ADVANCE Program in Dayton, Ohio. From 2010 to 2011, she was a Senior Re- search and Evaluation assistant with the Healthy & Active Communities Initiative at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. From 2009 to 2012, she was a project coordinator at the Institute of Applied Research, St. Louis, MO. She received the Ameren UE Outstanding Practicum Student Award from Washington University and is a Maury Herbert Scholarship recipient at Washington University. She is a member of American Evaluation Association.Dr. Mary Y. Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology Dr. Mary Y. Lanzerotti is an associate professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical
universe, is assisting in alleviating thisunfortunate trend. Engineering students and faculty members work together to develop, anddeliver, seminars in local schools and churches that demonstrate compatibility between scienceand religion, with emphasis on the role that engineering can play in this ongoing dialogue. Theproject team has committed to conduct 250 of these seminars over the life of the grant, with ananticipated total direct audience of approximately 12,500 people.Religions and religious denominations often take a simplistic view of origins based largely on aparticular interpretation of creation accounts offered by the special revelation of sacredscriptures. The project team is currently working to complement this view with up-to
Ph.D. and M.S. degrees are in materials science and engineering from Stanford University and her B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from the Michigan Technological University.Dr. Carol J. Thurman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Carol Thurman serves as the Academic Assessment Manager for Georgia Tech’s Center for Serve- Learn-Sustain. She holds a doctorate in Educational Policy Studies with a concentration in Research, Measurement, and Statistics. Dr. Thurman’s professional experience includes higher education academic and program assessment, program evaluation, project management, teaching K-12 both in the U.S. and internationally, teaching university research and statistics courses, and serving as a K-12
students, especially students inunderrepresented minority groups who are likely to feel left out and not included in classroomactivities and group projects. The feeling of alienation could result in students developingdropout intention for an engineering/computer science degree.Research experiences are an excellent tool to promote and foster engagement among engineeringand computer science students. They provide an avenue to collaborate with faculty and build aclose relationship with their teachers or professors. Choosing to engage in research activities isconsidered a voluntary activity and conducting research gives a student the avenue or platform toexplore his / her ideas on inventions or discoveries to make a significant contribution to
Civil Engineering and Construction Project Management at the Univer- sity of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) in (2019). Prior to starting her M.E., Ospina worked in different construction sites and projects serving as a Technical and Contractor Architect. Ospina has di- verse interests in the research area of Community Resilience; Appropriated Technology; Climate Change; and Participatory Engineering. She co-developed a workshop curriculum to measured and prepared vul- nerable communities to improve their level of resilience for catastrophic events.Dr. Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Christopher Papadopoulos is Professor in the Department of Engineering Sciences and Materials at the
Science Museums at Arizona State University (ASU). She holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability Science from ASU and an M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of New Haven c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Improving the Engineering Pipeline Through University & Community-Developed Museum-Based Educational KitsObjectives or purposes Museums provide much-needed opportunities for creative thinking, exploration, andSTEM identity development. This paper describes the pilot testing a two-year NSF project inwhich researchers partnered with museums across the U.S. and internationally, to developculturally-relevant, hands-on activities that are distributed to over 50
teaches Physics 4345 (Physics for Pre-Service Teachers), a course that connects middle school physics state standards with content knowledge and instructional strategies that are designed to enhance student learning. Mariam is also the one of the writers and instructors for the Preparing for AP Physics I Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), offered through the University of Houston. The MOOC has served over 10,000 students in more than 110 different countries. Mariam previously served as the Instructional Specialist for the Robert Shaw Center for STEAM in the Katy Independent School District (KISD). She was responsible for implementing STEAM curriculum, instruction, and projects appropriate for K-12 students
, 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
. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Angela Bielefeldt, P.E., is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is currently the associate chair for Un- dergraduate Education in CEAE and has served as the ABET assessment coordinator since 2008. She began incorporating service-learning (SL) projects into the capstone design course for environmental en- gineering in 2001. This began her journey to determine how to rigorously assess the learning outcomes for students who worked on SL projects as compared to other types of projects in the course. Her engineering education research interests also include students
with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (started 2008). Education B.A. in Liberal Arts Engineering from Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL); B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX); M.S. in Computer Science from University of Colorado (Colorado Springs, CO
’ project funded by Michigan Space Grant Consortium. She is the author/co-author of 2 book chapters, 4 journal papers, 31 conference and symposium IEEE/ACM papers, and 3 of which has won the best paper award. In 2009, Dr. Muraleedharan was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award and also received her Certificate in University Teaching from the Future Professoriate program at Syracuse University. She is the reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Neurocom- puting, and Systems and Cybernatics, Wiley Security and Communications networks. Dr. Muraleedharan has participated in many professional and service activities university wide. In summer 2015, she in- structed Middle school Robotics and
