Board 384: South Dakota Mines Art + Engineering Engagement in Co-Curricular and Community-Focused Events
- Conference
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Portland, Oregon
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June 23, 2024
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June 23, 2024
- End Date
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July 12, 2024
- Conference Session
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Diversity and NSF Grantees Poster Session
- Page Count
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11
- Permanent URL
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https://peer.asee.org/46969
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2
Paper Authors
Katrina Jolene Donovan
South Dakota Mines
orcid.org/0000-0002-0410-7847
Dr. Katrina Donovan received her B.S. degree from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 2010. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Oregon State University in 2019, studying microfluidic investigations of capillary flow and surface phenomena in porous polymeric media for 3D printing. She worked for multiple years at HP, Inc. in the 3D Printing Department. She is currently a Lecturer at South Dakota Mines and Research Scientist at Dragon Materials, LLC, an engineering consulting firm. Her research involves experimental design and technique development for soft materials, complex fluids, and surface phenomena. She a wide range of experience in rheological, thermal, structural, and molecular characterization that she leverage fundamentally for academic purposes as well as industrially for applications. As her three patents can show, designing experiments and creating novel techniques to answer fundamental questions that drive applications and technology forward captivates her interest. She has volunteered countless hours to the community, led multiple STEM Education grants that engage the local K-12 schools of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and submitted proposals that engage even more tribal communities.
Jon J Kellar South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Kellar is the Douglas Fuerstenau Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at the SD School of Mines and Technology. He has been on the faculty since 1990, and in 1994 was selected as an National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow a
Stuart D. Kellogg P.E. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Stuart Kellogg is Professor and Head of Industrial Engineering at SDSMT. His discipline research areas of interest include applied probability and stochastic models but his passion over the last two decades rests with STEM Education and STEM Education re
Cassandra M Birrenkott
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
orcid.org/0000-0001-6137-0820
Dr. Cassandra (Degen) Birrenkott received her B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 2007. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2012 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying mechanochemical reactions of a spiropyran mechanophore in polymeric materials under shear loading. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where her research interests include novel manufacturing and characterization techniques of polymer and composite structures and the incorporation of multifunctionality by inducing desired responses to mechanical loading.
Michael West South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Dr. Michael West is an associate professor and head of the department of materials and metallurgical engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SD Mines). Between 2008-2013, he served as site director of the NSF I/UCRC Center for Fri
Matthew Whitehead South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Deborah Jean Mitchell South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Abstract
In the Spring of 2023, the Art + Engineering (A+E) team at South Dakota Mines made a concerted effort to engage with campus faculty and staff as well as the broader community. The engagement opportunities included participating in local annual events such as K-12 SD STEM Education Conference, 8th Grade Girls STEM Day, and Girl Scout STEM Days. The A+E team hosted a new one-day workshop for local artists and K-12 teachers, and hosted a ceramic and glass high school summer camp. These engagement opportunities provide a variety of networking activities for STEM and undergraduate recruitment. In addition to the activities described above a campus glassblowing facility was opened, and has become a vital facility for student and community engagement and has been integrated into classes, clubs, summer camps, and admissions activities. We have assessed the scientific merit and the participants overall satisfaction with co-curricular modules. These programmatic elements have increased the participants understanding of science and improved the overall mood of the participants.
Donovan, K. J., & Kellar, J. J., & Kellogg, S. D., & Birrenkott, C. M., & West, M., & Whitehead, M., & Mitchell, D. J. (2024, June), Board 384: South Dakota Mines Art + Engineering Engagement in Co-Curricular and Community-Focused Events Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/46969
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