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Reimagining STEM Transitions: Bridging Gaps and Building Resilience in Post-Pandemic Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis Daniels, The Johns Hopkins University; Michael L Falk, The Johns Hopkins University; Rachel E Durham, Notre Dame of Maryland University; Alisha Nicole Sparks, The Johns Hopkins University; Allison Reigel, The Johns Hopkins University; Margo K Williams, The Johns Hopkins University; Karen Watkins-Lewis, Morgan State University; Emily J Yanisko, American University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

University’s Whiting School of Engineering where he has served on the faculty since 2008 with secondary appointmeRachel E Durham, Notre Dame of Maryland University Rachel E. Durham (PhD, Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, and a Senior Fellow with the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC). With a background in sociology of education, education policy, and demography, her research focuses on graduates’ transition to adulthood, career and college readiness, community schools, and research-practice partnerships.Ms. Alisha Nicole Sparks, The Johns Hopkins University Alisha Sparks serves as the Executive

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Expanding STEM Access and Belonging: Programs and Practices for Inclusive K–12 Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maricruz Zepeda - Wilson, The University of Arizona, College of Engineering; Cori Dennis, The University of Arizona, College of Engineering

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, and increasing self-efficacy through those programs for pre-college students.Mrs. Cori Dennis, The University of Arizona, College of Engineering With over 20 years of experience in education, Cori is a dedicated leader specializing in special education, educational leadership, and inclusive program development. She holds a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University and has completed extensive graduate-level coursework in special education at Towson University. Cori currently serves as Coordinator of High School Outreach and Summer Programs for the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona. In this role, she leads strategic STEM initiatives, directs the Summer

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Empowering Pre-College Students through AI and Computer Science: Standards, Self-Efficacy, and Social Impact

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Shailja, Stanford University; Thomas John Williams, University of California Merced; Ayush Pandey, University of California Merced

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students to further their education beyond the coursework being taught. Thomas is also interested in computer engineering, chip design, and power electronics.Dr. Ayush Pandey, University of California Merced Ayush Pandey is an assistant professor of teaching in Electrical Engineering at UC Merced. He is interested in research on control theory and artificial intelligence for the formal design of physical systems. Over the past few years, his research has focused on the development of robustness metrics, safety guarantees, and new inference tools for nonlinear dynamical systems in various application areas. He is also actively extending his research on computational tools to build scalable and open-source educational

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WIP Poster Session: Emerging Research and Practices in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariam Manuel, University of Houston ; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston - COE; Bereket Mego, University of Houston

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experiences. Dr. Henderson is the immediate past Director of the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES, pronounced ”promise”), a program aimed at increasing engineering student achievement, engagement, and graduation rates. His research group seeks to understand engineering identity trajectories and success mechanisms throughout lifespans using action-based participatory research and novel methodologies such as photovoice, IPA, and draw-an-engineer and the development of research-informed interventions to improve student success. He was most recently recognized by INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine as an Inspiring STEM Leader, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with the College of Liberal Arts &

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Innovative Pathways in K–12 STEM: Bridging Emerging Technologies and Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Engineering for US All

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-funded e4usa program was designed and implemented as an effort to provideengineering curriculum “for us all,” with the intention of demystifying and democratizingengineering. The course authentically introduces “engineering,” not with the intent to producemore engineering students, but to improve technological literacy and to allow students todiscover their engineering identity, all while working through the engineering design processesto solve real problems. Students identify community-based problems and design engineeringsolutions while consulting with stakeholders, producing prototypes, and developing test plans.Course outcomes are clustered into color-coded tracks, including red (discover engineering),yellow (engineering in society), blue

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WIP Poster Session: Emerging Research and Practices in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Choi, University of California, Irvine; Kan Li, University of California, Irvine; Kristin Roher, University of California, Irvine; Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine

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coursework-based experience.In addition, students attended a series of educational and professional development seminars,including college preparation, engineering career pathways, research center tours, anddemonstrations from members of the university research community and local engineeringcommunity. Exposing students to relevant engineering workshops allowed high school studentsto be motivated and inspired by different learning opportunities and to understand potentialapplications of their degrees in future careers. We assessed the success of the programimplementation through a post-camp survey to all student participants, specifically on studentlearning outcomes of understanding design and fabrication, as well as the effectiveness of

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Evaluating Pre-College STEM Programs: Longitudinal Impact, Integration, and Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Karen Flammer, University of California, San Diego; Cindy Mui Perez, University of California, San Diego; Mimi Phùng, University of California, San Diego

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with partners ○​ Finishing individual weekly homework (Engineering Exercises)Hands-On Philosophy Project-based learning (PBL), such as hands-on laboratories and design-build-testchallenges, has emerged as a powerful pedagogical approach with numerous benefits such as theapplication of theory to practice, enhanced problem-solving and critical thinking skills, improvedcreativity and innovation, development of transferable skills (teamwork, communication, timemanagement), increased student motivation and career preparation, and a more rewardingteaching experience for educators [11-14]. While PBL has gained global popularity, its implementation requires careful design toensure quality learning experiences, efficient use of