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Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University; Sandra G. Luca, Loyola Marymount University; Jeremy S. Pal, Loyola Marymount University; Jose A. Saez, Loyola Marymount University

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and professional development of engineering undergraduate students.Dr. Sandra G Luca, Loyola Marymount University Sandra Luca is the Director of Student Engagement for the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering. She earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Arizona in Tucson.Prof. Jeremy S Pal, Loyola Marymount UniversityDr. jose A saez Page 26.897.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Impacts of Service-Learning Projects on the Technical and Professional Engineering Confidence of First Year Engineering

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Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jo-Ann Panzardi P.E., Cabrillo College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College & Cabrillo College; Natalia Cordoba-Velasquez, Cabrillo College; Brandon Faria, Cabrillo College; Sarah E. Kalman, Cabrillo College; Patrick Mojica, Cabrillo College; Jose Horacio Jimenez, Cabrillo College

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using practices by Purdue University’s EPICS Program.The instrument had 26 statements from which students gave themselves a rank using a scale of 1(low) to 10 (high). The areas of growth included industry skills, the value of civic engagement,awareness of engineering as a global profession, global and cultural skills. The results from thestudents’ self-assessments showed an average increase of 32% or 2 mean points before vs. afterthe Engineering Abroad program. Students experienced change and noticed their skills andabilities were enhanced after the abroad experience.Cabrillo CollegeCabrillo College was established in 1958 and is an accredited community college located on theCalifornia central coast serving all of Santa Cruz County, the

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Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati; Tony James Bailey; Leigh Anna Folger, University of Cincinnati; Rachel Schwind, Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati; Gabrielle Anne Notorgiacomo, University of Cincinnati Honors Program; Jacob Daniel Wells

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American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Engineering Your Community: Experiences of Students in a Service-Learning Engineering Design CourseAbstract:One of the significant issues facing engineering over the past several decades has been therecruitment and retention of students, particularly minority and female students. One methodthat has proven fruitful in attracting these groups is to utilize a service-learning approach to showthe applicability of course content and the ways that it can positively affect others. Manyprograms, such as Engineers Without Borders, target service opportunities for engineers in adeveloping country and typically attract a higher percentage of female and minority participantsthan the national

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Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Roger Haase, University of Cincinnati

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develop teachers in K-12education2,3. Many museums have professional development programs for teachers9, providinglessons and curriculum materials to supplement visits, as well as stand alone programs for use inclassrooms. Such materials are one of the ways in which museums not only enable success inconventional science education, but also connect those formal systems with the community atlarge20.Naturally growing from this focus on education, science museums are an incredible resouce forpublic awareness and engagment. “Public” is a can refer to a variety of large groups; leaders inand out of government, news and mass media, the adult populace at large, and theaforementioned children and educators21. There is, of course, some overlap among these

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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aerospace industry with the Boeing Company initially as a design engineer and then later in systems engineering. At Missouri S&T, she teaches a variety of courses emphasizing Project Management and Financial Management for both undergraduate and graduate level courses. Her research interests focus on engineering education with a special interest in Service Learning and project management. Schuman is also the Departmental Experiential Learning Coordinator. She has developed her undergraduate project management class into a Service Learning class where the students work with area communities on real projects that benefit both the communities and students. c American Society for Engineering

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Reynolds Brubaker, Stanford University; Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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.08 .08 Difference .10 -.05 .48 .13 .10 .01 .12 Cohen’s d .11 .06 .50 .13 .10 .01 .13The finding that women and URM students compared to other engineering students are moreinterested in impact-driven work is supported by the literature. Through studyingintergenerational differences in STEM career development at U. Mass. Lowell, Rayman foundthat women tend to be inclined to work on social, community, and global issues (2007).Additionally, engineering disciplines with a greater service ethic, e.g. biomedical andenvironmental engineering, tend to have higher percentages of women than other engineeringdisciplines (U.S

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Queen Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kelly Summerford Ellenburg, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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campus through initiatives such as the ”S” course designation and showcasing of best practices. Mrs. Ellenburg’s work on campus-level initiatives at UT has included service on the 2015 SACS Qual- ity Enhancement Plan writing team, the 2014 Carnegie Community Engagement writing team, the 2010 UT Community Engagement Task Force writing team, and coordinating author for the 2010 whitepaper ”Student Ownership, and the College Experience.” Last year she received the Chancellor’s Award for Environmental Leadership for her leadership of sustainability-focused service-learning and the SCI. Mrs. Ellenburg serves on the Board of Directors for the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communi- ties Network (EPIC-N), the

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Community Engagement in Diverse Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jo-Ann Panzardi PE, Cabrillo College; Terra D. Morris, The RP Group; Xitlali Galmez-Marquez, Cabrillo College; Patricia E. Sanders; Eva Schiorring, StemEval; Kurt Degregorio, Cabrillo College

