2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Jorge Paricio Garcia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3154-8867 University of Connecticut [biography]

   Dr. Jorge Paricio is an Associate Professor-in-Residence in Industrial Design, at the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. He also holds a Master's Degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute and a second Master's in Human Resources Management from Johnson &Wales University. He holds a PhD from the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain, with a dissertation on Freehand Drawing in Industrial Design.
   He has taught Industrial Design for over 25 years at various institutions: Rhode Island School of Design, Ohio University, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, The Art Institute of Colorado, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, and the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid, Spain. He has practiced product design and exhibit design in New York City, Denver and Madrid, Spain, and has helped write patents and developed concepts for Colgate Palmolive among other companies. He has written two books, Perspective Sketching and Hybrid Drawing Techniques for Interior Design. His area of specialty is concept drawing for product design, digital rendering, design thinking, and product development.

2. Dr. Davis Chacon-Hurtado http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5722-3545 University of Connecticut [biography]

   Davis Chacon Hurtado, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at UConn. He co-directs the Engineering for Human Rights Initiative, which is a collaboration between UConn’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the College of Engineering, and the Human Rights Institute, to promote and advance interdisciplinary research in engineering with a clear focus on societal outcomes. Davis is working with several faculty on campus to develop research and curriculum at the intersection of human rights and engineering, such as the one discussed herein. Davis completed his Ph.D. in Transportation and Infrastructure Systems at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 2018. His research interests include transportation equity, human rights, environmental justice, and economic resilience. He grew up in Cusco, Perú, where he obtained his B.S. in civil engineering at the University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco. He also earned an MSCE degree from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.

3. Dr. Daniel D. Burkey University of Connecticut [biography]

   Daniel Burkey is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 19

4. Shareen Hertel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-2421 University of Connecticut [biography]

   Shareen Hertel, Ph.D., is the Wiktor Osiatyński Chair of Human Rights & Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute. Her research focuses on changes in transnational human rights advocacy, with a focus on labor and economic rights issues. Hertel has served as a consultant to foundations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and United Nations agencies in the United States, Latin America and South Asia. She has conducted fieldwork in factory zones along the US-Mexico border, in Bangladesh’s garment manufacturing export sector, among NGO networks in India, and in the multilateral trade arena. Hertel is editor of The Journal of Human Rights, serves on the editorial boards of Human Rights Review as well as Human Rights and Human Welfare, and is co-editor of the International Studies Intensives book series of Routledge

The full paper will be available to logged in and registered conference attendees once the conference starts on June 22, 2025, and to all visitors after the conference ends on June 25, 2025