Conference Session

Krusty's Creations: Robotics and Electronics in Springfield STEAM, Hey Hey!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Jin, TechnoWizards; Parker Olkowski; James Chengda Lu, BASIS Shavano; Vincent Liu, Brandeis High School; Ilias M Bakri; Aditya Rao; Yu-Fang Jin, The University of Texas, San Antonio; Isabel Xu

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

of the US economy and its job sectors. To equip thenext generation of STEM professionals with the skills needed for innovation andto tackle the challenges of globalization, K-12 education plays a key role in layingthe groundwork for STEM education. In addition to the significant efforts madeby the US government, collaborative community initiatives such as internationalrobotics competitions have emerged as valuable platforms for K-12 students toapply STEM and soft skills within the context of robot competitions. Thesecompetitions foster an environment of gracious professionalism, inspiring morestudents to pursue careers in STEM fields while also ensuring a positivelychallenging and enjoyable experience. With kids’ continuous endeavor to

Conference Session

Mr. Burns' Brainchild: AI in the Springfield STEM Classroom, Release the Hounds!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Shailja, University of California, Santa Barbara; Satish Kumar, University of California, Santa Barbara; Arthur Caetano, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ayush Pandey, University of California, Merced

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

the potential of healthcare application as notonly invigorating but also providing a wide variety of diverse examples to facilitate projects. TheGitHub repositories for some of the projects and selected arXiv papers for the teams are publiclyavailable [33, 34, 35].4 Discussion4.1 Future research directions on self-efficacyThe structure of the program was unique and it afforded a communication mentor beyond thetechnical lab leading mentor. This setup helped all students to develop soft skills that acceleratelearning. However, our research did not collect any data that directly measures the impact of thecommunication TA. Student interviews and focus groups may be helpful in this regard, where qual-itative data on