Muench, S., & Thompson, A. A., & Brandalik, S. (2015, June), Engineering Rome: Assessing Outcomes from a Study Abroad Program Designed to Overcome Barriers to Participation  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23978

\bibitem{asee_peer_23978}
  Muench, S., \& Thompson, A. A., \& Brandalik, S. (2015, June), \emph{Engineering Rome: Assessing Outcomes from a Study Abroad Program Designed to Overcome Barriers to Participation}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23978

Steve Muench P.E., Ashley Ann Thompson, and Sheryl Brandalik.  "Engineering Rome: Assessing Outcomes from a Study Abroad Program Designed to Overcome Barriers to Participation".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23978 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23978}
  Steve Muench P.E., Ashley Ann Thompson, and Sheryl Brandalik.
  "Engineering Rome: Assessing Outcomes from a Study Abroad Program Designed to Overcome Barriers to Participation".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23978 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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AB  -             Engineering Rome: Assessing Outcomes from a Study Abroad              Program Designed to Overcome Barriers to Participation        While the necessity for global interconnectedness and an understanding of societalcontext is critical for practicing engineers, fewer than 7% of all engineering students experiencea study abroad program while in college, and engineering students represent only 2% of all studyabroad participants - much less than participation rates in other areas like the humanities or arts.Cost, scheduling conflicts, and lack of discipline-focused topics serve as barriers to engineeringstudent participation.     In an effort to address these typical deterrents, the authors of this paper developed anengineering study abroad program, titled “Engineering Rome.” The course meets betweenacademic periods to avoid schedule conflicts, focuses specifically on civil engineering topics,and overcomes the challenge of creating meaningful engineering learning in a diverse classcontaining freshmen through graduate students.      This research examines the ability of this course to meet student needs, and its impacts onengineering students’ learning. Specifically, this research seeks to answer the followingquestions:       1. To what extent did the framework of this course (time frame, subject matter, location)          address issues that often impede students from participating?       2. To what extent are students considering issues related to ABET learning outcomes          (d), (g), and (h) while studying abroad?       3. What are best practices that can be gleaned and disseminated from this program?      Preliminary findings suggest that students develop a greater appreciation for languagedifferences, see a connectedness between their engineering work and societal impacts, and drawconnections more readily between theories presented in class and practical applications on site.Not surprisingly, our findings also suggest that students are more likely to participate in a studyabroad program when their class schedules are not adversely affected and when the topic relatesto their major discipline.
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