ASEE President-Elect Grant Crawford takes the stage at the Tuesday plenary, offering remarks and recognizing the best Professional Interest Council (PIC); Zone; and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion papers. Authors will provide short presentations on their papers. Finally, two visionary leaders will offer the Corporate Member Council keynote through a thought-provoking “fireside chat”-style conversation that promises to spark innovation, inspire change, and leave you with invaluable insights.
Featuring:
2023 Best Overall PIC Paper:
PIC II
Title: Nuestro Impacto: An Insider Look into the Connections between Our Past
Experiences and Current Teaching and Mentoring Practices
Authors:
Idalis Villanueva Alarcon, University of Florida, Laura Melissa Cruz Castro, University of Florida, John Alexander Mendoza, University of Florida, John Mendoza Garcia, University of Florida, Edward Latorre-Navarro, University of Florida, Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida
2023 Best Overall Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Paper:
Title: Designing and Implementing a Workshop on the Intersection between Social Justice and Engineering
Authors:
Kavitha Chintam
Alexis Prybutok
Willa Brenneis
Jonathon M. Chan
Joie Green
Ruihan Li
Meagan Olsen
Sapna L. Ramesh
Carolyn E. Ramirez
Dhanvi Ram Vemulapalli
Jennifer Cole
2024 Best Overall Zone Paper- Zone IV:
Title: Innovations in Remote Teaching of Engineering Design Teams
Authors:
Soyoung Kang, University of Washington
Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington
Per G. Reinhall, University of Washington
Kathleen E Kearney, University of Washington
Jonathan T.C. Liu, University of Washington
Jonathan D. Posner, University of Washington
Erin Blakeney, University of Washington
Eric Seibel, University of Washington
Shayla Payne
Sri Yash Tadimalla is a Ph.D. student in the College of Computing and Informatics at UNC Charlotte, where he is pursuing an interdisciplinary degree in Computer Science and Sociology. Serving as the Technology Focal Point for the United Nations MGCY Science Policy Interface and the incumbent General Secretary of the World Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED), he advocates for the equitable advancement of STEM education on a global scale, actively fostering youth participation in STEM initiatives through engagements with the United Nations Major Group and stakeholder mechanisms. As an immigrant delving into technology access research, Yash offers nuanced insights into the intricate links between educational and technological accessibility and global food and health insecurities, all profoundly shaped by his research, personal journey and professional experiences. At UNC Charlotte he is assisting various NSF research projects under the Center for Humane AI, the Center for Education Innovation (CEIR) Lab, and the Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Lab. He is the President of the Charlotte Human-centered Research Group and the Graduate and Professional Student Government at UNCC, serving on various Boards and Committees at Charlotte. His research agenda explores how an individual's identity influences their interaction with and learning of technology, particularly in the domains of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computer Science (CS) education. He has showcased his research at distinguished international conferences across diverse global locations including North America, South Africa, Western Europe, Australia, and South Asia.
Director of Datacenter Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Sustainability
In his 30 years in sustainability, Jim Hanna has become a passionate industry expert in driving companies to link their investments in sustainability directly to business outcomes. As one of the pioneers advancing the “business case for sustainability” he’s spent his career working to help companies move beyond anecdotal, qualitative and non-business metrics to justify and compete internally with other business priorities for their sustainability and community investments. In the last several years, he’s also applied that expertise and business-linkage lens to the area of corporate community investments, a field that is still essentially a philanthropic endeavor at most companies. He’s built a groundbreaking methodology to quantify community thriving, link investments to substantive community impacts, and monetize the ROI of corporate community investments.
Work Experience:
Jim joined Microsoft in 2006 as the company’s first director of datacenter sustainability, providing strategic environmental direction in the fields of land-use, green building, energy, and water to the company’s growing cloud computing platform. He then transitioned to lead the company’s focus on urban planning and community prosperity in its datacenter communities around the world.
Previously, Jim served as chief sustainability officer for Starbucks, leading the company’s global sustainability mission in green building, energy conservation, and the circular economy, in addition to serving as Starbucks' external environmental policy voice and advocate on Capitol Hill.
Prior to Starbucks, Jim served as Director of Environmental Affairs for Xanterra Parks & Resorts at Yellowstone National Park.
A native of Washington state, Jim earned a BS in Environmental Sciences from Washington State University and is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED-accredited professional. He serves on the advisory council of the Yellowstone Park Foundation and the Washington State University College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Council.