scholarly journals DEVELOPING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET IN ENGINEERING STUDENTS

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Hsiao
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Engineering Management ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Alternative Route ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Or Management ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Engineering Studies ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills

Developing engineers with entrepreneurial skills is becoming a valued objective for engineering faculties across the country. Entrepreneurship courses are being added to engineering curriculum, course options are being created to allow students to pursue an entrepreneurship or management track in their undergraduate engineering studies, and graduate programs are being developed in Engineering Management, as a more specific and alternative route to the Master of Business Administration (MBA). This paper presents the results of a six-year survey of engineering students who have elected to enroll in an upperclassmen Entrepreneurship course. It presents the approach that has been taken in an Engineering elective at Memorial University to develop entrepreneurially minded engineering students, and the students’ perspectives on why engineers become entrepreneurs, what entrepreneurial qualities they believe they possess, and how they have learned to evaluate entrepreneurial ideas not only on its technical merit, but organizationally and strategically.

Development of concept-based physiology lessons for biomedical engineering undergraduate students

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina K. Nelson ◽  
Naomi C. Chesler ◽  
Kevin T. Strang
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Organ System ◽  
Instructional Model ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Knowledge ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Preparation For Future Learning ◽  
Future Learning

Physiology is a core requirement in the undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum. In one or two introductory physiology courses, engineering students must learn physiology sufficiently to support learning in their subsequent engineering courses and careers. As preparation for future learning, physiology instruction centered on concepts may help engineering students to further develop their physiology and biomedical engineering knowledge. Following the Backward Design instructional model, a series of seven concept-based lessons was developed for undergraduate engineering students. These online lessons were created as prerequisite physiology training to prepare students to engage in a collaborative engineering challenge activity. This work is presented as an example of how to convert standard, organ system-based physiology content into concept-based content lessons.

Introducing Problem Based Learning in a Materials Science Course in the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Henry ◽  
David H. Jonassen ◽  
Robert A. Winholtz ◽  
Sanjeev K. Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
Traditional Lecture ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
The Subject

Problem solving is the primary intellectual activity of mechanical engineers. Therefore, enhancing problem-solving skills is essential for preparing mechanical engineering students for the workplace. The most powerful method for enhancing problem-solving skills is problem-based learning (PBL). This paper presents the design and construction of a PBL-based course in materials science at the junior level. We examine the ability of the course based on problems to enable students to learn both fundamental knowledge of the subject matter and also problem solving skills and contrast it with outcomes in a traditional lecture based course. The issues and challenges faced and qualitative evidence is presented.

scholarly journals Engineering Work-and-Learn: Imperatives for Innovation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalin R. Jyotishi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Land Grant Universities ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Engineering Work ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Industry Needs

This report by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, and the Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) Manufacturing USA Institute captures four key imperatives for university faculty, administrators, and industry partners to innovate work-and-learn models to better prepare engineering students for work in industry. The four imperatives are: 1) Engineering graduates should have deeper understanding of how their role intersects with other processes and individuals in the workplace. 2) All engineering students should participate in high-quality and innovative work-and-learn experiences during their undergraduate and graduate programs. 3) Engineering curriculum must be responsive to evolving industry needs, including the needs of small, medium, and large employers. 4) Work-and-learn models should be more widely implemented in university engineering programs and not reliant on a small group of ‘champion’ professors or administrators. The report also presents recommendations for addressing these imperatives along with case studies on innovative practices from promising work-and-learn programs from around the country.

scholarly journals TEACHING TEAMWORK, ETHICS AND EQUITY, AND IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellie L. Grushcow ◽  
Patricia K. Sheridan
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Leadership Education ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering Education ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores the way in which three graduate attributes have been instructed on, together, in the undergraduate engineering curriculum. In particular, this paper explores how teamwork, ethics & equity, and the impact of engineering on society and the environment are taught together. These three attributes are used as a framing for engineering leadership education to explore how it has been embedded in the curriculum from a graduate attributes perspective. Following systematic literature review principles, this work explores the prevalence and motivations forincorporating these attributes in undergraduate engineering education in Washington Accord signatory countries. Findings indicate that these attributes are not frequently documented as being taught together, and are motivated equally as a design topic as a leadership/entrepreneurship topic.

HOW STUDENTS DEFINE THEIR SUCCESS: A RESEARCH STUDY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Ullrich ◽  
David S. Strong
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Full Study ◽  
Definition Of Success ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Diverse Groups

How undergraduate engineering students define their success and plan for their future differs notably amongst students. With a push for greater diversity and inclusion in engineering schools, it is valuable to also better understand the differences in these areas among different students to allow institutions to better serve the needs of these diverse groups.  The purpose of this research study is to explore students’ definition of success both in the present and projecting forward 5 to 10 years, as well as to understand to what level students reflect on, and plan for, the future. The proposed survey instrument for the pilot stage of this research includes 56 closed-ended questions and 3 open-ended questions. Evidence for the validity of the research instrument is established through a mixed-method pilot study. This paper will discuss the survey instrument, the pilot study, and outline plans for the full study.

Engineering for good: A case of community driven engineering innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinweike Eseonu ◽  
Martin A Cortes
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Consideration

There is a culture of disengagement from social consideration in engineering disciplines. This means that first year engineering students, who arrive planning to change the world through engineering, lose this passion as they progress through the engineering curriculum. The community driven technology innovation and investment program described in this paper is an attempt to reverse this trend by fusing community engagement with the normal engineering design process. This approach differs from existing project or trip based approaches – outreach – because the focus is on local communities with which the university team forms a long-term partnership through weekly in-person meetings and community driven problem statements – engagement.

Human-Centered and Psychological Concepts in Undergraduate Engineering Project Documentation

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 505-509
Author(s):  
Rod D. Roscoe ◽  
Samuel T. Arnold ◽  
Chelsea K. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Project Documentation ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Psychological Concepts

The success of engineering and design is facilitated by a working understanding of human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In this study, we explored how undergraduate engineering students included such human-centered and psychological concepts in their project documentation. Although, we observed a range of concepts related to design processes, teams, cognition, and motivation, these concepts appeared infrequently and superficially. We discuss how this analysis and approach may help to identify topics that could be leveraged for future human-centered engineering instruction.

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