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Session Description

This session explores how community engagement can drive innovation in education, technology, and infrastructure. It emphasizes the importance of empowering communities through education and innovation to address real-world challenges. Key topics include:
(1) Community-engaged design and engineering education
(2) Virtual learning environments for pre-college students
(3) Innovation ecosystems for water access and sustainability
(4) Integrating real-world projects into academic curricula
(5) Building inclusive infrastructure to ensure equitable opportunities for all

For those interested in: Academia-Industry Connections, Broadening Participation in Engineering and Engineering Technology, New Members, and Pre-College

Moderated by

1. Dr. Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson

Papers Presented

1. Bridging the Gap: Integrating Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Courses into University Curricula [view paper]
   Dr. Pierre Rahme (Lebanese American University), Dr. George E Nasr (Lebanese American University), Dr. Abbas A. Tarhini (Lebanese American University), Michel Elkhoury (Lebanese American University), and Evan Fakhoury (Lebanese American University)


2. Designing Electric Vehicle Infrastructures and Opportunities to Benefit All Residents [Traditional Research Paper] [view paper]
   Polly Parkinson (Utah State University), Dr. Emma Mecham (Utah State University), Fawn Groves (Utah State University), Dr. Ivonne Santiago (University of Texas at El Paso), and Dr. Amy Wilson-Lopez (Utah State University - Engineering Education)


3. Empowering Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Cutting-Edge Curriculum Through the VIP+ Program [view paper]
   Dr. Pierre Rahme (Lebanese American University), Dr. George E Nasr (Lebanese American University), Dr. Abbas A. Tarhini (Lebanese American University), Michel Elkhoury (Lebanese American University), and Evan Fakhoury (Lebanese American University)


4. Developing the RIDE (Research, Innovate, Design, and Empower) Ecosystem to facilitate equitable collaborations and impactful technology innovation to deliver safe water on tap. [view paper]
   Dr. Patrick J Sours (The Ohio State University), Dr. Monroe Weber-Shirk (Cornell University), Mr. William H Pennock (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Cherish C. Vance (The Ohio State University), and Margaret Gottfried (The Ohio State University)


5. Transitioning Pre-College Informal Engineering Education Experiences into the Virtual Environment [view paper]
   Dr. Abigail Clark (Ohio Northern University) and Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez (The Ohio State University)


6. Work in Progress: Exclusive Rhetoric in AI Conference Mission Statements [view paper]
   Tammy Mackenzie (The Aula Fellowship), Laxmaan Balaji (Affiliation unknown), Kayli Heather Battel (Affiliation unknown), Rosa Y. G. Paccotacya-Yanque (Affiliation unknown), Mr. Animesh Paul (University of Georgia), Dr. Lilianny Virguez (University of Florida), Leslie Salgado (University of Calgary), Beyza Nur Guler (Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education), Ms. Rubaina R Khan (University of Toronto), Natalie Perez (Affiliation unknown), Dr. Sreyoshi Bhaduri (Private Corporation), Dr. Debarati Basu (Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach), and Peer Herholz (Northwestern University)