of Institutions of HigherEducation [1]. As the 4th largest academic unit on VCU’s campus, the School of Engineering iscomprised of 2,000 students with demographics that reflect the diverse community in which itserves. The development of collaborations such as public-private partnerships and projects withlocal communities has been VCU Engineering’s essential ingredient for talent development, notonly because of well-established relationships with the business community, but also becausethese community partnerships give way to a continuum of college-bound students that translatesinto a sustainable diverse STEM pipeline. The desire to expand the number of public-privatepartnerships within the local community, however, presents both
Paper ID #23909Designing Humanitarian Engineering from Practice: Experiences and Out-comes in a Developing World Context.Miss Diana Duarte, Universidad Sergio Arboleda Industrial Engineer and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering with emphasis in organizational man- agement from Universidad de los Andes Colombia. Her work experience is focused on research and project management with social and environmental impact in the educational context and the public sec- tor.Ing. Luis Alejandro AngelMrs. MARIA ´ PAULA FLOREZ´ ´ JIMENEZ P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda I am Industrial Engineer and
Campus (UPRM). Ospina Uribe has diverse interests in the research area of Community Resilience; Appropriate Technology, and Climate Change. During her Master’s program she become involved in a pilot project to co-develop workshops aimed at strengthening community resilience through the creation of practical solutions for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene challenges in Puerto Rico through opportunities supported by NSF, Oxfam America and the Response Innovation Lab.Pamela Cristina Silva D´ıaz Pamela Cristina Silva D´ıaz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and completed her bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012. She obtained her Master of Science in the same field
), mandated by the United Nations for projects involving indigenous peoples.FPIC is a principle, enshrined in international human rights standards, that states that all peopleshave the right to self-determination and that all peoples have the right to freely pursue theireconomic, social and cultural development. Third, it does not provide guidance on how to“navigate power inequalities, divergent interests, and diverse cultures of communication andgovernance” [5].This paper investigates how a critical take on corporate social responsibility shapes the ways inwhich engineering students conceptualize and critique the SLO. Drawing on pre- and post-surveys of 95 students who participated in our research, we explore: 1) how they defined theSLO; 2) whether
Engineering program in the Robert F. Cervenka School of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Impacts of Engineering Justice Curriculum: A Survey of Student AttitudesAbstractAs part of a larger project examining the role of humanitarian service learning in engineering(NSF project number EEC-1540301), we conducted an investigation of first-year engineeringstudents’ perceptions of humanitarian service learning projects, social responsibility in theirdiscipline, and ethics in STEM. Students (n=231) taking a required freshmen level engineeringcourse were surveyed with a pre- and post-instrument, and provided with
research as a FAPESP postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. Jose Roberto Cardoso at the Escola Polit´ecnica da Universidade de S˜ao Paulo for his project titled ”Assessing the Impact of One Boundary Spanner on University-wide STEM Educational Engagement” where he will attempt to optimize community/university relations for broadening participation in the STEM fields.” He has ambitions to significantly diversify and broaden the global pipeline of STEM talent and help guide the evolution of the methods used to develop engineers.Prof. Jose Roberto Cardoso, Universidade de Sao Paulo Jose Roberto Cardoso is a full professor at Escola Polit´ecnica da USP. He is a former Dean of the same school. Today Prof. Cardoso is the
engaged or wouldhave a limited exposure to STEM fields. Moreover, outreach activities have been used as onesolution to the current US shortage of professionals in engineering and science10.According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), service learninghas been identified as one of the high-impact teaching and learning practices11. Programs, likeEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS), have been created to include servicelearning activities into the engineering curriculum. Service learning is a well-known andeffective pedagogical method that engages learners of diverse backgrounds, especially those ofunderrepresented backgrounds12-14.The project described in this paper combined the service learning pedagogy
Technology Management undergraduate concentration of the Industrial Technology Program and earned graduate faculty status in Fall 2006. In 2008, Dr. Murphy assumed the role of the Technology Education Master’s Degree Program Coordinator; assisting the program to in- crease enrollment from approximately 30 students to around 70+ students (to date). Other responsibilities for Dr. Murphy as Program Coordinator include meeting with incoming graduate students, advising stu- dents, coordinating service-learning projects for students, and engaging students in research endeavors. Dr. Murphy was promoted to full professor in 2016. Dr. Murphy serves as Co-Principal Investigator on two grants sponsored by the United States Depart
. She advises MS and senior project students at Cal Poly and actively supports several student clubs in- cluding: Women in Software and Hardware (by attending the Grace Hopper Conference) and the Indian Student Association (by serving as the faculty advisor). While at UC Santa Cruz, Theresa developed an innovative course in social networks, which served as an engaging introduction to graph theory and game theory concepts for students from across the university. Theresa’s research interests center around computer science theory and algorithms with emphasis on ap- plications throughout computer science and across disciplines. Specific areas of interest include: graph theoretic algorithms, approximation algorithms
