students. Dr. Cadwell currently consults on a $1.2 million NSF grant that she procured in partnership with the Univer- sity of Idaho faculty in Curriculum and Instruction, UI Extension, and two local Native American Indian Tribes: the Coeur d’Alene (CdAT) and Spokane (ST) tribes. The grant, ITEST, Strategies Project—Back to the Earth (BTTE), is addressing a national call to increase the STEM workforce pipeline by supporting and improving the STEM educational experiences for Native American students. Dr. Cadwell is a member of the grant leadership team with expertise in STEM content, curriculum development, and technology ed- ucation. The team is using an interdisciplinary framework to reach under-served populations. The
Paper ID #9309Bringing Healthcare to Rural Ghana: The Impact on EngineerinANDREA KUBICKI, The Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership As a senior pre-medicine student at Michigan Technological University, I traveled to Ghana this summer through the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership. Before traveling, I worked with a team from the International Business Venture Enterprise and engineering senior design team to create a mobile health clinic. While in Ghana, my team introduced the mobile health clinic and went into the field to collect data on the use of the vehicle and ideas for improvement in
research projects combine most research interests and is based in the concept of appropriate technology. The project title is ”Graduate Research and Education for Appropriate Technology: Inspiring Direct Engagement and Agency (GREAT IDEA)” and it is funded by the NSF (http://greatidea.uprm.edu/).Joann M Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Joann M. Rodriguez is currently a second year graduate student in Environmental Engineering at the Uni- versity of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM). Her research is focused on the biological mechanisms in the biosand filter technology. Previously, in 2012, she completed a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering and a certificate in Environmental Engineering at the UPRM
. Page 25.1142.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Scaffolding Undergraduate Engineering Design Education with the Wellbeing FrameworkIncreasingly engineering design educators articulate wanting to embed social sustainabilityinto student projects. Some educators observe that global calls, such as the Grand Challengesof Engineering and the Millennium Development Goals, foster social consciousness whilesupporting open innovation environments.1-4 Engineering design requires an ill-structuredproblem in a complex context.5, 6 Professors of engineering design use a range of tools
Mortenson Center for Engineering in Developing Communities. Her research interest is in recruiting, educating, and retaining engineers capable of meet- ing global development challenges, and her current work is focused on understanding engineers involved specifically with Engineers Without Borders-USA. Page 26.1039.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Investigating the Benefits of Group Model Building Using System Dynamics for Engineers Without Borders StudentsABSTRACTMore than ever, future engineering students will need improved tools to more
. Anne L. Kern is an assistant professor in curriculum/instruction, science education at the University of Idaho. She researches methodologies in education, specifically in science teaching and learning, science teacher development, and science integration in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathemat- ics). Her research focuses on using place-based pedagogies in understanding STEM content, particularly with American Indian students and communities. She is the Principle Investigator for the NSF funded Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers, Back to the Earth.Dr. Jillian Rae Cadwell, University of Idaho Dr. Jillian Cadwell was an assistant professor in the Civil Engineering department at
and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton. She is editor-in-chief of IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine and an elected member of the IEEE Press Editorial Board. She has worked at Pacific Lutheran University, Harvard University Summer School, and IBM. She received an A.B. and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University, an M. Phil. from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University—all in Physics. She holds permanent certifications as a Teacher of Mathematics, Teacher of Physical Science, and Teacher of Physics in the State of New Jersey for Grades P-12.Ms. Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education Maggie Varga
of student were created; one a cluster of first-year students(followed for three years to their junior year) and the other a cluster of junior-year students(followed through post-graduation). 3.1 Study Indicators Used in the StudyThe EPS study focused on a number of indicators previously found to influence one’s ability tolearn – self-efficacy, motivation, identity, cultural competency, well-being, etc. These indicatorswere explored through a number of instruments briefly reviewed below. 1. Strong alignment with ABET criteria 3a-k. The National Engineering Students’ Learning Outcomes Survey (NESLOS) was used to measure students’ perceived learning outcomes. The 51-item NESLOS was derived from extensive STEM education
. Page 26.523.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 DEVELOPMENT OF A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYAbstractThis paper discusses feasible means of integrating mentorship programs into engineering andengineering technology curricula. The two main motivations for investigating the developmentof such programs are to improve retention rates and to augment the efforts toward increasing theenrollment of minority students. In fact, it can be argued that a mentorship program can alsoindirectly assist in the achievement of critical student outcomes for accreditation. The model ofmentorship presented in this paper involves a vertical integration of
into policy, academia/industry relations and organizational structure SPEEDserves to continue the professional education of its members and participants of its forums.In June 2013, SPEED collaborated with Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education(IUCEE). IUCEE works to improve the quality and global relevance of EE and research in Indiawith focus on faculty development, student development, curriculum development, as well as Page 26.661.2improved teaching technologies and research [2]. Both the organizations joined hands to improvethe EE scenario in India for the benefit of the student fraternity. 2.) Grand Challenges for Engineering:The
