Conference Session

Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech; Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech

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Community Engagement Division

participation showed significant positive effects on all 11 outcome measures: academicperformance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinking skills), values (commitment to activism andto promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy, leadership (leadership activities, self-ratedleadership ability, interpersonal skills), choice of a service career, and plans to participate inservice after college. The study further found that performing service as part of a course (servicelearning) significantly adds to the benefits associated with community service for all outcomesexcept interpersonal skills, self efficacy and leadership and benefits associated with course-basedservice were strongest for the academic outcomes, especially writing skills. Overall

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Thomas Pitcher, The University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

hour rule”. There was no significant difference in these findings whenlooking at subsets such as engineering only vs. non-engineering students or female vs. malestudents with a slight exception in regards to what seems to be a polarization of computer sciencestudents’ involvement. From the service-learning and student outcome questions we can clearly see that skills utilizedextend beyond just what we would consider normal classroom/course objectives. There are a largenumber of students who indicated that they used a professional skill such as time management,process planning, task delegation, construction, power tools, and/or developed a new skill and/orexpanded upon a current skill. Again, based on the findings, this was neither major

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vemitra M White, Mississippi State University; Jamel Hill Alexander, Mississippi State University; Debra Prince, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

independent andteam learning as they work through an engineering design plan to develop a competitive robot tofulfill an industrial need over a six-week timeframe. The program served approximately 25 teamswhich totaled to 500+ students representing public and private middle and high schools as wellas homeschools.community engagement To attract students to MS BEST, the Hub Director recruits at middle and high schoolsacross to the state of Mississippi. MS BEST is also advertised on the university’s engineeringoutreach website. In addition, middle and high school administrators and teachers from previousMS BEST events, as well as potentially new schools (teams) are emailed details about theprogram and its competition. Since MS BEST is a

Conference Session

Perspectives on Service Learning: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Community Engagement Division

of the following:  Week 1: Introduction to Human-Centered Design - design exercises to show the difference between human-centered design and more standard processes  Week 2: The Inspiration Phase - framing a design challenge, choosing a design challenge, planning research, building an interview guide  Week 3: Conducting research and preparing for presentations  Week 4: Ideation Methods - finding themes, clustering, creating insight statements  Week 5: Selecting a Project - storyboarding, brainstorming, selecting best ideas, gut check  Week 6: Project Proposals - complete project proposal presentations, team assignments, mechanics for the rest of the semesterAt the completion of the six

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University

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Community Engagement Division

, involvement with student volunteer groups andprofessional societies, involvement with undergraduate research, internship opportunities,industry expectations, graduate studies, use of campus resources like the tutoring center andcareer services, etc. Such mentoring sessions are scheduled once a month. The facultyadvisement is typically associated with program requirements, course registration, course pre-requisites and course planning. Individual advisement is generally done once a semester. Faculty advisement Faculty- (individual) Student student

Conference Session

Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd France, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

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

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

William D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University; Heather R. Keister PE, Freese and Nichols

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

, and trust/ trustworthiness in professional-client relationships. A licensed engineer with over 35 years experience in engineering education and practice, Dr. Lawson has provided project management and technical oversight for geotechnical, construction ma- terials, transportation, environmental, and facilities projects nationwide.Ms. Heather R. Keister PE, Freese and Nichols Heather Keister is a Senior Project Manager and FNI Associate, overseeing the firm’s Lubbock office, with experience in many aspects of civil planning, design and construction. Her background includes drainage analysis and design, transportation, infrastructure, development and public works projects, with a focus in stormwater management and

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

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Community Engagement Division

Page 24.1037.7about why they continued to return even though we were only discussing our aspirationstogether, making plans on how we might achieve them, but were not actually making what somemight call “tangible,” physical progress. Some of the participants found this frustrating andchose to stop participating. However, for those that continued their participation, a differentquality of attention and experience began to develop, which enabled different types ofcollaboration. This distinctive quality is illustrated by excerpts from the response to the question,What are you getting out of your participation? This is a very brilliant group of people with a deeper purpose than just teaching content; I truly believe that they are

