Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Joann M. Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jeffrey Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Tyrone Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Ricardo Maldonado; Cristina Rivera-Vélez, GREAT IDEA; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut; Pablo Jose Acevedo, UPRM

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Community Engagement Division

in the context of rural Haiti, and also through the related efforts to provide technical education and training to community members (capacity building). Personal Remark from Joann Rodríguez: My work with the GREAT IDEA project is the best professional and personal opportunity of my life. We, as engineering students, need courses and research experiences focused in the development of skills to work with and for the community. Engineers should work to solve problems in the simplest way and always keep in mind what the user really needs, rather than the creation of new products to make the user depend on it. For example, with the IBSF, the basic need of safe water can be provided without sophisticated technology and

Conference Session

Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cijy Elizabeth Sunny, Baylor University; Kathleen Koenig, University of Cincinnati

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Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, likes, and dislikes towards various aspects of STEM [7]. Persistenceis defined as a passion for persevering through long-term goals [24] [25]. The process of conceptmapping that was used in the development of the tool involved a participatory framework,whereby participation was by consultation, including functional and interactive participation[26]. The STEM stakeholders worked collaboratively as part of a community as they developedmeasures based on their experiences and knowledge from working in the field of STEM andSTEM education. Their professional identities and experiences validate their role, whileproviding representation for their voices on an instrument that was developed in this uniquemanner.FIGURE 1: Conceptual framework for the APT

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cathy Leslie P.E., Engineers Without Borders - USA

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Community Engagement Division

survey in order to build upon this finding.The other remaining seven sub-themes in the survey include engineering motivations, ABETlearning outcomes, EWB-USA learning impacts (compared with coursework, questions onlygiven to EWB-USA members), global competency, engineering identity, career outcomeexpectations, and future career goals. These themes are briefly described below.Methods Page 24.439.4Findings from qualitative data, combined with the literature shared above, led to the selectedsurvey themes presented in Table 1. Of the nine survey themes, seven themes used items fromexisting scales, and two themes used items developed by the research

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Community Engagement Division

Department of Engineering, which graduated its inaugural class in May 2012. At JMU, Dr. Pierrakos is the director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) and director of the Advanced Thermal Fluids Laboratory. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, engineer identity, engineering design instruction and methodology, learning through ser- vice, problem based learning methodologies, assessment of student learning, as well as complex problem solving. Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability, and K-12 en- gineering outreach. Dr. Pierrakos is a 2009 NSF CAREER Awardee. Dr. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in Engineering Science

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bowa George Tucker, UMass Lowell; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Community Engagement Division

wasdeveloped to recognize that there are a range of community based service activities that facultyuse to provide valuable learning experiences for students while fostering social responsibility.20In spite of the growing call to reform engineering curriculum to include experiential learningopportunities to develop socially-active students, it is not clear that much progress has beenmade in this area. While some studies have been conducted to examine the integration oflearning through service in engineering.21-23 Huilman studied engineering faculty from diverseinstitutions of higher education to discern what motivates them to use LTS in engineering, andwhat challenges they face in the process.24

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Nathan E Canney P.E., CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Benjamin V Fell P.E., California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

QuestionsGiven the success of the WP program in other disciplines, the beneficial aspects of servicelearning that address some of the identified causes of attrition, and the need to providemeaningful STEM education experiences to K-6 students, the WP program was implemented inan engineering course at Sacramento State. Through this service learning experience, collegestudents (1) gain more knowledge about what civil engineers do, (2) engage with the communityand embrace their identity as college students and future civil engineers, and (3) practice theirtechnical communication skills with a non-technical audience. Elementary students (1) areexposed to civil engineering, (2) practice their writing skills, and (3) interact with a diversegroup of college

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael A Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jennifer Kracha, University of Colorado Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

as pathways and retention to and through K-12 and undergraduate engineering, teacher education, and curriculum development. She is passionate about hands-on engineering design for every student, at every age level.Dr. Michael A Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder Mike Soltys is an Instructor for the Engineering Plus degree program at at the University of Colorado. Mike is passionate about engineering education, and teaches engineering design in First-Year Engineering Projects (GEEN 1400), Engineering Projects for the Community (GEEN 2400), Statics (GEEN 3851), Thermodynamics (GEEN 3852) and Theoretical Fluid Mechanics (CVEN 3313). Mike is the co-PI for TeachEngineering, a curricular digital library with the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Community Engagement Division

tensions of service learning in higher education: A philosophical perspective. The Journal of Higher Education, 72(2, Special Issue: The Social Role of Higher Education), 148-171. 7. Bringle, R., & Hatcher, J. (1995). A service-learning curriculum for faculty. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2(1), 112-122. 8. deKoven, A., & Trumbull, D. J. (2002). Science graduate students doing science outreach: Participation effects and perceived barriers to participation. Electronic Journal of Science Education, 7(1). 9. Banzaert, A., Duffy, J., & Wallace, D. (2006). Integration of service-learning into engineering core at U Mass Lowell and MIT. American Society of Engineering

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

higher education and improve learning outcomes. Her research to date has focused on educational designs that emphasize learner ini- tiative and agency through inquiry or problem-based learning in formal and informal learning contexts. She has published several papers on the characteristics of learning environments that support or constrain opportunities for any students (including those from non-dominant backgrounds) to participate in key science and engineering process skills such as scientific argumentation. Her work is largely informed by the principles and perspectives on human development and cognition articulated by Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Putting theory into practice, she teaches a service-learning

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

M. Loraine Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; David R Veazie P.E., Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

working in a team setting,they recognized the relevance and connection of the project to real-world engineering practice,and they could “see themselves as engineers or at least becoming engineers” [2]. In surveyingfirst-year engineering undergraduates as well as high school students exposed to servicelearning, Zarske found positive impacts in identity and attitudes towards community service,especially in underrepresented populations, that may help in recruitment and retention of thosegroups [3].There are a variety of definitions of service learning that are employed in education. For thepurposes of this paper, we will use the definition adopted by Kennesaw State University’squality enhancement plan (QEP) for regional accreditation review

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne Elizabeth Dare, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Florida State University in 2006 and his master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Purdue University in 2008. While in the School of Engineering Education, he works as a graduate research assistant in the X-Roads Research Group and has an interest in cross-disciplinary practice and engineering identity development. Page 23.644.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Global Engineering Design Symposium: Engaging the Sociocultural Dimensions of Engineering Problem SolvingAbstractGlobal