Society for Engineering Education, 2023Investigating Creativity, Confidence, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset Through Curricular Modification and Community EngagementIn the Spring of 2022, the South Dakota Mines Department of Materials andMetallurgical Engineering faculty modified their junior-level Principles ofMetallurgical Design course to utilize local Black Hills minerals to formulate andproduce a clay-based ceramic body. The final body functionality was left to thestudent teams to help create an open end to the design process. The course provideda unique learning environment for students and faculty. The students learned theiterative design process through this project-based learning approach as well as theunique challenges that the use of
Paper ID #30519Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation in a Cross-ListedScience and Engineering CourseDr. Bahram Roughani, Loyola University Maryland Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for the Natural and Applied Sciences at Loyola University Maryland. Experimental condensed matter physicist with emphasis on optical spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy of electronic materials. PI on the NSF-IUSE supported collaborative project, ”The PIPLINE Project”, a national effort in collaboration with American Physical Society (APS) aiming at enhancing Physics Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) education
Paper ID #45742BOARD # 285: NSF REU Site: Developing the Entrepreneurial Mindset inEngineering Students through Energy-Focused New Product DevelopmentDr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her engineering education research interests include entrepreneurially minded learning, energy education, interdisciplinary education, and faculty professional development.Rhea Dutta Rhea is a sophomore studying Industrial Engineering at the Purdue University College of Engineering and the John Martison Honors College. She is originally from Princeton, New Jersey, and will graduate in May
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Designing Learning Environments for Knowledge, Skills and Mindset DevelopmentAbstract In our efforts to develop more holistic engineers with entrepreneurial mindset, faculty inthe School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology have beenexploring what it takes to create and refine effective learning environments for knowledge, skillsand mindset development. This poster discusses promising approaches being implemented tosupport such development and identifies emerging effective practices, challenges and future work.In particular, we address the following questions: (1) How can we develop effective learningenvironments for
engineering programs to develop anentrepreneurial mindset among their engineering students with the belief that this will lead tothem being more productive and innovative whether their career path leads them into establishedindustry (becoming “intrapreneurs”) or later as entrepreneurs.While this trend toward developing more entrepreneurially minded engineering students issupported by global economic trends and a rapidly changing work environment, one factor hasbeen largely overlooked in this process. Statistically, most entrepreneurial ventures fail, withdisproportionately large value being created from a minority of entrepreneurial endeavors [8].Given this fact, until we find ways to drastically increase the success rate of entrepreneurialventures
. 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
Engineering Education, 2025 Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship (FLiTE): S-STEM Program Third Year ProgressThe NSF S-STEM-funded program titled Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship(FLiTE) hosted by Western Carolina University has now completed its third year of operation.The program continues its mission to cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset and growth-orientedthinking among a cohort of engineering and technology students with the goal of creatinggraduates who become growth-oriented professionals and entrepreneurs. With the onboarding ofits second-year recruiting class, the program has begun to observe the productive interactions ofits vertically integrated cohort. Program activities for the
knowledge Learning the necessary skills that it takes to be a person who and Skills of operates a business with an entrepreneurial mindset. Entrepreneurship Customer Discovery How to identify potential customers and how to discover what they desire from a product. Commercialization The process of developing a new product or business and introducing it into the market to make a financial gain. Professional Growth Professional growth refers to the skills identified by students to help them grow during the program. These skills refer to non-technical skills that are important in the business environment - such as
Mindset, Engineering, Engineering Technology1. IntroductionThe National Science Foundation (NSF) funded FLiTE scholarship program [1] at WesternCarolina University (WCU) aims to provide opportunity for engineering and engineeringtechnology students with financial need to build qualities of the entrepreneurial mindset that maycontribute to their value as future professionals or to their launch of technology startupbusinesses. The program brings together student scholars from across disciplines in a vertically-and horizontally-integrated learning community to engage in technology invention ideationsupported by and mentored through interactions with business leaders, subject matter experts,and campus resources.The NSF grant which supports the FLiTE
theirwork but also a broad entrepreneurial mindset with a clear understanding of the societalunderpinnings of engineering decision making and the need to address diversity [12-15].Additionally, the ways in which students can be engaged through the use of online educationalresources, and the corresponding use of online tools to assess student learning, have changed theways in which students can access educational opportunities as well as dramatically altered cost-of-delivery models of education [16].More broadly, data from industry suggests, and have been supported by recent Gallup surveys,that the attitudes, behaviors, and motivations (what one might call “mindsets”) of engineeringgraduates are increasingly important to their future careers
