Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; William Juhling McClung, Pitt County Robotics; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; David M. White, East Carolina University; Merwan B Mehta, East Carolina University; Jimmy Bill Linn, East Carolina University; Tamer Omar, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

and 1) enhance their awareness of regional advancedmanufacturing careers; 2) increase their STEAM skills, knowledge and abilities; 3) develop theircompetency in innovation processes; 4) develop their leadership/soft skills; and 5) prepare themfor successful, employment and entrepreneurship1,2,3. To meet these objectives, it is required thatstudents demonstrate effective use of technology in real-world, authentic student-centeredapplications. The CET partnered with several departments on campus, middle schools fromaround 13 surrounding counties, and several local industries. Beginning with these objectives,the CET designed and implemented four primary educational modules/components. They were1) Robotics; 2) 3D modeling; 3) 3D Printing or

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

coordination, but has been recognized as an extremely powerfulpedagogy. The value of service-based learning in engineering education has been welldocumented as serving to better demonstrate “real world problems”, improve communityawareness and responsibility, and develop “soft skills” necessary for engineering practice. Auniversity-wide service learning program provides an opportunity for enrichment of experientiallearning within the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) department at the University ofTennessee, Knoxville (UT). The relationship established through the university network providesopportunities that are not easily replicated through engineering-only experiential learningopportunities. The UT Smart Communities Initiative (UT SCI

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

].Additionally, projects that deal with poverty provide obvious answers to students struggling withthe question, “Why am I studying engineering?”Many Engineering programs are becoming interested in including an international servicelearning project into the school’s curriculum [1-9, 11, 12, 14-22]. There are many components ina typical international service learning experience that can benefit both the students and theschool [10, 13]. One of the first and well documented benefits comes from the value that projectbased course work adds to the students experience. Students who are involved in projects havethe chance to gain experience and develop their soft skills while actively engaged in hands onCivil Engineering learning.Projects can also bring