Conference Session

Engineering Education Culture: Mental Health, Inclusion, and the Soul of Our Community

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica R. Deters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

)Relationships Beliefs around the right way for people to relate to each other within engineeringRelationship to the Environment How engineering education interacts with broader systems (i.e., university, higher education, engineering profession, national context)MethodsThis paper presents a single pilot case study, where a mechanical engineering department is acase and students are subunits of that case [13]. We draw on hour-long interviews with threemechanical engineering students at a U.S. university in the mid-Atlantic region. This universityshifted all courses online in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic