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Lightning Talk - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Paper ID #45623Engagement in Practice: Lessons Learned from Partnering with a LocalRegenerative Farm in a Mechanical Engineering Capstone CourseMs. Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University Shoshanah Cohen is the Director of Community Engaged Learning for Engineering at Stanford University, working with faculty to incorporate community-engaged projects in their courses. She co-teaches Stanford’s mechanical engineering senior capstone course sequence. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Engagement in Practice: Lessons Learned from Partnering with a Local

Conference Session

Lightning Talk - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Manuel Fuentes-Cid, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

essential for solvingcomplex problems and working in multidisciplinary teams. This study aims to evaluate howSBL projects contribute to the development of social and professional skills in engineeringstudents. It examines which specific skills are enhanced through community projects and howSBL influences students' social responsibility and professional ethics. The research isconducted within the “Capstone Portfolio” course in Construction Engineering as part of aninstitutional initiative. In this project, students collaborate with women participating in the“Mujeres Jefas de Hogar” program, an initiative led by municipal public entities in Chile thatseeks to enhance women's access to personal and professional development opportunities.Over its four

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Engagement in Practice: Bridging Engineering Education and Community Impact through Collaborative Design and Construction

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel H Sangree, The Johns Hopkins University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors (Student Outcome 2) an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts (Student Outcome 4)It is common practice for undergraduate engineering programs to use the senior capstone projectto assess the abilities of students to meet these ABET student outcomes [7]. Considering the mid-twentieth century definition of engineering as “applied science”, capstone projects are a logicalplace for students to

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Engagement in Practice: Bridging Engineering Education and Community Impact through Collaborative Design and Construction

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

includes: transportation infrastructure planning and design, infrastruct ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Engagement in Practice: A Case Study in Construction Engineering Practicum Course at The CitadelIntroductionSuccessful Construction Engineering programs engage students in meaningful projects thatmotivate them to exceed minimum expectations. Undergraduate capstone projects, ofteninvolving real clients, site visits, and milestone briefings, prepare students for professional roles.However, students sometimes overlook the community impact of their work. Beyond estimates,schedules, analyses, and design, hands-on construction experience is essential. While

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Community and Industry Collaboration for Sustainable Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan J Ely, University of Southern Indiana; Matthew J. Ely, Indiana University-Bloomington; Milad Rezvani Rad, University of Southern Indiana

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

activities which have been shownto enhance retainment of those individuals most likely to leave engineering career pathways.While EIA is only one of these experiences, future work could investigate the impact of otherextra-curricular activities, in addition to embedded experiences such as internships, co-ops orsenior capstone projects. Experiences which provide students with a connection to their peersand to communities, while reinforcing a sense of belonging to the engineering community arecritical to retain those at risk. The researchers continue to work with EIA investigating the on-going collection of data, as well as a deeper understanding of the qualitative responses.Additional studies will also compare responses to these survey questions by