Paper ID #42343Teaching Students about Social Entrepreneurship within the Context of SustainabilityDr. Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. She has experience teaching programming, design, entrepreneurship, and sustainability topics, and is the Director of the First-Year Engineering Program at the University of Pittsburgh. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Teaching students about social entrepreneurship within the context of sustainabilityThis paper
. Conducted five interviews with industry stakeholders in order to get a deeper sense of the terms and needs 3. Analyzed that data in order to arrive at a more defined list of needs, and then used that list of needs to develop a call for course proposals that would become official courses in this programFrom this data gathering and analysis with industry stakeholders, the following competenciesand skills emerged. Students need to know: A. How to develop the business idea process in a way that meets the needs of a specific marketplace B. How to develop a business plan that addresses startup, implementation, and sustaining the business C. How to navigate the ‘valley of death’ where most businesses fail D. How to
use of the direct and indirect assessments in parallel to fullycharacterize student curiosity as it relates to an EM. Future work will focus on adapting theexisting codebook to better align with the 5DCS constructs in the context of a first-yearengineering classroom and to differentiate between overt covert social curiosity, sub-constructsdistinguished by Kashdan et al., [25] in the Revised Five-Dimensional Curiosity Scale (5DCR).References[1] D. Pusca and D. Northwood, “Curiosity, creativity and engineering education,” Global Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 152–158, 2018. [2] T. B. Kashdan, P. Rose, and F. D. Fincham, “Curiosity and exploration: facilitating positive subjective experiences and personal growth
jet cutter and laser 4cutter. They also have experienced additive manufacturing using FDM. During this course theyare further trained in additional skills as part of the laboratory module. These includeStereolithography printing, CNC machining, microcontroller programming and electro-dischargemachining.DiscussionsSome class project submissions are described below in Figures 1-5 and the rest in Table 1. Theentire submission is summarized under five points (a) Customer needs (b) Design solution (c)Product development (d) Material and Manufacturing (e) Costs and Marketing Strategy.Identifying customer needs is a crucial step in entrepreneurship as
commercialization since this isdone in a variety of professional contexts. A 1-credit hour course is one way that these learninggoals could be taught and accomplished.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to acknowledge Miriam Salah and the Siebel Center for Design (SCD)for the design of the course workbook and the generous support of the Kern Family Foundationas part of SIIP in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NSF I-Corps Hub-Great Lakes Region, Grant #2048612.References[1] “The Entrepreneurial Mindset,” KEEN - Engineering Unleashed. [Online]. Available at https://engineeringunleashed.com/mindset.[2] Burnett, B., & Evans, D. (2020). Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change
Paper ID #49062How a Cornerstone Course Impacts Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial SkillsProf. Catalina Cortazar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Catalina Cort´azar is a Faculty member in the engineering design area DILAB at the School of Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (PUC). Catalina holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science with a focus on Engineering Education from PUC, an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School for Desing, an MA in Media Studies from The New School, and a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, with a concentration in Structural Design.Gabriel
such as a tire shop and a catering establishment. The industry consists of rail to the south and a refinery to east. i. Small Residential located sporadically around ii. Commercial nearby iii. Railways and refinery nearby ii. b. Traffic Proximity (daily traffic count/distance to road): i. 210 iii. c. Superfund Proximity (site count/km distance): i. 2.1 iv. d. Hazardous Waste Proximity (facility count/km distance): i. 6.6 v. e. Underground Storage Tanks (count/km2): i. 2.6 vi. f. Wastewater Discharge (toxicity-weighted concentration/m distance: i. 0.011 vii. g. Diesel Particulate Matter* (µg/m3): i. 0.456Discuss the impacts the brownfield has on public health or welfare of the
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. a b c d Figure 2. Successful student prototypes from the pilot course showing a) Eco Sensor, b) StovaDonna, c) NoverDose, and d) V.R Force Feedback GloveStudents were also given an optional prompt to an open-ended question that aimed to study thequalitative impact of the course components in improving the students’ ability to connect theentrepreneurial mindset to help them solve engineering problems. “Using an example, pleaseexplain how learning about the entrepreneurial mindset through this course has changed the wayyou approach problem-solving and decision-making in design-based engineering classes?”.Table III shows sample student responses to this
, anddeliver a product pitch to investors and entrepreneurs at the end of the course. The course goalsare:1) Students will gain an understanding of the impact of nano- and microtechnology on society.2) Students will learn how to solve problems using nanotechnology and will build a prototype product using nanofabrication tools. Example prototypes are shown in Figure 1.3) Students will learn how technologies transition from the research laboratory to the marketplace. a) b) c)Figure 1: Subset of student project prototypes showing a) colorimetric detection of trace lead indrinking water, b) antennas to tag space junk for detection, and c) colorimetric food
a more extensiveinvestigation of issues that might have been missing from prior research. The approach to thisinquiry should be that of an exploratory study. The research team is already committed tocontinuing the research in a longitudinal study.The implications for practice, in the words of the program director, include that: (a) it isdemonstrated how some undergraduate students may be at a level of maturity that can bechallenging when pursuing customer discovery - such students benefit less than those advancedstudents with a more mature view of innovations; (b) students entering the I-Corps Site programcome with different needs, and it could be beneficial to identify those needs before entering theprogram, and (c) the ecosystem where the
