. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in Undergraduate Vibration Class Chau M. Tran Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7910AbstractThis paper illustrates the implementation of the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) in anundergraduate vibration class, and reveals the performance of the pertinent assignments. Spring2022 class had two design projects utilized the entrepreneurially minded learning (EML). Theprojects were problem-based learning (PBL) projects imbedded with EML, a strategy aiming
, multi-university grantinitiative aimed at facilitating engineering faculty mentorship with a focus on usingthe entrepreneurial mindset as a way to instigate, connect, and contribute impactfulmentoring within engineering. Research in the fields of mentorship and facultydevelopment demonstrate the need for formal and informal mentorship programsto ensure faculty success. This is particularly true for traditionally marginalizedgroups, for whom the formal mentorship model may be more beneficial. Facultymentorship programs are nascent in most engineering programs across the country.Evaluation of mentorship models across higher education settings will inform thefuture development of evidence-based programs. This paper describes the structureof a
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 #38780Using an Entrepreneurial Mindset and Biomimicry-Based Design to BetterEngage First-Year Engineering StudentsMr. Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University Howdy, After 23 years in Telecom building LD, internet, and email platforms and networks, I observed that the front line personnel that I was hiring didn’t have what I considered to be skills that they should be bringing to the table. I began investigating why, and that led me to high school. Alas, I began my journey in Education in 2010 inhabiting the classrooms of Lovejoy High School, where my two daughters attended. I redubbed my
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
engineering students. A mindset is a set of attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs that determinehow individuals establish and pursue goals, their likelihood of achieving those goals, and howthey react to challenges they encounter [8]. In a more extensive sense, an entrepreneurial mindsetis characterized by the attitudes and behaviors commonly seen in entrepreneurs. According toIreland et al. [9], an entrepreneurial mindset is “the ability to quickly detect, act, and mobilize,even in unpredictable situations.” The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)defines the entrepreneurial mindset with three components: curiosity, connections, and creatingvalue, also known as the “3Cs.” After an extensive literature survey, London et al. [10] defined
Paper ID #38601A Measure of Inventive Mindset for Use in K-12 Engineering and InventionEducationDr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University Dr. Garner is the Executive Director and a Research Professor at The Center for Educational Partnerships, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.Dr. Melissa G. Kuhn, Old Dominion University Melissa G. Kuhn, Ph.D., is an education specialist at the Center for Educational Partnerships.Jayme M. CellitiociMatthew Carter ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Measure of Inventive Mindset for Use in K-12 Engineering and Invention Education
sample PhotoVoicemetacognitive Asssesment). The prompts used in this study are listed below.Photovoice Reflection Prompt A (Entrepreneurial Mindset): The entrepreneurial mindset is defined as“the inclination to discover, evaluate, and exploit opportunities.” Explain how participating in the newlydeveloped curriculum incorporated the entrepreneurial mindset, and lessons learned relevant to theentrepreneurial mindset.Photovoice Reflection Prompt B (STEAM): STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math)goes one step beyond the well-known STEM to acknowledge the importance of integrating the arts andhumanities into more analytical coursework such as that found within engineering. Art can beincorporated through pieces, process, and movements
entire response) should reference the pictures and their relationship with respect to your response. Assessment Topic Prompt Entrepreneurial Photovoice Reflection Prompt A (Entrepreneurial Mindset): The Mindset entrepreneurial mindset is defined as “the inclination to discover, evaluate, and exploit opportunities.” Explain how participating in the newly developed curriculum incorporated the entrepreneurial mindset, and lessons learned relevant to the entrepreneurial mindset. STEAM Photovoice Reflection Prompt B (STEAM): STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) goes one step beyond the well-known
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Biome- chanical Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering, Senior Design, and Entrepreneurial Bioengineering. He is active in Engineering Education Research where he studies different mentoring strategies to ensure the academic and professional success of historically marginalized minorities. Further, he studies strate- gies for instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students as well as innovative approaches to teaching such as using virtual reality. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work in progress: Investigating Historically Marginalized Group Disparities in Biomedical Engineering Entrepreneurially Minded LearningMs. Mary Jia
Paper ID #39564How Canadian Universities Align Their Curricular and Co-curricularPrograms with Institutional Culture and Entrepreneurial AmbitionsProf. Tate Cao, University of SaskatchewanDr. Shaobo Huang, University of Saskatchewan Dr. Shaobo Huang received a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Utah State University. She has over eight years of teaching and/or research experience in engineering education. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Ron and Jane Graham School of Professional Development with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada
Paper ID #39595Board 106: Innovation through Making Course: Creating a DistinctivePrototyping Experience as Part of a New Entrepreneurial Pathway (Work inProgress)Mitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mitra Anand serves as the Associate Director of Makerspace, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in addition to being an Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Anand’s research interests lie in combining hands-on Maker skills with an entrepreneurial mindset and value creation, aiming to develop practical solutions for real-world problems. He is enthusiastic about
