Conference Session

Engineering Empowered Communities: Place-Based Community Engaged Learning

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

participated in our neighborhood revitalization program. Students can beinvolved through various avenues, including internships, capstone projects, thesis projects, andby registering in a civil engineering elective course titled “Principles of SustainableDevelopment”. Regardless of the pathway chosen, it's essential to provide students withmentorship, guidance, and support throughout their involvement in the program. Faculty mentorsoffer supervision, feedback, and resources to help students navigate their roles and maximizetheir impact on community projects.To successfully engage students in this initiative, we established a program with the followingsteps: 1. Develop Student Projects: Identify specific tasks for each project where students can

Conference Session

Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

teachingsocial scientists to think like engineers, which will better prepare all of them to develop solutionsfor major societal problems.Community-engaged design projectsThe integrative capstone experience is the yearlong design project, where multidisciplinaryteams work together with community partners on problems at the intersection of health, society,and technology (Fig. 2). Teams are composed of 4-5 graduate students from different disciplinesand local community partners invested in solving big societal challenges. Graduate students areimmersed within community settings, challenging the traditional hierarchies between researchersand participants by engaging community stakeholders as full participants in the research process[10]. Over the year, these

Conference Session

Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

applied to two case studies. In theeducationally-focused CE case study, a senior capstone design course in environmentalengineering worked on a project defined by a community partner. The rubric did a good jobrevealing where improvements in the project could have been realized and demonstrating that thenon-profit facilitator was instrumental in engaging the community. In the second case study, acommunity sub-contracted an academic partner to explore residential indoor air quality. Theproject was at a higher level of the rubric for most criteria compared to the educationally-focusedcase study. Use of the rubric at the start of a project will open important conversations, therebycontributing to the community and academic partners more fully meeting

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle N. Wagner, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Ashish Dahiya, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engi- neering and Technology Education and the recipient of the National Society of Professional Engineers’ Educational Excellence Award and the ASEE Chester Carlson Award. He is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the National Society of Professional Engineers.Mr. Ashish, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Ashish had been working with RuTAG IIT Delhi as a P.A. Tech. for the past five years. He has conducted extensive research on rural problems and worked on community-based projects aimed at improving the livelihoods of marginalized people. Ashish’s commitment to

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park; Jennifer Bishop, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Rebecca Kenemuth

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

mechanical engineering capstone projects, introducing non-profit partnerships related to designs for persons with disabilities, and founding the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award. He manages several outreach and diversity efforts including the large-scale Get Out And Learn (GOAL) engineering kit program that reaches thousands of local K-12 students.Jennifer Bishop, University of Maryland, College Park Jen Bishop is the Assistant Director - Outreach and Recruitment for the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering, where she draws upon her 10+ years of STEM and Maker education experience to inspire future engineers. Jen has a Bachelor’s degree in

Conference Session

Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

(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

Conference Session

Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick John Sours, The Ohio State University; xinquan Jiang, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

observation but less formal depending on the course. I.g. Student traveled to the river to collect water with community members. (Diversity of Stakeholders), (A) (Stakeholder Dynamics), (U)COURSE 4: Global Perspective CourseCurrently as structured within the minor the global perspective category is provided to allowstudents the opportunity to take courses focus on topics such as social/cultural,development/poverty, sustainability/environment, economics/international business/public policyand are meant to help engineers understand their users/clients and the context in which they live.COURSE 5: Global Capstone - Culminating Project workHofstede Cultural Dimensions Activity Students reflect on the Hofstefe cultural dimensions