Jessica M. Smith’s research while affiliated with Colorado School of Mines and other places

... As consumers' demand for personalized products increases, engineers must be equipped to adapt design needs to applicable cultural contexts; on-size-fits-all no longer works [13]. Following from prior work showing the promise of virtual international collaboration in engineering education [14], our project, Activa tu Speaking seeks to redress this gap by providing students with an opportunity to work on an engineering design project with international peers to develop solutions relevant to both contexts, as is obtainable in the workforce while developing competency, confidence, and a sense of cultural sensitivity in speaking the primary language of international peers. ...

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An International, Bilingual Engineering Design Course: Faculty/Student Experiences and Lessons Learned

... Some commentators have lauded the DOE for advancing further than other agencies in Justice40 implementation (Walls et al., 2024), including by requiring applicants to submit a Community Benefits Plan (CBP) addressing Justice40 requirements, oriented around eight DOE-specific policy priorities (Fig. 2). Still, critics note the DOE's problematic overreliance on quantification and highlight that its operationalization of Justice40 is becoming increasingly bureaucratic rather than decreasing (Smith, 2024). ...

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Could Justice40 reproduce injustices in the critical mineral sector?

... Incorporating technology-based funds of knowledge perspective, such academic discourse and dialogue relationships in ELs' writing practice are transformed and internalized through the use of mobile and Google Classroom applications (Chen, 2021;Chen et al., 2017;2024). However, while gender-related patterns rooted in students' sociocultural experiences have been mentioned in passing in previous funds of knowledgeinformed studies, they have yet to be engaged deeply (Gelir, 2022;González et al., 1993;Verdín et al., 2024). ...

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Learning Effects, Gender Variances, and Teacher Dynamics in Funds-of-Knowledge-Featured Mobile-Assisted Writing for Latinx English Learners

... While this workshop was a preparatory exercise for students' upcoming virtual community visit with Colombian stakeholders, an assessment of the actual interactions with those stakeholders and the development of prototypes was beyond the scope of this study, as these were outcomes of the more comprehensive two-week summer session. Publications focusing on the broader summer course can be found in Rivera et al. and Schwartz et al. [50], [51]. That said, as shown in Table III, the questions students generated for Colombian stakeholders in the post-workshop prompts were within the scope of the HE-RAP workshop and are analyzed in detail in the "Results" section of this article in order to evaluate students' preliminary attention to front-end sociotechnical factors. ...

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Rapid Assessment Procedure as a Tool for Front-End Stakeholder Needs Analysis in Engineering Projects

... Engineering thriving requires unique definitions at each of the MMML due to the unique functioning at each level. [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41] • Academic performance [42], [43] • Confidence [39], [44], [45] • Mindfulness [46] • Self-awareness [47] • Creativity and innovation [48] • Ability to work in team [39], [41], [45], [49] • Problem-solving skills [46], [50] • Communication skills [41], [46], [50] • Achievement-oriented [41], [51] • Sense of purpose and intention [38] • Agency [45] • Self-efficacy [38], [39], [42], [45], [52], [53], [54] • Growth mindset [55], [56] • High metacognitive awareness [47] • Relationships with peers, professors, instructors [ [58] • Increased number of university resources [41], [44], [52], [57], [59] • Level of student involvement in clubs and professional development organizations [51] • Level of faculty accessibility [49] • Student-teacher ratio [49] Macro Societal and Larger Systems ...

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An Ecosystem Analysis of Engineering Thriving with Emergent Properties at the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels

... Scholars in this research cluster have explored how integrating service learning into engineering education contributes to students' career preparation. This involves the development of technical, critical and reflective thinking, and project management skills (Huff et al., 2016;Wait et al., 2013), as well as students' confidence, professional identity, and ethical conduct (Huff et al., 2013;Rivera et al., 2022). ...

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The evolution of service learning in engineering education: a bibliometric review of research (1995–2023)

... Conversely, STT developed a more critical purpose in engineering education: to raise awareness of the social influences, purposes, and impact of engineering. This critical purpose is highlighted in many recent studies in engineering education linking STT to social justice-related practices (Chen et al. 2023;Jiménez Becerra, Rojas-Alvarez, and Bustamante Salamanca 2022;Leydens, Johnson, and Moskal 2021;Reynante 2021;Smith et al. 2021;Smith, McClelland, and Restrepo 2023). ...

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A scoping literature review of sociotechnical thinking in engineering education

... Participatory Methods are an extension of non-participatory approaches since in general terms the only difference between them is that local populations have a greater say on the different aspects relevant to the research process (Mukherjee, 1993;Schonhuth & Kievelitz, 1994). Rapid assessment research is now recognized as a practical and useful research tool (Theis & Grady, 1991;Gibson et al., 2023). ...

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Non-traditional research methods and regional planning needs in developing countries: Is there an ideal methodology for handling critical local and regional development issues?

... While this workshop was a preparatory exercise for students' upcoming virtual community visit with Colombian stakeholders, an assessment of the actual interactions with those stakeholders and the development of prototypes was beyond the scope of this study, as these were outcomes of the more comprehensive two-week summer session. Publications focusing on the broader summer course can be found in Rivera et al. and Schwartz et al. [50], [51]. That said, as shown in Table III, the questions students generated for Colombian stakeholders in the post-workshop prompts were within the scope of the HE-RAP workshop and are analyzed in detail in the "Results" section of this article in order to evaluate students' preliminary attention to front-end sociotechnical factors. ...

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Rapid Assessment Procedure as a Tool for Front-End Stakeholder Needs Analysis in Engineering Projects

... Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has become a popular strategy to mitigate rainfall runoff in cities. GSI encompasses a set of practices designed to mimic natural hydrologic processes that are often lacking in cities, typically employing vegetation, soils, and permeable surfaces to infiltrate and treat stormwater locally [1]. Beyond its primary stormwater function, GSI is promoted for the wide-ranging co-benefits it can potentially provide, including aesthetic value, urban heat island mitigation, improved air quality, habitat enhancement, increased property values, community revitalization, recreational opportunities, and environmental education [2,3]. ...

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Not Always an Amenity: Green Stormwater Infrastructure Provides Highly Variable Ecosystem Services in Both Regulatory and Voluntary Contexts