Deployment of E-Learning modules to foster entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students at WVU Tech

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https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v91i1.542

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Engineering Education, System Thinking, Learning Modules

Abstract

 “E-Learning Module- Applying Systems Thinking to Solve Complex Problems” were deployed at West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) to foster an entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students. This E-Learning Module were applied to an elective electrical engineering course “EE 493X Alternative Energy Resources” in fall of 2017 to develop a skill set to solve complex problems by applying system thinking. The implementation of Applying Systems Thinking to Solve Complex Problems help realize students to think out of the engineering classroom box and be mindful of the entrepreneurial environment.  The module is bundled up with a number of learning outcomes provided by the KEEN. The modules’ supplementary resources were guided by the instructor in the class and then made accessible to the students through blackboard.  Students reviewed the online contents of the module and then spent their time to complete module activities. Instructor debriefed the classwork activity to highlight on the purpose and the summary of that specific activity. These activities created a very interactive and an effective learning environment advancing student engagements, curiosities, and maximize the learning. Overall, students effectively utilized the module materials for defining system, systems architecture, and system engineering, identify alternative distributed power generation system architectures, decomposing alternative distributed power generation system hierarchy to at least four levels and defining/addressing future integrated power systems from various perspectives, including technical feasibility, value, risk, and societal impact. In the future, the module is planned to be deployed in other courses.

Author Biographies

Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Kenan Hatipoglu is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He completed his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Louisville, Kentucky in 2008 and joined Tennessee Tech University in 2009 to pursue his Ph.D. in Electrical (Power) Engineering. He completed his graduate study in August 2013. He mostly teaches junior and senior level electrical engineering courses related to the electrical energy systems. He is also actively involved in multiple research projects related to electrical engineering and engineering education. His current research interests include smart grid and microgrid applications, power system control, renewable energy resources, and power electronics. He has served as WVU Tech IEEE student branch advisor since 2014. He is the current IEEE West Virginia section chair. He served as Technical Committee Program Chair of 49th North American Power Symposium (NAPS 2017) held in Morgantown, WV. He was a DoE visiting faculty member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Summer of 2018. He is an active member of IEEE and ASEE

Yogendra Panta, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Assistant Prof of Mechanical Engineering

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2019-03-20

How to Cite

Hatipoglu, K., & Panta, Y. (2019). Deployment of E-Learning modules to foster entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students at WVU Tech. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 91(1). https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v91i1.542

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Meeting Abstracts-Oral