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ENT-5: Pathways for Developing Entrepreneurial Skills Across Educational Levels

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Abigail Mulry, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Chloe Hincher, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Hincher is a Ph.D. student in the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State University and UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on decellularized extracellular matrix-based regenerative therapies, with applications in cardiac repair and women’s health. Beyond her biomedical research, she is passionate about engineering education and the role of extracurricular experiences in shaping student success and professional identity.Dr. Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Olgha B. Qaqish, Ph.D. is an engineering educator and researcher, who has experience working with students at all levels in science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM). Dr. Qaqish is an author of a

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6: Undergraduate and Faculty Research

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Anthony M. Jacobi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sophie Wang; Kyriaki Kalaitzidou

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Paper ID #37514Undergraduate students are the ”secret sauce” to help research programsbe successfulDr. Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University KEN VAN TREUREN is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor Univer- sity and serves as the Associate Dean in the School of Engineering and Computer Science. He received his B. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy in 1977 and his M. S. in Engineering from Princeton University in 1978. He completed his DPhil in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom in 1994. He then taught at the USAF Academy until his military

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Furnbach Clavijo P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology

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. 22, 2021.[12] C. Winberg et al., “Developing employability in engineering education: A systematicreview of the literature,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 165–180, Mar. 2020, doi: 10.1080/03043797.2018.1534086.[13] Z. S. Byrne, J. W. Weston, and K. Cave, “Development of a scale for measuring students’attitudes towards learning professional (i.e., soft) skills,” Research in Science Education, vol. 50,no. 4, pp. 1417–1433, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1007/s11165-018-9738-3.[14] B. K. Jesiek, Y. Shen, and Y. Haller, “Cross-cultural competence: A comparativeassessment of engineering students,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 28,no. 1, pp. 144-155, Jan. 2012.[15] D. H. Cropley, “Promoting creativity and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4: Curriculum and Programmatic Effects

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Amin Azad, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

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. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 2023 ASEE Conference[2] https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/services/small-businesses.html[3] Schumpeter, Joseph A., and Archibald J. Nichol. "Robinson's economics of imperfectcompetition." Journal of political economy 42, no. 2 (1934): 249-259.[4] Lerner, Josh, and Antoinette Schoar. "Does legal enforcement affect financial transactions?The contractual channel in private equity." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 120, no. 1(2005): 223-246.[5] Kelley, D. J., Singer, S., & Herrington, M. (2015). Global entrepreneurship monitor 2014global report. Global Entrepreneurship Research Association.[6] Audretsch, D. B. (2015). Everything

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ENT-8: Mentorship, Creativity, and Ethics in Academic Entrepreneurship

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Zeynep Gonca Akdemir-Beveridge, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut; Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut

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. 285-295, 2011.[20] T. M. Amabile, Creativity in context, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996.[21] J. C. Kaufman, J. Baer, D. H. Cropley, R. Reiter-Palmon and S. Sinnett, "Furious activity vs. understanding: How much expertise is needed to evaluate creative work?," Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, vol. 7, no. 4, 2013.[22] R. Reiter-Palmon, B. Forthmann and B. Barbot, "Scoring divergent thinking tests: A review and systematic framework.," Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 144-152, 2019.[23] D. H. Cropley, "Promoting Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Education," Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 161-171, 2015.

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Azadeh Bolhari, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Richard W Saxton, University of Colorado Boulder; Anvie Gowrishankar, University of Colorado Boulder; Maya Leizerovich, University of Colorado Boulder; Shane Gavney, University of Colorado Boulder

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seven scale (seven being extremelyconfident, very high interest, and extremely important). These questions measured innovationself-efficacy (ISE) using the Very Brief Innovation Self-Efficacy scale, innovation interest (INI)using the Innovation Interests scale, and innovative work goals using the Career Goals:Innovative Work scale (IW) (adapted from [34-35]).Figure 1. Example Monster Drawings (left and right rated lower and higher on creative work,respectively)The specific survey items are shown in Appendix B. The survey concluded with demographicquestions on gender, race, and whether the student identifies as neurodivergent. The studentschose whether to receive in-class extra credit or compensation in a $10 gift card; students notparticipating

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ENT-4: Experiential Approaches to Developing Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Engineering

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Amanda Y Bao P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Yewande S Abraham, Rochester Institute of Technology

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design. The word cloud in Figure 3(b) fromCVET-464 students included the most used words: "real," "example," "project," "future," and"case studies" indicating an emphasis on practical, hands-on learning and preparation for theprofessional field. (a)Word Cloud for CVET-434 (b) Word Cloud for CVET-464 Figure 3. Responses to how the Incorporation of Case Studies into the Curriculum can Benefit Future Civil Engineering and Construction ProfessionalsCVET-434 students view case studies as a tool for learning from past structural failures andimproving engineering design. CVET-464 students value case studies as a way to bridgeclassroom learning with real-world construction experiences. Both groups agree

