Paper ID #45110Fostering Student Identities as Sustainability Changemakers: EntrepreneurialMindsets and Tools for ChangeDr. Caitrin Lynch, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Caitrin Lynch is a Professor of Anthropology at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, where she teaches courses in anthropology, design, engineering, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Lynch was Dean of Faculty at Olin from 2021-2023. She is the author of two books: Retirement on the Line: Age, Work, and Value in An American Factory, and Juki Girls, Good Girls: Gender and Cultural Politics in Sri Lanka’s Global Garment Industry.Dr. Joanne C. Pratt, Franklin
: Wheelchair experience with activities of daily living (course instructor; 3b, 3c, 3d, 8b, 8c) ‚ Biomechanics: Focus on Orthotics and Prosthetics (guest Orthotics/Prosthetics practitioner and biomechanist; 3a, 3c, 4, 8a, 8b, 8c)‚ Module 3: Biotechnology (includes individual topic exploration and group report) ‚ Introduction to Biotechnology including molecular, cell and tissue engineering (course instructor or guest faculty; 8a, 8b, 8c) ‚ In-Class Exercise: Tissue engineering group design activity (course instructor and/or guest expert; 3a, 3c, 3d, 3e, 8a, 8b, 8c) ‚ Mini-Lab: Enzyme experiment (instructor; 3a, 3b, 3d, 3e, 8a, 8b, 8c) ‚ Biotechnology: Focus on entrepreneurship in bioengineered products and
hours, engaging innew ways with on and off campus partners, and – most importantly – thinking deeply about whatinformation was, what it meant to explore non-traditional information sources, and focus on whatthe students needed.As aforementioned, the Entrepreneurship librarian initially gave a standalone research workshopfor Foundations, but as the program blossomed, the librarian was called upon to integrate ILmore creatively into student-centric classes. Instead of lecturing about market research tools, thelibrarian co-facilitated gaps analysis discussions where students self-identify their research needsand the librarian offers suggestions more subtly. IL is still present in the workshop series, but itis embedded in larger topics, and
college level and 13 different high school courses in mathematics and science. She has worked with teacher professional development for over 20 years, and served as mathematics curriculum coordinator for 8 years. She works with teachers from all corners of Texas with teacher quality grants, including a number of teachers in the juvenile justice schools.Devyn Chae RiceRayan Tejani, Allen Academy Rayan Tejani is a high school senior, taking AP Calculus BC and planning to major in engineering in college beginning Fall 2020. He is interested in engineering education and entrepreneurship. Currently, he’s working with a Texas A&M University professor on an innovative device and possible patent. He is also the
– Facilitator (April 2013) American Association for Paralegal Education – National Meeting (November2013) Basic Interdisciplinary Training in Collaborative Law, Trainer (January 2014) American Associa-tion for Paralegal Education – National Meeting (November 2014) National Association for CommunityCollege Entrepreneurship – Presenter (October 2018) Basic Interdisciplinary Training in CollaborativeLaw, Trainer (October, 2018) ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Enhancing Workforce Readiness of Engineering Technicians Christine Delahanty, Vladimir Genis, Susan Herring, Tracy TimbyBucks County Community College in collaboration with Drexel University will utilize funds from an NSF ATE
Dublin, Ireland, in 2003 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006 and 2010. He has been the recipient of over a dozen invention, entrepreneurship, and student mentoring awards including the MIT $100K business plan competition, Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Fellowship, and the MIT Graduate Student Mentor of the Year.Dr. Donal Padraic Holland, University College Dublin D´onal Holland is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Uni- versity College Dublin, and an Associate at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His research interests include engineering design education, methodologies for
number of incremental problems to be solved, some takethe form of individual homework problems, while others require the full teams attention. Theteams were assigned during the first week using the CATME (6) software survey feature thatallows students to input information about their preferences. Team members were collocated inthe classroom allowing them to work together on team specific assignments and to support eachother on in class learning exercises. Team building exercises are included in the first couple ofweeks, and teaming is fostered throughout the quarter by the nature of the class time. Forexample, when working on in-class learning exercises, team members are expected to seekinsight from their team to answer a question before asking
1.3 Scope 3.7 0.8 Method 4.0 0.8 Physical 1.6 0.8 Instructor 3.9 1.4 Table 2.The other classes were grouped together since no other obvious common course was found.Their characteristics as shown in Table 3, have less focus as should be expected since they Page 3.179.3include a wide variety of courses including entrepreneurship, R&D management, project
2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference (WIP) PBL: Building the Connection between Theory and Practice using Integrated Projects Adam Carlton Lynch and Gary Brooking Wichita State UniversityAbstractBackground: Working to enable a heightened sense of Connections between the theories ofengineering principles to the practical product value delivered to customers, we dramaticallymodified our current class project in an undergraduate engineering statics course. We threadedinteractive exercises adopted from The Kern Engineering Entrepreneurial Network (KEEN)’sEntrepreneurial Mindset (EM) which focuses on three Cs of
Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Division (in formation) Session #3654 A Patent on Your Résumé, or Encouraging Creativity Among Technology Students Natalie D. Segal Ward College of Technology at the University of HartfordAbstractIn our Advanced Technical Communications class, the students are formed into teamsthat must invent a new object or create a significant improvement in an already existingobject, write a formal business proposal to convince a company to produce the object,and make a presentation in which they summarize their proposals. Many of these objectsare patentable
Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering, and serves as a Center Associate for the Learning Research and Development Center. Her principal research is in engineering education assessment, which has been funded by the NSF, Department of Ed, Sloan, EIF, and NCIIA. Dr. Sacre’s current research focuses on three distinct but highly correlated areas – innovative design and entrepreneurship, engineering modeling, and global competency in engineering. She is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Research Asso- ciate Professor of Education, and Founding Director of the
gameNate Entrepreneurship In-class engagement Online polling strategiesOlivia Air traffic control Modifying slide content Interactive jigsaw activities (exploring topics from the Air Traffic Control Handbook) • Recruitment of participants: The process of participant recruitment started in the summer of 2018. As described before (under Initial planning), we utilized customer discovery interviews with potential participant to
virtual teaming.The purpose of this paper is to discuss the product development process, the role of our industrialpartners, how virtual teams were formed, and how they communicated with each other.II. Product Development ProcessPrior to describing our industrial partnership and team arrangements, it is important to discussour overall process for developing new products. Since universities are not set up to developproducts and since the product development cycle is incompatible with a university’s curriculumstructure, new guidelines had to establish. However, since courses in new product developmentand entrepreneurship are offered, the university should provide "real world" experiences for thestudents.In order to commercialize new products within
engineer for world-class companies including Harley-Davidson, John Deere, and Oshkosh Defense and continues to provide workforce development consulting within this area.Dr. Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nathalie Duval-Couetil is the Director of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center, and a Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University. She is responsible for the launch and development of the university’s multidisciplinary undergraduate entrepreneurship program, which involves 1800 students from all majors per year. She has established entrepreneurship capstone, global
entrepreneurship – how to start,operate, and grow a small business. Engineering graduates should be equipped to take a path ofcreating jobs rather than seeking one if they wish to do so. As described by the US NationalAcademy of Engineers in the seminal Engineer 2020 report, the engineers of the future will needa new set of skills to compete, some going far beyond traditional excellence in analytics toinclude teamwork, communications, business management, and a host of non-traditionalengineering abilities[4].As technology based economies grow, particularly in developing countries, one important sourceof top talent – in addition to new engineering graduates – is the return of previous emigrants
its inception in the fall of 1995, it has provided over one and a halfmillion dollars in grants to support 115 classes, programs and student projects at over 70colleges and universities throughout the country. Approximately one thousand studentswere involved with E-Team classes and projects during the 1997-98 academic year. Theprogram had its origins in the passionate belief of its benefactors that the health andprosperity of the American economy results in large part from the creativity andingenuity of American inventors and the unique legal and economic structures thatprotect and encourage the development and commercial exploitation of their ideas.The primary mechanism in this effort is the E-Team (the "E" stands for excellence
theimplementation of an entrepreneurially-minded and communication-focused project that wasdeveloped by an engineering instructor for an upper-level undergraduate manufacturing course(MFET 37400 – Manufacturing Integration 1). To promote socio-technical communication skilldevelopment, students created audio podcasts using modern digital approaches to mediaproduction and content distribution. Unlike current approaches to improving entrepreneurially-minded communication skills in engineering students, which results in limited access andparticipation, this pedagogical approach allows all students within a class to obtain exposure tothis type of skill development. In this way, the skill development has been integrated into a corediscipline-specific course
strictlyorganized to provide students four primary activities during each class period: technical lecturesfrom the AE instructor, writing and presentation lectures from the COM instructor, teammeetings led by the design team leader, and open work time.The first objective of this paper is to detail the configuration of AE 421 as a team-taught seniorcapstone course. First, team teaching will be defined and its benefits in an engineering educationcontext will be described2. Benefits to student communication skills, particularly documentationand conflict negotiation skills, will specifically be addressed. Then, the segmentation of eachclass meeting into four primary activities will be discussed, as will the nature of these primaryactivities; a rationale for
designed to produce intrapreneurial students, primarily fromtraditionally underrepresented groups, who are poised to be innovators and managers in industry.The combination of faculty and industry mentorship, workforce development seminars,international experience, an industrial internship, entrepreneurship programs, and scholarshipsare producing graduates sought after in the workforce. Industrial partners provide mentorship,guidance, and positions to the scholars. By working with faculty and industry mentors, studentsare able to develop their skills and knowledge of industry. The project is embedded in evidence-based practices and previous research showing that: 1. Mentoring is vital to foster underrepresented groups’ retention in undergrad
first course in the fundamentalME discipline areas. Once a student completes their core set of classes, they should be able tochoose a concentration area, and complete additional courses in that concentration area todevelop technical depth. The specialty concentration areas could fit the program’s region orfaculty, e.g., provide exposure to areas of interest to students or the local industry.The survey results above indicate that the greatest weaknesses noted by employers of current MEgraduates, as well as by the early career engineers themselves, were a lack of practicalexperience in how devices are made or work, lack of familiarity with codes and standards, and alack of a systems perspective. While Mechanical Engineering Technology programs
Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAlissa P. Link Cilfone, Northeastern University Alissa Link Cilfone is the Head of STEM and Entrepreneurship at Northeastern University serving as liaison to the departments of bioengineering, biology, and biochemistry in addition to leading an interdis- ciplinary systematic reviews team.Ms. Brooke D. Williams, Northeastern University Brooke Williams is a Research and Instruction Librarian at Northeastern University serving as liaison to the Khoury College of Computer Science, the departments of English literature, communication studies and theatre, the School of Journalism and the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. Before joining the team at Northeastern, she worked as the
Paper ID #281332018 BEST DIVERSITY PAPER: Effects of Research and Internship Expe-riences on Engineering Task SelfEfficacy on Engineering Students Throughan Intersectional LensAbisola Coretta Kusimo, Stanford University Abisola Kusimo received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with minors in Rhetoric, Lead- ership, and Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2015. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Stanford with a focus on Design Methodology and Design for Manufacturing under the advisement of Professor Sheri Sheppard. Abisola currently holds a year-long teaching assistant posi
in a typical machine designcourse. These are some of the attributes for innovation and creativity which help them develop amindset for possible entrepreneurship. It takes a mechanical engineering graduate a long way topractice professional engineering if he/she develops strong engineering and problems solvingskills with a different mindset. Machine Design is a typical course that gives this experience.Based on many years of teaching this course, in this paper, the authors present the assessment ofcourse learning objectives (CLOs) and how they are linked to direct assessment of homework,class work, exams and design project outcomes. The CLOs are also mapped with the ABETProgram Outcomes. This being a core course it is offered every quarter at
-disciplinary programs. Ourapproach to graduate education links engineering with business and total quality. The EAPM isinnovative because ~1/3 of the curriculum has elective options in manufacturing, systemsengineering, project management and entrepreneurship, and it focuses on the broad issues ofthe global economy. It offers a graduate certificate in Total Quality Engineering and haspartnerships with local industry. Class projects are assigned that use the course principles to Page 4.320.7solve "real world" problems in the students’ work environment. Students work bothindividually and in multi-disciplinary product teams. Our faculty is selected based
, training development, and quantitative methods has appeared in a variety of books, journals, as papers presented at professional meetings, and as technical reports. Dr. Woehr currently serves as editor for Human Performance as well as on the editorial boards for Organizational Research Methods, and the European Journal of Work and Organizational PsychologyDr. Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Daniel M. Ferguson is CATME Managing Director and the recipient of several NSF awards for research in engineering education and a research associate at Purdue University. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming
-based teaching and learning. Clearly, implementing new processes ofassessment of outcomes for ABET is having a significant effect on our programs. We have beenfortunate to have other influences, as well, including good counsel from external advisory boardsand the resources from an endowed center for engineering education, both of which have beeneffective in fostering change.Over the last 15 years, these diverse drivers for change have nurtured nearly 50 major projectsfor which substantial funding was available. These 50 initiatives, however, do not begin torepresent the totality of the effort because many individual faculty and small groups of facultycarried out projects to improve what they are doing in their own classes without the benefit
Education, 2024 Preparing Engineering Students for Designing the Future of WorkAbstractThe next generation of engineering professionals require not only the engineering fundamentalswe teach today, but future-ready skills such as critical thinking and argumentation skills,knowledge of innovation processes and an entrepreneurial mindset. In this paper, we discuss ourefforts to better prepare undergraduate and graduate engineering students for the future of workthrough dedicated courses in the future of work, industrial innovation sciences, future workleadership and work systems management, and entrepreneurship. We present our observations ofa shift in student thinking about future of work topics across these three courses, and
learning curve incurred incommunicating with people of different backgroundsAs a final side note, the Department of Business has learned of the continued success of thecapstone class and has recently requested to work together with the Engineering & DesignDepartment to expose their students to the entrepreneurship involved in the class.V. Accreditation PreparationThe Department has the great advantage of having a seasoned ABET evaluator among thefaculty. Thus, as soon as the curriculum was established, preparations for ABET accreditationbegun. While ABET does not grant accreditation visitations until after the first graduating classin any given program, the preparations started very early in the process. A set of clear programobjectives
and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Ms. Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Page 24.953.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Online modules enable prerequisite review and mastery during design courses.AbstractAll engineering capstone courses are designed with the expectation that students will useknowledge they have obtained in prerequisite classes to design an engineering
State University, University ParkDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Dr. Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell