Conference Session

CEED Technical Session: High-Impact Makerspaces, Transitioning from Co-op to School and Service Research

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder, American Society for Engineering Education; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #18594University Makerspaces: Characteristics and Impact on Student Success inEngineering and Engineering Technology EducationMiss Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education Alexandra (Alex) Longo currently serves as Program Manager of Education and Career Development at ASEE, where she leads the Online Learning initiative, manages externally funded programs and projects, and assists with stakeholder workshop development and implementation. Alex works closely with the ASEE Diversity Committee and the NSF-funded project NSF-funded project Promoting LGBTQ Equality in STEM. Prior to working at ASEE

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session: High-Impact Makerspaces, Transitioning from Co-op to School and Service Research

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville; Mary Andrade, University of Louisville, J.B. Speed School of Engineering; Alex Delgado Beebe, University of Louisville, J.B. Speed School School of Engineering

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #18045The Students’ Experience Coming Back After Cooperative Education Expe-riencesDr. J. C. McNeil, University of Louisville JC McNeil is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at University of Louisville. Contact email: j.mcneil@louisville.eduMrs. Mary Andrade, University of Louisville, J.B. Speed School of Engineering Mary Andrade is the Associate Director of the Career Development and Cooperative Education office at the University of Louisville JB Speed School of Engineering. In this role she oversees the mandatory co-op program for more than 1000 students each year.Alex

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session: High-Impact Makerspaces, Transitioning from Co-op to School and Service Research

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Leaf, Eastern Washington University; Arin Seth Preston, Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter P.E., Eastern Washington University; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

that this project may go on to aid the university, our robotics program, and people inthe autism community has made it more meaningful than other projects we’ve been involvedwith in our regular engineering coursework. Our lab regularly hosts local school groups andprospective student visits, and when we demonstrate our project we invariably receive a positivereaction from the students and their parents. Seeing the robot in action inspires the studentvisitors to consider engineering as a future career path, while the parents appreciate theapplication of our engineering knowledge to address a real-world problem that has no clear-cutsolution. We have been able to see first hand how our engineering work can impact and improvepeople’s lives in a