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

. Table A.1. Data Collection. Survey Response Overall Q 1 2 3 4 5 Response 1 10 15 0 1 0 1.69 2 10 13 3 0 0 1.73 3 9 11 6 0 0 1.88 4 12 13 1 0 0 1.58 5 6 13 6 1 0 2.08 6 14 11 1 0 0 1.50 7 8 13 5 0 0 1.88

Conference Session

Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; Peter Wesley Odom, Oral Roberts University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. Some seminars are delivered by individuals, and some are delivered by aportion, or all, of the project team. Some seminars are 30 minutes long, and some are 3 hours induration. Some constitute a series over multiple days. Significant time for discussion and Q&A isprovided at the end of each seminar. A survey instrument is used to assess the impact of theseminar. Overall, the seminars have been very well received, as evinced by survey data presentedin a later section of this paper. The following section provides examples of the kind of materialthat is presented in these seminars.Ingenuity in NatureAccording to Mechanical Engineering Professor Robert L. Norton, a machine is defined as “asystem of elements arranged to transmit motion [and

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Paul E. Post, Ohio State University; Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

and we talked about the importance of cooperation in engineering.” (Team Leader)Lessons Learned: • In HA training, stress the importance of small, interactive groups with manipulatives or hands-on elements, as opposed to longer lecture-style slide presentations. • In HA training, instruct teams to have seed questions prepared in advance so that the Q&A time has good participation. As an alternative, have the school liaison require the high school students do this in advance.5. Key Factor: Team RecruitmentWhile the attendance at the ambassador training event was good (>150 students), team leaders’ability to get the minimum 3-4 team members for an actual HA event was challenging for anumber of teams. This

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Orner, University of South Florida; Christine Prouty, University of South Florida; Colleen Claire Naughton, University of South Florida; Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida; Matthew E. Verbyla, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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Community Engagement Division

ABET, “2014-2015 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs”, ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, Baltimore, MD, 2013. Page 26.735.157 DeTurrisa, Dianne, Jane L. Lehr, James M. Widmann, Lily Hsu Laiho, Fred W. DePiero, and Zoe Wood, “Comparative Assessment of Scaled Global Engineering Initiatives”, ASEE International Forum Proceedings, 2014, 1-10.8 Fink, L. D, Creating Significant Learning Experiences:An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2003.9 Zhang, Q., J.B. Zimmerman, J.R. Mihelcic, L.D. Vanasupa, “Civil and Environmental Engineering