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ENT Division Technical Session: First-year Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Courtney A. Lemasney, Rowan University; Hayley M. Shuster, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, First-Year Programs

Education, 2020 First-Year Engineering Students’ Interpretation of Curiosity in the Entrepreneurial Mindset Through Reflective PracticeAbstractThis study explores how first-year engineering students interpret Curiosity, one of the 3Cs of anEntrepreneurial Mindset, when they write about themselves as learners. In 2005, the Kern familyestablished the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), a network of 45 schoolsdedicated to instituting an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) in undergraduate engineering students.From this EM, three main concepts were developed for success: Curiosity, Connections, andCreating Value, otherwise known as the 3Cs. Previous research regarding EM and reflectivepractices in an undergraduate engineering

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ENT Division Technical Session: First-year Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University; Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Eunjeong Park, Ohio State University; Alexia Leonard, Ohio State University; Jack DeLano, The Ohio State University; Kai Zhao, Florida State University

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engineering faculty working to unleashundergraduate engineers so that they can create personal, economic, and societal value throughthe entrepreneurial mindset, The Ohio State University added multiple entrepreneurial mindedlearning (EML) elements to an existing first-year course. This paper represents the assessmentfindings from the spring 2019 implementation of the new curriculum.MethodsA mixed methods quasi-experimental investigation was used to assess student learning and EMLcompetencies. Students self-selected enrollment (72 capacity) in either one of 8 sections of theIntegrated Transportation System (ITS) course or one of 8 sections of the Advanced EnergyVehicle (AEV) course (control group). The ITS sections were the EML integrated

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ENT Division Technical Session: First-year Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Bruce Oestreich, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

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the last decade. These practices have often beeninitiated, supported, and disseminated via the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network(KEEN), which has focused on students developing curiosity about the world around them,connecting information from a variety of sources to guide in analysis, and creating products thatprovide value to stakeholders. In the College of Engineering at Rowan University we havesought to strategically develop the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students by building inEML principles – namely the KEEN 3C’s of Curiosity, Connections, and Creating Value – intoexisting and new first and second-year design projects.This full paper describes one such first-year project that leverages EML and Universal

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First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

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Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University; Yin Huang, Vanderbilt University

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taught are computational, materials, andbiomaterials.Vanderbilt University is a partner of KEEN, the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering network. Thefocus of KEEN is to introduce undergraduate students to the “entrepreneurial mindset.” Thismindset can be summarized by three words curiosity, connections, and creating value – the threeC’s [2]. KEEN has an increasing collection of exemplar work that showcases the three C’simplementation in the undergraduate program [3]. In this work we will look at how to assess thethree C’s of students in this course redevelopment.For this research project a new chemical engineering introductory module was created to givestudents experience in design and research thinking through hands-on activities linked tochemical

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The Best of First-year Programs Division

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Chao Wang, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

-based [1, 2] to free choice [4, 5]. Combiningentrepreneurial thinking and maker technology, student-driven free-choice open-ended designprojects allow students to generate their own idea, take ownership of their design project, andresults in significant gains in creativity and entrepreneurial intentions [6].In a project-based first-year Introduction to Engineering course at Arizona State University, thedesign project was revamped in the fall semester of 2016 [7], following the KEEN (KernEntrepreneurial Engineering Network) movement [8] of fostering an entrepreneurial mindset inyoung engineers. An open-ended design project was chosen to let students discover customerneed, identify pain points, and design a solution. The student feedback was very

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ENT Division Technical Session: First-year Experiences

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Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Yuezhou Wang, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Paper ID #28955Student responses to active learning strategies: A comparison betweenproject-based and traditional engineering programsDr. Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Engineering Management and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, an ABET-accredited project-based engineering education program located in northern Minnesota. She enjoys helping student engineers develop entrepreneurial mindsets through active and collaborative learning in the classroom, on project design teams, and while out on co-op placement. Her prior education and industry experience are in

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First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #1

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Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Chen Qiu, University of New Mexico; Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico

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selected as a National Academy of Education / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program fo- cused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung ”Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His academic interests include change management, change model validation, and mindset evolution. He may

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First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

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Marina Miletic, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico

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several student societies. She is the instructor of several courses in the CBE curriculum including the Material and Energy Balances, junior laboratories and Capstone Design courses. She is associated with several professional organizations including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and American Society of Chemical Engineering Education (ASEE) where she adopts and contributes to innovative pedagogical methods aimed at improving student learning and retention.Dr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung ”Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His academic interests include change management, change model validation, and mindset evolution. He may be reached at pilkang