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

-L, such asinstitutional support, faculty attitudes, and the intrinsic level of applicability of course material tocommunity issues.In the 2011-2012 academic year, 162 students in 9 courses in a College of Sciences participatedin S-L projects and were surveyed about their experience. These responses are compared tothose of 811 students in 33 courses from the College of Engineering, who completed the samesurvey; 93% of engineering students surveyed had done S-L that semester and/or previously.Compared to science majors, engineering students reported a significantly (5% level) strongerpositive effect of S-L on their persistence in their major, their interest in the subject matter of thecourse, their ability to plan and carry out a project for

Conference Session

Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E. Canney; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

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

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Srinivas Mohan Dustker, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bandi Surendra Reddy, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management; Rohit Kandakatla, KG Reddy College of Engineering and Technology; Gopalkrishna H. Joshi, KLE Technological University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

emerginglevel. A key takeaway from Figure 1 is that no student was reflecting at the surface level by theend of the semester.In this quote is an example of Deep Level reflection. The student is reflecting on the wholesemester from multiple perspectives, while also recognizing the conflicts and acknowledging thedifferences. Thus, this student is critically thinking at the Deep level. …, I have learned the importance of flexibility and keeping an open mind. After school was called off and classes moved online midway through the semester, everything changed, and we had to quickly change our entire plan. … Remaining frustrated and stuck on our old plans and ideas of how the semester was supposed to go would only slow our

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haley Margaret Gardner

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

section of the survey and the initial validity tests. Though, more validity of the instrumentincluding psychometric statistical analyses, correlation matrices of theoretically related items forconstruct validity, and empirically testing the factor structure using maximum likelihood exploratoryfactor analysis are planned in the coming months. The paper ends with future research steps includingvalidation and distribution across universities in the United States. As mentioned earlier, the hope is thatothers are able to use and adapt the survey instrument and its supportive literature. While, our goal isspecific to measure senior engineer students, the survey could be adapted for recently graduated studentsearly in their professional

Conference Session

Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

[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

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Peter Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Helen Elizabeth Geller, University of Texas at El Paso and El Paso Community College; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Ana Karen Jimenez Enciso, University of Texas at El Paso; Kwame Opuni, University of Houston-Downtown (Retired); Anand Raj, University of Texas at El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas at El Paso; Carla Ann Judith Navar, University of Texas at El Paso; Paul E. Hotchkin, El Paso Community College

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Lessons Learned from a Summer Bridge Research Partnership Between a Community College and a UniversitySummer Bridge PartnershipAs part of a partnership between a local community college and university, we have established a summerbridge program that has been proceeding since summer 2017. During the last three years, it has developed andevolved becoming larger and increasingly successful; even more so than originally planned. Targeted studentsfor our summer bridge program include students from diverse backgrounds including minorities, females andeconomically disadvantaged individuals.For the past three summers, community college students have spent

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Greg Rulifson P.E., USAID; Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

,stakeholders and the general public” in the post-survey. Two students did not include thecommunity as the stakeholder who approves of a company’s operations, and four more chose notto try to define the SLO in the pre-survey.All seventeen students had an advanced definition of SLO by the end of the course. One goodexample of advancing understanding is Student 231, whose pre-course definition did not includethe community at all, “A license that a business has to obtain to operate.” By the end of thecourse, they defined the SLO as “a verbal contract between a company and the community inwhich it plans to operate, allowing the company to conduct its business in that place.”Q10: How does a company best know it has a social license to operate?In responding

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott Gerald Shall, Lawrence Technological University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. (2012). Housing and Slum Upgrading. Retrieved fromhttps://unhabitat.org/urban-themes/housing-slum-upgrading.UN-Habitat. (2015). Streets as Public Spaces and Drivers of Urban Prosperity. Habitat III: IssuePapers, 22 – Informal Settlements. Retrieved from https://unhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Habitat-III-Issue-Paper-22_Informal-Settlements-2.0.pdfWorld Health Organization. (2000). Informal Settlement Report. Retrieved fromhttp://www.who.int/ceh/indicators/informalsettlements.pdfi Cities of the future will be largely extra-legal. Most will not be planned, will not conform to anybuilding regulations and will not be built on land that is legally owned. These cities will not bemapped, permitted or otherwise documented. (WHO, 2000)ii

