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ME Division 11: Beyond the Build: Communication, Collaboration, and Reflection

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University; J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Joshua Gargac, Ohio Northern University

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evaluations are a very standard part of monitoring the efficacy of university instructorsand provide instructors with valuable feedback for improving their own performance and theexperience of students.1 The instruments to evaluate standard academic courses, however welldesigned and validated they may be for that task, do not typically serve well to evaluate how theadvisors of senior design (capstone) project teams perform their duties. Yet the same courseevaluation instrument is often applied to capstone project advisors by default, since capstone istypically listed and registered as an academic course.The idea of the modern capstone project largely emerged in the 1980’s, rapidly accelerating inadoption through the end of the millennium and reaching

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ME Division 11: Beyond the Build: Communication, Collaboration, and Reflection

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frederick Rowell, Clemson University; Douglas Byrd, Clemson University; Todd Schweisinger P.E., Clemson University; John R. Wagner P.E., Clemson University

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Paper ID #45738Collaborative Interactions on a Senior Capstone Design Project - Impact ofPLM Tools and StrategiesFrederick Rowell, Clemson University Frederick (Fritz) Rowell is a graduate student at Clemson University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He focuses on virtual engineering tools, including PLM, PDM, and Additive Manufacturing, to quicken product design cadence through coursework and human-subject studies. His professional experience includes internships at E-Z-GO in Augusta, GA, and Savannah River National Laboratory in Aiken, SC.Douglas Byrd, Clemson UniversityDr. Todd Schweisinger P.E., Clemson

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ME Division 7: Making it Matter: Projects and Communication

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven

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collaboration. 5. Comprehensive Documentation: Emphasizing analysis and reporting ensured depth in students’ work.ConclusionThe Mechanics Laboratory course demonstrates the effectiveness of experiential learning inengineering education. Design projects bridge theoretical and practical knowledge, equippingstudents with technical and professional skills essential for career success. By addressingchallenges and incorporating student feedback, the course continually evolves to enhance itsimpact on engineering education.References[1] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorenson, “A review of literature on teachingengineering design through project-oriented capstone courses,” Journal of Engineering Education,vol. 86, pp. 17-28, 1997

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ME Division Technical Session 2 - Harnessing AI and Machine Learning to Transform ME Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenhai Li, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Yue Hung, Farmingdale State College; Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Sen Zhang, State University of New York, Oneonta; Akin Tatoglu, University of Hartford; Zhou Zhang, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

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, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale Dr. Gonca Altuger-Genc is an Associate Professor at State University of New York - Farmingdale State College in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department.Sen Zhang, State University of New York, Oneonta Sen Zhang has been teaching Computer Science at SUNY Oneonta since 2004. The recent courses he has been teaching include Python, Artificial Intelligence, Intro to Machine Learning as special topics, Intro to Robotics, Internet Programming, Linux, and Software Design and Development (which typically contains a sizable team term-project as capstone experience). He publishes on data mining algorithms, conducts educational research and values

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ME Division 6: Innovative Simulation and Extended Reality Techniques

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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]centered on applying FEA simulation skills to calculate the stiffness of bolt-joint members. Otheraspects of the design were ignored. This, too, is an example of a subject-specific design project.A second type of design project is the comprehensive design project, which typicallyencompasses multiple subjects. Capstone design projects [11–14] fall into this category, as theyrequire students to apply all the knowledge they have gained in their education to successfullycomplete their designs. Other examples of comprehensive design projects includemultidisciplinary design projects[17], industry-sponsored design projects[18], and competition-based design projects[19] undertaken during the junior and senior years. These projects demandthat students

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ME Division 7: Making it Matter: Projects and Communication

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amanda Sterling, Auburn University

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grounds forthe reality of engineering and assembly practices. Students often perceive they learn significantskills from the hands-on experience of design-and-build projects, and the benefits of sucheducational activities have become widely accepted. [4-10]However, it is common for students to first encounter these experiences in the Senior Design/Capstone Design projects, and may have little preliminary design instruction prior. Providingsupport and opportunities to grow student manufacturing skills is critical at earlier levels, as thisskill set allows them to achieve better results and more nuanced, experience-based lessons duringdesign-and-build projects [11].Junior level design-and-build projects are especially important, as they can serve as

