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Work in Progress: Contextualizing Engineering Service Learning by Applying the Practices of Community Organizing

Conference Session
Student Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Jessica Marie Mingee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
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focuses on community organizing techniques and how engineers can utilize them to be more effective in their infrastructure projects.Dr. Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign A research scientist, lecturer, and professional civil engineer, Ann-Perry Witmer is the architect of the emerging discipline of Contextual Engineering, which merges technical design with societal understand- ing to improve adoption outcomes. Dr. Witmer brings to the classroom her experience working as an engineering consultant in the United States and a volunteer on numerous drinking water projects with communities throughout the non-industrialized world. She holds a Ph.D. in Contextual Engineering, along with MS and
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“Racing the Sun”: A Narrative Analysis of Engineering Graduate Students’ Journeys Navigating Public-Inspired Science Work

Conference Session
Student Division Technical Session 7
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Taylor Lightner, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marc Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Paper ID #33254”Racing the Sun”: A Narrative Analysis of Engineering Graduate Students’Journeys Navigating Public-Inspired Science WorkMs. Taylor Lightner, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Taylor Lightner is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she serves as a graduate research assistant. In addition, she is a student in the Disaster Resilience and Risk Management Program. Taylor received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson Univer- sity. Her research interests include broadening participation, interdisciplinary interactions, community
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