The Entrepreneurial Mindset or (EM) defines a set of attitudes, dispositions, habits, and behaviors. This shapes a unique approach to problem-solving, innovation, and creating value. This EM amplifies the technical skills that engineers already have. Put into action it provides the student with the framework to recognize and identify opportunities, focus their impact, and create value in any context. The goal of this approach is to cultivate the ability to solve societal problems and create an environment for humans to flourish.

The entrepreneurial mindset consists of three key elements: Curiosity, Connections, and Creating Value.

The KEEN EML (entrepreneurial mindset learning) combines the three key elements: Curiosity, Connection, and Creating value with an engineering skillset of adding opportunity and impact to design to produce the KEEN framework.

This KEEN framework provides specific educational outcomes to develop students’ impact skills

For more detailed information on the KEEN framework download the booklet The KEEN Framework, A Guide For Entrepreneurial Mindset, or visit the KEEN Framework card.

No, KEEN membership is available to all faculty regardless of discipline. It provides activity cards or learning activities for many disciplines both engineering and non-engineering.

The KEEN educational Card Dashboard, allows you to search by title, topic, category, institution, discipline, and more.

An Engineering Unleashed "card" is an online template for faculty and staff to publish activities, labs, and classes focused on integrating EM.

When you become an Engineering Unleashed member you have access to the full library of content. This content provides syllabi, instructor tips, student artifacts, presentations, and strategies to adapt their content to your context. You'll also find book club ideas, ideas for embedding EM on your campus, conference presentations, and more. 

And as an Engineering Unleashed member, you can publish your own cards to share resources with others.

To become a member of Engineering Unleashed, simply go to the Engineering Unleashed home page, click sign up, and enter your email and create a password then click continue. OR, head straight to the Engineering Unleashed Registration page.

No, but as with any organization, membership has its privileges. While non-KEEN members can access some valuable information, you will need to create a KEEN membership to access all information.

KEEN membership gives you unlimited access to activities, lesson plans, student artifacts, webinars, and more from engineering faculty, staff, and administrators across the nation. 

You'll also be able to:

• Publish your activities and projects
• Take a faculty development workshop
• Join groups
• Talk with authors about their published content (see Membership Tools). 

The Engineering Unleashed community is open to anyone trying to impact engineering education. While our focus is primarily on undergraduate engineering faculty, we welcome members of industry, K12, and other groups who are part of the engineering ecosystem.

The only exception is students, who are not permitted to join the community. Students are not permitted to be members of Engineering Unleashed. This allows faculty and staff to have an open community where they can share resources and ideas that students can benefit from without fear that they are tipping answers or opening the door for cheating.

There is no cost to be an Engineering Unleashed member.