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ENT-9: Multidisciplinary Activities in Engineering Innovation

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Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Ade Mabogunje, Stanford University

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Paper ID #48203Work in Progress: From Curriculum to Competence: Exploring PedagogicalPractices in Engineering Entrepreneurship and Human Capital FormationDr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a Research Scientist in the Designing Education Lab in Mechanical Engineering and co-founder of the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab in Career Education at Stanford University. She earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her PhD in Communication with a minor in Psychology from Stanford. Her scholarship is focused on engineering and entrepreneurship education, portfolio pedagogy, reflective practices, non

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4: Curriculum and Programmatic Effects

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Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Md Tarique Hasan Khan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Akshata Ashok Patil, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Bahar Memarian, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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an entrepreneurship program on GPA and retention," Journal of Engineering Education, vol.93, no. 4, pp. 293–301, 2004.[8] D. F. Kuratko, "The emergence of entrepreneurship education: Development, trends, andchallenges," Entrepreneurship theory and practice, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 577–597, 2005.[9] J. A. Katz, "The chronology and intellectual trajectory of American entrepreneurshipeducation: 1876–1999," J Bus Ventur, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 283–300, 2003.[10] H. M. Neck and P. G. Greene, "Entrepreneurship education: known worlds and newfrontiers," Journal of small business management, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 55–70, 2011.[11] W. B. Gartner and K. H. Vesper, "Experiments in entrepreneurship education: Successesand failures," J Bus Ventur, vol. 9

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ENT-6: Fostering Creativity, Communication, and Impact in Student Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Liane Hirabayashi; Pamela J Milkovich; Eamon Geraghty, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety; Julie Ann Sorensen, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety; Farrell Davis

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University BasedIncubators: Loosely Coupled Elements in Silicon Valley’s Entrepreneurial System, paperpresented at 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2—15598.[10] Clark, W. A., Czuchry, A.J., Andrews, W.D., Woodruff, M.L., and Lawrence, D.A., (2005,June), Establishing a Technology Based Business Incubator at a Regional University: AConceptual Framework and Case Study, paper presented at 2005 ASEE Annual Conference,Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2—15469.[11] Wierman, J., Aronhime, L., Camerer, M., & Gibbs, B. (2007, June), Creating a Frameworkfor Undergraduate Entrepreneurs to Start and Manage Student Run Businesses, paper presentedat 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii. 10.18260/1-2--2401[12] Das

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1: Robotics and Bio-Inspired Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hiroyuki Ishizaki, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Sumito Nagasawa, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Hatsuko Yoshikubo, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Hitoshi Nakamura, Shibaura Institute of Technology

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for today, fostering technological advancement for tomorrow.” https://junior.robocup.org/ (accessed Feb. 26, 2023).[12] J. Brier and lia dwi jayanti, “Poverty & Death: Disaster mortality 1996-2015 | UNDRR,” vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 1–9, 2020, [Online]. Available: http://journal.um- surabaya.ac.id/index.php/JKM/article/view/2203.[13] D. Flannery and K. Deiglmeier, “Managing the Social Social Enterprise,” pp. 12–18, 2000, [Online]. Available: http://www.juma.org/content/newsAndEvents/pdf/article2.pdf.[14] W. Jo, J. Kim, R. Wang, J. Pan, R. K. Senthilkumaran, and B.-C. Min, “SMARTmBOT: A ROS2-based Low-cost and Open-source Mobile Robot Platform,” 2022, [Online]. Available: http://arxiv.org/abs

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ENT-8: Mentorship, Creativity, and Ethics in Academic Entrepreneurship

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Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Voichita Maria Dadarlat; Yi Wang, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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., Meuris, S., Sibilla, J., & Olsen, K. M. (2019). Academic conflict of interest. Intensive care medicine, 45, 13-20.Audretsch, D. B. (2014). From the entrepreneurial university to the university for the entrepreneurial society. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 39, 313-321.Axler, R. E., Miller, F. A., Lehoux, P., & Lemmens, T. (2018). The institutional workers of biomedical science: Legitimizing academic entrepreneurship and obscuring conflicts of interest. Science and Public Policy, 45(3), 404-415.Azoulay, P., Ding, W., & Stuart, T. (2007). The determinants of faculty patenting behavior: Demographics or opportunities? Journal of economic behavior & organization, 63(4), 599-623.Baldini, N

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ENT-6: Fostering Creativity, Communication, and Impact in Student Learning

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Azadeh Bolhari, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Caroline Steely, University of Colorado Boulder

