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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Zakzewski, The University of Scranton; Mark Robert Murphy Sr., University of Scranton, Director of Sustainability; Michael Mahon Ph.D., Abington Heights School District

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-Barre Pennsylvania with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a Minor in Physics. A key member of the facil- ities operations team for the past twenty-two years. I have been involved with nearly $300 million in new construction and renovations over the past twenty years. Originated, planned, specified, bid, and managed many millions of dollars in successful energy saving projects. Enjoy sharing our experiences and knowledge with our students, the University community and the local community. Raising awareness to sustainable practices by being an example, organizing campus events, guest presenting, and student involvement.Dr. Michael Mahon Ph.D., Abington Heights School District Michael Mahon is the superintendent of

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Thomas Pitcher, The University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso

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Paper ID #11560WORK IN PROGRESS: THE STEAM POWERED PUMPKIN PATCH –HOW AN EXTRACURRICULAR PROJECT IS SHEDDING LIGHT ONPROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENTMichael Thomas Pitcher, The University of Texas at El Paso Mike Pitcher is the Director of Academic Technologies at The University of Texas at El Paso. He has had experience in learning in both a traditional university program as well as the new online learning model, which he utilizes in his current position consulting with faculty about the design of new learning experiences. His experience in technology and teaching started in 1993 as a student lab technician and has

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Orner, University of South Florida; Christine Prouty, University of South Florida; Colleen Claire Naughton, University of South Florida; Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida; Matthew E. Verbyla, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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Engineering Course Through a Critical Review over its Offerings Orner, K. , Prouty, C. , Naughton, C. , Manser, N. , Verbyla, M. , Trotz, M. and Mihelcic, J.R. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 University of South Florida Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1AbstractThe Sustainable Development Engineering course has evolved over its seven offerings at aresearch university in which interdisciplinary groups of graduate students engage in criticalthinking, problem solving, and collaborate with community partners. Students provide on-siteskilled labor, multi-media presentations, and project proposals for the community; in

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University

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studentengagement is commonly acknowledged to significantly benefit the students as well as thestudent mentors involved in the program. Data from an initial student survey that measures theefficacy of the proposed mentorship program is included in this paper and these data arediscussed in detail. A 1-5 Likert scale is used for quantitative analysis of the data in order toevaluate the self-efficacy of the program. The group size of the mentorship cohort has beenlimited to a maximum of thirty students at this stage. Preliminary analysis of the data indicatesthat the participating students have a strongly positive opinion of the program.Keywords: Mentorship, Engineering, Project-based Learning (PBL).1. IntroductionMentoring is commonly acknowledged as a means

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Paul E. Post, Ohio State University; Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University

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backdrop with their name, the type ofengineering degree they are working on, work or school affiliation (with projected graduationdate) and a picture of themselves in an engineering or personal context. Another format thatworks well is the panel format where 3-6 students sit in the front of the room and, after givingbrief introductions, take questions from the audience. Sometimes they have several seedquestions ready to get the audience participating. Questions can range from “What is the foodlike in the dorms?” (less career relevant, but still important to the person posing the question) to“What kinds of experiences should I be having in the summer that will help me to do well inengineering school?” However, because the HA team is from the school

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Timothy D. Legg, North Dakota State University; Ann Marie Vallie, Turtle Mountain Community College; Lori Nelson, Fort Berthold Community College; Joshua Jason Mattes, Sitting Bull College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; G. Padmanabhan , North Dakota State University

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rohit Kandakatla, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED); Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED); Krishna Vedula, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Figure 7.5The 3rd major objective of addressing the GC determines the success of a year’s work of SPEED Page 26.661.10India and also ISF. At the moment the success has been determined basically through the surveypoll and interest of students to implement their action plans. Actual success will be determinedafter the 4 month Action Plan implementation competition. In the process of addressing grandchallenges, the students understood that engineers have a very important role in the communityas they are the key to overcoming the 21st century grand challenges of engineering. The currentunderstanding of success are projected in this paper through the

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Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keilah Maria Tablante Bias, University of Prince Edward Island; Daniel Larsen, University of Prince Edward Island; Libby Osgood P. Eng, UPEI & Dalhousie University; Alex Gamble, University of Prince Edward Island; Spencer Paul Montgomery, University of New Brunswick

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, tutor, and did several volunteer teaching jobs in the past, and one of her career goals is to become an educator, in addition to becoming a professional engineer.Mr. Daniel Larsen, University of Prince Edward Island Daniel Larsen is a third year engineering student at the University of New Brunswick. He transferred to the University of New Brunswick after completing a two years engineering diploma, in his home province, at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI). While at the UPEI, as part of a group design project, Daniel worked with the Mikinduri Children of Hope Foundation, and coordinated the design of a new charcoal press.Libby Osgood P. Eng, UPEI & Dalhousie University Libby Osgood is an Assistant

