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Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan A Munden, Fairfield University

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. pneumatic actuators d) Select the wiring, circuit breakers, and power distribution needed to connect the robot controller, motor encoders, and controllers to meet FIRST specifications. 2) Design an autonomous behavior routine for the robot as they: a) Distinguish between open and closed loop feedback control systems b) Program, debug, and modify a series of software commands c) Connect and operate various sensors such as vision, encoders, limit switches, ultrasonics, etc. 3) Develop a strategic plan by analyzing key features and analyzing performance dataCivic Outcomes – Students will be able to... 4) Apply best practices of service learning team management as they: a) Demonstrate co-leadership by guiding youth

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Lyn Benning, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Christopher R. Shearer, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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semester of 2017, an official partnership between the RCSC and theEngineering and Science Projects in Community Service (EPICS@mines) program at the SouthDakota School of Mines and Technology (SD Mines) was formed to help the RCSC meet thisgoal. The EPICS@mines program allows students to earn course credits for partnering with thecommittee to investigate, monitor, and plan an initiative for improving the energy efficiency ofcity buildings to meet Energy Star Building Certification. The creation of the student designteam has had a positive impact on students and the community and it has led to the developmentof unanticipated partnerships in the community.IntroductionTown and gown relations have long been considered important to the success of a

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory E. Triplett, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jenilee Stanley-Shanks, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lori A. Floyd-Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Paper ID #22097Engagement in Practice: the Student Engagement Continuum (SEC) – Op-portunities and Challenges for a Sustainable Pipeline Enhancement Model atan Urban InstitutionDr. Gregory E. Triplett, Virginia Commonwealth University Triplett is a Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Triplett oversees all aspects of graduate engineering programs including curriculum de- velopment, student recruitment and matriculation, strategic planning, student funding, graduate research, and online education. Prior to being Associate Dean, Triplett was Director of

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Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan E Canney P.E.; Elizabeth O'Brien, Seattle University; Teddi Callahan

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services for and meeting space for employees and estimate vulnerable communities volunteers Local non-profit Redesign of a 3000 square foot Drawings of existing and working to empower basement of a 1910s school to serve as a 3 teams of redesigned basement. 1 regional Latino senior center, soup kitchen, and licensed 3 each group did existing, while 2 communities kitchen for entrepreneurial ventures groups did revised plans. Drawings, structural design, New exterior fire-escape staircase design

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Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Katie Shannon, Missouri S&T

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have little support or encouragement from home to enter into STEM fields.The goal was to partner with the teachers not only to demonstrate the effectiveness of projectwork, but also provide assistance in completing the tasks. The idea was to guide the teachers inthe use of tools and techniques that could be successfully utilized to engage the students inSTEM related topics and to also learn from them in order to develop best practices.Having a class of middle schoolers complete activities in the classroom or lab would requiremore adult to student interaction when conducting some of the planned experiments, so a reliablepool of volunteers was needed. Partnering with Missouri University of Science and Technology(MS &T) students not only

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Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Aruch, University of Maryland College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland

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plan for activities. Throughout the academic year, the teacher referred to the arrival ofmaterials that never showed up. There were several reasons for this including a leadershiptransition at the school, lags in procurement and challenges in communication. Toovercome this hurdle, we ‘dusted off’ some older robotics materials from the HS closet towork with throughout the academic year. For the UMD curriculum, the program model was tested. At the service site, 1-2UMD students worked with a team of 3-4 HS students to design, build and program arobot. The course met once per week on Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:45 at the end of theschool day. Following the service visit, UMD students completed an online discussionlog of their activities

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan A. Kowalski, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington; Ruth Ann Herstek, Penn State University, New Kensington

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with theengineering students focused more on the construction materials and safety issues as opposed tothe plant selections, ivy, and herbs. Thus, all students are given exposure to ecologicalengineering, in relation to the development of urban brownfields.Following spring break when daylight saving time resumes and the weather improves, the class,which is held every Tuesday evening, will begin to construct the living walls that will consist ofa variety of plants best suited for the climate. The Penn State sign will be painted, and the palletswill be recycled into mini-growing units with herbs.During the second half of the spring semester, the students will also be hosting guest speakersand attending multiple, pre-planned field trips. Thus

