; Rapid Prototyping Lab, and Massachusetts Digital Games Institute. He joined WPI in 2015 as a Professor of Practice through the support of the Kern Family Foundation to create a vibrant entrepreneurial mindset culture on campus with both faculty & students. Prior to WPI, Curtis has 20+ years of experience in leadership positions at large corporations, including American Express, MasterCard, United Retail, and Bethlehem Steel. He’s held full ”Profit and Loss” responsibility for several multi-million-dollar businesses, generating double-digit annual growth for each. He also held positions in new business development, marketing, strategic alliances, and R&D implementing new technology into manufacturing
Entrepreneurial Mindset can transform the world and beable to understand the bigger picture, evaluate markets, and learn from mistakes to create valuefor themselves and others.The development of engineering students’ entrepreneurial mindset is critical to better preparethem for entering a global workforce driven by technological solutions and new productdevelopment. Fortunately, the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) has providedresources for higher education engineering programs across the United States to modernize theircurriculum through the integration of the entrepreneurial mindset and the 3C’s (curiosity,connections, and creating value). However, unfortunately, limited literature is available thathighlights the multidisciplinary
commitment to promoting diversity, equity, andinclusion (DEI) in the classroom and beyond. Fostering a diverse and inclusive learningenvironment is essential for preparing future engineers to work in a globally connected andculturally diverse world [16]. We recognize that diversity takes many forms, including but notlimited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, socio-economic status, and culturalbackground. Our course design strived to create an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere for allstudents, regardless of their individual differences. In designing our course, we committed topromoting DEI through the following efforts: • Inclusive Classroom Environment: Creating a safe and supportive classroom environment where all
Bringing Entrepreneurial Mindset to the Design of Machinery Through a Bio-Inspired Project with Aesthetic ObjectivesAbstractEngineering students often lack sufficient opportunity to work on so-calledwicked and real-world problems in their core technical engineering courses. One of thenationally recognized initiatives to overcome this challenge is the integration of theentrepreneurial mindset (EM) in various instructional activities of engineering programs. Yet,there are limited studies in the literature related to the effectiveness of the EM as a framework ofcurriculum design in the context of machine design and dynamics of machinery. This paperpresents the development and implementation of a course project in a junior level
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Paper ID #42704The Nexus of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Engineering Education:Unlocking Engineers’ Potential through Learning Experiences that CultivateSelf-Efficacy in Embracing New IdeasMs. Nada Elfiki, Stanford University Nada Elfiki was a Visiting Student Researcher in the Design Education Lab in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University from February 2020 to February 2021. Her research interests bridge innovative and entrepreneurial behavior with insights from psychology, focusing on neuroplasticty and mindset in educational development. Nada holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Management and
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using active andcollaborative learning pedagogical approaches. For the course project, the first-year studentswere required to design a 65,000 ft2 community park on a brownfield site in Charleston, SC, witha $5,000,00 budget for site cleanup and redevelopment. A few assessments were implemented,including weekly summary reports, poster creation, presentations, peer evaluation on teamwork,reflection assignment, and a survey. This paper discusses the redesign of the course through thebackward design approach, the implementation of project-based learning, and the assessment ofactivities. Additionally, it provides insights into its implementations in other institutions.BackgroundEML has emerged as a relevant educational approach fostering an
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4.0 might rebuild the manufacturing that the United States has lostover the past decades [6] and place the United States as the world’s manufacturing leader. The revival of manufacturing in the United States begins with educating the next generationof engineers on its fundamentals in the classroom. Although manufacturing remains a significantpart of many mechanical engineering curricula at universities in the United States, these coursesare often taught in a way that is similar to other technical courses, with most of the educationtaking place within the classroom. As manufacturing deals with the art of making, there is an opportunity for students tounderstand value and innovation through manufacturing courses. With the lack of real
