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Connecting with entrepreneurial mindset
Engineering Unleashed Ambassadors and AIChE
Engineering Unleashed Ambassadors are community members who serve as liaisons for the entrepreneurial mindset to their engineering professional societies at the regional or national level.
AIChE is the Global Home of Chemical Engineers, working to solve societal problems and benefit humanity through the safe and responsible practice of chemical engineering.
Are you a member of AIChE? Connect with Ambassador program lead, Julia Williams (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology).
Classroom Activities
The Ambassadors have published many classroom activities and projects for faculty to use. Try these:
Card 3069: Reverse Engineer YouTube Videos
Engage digital natives with this simple use of technology! Use these visual, creative, student-written problems for any course. Get Card 3069.
Card 2220: A Game for Value-Creation and Reaction Thermodynamics
"My million dollar syngas plant" introduces and practices value creation through process design. Get Card 2220.
Card 2955: Classroom Innovations for EML in Blended Learning Environments
Consider, critique, and connect aspects of open-ended projects and community-engaged learning, combined with hands-on teaching. Get Card 2955.
Card 1428: Boston Molasses Disaster Tank Redesign
Travel back to 1919. Your students must convince the chairman of the company’s board to replace his tank with a tank made from better and cost effective material! Get Card 1428.
Current Work
- Explore more ChemE activities.
- Dr. Matthew Liberatore spearheaded an article entitled "Encouraging the Entrepreneurial Mindset of Chemical Engineers” for the Career Catalyst column of the CEP Magazine of AIChE (May 2023).
- Presenting the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) in both academic and industry contexts, this article was co-authored with Dr. Margot Vigeant, Dr. Cheryl Bodnar, Kevin Fruth (Cenovus), Dr. Kristine Horvat, Dr. Chelsea Monty-Bromer, and Dr. Erick S. Vasquez.
- At the 15th AIChE Midwest regional conference, Matt connected with faculty advisers and students who are active in AIChE campus chapters.
- In the workshop "How to Build a Great AIChE Student Chapter," Matt and Chelsea demonstrated the relevance of EM to running a successful chapter. This strategy highlights EM for chapter faculty advisers in following years.
- Margot received the 2023 Award for Service to Chemical Engineering Education.