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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Leanne Petry, Central State University; M. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University; Malcolm W. Daniels, University of Dayton; Amy Anderson, University of Dayton; Marjorie Langston, Hamilton Township High School ; Megan Shepherd; Madeline Mock

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Merriweather(2014) report that careers that are perceived to help humanity with high levels of communityengagement may be more attractive to African American, Latino/Latina, Native American andfemales [5]. Engineering Community Engaged Learning (CEL) is an excellent way to help thoseinvolved in these experiences to understand how engineering, as well as other STEM careers, canhave a high level of community engagement, can be used to help humanity, require creativityand are personally rewarding careers. CEL provides the participants with a way to engage withthe community through learning opportunities that address critical community-identifiedinterests and needs, and sustaining reciprocal partnerships. This may be why CEL attractsfemales at a rate

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Nathan E Canney P.E., CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Benjamin V Fell P.E., California State University, Sacramento

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, Persistence, and Interest in Civil EngineeringAbstractExposing pre-college students to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)activities and undergraduate college students to service learning have both been linked toincreased interest and participation in STEM careers. This study investigates the use of theWriting Partners program as an intervention to increase college students’ intentions to persist inthe major and increase K-12 students’ awareness and understanding of engineering. The WritingPartners (WP) program consists of college students exchanging letters with a local 5th or 6thgrade student twice over the course of a semester, culminating in a campus visit for theelementary students. This research

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Tracy Pritchard, University of Cincinnati; Delano White; Keri K. Eason

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K. Eason Keri Eason is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include Asian American Identity, Higher Education, and Pop-Culture. Keri received her B.A. from Northern Kentucky University in 2010. She earned her M.A. in English from Northern Kentucky University in 2013. Keri began her career at Gateway Community & Technical College as an Academic Advisor for the Nursing Program. She worked as an Academic Advisor for the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Exploratory Studies between 2015-2017. Keri has taught College Success Skills and Discovering UC. She began the Sociology PhD program at University of Cincinnati in the Fall of 2018

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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Chelsea Cefalu, Lafayette College ; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College

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education. Similarly, the Talent Search program provides academic tutoring,financial aid counseling, career counseling, mentoring, and workshops on navigating the post-secondary application process.In 2006, the Pell Institute on Higher Education conducted a focus group study with first-generation students in Texas who had recently completed either the Upward Bound or TalentSearch pre-college education programs. The purpose of the focus group was to determine whichaspects of the program had the greatest impact on their college aspirations and expectations.Going into the program, many of the students believed that they could not get into college, andeven if they did, they would not be able to pay for it [7]. They further rationalized that collegewas

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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Ben Ralph Bernard, North Dakota State University; Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University; Pranay Kumar Marella, Mississippi State University

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critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals.As cybersecurity is a relatively new career field, many are not aware of the cybersecurity careeropportunities and many universities do not have cybersecurity education opportunities. Amajority of cybersecurity practitioners were recruited from other fields [3]. In a survey ofincoming students, only 1% were aware of cybersecurity as a career field [4].To meet the critical national need and demand for cybersecurity, cybersecurity educationopportunities need to be widely available across secondary and post-secondary education.K-12 education in the United States is behind in preparing students for computer science orcybersecurity careers. Only 22 states have K-12 computer science standards and only 15

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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James L. Huff, Harding University; Degnan William Lawrence; Amanda Coleman

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Paper ID #31419Reauthoring Engineering Identities as Belonging to a Community EngagedProfessionDr. James L. Huff, Harding University James Huff is an assistant professor of engineering at Harding University, where he primarily teaches multidisciplinary engineering design. His research interests are aligned with how engineering students develop in their career identity while also developing as whole persons. James received his Ph.D. in engineering education and his M.S. in electrical and computer engineering, both from Purdue University. He received his bachelor’s in computer engineering at Harding University.Degnan William

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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Melissa Morris, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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. It is here that studentssometimes lose focus and cannot see that they are still headed to the career or specialization thatsparked their interest. They forget why they chose engineering in the first place, and so retentioncan be a challenge. This paper will present a course that not only addresses this issue, but alsoincorporates project-based learning and community involvement to enrich the educationexperience.BackgroundInarguably, engineering is a challenging curriculum. STEM fields have a completion rateranging from 21-54% as opposed to business at 63-71% [1]. In addition to academic challenges,notably in math [2], students need motivation and perseverance. Motivation in particular can behighly effective, and it was shown that getting

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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Jessica L. Murphy Ph.D., Jackson State University; Dawn Bishop McLin, jackson state university

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safety and education (events will be designed according to MS weather season) 13 b. Visit with area schools to inform about careers in Emergency Management, Meteorology, and Psychology (focusing on Disaster Mental Preparedness) c. Host additional community-based workshops and events 2) Educational training for First Responders, Emergency Management Specialists (public and private sector), and other specialists related disciplines a. Conduct virtual reality simulation training and table-top interactive activities b. Provide Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Certificate

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Dan D Nale PE, The Citadel - Civil & Environmental Engineering; Rebekah D Burke, The Citadel

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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

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Sangram Shinde, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan KSA

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students in eachclass expressed negative perceptions of volunteering in the beginning but changed their opinionsafter listening to their peers’ positive statements.A survey was then conducted asking students to rank their reasons for volunteering. The reasonswere classified into six motivations or psychological functions for student volunteering [14, 15]:(1) Value Function, (2) Social Function, (3) Understanding Function, (4) Career Function, (5)Protective Function, and (6) Enhancement Function [16].As shown in Table 1, 15 out of 55 (27%) of the students ranked Career Function, developing orincreasing leadership skills, as the number one reason for volunteering. Value and Social functionswere each ranked second. 20% of the students saw

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

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Stacey V Freeman, Boston University; Sandra Lina Rodegher, Boston University

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, to inform and assess culturally-relevant,hands-on, interactive activities focused on engineering broadly. Working closely with 10museum partners and educators in Ontario, Portland, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Detroit,Miami, Ann Arbor, Boston and Buenos Aires, kits were tested, feedback was collected, andevaluation results were used to continuously iterate on the kits to ensure they work well indiverse settings.Perspective(s) or theoretical framework A national crisis will emerge if the United States cannot amplify the number anddiversity of K-12 students who pursue degrees and careers in engineering. Many of society’schallenges impact a broad spectrum of peoples, communities, and systems. Addressing thesechallenges require

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

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Shreya Gupta, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis; Dong Gyun Kim, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis; Victoria Kang Li Xu, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis

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classroom. Forundergraduate engineering students, working with and mentoring younger students is a way todevelop strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills. Bit Project consolidateslogistics for outreach into one organization and gives students a chance to apply undergraduateengineering education into real-life scenarios. The various outreach events create a platform forstudents who want to take time to connect with their communities. Promoting undergraduatestudents’ involvement in primary education encourages students to pursue professional educationdegrees and provides prospective educators with classroom experience.Due to the rise of technical careers and increasing demand for job applicants with strong STEMbackgrounds

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

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M. Loraine Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; David R Veazie P.E., Kennesaw State University

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/signal processing where he was involved in developing an automated winter road condition sensor using artificial neural networks to classify road condition using image and sound input data. The research fellow position at Dalarna University quickly led to a permanent faculty position in the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics. In order to help advance his career in academia, he left Dalarna University to pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech’s European campus in Metz, France. He continued working in artificial intelligence by developing an alternative method for solving boundary value problems using artificial neural networks. After getting married soon after graduation, he moved his

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Rob Rouse, Southern Methodist University; Juan Torralba, University of Miami; Kathryn Krummeck; DiMitri Higginbotham, Good Shepherd Episcopal School

