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Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan A Munden, Fairfield University

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Community Engagement Division

Engineering Service Learning Course with a High School Robotics TeamAbstractThrough service learning, both students and community partners help fulfill each other’s needs.A robotics service-learning course teaches the principles of robotics through hands-on activitiesand requires each student to participate in mentoring high school robotics team. Through theserelationships, students gain a deeper understanding of the principles of robotics from theclassroom, through teaching those principles to others and helping their mentored team solveproblems. Students gain an appreciation for, and capability to, inspire younger generations toengage in STEM activities.The course integrates STEM outreach into the engineering curriculum as a major

Conference Session

Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria C. Sanchez, University of Maryland College Park; Dylan Anthony Hazelwood, University of Maryland, College Park; Dave K. Anand, University of Maryland, College Park

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globally interconnected engineering landscape.• This course stepped away from the traditional engineering curriculum, which is rigorous and technical, and instead focused on the bigger picture— what it means to be an engineer.• This course is symbolic of the stepping stone all engineers in today’s world need to base themselves on when solving problems.Conclusions“Engineering for Social Change” is a unique undergraduate course that combines engineering andphilanthropy and allows students to take a leadership role as both investigator and grantor of theNeilom Engineering for Social Change Grant. Throughout this course more than two hundred non-profit organizations have been contacted, and four grants have been awarded through the NeilomFoundation

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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impotence that low results generate. All thisadds up to the fact that researchers frequently made contributions from very distant places towhere most urgent needs.'Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios-UNIMINUTO is a higher education institution,whose mission is to provide quality education and serve populations of the lowest socio-economic level. This institutional mission implies that an important percentage of studentshave specific characteristics, including low academic level in mathematics and languageskills. That is the case of engineering students, who have several courses in basic sciences aspart of their academic curriculum. The course called 'Pre-calculus' is part of the curriculumof all engineering programs, and it registers low

Conference Session

Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Lu, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Mary E. Campbell, Texas A&M University; Mary K. McDougal, Texas A&M University; Lauren Neala Holder, Texas A&M University

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creativity of student project proposals. Because of this addition, andthe added stipulation that pantries identify a problem for students to work on ahead of time, weare expecting to see higher levels of student and agency motivation and engagement. With thismonetary award at stake, we also anticipate an improvement in the quality of this year’s projectproposals.References[1] R. G. Bringle and J. A. Hatcher, “A service-learning curriculum for faculty,” Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, pp. 112-122, 1995.[2] S. J. Peterson and M. J. Schaffer, “Service learning: A strategy to develop group collaboration and research skills,” Journal of Nursing Education, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 208-214, 1999.[3] C. I. Celio, J. Durlak, and A

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Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theresa Anne Migler-VonDollen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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reconnect with their children in a positive way upon their release. We have some pre-planned assignments, such as a moon weight calculator which asks for auser’s weight on earth and calculates his or her weight on the moon. We also build flexibilityinto the curriculum, incorporating student ideas whenever possible. For example, after workingon the moon weight calculator program, a student said “I wonder if we could use the same ideato come up with a sentencing calculator?”. The sentencing calculator involved accepting as input(a) an initial sentence duaration, (b) eligibility for “half time” and (c) if you were good and gotyour 10% “kick”. This program was exciting to create because we hadn’t yet discussed “if”statements. We had to work around

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory E. Triplett, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jenilee Stanley-Shanks, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lori A. Floyd-Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #22097Engagement in Practice: the Student Engagement Continuum (SEC) – Op-portunities and Challenges for a Sustainable Pipeline Enhancement Model atan Urban InstitutionDr. Gregory E. Triplett, Virginia Commonwealth University Triplett is a Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Triplett oversees all aspects of graduate engineering programs including curriculum de- velopment, student recruitment and matriculation, strategic planning, student funding, graduate research, and online education. Prior to being Associate Dean, Triplett was Director of

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Larson Lesko, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Gary R. Kirk, School of Public & International Affairs, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Veronica van Montfrans; Andrew L. Gillen, Virginia Tech; Tawni Paradise, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Liesl M Baum, Virginia Tech

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program in June and a program manager hired as soon as possible thereafter, the summit was not feasible in advance of the first school year. To meet similar goals, the project team hosted half-day workshops in each district with interested teachers and administrators tolearn about the VT PEERS program and how the in-class engagement could support the sciencelearning objectives and schedules unique to each school. These workshops served multiplepurposes. First, it offered teachers an introduction to the research component of the project.Second, sample curriculum guides were shared with teachers and school administrators in orderto prompt discussion about how the day-to-day of the project might unfold. Following review ofthese guides, the

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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grow to over 1100 students from an average of 45 majors per year.IntroductionCommunity-engaged learning came to engineering slower than many other disciplines [1] buthas seen increasing examples and scholarship in engagement [2, 3]. Evidence of the increasingacceptance includes the creation of the ASEE Community Engagement Division. While thereare many examples of success, most are driven by individual faculty or small groups and thereare few examples of large scale implementation of engagement. For community engagement toachieve its potential, models that can be replicated or adapted and integrated into the fabric of theinstitutions must be developed. There is still skepticism about service-learning as noted in the2014 ASEE report [4]. It

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Carol J Thurman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ruth Yow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Connor Rylan Meeds; Jennifer Hirsch, Georgia Institute of Technology

