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Engagement in Practice: Engineering for Social Change Course in Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session: Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula
Collection: 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Maria C. Sanchez, University of Maryland College Park; Dylan Anthony Hazelwood, University of Maryland, College Park; Dave K. Anand, University of Maryland, College Park
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #21902Engagement in Practice: Engineering for Social Change Course in Mechani-cal EngineeringDr. Maria C. Sanchez, University of Maryland College Park Dr. Maria C. Sanchez is currently an Assistant Research Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Depart- ment at the University of Maryland, College Park working in the Center for Engineering Concepts Devel- opment (CECD). Previously she was a faculty member at Universityof Maryland, Baltimore County, and California State University, Fresno. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and

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Creation of a Paradigm Shift in Student Humanitarian Service – An Experience of One Third Century

Conference Session: Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Sangram Shinde, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan KSA
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #28292Creation of a Paradigm Shift in Student Humanitarian Service – AnExperience of One Third CenturyDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Dr. Brooks is the winner of the National Outstanding Teacher Award of the ASEE in 2015. Dr. Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Temple University. He is a fellow of ASCE. His research interests are Engineering Education, Civil Engineering Materials and Transportation Engineer- ing.Mr. Sangram Shinde, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan KSA Bachelor of Engineering (Production) from University of Pune, Pune, India. Master of

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Engagement in Practice: Academic Service in a Sophomore-level Mechanical Engineering Measurements Lab

Conference Session: Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula
Collection: 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ines Basalo, University of Miami; Jonathon Anthony Toft-Nielsen, University of Miami; Scotney D. Evans, University of Miami
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #22142Engagement in Practice: Academic Service in a Sophomore-level MechanicalEngineering Measurements LabDr. Ines Basalo, University of Miami Dr. Basalo is an Assistant Professor in Practice in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Uni- versity of Miami. Prior to joining the University of Miami in 2014, she worked as an adjunct professor at Columbia University and the Cooper Union in New York City. She received her PhD from Columbia University in 2006, where her research focused on the mechanical and frictional properties of articular cartilage. Dr. Basalo ’s teaching experience includes Thermodynamics

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Engagement in Practice: Creating an Enduring Partnership in a Mechanical Engineering Capstone Course

Conference Session: Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6
Collection: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University; Jeff Wood, Stanford University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

in the Mechanical Engineering Department, as part of a broad effort to redesign the curriculum requirements for the undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. Jeff has over twenty years’ product development and manufacturing experience bringing medical and consumer products to market, through the course of my career journey with Apple, SGI, Nektar, Boston Scientific and Amazon/Lab126. In addition to working with and training engineers in industry, his 9+ years coaching and teaching students in science and sports provide an excellent foundation for educating engineers to make a difference in the world. Specialties: Leading organizations to deliver innovative, thoughtful products; thorough understanding of

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Engagement in Practice: A Process for Creating a New “Council’s Own” Junior Girl Scout Badge in Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session: Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Morgan Stewart, Sealed Air Corporation; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charlotte Marr de Vries, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Laura Jacobson, OM Partners; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Kathy Jacobson, Lockheed Martin, Retired; Allison Mae Hughes, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #18031Engagement in Practice: A Process for Creating a New ”Council’s Own” Ju-nior Girl Scout Badge in Mechanical EngineeringMs. Morgan Stewart, Sealed Air Corporation Morgan Stewart is a mechanical engineer at Sealed Air Corporation specializing in the design of indus- trial packaging and automation equipment. In June 2015, she completed her Bachelor of Science in Me- chanical Engineering at MIT. While attending MIT, Morgan taught engineering lessons to 4th-8th grade students as part of the MIT Edgerton Center. She continues her outreach efforts working with FIRST robotics teams, Girl Scouts, and local maker

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Engineering Design, Project Management, and Community Service Connected Through Servant Leadership

Conference Session: Assessment of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #6197Engineering Design, Project Management, and Community Service ConnectedThrough Servant LeadershipDr. Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Matthew J. Traum is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2007] where he held a research assistantship at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN). At MIT he invented a new nano-enabled garment to provide simultaneous ballistic and thermal protection to infantry soldiers. Dr. Traum also earned

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Assessing Impact without Using Grades: Quality Review of Community Engagement