ReviewAgriculture TechnologyAgriculture is an important part of life in the US and beyond. The need for food is growing as theworld population grows, thus calling for advances in technology to meet these needs. By 2050,we will need to produce 70 percent more food than is currently being produced [6]. In the lastfew decades, there has been a shift in focus from agriculture in general to Ag Tech (the 4 thindustrial revolution) [4]. Ag Tech “is the development and application of new technology, orapplication of existing technology from other sectors, to increase the productivity, profitabilityand sustainability” of agricultural production [1]. Farmers and agricultural supporting industriesare looking at how to apply technology to agriculture [1]. These
providedwithin specific curricular chunks (capstone/cornerstone experiences, qualifying projects) thattypically do not range beyond a single term. The benefit of the continuous skills development andemployment through the cohort activities and external internships/partnerships enables students tosee the need for these additional competencies beyond their engineering coursework. Threereflections highlight this idea: My software engineering class is entirely about project management and working in teams, and I feel I have covered a lot of it already through my Google Certificate and in general, working with fellows and on other projects. The culture of the fellowship that focuses strongly on collaboration has made me push for
cooperative rather than competitive learning environments [32, 12].The project provides evidence of improved interactions among the students, a betterunderstanding of the engineering process, and improved engineering skills for the students.The findings indicate that the bio-design infused with experiential learning facilitated improvedNative American students' engagement and learning outcomes. Studies demonstrate the benefitsof moving beyond traditional lecture-driven approaches in favor of "active learning - experientiallearning [12], putting students more in the driver's seat through hands-on projects to engagestudents and deepen understanding. Studies indicate active learning techniques, in contrast totraditional lecture-driven learning, narrow
Paper ID #42048The Impact of Invention Education Participation on Students’ Confidenceand Anxiety in STEMJasmine N. Patel, Georgia Institute of Technology Jasmine Patel is a Research Associate at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). She specializes in invention education and informal STEM learning within K-12 settings. Her work involves research into the implementation and effects of educational interventions. In her role, Jasmine collaborates with a diverse group of K-12 students, educators, and administrators to develop and execute research and
formula. Second, a context for the learning innovation was chosen. This context isdesigned to help illuminate why the technical component matters, how it is used, or whatopportunities are associated with it. Contextualizing the material provides a way to incorporatereal-world problems that develop professional skills and enhance a students ability to beginmastering uncertain, complex, open ended problems. This better prepares them for their posteducation careers. A secondary purpose is to help increase a student’s intrinsic motivation for thetopic beyond just that of an academic hoop to be jumped through [17]. Selecting these contextswas done in several different ways, including group discussions, brainstorming, bisociation, andideation through
reliability and validity, and references.What makes our project unique is the extension of our searching beyond the archival literatureand the development of a taxonomy to categorize the existing assessment tools. We havereviewed informal publications (cards) on the Engineering Unleashed website(engineeringunleashed.com), which faculty use to share EM modules and early results from theirwork. Additionally, we have interviewed academic institutions in the Engineering Unleashedcommunity and asked them to submit assessment tools for review and characterization. We haveadded this to a fresh review of the literature, and the combination of all these data sources is amore comprehensive review of tools available.Table 1. Summary of prior assessment
student assessment mechanisms in each of these programs, and in what ways participatingstudents stay engaged in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem after completing one ofthese three introductory courses.1. IntroductionThe Technology Entrepreneur Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)exists to help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset and change the way they see the worldto tackle important challenges [1]. This is achieved through both curricular and co-curricularopportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students in primary degree programs fromacross campus. The Center provides a variety of resources for students, including courses andacademic programs, workshops, networking opportunities with
for undergraduate engineering students. Specifically, it examines how this program fosters connections, a fundamental component of the Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM). Concept maps are visual representations of knowledge and connections between topics. EM encompasses a multitude of essential skills, including the inclination to discover, evaluate, and exploit opportunities, all of which are critical for developing students into well-rounded engineers. oncept maps are tools used in both learning and assessment within broad K-20 academicCcontexts. They aid in student learning by developing non-linear connections of acquired ideas over time. In engineering education, leaders in EM scholarship have demonstrated the impact