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ME Division 9: Enhancing Lab Experiences

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bo Yu, Utah Valley University; Matthew J Jensen, Utah Valley University

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. It is a great way to make connections outside the class and understand when and where these topics appear in the real-world of engineering." • "Yes. I think it would be very helpful. That is how capstone is, you start a project and work all the way through it start to end, and i think having other classes that follow that same step would be very helpful. It also helps you understand the whole project more when you do all the different steps to it." • "I think that it would be great. It would be better than just one-off projects that don't really have much meaning. I kind of like the idea of a multi-course platform where it's a big culminating project and

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ME Division 12: Innovative Approaches to Thermodynamics

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Charles L. Keesee, University of Jamestown

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material is most frequently seen in a senior capstone course. This leads to the use of paper-only design projects. While less exciting these projects are usefulfor focusing on only the material of interest in specific classes. This focused learning allowsinstructors to assess the student learning and application of only the material taught in the currentclass, and not their ability to combine the knowledge of material they have learned in multipleclasses. This single class focused assessment is a necessity of the formative assessment of theABET program objectives [2] that all engineering programs must meet. All mechanicalengineering students are required to take some form of thermodynamics, either a one semestercourse or a two semester series

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ME Division 15: Grading Practices and Student Performance

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Mendez, Purdue University

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chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her scholarly interests include active learning strategies and alternative grading practices. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work-in-Progress: Student Perceptions of Specifications Grading in Mechanical Engineering Design CoursesAbstractAlternative grading methods have continued to receive attention within engineering education.This paper focuses on two undergraduate courses: a second-year introduction to the mechanicaldesign process and a capstone design course. Both courses were built around semester-long teamdesign projects and included individual and group assignments. Students were able to revise

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara Ellen Wilson, The University of Kansas; Emma Grob-French, The University of Kansas

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goals andvalues, commitment to team success, motivation for the team task, interpersonal skills, open andeffective communication, constructive feedback, diverse team composition, leadership,accountability, interdependence, and adherence to team process and performance.While teamwork is often assessed as an outcome in capstone courses, first year courses can serveas a cornerstone, developing basic skills in teamwork such as the ability to be interdependent intasks, the ability to share responsibility for outcomes, and the ability to work together as a singleentity with shared goals and values. Team projects in first year courses can also be powerful inhelping first-year students develop community and can particularly be powerful for first

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ME Division 6: Innovative Simulation and Extended Reality Techniques

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Armin Eilaghi, Northern Arizona University

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reality (XR) technologies in engineering education, particularly inengineering design courses, has gained traction recently. The XR prototype demonstration wasintegrated into a junior undergraduate Mechanical Engineering design course.ME386W is a junior design course that explores engineering design methods, including projectplanning and management, effective multi-disciplinary team skills, professional and effectivetechnical writing, oral communication skills, professional ethics, and extended. This course is thelast design course before the full-year capstone graduation project and does not involve making aphysical prototype. The educational content, assessment plan, and rubric for integrating the XRdemonstration are provided. Students

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Stephen Tolman, Utah Valley University; Matthew J Jensen, Utah Valley University; Israd Hakim Jaafar, Utah Valley University; Amanda Bordelon, Utah Valley University; Bennington J Willardson, Utah Valley University

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integrates high-impact practices (HIPs) to enhance student retention,learning, and academic momentum. The preliminary paper on this project offers a detailedexplanation and foundational framework for implementing these HIPs [1]. Designed to providesignificant learning experiences, these practices include collaborative projects, capstone projects,internships, ePortfolios, and mentored undergraduate research. Participants will collaborate withfaculty mentors to plan their annual participation in HIPs, ensuring steady progress towarddegree completion. Collaborative projects will foster cohort formation through team-basedactivities in courses and design competitions. Capstone projects will provide senior studentswith opportunities to apply their