Conference Session: Assessment of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Barry J Brinkman, Gannon University; Scott E Steinbrink, Gannon University
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Her pri- mary teaching responsibilities are in the solid mechanics and materials areas. She was awarded the 2012 ASEE NCS Outstanding Teacher Award. Vernaza consults for GE Transportation and does research in the area of alternative fuels (biodiesel), engineering education (project based learning and service learning), and high strain deformation of materials. She is one of the PIs of two NSF S-STEM grants and one NSF ADVANCE-PAID grant.Dr. Barry J Brinkman, Gannon UniversityDr. Scott E Steinbrink, Gannon University Dr. Scott Steinbrink is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Spectra of Learning Through Service Programs

Conference Session: Assessment of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Annie Soisson, Tufts University
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Department of Engineering, which graduated its inaugural class in May 2012. At JMU, Dr. Pierrakos is the director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) and director of the Advanced Thermal Fluids Laboratory. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, engineer identity, engineering design instruction and methodology, learning through ser- vice, problem based learning methodologies, assessment of student learning, as well as complex problem solving. Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability, and K-12 en- gineering outreach. Dr. Pierrakos is a 2009 NSF CAREER Awardee. Dr. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in Engineering Science

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How to Recruit and Retain Students using an Engineering Ambassador

Conference Session: Models of community engagement practices
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of Utah; Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Crystal Orantes, University of Utah
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

to help students understand theengineering concepts that were applied. The Ambassadors were trained on how to give effective presentations, and eachambassador was charged with creating a presentation or activity that outlined their experience inengineering. One student enrolled in engineering because he had become involved with rocketrybefore college. He majored in mechanical engineering, and worked on a two-year senior designproject where he and his team built a two stage rocket that was to be launched into legal space.He created a presentation about the history and physics of rocketry. Other students createdpresentations that explored each engineering major, while others helped create activities. One ofthe ambassadors worked at an

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Integrating Community Engagement, Freshman Chemical Engineering, and an AIChE Student Chapter

Conference Session: Models of community engagement practices
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Bill B. Elmore, Mississippi State University
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

years. In particular, our involvement with the highly energized First Lego League competitions contributed to my daughter’s choice to study mechanical engineering. It further led to the germination of an idea about using the LEGO™ robotics system to creatively introduce practical engineering concepts to my chemical engineering freshmen. Beginning in 2006, I brought LEGO™ robotics into my Chemical Engineering Problem Analysis course in

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Community Outreach and Engagement through Sustainability

Conference Session: Assessment of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

each fall to create objects from trash that someone might buy; they havebuilt solar cookers, cardboard homes, a backpack from crushed soda cans, a table from recycledcans, a child‟s chair from cardboard, a grill from a recycled metal drum, and a greenhouse fromwater bottles. One of us was on the core committee for the creation of a sustainability plan forour local county and this involvement led to some of students being involved in working on thelocation and layout of a potential Material Recycling Facility; we will be continuing to support Page 23.304.9the implementation of the plan. Students in the American Society of Mechanical

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An Assessment Approach to Project-Based Service Learning

Conference Session: Assessment of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; James Huff, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7121An Assessment Approach to Project-Based Service LearningMs. Antonette T. Cummings, Purdue University Antonette Cummings is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.James Huff, Purdue University James L. Huff is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University as well as the assistant education administrator for EPICS. He earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering at Harding University and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is currently on an academic

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Engagement in Practice: Engaging with the Community One Bike at a Time

Conference Session: Engineers and Communities: Critical Reflections of Challenges, Opportunities, and Practices of Engaging Each Other
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Callie J. Miller, James Madison University; Jason Forsyth, James Madison University; Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

frame members, determine mass, locate center of mass, and perform a tip/flip analysisin various riding situations; these calculations inform conceptual and preliminary designdecisions made by teams.The project of designing and building the human-powered vehicle is interwoven into the coursecontent and used throughout for in-class individual and team work. Students learn and practicecourse topics during class meeting times, and then must complete the activities for the project ontheir own outside of class. Often this means meeting with the final design recipient (clientand/or user), members of support staff (e.g., the university machinist, department lab manager, orlocal bike mechanic) or using material learned in other courses (e.g., MatLab and

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"Ingeniero como vos": An analysis of the Mbyá-Guaraní Practices Associated with Engineering Design