Paper ID #9244How to Recruit and Retain Students using an Engineering AmbassadorDr. Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of UtahKaren J Krapcho, University of Utah Karen J Krapcho, MS is the Outreach Coordinator for NSF grant # 0652982 Utah’s Engineers: A Statewide Initiative for Growth. Many of the programs discussed in this paper were funded (in part) from this grant.Ms. Crystal Orantes, University of Utah Page 24.677.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 How to Recruit and
. Page 23.211.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Assessing Impact without Using Grades: Quality Review of Community EngagementThe Scholars for Excellence in Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) program wasinitiated in fall 2009 through NSF S-STEM grant funding. The interdisciplinary, multi-year,mixed academic-level program awarded scholarships to students based on academic merit andfinancial need. SEECS is an opportunity for students in the majors of computer science,electrical and computer engineering, environmental engineering, information systems,mechanical engineering, and software engineering at Gannon University. The goals of thescholarship
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Western Michigan University.Dr. Mark R. Henderson, Arizona State University, PolytechnicDr. Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University Spencer Magleby is a professor in mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University and in 2005 was appointed Associate Dean in the College of Engineering and Technology. Before coming to BYU, he worked in the military aircraft industry developing tools for advanced aircraft design and manufacture. He received a B.S. and M.S. from BYU and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He has pursued research in design tools and processes, team formation and management, design education, and commer- cialization of new mechanism technologies
AC 2012-3522: SEEKING RELEVANCY, BUILDING EXCELLENCE: SERVICE-LEARNING IN THE SEECS PROGRAMDr. Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University Karinna Vernaza joined Gannon University in 2003, and she is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Her B.S. is in Marine Systems Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Ma- rine Academy. Her primary teaching responsibilities are in the solid mechanics and materials areas. She was awarded the 2012 ASEE NCS Outstanding Teacher Award. Vernaza consults for GE Transporta- tion and does research in the area of alternative fuels (biodiesel), engineering education (active
and curriculum and instruction in the College of Education. He is an Fellow of the ASEE and NSPE. He was the first engineer to win the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service- learning. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for his work in EPICS. Page 25.130.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Adapting Curricular Models for Local Service-Learning to International CommunitiesIntroduction:In recent years, respected voices in
internship mandatory [22].In the 2019 Guidelines, a lot of these potential gains for the formation of educator/grassrootsengineers are kept; they are mainly seen in article six [21]. Nonetheless, a relevant loss alsooccurred: “Humanities, Social Sciences, and Citizenship,” which was a mandatory matter in the2002 Guidelines (article six) [22], is no longer even mentioned, as a content to be worked on, inthat of 2019. As it will be seen, it was through disciplines such as STS (Science, Technology,and Society), where this specific content used to be developed, that many engaged teachersoffered a critical part of the curricular educator engineer formation that could be provided intheir institutions.Despite the undeniable potentiality for
of the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Washington. She designsand teaches courses involving universal design, technical communication, ethics, and diversity, equity andinclusion. She co-founded HuskyADAPT (Accessible Design and Play Technology), where she mentorsUW students in design for local needs experts with disabilities. She also leads STEM outreach activitiesfor the UW community and local K-12 students involving toy adaptation for children with disabilities. Di-anne holds a PhD in Genetics from Duke University, and BS in Molecular Biology and BA in Psychologyfrom the University of Texas at Austin. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Engagement in Practice: Toy Adaptation for
Institute of Technology." Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. [2] Barrella, E. and Watson, M.K. 2015. Comparing the outcomes of horizontal and vertical integration of sustainability content into engineering curricula using concept maps. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, Vancouver, BC. [3] Barrella, E. and Watson, M.K. 2016. Developing a Cross-Disciplinary Sustainable Design Rubric for Engineering Projects. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, Bruges, Belgium. [4] Burian, S. J., and Reynolds, S. K. 2014. Using the EnvisionTM sustainable
the fact that in 2016, the human species used all the resources mathematicallyavailable to them by August 08, a date getting earlier each year. Systems thinking enablesengineers to better implement the SDGs which require interconnected networks of variousdisciplines working together for a common goal. Engineers require not just analytical skills,creativity, and a wide breadth of education but also a systems thinking mindset (UNESCO 2010). Even though systems thinking sounds forward thinking and is often used in publicdiscourse and debates in science, engineering, politics and economics, its value proposition todeliver better and more integrated solutions and policy decisions to complex problems is still notaccepted by all (Dent 2001
. Page 25.1058.3Phase 1 (EPICS documentation)The Servant Engineering program began in the spring of 2010. At that time there were 39students, both sophomores and juniors, working on seven projects. The group size for eachproject ranged from 5-6 students and was purposely multi-disciplinary in their organization. Theprojects were chosen to fit into the following four tracks: education outreach, communityservice, appropriate technology for overseas, and assistive technologies. There were two facultyadvisers: one responsible for three groups and the other for four groups.In order to track the progress of a groups’ effort, documentation from EPICS was used withlimited editing. At the time of implementation, these resources involved a design
