Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Community Engagement Division

moreaware of the role of leadership in engineering. Qualitative comments show these students feltthey gained influential early exposure to what a successful engineer needs, and they reportedmore active leadership roles both on campus and in industry through internships. While increasesin confidence did occur for students in the leadership module, decreases in other categoriessuggest a need for continued professional development in undergraduate engineering educationto complement technical competencies addressed during junior and senior years.IntroductionProfessional skills, such as leadership, teamwork, and communication, are necessary qualities ina successful engineer. However, these “soft skills” are often neglected in traditional

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Darrell G. Harden II, Michigan Department of Transportation; Danielle Elise Larson- Jaramillo, Western Michigan University

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Community Engagement Division

includes education, encouragement,engineering, enforcement, and evaluation (5 E’s).The community partners for the SRTS service-learning design project are the MichiganDepartment of Transportation (MDOT) and K-8 schools.Learning through ServiceLearning through Service (LTS) has found currency as a pedagogy among engineering educatorsto help students develop the “soft” skills of teamwork and communication as well as awarenessof societal impact of engineering solutions. There are many forms of LTS programs5: Purdue’sUniversity’s Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) is a multi-year and multi-disciplinary service-learning programs that are vertically integrated; service-learning isembedded into the entire engineering program at the