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coached school leaders, educators, non-profit lead- ers and corporate executives to develop their design mindsets and the capacity to leverage design to drive innovation. Katie began her career as a secondary teacher and co-founder of a small, experimental independent school, where students collaborated across age groups to engage in project-based, interdisciplinary learning. She has since helped scale a national education non-profit start-up, helped develop the K12 Lab at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Design at Stanford University (”the d.school”), and directed a collegiate makerspace. Katie also founded the Maker Education Project at Southern Methodist University, an initiative dedicated to catalyzing

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Education, 2020 Evaluating the Impact of Training on Increasing Cross-Culture CompetencyIntroduction:Technological, political and economic changes worldwide have driven an increase inglobalization [1] and many industries that operate globally need to hire engineers that will besuccessful in that arena. Assigning the most technically competent engineer to a project withoutconsidering their global competency can be very costly for organizations. If these engineers fail,wasted travel and living expenses, lost contracts, and personal costs could be significant [2].Therefore, many employers state that cross-cultural competency is important for career developand actively recruit that skill set [3].For some time now, industry and academia have tried to

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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Peter Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Helen Elizabeth Geller, University of Texas at El Paso and El Paso Community College; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Ana Karen Jimenez Enciso, University of Texas at El Paso; Kwame Opuni, University of Houston-Downtown (Retired); Anand Raj, University of Texas at El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas at El Paso; Carla Ann Judith Navar, University of Texas at El Paso; Paul E. Hotchkin, El Paso Community College

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between our students, parks and wildlife personnel, our local zoological society members and othercommunity volunteers, have led to increased awareness of the importance of wetlands to our environment andhealth. The opportunities awarded to our minority students have additionally made an impact in our community,holistically advancing their education and career goals.Transitioning from a Two-Year to Four-Year InstitutionThe need for a smoother transition between a community college and a university was identified by the principalinvestigators of STEMGROW, a grant that has been funded by the Department of Education’s Hispanic ServingInstitutions division. Specifically, the desire for students to delve into the STEM fields of environmental science

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

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Mary Andrade, University of Louisville; Michael Scott Keibler, University of Louisville; Josh Rivard

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Paper ID #30677High Altitude Water Shortage Issues in Peru.Mrs. Mary Andrade, University of Louisville Mary Andrade is the Director of the Career Development and Cooperative Education office at the Uni- versity of Louisville - J.B. Speed School of Engineering. In this role she oversees the mandatory co-op program for more than 1000 students each year. She is an active member of the Cooperative and Experi- ential Education Division of ASEE.Mr. Michael Scott Keibler, University of LouisvilleJosh Rivard c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: Relationship Based

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

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Romeo Ballinas-Gonzalez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Benjamin Sanchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Juan Arturo Nolazco-Flores, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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communication technologies (ICTs) in learning and teaching [14]-[16]. It hasbeen argued that the use of ICT as didactive tools has the potential of enhancing the learning experienceand outcomes by taking advantages of the ICT characteristics of flexibility, accessibility, affordability, andwithout temporal or spatial limitations [14], such is the case of podcasting. There is no doubt about theimportance of TEL for the education of the 21st century. Therefore, it is important to develop studies thatdevelops a documentation of the results of the implementation of TEL. 2.2. Development of soft skills in engineering studentsSoft skills are personal traits that have the potential of enhancing engineer students’ interactions, jobperformance, and career

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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John Bernhard Kleba, ITA - Aeronautics Technological Institute (Brazil); Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, Aeronautics Technological Institute (Brazil)

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, highly considered by ANU's HE leadership as a critical aspect. In fact, there is along-term partnership of ANU's minor with five or six community organizations beyond EWB.A few social enterprises have been established by alumni, which are working both domesticallyand internationally, broadening the students opportunities to undertake internships or researchprojects, including Abundant Water with programs in Lao and Timor Leste, which helps remotecommunities stop diseases by providing access to clean water, and Enable Development, whichworks with empowering people with disabilities [21].Finally, HE at ANU is not compulsory but restricted to interested students. The evidenceprovided in the benefits for a professional career and consistent

