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Speaker Nonverbal Unintentionality: An OpenPose Intervention for Engineering Students

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2024 South East Section Meeting

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Marietta, Georgia

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March 10, 2024

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March 10, 2024

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March 12, 2024

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13

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10.18260/1-2--45559

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Luke LeFebvre University of Kentucky Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-7578-1102

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Dr. Luke LeFebvre is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Kentucky. He has taught public speaking for over two decades, directed the foundational communication course, and managed an institutional communication training center. His research explores classroom communication and instructional processes. He has partnered on several interdisciplinary collaborative projects and received external funding from the National Science Foundation and National Leadership Grants for Libraries.

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Jerzy W JaRomczyk

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Mike Allen University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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George Tan Texas Tech University

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Dr. George Tan is an Assistant Professor of the Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Department at Texas Tech University (TTU). He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2015. His research focuses on advanced manufacturing processes for biomedicine, including electrospinning of nanofibers, hybrid bioprinting of hydrogel-based composites, and direct-write photolithography of microfluidic devices. Dr. Tan has made multiple original contributions in developing hybrid 3D bioprinting process, antimicrobial implantable devices, lab-on-a-chip, and fouling-resistant water filtration systems. He is also leading a cross-institutional education project at TTU focusing on transformative pedagogical strategies for biomedical innovation to catalyze the interdisciplinary collaboration between engineering students and medical students. To date, Dr. Tan has published over 50 refereed research papers and 2 book chapters. He has secured over $1.2 million in federal grants including the NSF CAREER Award. He is the faculty advisor of the IISE student chapter at TTU.

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Andrew Tapia University of Kentucky

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Abstract

Engineering programs require students to demonstrate communicative competency with a broad range of audiences across different rhetorical situations (see Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). For example, engineering entrepreneurs commonly seek funding for ideations and innovations using a presentation to potential investors. The presentation intends to convince investors to financially commit to the investment opportunity. Therefore, communication skills can positively or negatively impact the evaluation of the product or technology. Of particular importance is how a speaker manages physical delivery (i.e., nonverbal behaviors: gestures and movement, facial behavior, eye behavior, etc.) during presentations. This study shows how OpenPose was repurposed with a Python program to track and code novice speakers’ nonverbal behavior. Results demonstrate considerable practical value for engineering students learning to establish baseline positions for managing nonverbal behaviors.

LeFebvre, L., & JaRomczyk, J. W., & Allen, M., & LeFebvre, L. E., & Tan, G., & Tapia, A. (2024, March), Speaker Nonverbal Unintentionality: An OpenPose Intervention for Engineering Students Paper presented at 2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--45559

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