Paper ID #26610Engagement in Practice: The Vocabulary of Community Development as anIndicator of a Participatory Mind-setDr. Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University Howard L. Greene directs K-12 Education Outreach for the College of Engineering at The Ohio State Uni- versity, bringing university research and teaching intersections to the K-12 community, especially those underserved and/or underrepresented. Dr. Greene also chairs the Humanitarian Engineering Advisory and spearheads an initiative in Humanitarian Development and Innovation at OSU. Prior to Ohio State, Dr. Greene worked for 12 years in medical device
participant of the recent design summit to Cambodia, I incredibly valued the opportunityto partake in the course ‘Engineering for a Humanitarian Context.’ Not only was I able tounderstand the theoretical concepts of designing for vulnerable, disadvantaged andmarginalised individuals and communities, but I was then also given the tools to sensitivelyand appropriately expand my vision as to the role of a humanitarian engineer.By combining the [EfaHC] course with the Engineers without Borders Humanitarian DesignSummit in Cambodia, I was able to apply the courses content to a real life situation anddevelop my community consultation and engagement skills whilst having the opportunity totravel and engage with like-minded students.Multiple Engagements
. As a result, it is hoped that the students will determine an effective collaborative learningapproach that informs each others’ areas of interest regarding international developmentsustainability, while building a knowledge base for better understanding the interrelationshipsamong these disciplines to evaluate long-term interactions between an engineered infrastructureand a recipient community.We emphasize that this course is not design-based, such as an Engineering Capstone project, nordoes it teach technical design. Instead, it focuses engineering minds on the non-engineeringinfluences that must be considered to produce a successful, sustainable engineering design for arecipient outside the designers’ own sociocultural experience.Course
Paper ID #28292Creation of a Paradigm Shift in Student Humanitarian Service – AnExperience of One Third CenturyDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Dr. Brooks is the winner of the National Outstanding Teacher Award of the ASEE in 2015. Dr. Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Temple University. He is a fellow of ASCE. His research interests are Engineering Education, Civil Engineering Materials and Transportation Engineer- ing.Mr. Sangram Shinde, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan KSA Bachelor of Engineering (Production) from University of Pune, Pune, India. Master of
Paper ID #11249Digital-Storytelling for Apprenticeships in Sustainability Science and Engi-neering DesignDr. Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering Dr. Tamara Ball is a project-scientist working with the the Sustainable Engineering and Ecological De- sign (SEED) collaborative at UCSC. She is the program director for Impact Designs - Engineering and Sustainability through Student Service (IDEASS) and Apprenticeships in Sustainability Science and En- gineering Design (ASCEND). She is interested in understanding how extracurricular and co-curricular innovations can support meaningful campus-community connections in
Paper ID #12002Engineering Your Community: Experiences of Students in a Service-LearningEngineering Design CourseDr. Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati Gregory Bucks joined the Department of Engineering Education in 2012. He received his BSEE from the Pennsylvania State University in 2004, his MSECE from Purdue University in 2006, and his PhD in Engineering Education in 2010, also from Purdue University. After completing his PhD, he taught for two years at Ohio Northern University in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science department, before making the transition to the University of
. Mark is also researches empathy and mindfulness and its impact on gender participation in engineering education. He is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and teaches the course ME310x Product Management and ME305 Statistics for Design Researchers. Mark has extensive background in consumer products management, having managed more than 50 con- sumer driven businesses over a 25-year career with The Procter & Gamble Company. In 2005, he joined Intuit, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and initiated a number of consumer package goods marketing best practices, introduced the use of competitive response modeling and ”on- the-fly” A|B testing program to qualify
: January 4, 2013.]http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.6. Re-engineering engineering education to retain women. Blaisdell, S., Middleton, A. and Anderson-Rowland, M.1996. Fontiers in Engineering Education.7. Belenky, M. F., et al., et al. Women's ways of knowing: The development of self, voice and mind. Tenthanniversary edition. New York : Basic Books, 1997.8. American Society of Engineering Education. University of Massachusetts Lowell. College Profiles. [Online]2011. [Cited: January 3, 2013.] http://profiles.asee.org/profiles/5224/print_all.9. Yoder, Brian L. Engineering by the numbers, p. 46. 2011-profile-engineering-statistics. [Online] 2011. [Cited:January 3, 2013.] http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/college-profiles/2011
Paper ID #34151Are Civil Engineers ”Practicing What They Preach?”Nathalie Al Kakoun, Swansea University Nathalie Al Kakoun holds a BEng in Civil Engineering (Hons) and is now pursuing a multidisciplinary PhD, crossing engineering with psychology, at Swansea University. Nathalie is currently researching and designing interventions that characterise empathy and social consciousness in engineers and civil engineering design processes. She is also currently researching engineering mindsets, attempting to un- derstand (and further align) the compatibility of engineering mindsets to engineers’ engagement with public
students presented their rehabilitation devicesand gave them to their clients.The course modules that were intentionally designed to help students engage with their clientsincluded empathic design, disability etiquette, and the ecological model of disability. Thelearning objectives of each module is described below, and authors of this paper will gladly sharespecific module curriculum upon request.Empathic Design Discuss empathy and how it relates to engineering design. Compare and contrast emotional and cognitive empathy. Describe the consequences of only using an analytical state of mind when facing today’s complex design problems.Disability Etiquette Provide examples of using first person disability language. Explain to a
Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition Proceedings, June, St. Louis, MO.51. Swan, C., Paterson, K.G. (2011). ISES – A Longitudinal Study to Measure the Impacts of Service on Engineering Students, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition Proceedings, June, Vancouver, BC.52. Tonso, K. L. (2006). Student Engineers and Engineer Identity: Campus Engineer Identities as Figured World, Cultural Studies of Science Education, 1: 273-307.53. Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Interaction between learning and development, in L.S. Vygotsky, Mind and Society: The development of higher psychological processes, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, pp 70-91.54. Vygotsky, L.S. (1986). The development of
made it possible toconduct the competition smoothly. In addition, the students really enjoyed the lunch in theuniversity cafeteria.For our engineering students, they had the chance to meet with the young and future engineeringstudents and played the “professor” roles for one day as proctors and graders. More importantly,they accumulated service hours towards their course completion.From the university point of view, this was an excellent marketing opportunity. We were able toinstill in the young mind the possibility of future engineering careers, and the possibility ofcoming to our university to pursue an engineering degree. We had anecdote facts showing thatsome of the previous competing students enrolled in our engineering programs. Some
, control of how potential NGO partners develop andenact accountability towards constituents and values, ETH programs can have influence onhow NGO partners put effectiveness into practice. For example, ETH design projects can bethought through from the outset with embeddedness in mind by ensuring that data-gatheringin community only happens after enough trust building has taken place between thecommunity and NGO partners. In doing so, engineering teams can ensure that the quality ofthe data informing design projects is reliable and trustworthy.ETH teams can also influence what NGOs do with their organizational flexibility. Forexample, engineering teams can invite NGO staff to have more involved participation inproblem definition/solutions with
centrality of technology in society56 and providing pathways for greaterparticipation in technical development.38 Some authors advocate change within the professionsuch that engineers respect people living in marginalized communities as co-constructors of anew future.11, 28, 52, 57 Rights first approaches have motivated engineers to create strongeradaptation strategies for climate change,58 begin non-governmental organizations,55 and bringperspectives of marginalized communities to global technology policy debates.59Rights first approaches invite engineers to be mindful of the interconnections between societyand technology. As such, engineers should partner with other disciplinary professionals whenadvocating for various legal reforms. Engineers
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 optimizing global supply chains on the financial health of a company. She has published her research in Journal of Business Logistics, International Jour- nal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management and peer-reviewed proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Sarah N. Gatson, Texas A&M University American c Society for
commitment to community-centered design and social justice [5]. Priority 1 is “Practice a community-first model ofdevelopment”, and its subgoals include critically evaluating project success as measured by thecommunity, identifying power imbalances and inequities in student development projects [6],and encouraging transparency in the chapter failures and impacts. Priority 2 is “Develop acommunity of globally-minded students and professionals” which involves ongoing self-reflection and collaborating with both professionals and students of different backgrounds anddisciplines. Priority 3 is “Challenge norms in higher education and STEM” and largely involvesvaluing non-engineering expertise in engineering projects and working towards
Paper ID #9871Integrating Community Engagement, Freshman Chemical Engineering, andan AIChE Student ChapterDr. Bill B Elmore, Mississippi State University Bill B. Elmore currently holds the Hunter Henry Chair and Associate Directorship in the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. In his twenty-fourth year of engineering education, Bill focuses on project-based learning at all levels of the undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum and undergraduate research in energy and micro-scale reactor studies
, Page 24.439.10curious outgoing, kind, and/or hardworking. Although these results cannot make causal claims,it could also be the case that involvement with EWB-USA alters personality traits due to beingaround like-minded people. More thorough personality research is needed to clarify thesefindings, but the results point to the idea that EWB-USA members may have an expanded visionof who can do engineering based on their departure from the stereotypical engineeringpopulation.These results also showed that the two groups of engineers had equal intrinsic motivations forengineering, which indicates that despite personality differences, students involved with anEWB-like activity held similar interest for the subject of engineering. This suggests that
Paper ID #7284Public Works Projects as Vehicles for Engineering Education and OutreachMs. Shannon Weiss, David Heil & Associate, Inc. Shannon Weiss is a project coordinator and specializes in the design and implementation of evaluation and market research projects related to DHA’s core areas of emphasis in science, engineering, health, and environmental education; and institutional strategic and business planning. Her work serves a range of academic institutions, government agencies, corporations and non-profit enterprises including projects funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of
encourage the engineering profession to see all “ways of knowing” (especially those that are community-based and/or non-technical) as valued and integral parts of the community-based design process? What are best practices in terms of teaching our students and ourselves the critical importance of contextual listening? How do we use our engineering skills to tackle complex societal problems?Conclusion: lessons learned as a community-engaged faculty memberWhen I first ventured into service-learning, I had outcomes for my students in mind. I waslooking at the research compiled by Eyler and Giles (1999) which showed that service-learningresulted in deeper understanding of course content and an increased ability to apply
