addressing entrepreneurial mindset learning outcomes in the first year dr. kenneth j. reid, director...

Addressing Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning Outcomes in the First Year

Dr. Kenneth J. Reid, Director of Engineering EducationOhio Northern University

Intro to Engineering 1 (ENGR1041)

Small projects Tech communication Design process

Intro to Engineering 2 (ENGR1051)Cornerstone design project

Given a country, design a device to help alleviate some effect of poverty

First Year Engineering Sequence

Teaming Criteria & Constraints

Entrepreneurial MindsetA student should be able to:1. Effectively collaborate in a team setting2. Apply critical & creative thinking to ambiguous problems3. Construct & effectively communicate a customer-appropriate

value proposition4. Persist through and learn from failure.5. Effectively manage projects through appropriate

commercialization or final delivery process.6. Demonstrate voluntary social responsibility.7. Relate personal liberties and free enterprise to

entrepreneurship.

Effectively collaborate in a team setting• Teams are formed “randomly” in Intro to Engr 1• Effective teaming covered in Intro to Engr 1• Teams formed using CATME in Engr (www.catme.org)

• Engineering Design process applied to multiple designs

• Poverty Alleviating cornerstone project

http://rube.asq.org/edu/2012/03/continuous-improvement/qed-news-spring-2012.pdf

Apply critical & creative thinking to ambiguous problemsConstruct & effectively communicate a customer-

appropriate value propositionEffectively manage projects through appropriate

commercialization or final delivery process.

Project demonstrations

Manual pumpTo replace non-functioning electrical pumps

Trash to Briquette MakerShredded trash smashed & dried to form cooking fuel

Water collection & irrigationScale model, irrigation and livestock watering

• Northern Engineering Without Boundaries

Demonstrate voluntary social responsibilityRelate personal liberties and free enterprise

to entrepreneurship.

Briquette Maker

Tour of latrines

Tropical Storm Emily

Persist through and learn from failure.

• Adding an initial presentation and demonstration– Allows for feedback, design modification New

Questions?

Ken ReidProgram Director, Engineering EducationDirector, First-Year EngineeringAssociate Professor, Electrical and Computer

k-reid@onu.edu

Engineering Education