be particularly challenging for studentswho have deficiencies in math or struggle with soft skills such as time management and studytechniques. Students who earn a GPA below 2.0 at the end of a semester are placed on academicprobation, and multiple semesters of probation may lead to dismissal from an engineeringprogram. This study focuses on students currently on academic probation.The study was conducted in a first-year engineering program at an R-1 land-grant institution inthe mid-Atlantic region. Forty-five students on academic probation were enrolled in an academicsuccess skills course and assigned to a student success coach. The coaches in the program weregraduate students enrolled in either a master's or doctoral engineering program at
University and the winner of the 2018 FACT2 award for Excellence in Instruction given to one professor from the entire SUNY system. He also received the 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Mid-Atlantic Division. He has been twice elected as a member of the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics committee and served as the Program Chair for the 2014 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, as the Conference Chair for the 2015 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference and has served as symposium and session chairs for many ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. He was the general Conference Co-Chair for the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering
study utilizes bothquantitative and qualitative methods to explore the Fidget Toy project intervention, taking bothself-report survey results and qualitative reflections to understand the impacts of this curricularintervention.The Mental Health Fidget Toy ProjectWe developed a project for first-year engineering students that focuses on incorporating mentalhealth awareness and reflection into the curriculum. This project was piloted in Spring 2024 infive sections of a second-semester, first-year course at a mid-Atlantic institution, a generalengineering course focused on basic engineering concepts and interdisciplinary design. In thishalf-semester project, students designed and manufactured a fidget toy for use by engineeringstudents like them
provided more accurate and detailed explanations than ChatGPT in some cases.This has prompted us to consider integrating these tools into future iterations of the study.Moving forward, we plan to develop more structured and clearly defined activities for students,with the aim of repeating the study in the following year. By then, we anticipate that universitieswill have clearer instructions and policies regarding the use of AI in classroom settings, whichwill help us refine the design and execution of the study.References[1] R. Subramanian and S. M. Vidalis, “Artificial Intelligence tools: Boon to Engineering Education or a threat?,” in 2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they
. 126-134, 2012.[11] X. Yuan, "Evidence of the Spacing Effect and Influences on Perceptions of Learning and Science Curricula," Cureus, 13 Jan 2022.[12] Allen, J.H., III, Fulcher, J., Selvaraj, S.I., "Assessment of student learning in undergraduate engineering courses using quizzes in Lieu of homework," in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, Columbus Ohio, 2017.[13] Bronikowski S, Lowrance C and Viall K, , "Lather, Rinse, Repeat: The Effect of Replacing Homework with Periodic Quizzes in Engineering Courses," in Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference, Farmingdale, NY, 2011.[14] F. S., "The Enhancement of Student's Learning in Both Lower-Division and Upper Division
., & Cui, L. (2023, January). An Educational Game Using Multiphysics Enriched Mixed Reality for Integrated Geotechnical Engineering Education. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[5] Huang, C., Cai, W., Cui, L., Zhu, C., & Tang, Y. (2023, October). Enhancing Geotechnical Engineering Education Based on Multiphysics Enriched Mixed Reality Game. In 2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be.[6] Huang, C., Cai, W., Zhu, C., Tang, Y., Bauer, S., Wang, L., & Hare, R. (2023). Development of Multiphysics Enriched Mixed Reality Game for Geotechnical Engineering Education. In Geo-Congress 2023 (pp. 526-534
. TheScholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Stellenbosch: SUNPRESS (2015).6 Halada, G. P., & Sharma, S. L., & Scarlatos, L., & Zhang, Y. (2024, April),Enhancing Inclusivity through Alternative Rhetoric in STEM Education Paperpresented at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George WashingtonUniversity, District of Columbia. 10.18260/1-2--457497 Dunkin, Robin. "Teaching students how to get comfortable with theuncomfortable feeling of not knowing." In Teaching Environmental Justice, pp.240-248. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.8 Halada,G.P., S. Sharma, L. Scarlatos, and Y. Zhang, “Enhancing Inclusivitythrough Alternative Rhetoric in STEM Education”, presented at the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, 2024