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Cowan, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

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

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

24.2%In addition, all students who indicated a willingness to be interviewed were contacted, and fourinterviews were conducted. Interview questions asked them about choosing to major inengineering, their current career plans, their plans to use their engineering skills in volunteering,the main things they took from the class, how (if at all) it changed their thinking, how they thinkabout ethics, and if they thought the skills and information from their general education courseswould be useful in their careers.Survey data was analyzed to see if survey responses in any areas changed significantly betweenthe pre- and post-surveys using paired sample t-tests. Results were also analyzed, usingindependent sample t-tests, to see if groups of students

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

SDGs “… seek tobuild on the [previous] Millennium Development Goals and complete what they did not achieve(United Nations General Assembly 2015).” In launching the SDGs in 2015, the GeneralAssembly of the United Nations “recognize[s] that eradicating poverty in all its forms anddimensions (including extreme poverty) is the greatest global challenge and an indispensablerequirement for sustainable development (United Nations General Assembly 2015).” To thatend, the SDGs represent “a plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity,” which in additionto peace and partnership, define the five “P’s” of the mission of the SDGs. To accomplish thatmission, there needs to be a “balance [between] the three dimensions of sustainabledevelopment: the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Gerri Cole, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

MechanicalEngineering major; and Vanessa Davalos, a Civil Engineering major) to inspire students fromdisadvantaged communities (low income students not considering STEM careers or with lack ofconfidence or motivation to pursue STEM professions) to pursue STEM fields. The E-Girl eventwas planned to be the culmination of the academic year and the conclusion of the CPP- K-12community development experience. The EGR 299 S course allowed CPP and K-12 students toget to know each other, and allowed the development of a pleasant working environment. E-Girlwas scheduled in the spring quarter of the academic year, and after at least four visits to the K-12classrooms by the EGR 299 S course students had taken placed. While the course was offeredthree times in the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Glen Hordemann, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Sharon Lynn Chu, University of Florida; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Francis Quek, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Osazuwa John Okundaye Jr, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

merely hiremore STEM-focused teachers. There is a severe issue with the STEM educator pipeline. Just0.17% of high school students with an interest in STEM who take the ACT plan to pursue anoccupation or college major in science education. 3This issue is exacerbated in rural areas, for women, and for minorities. Rural and small towns lagbehind the suburbs and cities in science education. In the National Assessment of EducationalProgress, 12th graders scored 11 and 19 for town and rural students, respectively, and 29 and 41for city and suburb dwelling students 2 . African-Americans and Hispanics make up 14% and 13%of computer scientists and 14% of engineers, while women make up only 25% of computerscientists and 14% of engineers. A lack of quality

Conference Session

Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Bull, Brown University School of Engineering; Maureen Kay Sigler, Brown University; Michael Lye, Rhode Island School of Design

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Community Engagement Division

all lesson plans they taught and any student work thatwould illustrate the outcome of those lessons. At the end of the semester tutors presented casestudies of their work through a presentation and a paper, describing and assessing the work theydid using data collected from their CBL experiences, and outside research on issues observed inthe field. Finally, as a way to encourage support and dialogue, tutors were given dedicated TAgroups where they were free to share experiences, problem-solve, and connect course literatureto their teaching.Students engaged in college access counseling started their work by conducting research aboutthe reform underway at the school and the surrounding neighborhood and then conducted aCommunity Asset 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

lifecycle stages -- fromdevelopment to plan new activities to well-established programs in need of some revision. Forexample, Kisaalita’s international, interdisciplinary SL capstone design course at the Universityof Georgia has been running yearly since 2003.35 By comparison, Catalano’s redesigned seniorcapstone design course in bioengineering at Binghamton University was first offered with a SLmodel in the 2011/2012 academic year. Meanwhile, the integration of SL into a required year-long first year introduction to engineering course sequence at Walla Walla University wasproposed. Page 23.1080.5Prior to the workshop, participants read various

