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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Kellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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. Page 23.704.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Implementing a Service Learning Class for Undergraduate Engineers with Little Required BudgetAbstract: Service Learning (SL) classes provide engineering students both a chance gain hands-on experience and to increase societal responsibility. Research has shown benefits toengineering students who engage in service learning as a part of their curriculum1,2. However,developing a SL class often requires a great deal of time in planning as well as a considerablebudget for implementing projects.In this paper, we demonstrate the development of a SL class that requires very little to no budget.This course could be used as a

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The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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attend orientation lectures that introduce the students to core componentsof human-centered design. Many instructors working with students in the service-learningprogram stress the importance of identifying stakeholders. Earlier in the semester, students hadan opportunity to receive lecture credits by attending a workshop on understanding stakeholdersand the social context. Therefore, I designed a lesson plan targeting five learning objectives: 1. Assess needs found in a local community organization 2. Evaluate which problems are good design problems 3. Articulate core considerations of working with community organizations 4. Identify assumptions about which stakeholders should be consulted 5. Revise team processes through

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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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) Southwest Region. In that role, he serves as the region coordinator for various programs, including complete streets, Safe Routes to School, and non-motorized transportation. Additionally, he is a co-chair of the MDOT Complete Streets Internal Team, responsible for implementing MDOT’s complete streets policy, and he serves on several other statewide committees and teams. Harden is also a part-time instructor at Western Michigan University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He teaches two sections of CCE 1001, Introduction to Engineering Design, leading the students through the development of a Safe Routes to School action plan for a local elementary school. Harden earned a bachelor of arts degree in politi

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Marie Brown, Northeastern University; Mario Alan Hulett, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.

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program. Additionally, a variety of challenges have been reported ininitiating programs in new locations. The common factor in these two challenges was identifiedas the relationships with community partners. Catering the programmatic offerings to the needsof each community and the academic constraints of students at each university are priorities, butthe current objective is to examine the partnerships that do exist. Previous research laid thepedagogical foundation for the program and outlined a longer-term research plan[1]. A secondprevious work conducted a preliminary analysis of the impact of the program on thevolunteers[2].Background and ObjectivesThe national service learning clearinghouse presents the following categories as types

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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francis J. Hopcroft, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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WA = Work Activity Risk Factor LT = Leisure Time Risk Factor Page 23.1048.4 FW = Food and Water Risk Factor D = Disease Risk Factor L = Location Risk Factor E = Emergency Services Risk Factor U = Local Unrest Risk FactorEach of these factors needs to be assigned a value of 1 to 5 depending on how significant thatrisk is relative to the currently proposed activity. For example, if the plan is to take 10 studentsacross the street to visit a local museum in an urban area, they will likely walk and thetransportation risk would be zero. On the other extreme, if the plan is to take 50 students to

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Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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with anintensive 4-day summer workshop (including a community college faculty member), whichresulted in action items including plans to alter specific courses. We also describe theDepartment of Education funded grant that is supporting this work to incorporate sustainability,service learning, and advances in educational technology in all STEM programs at ouruniversity.Unique features of these community and university efforts include the involvement of all facultymembers in our department in the project and as authors on this paper and the increasinginvolvement of engineering faculty and students in our community‟s sustainability efforts.IntroductionIn the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University-Pueblo, we are increasing

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Drennan MSW, Centers for Disease Control ; Mary Y. Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Sean J Creighton, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, Air Force Institute of Technology

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respondents in the baseline survey, and over 71% of thestudent respondents in the post-survey.In both the baseline survey and post-survey, SOCHE asked the students about their future plans inorder to collect information regarding student interest in continuing within the STEMpipeline.17,18,19 In both surveys, SOCHE asked the students to indicate whether they: (1) plan tograduate with a STEM degree; (2) are uncertain about their major; (3) plan to attend graduateschool in STEM; (4) plan to attain a Ph.D. in a STEM field; and (5) feel confident in theirresearch knowledge. 100% of students responded that they plan to graduate with a STEM degreein both the baseline survey and post-survey. Moreover, the results show that none of the studentsare uncertain

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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonio Jose Soares P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Rabbani Muhammad, Florida A&M University; Doreen Kobelo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; G. Thomas Bellarmine P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Chao Li, Florida A&M University; Salman A. Siddiqui, Florida A&M University

