KEENzine5

Chris Kitts Associate Dean & Professor Santa Clara University Augmenting our ABET requirements with KEEN learning objectives allows us to better prepare our engineers for an increasingly competitive world. John Estell Professor Ohio Northern University ABET’s student outcomes specify the desired knowledge, skills, and behaviors of a graduating engineer. KEEN focuses on the simple truth that engineers are meant to help people by solving their problems, thereby providing an educational context that engages both students and faculty in attaining the ABET outcomes. During the previous ABET visit to our campus in 2012, the ABET program evaluators were impressed with the entrepreneurial mindset activities that our students were experiencing both in the classroom and in extra-curricular activities, such as weekly innovation challenges and the iScholars program. Krishnaswamy Ravindra Professor Saint Louis University An important ABET student outcome addresses the ability to apply the engineering design process to produce solutions that meet specified needs. Clearly one of these needs may involve creating value for the product's stakeholders. Entrepreneurially minded learning aligns closely with this aspect of engineering design. Creating an entrepreneurial mindset early in the curriculum enables students to address value creation in their design projects culminating in their capstone experience. Jim Collofello Vice Dean Arizona State University ABET’s approach, the criteria and processes we use, and the quality we guarantee inspire confidence in the programs we accredit, whose graduates are building a world that’s safer, more efficient, more comfortable, and more sustainable. It is remarkable to consider that over the last 20 years, since moving to “outcomes-based assessment,” over 3,700 ABET accredited programs in 30 countries have established a local industry advisory board and have developed an internal Quality Management System to monitor and assess the program’s own performance. In the spirit of KEEN, this represents a true entrepreneurial mindset made actionable by a dedicated set of disciplined, well-trained volunteer experts. Joe Sussman Chief Accreditation Officer and Chief Information Officer ABET Mapping the entrepreneurial mindset to ABET criterion can reinvigorate a program's thinking about their curriculum. Joe Tranquillo Associate Professor Bucknell University 41