Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Kidd, State University of New York Maritime College

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departments to look at engineering issues from a non-technical perspective. Thispaper focuses on the first series of courses: sustainability – both as an environmental principleand as a philosophy for social responsibility.This course sequence will be developed in part by utilizing strategies from the Engineering forOne Planet initiative to discuss how all engineers can bring sustainable principles into theirwork, such as how engineering decisions and actions can unintentionally or disproportionatelycause negative environmental consequences for communities that have historically beenmarginalized or negatively impacted [1]. However, instead of solely attempting to address thisfrom an engineering perspective, this work leans on the campus experts in

Conference Session

Ocean & Marine Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Brahan, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas W. Denucci, United States Coast Guard Academy; Jaye Falls, United States Naval Academy; Paul H. Miller, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Peter A. Sousa, United States Coast Guard Academy

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-Based-Learning (PBL) for skillsdevelopment, motivation, and retention (both in terms of students staying in the major and interms of retaining learned skills) of engineering students. While all students take design coursesleading to their senior capstone projects, they do not all build prototypes of their work. Typically,in naval architecture and marine engineering programs, PBL projects focus on building smallmodels due to time, space, and cost issues with using full-scale vessels. Exceptions to thisapproach are taken at two colleges, where students may take elective courses that feature full-scale construction of 10-15 ft long plywood craft. At the United States Coast Guard Academy(USCGA), the first-year, 1-credit, course introduces

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Brianne Elizabeth Bell; Elliot Foster

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Paper ID #41051A University-County Collaboration to Excite Students about Citizen ScienceDr. Leigh S McCue, George Mason University Leigh McCue is Chair of George Mason University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.Brianne Elizabeth BellElliot Foster ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024A University-County Collaboration to Excite Students about Citizen Science with Maritime Robotics Leigh McCue1, Wren Bell2, Elliot Foster2 1 George Mason University, 2 Prince William CountyAbstractThis paper builds on a prior ASEE-SE

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ariana (Ari) Arciero, University of Texas at El Paso; Sara E. Rodriguez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Dessaray Gorbett; Brian Steven Flowers, University of Texas of the Permian Basin

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©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 International Coral Reef Research Experiences for Community College StudentsIntroductionCommunity colleges are evolving from their traditional roles of providing a two-year experienceor a technical education into institutions capable of offering not just associate degrees, but careerprograms, professional and continuing education, language, and equivalency programs andbeyond [1], [2], responding to the changing needs of communities and their economies.However, research practices are not inherent to the community college model and are rarelyincluded as a component in student training or capstone experiences. Additionally, coral reefscience is considered an