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Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noa Bruhis; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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, Organized, and Thematic (EROT). The two alsodescribe Azjen’s [7], [8] Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), which asserts that behavior, andthus behavioral change relies on attitudes, norms, and social pressures, where feelings toward aparticular behavior are driven by a set of beliefs regarding the consequences of performing suchbehavior. This is germane in the context of conservation because participants will not changetheir environmental conservation behaviors if they do not believe their actions will haveconsequences. The actual consequences of an action are less important than an actor’s personalinterpretation of those consequences when it comes to acting [2].It follows, then, that with proper “River Magic” [5], a river guide could employ

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Kennedy P.E., Abilene Christian University; Lori M Houghtalen, Abilene Christian University

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oralcommunication, leadership, planning, and teamwork in preparation for a more successfulindustry sponsored senior capstone course. In the course, students enter knowing little of whatengineering writing looks like, where to go for engineering background research, how to scopeprojects, create project timelines, etc.The curricular structure of the course does not allow for long term projects as students completetwo projects during the course of the semester. The first projects are developed frominternational humanitarian partners that the works with during the summer. Each project teamconsists of four to six students, an on campus faculty or staff member from a differentdepartment who is familiar with the international non-governmental organization and

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Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariam Manuel, University of Houston; Ricky P. Greer, University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston (CoE & CoT); Virginia Snodgrass Rangel Rangel, University of Houston

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the Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS) (see Figure 1).Program PilotsThe Champaign, Illinois pilot was led by the program director (and program founder, Mr. Greer)and the program co-founder (Dr. Henderson) who developed lesson plans, led hands-onactivities, and trained program staff (undergraduate and graduate engineering students). Lessonsemphasized the engineering design process (Haik, Sivaloganathan, & Shahin, 2015). Studentswere given open-ended scenarios and were tasked to identify and research problems, developpossible solutions, and then plan, test and improve their designed solutions.The Houston pilot, initiated in the spring of 2017, combined the best practices learned from theearlier pilot and added a partnership with the

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Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Carol J. Thurman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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advocating ashift from a sole focus on student outcomes, we call attention to outcomes 4 and 5, which reflectsystem-level abilities, “An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities inengineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact ofengineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts; An ability tofunction effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborativeand inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.” Transdisciplinarylearning mirrors an authentic setting of “real world” engineering practice.Table 1. New Accreditation Board on Engineering and Technology (ABET) student outcomes. An ability

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Carol J Thurman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ruth Yow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Connor Rylan Meeds; Jennifer Hirsch, Georgia Institute of Technology

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sustainability and climate action, using methods from visual and environmental anthropology, popular education, asset-based community development, partic- ipatory facilitation, and museum education. Since August 2015, she has been the inaugural Director of the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Serve-Learn-Sustain is a campus-wide academic initiative launched in January, 2016 to prepare students to use their disciplinary expertise to address the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges in ways that advance community well-being and create thriving natural systems. Dr. Hirsch is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech and serves on the

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Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ines Basalo, University of Miami; Jonathon Anthony Toft-Nielsen, University of Miami; Scotney D. Evans, University of Miami

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, Computer Graphics, Materials Science and laboratory courses. Since 2015 she has been actively involved in the University of Miami College of Engineering’s ”Redefining Engineering Education” strategic plan on educational innovation. As part of this plan, Dr. Basalo worked with 2 other faculty members to organize inaugural Senior Design Expo in May 2017, an exposition where over 200 senior students showcased their Capstone projects to the University of Miami community, alumni and industry leaders. Starting in 2016 and through her work with the University of Miami’s Engaged Faculty Fellowship program, Dr. Basalo incorporated an academic service component into the final project for a sophomore-level Measurements Lab

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Humanitarian Engineering, Social Entrepreneurship and Communitarian Innovation in the Global South

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana Duarte, Universidad Sergio Arboleda; Luis Alejandro Angel; MARÍA PAULA FLÓREZ JIMÉNEZ P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda; Camilo Andrés Navarro Forero P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda Colombia South America ; David Leonardo Osorio P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda.

