[13].Ethical ConsiderationsEthical considerations were paramount throughout the research

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blanca Esthela Moscoso; MiguelAndres Andres Guerra P.E., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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establishedinstruments in peer-reviewed literature, such as the Multifactorial Leadership Questionnaire(MLQ) and the Scale for Effective Communication in Teams (SECTS), modified for aneducational context [20,46,47], and can be seen in Table 1.The collected data were processed using the Qualtrics platform, which allowed for filtering andcleaning, facilitating numerical analysis. The Pearson correlation coefficient was applied to thedata from the questionnaires, with the results exported to statistical software for further analysis.The quality of the research was ensured through expert evaluation of the instrument’s validity, andits reliability was confirmed with a high Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.887, indicating stronginternal consistency. Ethical

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ENT-2: Bridging Faculty and Student Perspectives in Entrepreneurial Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; DeAnna Lynn Leitzke PE, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kurt Paterson P.E., Arizona State University; Joshua Mitchell, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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subcommittee chair on ABET’s Accreditation Council Training Committee. He was previously a Member-At-Large on the Computing Accreditation Commission Executive Committee and a Program Evaluator for both computer engineering and computer science. Estell is well-known for his significant contributions on streamlining student outcomes assessment processes and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium on multiple occasions. He was named an ABET Fellow in 2021. Estell is also a founding member and current Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions. Estell is Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at

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ENT-5: Pathways for Developing Entrepreneurial Skills Across Educational Levels

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene Reizman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maysam Nezafati, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech & Emory University; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Mary Lauren Benton, Baylor University; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mitchel Daniel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jonathan Rylander, Baylor University

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and use those insights to drive informed decisions. ● Recognize ethical considerations relevant to data gathering and data visualization. 6. Maximizing the ● Describe the impact level of your research, including listing key results Impact of Your and identifying the groups most interested in those results. Research ● List a variety of options for sharing undergraduate research, including both traditional academic venues (conferences, journal articles) as well as venues for reaching audiences outside of the academic context. ● Identify the venues that might be most appropriate for

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ENT-1: Innovative Approaches to Student Engagement and Belonging in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren H. Logan, Ohio Northern University

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a detailed description for each category and achievement level was given. Thecomplete rubric is provided in Appendix B.The EME as a class project is tied to ABET Student Outcome Three: “an ability to communicateeffectively with a range of audiences” and Seven “an ability to acquire and apply new knowledgeas needed, using appropriate learning strategies” [22]. For fall 2025, ABET SO4 (“an ability torecognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informedjudgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic,environmental, and societal contexts”) will be tied to the EME. For SO3, science communicationas a tangible skill feeds into an engineer’s ability to create value for