to engage in entrepreneurship.This project welds bioinspired design, STEAM, and the entrepreneurial mindset together tobroaden the participation of Native Americans in Engineering. Students learned to use technicaltools and education to develop objects of economic value and thus engage in entrepreneurshiplearning.3. Methods3.1Project designThe focus of this paper is a class project for students in a second-year Industrial Engineeringcourse, IE 223 Design & Manufacturing Processes I. It is a semester-long project in whichstudents form teams to work on project tasks: sketch out a fish, design a mold (fish) inSolidworks, 3D Print the mold, fabricate the fish (pouring silicone into the mold), test thefabricated fish, program the fish for
to the science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) disciplines continue for women in higher education.This study explores the entrepreneurial mindset development that is associated withprofessional identity formation (Clarke, Hyde, Drennan, 2013; Park & Schallert, 2020). 4Studies of women of color have mostly focused on students. Additionally, the studies have engagedthe work from other frames that did not include an entrepreneurial mindset. The entrepreneurialmindset looks at the engagement of work from a model of success. Next, are research studies thatwe will reference to make the case for why this is important.Physiological and Mental
. Scholarship recipients will be linked throughcohort teaming sessions with campus resources, local industry partners and experts, and facultymentors, to propose, critique, select, develop, and implement commercially viable technologyproducts. The novel approach to engineering education developed through this project will serveto enrich the creative potential of new graduates in technical fields and expand small businesscreation and employment, both of importance to growth regions where there may be fewer largecorporate employers. Key dimensions of those who exhibit entrepreneurial thinking include agrowth mindset, a regular practice of creativity, and high personal self‐efficacy. Withentrepreneurism seen as an enabling force to overcome employment and
core content areas when compared to entrepreneurship programsin higher education, that are often isolated to Business programs. For example, Rodriguez andLieber (2020) talk about the ways that high school programs that provided students with hands-on experiences working with small businesses were successful in developing entrepreneurialmindsets, competencies, and desires. They write: “Students in entrepreneurship educationshowed an overall statistically significant increase in entrepreneurial mindset, specifically incommunication and collaboration, opportunity recognition, and critical thinking and problem-solving. Moreover, there was a positive association between entrepreneurial mindset gains andperceptions of future career success.” (p, 87
New Haven. She previously specialized in service learning while co-directing the Engineering Projects in Community Service program at the Arizona State University. Her current research interests include engi- neering student identity, makerspaces as teaching resources, and entrepreneurial mindset. She continues to teach first-year engineering courses and supports students through mentorship and student organizations. She completed her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech.Joseph Smolinski ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: How to get faculty to use and leverage makerspaces in their courses – a peer-to-peer mentoring model.In this work-in
. 15Figure 3. Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Topics. Table 3 shows the key words for the five topics within ENT. Topics 1, 2, and 5 fall bestunder the program design and effectiveness theme, as they focus on the features, strategies, andframeworks used by entrepreneurship and innovation programs. Topic 3 is characterized by theidentity and culture theme, as the key words relate to an entrepreneur’s self and mindset. Topic 4relates to the individual capabilities theme as the key words focus on an individual’s thinkingand personality. Topic 1: Topic 3: Program Topic 2: Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Topic 4: Topic 5: Design Experience
Sustainability Programsand Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels" [1] and our independent literaturereview, in the US, there appear to be no undergraduate engineering degree programs that arebroadly oriented around sustainability in the sense of the three pillars commonly referred to as the3P's (People, Planet, Prosperity) or the 3E's (Equity, Environment, and Economics).[2][3]Further, the local conditions in Puerto Rico - a multi-hazard risk region with vulnerablepopulations and infrastructure embedded in a struggling economy - have inspired new urgency andresolve to respond to our common challenges that are at once local and global. The availablenatural resources, combined with the tangible entrepreneurial spirit of our current generation
Paper ID #36871Narrative Inquiry in Engineering Education: A Systematic Literature Re-viewMs. Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan University Alexandra Jackson is a second year PhD student at Rowan University seeking a specialization in Engi- neering Education. She began her research in Rowan’s Experiential Engineering Education Department in the Fall of 2019, and has developed interests in entrepreneurial mindset and student development. In particular, she is interested in assessment of entrepreneurial mindset through quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, and is currently working in survey, concept map, and narrative
capitalize the commercial viability of academic research innovations [5]. This newfoundentrepreneurial interest was assisted by governmental legislation like the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act,which expanded opportunities for higher education institutions to transform federally fundedresearch into marketplace products [4]. Shortly after the implementation of the Bayh-Dole Act,higher education institutions started developing EEPs to provide opportunities for individuals togain knowledge and expertise on entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviors [15].The development of STEM EEPs in the United States coincided with external pressures from thenation [16]–[18]. Following the space race during the Cold War, the United States was investedin upholding its’ global image of