ina win for the defendant institution, there is a perception of damaged reputation resulting fromcourt exposure.This fear of potential litigation has begun to adversely affect the way that colleges anduniversities conduct Service Learning and Semester Abroad programs. The approach taken isoften to eliminate liability exposure by not doing the projects at all. This approach is furtherenhanced by parents who insist that students must be “protected” by the university or collegeagainst the negative consequences of actions taken by the students. Moreover, parents expectcolleges and universities to enact rules and regulations that prohibit potentially harmful activitiesand to then supervise legally adult students to ensure that those students do
understanding engineers involved specifically with Engineers Without Borders-USA.Dr. Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Amy Javernick-Will is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder in the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford Uni- versity and has focused her research efforts on knowledge transfer in global organizations, global projects, and increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in engineering.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Daniel Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate with the Design Center Colorado in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of
AC 2012-3903: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF GRADUATE VER-SUS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OUTCOMES VIA INTERNATIONALCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMSKristine Louise Guzak, Michigan Technological University Kristine Louise Guzak is a Ph.D. student of environmental engineering at Michigan Technological Univer- sity. She is the lead graduate student on a larger project assessing the impacts of learning through service on undergraduate students. Her research interests include engineering education with some focuses on international programs.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is also Director of Michigan Tech’s D80 Center. D80 has the
undergraduate students from a diversity of majors and academic ranks completed thesurvey, including Likert-type items measuring their views of social responsibility and detailingtheir previous volunteer histories by both activity and frequency. Students reported their level ofparticipation in 17 different volunteer or community service activities during college, or couldwrite-in their own activity. The most frequently cited activities were: unpaid tutoring of collegestudents; tutoring elementary or secondary children, and donating blood (40-47%). A highpercentage of students (25-35%) also participated in service-learning projects, communityservice via a professional society (ASCE, ASME, AAEE, etc.), unpaid coaching or sports campvolunteer, food bank
thorough and nuanced observations. They also hint on the issue of design andscheduling, but, doesn’t dive deep into the cause of why these issues were present in their team.A word in the quote was replaced to maintain anonymity of the program. As the semester wraps up, I can't help but reflect on the growth I've seen through this course. Not only have I seen a project in an early prototyping stage grow to a point where final testing and manufacturing plans are in place, but I've also seen myself grow as an engineer and a team member. This team has been through ups and downs with redesigns and scheduling, however I have never been a part of a team that has meshed and worked so efficiently together. I am super
,fundamental, and extremely pervasive‖ motivation of humans to fulfill needs for attachmentthrough social bonds (Baumeister & Leary18, p. 497).However, reaping the benefits of connection to community can be especially challenging inintrovert-dominated19 engineering and similar STEM fields because sense of community hasbeen shown to be moderated by level of extraversion,11 thus making it substantially harder forintroverts to develop these connections. Service learning programs and other projects thatprovide motivation for interactions while allowing work that may be individualized can supportthe development of a sense of community in introverted students.Social capital can be defined as resources gained from relationships. In the context
energy systems and power electronics. He has been working on thin film solar cell research since 1979 including a Sabbatical Leave at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1993. He has also worked on several photovoltaic system projects Dr. Singh has also worked on electric vehicle research, working on battery monitoring and management systems funded primarily by federal agencies (over $3.5 million of funding). Dr. Singh has consulted for several companies including Ford Motor Company and Epuron, LLC. He has also served as a reviewer for the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Dr Singh has over 150 conference and journal publications and holds seven issued US patents. Dr. Singh’s recent
requireall high schools to offer computer science curriculum [5]. Just 35% of high schools teach someform of computer science in the United States [6]. Cybersecurity summer camps may be able tohelp address these education challenges.2. BackgroundThis section provides background in two parts; experiential education and project-based learningconcepts as integrated into the summer camp format and the creation of the GenCyber summercybersecurity camp program.Experiential education in a teaching philosophy in which learners purposefully engage withdirect experience to develop skills and increase knowledge while educators facilitate the learningexperience [7]. American educational theorist David Kolb describes experiential education as amultidimensional
outside the classroom, researching new engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that is focused on supporting the 21st century student demographic he continues to innovate and research on how we can design new methods of learning to educate both our students and communities on
Division.Dr. Christopher Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is Associate Dean at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civil Life and an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Department of Education and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on learning through service-based projects and using an entrepreneurial mindset to further engineering education innovations. He also researches the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.Dr. David W. Watkins, Michigan Technological University Dr. Watkins’ teaching and research interests include hydrologic