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Bringing Entrepreneurial Mindset to the Design of Machinery through a Bio-Inspired Design Project with Aesthetic Objectives

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

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

Tagged Division

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

17

DOI

10.18260/1-2--43040

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https://peer.asee.org/43040

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166

Paper Authors

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Soheil Fatehiboroujeni Colorado State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-5129-7428

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Soheil Fatehiboroujeni received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Merced in 2018 focused on the nonlinear dynamics of biological filaments. As an engineering educator and postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Soheil worked in the Active Learning Initiative (ALI) to promote student-centered learning and the use of computational tools 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 Mechanical 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.

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Lisa Bosman Marquette University

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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.

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Abstract

It is known that engineering students often lack sufficient opportunity to work on so-called wicked and real-world problems in their core technical engineering courses. One of the nationally recognized initiatives supported by KEEN foundation to overcome this challenge is the integration of Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in various instructional activities of engineering programs. There are limited studies in the literature related to the effectiveness of the EM as a framework of curriculum design in the context of machine design and dynamics of machinery. Empirical studies can provide informative evidence necessary for the further adoption of EM in specific engineering courses in a pedagogically informed manner. This paper presents the development and implementation of a course project in a junior level mechanical engineering course on Dynamics of Machines to (1) give students access to real-world learning experiences and (2) explore and identify the ways in which an interdisciplinary design project that combines key components of EM, STEAM and bio-inspiration impacts students’ learning. The results include initial findings from a thematic analysis of the data collected using photovoice reflections. Adopted from the relevant studies in the literature of EM curricular designs, photovoice reflections combine pictorial and textual data and constitute a portion of the project’s conclusion section submitted by students. The paper then discusses future steps on the use of interdisciplinary design projects which provide real-world experiential learning geared towards better preparation of engineering students for entering the workforce.

Fatehiboroujeni, S., & Bosman, L. (2023, June), Bringing Entrepreneurial Mindset to the Design of Machinery through a Bio-Inspired Design Project with Aesthetic Objectives Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43040

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