Conference Session: Engineers and Communities: Critical Reflections of Challenges, Opportunities, and Practices of Engaging Each Other
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Matias N. de Paula, University of San Diego
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

house embodied the Indigenous knowledge of the community. A communalpractice that included not only the technicality of building a house, but the spiritual connection toit. It was the place where they received their spiritual names, which are not recorded in theArgentinian official records. This demonstrates not only the departure from traditional Westernforms of knowing and doing, but also a form of resistance to hegemony. Thus, as indicated byBattiste and Henderson [16], there is no separation between science, art, building, communalpractices or aesthetics in Indigenous thought, even when it encompasses engineering practices.The house was built not only for shelter, but the foundation, orientation, and material selectionwas embedded in a

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Sponsoring Research in Appropriate Technology

Conference Session: Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Joann M. Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jeffrey Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Tyrone Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Ricardo Maldonado; Cristina Rivera-Vélez, GREAT IDEA; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut; Pablo Jose Acevedo, UPRM
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

, it is an underutilized resource in many countries where it can be cultivated. This thesis will represent the first systematic study of the physical and mechanical properties of bamboos cultivated in Puerto Rico, where bamboo has not yet emerged as a major construction material. As a part of this work, samples of structural bamboos from 7 different geographical regions of Puerto Rico will be tested for stiffness and ultimate strength in compression, tension, shear and flexion. Also, the samples will be subjected to different alternative Page 24.1097.13 (nontoxic) preservative solutions to contrast their effectiveness against

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A Community Partner's Role During a First-Year Service Learning Project

Conference Session: The D/M/A of CE
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Libby Osgood P.Eng., University of Prince Edward Island and Dalhousie University; Clifton R Johnston, Dalhousie University; Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #6546A Community Partner’s Role During a First-Year Service Learning ProjectLibby Osgood P.Eng., University of Prince Edward Island and Dalhousie University Libby Osgood is an engineering lecturer at the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada, where she teaches second-year dynamics and design courses. Concurrently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her background is in aerospace and sys- tems engineering, specifically related to satellite design. She was a systems engineer on two of NASA Goddard’s satellites: FERMI and LDCM. Her interests have

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Research Institutions’ Teaching Imperative: Rising to the Commitment of Service-Learning in Engineering Education

Conference Session: Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Greg Rulifson P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

modeling, and controls. He is an inventor with over twenty patents and the author of more than two hundred publications including two books. A Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Society of Plastics Engineers, he is the recipient of over twenty different recognition awards including the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and the ASME Ishii-Toshiba Award for sustained and meritorious contribution to Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle.Dr. Chris Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Curriculum Development in the School of Engineer- ing and an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental

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Engagement in Practice Paper: Engineering Students vs. Geological Risk in the Gold Supply Chain: Using Geological Risk in Gold Mining Communities to Overcome Technical Instrumentalism among Engineering Students

Conference Session: Engineers and Communities: Critical Reflections of Challenges, Opportunities, and Practices of Engaging Each Other
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

, Technology and Computing in the American Anthropological Association. She studies experts and their work in relation to environments, technolo- gies, and human lives. Her current research projects deal with earthquake risk management technology in Mexico and the United States, environmental data justice in the US/Mexican borderlands, and the development and practice of engineering expertise.Dr. Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines Juan Lucena is Professor and Director of Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Juan obtained a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech and a MS in STS and BS in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Social Constraints: A Critical Component of Global Humanitarian-based Projects

Conference Session: Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Amy Wood, Brigham Young University; Parry Fader Garff, Brigham Young University; Carol J Ward, Brigham Young University; Eric C. Dahlin, Brigham Young University; Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Peru.The popular class has traditionally involved students from Mechanical, Chemical, Civil andEnvironmental, and Electrical and Computer Engineering programs, as well as students fromtechnology disciplines. Assessments from the various years have demonstrated that studentslearn skills and attributes that are not easily taught in a campus setting. Over the years, lessonshave been learned regarding the importance of social constraints related to the design andimplementation of projects.Recently, material related to social constraints has been implemented in the course to strengthenthe incorporation of social constraints in the design and implementation process. Specifically,student learning related to social constraints has involved a) a review of

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Community Engagement in the Developing World

