KEEN Rising Stars
Instilling entrepreneurial mindset
Congratulations to Kaitlin Mallouk, Erin Henslee, and Jennifer O'Neil, our 2022 KEEN Rising Stars!
Learn more about these engineering educators making a substantial difference in entrepreneurial engineering education.
Meet the 2022 Rising Stars
Kaitlin Mallouk, Assistant Professor, Rowan University
Kaitlin continuously innovates her pedagogy to improve student experiences, and explores best practices for developing future engineers.
Erin Henslee, Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
Erin builds connections to people first, then ideas, through creating impact for others and instilling continuous learning and curiosity.
Read Erin's story.
Jennifer O'Neil, Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Jen helps students build upon their curiosity and realize their love of learning by integrating EML into the learning experiences she creates.
Read Jen's story.
About the Award
To help celebrate and recognize faculty achievement, you can nominate individuals from a KEEN Partner school with fewer than 10 years of experience as a faculty member for the KEEN Rising Star Award each year. The KEEN Awards Committee reviews the Campus KEEN Rising Star nominations using the evaluation rubric.
The award goes to the faculty members' institutions, recognizing these individuals who have gone above and beyond to equip undergraduate engineers to create personal, economic, and societal value through the entrepreneurial mindset.
Nominations are currently closed.
The 2021 KEEN Rising Stars
Heath LeBlanc, Reva Johnson, and Andrew Sloboda were our 2021 KEEN Rising Stars. Learn how they are making a substantial difference in entrepreneurial engineering education.
Heath LeBlanc, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio Northern University
The entrepreneurial mindset and value creation have become the heart of who Heath is.
Reva Johnson, Associate Professor, Valparaiso University
Reva creates value through storytelling with humanity at the center, and seeks to find the answer to, "Why might my students care about this concept?"
Andrew Sloboda, Assistant Professor, Bucknell University
Andrew thinks of his students as clients, guiding them to manage issues like ambiguous data, competing goals, and diverse stakeholders.
The 2020 KEEN Rising Stars
Cristi Bell-Huff, Blake Hylton, and Cheryl Bodnar were our 2020 KEEN Rising Stars. Read their stories to see how they're making a substantial difference in entrepreneurial engineering education.
Cristi Bell-Huff, Lecturer and Director of Faculty and Student Training, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cristi has helped countless engineering students acquire entrepreneurially minded skills which they can use for the rest of their lives.
Cheryl Bodnar, Associate Professor, Rowan University
Cheryl helps faculty create unique experiential and entrepreneurial learning opportunities throughout the clinic-based engineering curriculum.
Blake Hylton, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Coordinator, First Year Engineering Experience, Ohio Northern University
Blake helps students look beyond easy answers, persist through false starts and failures, and make connections across multiple disciplines.
The 2019 Rising Stars
Amy Trowbridge, Sarah Wodin-Schwartz, and Justin Henriques were our 2019 KEEN Rising Stars. Learn about their work with the entrepreneurial mindset and how they are helping students understand that the world is much greater than their campus.