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Anstaett Metzler, The Ohio State University; Annie Abell, The Ohio State University; Russell K. Marzette Jr., The Ohio State University

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committee began by developing a document summarizing the program goals,student learning objectives, and student proficiencies, which provide the basis for the revisedcurriculum. These were mapped to the ABET required student learning outcomes [8]. Thisinformation was shared with the larger faculty of the department and their feedback wasintegrated into the document.While much work is still to be done on this project, the committee and larger faculty arecontinuing to utilize a structured design process based on Understanding by Design by Wigginsand McTighe. The current focus of the work involves collaborating with the departmentalinterest groups to map the existing curriculum content and evaluate it against the recentlydeveloped program goals

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ME Division 11: Beyond the Build: Communication, Collaboration, and Reflection

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University; Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin; Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Carlos R. Corleto P.E., Texas A&M University

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engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology.Dr. Carlos R. Corleto P.E., Texas A&M University BS, MS, PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. Experience includes 20 years in industry as a lab director, technical manager and engineering advisor, 8 years of academic experience at the assistant and tenured associate professor level, 4.5 years as a professor of practice, Undergraduate Program Director of the J. M. Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering since June 2022, and active industry consultant. Author and contributing author of 10 patents and multiple

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ME Division 4: Broadening Participation and Building Resilience

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francisco J Montalvo, Purdue University; Beth Hess, Purdue University; Lexy Chiwete Arinze, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Alanna Nash, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Milestones micro-certification initiative, aimed at advancing hands-on, skills-based learning within the College of Engineering. In his current role, he teaches design courses and mentors industry-sponsored capstone projects while contributing to curricular development in the Design and Manufacturing area. With industry experience as a program manager for Siemens Professional Education in Germany, Francisco brings practical expertise and global awareness to his work.Beth Hess, Purdue UniversityLexy Chiwete Arinze, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Lexy Arinze is a first-generation PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and a Graduate Research Assistant with the Global Learning

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ME Division 6: Innovative Simulation and Extended Reality Techniques

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Alex C. Szatmary, Hexagon

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combination of hand calculations and different meshing strategies. • Courses dedicated to FEA can meaningfully involve industry; in one case, students were given general requirements for a truck wheel and devised ways to reduce weight [37]. • Recognizing that students are not motivated to study FEA if the course starts simply with deriving a stiffness matrix for an abstract network of springs, an instructor instead started the course by introducing a project on reverse-engineering a flexure from the James Webb Space Telescope; as students learned new techniques through the course, they would revisit this task to improve their models [38].Capstone DesignBy the time they reach the capstone design experience

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ME Technical Session 1 - Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education: From Prerequisites to Practice

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martell Cartiaire Bell, The University of Iowa; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Rachel Vitali, The University of Iowa

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Issue, pp. 1344-1360, 2012.[6] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby and C. D. Sorensen, "A review of literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented capstone courses," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 17-28, 1997.[7] A. W. Johnson and J. E. S. Swenson, "Open-Ended Modeling Problems in a Sophomore-Level Aerospace Mechanics of Materials Courses," in ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, 2019.[8] J. E. S. Swenson, A. W. Johnson, T. G. Chambers and L. Hirshfield, "Exhibiting Productive Beginnings of Engineering Judgment during Open-Ended Modeling Problems in an Introductory Mechanics of Materials Course," in ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, 2019.[9] J. E. S. Swenson, Developing knowledge in

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ME Division 10: Innovation in the Sophomore Year

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Stephen Barner, University of Portland; Sean Lyle Gestson, University of Portland

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undergraduate engineering courses including, geotechnical engineering, highway design, surveying, and senior capstone design. His engineering education research aims to understand more about the gap in student preparedness for the engineering workplace. He has worked closely with engineering practitioners, faculty, and students to understand more about their problem-solving behavior, beliefs around engineering knowledge, and learning more about what it means to be an engineer. Sean enjoys being active outdoors with his family and friends while climbing, mountain biking, and camping. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Engaging Mechanics of Materials and Dynamics Students in Designing

