Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Community Engagement Division

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

Conference Session

Perspectives on Service Learning: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon M. Kellam; Guthrie J. Boleneus, Eastern Washington University; Jacob Stewart; Donald C. Richter P.E., Eastern Washington University; B. Matthew Michaelis, Eastern Washington University; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

elective tracks in robotics & automation, thermalsciences, and materials. While most of our graduates plan to enter the local job market followinggraduation, an increasing number are going on to earn master’s and PhD degrees. With nograduate degree in our ME program, service learning projects provide a good opportunity forboth faculty and students to engage in scholarly work and service activities. These types ofprojects are particularly well-suited for our program, as our students are often very hands-on andenjoy working on practical solutions within their community.The focus of this project is building 3D printed prosthetic hands and arms for children in need.The impetus was a one-off project in which a nearby elementary school teacher who

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Romeo Ballinas-Gonzalez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Benjamin Sanchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Juan Arturo Nolazco-Flores, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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of civil engineering students through theirparticipation in a radio podcast program and how this strategy has started social projects. 33. MethodologyFigure 1 shows the proposed methodology in the framework of higher education in Mexico. Figure 1. Proposed methodology. 3.1. Step 1.Planning. In this step, the contents that will be addressed in the program corresponding to a final audienceare planned. Most of the participants are students of the Tec de Monterrey, however the public outside theuniversity community may listen the podcast and participate eventually. Because of this, the creation ofsocial projects that gives meaning to this work was

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut (Beirut)

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Community Engagement Division

Lebaneseengineering institutions and an active engagement of the engineering community in planning andpreparing for future earthquakes. Senior students attending engineering colleges in Lebanon(n=378) were surveyed to: assess their awareness and preparedness to earthquakes, to ascertainwhether there is a link among their awareness and preparedness, and to determine howengineering educational programs have affected their current awareness and preparedness.Although the findings indicate satisfactory seismic risk awareness across the majority ofparticipants, a poor level of earthquake preparedness was revealed. The role of engineeringinstitutions and organizations has insignificant influence on both awareness and preparedness ofparticipants. This article calls

Conference Session

Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reed Marshall ; Daylen James McGhee, United States Military Academy; Lixrine Epie Ngeme, United States Military Academy; Joseph Carl Price ; Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, United States Military Academy; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy

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

self-motivation, distractions, technical issues,and computer illiteracy. These virtual issues are huge, problematic factors that affect studentsacross the board, regardless of the subject matter. However, given than many already perceivethat STEM subjects are too hard to begin with make it even more difficult for teachers trying toeducate and inspire students in a virtual environment. Taking all this into consideration, it isimperative for faculty to effectively plan an outreach that provides an environment for studentsto feel comfortable venturing into fields of studies which they do not feel comfortable with.Building upon this current body of knowledge, our outreach plan sought to integrate necessaryaspects of teaching that would be fun

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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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

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

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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demographic information for both the college and elementarywriting partners is listed in Table 1. No other engineering activities were explicitly planned bythe participating elementary school teachers. Table 1. Demographics for College and Elementary Student Participants College Elementary* Total Number of Students Surveyed 148 86 Sex Female 28% 49% Male 70% 41% Racial/Ethnic Identification American Indian or Alaska Native 1% 1

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

cultureGovernment Service for Computer kiosks to help provide better access to Failure to assess assetsRural Citizens (GSRC)14 government information and services.Customer Service (CS)15 Mechanization of business operations with a Failure to assess assets planning machineVillage Improvement Project Nursery for the woman of the village Failure to apply knowledge(VIP)16Findings: Modes of FailureBy inductively analyzing the cases, we found that failures were due to 1) failure to learn, whichrefers to a lack of knowledge or failed attempt to learn about the context, and 2) failure to applyknowledge about the context when proper knowledge was properly gained. The failure

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University; Terri Christiansen Bateman, Brigham Young University

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Community Engagement Division

updated with each submitted documentation report.Thorough task plans are only required to be detailed for the few weeks after each documentsubmission since the project can take a different turn in that time. The team leader is responsiblefor preparing this section with the team’s input. Each successive report adds to the previousschedule. The schedule helps the team to think ahead, plan for the future, and it helps instructorsevaluate the direction the project is taking.(2) Communication: Each week, project teams are required to contact a representative from thePeruvian community with which they are working. A contact log is utilized to document theprocess. The contact log is a gold mine of information for future project teams since students

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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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

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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Diversity

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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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Diversity

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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

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey A Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

should undertake community engagement. I will nowdiscuss each program’s philosophy of how engineers should undertake community engagement.The Design for Extreme Affordability course at Stanford University uses design thinking todevelop products and services for people making less than $4/day.3 Students work in teamssupervised by different businesses already operating in target communities. In addition todeveloping a working prototype, student teams author business plans to strategize how to serve alarge customer base. Several projects focus on increasing the incomes of smallholder farmers orproviding assorted low-cost health care products suited to rural environments. Philosophically,the Design for Extreme Affordability course conceives poverty

