(science, technology, engineering, and mathemat- ics). Her research focuses on using place-based pedagogies in understanding STEM content, particularly with American Indian students and communities. She is the Principle Investigator for the NSF funded Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers, Back to the Earth.Dr. Fritz Fiedler, University of Idaho, MoscowDr. Jillian Rae Cadwell, University of Idaho Dr. Jillian Cadwell’s research incorporates an interdisciplinary study of ecology and fluid mechanics with a focus on the role of contaminant transport in the ecological health of aquatic environments. Additionally, Dr. Cadwell develops culturally relevant, place-based STEM curriculum for 3rd-6th grade
Paper ID #29560Can Community Development Projects in Engineering Education Be BothResponsible and Sustainable?: Theory, Education, and PraxisDr. Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines Juan Lucena is Professor and Director of Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Juan obtained a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech and a MS in STS and BS in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). His books include Defending the Nation: U.S. Policymaking to Create Scientists and Engineers from Sputnik to the ’War Against Terrorism’ (University
, this excitement for robotics is a keyattractor to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) career paths. Many of theseschools participate in robotics competitions for novice students to be able to learn scientific andengineering principles through hands-on activity. However, at the high school level there is lackof team mentors to assist those youth with their various projects. Prior to development of thiscourse, Fairfield University had received frequent requests to recruit college students to serve asmentors for those programs. Many of our students found it difficult to dedicate the time, whenthey did not see themselves as experts, nor have an incentive on campus to encourage theirparticipation.Through the service learning structure
Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Assistant Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recent recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and
STEM and coaches a robotics team comprised of girls from 22 high schools. Shoshanah holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford, an MA in Technology Strategy from Boston University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.Mr. Jeff Wood, Stanford University Goal: Make a difference in the world, through development and training of engineers to solve the most pressing problems facing the world today. ME Capstone Course and Lab Project Development Director Jeff is the ME Capstone Course and Lab Projects Development Director at Stanford, where he brings his 25-year industry experience to the role. He is responsible for the ongoing strategy, design, curriculum plan and instruction plans for capstone courses
Engineering Education, 2016 Preparing Engineering Students to Work on Taboo Topics in the Service of CommunitiesIntroductionAccording to the WHO, 2.4 billion people lack access to proper sanitation resources.1 Faced witha growing problem, engineers, locally and internationally, have responded to this crisis throughavenues such as the Gates Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. In the case of the Toilet Challenge,engineers were able to create what were seen as “practical” toilets that convert waste into energy.However, each toilet cost upwards of $1000 and required infrastructure and technology notavailable in their target communities, thus presenting a huge drawback in fighting the sanitationstigma.2 There is much to learn
avoiding redundancies and in identifying other groups that have alreadyfound solutions to problems they might be facing. Doing so would speed up implementation ofprojects and reduce overall research-related expenses. Discovering the linkages among thesevarious frameworks and systems could aid in discovering unique pathways to complex problemsthat would go otherwise unnoticed. Reverse-engineering of the brain, for instance, could greatlyreduce the cost of computational power by greatly enhancing processing speeds of computersystems. This in turn enables developing countries access to cheaper and more efficientinformation and communication technology (ICT). Likewise, giving better access to the internetcould provide people in developing countries a
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condition andhuman identity, which helps to answer some of life’s biggest questions.In fact, it was the social science of psychology that originally birthed the concept of affordances(relationships that provide capabilities), which is important when discussing ingenuity in nature.The history and usefulness of affordances are explained briefly in a later section. A fourthculture, consisting of engineering and technology, has adopted the concept of affordances to helpclarify the intricacies of product design and reverse engineering (disassembling something tofigure out how it works). It is the contention of the authors that the field of engineering hasimportant points to contribute to these conversations. Engineering is often confused with science,or
outreach, such as the Technology Innovation Scholars Program which is a professional development program for undergraduate students that provides them the opportunities to fulfill their role as ”societal engineers” by connecting the College with K-12 communities throughout Boston and beyond.Dr. Sandra Lina Rodegher, Boston University Dr. Sandra Rodegher is the Manager for National Outreach Initiatives for the Office of Outreach and Diversity in Boston University’s College of Engineering. In this role she seeks to develop mechanisms for engaging diverse populations and creating cultures of inclusion. She is also a Senior Sustainability Scientist and was previously a Senior Program Coordinator for Sustainability in
NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE) has also highlighted the importance of systems thinking amongengineers, emphasizing the accelerating pace of technological advancement, globalconnectedness, and reliance on technology and infrastructure,2–4 all of which stress the need forengineers to be able “to address large-scale systems problems.”2 In industry, employers have also Page 26.1039.2emphasized the importance of systems thinking. For example, “managing complexity in asystems environment” is a desirable “transferable skill” of engineering graduates byemployers.5 Working with other disciplines both within and beyond engineering is an increasingnecessity
treat- ment processes, and water education. She is involved in outreach programs for K-12 students to increase the participation of Hispanic female students in STEM fieldsDr. Gerri Cole, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017An Innovative Approach to Recruit and Retain Historically Underrepresented Students in EngineeringAbstractThe Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields do not usually attract firstgeneration, low-income, and minority students (such as women, Hispanics, and AfricanAmerican, etc.). There are various ways to increase the number of minority students’participation in STEM careers, but one of the most frequently
, Technology and Computing in the American Anthropological Association. She studies experts and their work in relation to environments, technolo- gies, and human lives. Her current research projects deal with earthquake risk management technology in Mexico and the United States, environmental data justice in the US/Mexican borderlands, and the development and practice of engineering expertise.Dr. Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines Juan Lucena is Professor and Director of Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Juan obtained a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech and a MS in STS and BS in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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starting her doctoral studies.Prof. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Assistant Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recent recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the
design, Martinez et al. [4] found no significant differencesin students’ attitudes about environmental ethics after an environmental science course; Dexteret al. [5] found no significant difference after a computer/information technology ethics course.And, in 2015, using the Engineering Professional Responsibility Assessment tool in a surveyconducted at seventeen US universities, Canney et al. [6] found that 44 percent of students(n=2200) reported no specific courses in their undergraduate engineering programs influencedtheir ways of thinking about social justice and engineering. Moreover, students reported designwork, projects, and service learning were effective, while pedagogical techniques such as casestudies were not cited at all as
Utah.Dr. Mercedes Ward, University of UtahProf. Tariq J. Banuri, University of UtahProf. Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Dr. Ahmad is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). His teaching and research interests are in the area of sus- tainable planning and management of water resources, water-energy nexus, and stormwater management . He is particularly interested in using systems approach to address water sustainability issues.Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar, Mehran University, Pakistan He is a working as Professor in U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro
practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. She is currently engaged in course development and instruction for the junior design sequence (ENGR 331 and 332) and the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University.Dr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel Dr. Mary Katherine Watson is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel
Environment Programme’s (UNEP) supporting activities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 15(6), 492–498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.05.017 ! !Davidson, C. I., Matthews, H. S., Hendrickson, C. T., Bridges, M. W., Allenby, B. R., Crittenden, J. C., … Austin, S. (2007). Adding sustainability to the engineer’s toolbox: a challenge for engineering educators. Environmental Science & Technology, 41(14), 4847–4850.DeWaters, J., Powers, S., Dhaniyala, S., & Small, M. (2012). Evaluating Changes in Climate Literacy among Middle and High School Students who
Paper ID #7162Spectra of Learning Through Service ProgramsDr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Angela Bielefeldt, P.E., is a professor and associate chair for Undergraduate Education in the De- partment of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She began integrating service-learning projects into her senior capstone design course for environmental engineering in 2001.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson is a associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, but also director of Michi- gan Tech’s
Paper ID #21782Engagement in Practice: Engaging Undergraduate Students in a Multidisci-plinary Service-Learning EnvironmentDr. Wei Lu, Texas A&M University Dr. Wei Lu is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on Higher Education in Agriculture & Engineering, K-12 (STEM) Education, Communications, Marketing, and Social Economics. Master of Science, Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural Leadership, Education& Communications, Texas A&M UniversityDr
