Conference Session

CEED Technical Session: High-Impact Makerspaces, Transitioning from Co-op to School and Service Research

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder, American Society for Engineering Education; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

diverseparticipants. Five separate respondents mentioned internships and co-op learning as part of theirmakerspace offerings, ranging from required co-op projects to summer internships. One EDresponded noted a particularly unique internship opportunity: A consulting engineer in the community came to [our makerspace] and asked if we could translate paper plans for an environmental site requiring decommissioning. We linked that person with a sophomore student to do the SolidWorks files and suggested [to the engineer that] they might want to do a 3D printed model that would allow them to ‘war game’ how the site would be dismantled. They hired the student who is doing this project for internship credit, has printed and laser