Immigration Into and Within Engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97, pp. 191-205, 2008. 10. A. Lytle, A. J. De Rosa, and F. T. Fisher, “A Review of Psychosocial Factors Associated with Undergraduate Engagement and Retention in STEM,” in the proceedings of the 2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting [Virtual], November 12-13, 2021. 11. M. J. Hansen, M. J. Palakal, and L. White, “The Importance of STEM Sense of Belonging and Academic Hope in Enhancing Persistence for Low-Income, Underrepresented STEM Students,” Journal for STEM Education Research, vol. 7, pp. 155-180, 2024. 12. R. M. Perrine, “Students' Views of the Characteristics of Instructors' Approachability,” Psychological
All-University Teaching Award and the Thomas E. Hutchinson Faculty Award for Dedication and Excellence in Teaching. Since 2016, he has been the PI on an NSF REU site in multi-scale systems bioengineering and biomedical data sciences, a pan-university collaboration involving faculty from four schools at UVA, as well as six partner institutions in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Reflection on Outcomes Data from Eight Years of a Summer REU Site in Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data SciencesBackground and MotivationInnovations in medicine and in the biological sciences are increasingly dependent upon a
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: Profits, Pitfalls, and Practicality," in Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, Jun. 2006. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--1322[3] R. Ochia, "Development of an undergraduate bioengineering curriculum that mirrors the breadth of the field," in Proceedings of the 2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference, Swarthmore College, PA, Nov. 2014.[4] H. Boone and A. Kirn, "First Generation Students Identification with and Feelings of Belongingness in Engineering," in Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, Jun. 2016. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.26903[5] M. Nowak, A. Ronald, and D. Leone, "An Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Curriculum First Principles
by exploring the experiences ofundergraduate engineering students with NADs. This study delves into the challenges thesestudents face and beneficial strategies, informing inclusive practices in engineering education byusing semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis.MethodsTo address our research questions, we conducted 90-minute semi-structured interviews withundergraduate engineering students from a single mid-sized Mid-Atlantic university. Studentsself-identified as having a non-apparent disability, with no formal diagnosis or otherdocumentation required to participate.Data CollectionInterview questions were developed to focus primarily on students’ experience in engineeringclassrooms, and were generally grouped based on research
, research-intensive publicuniversity in the Mid-Atlantic with roughly 22,000 students.ParticipantsTo answer research question 1, the long-term effects of the mastery grading system, we analyzedthe performance of the Fall 2023 students across five Calculus I sections taught by three differentinstructors. Among these, three were taught using the mastery grading approach, while theremaining two were taught using a traditional grading scheme.The same cohort of students progressed to Calculus II in Spring 2024 and Calculus III in Fall2024, with the following completion numbers: • Fall 2023 (Calculus I): 157 students, with 55 enrolled in traditionally graded sections and 102 enrolled in mastery graded sections. • Spring 2024 (Calculus II
. He is nationally recognized for his work related to the safer design of makerspaces and collaborative STEM labs. Dr. Love is an Authorized OSHA Trainer for General Industry. He has also served on committees at state and national levels that developed P-12 engineering education standards. In recognition of his work, Dr. Love was awarded the 2022 ASEE mid-Atlantic section Best Paper Award, and has received numerous awards from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 An Evaluation of Prompt Engineering Strategies by College Students in Competitive Programming Tasks Sita V
contributions of microfluidic systems in the visual system. She received the 2023 AIMBE Professional Impact Award for the inclusion of Health Disparities within under/graduate training and was honored as the 2024 Plenary Speaker to the BMES Council of Chairs for integration of health disparities in Biomedical Engineering curricula. She is an executive committee member for the Rutgers Connection Network that develops inclusive forms of peer mentoring for mid-career faculty as well as new faculty.Kelsey Watts, University of Virginia Kelsey Watts is a postdoc at the University of Virginia in Biomedical Engineering. She is committed to developing more inclusive teaching and research practices