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quinoa should ASOPROQUINUA produce? This new approach to thechallenge was based on the lack of knowledge about standardization and good production practiceswithin the group of associates. Currently (in 2018), the students are designing with the Association,tools to quantify production while accompanying it in the participation of the program proposedby the Government. Under this last dynamic, the students have learned how to plan a productionprocess with incomplete information and other difficulties that the Association has, related to thelack of knowledge from an organizational and business perspective. 4. ConclusionsThe Humanitarian engineering approach is a growing perspective in the academic context. In thecase of Humanitarian Engineering

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry L. Howell, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Terri Christiansen Bateman, Brigham Young University; David C. Morgan, Brigham Young University; Lynda Palma, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

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paper introduces a framework for displaying engineering research artifacts in an artmuseum to efficiently facilitate expanded outreach opportunities. Education of the public aboutnew technologies and scientific discoveries is key to the technological growth of a society. AU.S. National Science Foundation Strategic Plan summarizes this verity: “Effective integrationof research and education at all levels infuses learning with the excitement of discovery andassures that the findings and methods of research are quickly and effectively communicated in abroader context and to a larger audience.” [1] When a new technology is understood by a varietyof individuals and groups, it can be accessed and used in diverse ways to benefit others andimprove

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Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria C. Sanchez, University of Maryland College Park; Dylan Anthony Hazelwood, University of Maryland, College Park; Dave K. Anand, University of Maryland, College Park

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time of the lecture critique). Finally, students participated in twoopen discussions about the class lectures and course dynamics and were asked to submit anindividual public blog with their impression of the class at the end of the semester.The instructional team will be working on the creation of an assessment plan to investigate thelevel of achievement of the class goals. Also, the team intends to adopt the CATME tool fromPurdue University [4] to form teams and assess student interactions in their groups.Student FeedbackStudent feedback is requested multiple times and encouraged during the semester. As wasmentioned previously, students are expected to submit lecture critiques twice during the semesterand a blog at the end. In addition

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Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara Jordan-Bloch, Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University; Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University

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Meeting. Students are introduced to the materials they will be using to lead their upcoming high school circle meetings. They watch the relevant episode in the Seeds of Change animated video series and then break into small groups to engage in a conversation about the topic using the discussion guide they will be using with their circles. Students are encouraged to participate in the discussion through the lens of their own lives, and then they are given time to reflect on and plan for how they will lead this discussion in their high school circles. • Closing. Leader training meetings end with each leader sharing one action she commits to doing before the next meeting to practice the newly introduced

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Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Larson Lesko, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Gary R. Kirk, School of Public & International Affairs, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Veronica van Montfrans; Andrew L. Gillen, Virginia Tech; Tawni Paradise, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Liesl M Baum, Virginia Tech

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resource beyond the grant could support teachers in implementing the activities.● Unexpected logistical challenges - balancing planning for research and programming activities with the limited time we have each weekNext Steps:Year one of the VT PEERS project will wrap up in May and we are excited to have theopportunity to host a summer summit with our current 6th grade teachers, industry partners andthe new 7th grade teachers we will be working with starting in the fall. This will be anopportunity to collaboratively build curriculum for next year together as well as discuss lessonslearned and expectations for year two for both 6th and 7th grade teachers and students.Through our experiences of this pilot year, we are working to design an

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Humanitarian Engineering, Social Entrepreneurship and Communitarian Innovation in the Global South

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hernán Gustavo Cortés-Mora, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Jose Ismael Pena Reyes Pena Reyes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Jairo Andrés Peña, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - PEAMA Sumapaz; Nicolás Gaitán-Albarracín, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - GITIDC; Joana Carolina Chaves Vargas

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economic development for the town. 7. References[1] Junta Administradora Local Rural de Sumapaz. Plan de desarrollo Económico, Social,Ambiental y de Obras Públicas de la Localidad Veinte de Sumapaz, D.C., 2016.[2] P. Franco and J. Betancur, “La flora del Alto Sumapaz (Cordillera Oriental, Colombia)”.Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 23 (Suplementoespecial): pp. 53-78, 1999.[3] Alcaldía Local de Sumapaz - Secretaría Distrital de Gobierno Comisión Ambiental localde Sumapaz, Plan ambiental de Sumapaz 2013-2016. Bogotá, Colombia., 2012.[4] Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Consejo Universitario. “Resolución 887 de 2015 yAcuerdo número 025 de 2007”. Sistema de Información Normativa, Jurisprudencial y

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd France, Ohio Northern University

