Background Engineering educators prepare students for responsible, ethical, and socially
aware engineering practice by contextualizing engineering in a variety of ways. Recently …

Sociotechnical thinking (STT) has recently emerged in response to technical-social dualism.
It is defined as the ability to identify, address, and respond to both social and technical …

Front-end stakeholder needs analysis is increasingly recognized as an essential component
of sustainable engineering projects, yet most engineering curricula only cover this topic …

In environmental engineering site remediation projects, community perception of
environmental and health risks can influence a project's scope and design. Therefore …

Engineering study abroad programs are a novel setting for students to develop systems
thinking, which has primarily been taught in formal learning environments. Through a …

Background As more universities seek to offer international experiences for engineering
students, it is important to design such programs to effectively support student learning …

The goal of this paper is to show how graduate engineering students working on
Engineering-for-Community-Development (ECD) projects and theses 1) acquire socio …

Contribution: Longitudinal video reflections are a unique approach to assessing student
learning in study abroad. This study utilizes this method to understand the experiences of …

The greatest challenges for contemporary and future natural resource production are
sociotechnical by nature, from public perceptions of mining to responsible mineral supply …

Significant transformations are underway in the US to achieve net-zero carbon emission
goals. Fossilfuel energy generation from coal and oil is in decline, while renewable energy …