Atlantic Section Fall Meeting, Oct. 2018. Accessed: Feb. 21, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/implementation-and-first-year-results-of-an-engineering-spatial-skills- enhancement-program[11] T. J. Ashby, W. H. Goodridge, S. E. Lopez, N. L. Shaheen, and B. J. Call, “Adaptation of the Mental Cutting Test for the Blind and Low Vision,” presented at the 2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference, Mar. 2018. Accessed: Dec. 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/29599[12] W. H. Goodridge, N. L. Shaheen, A. T. Hunt, and D. Kane, “Work in Progress: The Development of a Tactile Spatial Ability Instrument for Assessing Spatial Ability in Blind and Low-vision Populations,” presented at the 2021 ASEE Virtual
settings.Deliverables included written assignments, reflections, recorded videos, as well as individual andgroup presentations. The following sections summarize the most significant aspects.Global skills articulationTo help students translate their global experiences into professional assets, students developedresumes that highlighted these experiences. Students identified three key skills gained abroad,such as flexibility, intercultural communication, or problem-solving, and provided briefexplanations of how these skills were demonstrated during their experiences. This assignmentensured students could effectively showcase their global competencies to potential employerswith supporting examples from their programs. A guest speaker from the career office
transdisciplinary—the author’s opinion is that anexpansion of engineering ways of thinking will be needed. In terms of positionality, the author isa faculty member in an electrical and computer engineering (ECE) degree program at a liberalarts university in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. My perspective is shaped by myacademic background, professional experiences, and personal values. Having experiences inlarge public land grants as well as private research and primarily undergraduate institutions hasled to an institution-agnostic view of engineering education. Spending time at the NationalScience Foundation facilitated this divorce from institutional priorities, shifting my perspectiveto understand education’s role in supporting larger
, Diversity)AbstractAlgebra proficiency is a major obstacle to student participation and success in STEM in U.S.high schools particularly for minoritized low-income youth. Moreover, algebra is a key lever topromoting rich postsecondary opportunities. To address limited algebra proficiency in one urbanschool district, a mid-Atlantic university outreach center developed a strategy of extendedlearning time for ninth to eleventh graders and received funding from the NSF (DRL-2005790).The program’s curriculum entails online learning with math/algebra (reinforcement) lessonscontextualized within engineering challenges (i.e., “missions”). Ten missions were originallydeveloped with input from stakeholders and students though only six were tested. Each
Students’ Fundamental Vector and Calculus Skills in an Undergraduate Engineering Dynamics Course Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2— 37313[11]. Kraemer, D. R. (2017, April), Real-world Acceleration Measurements for Engineering Dynamics Course Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--29264[12]. Haque, M. S. (2021, July), Work in Progress: Hands-on Engineering Dynamics using Physical Models in Laboratory Sessions Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2—38165[13]. Morrison, D., & Zahraee, M., &
better servestudents and industry, a small private College in the Mid-Atlantic and an Educational Non-Profitin the Northeast partnered to design an innovative work-integrated learning program inengineering. The semester-long program includes a three-week bootcamp and a twelve-weekinternship placement with an engineering company. During the entire 15-week semester studentswere enrolled in a 14-credit courseload including a math course, sustainability and community-based design project courses, and professional development courses. The program used a work-integrated learning approach to leverage connections between students’ work placement and thecoursework to allow for real-life, real-time application of engineering skills. The pilot
. M. (2024, April), Artificial Intelligence Tools that Enhance Engineering Education Paper presented at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia. 10.18260/1-2—45705 [6] Tillmanns T, Salomão Filho A, Rudra S, Weber P, Dawitz J, Wiersma E, Dudenaite D, Reynolds S. Mapping Tomorrow’s Teaching and Learning Spaces: A Systematic Review on GenAI in Higher Education. Trends in Higher Education. 2025; 4(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/higheredu4010002: [7] Banihashem, S. K., Soleimani, S., Farrokhnia, M., & Noroozi, O. (2023). The Future of Engineering Education: Integrating Microsoft Co-Pilot into Curriculum Design. Journal of Engineering Education [8
