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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 9: Collaboration and Community

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahreum Lim, Arizona State University; Emma Frow, Arizona State University

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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Making Space to Care: A Community Garden for Bioengineering LabsAbstractAs qualitative researchers embedded in a biomedical engineering department, we are currentlyattempting to create a space for conversation and action among a self-selecting group of faculty.Framed as a Community Garden, this initiative is focused on supporting discussions and activitiesaround “cultivating care” within labs in the department.In this paper, we focus on outlining the empirical and theoretical context for this initiative. TheCommunity Garden is part of a larger research project exploring the relationship between controland care in biological engineering. The laboratory

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology; Meredith Hooper, California Institute of Technology; Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Morgan Hooper, University of Toronto

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Paper ID #42612Board 133: Work in Progress - A Pilot Course on Effective and EnduringAdvocacy: Leading with Compassion in STEMJacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology Jacqueline Tawney is a Ph.D. candidate in GALCIT (Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology). Jacque is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, and a leader and organizer for many student groups. In the Kornfield group within Caltech’s Chemical Engineering department, Jacque researches associative polymers, their rheological properties, and their potential for agricultural and industrial

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Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

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: Engineering identity formation is not simply the result of technical knowledgeacquisition, but also that of enculturation. Both processes are intricately linked to the places (i.e.,physical infrastructures) in which they unfold such as laboratories, classrooms, communal areas,and other engineering spaces on a university campus. Places act as a conduit for engineeringenculturation, as it is within these settings that students are inundated with value-laden symbols& representations, participate in engineering activities and rituals, and are expected to adopt andembody dominant engineering mindsets and attitudes towards technical problem solving.Recognizing that the physical infrastructure of a place can serve as a tangible manifestation ofbroader

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 1: Critical Reflections on Teaching and Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Tonn, Boston College; Brit Shields, University of Pennsylvania; Ryan Hearty, The Johns Hopkins University; Adelheid Voskuhl, University of Pennsylvania

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electrical engineering and PhD in History of Science and Technology from Johns Hopkins University. As an engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Hearty built radio communications hardware for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. As a historian, he has studied collaborations across disciplines of engineering and applied science since the 1930s. His doctoral dissertation analyzed the rise and development of water quality management, a multidisciplinary field of applied science, from the New Deal to the Clean Water Act.Adelheid Voskuhl, University of Pennsylvania ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Pedagogical Choices for Navigating and Teaching Sociotechnical

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Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Fernandez, UMass Amherst; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Ankita Kumar; Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Zoii Arrianna Henry; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles

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recognize thatnew ways of thinking and being will likely come from outside the academy and not from withinit [42]. Already, we have found commonality with and taken inspiration from education andresearch exemplars such as the Zapatista movement’s Escuelas Populares [47], the Science Shopmovement [48], Highlander Education and Research Center [21], and the Civic Laboratory forEnvironmental Action Research (CLEAR) [49]. Our goal is to define a set of practices, based onthe methods of these and other successful experiences, in order to help us manifest SE in theworld. As we share our stories, support one another through our weekly trials and triumphs, andparticipate in our own liberatory praxis, we become community to one another. We start to liveout

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Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Tran, Utah State University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University

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Academic OutcomesAt its core, mindfulness is a practice that involves enhancing awareness of the present moment,which can significantly improve skills necessary for successful academic outcomes such assustained focus, increased open-mindedness and innovation, and time management. Sustainedfocus is crucial for engineering students who must master complex concepts and problem-solving skills. Mindfulness practices help train the mind to resist distractions and redirectattention to the task [30]. By regularly engaging in mindfulness practices, engineering studentscan develop the mental discipline to stay focused during lectures, laboratory work, and studysessions. In addition to improving concentration, mindfulness promotes a non-judgmental andopen

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rich Dionne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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laboratory projects in the middle years [27]–[29].Engineering teams offer a mode for interdisciplinarity and task delegation so students can finishlarge and complicated projects within the span of a course. What is not often taught, however,are the various skills necessary in the social processes that make teaming effective:communication, delegation, and conflict resolution, to name a few [30]–[32]. The socialcircumstances in which these skills become relevant can reveal hidden epistemologies that guidethe teaming process, especially when gender differences and dynamics are considered [21].Within engineering, these epistemologies are woven into the culture of engineering learningenvironments and often the engineering field itself [18]. Therefore, we

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Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casey Gibson, National Academy of Engineering; David A. Butler, National Academy of Engineering

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in Ghana and Kenya. Her expertiseinforms national scientific policy as a member of President Biden’s Council of Advisors onScience and Technology. Moreover, Hammond is one of only 33 people to have been elected toall three National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [57].A third symposium speaker was Rory Cooper, Assistant Vice Chancellor and DistinguishedProfessor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the University of Pittsburg (Pitt); as wellas Founding Director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories [40, pp. 66–68], [58] andwheelchair-marathon champion. Having sustained an injury during his U.S. Army service,Cooper has utilized a wheelchair since, turning unexpected challenges into opportunities toinspire

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 6: LEES Works in Progress

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ymbar Isaias Polanco Pino, Tufts University; Luis Federico Suarez, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Greses Perez P.E., Tufts University; Koral Melissa Nuñez Javeir; L. Clara Mabour, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Taisha Pierre, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Mia Jimenez, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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examining STEM culture’s influence on racially and ethnically minoritized students with Dr. Terrell R. Morton and the Justice and Joy Research Team. Currently, Ymbar is conducting research for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Department of Energy (DOE), alongside Andrew Parker and Dr. Greses P´erez, to enable equity considerations in commercial building energy efficiency programs through data analysis and community engagement. He hopes to continue doing research that supports and creatively engages historically excluded communities within the renewable energy transition. Ymbar is interested in using media and the arts as community-preferred learning approaches to demystify complex scientific

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, California State University, Channel Islands; Andrew Li; Rebecca Jun, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 4: Sociotechnical Integration

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 5: Decoloniality and Indigenous Knowledges

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amani A AL-Mqadma, Islamic University of Gaza; Bill Guariento, University of Northumbria; Caroline Burns, Northumbria University; Rachid Khoumikham, Northumbria University Newcastle/ and The University of Essex ; Hatem A Elaydi, Islamic University of Gaza

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, involving for example site-visits,are often culturally inappropriate, a factor which further enhances the attraction of onlinework.There are six universities in Gaza, five of which offer courses in Engineering. Three of thesecourses take place in mixed-gender classrooms, though at IUG, students are taught in single-sex classes, with separate classrooms in separate buildings; laboratories are shared, but withdifferent time-slots. Female students are taught by both males and females, but femaleteachers can only teach female students (which therefore creates significant workloadproblems for female lecturers, who are required to teach more courses per semester than theirmale counterparts). This study does not present any viewpoint on the respective

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 9: Collaboration and Community

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology; Morgan L Hooper, University of Toronto; Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Maria Jose Azcona Baez, California Institute of Technology; Meredith Hooper, California Institute of Technology; Matthew Alexander Langley; Nina Mohebbi, California Institute of Technology; Micah Kalaihi Kushi Nishimoto, California Institute of Technology; Kay T Xia, California Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #47379Fostering Effective & Enduring Advocacy in STEM: Exploring the Role ofCommunity Through a Collaborative AutoethnographyDr. Jacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of TechnologyDr. Morgan L Hooper, University of Toronto After completing her PhD at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), Morgan Hooper is now an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) at the University of Toronto. There, her teaching focuses on building community within hands-on Engineering Design courses and beyond. She encourages students to engage with multi-faceted, trans-disciplinary