Bielefeldt, A. R., & Swan, C., & Paterson, K., & Kazmer, D. O., & Pierrakos, O. (2015, June), Learning Through Service Engineering Faculty: Characteristics and Changes over Time  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24415

\bibitem{asee_peer_24415}
  Bielefeldt, A. R., \& Swan, C., \& Paterson, K., \& Kazmer, D. O., \& Pierrakos, O. (2015, June), \emph{Learning Through Service Engineering Faculty: Characteristics and Changes over Time}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24415

Angela R. Bielefeldt, Chris Swan, Kurt Paterson P.E., David O. Kazmer, and Olga Pierrakos.  "Learning Through Service Engineering Faculty: Characteristics and Changes over Time".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24415 Internet.  17 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_24415}
  Angela R. Bielefeldt, Chris Swan, Kurt Paterson P.E., David O. Kazmer, and Olga Pierrakos.
  "Learning Through Service Engineering Faculty: Characteristics and Changes over Time".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24415 Internet.  17 Apr, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  -             Are Learning Through Service Engineering Faculty Unique?Research has found differences in the students and professionals who engage with engineering service-focused programs, compared to the average U.S. engineering students and professionals. This includes ahigher representation of women, and differences in the beliefs and values of these individuals. Ifengineering wants to attract and retain students who value helping society, it is important that engineeringfaculty offer and engage in these engineering service projects, so-called “Learning Through Service”(LTS). LTS is an umbrella term to encompass course-based service-learning (SL) and extracurricularengineering service such as EWB. The barriers and incentives that faculty perceive in engaging with LTShave been previously studied. The research questions are examined in this paper are: (1) How has thenumber and type of engineering faculty who are active in LTS changed over time? (2) How do thedemographic characteristics of engineering faculty who engage in LTS compare to typical engineeringfaculty? (3) Are the interdisciplinary and cross institutional collaboration patterns among LTS facultysimilar or different than other engineering education disciplines?Methods. The research utilized a data mining approach. The number of faculty engaged in the scholarshipof teaching and learning (SOTL) around engineering LTS was defined by the authors of LTS relatedpapers at the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference. The demographiccharacteristics explored included: rank, disciplinary affiliation, gender, industrial experience, professionallicensure, additional administrative roles (Deans, Directors), and institutional characteristics (Carnegieclassifications). The characteristics of the author team were identified: multi-disciplinary (representingmultiple engineering disciplines), inter-disciplinary (authors with engineering and non-engineeringaffiliations), and multiple institutions. The information of interest is often provided in the authorbiographies for the ASEE papers. Additional information was acquired from online profiles and CVs.Faculty considering engineering LTS were also characterized based on participation in LTS-relatedworkshops. The comparative demographic characteristics of non-LTS faculty were defined by the authorsof ASEE papers presented in the Civil Engineering Division and on ethics topics, as well as informationfrom the ASEE Engineering Data Management System. Data collection and analysis is on-going.Results. There is a higher percentage of women active in engineering LTS SOTL (37% in 2013) thanengineering ethics SOTL (28% in 2013), engineering education (24% of ASEE members in 2013), andcivil engineering SOTL (19%), and compared to engineering faculty overall (14.5%). The engineeringfaculty engaged in LTS SOTL in 2013 were over-represented in assistant professors (29%) and non-tenured/tenure track faculty (13%) compared to engineering faculty overall (20% and 9%, respectively).Among the 2012-2014 engineering LTS papers, there were 133 different engineering faculty authors from68 different institutions. Among the engineering LTS faculty, 26% were from research universities withvery high activity (Carnegie RU/VH) and 38% from Bachelor’s or Master’s institutions; by comparison,54% and 16% of engineering faculty overall are employed at these types of institutions, respectively(2013 ASEE EDMS). Engineering faculty engaged in LTS SOTL were over-represented in mechanicaland civil engineers, in comparison to their percentages among engineering T/TT faculty. Nearly a thirdof all LTS papers had authors representing multiple engineering disciplines, higher than in ethicsand civil engineering; this likely indicates that many LTS efforts are multidisciplinary. A lowpercentage of the LTS papers included authors from multiple institutions (13%), about half themultiple-institution collaborations in ethics and civil engineering (30-31%). The lower cross-institutional collaboration may be due to local LTS efforts that are specific to a given institutionor the “newer” nature of LTS with less opportunity for LTS faculty to network and formcollaborative groups. The full paper will explore the implications of these findings.
AU  - Angela R. Bielefeldt
AU  - Chris Swan
AU  - Kurt Paterson P.E.
AU  - David O. Kazmer
AU  - Olga Pierrakos
CY  - Seattle, Washington
DA  - 2015/06/14
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Learning Through Service Engineering Faculty: Characteristics and Changes over Time
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/24415
DO  - 10.18260/p.24415
ER  -