marketing communications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Impact of an I-Corps Site Program on Engineering Students at a Large Southwestern University: Year 3AbstractIn today’s global market economy, equipping engineering students with a broader set of skillsassociated with an entrepreneurial mindset will empower them to create value for the companiesthey join or to launch their own startups. In recent years, institutions across the nation have beeninvesting resources in developing maker spaces plus curricular and extracurricular programs toprovide opportunities for students to acquire knowledge and skills, and pursue innovative ideasin a safe environment – while still in
to explore.Table 2 Engineering Education Guilds of Interest Guild Name Guild Leader Pedagogical Innovation Consortium to Promote Reflection in Cindy Atman & Jennifer Reflection in Engineering Engineering Education (CPREE) Turns (University of Education Washington) Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Douglas Melton & Thor Entrepreneurial Mindset Network (KEEN) Misko (Kern Family Foundation)Project OverviewThe specific aims of this overall project are to (1) characterize two engineering education guildswith respect to their dissemination
Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Department of Education and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on learning through service-based projects and using an entrepreneurial mindset to further engineering education innovations. He also researches the development of reuse strategies for waste materials. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Innovation Corps for Learning (I-Corps™ L): Assessing the Potential for Sustainable Scalability of Educational Innovations Karl A. Smith1, Rocio C. Chavela Guerra2, Ann F. McKenna3, Chris Swan4
industry links and was awarded tenure. He then moved to Wichita State University’s Biomedical Engineering Dept. to assist in fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in students. He later became the inaugural chair of the Engineering Technology Dept., renamed to Applied Engineering. He also established the Applied Computing program, now part of the School of Computing.Mrs. Samantha Corcoran, Wichita State University SAMANTHA CORCORAN has a BS and MS in industrial engineering with experience in manufacturing, lean improvements, and quality control. She served the Wichita State University College of Engineering as Assistant Dean before joining the engineering faculty. She co-founded WSU GoBabyGo, created an Assistive
LearnedOur analysis to date has resulted in several preliminary findings that we will share in this section.These include the effectiveness of hybrid training approaches that provide diverse resources tomultiple educators, the importance of customization and flexibility in curriculum design, andsupport for youth entrepreneurial interests.3.1.Effective Hybrid Training ModelsOur findings so far indicate that the educators and administrators who participated in theprogram preferred a hybrid training model, similar to the home-site and satellite-siteengagements, that included both in-person visits and training as well as online resourcesaccessible throughout the administration of the program. Participants commented that havingDHF staff install and
effectiveness of those innovations,and iterate using an agile approach. Encouraging a risk-taker identity helps create anenvironment that rewards an entrepreneurial mindset such that faculty and students becomeagents of change to realize their potential to make a difference.!The engineering program in TPS, which enrolled its first class as part of a different academicunit in 2005, could be considered a start-up. Taking the approach of a start-up, and using thetools for creating a sustainable business model, we utilize materials developed as part of theNational Science Foundation’s I-Corps for Learning (I-Corps™ L) program, which is designedto urge funded investigators to define a successful model for enabling scalability andsustainability of their
track) award in September 2020.The primary focus of the RED project is to address program deficiencies through developingcourses to engage students earlier in the curriculum, integrating professional and advancedcomputational (i.e., applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics) skills,and revamping the sequence and structure of the curriculum with an overarching goal to enhancethe sense of belonging to the School, the major, and the profession. In addition, the School, inpartnership with three other programs at Georgia Tech, received a Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) grant from the Kern Family Foundation in March 2021 with theobjective to develop more holistic engineers with entrepreneurial mindset, which
. [Accessed: Jun. 24, 2024].3. K. J. Donovan, J. J. Kellar, M. West, S. D. Kellogg, W. Cross, and C. M. Birrenkott, "Board 326: Investigating Creativity, Confidence, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset through Curricular Modification and Community Engagement," presented at the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2023.4. K. Donovan, J. Kellar, M. West, C. Birrenkott, S. Kellogg, D. Mitchell, and M. Whitehead, "Investigating the Impact of Arts on Student Learning by Introducing Glass Science in the Materials Engineering Curriculum," presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.5. K. J. Donovan, J. Kellar, M. K. West, C. M. Birrenkott, M. Whitehead, S. Kellogg, and D. Mitchell, "South Dakota Mines Art + Engineering
her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (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
