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ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies III

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanveer Mansur Syed, Florida Institute of Technology; Godwyll Aikins; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University; Kim-Doang Nguyen, Florida Institute of Technology

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programsoptimize curricula to prepare students for a data-driven profession.Engineering identity is a dynamic construct evolving throughout students' academic experiences,encompassing technical competence and a sense of belonging in the engineering community [4],[5]. Key factors include performance/competence beliefs, interest, and recognition from peers andmentors [6]. Meanwhile, data skills have become crucial for engineering graduates [2], thoughintegrating data science into engineering curricula varies across institutions [9]. Recent studies [1],[7], [8] have begun exploring the link between data proficiency and engineering identity, butfurther research is needed to clarify how specific data skills influence identity formation.Understanding how

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ERM Technical Session: Examining Identity

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Danielle V. Lewis; Kayleigh Merz, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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information to those involved in undergraduateresearch, without the student’s perceptions of the URE’s impact on their sense of researcheridentity, the degree to which they may benefit students remains unknown. In developing a clearerunderstanding of how students participating in UREs perceive their researcher identity, thoseinvolved in these experiences can better tailor engagement to enhance undergraduates’experiences.Researchers who study UREs have explored some of the broader student outcomes in a varietyof contexts (e.g., biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, science) [5], [6], [7]. Thiswork and other work has expanded the body of knowledge about students’ experiences inundergraduate research beyond skill development and career

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ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Jiuqing Yu, Pennsylvania State University; Nosakhare Iyobosa Idiaghe, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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], many universities and colleges have sought to introduceglobal programming to engineering as part of extracurricular or formal programming. Many ofthese are framed around global study abroad experiences, with scholars noting that even short-term experiences can lead to heightened understandings of globalization and cultural awareness[37]-[39]. However, the continuous limitations of privilege, cost, and time additions on degreecompletion continue to be evident, and rarely have extended to graduate student populations (withthe exception of a few instances noted in literature via NSF IGERT programs and similar, such asthe study performed by Berdanier et al. [40]). Literature documenting these programs also considerwhether and how intercultural

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ERM Technical Session: A Focus on Faculty Experiences & Perceptions

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibukunoluwa Eunice Salami, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Kasey Moomau, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yusong Li, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Ursula Nguyen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Lance C. Pérez, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Markeya Peteranetz, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Trish Wonch Hill, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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engineering graduate student at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Before returning to further his university education with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a serendipitous opportunity for graduate education at UNL, he served for the better part of a decade as a public-school educator, creating and implementing exploratory STEM activities as supplemental curriculum for K-8 students.Dr. Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Tareq Daher graduated from the University of Mutah – Jordan with a B.S. in Computer Science with a focus on developing educational tools. He pursued a Master’s Degree in Educational Studies at the University of Nebraska -Lincoln (UNL). While pursing his Master Degree he worked as the

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ERM WIP V: Assessing & Developing Competencies in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine McGough Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Neeko Bochkarev, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Justine Chasmar, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Luke John Nyberg

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Diversity

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positions. After two yearsof working as engineers and completing technical, design, and professionalism credits, studentsgraduate with a B.S. in Engineering. Participants in this study are a part of the IRE STEMScholars program, which helps financially support low-income, high achieving students for theirBell Academy semester, and provides additional mentorship and career development supportresources through to graduation. This program supports a diverse population of individuals ontheir pathway to graduation, with a range of backgrounds and experiences [1].This work will notfocus solely on low-income experiences, but rather the more nuanced identities and experiencesof the students [2].Engineering Identity and BelongingEngineering identity is

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ERM WIP IV: Examining Undergraduate Recruitment & Retention

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan University; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University; Rachel Burch, Rowan University; Patricia Lynn Hurley, University of Delaware

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of Experiential Engineering Education. She earned her PhD in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Delaware in 2024. Rachel’s research interests include engineering education and sustainability in engineering, and she has engaged in specific projects regarding mental health in engineering students, K-12 engineering education, sustainable technologies for food waste management, and biological waste treatment.Miss Patricia Lynn Hurley, University of Delaware Patricia Hurley is a graduate student studying environmental engineering at the University of Delaware. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: Introducing thriving in a first-year engineering

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ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Samuel J Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh; Andreea Toader, University of Pittsburgh

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industrystakeholders. Both quantitative and qualitative responses were collected from the panelistsduring three rounds of the Delphi study and used to develop a visual framework for the processof engineering judgment. The framework was also translated to a written definition.The preliminary framework is being pilot tested in the spring 2025 semester in design and dataanalysis courses. Specifically, the framework is being used to develop educational materials fordirect instruction on engineering judgment as well as tools to assess the presence and nature ofengineering judgment in the students’ work products and perspectives. The framework andexpanded definition will be re-circulated to the Delphi panel following the pilot testing. Thiswill be done to establish

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ERM WIP I: Methodological Applications in the Disciplines

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Scalaro, Cornell University ; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Justin L Hess, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Corey T Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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. Allison Godwin, Cornell University Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is the Dr. G. Stephen Irwin ’67, ’68 Professor in Engineering Education Research (Associate Professor) in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. She is also the Associate Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility and a McCormick Teaching Excellence Institute Research Fellow. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse groups of students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging, motivation, and identity development