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Paper ID #25144What Impact Does an Engineering Abroad Program Have on the Motivationand Commitment of Community College Engineering Students?Jo-Ann Panzardi PE, Cabrillo College Jo-Ann Panzardi is a Professor and Chair of the Engineering Department at Cabrillo College, Aptos, California since August 1995. She is also the Program Director of a USDE Title III STEM grant and Project Investigator of a NSF S-STEM grant. She received her BS in Civil Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York and her MSCE in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Maryland. She is a registered civil engineer in California. She was

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vemitra M White, Mississippi State University; Jamel Hill Alexander, Mississippi State University; Debra Prince, Mississippi State University

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University Debra Lindsey Prince earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Mississippi State University in 2000 and currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Leadership and Foundations. Her research interests are focused on poverty and the well-being of children and program evaluation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Mississippi BEST Robotics: An analysis of impact and outcomes on student performance and perceptions towards earning STEM degreesAbstractRobotics is an innovative way of intertwining the fields of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM). Through robotics, students become competent

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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impacts of designs and have an interest in working towards sustainabilityThe EPRA survey asks students to rate how important particular skills are for a professionalengineer (fundamental, technical, business, professional, cultural awareness/understanding,ethics, societal context, and volunteerism) on a 7-point scale from “very unimportant” to “veryimportant.” It also asks students to signal what aspects of a job are most important to them bydistributing 10 points among eight categories: salary, helping people, working onindustrial/commercial projects, working on community development projects, living domestically,living internationally in a developed country, living internationally in a developing country, andowning

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Corporate Engagement Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Olga Maria Stavridis, Ohio State University; Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Lisa A. Barclay, The Ohio State University

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, Minority Engineering Program and Women in Engineering, impacting hundreds of prospective students and more than 2,500 enrolled engineers. In addition to overseeing the daily operations of the DOI office she also serves as an advisor to the National Society of Black Engineers and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers where she has the opportunity to work closely with undergraduate students to support their efforts to excel academically and serve the community. Prior to assuming her current role she worked with the Ohio State University Upward Bound and Young Scholars programs. While at OSU she has been recognized for outstanding service by Mortar Board & Sphinx, College of Engineering Above and Beyond Award

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session - Exploring the Transformative Power of Service, Engagement, and Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Danielle Wood, University of Notre Dame; Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville; Daniel Lapsley, University of Notre Dame

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. She is a transdisciplinary researcher, with research interests including community engagement, evaluation in complex settings, and translational work at the socio-technical nexus.Dr. Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville Dr. Faisal Aqlan is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at The University of Louisville. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering form The State University of New York at Binghamton.Daniel Lapsley, University of Notre Dame ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023How a Civic Internship Impacts Student Professional DiscernmentAbstract:Researchers at UNIVERSITY developed, piloted, and examined a community-engaged STEMlearning environment

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Student Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maha Sultan Alsheeb, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Paper ID #26197The Impact of Socio-cultural Factors in Qatar on Females in EngineeringMiss Maha Sultan Alsheeb, Texas A&M University at Qatar My name Maha Al-Sheeb. I am a joiner chemical engineer student Class of 2020. I have one brother and one sister. I joined the Academic bridge program in 2014. I believes in ”Difficult roads often leads to beautiful destination” Grand.Aspiration.Dr. Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Amy Hodges is an instructional assistant professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar, where she teaches first-year writing and technical and business writing courses. She also leads

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Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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experimental aerodynamics, aircraft design and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 2019 ASEE 126th National Conference Flipped Classroom and its Impact on Student Engagement Chadia Affane Aji and M. Javed Khan Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Alabama 36088AbstractThis paper will provide the first-year results of the impact of implementing the flipped approachin lower level math and aerospace engineering courses. A quasi-experimental between-groupsresearch design was used for assessing the effectiveness of this methodology. The control groupconsisted of students who were in the same course

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Community Building and Student Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tridib Kumar Saha, Purdue University ; Jason Morphew, Purdue University

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Society for Engineering Education, 2024Investigating the Impact of Team Composition, Self-Efficacy, and Test Anxiety on Student Performance and Perception of Collaborative Learning: A Hierarchical Linear Modeling ApproachIntroductionA notable transition in higher education towards the adoption of active and collaborative learningapproaches has been in progress for many decades [1][2]. The shift has been motivated byincreasing evidence that these teaching methods can improve student engagement, motivation,and achievement in specific courses [3][4]. These approaches are very different from traditionallecture-based teaching methods, which mainly promote passive learning, where students areexpected to passively absorb

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Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick John Sours, The Ohio State University; xinquan Jiang, The Ohio State University