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ME Technical Session 1 - Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education: From Prerequisites to Practice

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu, California State University, Chico; JoAna Brooks, California State University, Chico; David G Alexander, California State University, Chico; Sam Lloyd-Harry, California State University, Chico

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Paper ID #48592Integrating Course-based Undergraduate Research and Entrepreneurial Mindset(CURE-E) in to Mechanical Engineering CurriculumDr. Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu, California State University, Chico Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu is an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Department at California State University, Chico. She received her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Riverside.JoAna Brooks, California State University, Chico JoAna Brooks serves as Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director for the CEMUR Project (Course-based Experiential

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ME Technical Session 1 - Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education: From Prerequisites to Practice

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis A DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University; J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University

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Dynamics, and a grade of C in Dynamics to advance to Dynamic SystemsModeling (a differential-equation-based modeling course). Additionally, Dynamic SystemsModeling requires passing grades in both Differential Equations and Electric Circuits. Althoughstudents who struggle with these prerequisite courses have opportunities to catch up, this oftendelays Dynamic Systems Modeling (and its successor, Controls) to the senior year, or requiresadditional time and financial investment through summer or J-term courses. These delays mayresult in overloaded senior-year schedules and limit students' ability to apply foundationalknowledge in their senior courses and capstone projects. Figure 1: Curriculum map, as analyzed by CurricularAnalytics.Figure 2

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ME Division 8: Measuring What Matters: Concept Inventories, FE Exam, and Learning Skills

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anahita Ayasoufi, Auburn University; Amanda Sterling, Auburn University; Jeffrey C. Suhling, Auburn University; Daniel Kevin Harris; Kyle D Schulze, Auburn University; Ashu Sharma, Auburn University

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; Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, Jun. 2023.[4] J. McCormack, S. Beyerlein, P. Brackin, D. Davis, M. Trevisan, H. Davis, J. Lebeau, R. Gerlick, P. Thompson, M. J. Khan et al., “Assessing professional skill development in capstone design courses,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 1308–1323, 2011.[5] Association of American Colleges & Universities, “VALUE rubric development project,” Association of American Colleges & Universities, Tech. Rep., 2017.[6] J. Mynderse, “Assessing ABET student outcome 7 (new knowledge) with measurement systems,” in 2022, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022.[7] C. E. Weinstein, D. R. Palmer, and T. W. Acee, User’s Manual, Learning and

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ME Division 8: Measuring What Matters: Concept Inventories, FE Exam, and Learning Skills

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Lofton, University of Evansville; Jared Fulcher, University of Evansville

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approach outlinedhere.Introduction and BackgroundMechanical engineering students at the University of Evansville (UE) are required to take theFundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE exam) as part of their senior capstone course. Studentsdo not have to pass the FE exam to receive course credit. This requirement was established bythe UE mechanical engineering faculty and the UE Mechanical Engineering AdvisoryCommittee. However, the formal FE review course offered by the UE School of Engineering andComputer Science (SECS) was discontinued fall 2020 due to funding changes.Formal review courses and/or sessions are a well-established strategy for FE exam preparation.Kiriazes and Zerbe benchmarked 50 civil and environmental engineering programs and

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ME Division 9: Enhancing Lab Experiences

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caleb Levi Head, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Lawrence E. Whitman P.E., Kennesaw State University; Srikanth B Pidugu P.E., University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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, recognize professional responsibilities,function effectively on a team, develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, and analyzeand interpret data [2]. An engineer must proficiently demonstrate these skills upon graduation,and it is necessary to equip the student with resources and a curriculum to learn practicalcommunication skills.The typical engineer will spend one-third to one-half of their working day writing reports, andthe engineering curriculum should prepare students for such tasks [3, 4]. Despite the recognizedimportance of technical writing, students often struggle due to a disconnect between academicinstruction and industry expectations. This research project collaborates with industry partnerswho are members of the advisory board