Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials

results, it can be concluded that offeringa thematic section of a course can be a good way to get students interested in the course content,to bring in projects that have a common theme and to help develop the students’ entrepreneurialmindset. Slight modification of the course, including developing thematic homework andprojects and adjusting the schedule to accommodate additional content are required, but canprovide benefits to the students as well as the instructor.Bibliography1. Kern Foundation, http://www.kffdn.org/files/keenzine-2-framework.pdf, accessed January 22, 2015.2. Fry, C.,et. al., “AC 2010-2218: Bringing Innovation and the Entrepreneurial Mindset (back) into Engineering: the KEEN Innovators Program, Proceedings of the ASEE 2010