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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

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James Joseph Lynch, University of Detroit Mercy; Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy

Paper ID #49610Development of Embedded Technical Writing in a Junior-level GeotechnicalEngineering Laboratory ClassDr. James Joseph Lynch, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Lynch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. He teaches classes in geotechnical engineering, construction materials, and forensic engineering. His research interests include nondestructiveDr. Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy Alexa Rihana Abdallah is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. She received her PhD in Environmental

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Ernest David Cartwright Sr., Marshall University

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five years for General Motors, Delco Marine Division. Throughout my educational journey, I have always sought to combine my technical expertise with a desire to give back to the community. My professional experience began at General Motors, where I worked throughout high school and college. This experience fueled my passion for engineering, but my subsequent transition to teaching truly ignited my spirit. I began teaching at the University of Dayton, moved to Shawnee University, and ultimately found my home at Marshall University. I work in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Marshall. My mission is to inspire and educate the next generation of innovators. Education is about imparting knowledge

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

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Mark A. Palmer

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ascending survey during an NSF training session. Thepossible responses to survey questions were listed worst-to-best. Both the questions and possibleresponses were detailed focusing on the goal, experience and performance associated with eachlevel. I do not remember if the performance level was mentioned. If so, it was not necessary. Ithought I could use this experience to better determine the effectiveness of pedagogicaltechniques based on student feedback.I had five pedagogical goals for the Engineering Materials course I was teaching. They were: 1: Students will successfully perform at the analysis and synthesis levels of Blooms Taxonomy throughout the course. 2: Students will value the integrated laboratory experience. 3

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Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton, The University of Toledo; William T. Evans PhD P.E., The University of Toledo

activities in their own teaching practices. The moderators, who were experienced in runningopen-ended laboratory activities, shared their valuable perspectives on the positive outcomesobserved in their students. They emphasized how they not only enhance students' understandingof theoretical concepts but also promote critical skills such as creativity, independent problem-solving, and teamwork, skills that are essential for future engineers and align with the 3C’s of anentrepreneurial mindset, Curiosity, Connections, and Creating Value.The authors were particularly inspired by how open-ended labs provide students with a deeper,more personalized learning experience, allowing them to experiment with real-world problems,refine their engineering judgment

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Trevor Joseph Bihl, Wright State University; Terry Lynn Oroszi, Wright State University; Subhashini Ganapathy, Wright State University; Jeffrey B. Travers, Wright State University

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presentations further ensures students develop the ability to critiquetechnical content in professional settings [20].In the context of reviewing published articles, peer review offers students the opportunity toanalyze and assess established work, enhancing their understanding of how research fits intobroader disciplinary conversations [21]. Introducing students to technical articles through activelearning and peer review enables them to engage deeply with professional literature, a processshown to enhance critical thinking and innovation-based learning [22]-[25].Course DesignIn preparing students (particularly engineers and scientists, in these courses) for the future thereare increasing demands on educators to teach writing, oral communication

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Lynn Dudash, University of Mount Union

Paper ID #49612Implementing a Flipped Learning Approach In Two Engineering CoursesDr. Lynn Dudash, University of Mount Union ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: Implementing a Flipped Learning Approach in Two Engineering CoursesIntroduction The flipped learning approach is an innovative teaching technique that has beenimplemented in many university level engineering courses over the past 15 years. Whileelements of the flipped teaching method have been used since the late 1990’s, two high schoolchemistry teachers, Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams, are often credited

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Edward Jesse Sizemore III, Marshall University; Trevor Joseph Bihl, Marshall University

motivation [24].Computer Science and Programming EducationThe primary example of gamification in programming education is the Hour of Code. Hour ofCode is an online event and collection of activities dedicated to teaching the concepts ofprogramming through a simplified drag and drop syntax [25]. These tasks are intended to becompleted over the course of approximately one hour. These activities generally consist of a setof levels of a game where the player controls a character or the game world through code [25].Outside of the website, there has also been collaboration with other organizations. Thedevelopers of Minecraft worked with Code.org to include a tool to teach programming in theeducation edition of the game [26]. This implementation allows

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

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Romain Kazadi Tshikolu, University of Detroit Mercy; Alan S Hoback, University of Detroit Mercy

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to the integration of AI in learning and teachingin the Global South will also call Governments to train local researchers and developers, to forgepartnerships with external entities and to integrate digital skills training into primary andsecondary school curricula (Chinasa T. Okolo, 2021).Menekse, despite raising some risks that students who rely too much on AI might lose interestand curiosity, also shows some confidence in AI. In the guest Editorial of the JEE (June 2023),he explains how AI-powered virtual laboratories, seen as able to simulate physical experimentsand visualize fundamental engineering concepts, could be effective for teaching and learningpurposes. Also, Large Language Models (LLMs) are presented as able to provide