Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth; Mary U Christiansen, University of Minnesota Duluth

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the Georgetown EnergyCompetition, which aims at reducing electrical and natural gas use within the city over the nexttwo years. A Department of Energy (DOE) grant was also recently awarded to facilitate theinstallation of the first MW of solar photovoltaics in the community. In 2017, the DistrictHeating Plant in downtown will be converted from an inefficient steam system to hot water.Along with these efforts by the city, the local sanitary district is making great strides towardbecoming more sustainable through the installation of biogas digesters, with future plans for acombined heat and power system on site.The University has also been heavily involved in the sustainability movement and has beenactively pursuing sustainability goals for

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., Univerity of Illinois College of Engineering; Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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has evaluated and debated the merits of international service learning from theperspective of the student, but little research exists to assess the success and sustainability of anengineered infrastructure system over an extended period of time from a developingcommunity’s perspective. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) hasimplemented a new course that will exist for ten years and will bring together the College ofEngineering, along with departments of Kinesiology and Community Health, Anthropology,Global Studies and Regional and Urban Planning, to collaboratively teach an undergraduateresearch-focused course elective targeted at evaluating baseline conditions precedingimplementation of a new irrigation system for the

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Smith, Australian National University; Jennifer Patricia Turner, Engineers Without Borders Australia ; Nick John Brown, Engineers Without Borders Australia; Joli Price, Engineers Without Borders Australia

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by universities to incorporate the experience into students’ formal programincluding work experience, research projects and for-credit courses. This paper will providean overview of the EWB-A Humanitarian Design Summits and their implementation within aundergraduate engineering program at a single institution in Australia. A summary of EWB-A’s humanitarian engineering education programs will first be provided, including the EWB-A Summit. How these are incorporated into an undergraduate program at the AustralianNational University (ANU) will be described. Results in the form of student engagement onthe first three Summits of 2015 will be provided, followed by a discussion of the initialresults and impacts, as well as plans for further

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Plymesser PE, Montana State University, Billings; Damon Lee Sheumaker; Christopher Robert Allen, Civil Engineering and the Center For Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University

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that he was doing what was dictated by the contract which told him todrill to 170m and to attempt to develop the well. It was felt that the water quantity, spottyelectricity, and higher maintenance cost for a more complex system did not warrant the financialinvestment in an electric pump. The EWB@MSU student project manager and the professionalmentor, in consultation with EWB@MSU leadership in the US decided to abandon and backfillthe borehole.This left the EWB@MSU team in Kenya to explain to the school project management committeethe decisions being made on their behalf and to discuss possible plans for moving forward. Ameeting was held in which this decision was explained and the school was told that EWB@MSUwould try to find another water

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Queen Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kelly Summerford Ellenburg, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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which was established at the University of Oregon. The program is designed to help communities advance long- term community development goals by leveraging university scholarship and community collaboration towards sustainable, equitable, research-based planning solutions. In 2014 UT adopted the SCI as the feature program for their new Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), Experience Learning. The Office of Service-Learning is now preparing for expansion as the QEP moves into implementation. Mrs. Ellenburg is also the founder and chair of the University’s Service-Learning Steering Committee, composed of des- ignated faculty from each academic college working to build the profile and capacity of service-learning across

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois; Matthew Tan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Grace Frances Witmer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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students in aninterdisciplinary course with students in various departments to design and consult with a ruralHonduran community in need of a safe drinking water supply. During the course students workclosely with the community, a Honduran non-government organization, and professionaladvisors from various disciplines including civil engineering, water system operations, technicalcommunications, and political governance. The course focuses on wrestling with the challengesof defining a need, evaluating alternative solutions, and devising a plan for system construction,operation, and financing. Results of the first two efforts are discussed from the perspectives ofthe student participants, the community recipient, the NGO, and professional partners

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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overseas issues. Although they are easy to plan, manage, require less funding, andrequire less curriculum changes to incorporate, they have low educational impacts. By increasingthe time that students are involved, and requiring them to engage in different stages of the projectsuch as data acquiring, design, and assessment of alternative solutions, they can create deeperimpacts [7]. Students require time to absorb important components of their service learning.Therefore, longer exposure and involvement helps them acquire more aspects of the designprocess.Another factor in designing an international service learning program is to determine if studentsare going to be required to travel to the site project or can they stay connected remotely too

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L Sullivan, Rice University; David Daniels, DREAM - Achievement Through Mentorship; Imani O. Butler, Rice University; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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with their mentees on anindividual level. The semester concludes with DREAM Day, when all participating menteesvisit Rice University for a day to test their designs, tour campus engineering facilities, and askquestions of a student panel about the college experience. Mentors do not receive payment orcourse credit for their time, nor do they fulfill any university requirement by participating. This study focuses specifically on the motivations of the student organizers of DREAM,known as Head Mentors. In addition to leading the mentoring sessions, Head Mentors alsoattend weekly planning meetings, recruit and assign mentors to specific school mentorshipsessions, manage the logistics of transportation and school communication, and plan

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; William Juhling McClung, Pitt County Robotics; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; David M. White, East Carolina University; Merwan B Mehta, East Carolina University; Jimmy Bill Linn, East Carolina University; Tamer Omar, East Carolina University

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year of AMIA (a work in progress) and details thebackground and motivation of the academy. Goals, educational components, community partnersand process implemented in year one of the AMIA is discussed. Interim assessment results,success, and lessons learned based on feedback of the participants is covered. Conclusions andnext steps for AMIA year 2016 are discussed. This is work in progress paper and authors plan tofollow up with detailed assessment results in year two of this academy.Background and MotivationFunded through a $1.25 million 3 year grant 1, 2,4, the first phase of the AMIA brought togethercommunity comprising of middle school students and teachers, technology and engineeringstudents, and university professors and administrators

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; David W. Watkins, Michigan Technological University

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, acceptance, and adaptation13. The IDI is available as an online50-question tool, but requires a qualified administrator for use (the lead author has been trainedon its use). Each assessment costs $11 per participant ($10 during some of the years of datacollection reported below). While the IDI produces several scales, the developmental orientation(DO) results will primarily be used throughout this work as an indicator of the actualintercultural proficiency of the participants. The DO score is suggestive of that individual’sprimary orientation toward cultural differences and commonalities as assessed by the IDI, andprovides a position to examine and plan personal development. The perceived orientation (PO) isa second score produced by the IDI and

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziyu Long, Colorado State University; Sean Eddington, Purdue University; Jessica Pauly; Linda Hughes-Kirchubel, Purdue University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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