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appropriate plans forthe semester. These one-hour workshops/lessons were recommended for the initial weeks of thesemester only, replaced by weekly “progress check-in” meetings once product designs wereestablished.Other recommendations for the course format are summarized in Table 1.Table 1: Summary of course recommendations Topic Recommendation Notes Provide list of One student recommended setting more specific Fabrication available tools – guidelines to prevent choosing strengths: “I wouldn’t tools require students to necessarily try to branch out and try to learn new things choose 2 to 3 because I’d focus on what I already know I’m good at.” 2 to 4 students per Creating multiple

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Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan E. Canney; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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Introduction and Chapters 1 & 2 Engineering, the main journal about LTS in engineering. Engineers Without Borders A critical document for how a leading organization in the (EWB-USA) Strategic Plan development and implementation of LTS sees its role in 2015-2020 11 the interaction between engineers and traditionally marginalized communities. EWB-USA has had a significant impact on the spread of LTS in engineering, specifically through international service projects that are

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Benjamin A Teschner, Colorado School of Mines; Robin Bullock, Colorado School of Mines

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[is] sensitive to cultural differences” (Chan andFishbein 2009: 6). Furthermore, it has been suggested that engineering students who plan toengage in sustainable development initiatives develop a set of global competencies (Lucena et al.2008) and move from being mere “technology advocates” to “Honest Brokers,” who researchand present a range of technical possibilities within the “broad contextual constraints of theproblem-setting” (Mitchell et al. 2004: 40).Engineering programs globally have responded to these calls for a shifting paradigm inengineering education by introducing innovative curricula that combines social andenvironmental concerns with economic and technological development (Ahrens and Zascerinska2012; Lucena and Schneider 2008

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Andrew Pierce, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Purdue University

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]. Community partnerships continue to grow with a waiting list of partners and ahigh rate of partner retention that point to success of the program. A study of alumni showedthat participation in the program benefited graduates in their careers in industry [11]. Thenumber of people who have been impacted in the 22 years of the programs exceeds 3 millionpeople. The university consortium continues to increase nearly doubling over the last four yearsto 46. The K12 adaptation of the EPICS has grown to schools in 17 U.S. states. Challengesremain and are a challenge every year with the program. However the successes and value-added to the university has the administration planning for further expansion.References[1] E. Tsang, Projects that Matter: Concepts

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Humanitarian Engineering, Social Entrepreneurship and Communitarian Innovation in the Global South

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martha Janneth Salinas S, Minuto de Dios University Corporation; viviana Garzon, UNIMINUTO; IVÁN DARÍO GARCIA P.E., UNIVERSIDAD MINUTO DE DIOS; Miguel Gonzalez, Universidad Minuto de Dios

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accreditation processes. Electronic Engineer, Specialist in Quality Management with disciplinary and investigative training in project management, process op- timization through the integration of mobile technology solutions, Hand Held, information management, implementation of new technologies, maintenance, installation and debugging of electrical systems in production, planning and installation of electrical and data networks.Miguel Gonzalez, Universidad Minuto de Dios Director of Project Management Office at the Social Innovation Science Park. Master in Organizational Management. More than 5 years of experience working in social innovation projects related with green business, innovation in education and housing. Research

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Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theresa Anne Migler-VonDollen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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reconnect with their children in a positive way upon their release. We have some pre-planned assignments, such as a moon weight calculator which asks for auser’s weight on earth and calculates his or her weight on the moon. We also build flexibilityinto the curriculum, incorporating student ideas whenever possible. For example, after workingon the moon weight calculator program, a student said “I wonder if we could use the same ideato come up with a sentencing calculator?”. The sentencing calculator involved accepting as input(a) an initial sentence duaration, (b) eligibility for “half time” and (c) if you were good and gotyour 10% “kick”. This program was exciting to create because we hadn’t yet discussed “if”statements. We had to work around

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linjue Wang, The Ohio State University; Turhan Kendall Carroll, The Ohio State University; David A. Delaine, The Ohio State University

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developing camaraderie with the group. A second example, aligned with the focusgroup interview result, shows how group ownership facilitates perspective taking & mentalflexibility: Also, a lot of us have never been in a setting like this where the project is entirely our own. I think we are also learned a lot about ownership and responsibility. Because the projects are our own we've also grown in our technical communication skills. In any project, especially when there is a language barrier, you have to be very clear about your ideas and plans. I've noticed myself being able to communicate my ideas more clearly to my team, others involved and other groups who are interested [student 4].This excerpt illustrates that this student is