Board 112: Work in Progress: Exploring the Impact of International Experiences on the Development of Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindset

Olgha Bassam Qaqish; Marcia Pool; William H Pennock; Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado; Fahmidah Ummul Ashraf

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Conference: 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Location: Portland, Oregon
Publication Date: June 23, 2024
Start Date: June 23, 2024
End Date: July 12, 2024
Conference Session: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session
Tagged Division: Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)
Tagged Topic: Diversity
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/46668

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Olgha Bassam Qaqish North Carolina State University

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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 mathematics textbook: Algebra Essentials.

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Marcia Pool University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign orcid.org/0000-0002-2813-4217

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Dr. Marcia (“Marci”) Pool is the Assistant Director for Education at the Cancer Center at Illinois and a Teaching Associate Professor in Bioengineering. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, has served for sixteen years as teaching faculty/staff in biomedical/bioengineering and nine years in departmental/institute educational administration, and is an ABET program evaluator for Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering. She focuses on identifying and evaluating mechanisms to enhance the educational experience and develop students into engineers and researchers. Her work includes interventions to enhance training for high school students, undergraduate students, and predoctoral (graduate students) and postdoctoral trainees through training programs such as NIH T32s. These programs include curricular, extracurricular, and professional and career development components with required evaluation and tracking of student participants.

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William H Pennock New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado University of Dayton orcid.org/0000-0002-4811-6155

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Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado (Erick S. Vasquez) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Dayton. Dr. Vasquez earned his B.Sc. degree in chemical engineering (ChE) at Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas (UCA) in El Salvador, an M.S. in ChE at Clemson University, and a Ph.D. in ChE at Mississippi State University.

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Fahmidah Ummul Ashraf Bradley University orcid.org/0000-0003-1765-5188

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Abstract

International experiences, including collaborative online international learning (COIL) experiences that naturally increase accessibility, are of interest to many undergraduate students. These experiences provide educators a unique opportunity to develop a student's entrepreneurial mindset (EM). Additionally, hands-on experiences aligned with the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) grand challenge themes (Sustainability, Security, Health, and Joy of Living) support connections between the experience, disciplinary knowledge, multicultural awareness, and EM. Through this Work-in-Progress (WiP) study, we seek to answer: 1) How do international experiences influence undergraduate science and engineering students’ EM, and 2) How does the international experience modality (i.e., study abroad or COIL) impact development of EM? To understand the impact of these international experiences, we are designing a qualitative, parallel study across five U.S. institutions representing a mix of in-person and COIL international experiences for undergraduate students at different academic levels within science and engineering disciplines. We aim to connect transformative learning theory, focused on multiculturalism and connectedness, with international experiences using EM as the theoretical framework. While surveys will support understanding of multiculturalism gains and overall view of the experience, concept maps and reflections will be used to assess student’s growth in EM connectedness. A description of each institution’s partnership development and implementation is presented in this paper. We anticipate key results will include: 1) students’ positive perception through engaged learning, 2) student growth in EM connectedness, 3) students’ increased appreciation of multiculturalism, 4) all modalities support growth in student’s EM and multiculturalism competencies, and 5) in-person international travel components demonstrate a larger increase in multiculturalism competencies due to cultural immersion. The team is finalizing plans for these experiences in fall 2023 and will implement the experiences and collect data in spring 2024.

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Qaqish, O. B., & Pool, M., & Pennock, W. H., & Vasquez-Guardado, E. S., & Ashraf, F. U. (2024, June), Board 112: Work in Progress: Exploring the Impact of International Experiences on the Development of Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindset Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/46668

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