2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Board 174: Stakeholder Views in Building a Sustainable Engineering Learning Ecosystem: Afterschool Green Energy, Robotics, and Automation (Work in Progress)

Presented at Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

This research was part of the first year of a National Science Foundation funded project aimed at promoting high school students’ interest in green energy, robotics, automation and post-secondary engineering and technology study. High school teachers, undergraduate majors in STEM areas, and community based non-profit organizations were involved in this afterschool engineering program for high school students with the goal of broadening participation among minoritized groups in engineering and engineering technology. This study investigated how these different stakeholders’ views aligned and diverged about (1) the characteristics of STEM engagement, and (2) the factors that influence the development of engineering identities. The purpose of this investigation was to uncover the relationships between community members’ viewpoints, community assets, and the positionality of the project personnel.

Authors

Allison Antink-Meyer http://orcid.org/https://0000-0001-8969-1263 Illinois State University [biography]

Allison Antink-Meyer is a professor and pre-college science and engineering educator at Illinois State University.
Dr. Matthew Aldeman Illinois State University [biography]

Matthew Aldeman is an Associate Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches in the Sustainable & Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology undergraduate programs. Matt joined the Technology department faculty after working at
Dr. Jin Ho Jo [biography]

Dr. Jin Jo is a Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, teaching in the Sustainable and Renewable Energy program. Dr. Jo also leads the Sustainable Energy Consortium at the university. Dr. Jo is an honors graduate of Purdue University, where he earned a B.S. in Building Construction Management. He earned his M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University, where he investigated critical environmental justice issues in New York City. His 2010 Ph.D. from Arizona State University was the nation’s first in sustainability. His research, which has been widely published, focuses on renewable energy systems and sustainable building strategies to reduce the negative impacts of urbanization.
Jeritt Williams http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-8915 Illinois State University [biography]

Jeritt Williams is an assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches applied industrial automation and robotics.
Maria Luisa Zamudio

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