-solving methods, such as the engineering design process or scientific method. It differs,however, by integrating ethnographic practices to develop empathy for how users encounter theproblem in context [5]. This involves observations, as well as interviews informed byobservations and research, including the client in the process of problem solving to make aunique and well-suited solution for the given situation [6]–[8].When teaching the design thinking process, particular attention is paid to inspiration and ideationto develop a design thinking mindset. While inspiration is a unique aspect of design thinking,ideation has a good deal of overlap with the engineering design process, and is composed of twomain steps, 1) idea generation and 2) concept
. He is also interested in the scholar- ship of teaching and learning and developing an entrepreneurial mindset in students. Dr. Dharmarathne strongly believes in experiential learning and active learning and incorporates them into his classes. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, and APS.Dr. David Olawale, University of Indianapolis Dr. David Olawale is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the R. B. Annis School of Engineering (RBASOE), University of Indianapolis. He has experience in research and development in composite ma- terials, energy storage and technology commercialization. He has published over fifty peer-reviewed jour- nal articles, book chapters, and conference papers, including lead editor of the book
. Clin. Transl. Sci., vol. 5, no. 1, 2021, doi: 10.1017/cts.2021.834.[2] R. M. Barnett, “Leading with meaning: why diversity, equity and inclusion matters in us higher education,” Perspect. Educ., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 20–35, 2020, doi: 10.18820/2519593X/PIE.V38.I2.02.[3] Kern Entrepreneurial Education Network (KEEN). Mindset + skillset: Education in tandem: https://engineeringunleashed.com/Mindset-Matters/Framework.aspx, 2016.[4] Paris D, "Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: A Needed Change in Stance, Terminology, and Practice" Educational Researcher, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 93–97. 2012, doi: 10.3102/0013189X12441244[5] Wilson‐Lopez, A., Mejia, J. A., Hasbún, I. M., & Kasun, G. S. Latina/o Adolescents
Ohio Northern University, where he currently teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses, and serves on the college’s Capstone Design Committee. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including for- mative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects 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. Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern
(same school, different name). At Rose-Hulman, Michelle is co-leading a project to infuse an entrepreneurial-mindset in undergraduate students’ learning, and a project to improve teaming by teaching psychological safety in engineering education curricula. Michelle also mentors undergraduate researchers to investigate the removal of stormwater pollutants in engineered wetlands. Michelle was a 2018 ExCEEd Fellow, and was recognized as the 2019 ASCE Daniel V. Terrell Awardee.Dr. John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology John Carpinelli is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and ASEE Campus Representative. He received his Bachelor of Engineering from
. Structured deliverables provideguidance as to what elements of a design process may be appropriate to move through theengineering design process. The scaffolding to emphasize prototyping and adoption of aprototyping mindset may help as a pedagogical tool [33]. Artifacts that are created in thesecourses reflect tangible evidence of activity. From the idea to realization, there are means todescribe the role, purpose, and creation of prototypes. Gerber & Carroll [19] describe theconnection and process of prototype creation. Houde & Hill [20] discuss different types ofprototypes as what do prototypes prototype (function, looks-like). Makerspaces also provideadditional context for the tools, mindsets, and community of practice [21-23, 11].Design
6. Wamsler, C., & Brink, E. (2018). Mindsets for sustainability: Exploring the link between mindfulness and sustainable climate adaptation.Design Sciences 1. Devecchi, A., & Guerrini, L. (2017). Empathy and Design. A new perspective. 2. Hess, J. L., & Fila, N. D. (2016). The manifestation of empathy within design: findings from a service-learning course. 3. Kolko, J. (2014). Well-designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love. 4. Kouprie, M., & Visser, F. S. (2009). A framework for empathy in design: Stepping into and out of the user’s life. 5. Li, J., & Hölttä-Otto, K. (2022). Inconstant Empathy—Interpersonal Factors That Influence the Incompleteness of User Understanding
Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Anand’s research interests lie in combining hands-on Maker skills with an entrepreneurial mindset and value creation, aiming to develop practical solutions for real-world problems. He is enthusiastic about innovation in engineering education, design thinking, prototyping, program development, crafting inter- active curricula, and bringing ideas to fruition. With over 8 years of experience in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Anand possesses a solid background in Innovation and Entrepreneurship education, Additive Manufacturing, and Digital Fabri- cation technologies. He has taught lectures and workshops on advanced subjects to more than 1000
student reflection, a processsimilarly described in Kolb’s experiential learning model [13]. An example of one of the rubricsis included below in Figure 1.Table 1: Targeted Professional Competencies. Communication Ethics Teamwork Creativity Grit/Persistence/Resilience Global & Cultural Awareness Empathy Leadership Risk — Ability to Accept and Manage Entrepreneurial Mindset Lifelong Learning Systems Thinking — Authentic Problem SolvingLeadership Definition: Cultivating an environment that collectively develops a shared purpose andinspiring others to work toward it.Figure 1: Rubric for