and curriculum and instruction in the College of Education. He is an Fellow of the ASEE and NSPE. He was the first engineer to win the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service- learning. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for his work in EPICS. Page 25.130.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Adapting Curricular Models for Local Service-Learning to International CommunitiesIntroduction:In recent years, respected voices in
Paper ID #21602Engagement in Practice: CAE Education via Service-LearningDr. David C. Che, Mount Vernon Nazarene University Dr. Che had worked in the industry for eleven years (8 years with General Motors in Michigan and 3 years with Stafast in Ohio) before beginning a fulltime teaching career. He first taught at Geneva Col- lege in Pennsylvania for 7 years and then at Anderson University in Indiana for one year before joining Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He is now Chair and Professor of Engineer- ing at MVNU. His research interests include CAD/CAM/CAE, automotive engineering, manufacturing
AC 2012-3522: SEEKING RELEVANCY, BUILDING EXCELLENCE: SERVICE-LEARNING IN THE SEECS PROGRAMDr. Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University Karinna Vernaza joined Gannon University in 2003, and she is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Her B.S. is in Marine Systems Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Ma- rine Academy. Her primary teaching responsibilities are in the solid mechanics and materials areas. She was awarded the 2012 ASEE NCS Outstanding Teacher Award. Vernaza consults for GE Transporta- tion and does research in the area of alternative fuels (biodiesel), engineering education (active
- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis.Dr. Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton Kellie Schneider is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Management & Systems at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, she was an instructor in the Freshman Engineering Program at the University of Arkansas. She received her Ph.D., M.S
overwhelmingly enjoy this experience and that it effectively displays the direct, positiveimpact engineering can have on people. Future work includes developing the program to servemore engineering students, providing workshops for parents and families of children with specialneeds, and beginning partnerships to extend toy adaptation to other cities and universities.Additionally, we will continue to expand our data collection to evaluate the program morecompletely and its impact on our students and the community.AcknowledgementThis work is currently supported by the Battelle Engineering, Technology, and Human Affairs(BETHA) Endowment. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the author(s) and do
at the Tec Campus Puebla.Prof. Benjamin Sanchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey Benjamin Sanchez is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Tecnol´ogico de Monter- rey campus Puebla and a Young Energy Professional (YEP) ascribed to the Energy Council of Canada (ECC). Benjamin’s research is focused in the development and implementation of emergent technologies (BIM, CIM, IoT, Big Data, Machine learning, LCA, 3D scan to BIM) for increasing the performance of construction building projects in terms of sustainability and Circular Economy. Benjamin has done recent contributions on international journals for the valuation and monetization of the environmental impacts of the residual life of building stock in
, technology, engineering, andmath (STEM) professionals is vital to strengthening the growing demand for engineers. Previousstudies about raising interest in STEM majors focused on (a) the number of undergraduatestudents who decide on a major prior to attending college, (b) common misconceptions regardingthe STEM field, and (c) the effectiveness of pedagogical techniques to increase curiosity.However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, pedagogical techniques to introduce K-12 students tothe STEM fields must be adjusted. This paper investigates the effectiveness of variousmethods to engage and interact with K-12 students interested in STEM during the COVID-19 learning environment and discusses key conclusions from a pilot 90-minute virtual modulefor K-12
, mineral processing technologies forASM communities. The students were required to employ a Human-Centered Design (HCD)protocol, with a significant stakeholder engagement component. Through an analysis of studentfeedback, this paper identifies two major themes. First, integrating sustainable developmentprojects into the engineering design classroom provides students with deeper insights regardingthe challenges of sustainable development projects. Second, students are able to make a clearerconnection between the social and technical aspects of engineering and sustainable developmentproblems. This paper concludes that introducing sustainable development projects into theengineering classroom that have real-world applications and allow students to
engineering. He has written texts in design, general engineering and digital electronics, including the text used by Project Lead the Way. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020A Qualitative Study of Empathy in the Experiences of Students in a First-Year Engineering Service-Learning CourseEmpathy is an important ability for engineers, it allows us to connect with the people we impactas we seek to solve problems, engage in design and innovate technologies. This ability iscommonly and casually defined as the ability to put oneself in another person’s shoes. Severalresearchers within and outside of the engineering education community have sought to defineand suggest practical