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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Horatio Haller; Jimmy Peralta; Fatimah Musa; Doris J. Espiritu, City Colleges of Chicago

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), the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and ten times Outstanding Chapter Awardee, the American Chemical Society-Wright College Chapter. Doris promotes collaboration between K-12 schools, other community colleges, 4-year institutions, non-profit organizations, and industries. Doris’ current research is to design and implement practices that develop Community of Practice (CoP), Professional Identity, and Self-Efficacy to streamline transfer from community colleges to 4-year institutions. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Fostering STEM Identity and STEM Efficacy Through Engagement in

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Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle N. Wagner, Purdue University; Sukrati Gautam, Purdue University; Peyman Yousefi, Merck Group; Nuela Chidubem Enebechi, Purdue University; Andrew Pierce, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University

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. Likewise, the infrastructure in place to facilitate the courses,whether software or physical resources, can impact the GTA experience in positive and negativeways.The interpersonal network for a EPICS GTA is complicated, with large variation in perceived‘rank’ of individuals that must be navigated by the GTA (Figure 2). These relationships can oftenconflict and create sources of stress for the GTA, who is likely already in an intense phase ofpersonal formation and building self-efficacy. A common cause of such conflict arises from having‘dotted-line’ management. GTA’s in general often balance multiple roles with differentsupervisors, including at minimum their direct supervisor for their TA position and their researchadvisor if applicable

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STEM Education and Intercultural Competence

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Leanne Petry, Central State University; Elizabeth Generas, Wright State University; Amy Anderson; Marjorie Langston Langston; Douglas Picard, Greene County Career Center; Camryn Lanise Justice, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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service-learning design experiences significantly impact theidentity and self-efficacy of women and minority students when compared to Caucasian males.In addition to these educational benefits, CEL is also effective in developing the interculturalcompetence of the participants (Campus Compact, 2017 Palpacuer-Lee & Curtis, 2017, Walters&Nwagwu, 2019).Creating Equitable and Inclusive STEM ClassroomsIt is well established that a strong and diverse Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) workforce is critical to the United States (US) economy, national securityand the health and well-being of our nation and world. STEM professionals drive innovation andtechnological advancements that fuel economic growth and global

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session - Exploring the Transformative Power of Service, Engagement, and Research

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Danielle Wood, University of Notre Dame; Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville; Daniel Lapsley, University of Notre Dame

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Diversity

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dispositional changes in STEM self-efficacy and identity.Students completed surveys and reflections at multiple points throughout their internship,including a retrospective pre/post survey capturing dispositional shifts during the experience.The results of the internship experience on student intern participants educational andprofessional plans at the 3 sites are evaluated in this paper. Results show significant gains onitems related to professional discernment (desire to work in a STEM field, use technical skills,on open ended problems for the betterment of society) for participants at all sites. Additionally,there are differences by gender.OverviewBeginning in 2015, the College of Engineering researchers and staff at UNIVERSITYdeveloped, piloted

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Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Lynn Morano, Lawrence Technological University; Matthew L. Cole, Lawrence Technological University

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service-learning onempathy development [6]. 5.3 Future WorkFuture research should prioritize the development and utilization of multidimensional empathymeasures that can capture the nuanced changes in both affective and cognitive empathy [10, 27].Additionally, researchers are exploring alternative classroom interventions to help studentsdevelop empathy for their end-user in the early stages of the design thinking process to enhancestudents’ empathetic self-efficacy. Investigating the longitudinal effects of service-learningexperiences and classroom empathy-building activities have on empathy could provide valuableinsights into the sustainability of empathy development over time.Does trait empathy development in these educational contexts

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Lightning Talk - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Manuel Fuentes-Cid, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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potential impact of SBLprojects.Another significant challenge lies in assessing the learning outcomes associated with SBL.Unlike traditional courses that often rely on standardized tests and exams, SBL requires morecomplex evaluation tools that measure not only academic performance but also thedevelopment of social and ethical skills. Portsmore and Swenson [11] suggest that theseevaluations should include mixed methods, such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups, tocomprehensively capture the impact of SBL on students’ professional and personaldevelopment. González-Cespón et al. [14] argue that such approaches can provide deeperinsights into how SBL fosters practical skills and social sensitivity among futureprofessionals.Current trends in SBL

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Community Engagement Division 5 - Nurturing Well-Being and Promoting Awareness

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

exploration of the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and purpose in life among university students,” Journal of College Student Development, 50(1), 19–34. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.0.00498. Tansey, T.N., Smedema, S., Umucu, E., Iwanaga, K., Wu, J.-R., Cardoso, E.D.S., Strauser, D. (2018). “Assessing college life adjustment of students with disabilities: Application of the PERMA framework,” Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 61(3), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552177021369. Joseph, S., Linley, P.A. (Eds.). (2008). Trauma, recovery, and growth: Positive psychological perspectives on posttraumatic stress. Wiley.10. Stoewen, D.L. (2017) “Dimensions of wellness: Change your habits, change your life,” The

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Community and Industry Collaboration for Sustainable Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan J Ely, University of Southern Indiana; Matthew J. Ely, Indiana University-Bloomington; Milad Rezvani Rad, University of Southern Indiana

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

better understand the students’ choosing to engage with these experiencesand how their experiences meet their desire to engage with a global community while makinguse of their technical skills. Through data gathered by an international humanitarian non-profitorganization serving developing nations, this study examines how underrepresented populationsin engineering programs experience increases in self-efficacy and motivation to pursueengineering careers through these projects. These students resonate deeply with both thecommunity of fellow students who share values for bettering their world and with the globalcommunity with whom they work alongside in completing engineering endeavors. Theirexperiences correlate to indicators for higher levels of