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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Maija A Benitz, Roger Williams University; Li-Ling Yang, Roger Williams University

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for their future careers. One key lesson learned was time management; being able to manage and meet project deadlines is extremely important in the workplace so focusing on delegating work and breaking it down into smaller manageable sections is key.Multiple teams also brought up the importance of flexibility and “thinking on your feet” whencarrying out this community engagement project. The first lesson that we had to learn was how to think on our feet. With so many kids and so little experience managing everyone it was important that we were able to improvise if an activity or lesson wasn’t going according to plan. Another aspect we initially overlooked would be adaptability. Even though we planned out every lesson plan

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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William D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University; Heather R. Keister PE, Freese and Nichols

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Paper ID #29733Professional Ethics LIVE! – A Community Partnership in ContinuingEducationWilliam D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University William D. Lawson, P.E., Ph.D. serves as an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas Tech Uni- versity. His career in higher education is characterized by excellence and innovation in teaching, award- winning scholarship and sponsored research, and professional service at the national, regional and local levels. Creative activities encompass both technical research on geotechnical applications in transporta- tion, and interdisciplinary study of professionalism, ethics

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

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Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Amanda Johnston, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Emily Honor Hubbard, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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]. Outside of engineering, disciplines such as social work explicitlyteach empathy and utilize it on a regular basis to make their students successful in this field,again showing evidence of the ability for educators to design learning environments to helpstudents develop empathy and apply it to their chosen careers [12]. As stated by Walther, Miller,and Kellam [13], three challenges of designing learning environments to teach a trans-disciplinary content such as empathy are: “(i) the danger of disciplinary separation of content,(ii) the challenges of students’ gradual transition to accepting a concept such as empathy asrelevant to engineering, and (iii) the role of epistemological differences for both students andinstructors.” Further research

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

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Glen Hordemann, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Sharon Lynn Chu, University of Florida; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Francis Quek, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Osazuwa John Okundaye Jr, Texas A&M University

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that formed the basis for this project, and examine lessons learned. • We will detail the implementation and evaluation of our cyberlearning telepresence project, from an initial pilot study to a multi-year, multi-classroom program.Making as Micro-ManufacturingUsing technology to provide an individual with some element of embodiment has numerouspotential applications. Whether it is a land-based expert teaching enlisted men while they areaboard ship at sea, tourists remotely exploring foreign cultures, or STEM experts preparing thenext generation for careers in the sciences, enhancing the degree of embodiment of the remoteuser is beneficial any time human interaction takes place. Being physically present is the ”goldstandard” for

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson PE, USAID

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, motivations, and career goals of undergraduate students initially pursuing engineering degrees. Dissertation. University of Colorado Boulder.[20] Holbrook, A.L., M.C. Green, J.A. Krosnick. 2003. Telephone vs. face-to-face interviewing of national probability samples with long questionnaires: comparisons of respondent satisficing and social desirability response bias. Public Opinion Quarterly, 67 (1), 79-125.[21] Canney, N.E., A.R. Bielefeldt. 2015. Volunteerism in engineering students and its relation to social responsibility. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Paper ID #12231, 12 pp.[22] Simmons, D.R., Y. Ye, M.W. Ohland, K. Garahan. 2017. Understanding students’ incentives for and

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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in Fig 1), ECD projectshave been motivated by faculty and students desire to help, personal and career goals, desires tostudy and work abroad, and desires to solve problems and to gain hands on experience onimpactful work [1][2]. Since then, some scholars have called our attention to how the focus ofwell-intentioned ECD projects on technological fixes and deliverables tend to leave out criticalreflections of engineers’ motivations to be in these projects, and of the processes required tobuild trust and determine communities’ priorities and desires [3][4]. Unfortunately, these calls tocritical reflection in the ECD space are often overshadowed by the continued emergence ofmilestones and challenges (e.g., UN Sustainable Development Goals, NAE