. Sarah’s research interests include: motivation, student and faculty metacognition, and engineering faculty self- regulated learning.Dr. Liesl Baum, Virginia Tech Dr. Liesl Baum is the Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She is a former middle school teacher and spent seven years teaching in Virginia public schools. Her research interests and goals are to develop a frame of mind that allows for creativity to develop among students and faculty of all levels. She works with university faculty to identify and build c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
those who do not; engineering as a profession might becomemore gender diverse; teachers who empathize with and care about their students have apositive impact on engineering students; teachers who show that they care providestudents with a more positive educational experience.The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has recognized this need in promoting thedevelopment of “habits of mind” which include systems thinking, creativity, optimism,collaboration, communication, and attention to ethical considerations [7]. The promotionof these characteristics are intended to shift perceptions of engineers from object-orientedindividual workers to those who display a “strong work ethic (in collaborations andcommunications), are ethically responsible
-selectedfrom the company’s Technical Fellowship program, which comprises approximately 1.5% of thecompany’s workforce and represents some of the best engineering and scientific minds in the Page 26.1508.7industry. These Tech Fellows were invited to participate (collaborate with their technicalmentees) to inspire K-12 students with STEM skills and knowledge, based on real-worldexamples related to their work. Twenty-six participants self selected for the first phase of thisstudy. An additional 39 engineers are currently participating in this skills-based volunteerismprogram in other locations, and their data will be incorporated into the overall
AC 2012-3903: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF GRADUATE VER-SUS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OUTCOMES VIA INTERNATIONALCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMSKristine Louise Guzak, Michigan Technological University Kristine Louise Guzak is a Ph.D. student of environmental engineering at Michigan Technological Univer- sity. She is the lead graduate student on a larger project assessing the impacts of learning through service on undergraduate students. Her research interests include engineering education with some focuses on international programs.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is also Director of Michigan Tech’s D80 Center. D80 has the
institutionsto allow for long-term commitment to service learning. Page 24.292.42.1 The AssignmentLima and Oakes10 identify the following four key characteristics to effective service learningeducation: service, academic connection, reciprocal relationship, reflection. With those in mind,the learning objectives for this assignment were created.The learning objectives were for students to write a problem-solution proposal to a local not-for-profit organization to support and garner funds for an actual engineering/science-relatedendeavor relevant to the organization. This project is broken up into the following threeassignments: the team proposal, the
AC 2012-3941: LEARNING FROM WORKING ON OTHERS’ PROBLEMS:CASE STUDY OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT-BASED GLOBALSERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMDr. Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech Aditya Johri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. Sites of research include distributed work among globally dispersed workers and social development in emerging economies. His research is supported by several grants including a NSF Early Career Award.Prof. Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech
AC 2012-4564: LEARNING TO LEAD IN A GLOBAL COMMUNITYMr. Joseph East, Michigan Technological University Joseph East is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Michigan Technological University graduating in April 2012. During his time at Michigan Tech, in addition to his primary studies in biology and math- ematics, he has progressed through the Pavlis Leadership program and spent several years in the Nan- otechnology Enterprise, holding several leadership roles including president of the enterprise. He will be attending the University of Michigan in Fall 2012, pursuing master’s degrees in Industrial and operations engineering and health systems administration.Ms. Genevieve Gierke, Michigan Technological University
for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition Proceedings, Session 3253, pp. 2363-2365.20. Siegler, R. (1991). Piaget’s Theory on Development, In Children’s Thinking, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, pp. 21-61.21. Swan, C., T. Rachell, and K. Sakaguchi (2000). Community-based, service learning approach to teaching site remediation design, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition Proceedings, June, St. Louis, MO.22. Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Interaction between learning and development, in L.S. Vygotsky, Mind and Society: The development of higher psychological processes, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, pp 70-91.23. Vygotsky, L.S. (1986). The development of
to grow upand go to college and do the same things they are interested in now.”“One kid in particular who sticks out in my mind… asked many questions about the robot andabout [university] engineering and college life in general... It was a good feeling to be able tooffer him advice about college, and the path of engineering. This experience, truly made me feellike a mentor.”“For me, if just one [high school] student is inspired to pursue college and some sort of STEMdegree, it would be amazing. Getting to see their excitement in competing has been the mostrewarding experience I have had as a mentor so far.”Improved youth robotics team competition performance demonstrates effectiveness of theuniversity mentors. The team did not qualify for
solutions that arecloser to the social and environmental context in Colombia. This program was inspired by severalengineering programs around the world that had developed initiatives related with engineersmaking social and environmental impacts, a new type of engineers, sensitive to social contexts,committed and qualified to serve communities by contributing to the solution of complex problemsat a regional and national context, as the Humanitarian Engineering program from the ColoradoSchool of Mines [6]. With this purpose in mind, the program is created as a professional line inhumanitarian engineering which is defined as a package that any student can choose to takebetween one or two years before his graduation. Therefore, Industrial Engineering