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Conference Session
Revealing the Invisible: Engineering Course Activities that Address Privilege, -Isms, and Power Relations (Interactive Session)
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego
Tagged Topics
ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education, International, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering
-Centered Designclass has been very rewarding for Dalrymple, especially after overcoming the initial discomfortin critiquing Whiteness as a Black immigrant. She especially enjoys having her experienceworking with communities valued in an engineering context.S. M. Lord is a White woman with over two decades of teaching experience. Her interest insocial justice stems from experiences of marginalization as a woman in Electrical Engineering inthe 1980s. During graduate school, she took several courses in Feminist Studies in response toher male peers constantly asking, “What do women think?” These courses gave her invaluableexperiences and some language and theoretical understanding of concepts such as privilege,sexism, racism, structural inequality and
Conference Session
Global and Intercultural Competency
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
International
) (Dalian, China). Qin has broad teaching and research interests in the ethical, historical-cultural, and policy perspectives of engineering practice and ed- ucation. His research has drawn on theories, methods, and practices from a wide range of fields including philosophy of technology, engineering ethics, engineering education, and Confucian ethics. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Science and Engineering Ethics, Engineering Studies, History of Education, and Technology in Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Global Engineering Competency: Assessment Tools and Training StrategiesIntroductionAs many
Conference Session
Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shawnisha Hester, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Hector E. Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erika T. Aparaka, University of Maryland College Park
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
International
Maryland’s PROMISE AGEP,LSAMP, and LSAMP-BD delegations demonstrated a clear need to assist the global community.They were particularly interested in working on problems related to industry innovation,infrastructure, gender equality, sustainable cities, and communities. Students realized thatapproaches to solutions could not be centralized to their own country, and that their proposalshad to be feasible and logical for other parts of the world. As an example, challenges withbringing clean water to remote regions and approaches to sanitation required a need to take timeto learn from peers from other countries. Students were asked to provide ubiquitous solutions tothe problems. They were asked to consider themselves as part of the respective
Conference Session
Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University
Tagged Topics
ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity
Tagged Divisions
International, Minorities in Engineering
students, and havingmutual respect and admiration for the academic engagement of their traditionally aged peers orfriends.” Adult students across campuses felt socially excluded due to life commitments andchallenges relating to traditional students. While class performance improved with theproportion of adult students, these students graduate at a lower rate than traditional students.Social integration was identified as a key to retention since anxiety leads to questioning abilitiesand thus stunted performance. Interviews revealed that Adult learners viewed themselves asmore experienced, more career focused, and less interested in social activities than the traditionalstudents. The authors conclude by encouraging educators to be cognizant of the
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Waddah Akili, Iowa State University
Tagged Divisions
International
thesematerials. It is primarily a call to consider how students engage in their college experience,and to search for proper tools that can be deployed to stimulate learning.In moving forward, there are numerous tools available to select from, including the modelspredicated on cooperation; i.e., working together to accomplish shared goals. Withincooperative activities, individuals seek outcomes that are beneficial to them and also benefitall other group members. (2, 3) Cooperative learning researchers and practitioners have shownthat positive peer relations are essential to success in college. The positive interpersonalrelationships promoted through cooperative learning are regarded by most as crucial totoday’s learning communities. They increase the
Conference Session
Study and Research Abroad
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Rolf Müller, Virginia Tech
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
International
co-PI on 16 projects, funded by the National Science Foundation, with a $6.4 million research funding participation from external sources. He has been directing/co-directing an NSF/Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site on interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering at VT since 2007. This site has 95 alumni to date. He also leads an NSF/Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site on interdisciplinary water research and have 10 alumni. He also leads an NSF-funded cybersecurity education project and serves as a co-PI on two International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) projects funded by the NSF. He has published over 90 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. ¨Dr. Rolf
Conference Session
Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Shannon N. Conley, James Madison University ; Samy El-Tawab, James Madison University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
International
assigning the course grade. Fellow student evaluations(peer evaluation) are taken into consideration in evaluating individual students’ performance.Internet of Things (IoT) ProjectThe rapid increase and use of mobile technologies and wireless communications has opened thedoor for many smart home applications that monitor and control energy consumption. TheInternet of Things (IoT) has researchers investigating controlling appliances remotely in smarthomes. By utilizing the technology of IoT [15], the capstone team analyzed the main parametersthat should be taken into consideration when building an energy management system. Ourpartner, as a facility, is relatively large and presents unique challenges. The capstone team drewon previous work in this
Conference Session
Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Marie S. Call, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
International
working with Strategy Execution and Duke Corporate Education where he provides training for fortune 500 companies throughout the world.Mrs. Marie S. Call, Brigham Young University Marie Call graduated from Brigham Young University in 2013 with a BS in Chemical Engineering. She worked as a Transdermal Development Process Engineer with Actavis Pharmaceuticals from 2012-2013. Since then she has enjoyed balancing her primary occupation–raising her two (almost three) children– with research writing and collaboration with the Weidman Center for Global Leadership at Brigham Young University, focusing on Engineering and Technology student perceptions toward study abroad experiences. She currently resides in Houston, TX.Dr
Conference Session
Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education
Tagged Topics
ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity
Tagged Divisions
International, Minorities in Engineering
write what aspect of their experience was included in ASEE and an Ally workshop based on findings from the North Dakota State University ADVANCE project [20] were added. This year, ASEE was the full sponsor for the diversity booth, indicating the strong commitment of the society to diversity and inclusion. 8) Columbus 2017: A significant addition to Committee programming was a call for papers and special sessions, developed in 2016, that resulted in a conference program that included Safe Zone workshops and Ally workshops as in previous programs, but also workshops for facuty and advisors, peer-reviewed papers responding to the call, and a session of best diversity papers from across the conference
Conference Session
Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Rovani Sigamoney, UNESCO
Tagged Divisions
International
currently working with Dr. Stolk on an NSF-supported project to understand students’ motivational attitudes in a variety of educational environments with the goal of improving learning opportunities for students and equipping faculty with the knowledge and skills necessary to create such opportunities. One of the founding faculty at Olin College, Dr. Zastavker has been engaged in development and implementation of project-based experiences in fields ranging from sci- ence to engineering and design to social sciences (e.g., Critical Reflective Writing; Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering, etc.) All of these activities share a common goal of creating curricular and pedagogical structures as well