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for Practical Adoption,” Information, v.15, 2024. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/info1506034511. Z. Zhang and Y. Chang, Y, “Leveraging Generative AI To Enhance Engineering Education at Both Low-Level And High-Level Study,” in 2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference, Farmingdale State College, NY, New York. Oct. 25-26, 2024. Available: https://peer.asee.org/4945012. M.M. Rahman and Y. Watanobe, “ChatGPT for Education and Research: Opportunities, Threats, and Strategies,” Applied Sciences, vol. 13, 5783, 2023. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/app1309578313. S.M. J.Uddon, A. Albert, M. Tamanna, and A. Ovid, “ChatGPT as an Educational Resource for Civil Engineering,” Computer Applications in Engineering
prompt reflection and integration of sociotechnical perspectivesinto every step of the design work students engage in, which requires students to keep thebroader impacts of their work in mind both in the course and beyond the classroom inprofessional practice. To properly understand the development and implementation of the CEQs,background on the course will first be provided.Course HistoryIn 2019, administrators at a large public mid-Atlantic university began a study of their FYEprogram to evaluate whether it was providing students with the skills and knowledge that wouldbe most useful to them in their professional careers. To do so, a survey was sent to engineeringfaculty, university alumni, and employers who had hired university graduates in
Excellence in Teaching by Stony Brook University and the winner of the 2018 FACT2 award for Excellence in Instruction given to one professor from the entire SUNY system. He also received the 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Mid-Atlantic Division. He has been twice elected as a member of the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics committee and served as the Program Chair for the 2014 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, as the Conference Chair for ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Paper ID #48502 the 2015 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics
university in the Mid-Atlantic, my responsibility is toteach courses that take engineering from the outset to be about both technology and society. Alarge introductory lecture course offered in our department is called “Technology and Society”(as it is at many other schools). In it, I aim to appreciate together with the students technologyand society as phenomena that we can subject to systematic analysis just as phenomenaelsewhere in the universe (physics, genetics, linguistics, etc.). I also try to appreciate togetherwith them that, at this point, we have at our disposal well-developed and widely sharedmethodical techniques to do this. I assign texts, film, music, and photography/painting, and byreading, watching, and listening to, others’ work
skills gap forengineering graduates: Recent trends in higher education Paper presented at 2023 ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43338[2] M.S. Kleine, K. Zacharias, and D. Ozkan, D. Contextualization in engineering education: Ascoping literature review. Journal of Engineering Education, 2024.113(4), pp.894-918.[3] J. Goggins, M. Hajdukiewicz. The role of community-engaged learning in engineeringeducation for sustainable development. Sustainability, 2022. 14(13), p.8208.[4] M. Mosleh, K.A. Shirvani, K.A. Design, Build, and Test Projects in an Engineering MaterialsLaboratory. In 2017 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference.[5] A. Verma, K. Snyder. Integrating community-engaged research and energy justice
. Greenwood and A. Marren, “Hit the Ground Running: Incorporating Risk-based Management Systems Standards in the Curriculum to Enhance Career Readiness,” presented at the 2018 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, Hartford, CT, 2018.[22] L. L. Greenwood, J. Schneider, and M. S. Valentine, “Setting a course for student success: standards-based curriculum and capacity-building across risk prevention management system domains,” presented at the 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Washington, DC, 2018.[23] H. Altabbakh, M. A. AlKazimi, S. Murray, and K. Grantham, “Safety Awareness: Identifying a Need for Undergraduate Engineering Students,” Prof. Saf., vol. 60, no. 08, pp. 38–41, Aug. 2015.[24] B. Bogle, S. Mehrotra, G
(unshaded): topic was not mentioned.At Lafayette College, a small, private liberal arts college in the mid-Atlantic region, all first-semester students are required to complete a first-year seminar (FYS). FYS courses are taught byfaculty and staff members from all disciplines at the institution, each of whom designs a courseto engage students in common outcomes related to college-level reading, writing, and thinkingaround a topic of the professor’s choice. In addition to the common outcomes, each instructordesigns topic-specific learning outcomes. These outcomes for the section studied here,“Sustainable Cities: Urban Infrastructure and Equity,” are that students will be able to: 1)Explain how infrastructure affects their own lives and the lives of