groupsabove and beyond those required to proceed through the "pipeline" of doctoral enrollment inSTEM fields generally and engineering in particular. Therefore, efforts to broaden participationin these programs must consider whether over-representation of these groups relative toinstitutional population is a desirable goal, as well as examining factors relevant to the initialinstitutional recruitment of students into Ph.D. programs.As a result of documented structural and societal barriers, the pipeline leading to successfulacademic entrepreneurship projects may limit the target audience of women and minoritizedracial/ethnic group members to exceptionally high performers, a pattern similar to the“overqualification” effect (Campbell & Hahl, 2020
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days a week for two hours at a �me!Previous Approaches to Short Term Entrepreneurship ClassesSeveral approaches to short term entrepreneurship classes have been used to provide insights tostudents and professors on how to develop enterprises. A common approach is the bootcamp approach[7]. This typically comprises offering an intensive one- or two-week class in which the students are askedto find a problem through various techniques such as painstorming, observing trends, etc. Once aproblem/need has been iden�fied, the students then typically use brainstorming to propose variouspossible solu�ons. A�er considering various criteria, students then setle on an ini�al solu�on that isthen used to develop a prototype of the preferred solu�on. A prototype
highly suitable for K-12/primary/secondary school teachers to explain the outline of undergraduate engineering education so that their students will become able to grasp the interconnectivity between what they are presently doing and the future applicability.(4) It is also meaningful to mention the possibility to become robot-based entrepreneurs in the future, based on several cases that past robot seminar participants have created their own startup venture or became robot researchers. The core program is designed mainly for undergraduate-level students. Meanwhile, thisteaching method is adjustable to the learners’ level from primary school to postgraduatestudents. For instance, through a GPBL style 5-day workshop, undergraduate
; Urbano, 2012).The influence of public policy, incentives, resources, culture and institutional mission areimportant factors when examining the motivation of researchers to participate in academicentrepreneurship. They comprise many elements and initiatives beyond TTOs, that supportacademic entrepreneurs. These include business incubators and accelerators which provide talentand financial support to university startups, as well as education and training programs designedto develop intellectual and tactical knowledge that can help bring innovations to market.Although there is increasing value being placed on university-industry collaboration andcommercialization, in addition to traditional academic work, a significant challenge is gettingmore
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by this grant, a comprehensive program to develop an entrepreneurial mindset in all engineering and computer science undergraduate students in the Tagliatela College of En- gineering was implemented. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Statistical Validation of Growth in the Entrepreneurial Mindset of Students Resulting from Four Years of InterventionsIntroduction Integrating entrepreneurship elements into the college classroom and beyond is gainingmomentum across higher education institutions in the U.S. Engineering faculty are adoptingEntrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML) to help students develop entrepreneurial skills. A widerange of approaches are used including
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skills, such as innovation, creativity, and project management.Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Collaborative Competencies, Pedagogical Model, TechnicalCareers, Ecuador.INTRODUCTIONThe dynamic global entrepreneurship landscape has undergone a significant transformation,playing a crucial role in economic development through collaboration with entrepreneurialprocesses [1]. The literature emphasizes that entrepreneurship goes beyond the simple creation ofcompanies, being an intrinsic attitude of human beings reflected in their ability to take risks,identify opportunities, and adapt to fluctuations in the labor market [2–6]. In this context, thedemand for entrepreneurial education has been increasing, highlighting its importance in creatingan
environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. objectives. Figure 2: Start of a self-assessment form filling in the fall (left) vs a fully filled self-assessment form (right) with newly created tokens during the semester. After discussion in the fall, both students and instructors will collaborate to fill the self-assessment outcomes without ‘strong’token presence. Through the flexible IBL model, the senior student’s education will be shaped to 7 reflect these outcomes. This self-assessment tool can be useful to determine ABET outcomes