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Engineers Society. He is licensed to practice architecture in Washington D.C., Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Muhammad has won the following awards: the Florida A&M University’s Division of Engineering Technology Teacher of the Year Award for the years 1993, 1994 and 2000; theZeta Educational Thespian Association Design Award; and the 1st Place Kopper Corporation Design Completion Design Award. His research travels have taken him to Mexico, Senegal, Edmonton, Canada, Lagos, Nigeria, and London and several other places. Muhammad has completed projects in planning and approval stage, renovation, new housing, international large scale, preservation, religious, hotel, food preparation, medical facility

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The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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connected-capstone, along term process of developing more and more relational modes of learning was undertaken,with the goal of putting the students in a variety of roles within learning relationships, spanningfrom learner to peer coach to mentor.The decision to apply a relational approach to the DMAD community engagement experience issupported by the study of Program Planning in Service Learning by Sandmann et. al. 8 Theycharacterized traditional program planning approaches on a scale from technical rational throughrelational, and summarized the characteristics and the faculty role in each approach (see Figure3). Their study “emphasizes the key role of relationship building for program planning inservice-learning contexts” and provides some

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Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Barry J Brinkman, Gannon University; Scott E Steinbrink, Gannon University

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commitment to service and regional outreach, and (4) the regional non-profit valuesthe expertise and professionalism delivered to their needs.To date, however, no assessment of the projects as part of an engagement process has occurred.Rather, each project is viewed as successful upon completion of its structure and delivery of itsfunctioning. As the SEECS faculty move forward with the seminar, a more complete andquantifiable assessment plan is defined. The assessment plan focuses not only on the productdelivered but also appraises the process supporting the development of the product frominitiation to delivery. A fundamental element of the process being appraised is the quality of therelationships between the site, the students, the SEECS faculty

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Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

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thepinnacle and capstone of the students’ engineering curriculum while propelling them into theirprofessional careers. When consciously adopted by engineering faculty as an underlying projectmanagement pedagogy, servant-leadership is an effective and powerful teaching technique.Faculty become servant-leaders by providing guidance to their students in planning,implementing, and testing their designs.As a teaching pedagogy used in business, servant-leadership has been shown to increase courseimpact, meaning, and relevance while empowering students, increasing their confidence, andenriching the student-teacher relationship. [1] Servant-Leadership used in marketing has beenshown to increase student knowledge and skills as well as instilling increased

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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Wood, Brigham Young University; Parry Fader Garff, Brigham Young University; Carol J Ward, Brigham Young University; Eric C. Dahlin, Brigham Young University; Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University

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Page 23.1072.4members were not as engaged in our projects and this was difficult to understand. It waseventually learned that the NGO working in the community had been paying the community 3members to help with our work and when the financial resources were no longer available, thecommunity was no longer engaged. This financial incentive was unknown to the design team.Protocol. During an implementation trip to Tonga, the delayed shipment of the chemicalresulted in a change of plans. Originally, we were going to share the biodiesel project with thegovernment prior to sharing the project with high school students. This plan was reversed toprovide time to give the best presentation to the

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The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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had significant positive effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA,writing skills, critical thinking skills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racialunderstanding), self-efficacy, leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability,interpersonal skills), choice of a service career, and plans to participate in service after college.In all measures except self-efficacy, leadership, and interpersonal skills, service-learning wasfound to be significantly more effective than service alone.12,13 This longitudinal study isongoing.Since the 2004 inception of the UMass Lowell Francis College of Engineering college-wideservice-learning effort (assisted by an NSF grant), 58 faculty members have taught at least

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Weiss, David Heil & Associate, Inc.; David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

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Paper ID #7284Public Works Projects as Vehicles for Engineering Education and OutreachMs. Shannon Weiss, David Heil & Associate, Inc. Shannon Weiss is a project coordinator and specializes in the design and implementation of evaluation and market research projects related to DHA’s core areas of emphasis in science, engineering, health, and environmental education; and institutional strategic and business planning. Her work serves a range of academic institutions, government agencies, corporations and non-profit enterprises including projects funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of

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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aimee S Navickis-Brasch P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Anne Liu Kern, University of Idaho; Jillian Rae Cadwell, University of Idaho ; Laura Laumatia Laumatia; Fritz Fiedler, University of Idaho, Moscow