with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (started 2008). Education B.A. in Liberal Arts Engineering from Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL); B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX); M.S. in Computer Science from University of Colorado (Colorado Springs, CO
prepare students for life. Towards this goal, the university has a new core educationexperience1 that includes requirements in “civic engagement,” as well as other more traditionalareas. The book Civic Engagement and Higher Education defines civic engagement as “workingto make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination ofknowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the qualityof life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.”2At Santa Clara University, the civic engagement requirement specifically intends to developstudents’ capacities for and commitment to addressing major contemporary social issues raisedby scientific and technological
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Parents’ Perceptions of STEM Education in Black ChurchesAbstractThe purpose of this research study is to explore the feasibility of an educational program focusedon science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) delivered in an innovativeinformal learning environment: Black churches. In this initial phase we will identify and examineattitudes, beliefs, perceptions and misconceptions of parents about STEM and STEM pathways.We will also seek to identify elements that parents would like to see in a STEM educationcurriculum. The overall goal of EPICC STEMulation is to equip church leaders and parents fromunderrepresented backgrounds with the tools to deliver STEM content that is
sustainability and climate action, using methods from visual and environmental anthropology, popular education, asset-based community development, partic- ipatory facilitation, and museum education. Since August 2015, she has been the inaugural Director of the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Serve-Learn-Sustain is a campus-wide academic initiative launched in January, 2016 to prepare students to use their disciplinary expertise to address the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges in ways that advance community well-being and create thriving natural systems. Dr. Hirsch is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech and serves on the
Innovators: How low-income and first-generation students contribute to US engineering.Dr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is also co-Editor of the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace. Page 24.1368.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What is Design for Social Justice?…technology only expands human capabilities when appropriately embedded in wider
in promoting public understanding of science for over 30 years, he is a frequent conference and workshop presenter on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, and his firm provides research and evaluation services for a broad range of government, corporate, non-profit and university clients. Heil is a co-author of Family Engineering: An Activity and Event Planning Guide, and serves as a member-at-large on the Executive Committee of ASEE’s K-12 Division.Dr. Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University Dr. Thalia Anagnos is a professor in the General Engineering Department at San Jose State University where she has taught since 1984. Her research interests are in structural engineering
Paper ID #24762New Communal Practices for Shadow CitiesMr. Scott Gerald Shall, Lawrence Technological University Scott Gerald Shall, AIA, is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean of the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) and the founding director of the International Design Clinic (IDC, www.internationaldesignclinic.org), a registered non-profit that realizes socially- responsive creative action with communities in need around the world. Since founding the IDC in 2006, Shall has worked through this organization to complete over a dozen projects on four continents. Shall’s
for Engineering Education’s newest division startup, Community Engagement in Engineering Education. He is PI, or Co-PI, on several large projects assessing the impacts of learning through service on students, faculty, and communities around the world.Alexandra Archer, Michigan Technological University Alexandra Archer is an environmental engineering master’s student in the Peace Corps Masters Interna- tional program at Michigan Tech. She holds a master’s in biological systems engineering from Kansas State University. Her research interests include sustainable engineering and international community en- gagement
, and designing and developing non-digital games for learning, reading and speaking Cherokee focused on its use of pronouns while partnering design students with faculty and students in the Cherokee Language program and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina. Both the nanotechnology animations and the Cherokee word games has been distributed to large and multifaceted audiences nationally.Dr. Hugh Jack P.E., Western Carolina University Dr. Jack is the Cass Ballenger Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Department Head of the School of Engineering and Technology within Western Carolina University. His interests include robotics, automation, and product design.Dr. Lane Graves Perry III
anecdotes.Ongoing use of the tool, paired with leadership support, is driving the organization to changehow they view community roles.Introduction and purposeDespite many calls to diversify engineering and the science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) degree programs and workforce more broadly, to date, limited progress hasbeen made. To address what some have characterized as a “leaky pipeline,” scholars haverecommended, among several strategies, forming “strategic partnerships” [2]. We argue that suchpartnerships should aim to be community-engaged in order to broaden participation.Engineering education has a long history of forming partnerships and providing opportunities forstudents to design solutions for communities. Much of this has come