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, no. 11, pp. 885–888, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2020.100688.[7] M. Schar, S. Gilmartin, A. Harris, B. Rieken, and S. Sheppard, "Innovation self-efficacy: Avery brief measure for engineering students," in Proc. 2017 ASEE Annual Conf. & Expo.,Columbus, OH, Jun. 2017. Available: https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--28533.[8] A. Bolhari, A. Bielefeldt, A. Gowrishankar, M. Leizerovich, S. Gavney, and R. Saxton,"Exploring the Relationships between Artistic Creativity and Innovation Attitudes inEngineering Students." [Online]. Available: https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10529229.[9] T. Heeren and R. D’Agostino, “Robustness of the two independent samples t-test whenapplied to ordinal scaled data,” Statistics in Medicine, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 79-90, 1987,https

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1: Robotics and Bio-Inspired Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Jianfeng Ma, Saint Louis University; Lisa Bosman, Marquette University; Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Khalid H. Tantawi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia

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. Naumann, "Entrepreneurial mindset: A synthetic literature review," Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 149-172, 2017.[24]. H. Hashemi Farzaneh, “Bio-inspired design: the impact of collaboration between engineers and biologists on analogical transfer and ideation,” Res Eng Design, vol. 31, pp. 299-322, 2020. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-020-00333-w. [accessed in December 2022].[25]. R. B. Stone, A. K. Goel, D. A. McAdams, “Charting a course for bio-inspired design,” In: Goel AK, McAdams DA, Stone RB (eds) Biologically inspired design—computational methods and tools, Springer, London, 2014.[26]. L. Colucci-Gray, P. Burnard, D. Gray, and C. Cooke, “A Critical Review of STEAM (Science

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

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Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Paper ID #49353From Curiosity to Impact: Incorporating AI into Student Portfolios and theCreative ProcessDr. Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Keilin Jahnke is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Innovation, Leadership and Engineering Entrepreneurship in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 From Curiosity to Impact: Incorporating AI into Student Portfolios and the Creative ProcessAbstractEngineers use both critical and creative thinking skills to apply their

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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, prototyping, program development, crafting interactive curricula, and bringing ideas to fruition. With over 8 years of experience in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Anand possesses a solid background in Innovation and Entrepreneurship education, Additive Manufacturing, and Digital Fabrication technologies. His academic credentials include an M.S. in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering from New York University and a B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University.Dr. Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Curtis Abel, PhD, MBA is the Executive Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (I&E) at WPI. He is responsible for the I&E eco-system, Value Creation Initiative, Maker Space &

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isaac Heizelman, University of North Dakota; Nicholas M. Bittner, University of North Dakota; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, University of North Dakota; Dan Ewert, University of North Dakota; Ryan Striker, University of North Dakota

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Paper ID #43287Empowering Engineering Students: Blockchain Learning Tokens for AssessingABET Student Outcomes and Enhancing Quality Control in Innovation-BasedEducationIsaac Heizelman, University of North Dakota Isaac Heizelman is a senior undergraduate engineering student at the university of north of Dakota.Nicholas M. Bittner, University of North Dakota Nick is currently a Biomedical engineering student at the University of North Dakota since graduating with a associates in engineering from Cankdeska Cikana Community College located on the Spirit Lake nation. Utilizing the innovation based learning model found in his new

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Walters, University of Washington; Kayt Frisch, George Fox University; Zaher Kmail, University of Washington; Heather Dillon, University of Washington; Chris Sharp, George Fox University

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teaching my students the theory and application of systems thinking and modeling to promote social justice and global prosperity.Dr. Kayt Frisch, George Fox UniversityDr. Zaher Kmail, University of Washington Zaher Kmail, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Washington Tacoma in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences’ Division of Science and Mathematics. His general areas of research are in theoretical and applied statistics with a specialization in the design and analysis of experiments. His current research focuses on causal structure modeling, optimal design and its applications, multivariate analysis, and mathematics and statistics education. In addition to applied statistics, Dr

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ENT-3: Transforming Engineering Curriculum through Entrepreneurial Approaches

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Katherine Saul, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Nathalie Lavoine, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Paper ID #46061Introducing the Entrepreneurial Mindset into Classes at NC State UniversityDr. Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Anna Howard is a Teaching Professor at NC State University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering where she has led the course redesign effort for Engineering Statics. She received her Ph.D. from the Rotorcraft Center of Excellence at Penn State University and is one of the campus leaders of Wolfpack Engineering Unleashed. She has launched and is currently chairing the College Teaching Committee for the NC State College of Engineering.Katherine Saul, North Carolina State

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 5: Exploring and Re-Examining Ideas in Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Azadeh Bolhari P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt P.E., University of Colorado Boulder

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Paper ID #39184Exploring the Role of Mentorship in Enhancing Engineering Students’Innovation Self-EfficacyDr. Azadeh Bolhari P.E., University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Bolhari is a professor of environmental engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her teaching focuses on fate and transport of contaminants and capstone design. Dr. Bolhari’s research interests explore the bound- aries of engineering and social science to understand formation of innovation self-efficacy in engineering students and evolution of resilience capacity at family