Damascus, AK to Pyongyang, NK: Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset by Connecting Nuclear Weapons Safety, Chemical Process Safety and Global Politics

摘要

Developing entrepreneurial mindset learning (EML) in engineering education challenges instructors to implement learning activities that promote student learning in three key areas: creative and critical thinking (curiosity), minimizing segmented learning (making connections among apparently unrelated concepts), and including human/social considerations in engineering analysis (value creation). The Kern Family Foundation has catalyzed EML implementation in engineering education by partnering with several universities (http://www.kffdn.org/) through a collaborative called the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (http://www.kffdn.org/). Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of the participating institutions that, through a multi-year grant, are developing curricular innovations that bring EML to courses in all the engineering departments over all four years of students' academic careers. In chemical engineering, approximately 3/4 of our faculty are involved in developing, implementing, and evaluating EML modules in multiple courses throughout our curriculum.