Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Walls, University of Arkansas; Ishita Tandon, University of Arkansas; Timothy J. Muldoon, University of Arkansas; Jeff Wolchok, University of Arkansas; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas

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incorporationof entrepreneurial engagement and the development of students’ “entrepreneurial mindsets”.Entrepreneurship in the engineering curriculum promotes the development of soft skills, businessknowledge, and the ability to create innovative solutions for “real-world” applications andcustomers – many of the skills that students feel they lack as they work towards their degrees. Inturn, students who participate in entrepreneurial activities in their engineering programs havebeen found more likely to pursue an engineering career post-graduation compared to studentswho have no entrepreneurial experience [6].To stimulate more entrepreneurial involvement within the range of STEM disciplines, theNational Science Foundation (NSF) and the National

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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ofprofessional skills and development opportunities. The researcher used descriptive and in vivocoding to help ensure the participants' narratives were not lost [8, p. 134]. The researcherfollowed a consistent format utilizing Microsoft Word’s note feature throughout the documents.After finishing, the researcher listed all the resulting codes in an Excel document; there were 267codes. All codes, including duplicates, were put in a website-based word cloud generator calledMonkeyLearn. The website used the top 50 words to create a word cloud. The intervieweesseemed more comfortable with the terminology “soft skills” rather than professional skills. Thisis also evidenced in the word cloud, as seen in Fig. 1. Other top keywords from the word cloudwere soft

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 3: Projects and Student Learning

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico; Alfred Schademan, California State University, Chico

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students the opportunityto practice communication and team working skills. ABET requires soft (professional) skillssuch as “an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” [criteria 3 (5)] and “an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences”[criteria 3 (3)], to be assessed once during the curriculum [5]. However, engineering graduatesfrequently face the challenge of acquiring or perfecting these skills in their first year ofemployment. Consequently, to prepare students to compete in a highly competitive job market,engineering programs must incorporate critical thinking and soft-skills training

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Walls, University of Arkansas; Thomas Hudnall McGehee, University of Arkansas; Ishita Tandon, University of Arkansas; Timothy J. Muldoon, University of Arkansas; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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engineering majors and the subsequent careerpathways of students after graduation has gained concern as studies reveal that many engineeringstudents do not continue into engineering careers, despite a global need for them. Decreasedengineering self-efficacy, lack of engineering identity, and low perceived levels of careerpreparedness have all been shown to play a major role in the loss of potential engineers. Topromote more confidence and improve students’ success in engineering careers, many degreeprograms have explored the incorporation of entrepreneurial engagement and the development ofstudents’ “entrepreneurial mindsets”. Entrepreneurship in engineering curriculum promotes thedevelopment of soft skills, business knowledge, and the ability to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 2: Assessing the Entrepreneurial Mindset, Curiosity, and Workplace Preparedness

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Marie Mowat, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Santosh Kumar Pitla, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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mopping the floor.” This quote paints a picture of the wide andvaried roles that engineers take on within ag-tech start-ups.Initial findings also point to skills that participants felt that engineers and engineering internsneeded in order to succeed in the industry. One participant said, “soft skills, and or the projectmanagement, or the business side that I think are critical.” “They probably come with a little bitwork experience, but I think I think those skills are just as important as technical skills.” Anotherparticipant mentioned “Personally, I would want them to have a good math background, goodsoftware like good understanding of Python and I want them to have some experience withmachine learning and then probably some knowledge of

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Peponis, Lawrence Technological University; Mary Lauren Benton, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Anthony M. Jacobi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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involvement inresearch and expanded understanding of their career opportunities. Students who engage inresearch will develop technical skills in the laboratory; however, it is often the professional (or“soft”) skills emphasized in the project materials that set these students apart from their peers.Faculty who engage in research and would like to enhance the productivity of their researchgroup will benefit from the enthusiasm and unique perspectives and skills that a new student canbring to the research group. In addition, by including first-year undergraduate students in the lab,these students will gain maximum exposure to the research environment over their academiccareer and faculty will have increased continuity in student participation. There is

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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theDEI objectives of the course and reinforces the literature on the benefits of diversity inenhancing creativity and problem-solving in engineering education [15, 16].These themes collectively emphasize the effectiveness of the 'fail-forward learn-fast' mindset incultivating an environment that encourages risk-taking, embraces failure, and leverages diversityfor innovation. The course's approach, as reflected in the thematic analysis, not only facilitatestechnical skill development but also raises critical soft skills such as resilience, adaptability, andcollaborative problem-solving.The DEI-focused survey questions revealed students' perceptions of the course's inclusivity anddiversity efforts: • Inclusive Classroom Environment: High

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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engage students to learnmechanics courses better.6. Conclusion6.1 Response to Research Question/ObjectiveThe photovoice reflections from students show that we can enhance the engagement of engineering studentswhen we use bio-inspired design project to instill EM via integrated STEAM when we teachmathematically-intensive engineering subjects. Students’ ways of thinking can be positively changed, andthey can learn soft skills (e.g. interpersonal skills and teamwork) much better. The results suggest that it ispromising for student learning outcomes might be better since students’ engagement is high and they had apositive experience when we use bio-inspired projects to connect theory, practice, and application.6.2 Summary of Main

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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programs,which can be adjustable to engineering knowledge for any learner’s level. Expected learningoutcomes include soft skills for creating solutions to societal issues with practicalapplications in addition to HW and SW. To meet potential educational demands, the targetprice is set at less than US 100 dollars for offering affordability to the general public. Aftercommercializing the toolkits, our next goal is to establish a university-originated venturecompany for offering them all over the world. These entrepreneurial efforts will be reflectedto SIT’s engineering education content so that it becomes more practical.2) Disaster preparation as expected social issues There is an inconvenient fact that Japan has encountered many natural disasters

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dalya Ismael, Old Dominion University

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possess the entrepreneurial mindset or the pedagogical strategies required to teachthese skills effectively. This gap highlights a critical area for development within academicinstitutions, suggesting a need for faculty development that equips educators with theknowledge and tools to integrate entrepreneurship and soft skills into their teaching.While the focus on a sustainable buildings course provided a rich context for applying thesepedagogical strategies, the foundational approach is versatile and can be adapted to other typesof engineering or design education. This adaptability is key to replicating the success of thiscourse in different educational settings, highlighting the potential for broad applicability acrossthe engineering education

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College; Martin Johnson

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, and measured risk [3]. Faculty have incorporated the entrepreneurial mindset[4], head/heart alignment and passion finding, creativity, and an innovators identity [5] into variouselements of experiential and project based courses. Capstone design instructors often teach tenetsof entrepreneurship to their design teams to build “soft skills” and develop “well-rounded”engineers [6]. These activities are both necessary for ABET accreditation as well as desired by theengineering workforce.In addition, employers seek more creative, entrepreneurial engineering graduates. Increasingly,they believe that gaining knowledge beyond traditional engineering curriculum is more importantthan discipline knowledge [7]. In addition, learning creativity and