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Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel A Acuña, George Mason University; Nathalia Peixoto, George Mason University; Holly Matto, George Mason University; Siddhartha Sikdar, George Mason University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Paper ID #43141Addressing Societal Challenges through Graduate-level Community-engagedDesign Projects (Traditional Research Paper) ˜ George Mason UniversityDr. Samuel A Acuna, Samuel Acu˜na is a research professor in the Department of Bioengineering at George Mason University. He is a biomechanical engineer interested in rehabilitation engineering and human-centered product design. He develops new technologies to address movement disorders that develop after injury, such as stroke, amputation, or traumatic brain injury. He is particularly interested in solving engineering problems for the hospital &

Conference Session

Engineering Empowered Communities: Place-Based Community Engaged Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Mateo Rojas; Casey Gibson, National Academy of Engineering; Jaime Elizabeth Styer, Colorado School of Mines; Sofia Lara Schlezak, Colorado School of Mines

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risks. A third case studywill show how research on electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) recycling has been translatedto teach students about engineering and community development and to empower communitiesto recycle e-waste in safer and more profitable conditions. A fourth case study will show howresearch on construction and demolition waste (C&DW) has been translated to teach freshmenengineering students about design for community and to empower communities near C&DWsites how to recycle these materials to diversify their incomes. The paper concludes withrecommendations for how to begin making RT a more central feature of graduate engineeringresearch.IntroductionThis paper has three purposes. First, we want to identify best

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Engineering with and for Community Partners

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A. Warrner, Ball State University; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Anand Nageswaran Bharath, Cummins Engine Company

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

students with anintroduction to STEM via hands-on design and practice, and to provide the high school studentswith an opportunity to see STEM skills and expertise used to directly impact the lives ofindividuals that may be differently-abled. Some participants in the program were selected for theopportunity to gain additional experience working in a research lab for a few weeks during thesummer. Additionally, the engineering graduate students gain valuable perspectives of howengineering should play a role in addressing social justice issues that plague society.A second outreach initiative, the Exploring Engineering Through Toy Design (EETD) program,has adapted the Toy Design Guides curriculum from the Lemelson-MIT and the Toy ProductDesign class at

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Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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this course – in a positive fashion (i.e., “I do not think I have had an instructorstimulate and motivate me more than Dr. Oerther has to become a better engineer … Iwill almost certainly remember that duty to the public I have with my profession as anengineer…”).DiscussionCommunity engagement is an important skill for engineers to acquire, and collaborationwith other healthcare professions, such as nursing, is one practical approach [15, 16].Ideally, engineers would learn through hands-on experience how to perform communityengagement following best practices as implemented in healthcare. This should includeidentification and recruitment of stakeholders, who work with the researcher to identifythe problem, brainstorming solutions, and select

Conference Session

Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Andrea Ferro, Clarkson University

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Innovation for Societal Impacts, July 2022. www.nsf.gov/ere/ereweb/advisory.jsp[9] Beyond the Academy, Edited by B.L. Keeler and C. Locke. Guidebook for the Engaged University: Best Practices for Reforming Systems of Reward, Fostering Engaged Leadership, and Promoting Action Oriented Scholarship. 2022. Available: http://beyondtheacademynetwork.org/guidebook/[10] S. Wilson, A. Aber, L. Wright, V. Ravichandran, “A review of community-engaged research approaches used to achieve environmental justice and eliminate disparities,” Chapter 23 in The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice, Eds. R. Holifield, J. Chakraborty, G. Walker, pp. 283-296, London: Routledge, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315678986[11] K. Ortiz, J. Nash

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Community Engagement Division 1 - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khalid Oladeji Bello, University of Louisville; Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville; Danielle Wood, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Hazel Marie, Youngstown State University ; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Daniel Lapsley, University of Notre Dame

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). Adopting community-based research principles to enhance studentlearning. Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne, 61, 111-117.Cullinane, M., & O'Sullivan, S. (2020). Evaluating community-based research: Hearing theviews of student research partners. International Journal for Students as Partners, 4(2), 45-60.Glazier, R. A., & Bowman, W. M. (2021). Teaching Through Community-Based Research:Undergraduate and Graduate Collaboration on the 2016 Little Rock Congregations Study.Journal of Political Science Education, 17(2), 234-252.Gooding, K., Makwinja, R., Nyirenda, D., Vincent, R., & Sambakunsi, R. (2018). Using theoriesof change to design monitoring and evaluation of community engagement in research:experiences from a research

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Community Engagement Division 2 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Equitable Engagement and Transformative Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roneisha Wynette Worthy, Kennesaw State University; Amy Borello Gruss, Kennesaw State University

