KEEN Card Exemplar

areas of expertise include cell biology and biomolecular engineering.

Dr. Hassemer’s KEEN Card on Our Plastic World is an MSOE Exemplar. Dr. Hassemer integrated EM into her course after attending EUFD and subsequently published a KEEN Card to share her work.

At first glance, the card provides a clear connection to Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML)

› Section A: Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) explicitly links to the course content Brief descriptions accompany the connections on how the module supports the 3C’s and associated outcomes.

› Section B: Engineering skillset in design, opportunity, and impact enhance EM development

› Section C: EML turns ideas into actions. Students are actively engaged as they determine how to clean up the accumulating ocean plastic using EM.

Hassemer’s EM Journey

Dr. Hassemer is an EM advocate. Since CREATE opened in 2019, Dr. participated in at least 36 professional development opportunities Mindset and EM development, including the KEEN National Conference and Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development In addition, she led an MSOE faculty development session during the 2020-2021 academy year: “Integrating the Entrepren into Courses.”