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the nuanced ways in which failure journaling influences engineering students’ perceptions and the development of a fail-forward mindset. B. An inductive approach was chosen for this study to allow themes to emerge from the data without preconceived categories, thus providing a grounded understanding of the participants' experiences and perceptions. This approach is justified by its alignment with the exploratory nature of the study, aiming to uncover how failure journaling influences student attitudes and mindsets. C. To ensure a thorough and systematic analysis of the qualitative data, the following steps were followed: i. Failure Journals were analyzed first to identify initial themes
data analysis processes in this paper. Fig. 1-Work Readiness Integrated Competence Model (WRICM) [22].PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore engineers' and engineering interns' perceptions ofpreparedness to work in agricultural technology start-ups in the Midwest through semi-structuredinterviews. The following research questions will be addressed: 1. What resources (intellectual, meta-skill, personality, job-specific) are perceived to be important for engineers and engineering interns to have in order to work in the agricultural technology start-up industry? a. Which skills are perceived as most important? b. Where do engineering students gain these skills from? c. Which of these
. f. Collects feedback and data from many customers and customer segments. 5. Integrates information from many sources. q. Integrates/synthesizes different kinds of knowledge. 6. Recognizes the need to communicate value propositions appropriately to different stakeholders. m. Articulates the idea to diverse audiences. n. Persuades why a discovery adds value from multiple perspectives. 7. Adapts to changing conditions. h. Modifies an idea/product based on feedback. 8. Identifies opportunities to create value. a. Critically observes surroundings to recognize opportunity.The Final Framework behaviors that do not have a close association with this work are: b. Explores multiple solution paths
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disciplines at a private Chilean university. A validated questionnaire wasadministered, incorporating a series of entrepreneurial competencies outlined by the EuropeanUnion within three areas: (a) ideas and opportunities, (b) resources, and (c) taking action.Additionally, this questionnaire includes a section addressing various aspects of entrepreneurialprojects: self-efficacy, intention, career choice, and motivation. Statistical methods wereemployed to analyze the questionnaire responses. The results allow us to highlight strongstatistically significant correlations between areas associated with entrepreneurial competenciesand the dimension of entrepreneurial intention related to the effective creation of anentrepreneurial project. Furthermore, it
Paper ID #46967Development of Entrepreneurial Competencies in Engineering Students: AComparative Analysis between In-Person and Online EducationProf. Barbara Munoz-Vallejos, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile B´arbara Estefan´ıa Mu˜noz Vallejos, M.Sc., is an Assistant Professor and faculty member at the School of Engineering, Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB), Chile. She holds a degree in Psychology and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Universidad del Desarrollo (2008). Additionally, she earned a Master’s degree in Curriculum Development and Educational Projects from Universidad Andr´es Bello (2019–2021). She has also
Chair of Mechanical A Female Professor No No Graduate Engineering Program Full Mechanical B Male N/A Yes Yes Professor Engineering Assistant Mechanical C Male N/A Yes No Professor Engineering Director of
we take a different tack, wanting to identify the nexus, or common ground, ofInnovative and Entrepreneurial self-efficacies, and Innovative and Entrepreneurial behaviors.Thinking about common ground is a useful lens with which to look at the intentional or focusedcreativity of engineers, whether they are working in new or existing enterprises. First, we showthe development of this intersectional/nexus concept (which we call Embracing New Ideas, ENI)in terms of measures of self-efficacy (ENI-SE; consisting of six items, with a Cronbach’s Alphaof .85) and behavior (ENI-B; consisting of five items, with a Cronbach’s Alpha of .80). Thenbased on Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), we model ENI-B (our dependent variable) asa function of ENI-SE
” (EAMU) vector (Table 2). The description and nominalmeasurement ranges for each level are set as appropriate to the task associated with the KPI.Table 2. KPI assessment results for BME 3113. KPI Semester E A M U Avg i-1 (L3): Collect relevant technical information, data, F2018 7 9 0 0 2.4 and ideas from multiple sources. 2-b (L4): Examine realistic constraints related to the F2019 12 2 0 0 2.9 proposed solution 3-a (L3) Construct and deliver a logical and articulate
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such as MATLAB and ANSYS in engineering classrooms. In Spring 2022, Soheil joined Colorado State University as an assistant professor of practice in the department of Mechan- ical Engineering. His research is currently focused on the long-term retention of knowledge and skills in engineering education, design theory and philosophy, and computational mechanics.Dr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her engineering education research interests include entrepreneurially minded learning, energy education, interdisciplinary education, and faculty professional development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
, Hackster, IONOS, etc. The circuit diagram was shared as a part ofinstructions and guidelines. A sample circuit diagram is given below.Each team was required to present their projects by demonstrating its function to the class inperson. Each team was also asked to upload a short project report as well as their CAD files asSLDPRT, SLDASM or STEP file formats. The grading rubric on the hands-on portion evaluatedthe following criteria(a) Mechanical Design: Detailed, well-thought-out CAD models; all components (rollers, gears, motor, control panel) are accurately modeled. CAD files submitted in correct formats.(b) Control Panel Design & Layout: Control panel is neatly designed, labeled, and integrated well with the conveyor system or
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