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demonstrate how utilization of the CurricularFramework Flow Chart organized various topics that form the structure for the BTTE integratedcurriculum. This is done by first providing background regarding the impact of historical landuse changes on the tribal communities, and how improving STEM education can supportpreservation and restoration of their aboriginal land. Since the program began in the fall of 2012,this paper only presents the theoretical Curriculum Framework Flow Chart, its initial application,and then describes how the research team plans to utilize it for ongoing communication andcurriculum development with the tribes. This paper also addresses lessons learned in designingand delivering a tribal community-based educational initiative

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University; Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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withthe community; 3) a project planning phase; 4) site visits; and 5) a number of implementationchallenges including regulations, liability, local constraints, and sustainability. The focus of theEFELTS project is to evaluate LTS’s positive attributes and challenges as they relate toengineering faculty. The EFELTS workshops were an attempt to not only bring thesecharacteristics of LTS to the fore, but to also highlight the need for proper design, management,and assessment of LTS efforts; in a method appropriate for both novice and experienced faculty.Goals and AimsIn addition to workshops, the EFELTS project consists of three other major components – aSeptember 2011 summit of faculty experienced with LTS, an on-line survey, and interviews

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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne Elizabeth Dare, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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international partner organizations.22 The projects are identifiedby community organizations, businesses, or other research institutions, and students are recruitedto work closely with end users to accomplish three primary goals: 1) provide students with real-world, full-cycle design experiences, 2) raise the global awareness of students through globalexperiences, and 3) increase global humanitarian impact. Depending on the size and scope of agiven project, teams may range from two to twenty students, typically under the guidance of onefaculty member. The most intensive period of GDT activity is Spring semester, with recruitmentand planning the main focus during Summer and Fall. Students who travel in support of GDTprojects typically do so during

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The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Libby Osgood P.Eng., University of Prince Edward Island and Dalhousie University; Clifton R Johnston, Dalhousie University; Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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the greater SL community, from the business, education, psychology, law, computerscience, occupational therapy, and sociology faculties.11-16 Projects included (a) event planning,(b) researching, (c) developing programs, (d) mentoring youth to build self-esteem, (e) traininganimals, (f) tutoring, and (g) providing occupational therapy.The following criteria were identified as critical in determining whether a COR developed apositive or negative view of the SL experience11-16: • whether objectives were clearly aligned and defined; • level of communication and preparation between the COR and faculty member; • amount of student motivation and conduct; and • whether the COR’s problem was resolved.Two of the studies that focused on the

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The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel M. Dulaski, Northeastern University

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background is typically provided, andthe students have an opportunity to ask questions. Several municipal representatives may attendthis meeting - in addition to the primary contact (e.g., town administrator), several interestedmunicipal stakeholders (e.g., police chief, fire chief, planning director) attend as well. Thecollection of personnel provides unique insight for the students. Table 1 Community Meeting Schedule for Northeastern University Transportation Capstone over a 14 Week Semester Presentation Type Jan March April Formal Informal (week 3 of the (week 7 of the (week 12 of

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Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; James Huff, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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1008speaking, report writing, communicating with clients)Organization and planning (organization, project planning, time 793management, meeting deadlines and timelines, goal setting,Technical skills (technical expertise, programming, design process, 754testing, technical procedures)Real World Experience (real applications, realistic view of working 222world, experience for real life)Customer Awareness (Customer needs, customer support) 174Community Awareness (Community needs

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INTERACTIVE SESSION – Measuring the Impact on Communities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University

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undergraduate experiences in awide range of institution types that vary significantly by size (enrollments), variety of establishedengineering and computer science majors, institutional culture, and diversity of undergraduateson campus.The research plan involves 3 phases to address the following research questions: 1) What connections to community are contributing to significant differences in academic engagement? 2) How are significant connections to community strengthened by qualities of institutions under study? 3) How are these connections to community converted to improvements in engagement in the classroom? 4) Why are institutional characteristics of the ―How‖ phase important contributors to engagement?Phase 0 was a

