Cristancho, J. A. (2024, February), Mycorrhiza Framework: towards an Engineering Education framework for Social and Environmental Justice  Paper presented at 2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD), Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45462

\bibitem{asee_peer_45462}
  Cristancho, J. A. (2024, February), \emph{Mycorrhiza Framework: towards an Engineering Education framework for Social and Environmental Justice}
  Paper presented at 2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering \& Computing Diversity (CoNECD), Arlington, Virginia.
  10.18260/1-2--45462

Jorge A Cristancho.  "Mycorrhiza Framework: towards an Engineering Education framework for Social and Environmental Justice".  2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD), Arlington, Virginia, 2024, February.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45462 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45462}
  Jorge A Cristancho.
  "Mycorrhiza Framework: towards an Engineering Education framework for Social and Environmental Justice".
  \emph{2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering \& Computing Diversity (CoNECD), Arlington, Virginia, 2024, February}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45462 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Nature and people require a drastic change in how we educate engineers. Social and 
Environmental Justice should be a fundamental pillar in engineering education. Both the 
complexity of our current problems and the social and environmental injustice that most 
people endure demand engineering to go beyond the technical problems, question the
impact of our engineering solutions, and incorporate other ways of doing and being in 
engineering. Engaging in engineering, and engineering education without awareness of 
other beings and the Ecosystem, leads to immense harm, especially to underrepresented 
people and their ecosystems. In this article, I present my first thoughts on an engineering 
education framework that hopefully will guide educators and students through the 
relationships and interconnections between three levels: individual, people, and the
Ecosystem. To illustrate these interconnections, I use the biological concept of mycorrhiza 
as a simile of these invisible connections. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between 
fungi and plants that cycles nutrients to improve the whole ecosystem. The Mycorrhiza 
framework aims to raise awareness of the effects of engineering education and work, 
incorporate social and environmental justice in engineering education, and move closer to 
helping people freely and fully develop in a sustainable world.
AU  - Jorge A Cristancho
CY  - Arlington, Virginia
DA  - 2024/02/25
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Mycorrhiza Framework: towards an Engineering Education framework for Social and Environmental Justice
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/45462
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--45462
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