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education: Program Models

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie-Ann Miller LCSW, State University of New York, Stony Brook

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Community Engagement Division

assist the local school districts (K-16) teachers and administrators with STEMeducation by providing mentoring, opportunities for real life role models andshadowing opportunities for students. In addition, they do presentations on STEMCareers at the schools, and facilitate teachers in planning and implementing STEMCareer Fairs. They provide technical assistance to our TechPREP and STEM Techclubs.Local School Districts and Community Organizations – the College WISEProgram, TechPREP and STEM Tech have several partners that are communityorganizations. The Girls Scouts, Girls Learn Inc. of Long Island, a communitycenter, libraries, is just some of our partners. Our community partners, such as theGirl Scouts and local school districts, provide

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew T. Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University; Victoria Louise Graf; Shawna Leigh Draxton, WISH Charter

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Community Engagement Division

services."15 Our projectsspecifically worked with children with a range of disabilities as categorized by IDEA and whohave an Individual Education Plan (IEP). An IEP establishes the individualized objectives of achild with a disability as defined by federal regulations. The IEP is intended to create a specific Page 24.1119.3program for educators to help children reach educational goals more easily than they otherwisewould.16In a full inclusion setting, students with disabilities are educated alongside students withoutdisabilities as the first and desired option while maintaining appropriate support and services. Agrowing body of research

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pamela Cristina Silva Diaz, PamLab Design and Engineering; Maggie Favretti, Design Ed 4 Resilience; Nathalia Ospina Uribe; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Marcel Castro-Sitiriche, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Luisa Rosario Seijo-Maldonado; Marian Irizarry, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Javier Moscoso, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Gabriela Alexandra Otero-Andino; Kevin O'neil Crespo Pagan; Laura Sofia Garcia Canto; Grace Amato, Connecticut College; Fernando Antonio Cuevas, University of Puerto Rico; Dulce M. del Rio-Pineda, Mujeres de Islas, Inc.; Reiner F. Simshauser-Arroyo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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-building, for example, community designers(especially youth) are rarely in the lead. Often, the sense of urgency in a disaster recoverysituation creates a “help the helpless” mindset among aid agencies, and also creates a timeausterity that conflicts with listening, building local consensus, and modifying recovery plans [1][2] [3]. Few funding channels are open to community teams to design and implement their ownsolutions. It is difficult for community designers to access scholarly research and technicalengineering, and difficult for sophisticated engineers to embrace simple, inexpensive solutions.To put this in perspective, we understand development approaches in general, and disaster reliefapproaches in particular, to fall under one of four

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wookwon Lee P.E., Gannon University; Pezhman Hassanpour P.E., Gannon University; Saeed Tiari, Gannon University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

results with those previously reported in the literature [1] that was also studied forfreshmen's SLP activities in traditional circumstances but based on physical in-lab activities. SRLis regarded as a complex repository of knowledge and skills for planning, implementing, Table 3. Questionnaire on Student Learning Outcomes Question Q1-a: The Service-Learning Project activities in FYSE provided me with an opportunity to improve my ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. Q1-b: Participating in the Service-Learning Project activities in FYSE, I have improved my ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. Q2-a: The

Conference Session

Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Community Engagement Division

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

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, Aeronautics Technological Institute

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

ministries’ action plans. In this sense, it can be said that, during theWorkers’ Party's administrations, university extension becomes a space for the articulationbetween the State and society [3], [4].Also, in the early 1990s, the solidarity economy movement gains momentum nationwide. That ismainly caused by the increasing rates of poverty and unemployment, which are some of theconsequences of the implementation of neoliberal politics in the country. In response to that,many social initiatives are tried, from collecting food destined to feed the millions who werefacing starvation, to actions that sought job creation. In 2001, with the first edition of the WorldSocial Forum, the multiple actors behind such poverty mitigation/overcoming initiatives

Conference Session

Designing Opportunities for Youth Engagement in STEM

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Matias Gonzalez Chamorro, Proyecto Arapy; Gustavo Ramón Samaniego Balbuena, Colegio Inmaculada Concepción; Jorge H. Kurita, Universidad Nacional de Asuncion

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Nacional de Asuncion. He is currently work-ing as the director of the Planning Directorate of the Paraguayan Space Agency. For his contributionsto the Paraguayan society education in the field of science and engineering, he was acknowledged as the”Exceptional Protagonist of 2017” by the Ultimahora News, a major newspaper in Paraguay. In the sameyear, he was distinguished with the ”Outstanding Citizen Award,” granted by the city council of the Cityof Asuncion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engagement in Practice: Final design projects on high altitude balloon payload, integrated with low cost open source hardware, a tool for STEM education in rural Paraguay, a case study

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Community Engagement Division