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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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personalitystyles; presented pathways for implementing mission statements and plans of action; offeredopportunities for strategic thinking, problem solving and brainstorming; utilized teamwork indiverse settings; and implemented K-12 service learning through outreach teaching activities.9,10Students were placed into teams of three to six based on their learning styles26 to diversifygroups and thereby enhance educational perspectives and optimize design outcomes.27,28 Teamscompleted three-hour labs at the local science museum each week to conduct brainstorming andprototyping exercises based on the “Engineering is Elementary” design process loop developedby the Museum of Science, Boston (Figure 1).29 In addition, each team independently conducteduser needs

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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-L, such asinstitutional support, faculty attitudes, and the intrinsic level of applicability of course material tocommunity issues.In the 2011-2012 academic year, 162 students in 9 courses in a College of Sciences participatedin S-L projects and were surveyed about their experience. These responses are compared tothose of 811 students in 33 courses from the College of Engineering, who completed the samesurvey; 93% of engineering students surveyed had done S-L that semester and/or previously.Compared to science majors, engineering students reported a significantly (5% level) strongerpositive effect of S-L on their persistence in their major, their interest in the subject matter of thecourse, their ability to plan and carry out a project for

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Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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lifecycle stages -- fromdevelopment to plan new activities to well-established programs in need of some revision. Forexample, Kisaalita’s international, interdisciplinary SL capstone design course at the Universityof Georgia has been running yearly since 2003.35 By comparison, Catalano’s redesigned seniorcapstone design course in bioengineering at Binghamton University was first offered with a SLmodel in the 2011/2012 academic year. Meanwhile, the integration of SL into a required year-long first year introduction to engineering course sequence at Walla Walla University wasproposed. Page 23.1080.5Prior to the workshop, participants read various

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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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attitudes, volunteering, and extracurricular activities. Thepre-trip questionnaire included questions on reasons for enrolling in the study abroad, enrichingeducational activities, attitudes toward engineering, reasons for volunteering, and expectationsregarding ABET a-k learning outcomes, as stated by the department. The post-trip questionnairerepeated the items on attitudes toward engineering and engineering learning outcomes, includingthe opportunity to comment on each of the learning outcomes. Students were also asked abouttheir perceptions of the project’s value to their learning and to the community, along with theirfuture educational and career plans. The pre-trip focus group included a discussion of questions related to expectations

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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University

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difficult, I began a seminar program in which teams of people from partner schools (parents,teachers, etc.) learn from me and from guest lecturers how to fundraise and write proposals tofund playgrounds. These efforts have enabled three schools to complete their playgrounds. Myultimate goal is to upgrade all the public school playgrounds in my community.Truly addressing a community issue requires planning, assessment, evaluation, and action;reflecting on this process has enabled me to be a better citizen to my community and a betterinstructor for my students.ReferencesBoyer, E. (1990, re-released 1997). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of theprofessoriate. Princeton, NJ: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Boyer, E. (1996). The

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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College

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students’ subsequent questions garnered no response from theCounty. This caused frustration to the students, who had to scramble to come up with other waysto define design specifications and gather needed information. Although this resulted in spurringeven more learning in the students, the situation points out the importance of making sure allsocial actors are on board during a co-managed community-based educational project. Otherfindings included the importance of a required, pre-arranged site visit to the ecological resource,since the students did not have the motivation or time to plan such a trip themselves, even as theyrecognized the importance of such a visit.The HMC E138 student team worked with the Conservancy and the County to

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Dana E Schnee, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

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suggests that similar gains as those seen in client-basedservice-learning can be acquired by completing projects that are thematically similar orrepresentative of an actual community issue.6 This study proposes that a theoretical client can beused to take the place of a community client and hypothesizes that students respond similarlybetween situations where a class project is client-specific and situations are not client-based, yettheoretically could help someone. Although this research finds that theoretical clients are asuccessful way to eliminate logistical difficulties in coordinating client-based projects,Northeastern University still plans to expand the number of client-based service-learning projectsoffered.6 The recommended continued

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bowa George Tucker, UMass Lowell; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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doing a micro factory layout and a business plan for them to start producing some of the products that we’ve worked with them on for income generation and skills development and technical training"Another participant states: “We work with some villages in Ghana and we are working with them right now to start a business, smokeless cooking fuels. They take biomass corn or something else and they create ethanol and then from the ethanol they gel the ethanol into a thick jelly and they use that to cook.”The faculty motivation for learning through service was not only to motivate students to acquiredisciplinary content knowledge, but also determining how and where to extend such knowledgeto solve problems in