career as a structural engineer. She was a founding board member, and the first chair elect of the Hampton Roads Green Building Council. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: Adopting Service Learning and Community Engagement as a High Impact Teaching Strategy in Geotechnical EngineeringIntroductionTo meet the high calling of professional engineering ethical cannons and civil engineeringprofession vision to establish safe, healthy, equitable, and vibrant communities; undergraduateeducation programs need to prepare graduates to be well-rounded leaders in planning, design,and construction of public infrastructure and built environment
Paper ID #30233Engagement in Practice: Learning Applications of MSE for Design ofCommunity Based Shelter for Housing InsecurityDr. Ajay P. Malshe, Purdue University Dr. Malshe is a R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Materials and Manufacturing Research Laboratory (MMRL), Purdue University. His fields of academic and industrial interest are advanced manufacturing, food-shelter-clothing and re- lated life insecurities, bio-inspired materials and designing and system integration. He has overlapping 24 years of academic plus overlapping 15 years of
aerospace industry with the Boeing Company initially as a design engineer and then later in systems engineering. At Missouri S&T, she teaches a variety of courses emphasizing Project Management and Financial Management for both undergraduate and graduate level courses. Her research interests focus on engineering education with a special interest in Service Learning and project management. Schuman is also the Departmental Experiential Learning Coordinator. She has developed her undergraduate project management class into a Service Learning class where the students work with area communities on real projects that benefit both the communities and students. c American Society for Engineering
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, 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
the practice of service learning in the communities, with all the challenges thatgrassroots engineering brings with itself, providing the students with the opportunity to learnfrom more experimented grassroots engineers’ practice; iv) on the feedback given by the team’sstaff on the individual and/or group performance.Most undergraduate students used to be granted an extension scholarship (from UFRJ) during atleast a part of the time they spent at Soltec’s activities. This financial support, in addition to thecompelling ideals of grassroots engineering, motivate undergrads in engaging at Soltec’sprojects. For the graduate students, participation at Soltec’s interventions is usually part of theirmain research project, building a strong
management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact of good supply chain practices such as coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and
) viewed as a socio- technical system, this course explores the relationship between responsible engineering and the development and maintenance of resiliency in communities that historically have been ignored or marginalized by engineers and the organizations that employ them. Through in-depth readings, class discussions and projects, students will 1) study and analyze different forms of responsibility in engineering and resiliency in complex communities like ASGM communities; 2) critically explore strengths and limitations of dominant methods in engineering problem solving, design, and research for working with these communities; 3) develop understandings of effective forms of responsible
are pointless. Part of mycurrent post-doctoral research is precisely on the construction of metrics and assessmentinstruments. These instruments will allow us to identify better impacts of such an education onthe students’ formation, the communities served, and grassroots engineering practice, providing,at the same time, information for improving them.Grassroots engineer and Paulo FreireMost grassroots engineering practitioners get much inspiration from one of Paulo Freire’s books:Extension or Communication? [18] This work was written in the first years of Brazilian civic-military dictatorship (1964-1985), during which Freire was exiled in Chile. There, he wasinvolved in the agrarian reform process that was undertaken by the government
aninstructor for the first-year engineering design course since 2015. And the second and thirdauthors were teaching assistants in one of the semesters that the course was offered. However,although each of the authors is part of the instruction team, we maintain an analytic tonethroughout the paper, reflecting on the complexity of how curricular activities interacted withstudents’ professional identities.The intent of this paper is not to define a localized set of curricular decisions as a “best practice”in relation to community engagement. Rather, we aim to generate constructive dialogueregarding engineering educators who are fusing engineering with community engagement. Inwhat ways might these curricular experiences inadvertently reinforce
, skills and practices that under-represented/marginalized communities can bring to bear on engineering practice. These insights are in turn used to inform the development of asset-based engineering learning experiences for middle and high school populations that predominantly comprise students of color from low-socioeconomic neighborhoods, and the creation of guides on how engineers can collaboratively work with communities on grass roots socio-technical challenges. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Co-creation of a systemic model to support community engagement projects Camilo Navarro Universidad de los Andes & Universidad
in Fall 2008 after completing his PhD at the University of Califor- nia, Davis. Prior to that he received his MS from Stanford University and BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Fell’s research concentration is on the behavior of steel structures under seismic effects. His course offerings include structural analysis, structural dynamics and the design of steel structures. Dr. Fell is a registered Professional Engineer in California, an advisor to several student engineering chapters, and a representative to the University Faculty Senate and College Academic Council. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Effect of Letter Exchange Program on Student Development
acollaborative approach to emergency preparedness, response, and recovery). Goldman & Coussensfurther asserted that a CBPR strategy emphasizes respectful co-learning and empowering partnershipsamong researchers, practitioners, and communities. Partnerships can be strengthened by the jointdevelopment of research agreements regarding design, implementation, analysis, and dissemination ofthe results.Benefits of CBRP with unique considerations for communities:Many times, the concerns or needs of underserved/vulnerable populations often are not sufficientlyconsidered during the planning, implementation or recovery phases. CBPR provides them anopportunity for their voices to be heard and provides them a chance to give their opinions, thoughts, etc.about
appropriatecontext that provides opportunities to engage in many of the practices of science and…for K-12education” (Falk, Osborne, & Dorph, 2014). Museums provide much-needed opportunities forcreative thinking, exploration, and STEM identity development. Bell et al’s. (2009) researchposits the time spent outside of school in places like museums provide students with enhancedopportunities for engagement in Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) within relevantcontexts (Falk, Osborne, & Dorph, 2014).Interdisciplinary Work. The interdisciplinary team of university researchers, in collaborationwith informal science experts from exemplar museums, we are poised to create unique, diverseand culturally relevant activities to reach a broad and diverse
Spanish.Mrs. Marjorie Langston Langston, Hamilton Township High SchoolMegan ShepherdMadeline Mock American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: Involving Teachers in International Community Engaged Learning Projects to Enhance Their Understanding of Engineering and Intercultural AwarenessAbstract The University of Dayton and Central State University are engaged in a newcollaborative NSF Research Experience for Teachers project that has an emphasis oninternational engineering research focused on human-centered design and appropriate technologyfor developing countries. This three year project will engage 36 G6-12 in-service and pre
GroupsWhen asked about the main impacts of their grassroots engineering practices, all the threeextension centers described in this work (Soltec, ITCP/Unicamp, Pegadas, and Alter-Nativas)agree that students’ formation is (much) better served than the supported groups themselves. Thisusually does not mean that there was no impact or change on the assisted groups’ reality. Instead,it seems to indicate that what might last longer to these groups or their members are not the(socio-)technical solutions co-constructed, but things like the abilities they developed throughoutthe supporting process.Actually, it is not unusual for a GE team to support an enterprise, either a waste pickercooperative, a company recovered by workers or a Landless Rural Worker