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Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University; Sandra G. Luca, Loyola Marymount University; Jeremy S. Pal, Loyola Marymount University; Jose A. Saez, Loyola Marymount University

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Paper ID #11739Impacts of Service-Learning Projects on the Technical and Professional En-gineering Confidence of First Year Engineering StudentsDr. Matthew Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University Dr. Matthew T. Siniawski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University. He has advised over 40 different senior capstone project design teams since 2004, and is particularly interested in the design of assistive devices for children with disabilities. He is a an active proponent of service-learning and is interested in understanding how such experiences impact the technical

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Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Foster, George Fox University; Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University

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in the spring of the sophomore year. This structure provided an overlap of students intheir first and second year in the course. All student teams met concurrently one evening perweek to work on faculty-provided projects. Each faculty member was responsible forapproximately four teams. Faculty and students began each year of the program with excitement,but over time, a number of significant challenges emerged, among these the explosive growth ofthe George Fox University engineering program and its potential effect on the sustainability ofthe program. Therefore, in this paper we follow-up on our published review of the first few yearsof the program. Here we discuss the mechanics of these changes and their continuing effect onthe overall

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Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Katherine Schmotzer; Ana Paula Valenca, Purdue EPICS

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evident as the majority of the LTS efforts remain outside the undergraduatecurriculum and are localized and non-sustainable in their current forms. Barriers to curricularchange have been studied within the academy and in particular related to LTS6,7.This paper describes the integration of a primarily extra-curricular model with a curricular modelfor LTS. The results and student perspectives are discussed.EPICS and EWB-USA ProgramsEngineers Without Borders - USA (EWB-USA) and the Engineering Projects in CommunityService (EPICS) are well recognized and have established best practices in service-learning,multidisciplinary project work and collaborations between industry and academia. Bothapproaches share the common goals of addressing compelling

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Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shoba Krishnan, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

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entitled Engineering Projects for the Community in the School of Engineering which brings experien- tial learning into the engineering curriculum through projects with partners in both the local and global community. She has also developed the course, ”STEM Outreach in the community” that provides oppor- tunities for engineering students to go out into the community and provide hand-son activities and lessons on engineering. She was named ”Woman of the Year” for 2013 for the 25th Assembly District of Cali- fornia for her dedication to students both inside and outside the classroom and for her role in motivating young women and other marginalized communities to pursue STEM careers. Shoba Krishnan received her B. Tech

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Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Sherry Levin, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Day, and Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at Drexel, among others. In collaboration with other College of Engineering faculty and staff she co-teaches a sequence of classes for the Paul Peck Scholars Program. Alistar received her B.A. from Drew University and Master’s from Duke University.Ms. Sherry Levin, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Sherry Levin, Associate Director of Graduate Programs and Research, provides vision and leadership to the design, organization, development and implementation of graduate programs for the College of Engi- neering. Sherry is responsible for promoting the capabilities, recommending research areas, developing proposals and conducting strategic analysis to

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Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati; Tony James Bailey; Leigh Anna Folger, University of Cincinnati; Rachel Schwind, Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati; Gabrielle Anne Notorgiacomo, University of Cincinnati Honors Program; Jacob Daniel Wells

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averages for engineering. Opportunities such as these are wonderful, but thereare vast opportunities available within one’s own community as well. At the University ofCincinnati, a course was piloted with a group of honors students based on the EngineeringProjects in Community Service (EPICS) framework to allow vertically integrated andmultidisciplinary student teams to work on projects to aid the residents and staff of a local,inpatient facility catering to individuals with debilitating neurological diseases. The class wasopen to any student in the university’s honors program, and drew students from engineering, artand design, and the sciences.In this paper, a description of the curricular structure and the student projects are presented

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Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #14178Service learning as a philanthropy effort of a student organizationDr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam is an Associate professor with Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution. She teaches classes on strategic relationships for industrial distribution, distribu- tion information systems and new directions in Industrial Distribution. She is also the founding faculty and advisor for the Society of Women in Industrial Distribution (SWID). She works on many service learning projects with her students where they work with many local

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Paul Walters, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder

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holisticallyunderstand the complexities inherent in planning, implementing, and managing, healthy andsustainable development projects. Programs such as Engineers without Borders (EWB) havealways had the objective of teaching systems thinking skills to address the complex systemiccommunity issues inherent in international infrastructure development; however, methodologiesused to foster systems thinking have historically remained implicit, and have primarily focusedon reductionist approaches to project assessment, design, and evaluation. Group Model Building(GMB) using System Dynamics modeling has been successfully used for years in multiple fieldsto foster and grow understanding on a complex topic using the combined insight from multiplestakeholders to build