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conduct multiple rounds of question reformation based on structured question of why they want the information. (Diversity of Stakeholders), (A)Community Survey Analysis Students review the results of a community survey to identified or understanding current conditions present within the community. (Diversity of Stakeholders), (A), (Stakeholder Dynamics), (U)Cultural immersion (with community and institutional partners) Students engage with local university instructors and students, community NGO members and community members throughout in-country trip/ communication prior. Multiple reflection sessions with students are held paired with journal reflections. This would also fall into Participant

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Engineers and Communities: Critical Reflections of Challenges, Opportunities, and Practices of Engaging Each Other

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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. Communityengagement deepens the relationships that enrich the curricular content and make the project andcourse more meaningful. Further, this course provides a unique opportunity to teach students thebroad impacts of their engineering education in the lives of the people in the community. Lastly,since the client and user are new every year, the instructor is on the journey through the projectjust as much as the students which builds an extremely strong relationship between instructor andstudent. Engaging in this type of relationship is a fundamental mission of James MadisonUniversity, and builds an expectation for how the adviser, capstone team relationship will beestablished in the following year.Transferability to Other InstitutionsThere are the obvious

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Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Tech; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #30651Evaluating the impacts of community service on student learning outcomesDr. Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Tech Dr. Jennifer Benning is an Instructor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She was formerly an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was also the creator and Program Coordinator of a Sustainable Engineering Minor Degree Program. She also co-developed and lead the EPICS program there. Her main research expertise is in contaminant transport, with foci on transport processes in

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pasquale Sanfelice; Mia Erdenebileg; Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College- One of the City Colleges of Chicago

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Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Overcoming Comfort Zones to Better the Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Engineering Students (Tricks of the Trade) (WIP)INTRODUCTIONCommunity College SuccessInvolvement in co-curricular activities, including participation in student and professionalorganizations, can significantly enhance the overall educational experience [1]. Engineeringprograms in community colleges strive to reinforce student engagement that increases studentacademic and extracurricular success. [2-5] One factor that reduces engagement amongststudents in co-curricular activities is low self-efficacy. [6] Students believe that participation inco-curricular activities will take time from their academics [7] regardless of the

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rachel Figard, North Carolina State University; Pippin Payne, North Carolina State University

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. Although this is a preliminarystudy, we hope to continue increasing the involvement within the program as the Council furtherdevelops the community of GC Scholars at XXXXX. For continuation of this study, we areinterested in tracking the effect of the student council on the outcome and development of GCScholars in the following key areas: the quantity and quality of applicants to the Program,engagement from Scholars in GC-specific activities, and post-graduation pursuit of careers in theGrand Challenges. Beginning in fall 2020, we will track these areas in order to monitor the effectof the student council on the success within the Program.Although this is a qualitative study as opposed to an analysis across GCSPs at multipleuniversities, the

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Shreya Gupta, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis; Dong Gyun Kim, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis; Victoria Kang Li Xu, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis

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areas of science with an average rating of 40% [2]. Theretention rate of teachers in primary education is also highest for teachers who are not certified inSTEM fields [2]. Community involvement in education has demonstrated, for the childreninvolved, higher engagement and interest in challenging curricula, higher academicachievements, and positive changes in behaviors [8]. Based on this data, it is evident that there isa critical need to help teachers from non-STEM backgrounds integrate STEM subjects into theirclassrooms.A team of interdisciplinary undergraduate student developers at UC Davis have organized aprogram that involves the student community in supporting teachers and sharing resources toincrease project-based STEM education. Within

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Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devika Patel, Stanford University

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Engineering Education, 2016 Preparing Engineering Students to Work on Taboo Topics in the Service of CommunitiesIntroductionAccording to the WHO, 2.4 billion people lack access to proper sanitation resources.1 Faced witha growing problem, engineers, locally and internationally, have responded to this crisis throughavenues such as the Gates Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. In the case of the Toilet Challenge,engineers were able to create what were seen as “practical” toilets that convert waste into energy.However, each toilet cost upwards of $1000 and required infrastructure and technology notavailable in their target communities, thus presenting a huge drawback in fighting the sanitationstigma.2 There is much to learn

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maral Kargarmoakhar, Florida International University; Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A. Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida; Tiana Solis, Florida International University

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protégés being mentored gain the benefits ofpsychosocial support, and they can assuage discomfort that may arise from sharing insecuritieswith others. It can also serve to encourage minoritized undergraduates to persist, and to developconfidence [23]. Traditional mentoring also has a positive relationship with satisfaction,commitment, and involvement in ones’ major [26]. Thus, being a mentor or/and mentee haveimportant impacts on students’ knowledge, skills, commitment, and participation in their field.Volunteerism or altruism is another activity and experience students can engage in/with to increasetheir sense of belonging and to appeal to intrinsic motivation to persevere in computing fields.Participation in volunteer activities allows students

