Conference Session

Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

didn't really know that other people weren't developing those skills, and also didn't realize the value that those soft skills have in a professional environment. In engineering school, you spend all this time learning the math and science, and then when you get to a real job, that's maybe 50% of your work. And the other 50% is working with people and resolving conflict. […] So, I consider it a really valuable learning experience now. (Erin)Along the same lines, Chris shared: I don't think I realized at the time essentially most of what I'm saying now in terms of the benefit of stakeholder involvement, of customer discovery interviews, of really having a partner in development. I think that

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Engineering with and for Community Partners

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Warrner, Ball State University; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Anand Nageswaran Bharath, Cummins Engine Company

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

andhelping younger students learn more about different disciplines. For programs that involveyounger facilitators, such as college students, there is less of a generation gap between studentparticipants and the facilitators. This smaller age gap can be advantageous because the K-12student participants may relate more to facilitators who are closer in age (Aguayo, 2018).In addition to helping student participants learn new information and skills, these programs alsohelp facilitators grow and develop. For example, outreach programs help undergraduate andgraduate students gain professional development experience and develop both technical skillsand soft skills including communication and presentation skills. Scherrer (2013) noted that animprovement in

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Engineering with and for Community Partners

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Perry Weinthal, Florida Atlantic University; David Jaramillo

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

: Theyparticipants are likely to face in their professional careers, thus explore IBM Cloud Services [2] . Programming interfaces:enhancing their experience and skills in a practical, hands-on They work with Node-RED [3]. Artificial intelligence: Theymanner. engage with IBM’s AI Watson. The Hack-a-Thon not only focuses on technical skills devel-opment but also emphasizes the cultivation of soft skills such ascommunication, teamwork, and time management. By the end ofthe event, participants are expected to present their projects toa panel of industry experts and faculty, demonstrating not onlytheir technical prowess but also their ability to communicatetheir ideas effectively. This

Conference Session

Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick John Sours, The Ohio State University; xinquan Jiang, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

development of qualitative tools to investigate the impact that these opportunitiesmay have had had. Further studies should investigate and isolate external factors such asdemographic or educational experiences beyond the courses., and in-course experiences, thatmay be related to intercultural competency development among engineers. 12 Bibliography[1] H. Rittel and M. Webber, “Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning,” p. 16, 1973.[2] M. Moritz and N. Kawa, “The World Needs Wicked Scientists,” Am. Sci., vol. 110, no. 4, p. 212, 2022, doi: 10.1511/2022.110.4.212.[3] M. T. Hora, R. J. Benbow, and B. B. Smolarek, “Re-thinking Soft Skills and Student

Conference Session

Engineering Empowered Communities: Place-Based Community Engaged Learning

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University; Aaron Arenas, North Carolina State University; Latricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University; Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

partnerships fall into each of the content areas, allowing students to makeclear connections between professional opportunities within their community and the informationpresented in class. The project-based course content offers opportunities for students to engage ingrowing soft skills like critical thinking and collaboration, as well as technical skills with tasks suchas building circuits and learning computer coding. Students in the program have participated inindustry and university tours, and also receive mentoring from engineering college-aged students whocome to their school during the DeSIRE class period. Lastly, a subset of interested students may optto participate in a university-sponsored STEM program which offers recurring