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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Alexander Hernandez, West Texas A&M University; Sanjoy Bhattacharia, West Texas A&M University; Sarah Petters, University of California, Riverside; Markus Petters, University of California, Riverside

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author (sbhattacharia@wtamu.edu, nhiranuma@wtamu.edu) AbstractWe developed curricular activities that were based on the application of a Community IceNucleation Cold Stage to teach the theory of solidification that is applicable to multidisciplinarySTEM disciplines. We adopted a freezing assay, which simulates ambient immersion freezing ina laboratory setting (i.e., freezing of ice-nucleating aerosol particles immersed in a water droplet),to provide hands-on, laboratory-based education to STEM students at a primarily undergraduateand minority-serving institute (PUI-MSI). With the freezing assay, we instructed more than 60STEM students on fundamental concepts of material and atmospheric science, such

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Chinedu Okonkwo, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Roy Uzoma Lan; Ibukun Gabriel Awolusi, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jiannan Cai

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for a more highlyskilled workforce equipped with programming skills for the analysis of the huge amount of data thatcan be generated on construction sites, particularly with respect to the prediction of the properties ofmaterials for useful insight generation as well as rapid and informed decision making. In this study,construction students were introduced to artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and how they can beused for predicting the properties of construction materials in a construction course. First, thestudents were presented with a basic knowledge of AI for predicting the strength of constructionmaterials. A hands-on programming laboratory session was designed to get students started with theimplementation of AI knowledge through

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Sandipon Chowdhury, West Texas A&M University; Swastika Bithi, West Texas A&M University

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variability on groundwater rechargeand depletion, identifying regions at high risk of water scarcity.[3]The STEM initiative combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on experimentation to deepenstudents' understanding of water systems and their management. Practical activities, such asmodeling aquifer recharge and measuring water flow rates, allow students to simulate naturalprocesses like infiltration, capillary action, and groundwater movement. These experimentsdemonstrate engineering principles in action and encourage students to design prototypes for waterconservation technologies, including artificial recharge systems and irrigation networks. Byworking with laboratory equipment and field tools, students develop problem-solving andanalytical