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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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

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Special Session: Building Intentional Community Partnerships

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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performance.3 The other constituents in the partnerships, such as faculty andpartners, are now also starting to receive attention in the research. For example, research onfaculty members’ experiences and motivation in community engagement activities was carriedout through the NSF-funded Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning Through Service(EFELTS) project.4,5Other research has been concerned with classifying partnerships, recognizing that not allpartnerships with the community are the same may not result in the same outcomes for thecommunity or the students.6,7,8 This paper summarizes two related publications that categorizerelationships, as well as activities that engineers undertake with the people and groups theyserve. This theoretical

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Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jo-Ann Panzardi P.E., Cabrillo College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College & Cabrillo College; Natalia Cordoba-Velasquez, Cabrillo College; Brandon Faria, Cabrillo College; Sarah E. Kalman, Cabrillo College; Patrick Mojica, Cabrillo College; Jose Horacio Jimenez, Cabrillo College

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Paper ID #11208Development of the Whole Student through an Engineering Abroad ServiceLearning Program: Rainwater Catchment/Filtration System in GuatemalaJo-Ann Panzardi PE, Cabrillo College Jo-Ann Panzardi is a Professor and Chair of the Engineering Department at Cabrillo College, Aptos, California since August 1995. She is also the Program Director of a USDE Title III STEM grant and Project Investigator of a NSF EAGER grant and NSF S-STEM grant. She received her BS in Civil Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York and her MSCE in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Maryland. She is a registered civil

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Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Deepa Gupta, The Boeing Company; Timothy Kieran O'Mahony, University of Washington, College of Education LIFE Center; Laura E. Meyers, City University of Seattle; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Danielle LoVallo Vermeer, The Boeing Company

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engaged in a longitudinal research project for teacher professional development in informal learning environments and blended arenas (MOOCs and SPOCs) that impact student performance and engagement. I look at questions involving fluency in geo-literacy around consequential everyday issues and ’sense of place.’ For this research I examine prevailing western worldviews of science that are constructed and derivative of Cartesian principles and philosophic under- pinnings and compare them with other worldviews that take native and aboriginal account of the ways we view our relationship with the planet and with each other.Laura E Meyers, City University of Seattle Laura E. Meyers is an associate faculty member in the School

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; Peter Wesley Odom, Oral Roberts University

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universe, is assisting in alleviating thisunfortunate trend. Engineering students and faculty members work together to develop, anddeliver, seminars in local schools and churches that demonstrate compatibility between scienceand religion, with emphasis on the role that engineering can play in this ongoing dialogue. Theproject team has committed to conduct 250 of these seminars over the life of the grant, with ananticipated total direct audience of approximately 12,500 people.Religions and religious denominations often take a simplistic view of origins based largely on aparticular interpretation of creation accounts offered by the special revelation of sacredscriptures. The project team is currently working to complement this view with up-to

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Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo and IFEES; Jose Roberto Cardoso, Universidade de São Paulo; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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research as a FAPESP postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. Jose Roberto Cardoso at the Escola Polit´ecnica da Universidade de S˜ao Paulo for his project titled ”Assessing the Impact of One Boundary Spanner on University-wide STEM Educational Engagement” where he will attempt to optimize community/university relations for broadening participation in the STEM fields.” He has ambitions to significantly diversify and broaden the global pipeline of STEM talent and help guide the evolution of the methods used to develop engineers.Prof. Jose Roberto Cardoso, Universidade de Sao Paulo Jose Roberto Cardoso is a full professor at Escola Polit´ecnica da USP. He is a former Dean of the same school. Today Prof. Cardoso is the

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Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan E. Canney P.E., Seattle University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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undergraduate students from a diversity of majors and academic ranks completed thesurvey, including Likert-type items measuring their views of social responsibility and detailingtheir previous volunteer histories by both activity and frequency. Students reported their level ofparticipation in 17 different volunteer or community service activities during college, or couldwrite-in their own activity. The most frequently cited activities were: unpaid tutoring of collegestudents; tutoring elementary or secondary children, and donating blood (40-47%). A highpercentage of students (25-35%) also participated in service-learning projects, communityservice via a professional society (ASCE, ASME, AAEE, etc.), unpaid coaching or sports campvolunteer, food bank

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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projects and using an entrepreneurial mindset to further engineering education innovations. He also researches the development of reuse strate- gies for waste materials.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University Kurt Paterson currently serves as Head of the recently launched engineering program at James Madison University. There he has partnered with faculty, students, and stakeholders to deliver a 21st century engineering education for 21st century needs. His scholarly interests include the genesis of innovative workplaces, contribution-based learning, and community-based design. He has served as chair of ASEE’s International Division, and was founding chair of ASEE’s Community Engagement Division.Prof. David O