LEES Division Best Paper Award winners
These papers were also nominees for the PIC I (since 2020) or PIC III Best Paper Award and, where noted, the winners of said award. Congratulations to all our authors!
2024: Slaton, A. E., & Vakil, S. (2024, June), Engineering Education in Times of War, Upheaval, and Revolution Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2–47280 link
2023: (Also Best PIC 1 Paper) Robert, K., & Leydens, J. A. (2023, June), Dignity and well-being: Narratives of modifying the culture of engineering education to improve mental health among underrepresented STEM students Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2–43178 link
2022: Radoff, J., & Turpen, C., & Abdurrahman, F., & Chen, D., & Tomblin, D., & Agrawal, A., & Chudamani, S. (2022, August), Examining the “narrow” and “expansive” socio-technical imaginaries influencing college students’ collaborative reasoning about a design scenario Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2–41422 link
2021: (Also Best PIC 1 and Best Overall Conference Paper) Rossmann, J. S., & Armstrong, M. A. (2021, July), “A New Way of Seeing”: Engagement With Women’s and Gender Studies Fosters Engineering Identity Formation Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2–36526 link
2019: Cech, E. A., & Sherick, H. M. (2019, June), Depoliticization as a Mechanism of Gender Inequality among Engineering Faculty Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2–32586 depoliticization-as-a-mechanism-of-gender-inequality-among-engineering-faculty https://jee.org/32586
2018: Papak, A. Alexis; Ayush Gupta; Chandra Anne Turpen (2019, June), Board 12: Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division: Examining the Relationships Between How Students Construct Stakeholders and the Ways Students Conceptualize Harm from Engineering Design Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2–32209 board-12-liberal-education-engineering-society-division-examining-the-relationships-between-how-students-construct-stakeholders-and-the-ways-st https://peer.asee.org/32209
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2016: Walther, J., & Miller, S. E., & Sochacka, N. W., & Brewer, M. A. (2016, June), Fostering Empathy in an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Course Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. fostering-empathy-in-an-undergraduate-mechanical-engineering-course https://peer.asee.org/26944
2016 (Community Engagement Division): Paterson, K., & Swan, C., & Watkins, D. W. (2016, June), Going is Not Knowing: Challenges in Creating Intercultural Engineers Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.25408 going-is-not-knowing-challenges-in-creating-intercultural-engineers https://peer.asee.org/25408
2015: “Which Courses Influence Engineering Students’ Views of Social Responsibility?” Nathan E Canney and Angela R Bielefeldt.
2014: “Engineering and Engineering Education as Spiritual Vocations.” Julia D Thompson, Cole H Joslyn, and Mel Chua, Purdue University.
2011: “We’ve Been Framed! Ends, Means, and the Ethics of the Grand Challenges.” Donna Riley, Smith College
2010(1): “Helping Engineering and Science Students find their Voice: Radio Production as a Way to Enhance Students’ Communication Skills and their Competence at Placing Engineering and Science in a Broader Societal Context.” Ari Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; and Emily Davidson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2010(2): “Trained to Disengage? A Longitudinal Study of Social Consciousness and Public Engagement among Engineering Students.” Erin Cech, University of California-San Diego
2009: “Engineers who happen to be Gay: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Student Experiences in Engineering.” Erin Cech and Tom Waidzunas, University of California-San Diego; winner of the PIC III Best Paper Award as well as the first LGBT-related paper ever presented at ASEE
2008: “Ethics in Context, Ethics in Action: Getting Beyond the Individual Professional in Engineering Ethics Education.” Donna Riley, Smith College
Diversity/DEI-themed Paper Awards and Nominees
2024: Rottmann, C., & Radebe, D., & Moore, E., & Chan, A., & Macdonald-Roach, E., & van Beers, S., & Nixon, S. E. (2024, June), Why Would You Ask Me about Engineering Culture and Belonging? Introducing Social Science Prompts into Engineering Surveys Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2–48277 link
2023: Hughes, B. E., & MGWatson, S. (2023, June), Someone Like You: Theorizing LGBTQ Participation in Engineering through Network Homophily and State Authenticity Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2–44244 link
2022: Ozkan, D., & Andrews, C. (2022, August), Perspectives of Seven Minoritized Students in a First-Year Course Redesign toward Sociotechnical Engineering Education Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2–41382 link
2018: Diversity and Inclusion in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Students’ Perceptions of Learning and Engaging with Difference by Sean Eddington, Carla B. Zoltowski, Andrew O. Brightman, Rucha Joshi, Patrice Marie Buzzanell, and David Torres (all of Purdue University)
2017: (Also Best Conference Diversity Paper) The Inequality of LGBTQ Students in U.S. Engineering Education: Report on a Study of Eight Engineering Programs by Dr. Erin A. Cech (University of Michigan), Prof. Tom J. Waidzunas (Temple University), and Dr. Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University)
2015: (Also Overall 2nd Place): Into the pipeline: A freshman student’s experiences of stories ‘told’ about engineering by Mr. Michael Brewer (Affiliation unknown), Dr. Nicola Sochacka (University of Georgia), and Dr. Joachim Walther (University of Georgia)
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