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

a key factor, both creating the workshop and implementing it. The same facultymembers are involved with these three programs. They also train the student volunteers to runthe workshop smoothly. Since most of the STEM program participants are female, SWEmembers play role models in those events. Most SWE members are enthusiastic in promotingSTEM to young girls and high school students. Depending on the number of participants, thenumber of volunteers varies. For the Girl Scout events, we typically need more than 30volunteers, so planning ahead to make sure we have enough volunteers is key to success.SWE organize the annual Girl Scout event, most volunteers are from SWE club, there are someother professional clubs on campus to help out as well

Conference Session

What Are Crucial Barriers and Opportunities to Bring Our Whole Selves to Engineering Education? Moving Watermelons Together

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Ann D. Christy P.E., The Ohio State University; Marybeth Lima P.E., Louisiana State University and A&M College; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Julia D. Thompson, University of San Francisco

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

it atry.I felt a sense of culture shock becoming a new assistant professor at an R1 university as a 26-year old. I was burnt out from my PhD, having defended and finalized by dissertation in Augustimmediately before coming to Ux. The department didn’t seem very welcoming. From thefaculty search that hired me, two people were hired - myself and a Hispanic male. Thedepartment got an extra faculty line since perhaps we both qualified as ‘diversity hires.’ Somefaculty in the department seemed to resent that. And the resources planned for the position (labspace, funds) were simply cut in half. I felt somewhat alone, and a message of ‘sink or swim’was conveyed by the department chair and many faculty. I certainly didn’t feel that I belonged. Ifelt

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

Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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

of the model offered opportunities to explicitly definestakeholders as well as to illuminate and discuss both the recourses provided and the valuegained by each of the various stakeholders through the engagement project deliverables andprocess.IntroductionCommunity-engaged learning or service-learning is the integration of academic learning withwork that supports the greater good within local or global communities in order to enhance theacademic learning, address needs within the community, and to give students broader learningopportunities about themselves and society at large. Within engineering, the pedagogy is oftenused in design or project-based experiences where a physical deliverable, software program,design, or plan is produced as a

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; Michaela Sutton; Ethan Hasler; Jessica Lee Williams; Jennifer J Irvin, Brigham Young University; Joseph Richley Hirt, Brigham Young University

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Community Engagement Division

filters would beadequate to serve the needs of the people in Peru.Obtaining contact information for members of the Uros community who had broken filters fromprevious implementation trips and then speaking with them has been a great source ofinformation in attempting to discover why the filters stopped functioning. Remaining in contactwith the stakeholders of the filter project has been essential to its success, especially since boththe islanders and students have recognized the long term commitment between both groups.Overall, the Peruvian contacts continue to be an invaluable resource in the planning, analysis,design and implementation process.Future Work and ConclusionsWater filters have been a valuable resource for the islanders as evidenced

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydnee Drew Mayers, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem ; Ellen M. Londergan; Alicia Czarnecki, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Gary Allen Gilot P.E., University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Mary Hergenrother; Adrienne Bruggeman, Saint Mary's College

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Community Engagement Division

,   Indiana provided   the   sandbox   for   innovation   that   allowed   the   Tech   Team   to   employ   participatory design   and   experience   a  project   fueled   by   community   engagement,   both   of   which contributed   to   the   overall   success   of   the   project.   With   a  desire   to   promote   optimization of   land   reuse   throughout   the   United   States,   the   VLO   matrix   is   a  tool   with   the   possibility to   influence   the   manner   in   which   policymakers   view   vacant   land   the   important   role   it plays   in   community   and   urban   planning.   Although   there   is   no   precise   answer   as   to   how to   prevent   land   abandonment,   the   VLO   matrix   provides   a  response

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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 Engagement Division

]. 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

Conference Session

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Community Engagement Division

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