Exploring Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Experiences of Engineering Alumni

Rodriguez, J. Luis; Chen, Helen L.; Sheppard, Sheri; Qu, Jin; Brunhaver, Samantha Ruth

doi:10.18260/1-2--20471

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“…The development of entrepreneurship based centers and clubs have also played a key role in developing EM in engineering undergraduates through making connections between the classroom and the real world, building a sense of community, and providing a space for EM activities outside the classroom (Ndou et al., 2018; Ridley, 2016). Partaking in these types of clubs and activities have been shown to increase entrepreneurial interest in students, with many more graduates leaning towards starting their own businesses in the future (Rodriguez et al., 2018). Although not as heavily studied, undergraduate research has also been shown to have a positive impact on students' EM in terms of confidence, social skills, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking (Yasuhara et al., 2012).…”

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Exploration of the Experiences That Shape Engineering Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindset Development

Jackson

Resnick

Hansson

et al. 2021

Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy

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The overall purpose of this research is to be able to understand how engineering students believe they are developing EM throughout their higher education experiences. Is EM development attributed to the inclusion of EM based projects and activities within their engineering course work? Perhaps, EM development occurs more readily through engineering students’ participation in extracurricular or co-curricular activities? Alternatively, maybe EM development is not tied to the higher education ecosystem at all, and engineering students develop EM as a result of job or volunteer experiences. As such, this research study seeks to answer the following research questions: (1) Which types of experiences contribute to engineering students' EM development? And (2) What types of attributes of EM do engineering students perceive are developed through these experiences? The study involves a qualitative analysis of engineering student interviews to determine the experiences that have contributed to student EM development as well as EM traits that were specifically focused upon within these experiences. Through understanding engineering students’ perceptions of how they developed an EM, it will provide the necessary information to determine best practices for EM student development in the future.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploration of the Experiences That Shape Engineering Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindset Development

Jackson

Resnick

Hansson

et al. 2021

Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy

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“…The push for undergraduate engineering students to develop an Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) is becoming more widely encouraged as research continues to support that students with an EM are in high demand within industrial positions [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Possessing an EM is often associated with characteristics such as motivation, understanding of business processes, communication, innovation, and creativity [3,[7][8][9].…”

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Longitudinal Assessment of Engineering Student EM Using the ESEMA Self-Report Survey

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Dahm,

Mallouk

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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seeking a specialization in Engineering Education. She began her research in Rowan's Experiential Engineering Education Department in the Fall of 2019, and has developed interests in entrepreneurial mindset and student development. In particular, she is interested in assessment of entrepreneurial mindset through both quantitative and qualitative methods, and is currently working in both survey and concept map assessment. She was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in April, 2022, and hopes to continue her research in entrepreneurial mindset assessment using narrative inquiry.

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Assessing the Growth in Entrepreneurial Mind-set Acquired through Curricular and Extra-curricular Components

Harichandran

Erdil

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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In 2006, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Singapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in educational psychology, specialized in measurement, evaluation and assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Li has a unique crossdisciplinary educational and research background in mechatronics engineering, specialized in control and robotics, and educational psychology, specialized in statistical analysis and program evaluation.

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Exploring Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Experiences of Engineering Alumni

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Exploration of the Experiences That Shape Engineering Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindset Development

Exploration of the Experiences That Shape Engineering Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindset Development

Longitudinal Assessment of Engineering Student EM Using the ESEMA Self-Report Survey

Assessing the Growth in Entrepreneurial Mind-set Acquired through Curricular and Extra-curricular Components

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