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only 13% of these degrees. Nevertheless,it is important for us to share the activities and strategies we incorporate within our college tofoster a sense of self-identity rooted in community impact for all engineering students.Recruiting minorities to pursue engineering degrees is an important and necessary action forinstitutions to increase diversity and inclusion in engineering programs. Early recruitment ofminorities for engineering programs has been long advocated to promote equity and inclusion inthe field of engineering [1]. Researchers concluded that this practice could be beneficial inpromoting diversity, increasing the number of minority students in engineering fields, andreducing the attrition rate of these students. Recent studies

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Community Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiffany Smith, NASA; Zachary T. G. Pirtle, NASA

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG), Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

into conversation with NASA engineers, scientists, and managers, to discussthe long term ethical and societal implications of NASA’s human space exploration efforts fromthe Moon to Mars. Whereas some ASEE ethics division research focuses on the impact ofeducational discussions on students, ours involved practicing engineers as well as managers andpolicy analysts who shape the future of major engineering endeavors. While we will describe thiscase study in subsequent sections, we will point out some specific points of content in the reportnow, that may best serve as bridges for engaging in the engineering education literature.This paper seeks to further explore the concepts described in the workshop report, particularly asthey relate to

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Engineering Empowered Communities: Place-Based Community Engaged Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University; Aaron Arenas, North Carolina State University; Latricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University; Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Template for Engineering Design CoursePurpose of the StudyThe purpose of this study is threefold. First, we seek to contribute work that casts a positive,opportunities-driven light on engineering opportunities for rural students, teachers, and communitypartners. Second, this paper and the DeSIRE project will serve as a case study for othercommunity-engaged engineering education researchers to use for their ownschool-university-community collaborations. Third, through qualitative methods, we aimed to answerthe following research questions: 1. How and to what degree does the engineering design-focused program impact teacher STEM content and pedagogical knowledge and awareness of STEM educational pathways and occupations? 2. How

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Engineering Empowered Communities: Place-Based Community Engaged Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Alvarez Pino, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Mona N Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham

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onlessons learned, feedback from stakeholders, and best practices. This framework provides astructured approach to community engagement, data analysis, project implementation, andevaluation, ensuring that our efforts are strategic, inclusive, and responsive to the needs ofresidents.Figure 11. Neighborhood Revitalization Framework for University-led Program7. Methodology for Program AssessmentMeasuring the impact of the neighborhood revitalization improvements in each neighborhoodrequires a multidisciplinary and multiscale approach and methodology so that the many benefitscan be captured. We have developed a three-part assessment to better understand and capture theimpact of our improvements. Our assessment focuses on physical changes, shifts in use

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Engineering, Ethics, and Community Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emma Sophie Stine, University of Colorado Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado Boulder

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Paper ID #41476Navigating Transformational Resistance: Exploring Humanitarian EngineeringStudents’ Capacities for Addressing Systemic Causes of Infrastructure ServiceDisparitiesMs. Emma Sophie Stine, University of Colorado Boulder Emma Stine is pursuing a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she is researching student experiences before, during, and after attending a graduate program in humanitarian engineering, focusing on how these experiences influence career goals and outcome expectations. She is interested in how these goals align with social justice movements, including if and how

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Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University

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(2nd ed.). Oxford Press. 4. Leidig, P. A. & Oakes, W. C. (2021-a). Model for Project-Based Community Engagement. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 16(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.24908/ijsle.v16i2.14809 5. Howe, S., and J. Goldberg. (2019). Engineering capstone design education: Current practices, emerging trends, and success strategies. In Design education today: Technical contexts, programs and best practices, edited by D. Schaefer, G. Coates, and C. Eckert. Springer.6. Leidig, P. A., Khalifah, S. M. & Oakes, W. C. (2023). Capstone design in engineering community engagement course. Journal of Civil Engineering

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Community Engagement Division 1 - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydney Donohue, University of New Mexico; Anjali Mulchandani, University of New Mexico

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factors that may be barriers for participation in volunteering for outreachevents; and 4) Questions that qualitatively assess the participant’s previous experiences andattitudes about outreach.Survey questions (Appendix A) were developed based on the context of our research objectivesand adapted from relevant literature to appropriately investigate each of the four sections. TheUniversity of New Mexico Institutional Review Board approved this study and assigned it theIRB number 2210020153.Section 1: Background on the Survey Taker has well-developed, standard best practices. [13] Weincluded demographic information to determine if gender identity, research center affiliations,degree program name, and degree program level impacted responses