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aims to develop an efficient method to transform student projects into applicable case studies for eventual real-world application. Outside of the normal engineering curriculum, Connor is an exceptionally moti- vated entrepreneur in the start-up circle. Bringing up two self-made businesses and working his off-hours at a web-design agency start-up, Connor has high ambitions to bring new ideas into the world. .Dr. Jennifer Hirsch, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jennifer Hirsch is an applied anthropologist specializing in sustainability, cultural diversity, collab- orative governance, community development, networks, and experiential education. She is recognized nationally for fostering grassroots participation in

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Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariam Manuel, University of Houston; Ricky P. Greer, University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston (CoE & CoT); Virginia Snodgrass Rangel Rangel, University of Houston

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. Additionally, Mariam has taught both on-level and AP Physics I (formerly known as Pre-AP Physics) and played an integral role in writing the district physics curriculum consisting of rigorous labs, activities, and projects. Mariam fills the role of Alumni Representative on the UTeach STEM Educators Association (USEA) Board and was also elected Secretary-Treasurer. She is also currently pursuing a Ph.D. in STEM education at Texas Tech University.Mr. Ricky P. Greer, University of Houston Ricky Greer graduated from Tuskegee University with a bachelor’s in History. He went on to work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a community outreach specialist & unit operations laboratory manager, and through his

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Katie Shannon, Missouri S&T

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Paper ID #23209Engagement in Practice: Developing a Sustainable K-12 Outreach STEMProgramDr. Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Joan Schuman is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department at Missouri S&T. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Arkansas and completed her Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Southern Mississippi. Schuman is a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified through the Project Management Institute. She worked for several years

Conference Session

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana Duarte, Universidad Sergio Arboleda; Luis Alejandro Angel; MARÍA PAULA FLÓREZ JIMÉNEZ P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda; Camilo Andrés Navarro Forero P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda Colombia South America ; David Leonardo Osorio P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda.

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nature of theenvironment and train to solve problems under real constraints in a specific context and with scarceresources. These professionals face the challenge of designing solutions for the basic needs ofcommunities in situations of social, environmental or economic vulnerability.All this is possible because of our will to create an engineering curriculum that will teachengineering students how to bring their systemic thinking knowledge and skills, as well as theircultural sensitivity, to bear on real-world problems, which means that it is aimed so that studentscan consider the stakeholders, variables and relations within a system. Some of the systemicmethodologies and topics that contributed with this are Soft Systems Methodologies [7

Conference Session

Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linjue Wang, The Ohio State University; Turhan Kendall Carroll, The Ohio State University; David A. Delaine, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

accepted academic definition is from Bringle & Hatcher [8, p. 112]: “Course-based, credit bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized serviceactivity that meets identified community needs, and reflect on the service activity in such a wayas to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, andan enhanced sense of civic responsibility”. In 1995, the Engineering Projects in CommunityService Program (EPICS) became the first service-learning program integrated intoan engineering curriculum, which provided an innovative educational experiencefor engineering undergraduates at Purdue University [9]. Service-learning has since stronglyemerged as an important complement to

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Kennedy P.E., Abilene Christian University; Lori M Houghtalen, Abilene Christian University

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Community Engagement Division

engineering industry.Dr. Lori Houghtalen, Abilene Christian University Lori Houghtalen is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Physics at Abilene Christian University. She is Co-Director for Senior Clinic, the capstone senior design course, and teaches courses in the engineering and physics curriculum. Dr. Houghtalen has won awards from the National Science Foundation, Georgia Tech, the ARCS Foundation, and the Association of European Operational Research Societies. She holds degrees from the University of Tennessee and the Georgia Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Engagement in Practice: Lessons learned while developing community

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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complements the culture of a particular university and program, will bethe strongest determinant of success. However, an audit of higher education engineeringcurricula conducted by the Sustainable Development Education convened by the UK Departmentof the Environment, Transport, and Regions in 1998, concluded that sustainable developmenteducation “is best integrated into the context of the specialism, and that different learningactivities and learning materials will be needed to deliver the sustainability learning agenda tostudents from the different branches of engineering” (cited in Perdan et al. 2000: 269).Complementing this perspective, in the late 1990s, the Chemical Engineering Department at theUniversity of Surrey in the UK embarked on an

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Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Carol J. Thurman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Community Engagement Division

. Further, this form of community-engaged learningoffers an authentic setting to develop many of the integrated student outcomes stated in the newengineering accreditation criteria. We contend that effective transdisciplinary learning is a meansto the oft-stated goal of systemic transformation in engineering education, particularly forsustainability aims. However, this complex, dynamic systems view of engineeringeducation represents a radical departure from education-as-usual and thus requires a similarlyradical departure from research- and assessment- -as-usual. It reflects a shift in the unit ofanalysis: from a singular focus on student learning outcomes to a broader view that captureslearning at the transdisciplinary system level. It also

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Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aqdas Malik, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Habib Karbasian, George Mason University; Rajat Handa; Hemant Purohit, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

social engagement analysis in hashtag campaigns where he investigates the factors affecting retweetability and information diffusion in such contexts.Mr. Rajat Handa Graduate Student in Data Analytics Engineering at George Mason University with an interest in Machine Learning, NLP and social media analytics.Dr. Hemant Purohit, George Mason University Dr. Purohit is an assistant professor in the department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University, USA. His research interest is to study human behavior from the unstructured Web data via an interdisciplinary approach of Computer and Psychological Sciences using social computing and natural language understanding methods