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Voices of experience: Enhancing learning on resilient infrastructure and sustainability through servingness

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41953

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https://peer.asee.org/41953

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304

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Carla Lopez Del Puerto University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Humberto Cavallin University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

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Elmer Irizarry Rosario University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Laura Garcia Canto

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Rocio Sotomayor-Irizarry University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Ruben Leoncio Caban Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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Hello, my name is Rubén E. Leoncio Cabán and I am 22 years old, I come from a town called Lares in Puerto Rico. It is rural and small, and its charm is part of what makes me like it so much. I’m currently an undergraduate student pursuing a double bachelor's in electrical engineering (in power electronics) and in computer engineering (in software). Additionally, I have completed a minor concentration entitled: Integrated practice of engineering and architecture, part of the program of the Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainability Education Undergraduate Program (RISE UP). As you can see, I am a student with a great passion for knowledge and learning new things. During my life, I have had the opportunity to learn and enjoy learning, not only in the academy, but also in the day-to-day activities that arise. From planting and caring for animals to taking classes and doing research, everything that allows me to learn and develop new skills pleases me.

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Luisa Guillemard University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Abstract

In Puerto Rico, the exposure to extreme environmental conditions has become part of a new normal. Because of this, the education of professionals to face this new reality is part of the demands of the academia of the present, and to the core of it the concept of servingness as a tool contribute to the formation of students’ and faculty sensibility to social dynamics connected to the educational experiences. The Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainability Education – Undergraduate Program (RISE-UP), funded by the Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) program of The National Science Foundation (NSF), has been conceptualized including elements of servingness by addressing aspects connected to the learning experience, leadership identity, critical consciousness, academic and research aspirations, and civic engagement all in the context of Puerto Rico’s current infrastructural needs. This paper addresses those dynamics by means of the voice of RISE-UP participants, accounting for how the experience generated by the crossroads that the program creates between the professional interdisciplinarity, the approach to infrastructure’s sustainability, and the concept of resiliency, have impacted the experience of servingness for students in the program.

Lopez Del Puerto, C., & Cavallin, H., & Irizarry Rosario, E., & Garcia Canto, L., & Sotomayor-Irizarry, R., & Leoncio Caban, R., & Guillemard, L. (2022, August), Voices of experience: Enhancing learning on resilient infrastructure and sustainability through servingness Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41953

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