Collection

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael Hennessey

, such as entrepreneurship. Through a grant from theKEEN Foundation [1], that opportunity presented itself, and the thought was to experiment withuse of an entrepreneurship team project. Would it improve student’s interest in the topic ofdynamics? Would ME students become more interested in entrepreneurship aspects of theirdiscipline? Below, the details of how the project was implemented within the course are described,from the project handout, related instruction, meetings with students, related feedback presentedto the class, student reports, to the results of continuation efforts during J-Term and spring semesterby the top 3 teams.2.1 KEEN Entrepreneurial Minded Learning Dynamics Project HandoutA handout was given to the students that

Collection

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ashlee N. Ford Versypt; Joel Versypt; Heather Gappa-Fahlenkamp

Capital event, select undergraduate researchers from public higher educationinstitutions from across the state presents their research projects in the rotunda of the state capitalbuilding to legislators, faculty, students, research administrators, and other guests. The event isopen to the public. Additionally, state and federal legislators are periodically invited to touruniversity facilities including new or renovated engineering research and teaching spaces or toview student posters or design project demonstrations.Activities presented to residents of retirement centersA local retirement center has a program called N2O (Never Too Old) Innovators for senior adultsto engage in design, entrepreneurship, and invention (Roach 2019). The group has