Conference Session: Impact of Community Engagement on Communities
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: William M. Jordan, Baylor University
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #9717Community Engagement in the Developing WorldDr. William M. Jordan, Baylor University WILLIAM JORDAN is the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in Theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials related courses. He does work in the area of mechanical behavior of composite materials. He is also interested in entrepreneurship and appropriate technology in developing countries

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Application of Sustainable Solutions in International Service-Learning Engineering Projects

Conference Session: Impact of Community Engagement on Communities
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University; Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, The Ohio State University; Roger Dzwonczyk, The Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Miriam Cater, Ohio State University
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #9326Application of Sustainable Solutions in International Service-Learning Engi-neering ProjectsMr. Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University Carlos G. Montoya is a PhD. candidate in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineer- ing at The Ohio State University and his expected date of graduation is August 2014. He also received his M.S. in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2010. His research is on the topics of pave- ment design, soil mechanics, resilient modulus testing, evaluation of field and laboratory test data, as well as finite element modeling of

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Implementation of a STEM Summer Enrichment Program in a Low Income Community

Conference Session: Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Antonio Jose Soares P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Rabbani Muhammad, Florida A&M University; Doreen Kobelo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; G. Thomas Bellarmine P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Chao Li, Florida A&M University; Salman A. Siddiqui, Florida A&M University
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7547Implementation of a STEM Summer Enrichment Program in a Low IncomeCommunityDr. Antonio Jose Soares, Florida A&M University/Florida State University Dr. Antonio Soares was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1972. He received a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Florida in De- cember 1998. He obtained a master of science degree in Electrical Engineering from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in December of 2000 with focus on semiconductor devices, semiconductor physics, Optoelectronics and Integrated Circuit Design

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Raising Students’ Cultural Awareness through Design Scenarios

Conference Session: Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; James Huff, Harding University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

, seesaw, and swing to produce energy that can be converted to electricityfor the lights. You all like the idea and decide to design such a system.In your opinion, what are the top five things you need to consider in order to successfully accomplish thisdesign task? Figure 1. Design task inspired by prior work of Jesiek et al. and Panadian30-31Data AnalysisThe final rubric for classifying students’ responses to the design task is illustrated in Table 1,which also reports examples directly taken from student responses. Answers that consideredpurely the physics of the devices, such as power and materials, fell into the technical category. Ifthe language did not include stakeholders or looked for quantity (as related to non-technicalfactors

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What is Design for Social Justice?

Conference Session: Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

of science-based technology and a linear timeline of Page 24.1368.4deliverables dictates the pace of the design process. Continuing to view a person withdisabilities or an imagined community as a client and listening to the spec obscures studentsfrom seeing salient social justice considerations.13 This form of client-driven, technology-based capstone design course sits comfortably as theculminating experience after years of solving pre-defined problems in engineering courses,where students are taught via multiple mechanisms that what matters in becoming anengineer is mastery of math-based engineering science courses.14 That perception of

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Global Engineering Design Symposium: Engaging the Sociocultural Dimensions of Engineering Problem Solving

Conference Session: Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne Elizabeth Dare, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

thispaper include providing faculty and staff at other institutions with inspiration and guidance fororganizing similar kinds of training opportunities, characterizing the engineering students whoopt into global service-learning programs, and exploring strategies for assessing such events.Preparing Engineers for Global Service-Learning: Resources and StrategiesWhile many global service-learning programs and initiatives provide training opportunities for Page 23.644.3students, there has been little in the way of coherent discourse or discussion around the topic.Some materials, models, and strategies are available, but they remain largely scattered

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Engineering Pathways Study: Lessons Learned in Its Development and Implementation

Conference Session: Impact of Community Engagement on Students
Collection: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Timothy Henry Hellickson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach
Tagged Divisions: Community Engagement Division

addition,participant interviews could occur up to 8 weeks after they had completed the on-line survey,leading to a significant lag time between a when a participant started a round and when theycompleted all parts of it.Lesson Learned: Mechanisms for compensation to participants need to seamless withparticipants’ completion so that it occurs within days and not weeks of a participantscompletion.Other issues that occurred during the study period included: 1. Changes in participant’s contact information could lead to ‘lost’ participants who could no longer be contacted. 2. Miscommunications during data collection during study when participants would only partially complete the on-line survey and believe that they should be compensated