,” Presented at Open 2017, Washington, D.C.,March 2017.[20] B. Roughani, “Bridging Scientific Thinking with Innovation and Entrepreneurial Mindset,”Presented at Open 2017, Washington, D.C., March 2017.[21] W. Deconinck, “Innovation and Entrepreneurship at a Liberal Arts University,” Presented atOpen 2017, Washington D.C., March 2017.[22] C. Bailey, W. Deconinck, J. Gardiner, A. Newman, “Enabling Equity and Inclusion throughInterdisciplinary Innovation,” Planned Session at Open 2020, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2020.[23] A. Leak, C. Cammarota, B. Zwickl, “Physics students’ perceptions about seven aspects ofinnovation and entrepreneurship,” presented at Physics Education Research Conference (PERC)2018, Washington D.C., July 2018.[24] B. Roughani, R. S
career engineers to adapt to engineering workplace culture.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Dr. Samantha R. Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School, one of six schools in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a mixed-methods researcher with focus on the preparation and pathways of engineering students. Her specific research interests include engineering student persistence and career decision-making, early career engineering practice, faculty pedagogical risk-taking, and entrepreneurial mindset. She completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford
] wereused by this group to understand different customer segments and associated value propositionswithin the school ecosystem. The entrepreneurial approach taken by using the BMC aimed toidentify administrative structures that have the potential for sustained change as well as creatingfaculty development activities that have value for faculty to achieve their goals. For example, wehave launched the "RED poly faculty fellows program" (more details in the NEXUS section)which enables faculty to propose curricular innovations with support from the project and theschool [4].Coordinating a NEXUS to Realize a Risk Taking and Additive Innovation Mindset: The focus of"NEXUS" is to develop and implement ways to engage faculty (and indirectly, students
, MaryRose Lyons, Larry J. Shuman, and Harvey Wolfe. 2004. Scoring Concept Maps: An Integrated Rubric for Assessing Engineering Education. Journal of Engineering Education 93 (2):105–115.[2] Bodnar, Cheryl A, Hixson, Cory 2018. Capturing Students’ Perception of Entrepreneurial Mindset: Tools for What and Why[3] V. Cecchi, C. Smith-Orr, F. Atchison, S. Kamalasadan, P. Mandal and I. Lopez, "Assessing Student Perceptions of Emerging Concepts in Power & Energy Systems via Concept Maps: Rubric Development," 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Lincoln, NE, USA, 2021, pp. 1-4
to enhance their entrepreneurial mindset and to encourage them tothink about applying their physics knowledge throughout their 4-year physics program. In thispresentation we report on how we introduce these ideas into a typical first-year course, taken byall physics, computer science, and engineering majors, without sacrificing a large proportion ofcourse time.We have used the Hyperloop, a high-speed transport system proposed by a joint team from Teslaand SpaceX, to have students investigate technical feasibility and human desirability questionsthat can be addressed throughout their first semester course. With each new physics topic, weare able to present a design question related to the Hyperloop that requires students to apply theirjust
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at the Penn- sylvania State University, Berks. Dr. Konak also teaches graduate courses in the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations program at the College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State World Campus. Dr. Konak’s primary research interest focuses on modeling, analyzing, and optimizing complex systems using computational intelligence combined with probability, statistics, data sciences, and operations research. His research also involves active learning, entrepreneurship education, and the innovation mindset. Dr. Konak’s published numerous academic papers on a broad range of topics, including network design, system reliability, sustainability, cybersecurity, facilities
UntappedResource in Undergraduate Research Programs,” IMECE 2008-66063, pp. 19-24 (2009).https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2008-66063[7] Pascale, Amanda Blakewood, Dan Richard, and Karthikeyan Umapathy. "Am I STEM?Broadening Participation by Transforming Students' Perceptions of Self and Others as STEM-Capable," Journal of Higher Education Theory & Practice 21.7 (2021).[8] D. Rae and D. E. Melton. "Developing an entrepreneurial mindset in US engineeringeducation: an international view of the KEEN project." The Journal of EngineeringEntrepreneurship 7.3 (2017).[9] O. Ugweje, and H. Tritico, "Preparing Students for the Global Engineering Workforce: ACase Study of International Engineering Field Experience at the University of Mount Union."Proceedings of the
Improve Student Engagement and Enhance the Curriculum of Engineering EducationAbstractIn February of 2019, the authors convened a workshop to explore ways to improve student engagement inengineering education. The two-day workshop assembled an uncommon range of stakeholders includingprofessional engineers, engineering faculty, psychologists, anthropologists, pedagogy and educationalscientists, students, curriculum developers, entrepreneurial evangelists, members of the diplomaticcommunity and representatives of industry. Collectively we sought to share existing approaches toimproving student engagement in order to discern what works and what does not. Uncovering strategies toimprove student engagement has meant
community partners. He also led a team to win a $2 Million NSF Grant to revolutionize engineering education. The award focuses on creating ”Changemaking Engineers” and seeks to transform the engi- neering mindset to infuse sustainability, social justice, peace, and humanitarian practices in the context of and professional skills of engineering. Before joining USD, Roberts served as the Executive Dean of the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University. While at Arizona State University, Dr. Roberts also had the opportunity to design an engineering program from a clean slate based on the study of best models of undergraduate engineering programs in the world. Dr. Roberts received a PhD in