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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University; Wendy Cagle, Western Carolina University; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

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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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tim Dallas, Texas Tech University; Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Nanyang Technological University; Kelli M. Frias

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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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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everyone. And this individual was able to run with it and be very successful. I think because of his EWB experience, right?... Translating that into the workplace, I came in with an understanding that I should be checking with my customers and talking with them often. Understanding their needs, understanding how their needs may change, understanding more about how I can be meeting their needs with my technical solutions that I might be working on.Dominik observed that the EWB experience nurtured an entrepreneurial mindset. I think also there is an entrepreneurial thread with EWB alum, where a lot of us find over the course of our first 5 years or 10 years in the engineering industry, that there aren't

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brittany Lynn Butler-Morton, Rowan University; Darby Rose Riley, Rowan University; Eduardo Rodriguez Mejia M.Sc, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

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Paper ID #42666Board 362: Reimagining Civil Engineering Graduate Programs: A Research-to-PracticeApproach for Shaping Future Transportation EngineersMrs. Brittany Lynn Butler-Morton, Rowan UniversityDarby Rose Riley, Rowan University Darby Riley is a doctoral student of engineering education at Rowan University. She has a special interest in issues of diversity and inclusion, especially as they relate to disability and accessibility of education. Her current research is focused on the adoption of pedagogy innovations by instructors, specifically the use of reflections and application of the entrepreneurial mindset. Her

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katrina Jolene Donovan, South Dakota Mines; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart D. Kellogg P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Matthew Whitehead, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Deborah Jean Mitchell, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Glass Science in the Materials Engineering Curriculum. National Science Foundation.https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120156&HistoricalAwards=false[2] Donovan, Katrina J., et al. "Investigating Creativity, Confidence, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset through CurricularModification and Community Engagement." 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2023.[3] Donovan, K., & Kellar, J., & West, M., & Birrenkott, C., & Kellogg, S., & Mitchell, D., & Whitehead, M. (2022,August), Investigating the Impact of Arts on Student Learning by Introducing Glass Science in the Materials EngineeringCurriculum Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/42059

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Floyd Smith, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Kelly J Cunningham

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is torecruit, retain, and graduate students with high motivation and entrepreneurial mindset. Instillingthese characteristics will increase the likelihood of employment in technology-based businessesand/or the creation of technology-based start-up ventures in the region. The program acceptedthe first cohort of students in Fall of 2021 and the second cohort in Fall 2022. The program willend in 2026 with 20 students graduating.2.4 S-STEM Program at WVU Tech: Recruitment ProcessInitially, the main recruitment activities were intended to reach high school seniors and convincethem to apply for the scholarship program. Recruitment activities for cohort 1 included thefollowing:❖ The team developed a flyer (digital and print) with the help of