Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, University of Idaho, Moscow; Anne Liu Kern, University of Idaho, CDA; Fritz Fiedler, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jillian Rae Cadwell, University of Idaho; Laura Laumatia, Coeur d'Alene Tribe; Kathy C. Haynie, Haynie Research and Evaluation; Christine Meyer, Coeur d’Alene Tribe Department of Education

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students. Dr. Cadwell currently consults on a $1.2 million NSF grant that she procured in partnership with the Univer- sity of Idaho faculty in Curriculum and Instruction, UI Extension, and two local Native American Indian Tribes: the Coeur d’Alene (CdAT) and Spokane (ST) tribes. The grant, ITEST, Strategies Project—Back to the Earth (BTTE), is addressing a national call to increase the STEM workforce pipeline by supporting and improving the STEM educational experiences for Native American students. Dr. Cadwell is a member of the grant leadership team with expertise in STEM content, curriculum development, and technology ed- ucation. The team is using an interdisciplinary framework to reach under-served populations. The

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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the categories. The following section gives an overview and discussion of the variousthemes. The next section also compares these findings to previously published results.Motivations Connected with StudentsAll of the participants identified student learning as a motivation for being a part of the EPICSprogram. However, perceptions regarding the program learning objectives and the influence onstudent’s careers varied among participant groups. The objectives of the community partnerswere largely focused on the learning about their specific organizations, while the advisors hadlarger educational goals. For the purpose of the program, both the community members andadvisors see EPICS impacting the student’s careers as engineers. However, the

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Joann M. Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jeffrey Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Tyrone Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Ricardo Maldonado; Cristina Rivera-Vélez, GREAT IDEA; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut; Pablo Jose Acevedo, UPRM

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Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm”, was presented in Japan at COMPEL 2012.Cristina Rivera-V´elez, GREAT IDEA Cristina Rivera-Velez is from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Holds a B.A, in Communications from the Uni- versity of Sacred Heat, San Juan, P.R. Attended the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez, where she completed her Master of Business Administration (2013). As graduate student, she worked as a graduate research assistant with GREAT IDEA, where she assisted in the research regarding attitudes of engineers. Also a member of the GREAT IDEA, she organized two events for the academic community, an Alter- native Job Fair and an Appropriate Technology Forum. During the Fall 2013 semester, served as the teaching

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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requirements (their history, political agendas, desires, forms of knowledge, etc.) is fully understood. (p. 125)18So how do basic and contextual listening relate to each of four design strategies? Listening indesign for technology may be constrained. For instance, in one of our research interviews, aformer graduate student and current faculty member stated that his undergraduate educationand early industry experience taught him that, in design contexts, he needed to “listen to thespec.” By that, he meant that he needed to listen to the specifications that were implicit orexplicit in the client’s explanation of the problem and desired solution. That trained his ear tobe a basic listener and to consciously filter out information that did not