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Implementing Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning (EML) in a Timber Design Course

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Virtual On line

Publication Date

June 22, 2020

Start Date

June 22, 2020

End Date

June 26, 2021

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I

Tagged Division

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page Count

24

DOI

10.18260/1-2--34781

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https://peer.asee.org/34781

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637

Paper Authors

biography

Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani Ohio Northern University

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Dr. Ardakani is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He has previously served as Project Engineer at Englekirk Structural Engineers and Lecturer at South Dakota State University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno. His research interests include seismic performance and design of reinforced concrete structures, computational modeling of structures, and engineering education.

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Abstract

Timber design is a technical elective course for junior and senior civil engineering students at …. To help students apply the concepts learned in this course and previous courses such as Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis to the real world applications as well as improve their entrepreneurial mindset per Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) learning objectives, a comprehensive half a semester-long project was developed. The paper describes the project, where students were required to form a team/company of four to five members, create Auto CAD drawings for their dream houses, determine the loading, utilize a professional software such as WoodWorks to design the common elements of the building, and select one layout as a superior design using the Need-Approach-Benefits-Competition (NABC) framework. It was found that students enjoyed the real world aspect of the project, the freedom to create the layout of their buildings, and applying all the knowledge learned in the class and previous courses.

Seyed Ardakani, S. M. (2020, June), Implementing Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning (EML) in a Timber Design Course Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34781

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