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Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 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; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado Boulder

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AC 2012-4351: ENGINEERING FACULTY ENGAGEMENT IN LEARN-ING THROUGH SERVICE SUMMIT: BEST PRACTICES AND AFFINITYMAPPINGDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt has been a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engi- neering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, since 1996. She has taught first-year introductory courses, senior capstone design, and specialty senior-level/graduate courses in environmental engineering. Her research interests in engineering education have focused on service learning, sustainability, and ethics.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson, Associate Professor of civil and environmental

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Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristine Louise Guzak, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Alexandra Archer, Michigan Technological University

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Page 25.27.20outcomes for the graduate program, and incorporate other assessment media (designreports, theses, presentations, field journals, photographs, etc.). This preliminaryassessment completed at Michigan Tech will be continued to assess post-programattitudes and lives of alumni, expanding it to other similar international programs withinthe university, and offered to other universities, all with a desire to share best practices ininternational community engagement, enhance the sustainability of such programs, andmost importantly, make meaningful contributions to communities around the world.26References1. Boyer, E. L. (1996). The Scholarship of Engagement. Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 49(7):18-33.2. Grandin

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Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Bull, Brown University School of Engineering; Maureen Kay Sigler, Brown University; Michael Lye, Rhode Island School of Design

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school and at DC Prep, a high-performing urban public charter school. After completing her graduate work at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, Kay Sigler be- came involved in teacher support and training, working as a mentor teacher to new and veteran educators and developing a Resident Teacher program at DC Prep, and through the New Teacher Project and Mercy College in New York City, where she helped develop a residency-based master’s in education program for New York City Teaching Fellows. Kay Sigler’s work at Brown has focused on preparing secondary history/social studies teachers for urban classrooms. Kay Sigler currently works with schools to evaluate the way in which they are implementing best

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Relevance of and Models for Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Mark R. Henderson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Massachusetts-Lowell, and Worchester Polytechnic Institute. • Stand-alone courses such as Introduction to Engineering Design at Western Michigan University, Engineering Strategies and Practice at the University of Toronto, or Global Engineering Outreach Projects at Brigham Young University. • Community-inspired research and design projects such as the D80 Center at Michigan Tech. • Co-curricular or extracurricular group design projects sponsored by organizations (e.g. Engineers without Borders, or Tetra). These types of projects exist at many schools.In September 2011, engineering educators who have been engaged in LTS gathered on thecampus of the University of Colorado for a summit. The summit was organized by

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Relevance of and Models for Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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undergraduateeducation, and (3) to foster professional development for careers or graduate education. Thesegoals are realized through the students’ shared interactions within the SEECS seminar.Students awarded SEECS scholarships are required to attend a seminar where specificdevelopment and learning outcomes are realized in a team-based, project-based approach. Thechallenging and engaging aspect of the SEECS program is this zero-credit seminar. The SEECSseminar is structured around three components: engineering design, professional development,and personal development.While the two development facets are valued, the engineering design component is the pivotalexperience connecting and building not only engineering competency but also personalconfidence

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Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Robert Foster, George Fox University; Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University

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engineer with the National Security Agency, chiefly as a special-purpose-computer and application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designer. During this time, he also served as a site-support engineer for the U.S. Navy Security Group Activity station, formerly located in Edzell, Scotland. From 1999 until joining the George Fox University faculty in 2003, he was a Senior Member of the technical staff at Rincon Research Corporation, where his primary focus was FPGA development for DSP applications. Page 25.1058.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012

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Relevance of and Models for Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Huff, Purdue University; Dulcy M. Abraham, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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-abroad experiencesintentionally designed to inculcate competencies in engineering students as preparation for theirincreasingly globally-integrated profession.The signees of the Newport Declaration voice a well-recognized need in engineering education.Though the only explicit mention of global awareness in the ABET EC2000 outcomes is thatengineering graduates should “understand the impact of engineering solutions in aglobal…context,” a driving impetus in developing the ABET EC2000 outcomes was anawareness of the current and future globalization of engineering practice3,4. Moreover, theNational Academy of Engineer’s scenario-based report Engineer of 2020 notes the currentlyinterlinked global economy and provides a scenario on the increasingly

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Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph East, Michigan Technological University; Genevieve Gierke, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University

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Genevieve Gierke is graduating from Michigan Technological University in April 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering and a certificate in Global Technological Leadership from the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership. She is currently researching polymeric coatings for im- plantable devices through controlled release of nitric oxide at Michigan Tech.Ms. Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University Mary Raber currently serves as Associate Director for the Institute for Leadership and Innovation and Director of the Enterprise Program at Michigan Technological University. She has overseen the imple- mentation and growth of the Enterprise Program at Michigan Tech since its inception in 2000, and

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Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A. Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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service alone 18,19. This longitudinal study is ongoing. Astin is quoted ascommenting: “The research is very impressive. Service-learning comes as close as anything I’veever seen to being a panacea for higher education. It has a powerful effect on students and apowerful effect on the teacher.” (Alexander Astin, Director, HERI, UCLA, remarks April 21,2004, at Emory University).MethodologyThe basic research question here is what impact this service-learning approach has on studentattitudes and their resulting performance. The “treatment” is: over the last seven years, anaverage of 30 engineering courses incorporated S-L to various degrees ranging from 5 to 100% ofcourse learning objectives and grades. On average about two-thirds of the students

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Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech; Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech

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application. To provide empirical support forour ideas and implementation, we present both quantitative and qualitative assessment datacollected from students using focus groups and survey. The goal of the assessment was tounderstand student motivation and to document students’ experiences working as a part ofinterdisciplinary teams.IntroductionEngineers are often motivated by the desire to have a real world impact through their work. Thisdesire is present not only among practicing engineers but also among engineering students andfaculty. Over the past couple of decades, engineering faculty members across institutions haveleveraged this motivation to design courses and experiences for students where they can make apositive impact in the life of