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Corporate Engagement Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Cheryl L. Knobloch, Pennsylvania State University

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director of Penn State Women in Engineering Program. Cheryl directs all aspects of WEP and innovatively steers pre-college outreach, undergraduate retention for 1,700+ women, and professional development for graduate students and alumnae. She has engaged in research investigating the effect of mentoring and retention initiatives on persistence of women in engineering. A seasoned educator, Cheryl teaches multiple courses includ- ing two gender-balanced, mechanical engineering design classes. She serves as advisor to the nationally award-winning SWE student chapter, and has been an active WEPAN member since 2002. Most recently, Cheryl’s contributions have been recognized as recipient of Penn State Achieving Woman Award

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session - Exploring the Transformative Power of Service, Engagement, and Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Selvin Yovani Tobar; Bara Maisara Zalloum; Anna N. Le; Yessenia Nicacio-Rosales; Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College- One of the City Colleges of Chicago

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these participants. We will also enhanceour recruiting strategies and assess what prevents students from volunteering. We will continueto expand our data size and we will continue to collaborate with more local community partnersand student organizations within Wright College to organize volunteering opportunities. Withmore activities and larger data size, we will compare the impact of all terms on the STEMidentity and STEM efficacy of volunteers.V. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE-1832553. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd France, Ohio Northern University

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Engineering Education, 2018 Occupational Therapy Boards Identifying the Value of a High-Impact Service-Learning ProjectAbstractDeveloping students’ appreciation for the societal benefits of engineering is one of the key tenetsof EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Service), a service-learning program. Inachieving this goal, it is important that students see the direct application of the knowledge andskills they have acquired as engineering students. When students are able to engage in a fullstart-to-finish design process within a team and, importantly, along with a genuine client, theyhave greater potential to appreciate the social responsibility aspect of professional engineering.A unique EPICS experience is under

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ziyu Long, Colorado State University; Sean Eddington, Purdue University; Jessica Pauly; Linda Hughes-Kirchubel, Purdue University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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] c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Understanding the Participation, Perceptions, and Impacts of Engineering Faculty Learning Communities: A Mixed Method ApproachAbstractAs important community assets for sustainable development of engineering education, facultyLearning Communities (FLCs) play an important role in facilitating faculty development andcareer transitions. Viewing FLCs as community-based programs with great diversity, the currentresearch argues that engaging with new/junior engineering faculty as a learning community hasimportant impacts to engineering education for students, institutions, and the communities thatwe work with and live in (Cox 2004). Specifically, guided by

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Nathan E Canney P.E., CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Benjamin V Fell P.E., California State University, Sacramento

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the individualistic culture of the degree program played a significant role instudents switching majors (i.e. lack of engagement with their communities, lack of personalidentification with the field of engineering, and an overall sense of isolation). This individualisticculture was found to be particularly harmful to underrepresented minority (URM) students whoheld stronger feelings of obligations to help others, serve their communities, and act as rolemodels (Seymour and Hewitt 1997). The lack of female and URM role models in engineeringhas been found to negatively impact student performance and retention which exacerbates theperceived individualistic culture (Cole and Espinoza 2008, Griffith 2010, Felder 1995).Issues around attraction and

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Student Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Hamidreza Taimoory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kazuki Hori, Virginia Tech

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follow the K-12 engineering education principles byutilizing the project-based learning (PBL) approach. The PBL is introduced by Kilpartick andthis method is used in education by Dewey. This method is based on designing or creatingproduct, solving problem, investigating, and developing an answer (J Dewey, 1980; J Dewey,2008; Kilpatrick, 1918). The PBL approach improves group work skills and collaboration whilekeeping students more engaged in learning by keeping them motivated as the key element of thisstrategy (Harun, Yusof, Jamaludin, & Hassan, 2012; Huang, 2010). The fundamental norms of agroup of students working together are communication and collaboration skills as well as anintrinsic motivation to become an effective group (Blumenfeld

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Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aileen Tapia, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Martinez, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas, El Paso

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, or K-12 students(Collier 2015, Pluth et al 2015). We report the creation and impact of a near-peer mentoringprogram created and administered by undergraduate STEM students, focused on buildingpathways and a sustainable practice to support students at high schools who are advancingtowards undergraduate STEM studies.Our student organization is a joint-chapter of Latinos in Science and Engineering (MAES) andthe Society of Professional Engineers (SHPE) at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Wehave been working in unison to build engineering and science education outreach efforts into thehigh schools in our regions since 2009.We share the rationale, process, and impact of establishing and developing these Junior Chaptersof the Professional