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

Conference Session

Special Session: Building Intentional Community Partnerships

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

specific interactions, activities, and the languageof community engagement partnerships as transactional, cooperative or communal. In addition tothe theoretical grounding, the paper also provides a summary of the activities that we will befacilitating during the special session, including analyzing cases and design tools, reflecting oncurrent program structures, and creating an action plan to implement changes in the participants’current, anticipated, or imagined engagement programs. By the end of the special session,participants will be able to evaluate their past, current or future partnerships, observe howprogram structures can influence partnerships, and assess the differences that these partnershipscan make in the success or failures of

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

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Community Engagement Division

thepinnacle and capstone of the students’ engineering curriculum while propelling them into theirprofessional careers. When consciously adopted by engineering faculty as an underlying projectmanagement pedagogy, servant-leadership is an effective and powerful teaching technique.Faculty become servant-leaders by providing guidance to their students in planning,implementing, and testing their designs.As a teaching pedagogy used in business, servant-leadership has been shown to increase courseimpact, meaning, and relevance while empowering students, increasing their confidence, andenriching the student-teacher relationship. [1] Servant-Leadership used in marketing has beenshown to increase student knowledge and skills as well as instilling increased

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Robert Foster, George Fox University; Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University

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Community Engagement Division

year.This schedule provides an overlapping cohort model with first-year and second-year students.The decision to begin the course in the spring rather than at the beginning of the academic yearwas driven by the timing of the electrical engineers’ Microprocessors course. Since many of theprojects require embedded control systems, the expertise is often needed. The actual class time istwo hours on a Monday evening in a lab-type format. Students are expected to spend 2.5 hoursoutside the lab time completing planned tasks.The ongoing development of the Servant Engineering program at GFU has taken place inroughly three distinct phases:  Phase 1: the instructors attempted to mimic the basic format provided to us by the Purdue EPICS program

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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wood, Brigham Young University; Parry Fader Garff, Brigham Young University; Carol J Ward, Brigham Young University; Eric C. Dahlin, Brigham Young University; Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University

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Community Engagement Division

Page 23.1072.4members were not as engaged in our projects and this was difficult to understand. It waseventually learned that the NGO working in the community had been paying the community 3members to help with our work and when the financial resources were no longer available, thecommunity was no longer engaged. This financial incentive was unknown to the design team.Protocol. During an implementation trip to Tonga, the delayed shipment of the chemicalresulted in a change of plans. Originally, we were going to share the biodiesel project with thegovernment prior to sharing the project with high school students. This plan was reversed toprovide time to give the best presentation to the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Timothy W. Mays, The Citadel; Rebekah Burke P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; John C. Ryan, The Citadel

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Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: trans- portation infrastructure planning and design, infrastructure resilience, traffic operations, highway safety, and geographic information systems. His research interests include: constructing spatial databases for better management of transportation infrastructure, improving transportation design, operation, safety and construction, understanding long-term effects of urban development patterns, and advancing active living within the built environment for improved public health. He teaches courses in interchange design, transportation engineering, highway design

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela L. Chan, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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invitation to “make the space their own” [3]. Senses of playfulness andcommunity is also a key component of game jams to generate creativity and innovation [28].The structure should align with the type of participants recruited and intended educationaloutcomes. If a hackathon decides on an open format with little facilitation, which is more typicalof technical events, preliminary planning can ensure inclusivity in team formation and idea-pitching [9]. Understanding priorities, such as technical education versus ideation, can bebeneficial. Think Global Hack Local partnered teams with local organizations to produce webtools, reducing potential harm by directly providing a requested product while increasing drivefor civic participation [4]. On the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micaela Sandoval, Texas A&M Health Science Center; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Lauren Neala Holder, Texas A&M University; Mary Kathryn McDougal, Texas A&M University; Mary E Campbell, Texas A&M University; Bruce E. Herbert, Texas A&M University

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’ typically encompasses prototyping and feedback structuresin addition to execution and evaluation (Seidel and Fixson 2013). Throughout the designthinking experience, users rely on two-way communication between all parties, emphasizingempathy and the development of common experiences; the model attempts to ensure independentsustainability by incorporating disparate perspectives from inception to execution (Melles, deVere, and Misic 2011). Engineering design is more analytical with respect to goals and processes. Engineeringproblem-solving primarily works to “balance competing criteria of desired functions,technological feasibility, costs, safety, esthetics, and compliance with legal requirements” (NRC,2012). Engineering design plans are highly

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston; Ricky P Greer, University of Houston; Ryan G. Summers, University of North Dakota; Jason W. Morphew, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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focus on STEM professionals, throughhistorical profiles and as contributors to the program, to show students what careers wereavailable in the STEM fields. One student praised this component of the program stating, “Ithink the program helped me because you helped me introduce a part of what I wanted to do inlife.” (P2, STEM Magnet, 5th). The pre-survey revealed that 18 of 22 (81.8%) students wereinterested in a STEM career, while on the post-survey 21 of 24 (87.5%) indicated a similarinterest. A second finding of interest from the paired pre- and post-survey results was arecognizable shift in student identification from a general interest in STEM to interest in specificSTEM fields when asked to indicate what careers they planned to pursue. For

Conference Session

Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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