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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M. Mehdi Salek; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sarah Elena McCullough, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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help develop students’ ability toconceive, design, implement, and operate technological applications and/or conduct scientificresearch, all in collaboration with various possible combinations of other undergraduate students,graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, staff, faculty, or industry professionals. Moreinformation on NEET and its history can be found in previous publications [19-27].In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and alumna), established theUndergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at MIT with funding from theinventor Edwin Land. In this long-established research experience program undergraduatestudents conduct research for one or two semesters under a faculty member and in collaborationwith

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Engagement and Participation for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Glenn, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University; Lenna Abouzahr, Oklahoma State University

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

engineering careers.This report explores how the SWE student chapter at OSU integrated these motivational factorsinto their programming. Understanding how these factors can effectively and practically beimplemented in student organizations is crucial for developing strategies that foster a moreinclusive and supportive environment for women in engineering.Motivational Factors for Young Women in EngineeringWhile many studies have focused on the barriers that prevent women from choosing or staying inengineering careers, recent research has flipped this approach. It was found that a differentperspective - highlighting the key factors that encourage young women to enter and persist inengineering - is an effective framework for inspiring women to stay in

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GSD 6: The Graduate School Experience

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Alayna Grace Wanless, Kettering University; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Elizabeth Gross, Sam Houston State University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Part-time Versus Full-time Students: An Examination of How the Decision Making Process to Pursue an Engineering Masters’ Degree Varies Based on Student StatusAbstractThe engineering graduate school experience, from start to finish, varies widely for differentindividuals. Researchers hoped to better understand the factors which impact this experience. Todo this, a web-based survey was sent to numerous universities throughout the United States thatasked engineering graduate students a series of questions. This paper focuses on the decisionmaking process to pursue an engineering masters’ degree, and how that process differs based onfull-time and

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aldo R Pinon Villarreal, Angelo State University

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

undergraduate engineering students,using disproportionality impact indices. Angelo State University (ASU), a primarily undergraduateinstitution, located in San Angelo, Texas, USA, serves students from this city and neighboringrural regions of West Texas. The student subgroups of interest include Latinx and female studentsin an undergraduate engineering program. Adequately serving these subgroups is critical giventhat it is expected that new Latino workers will account for 78% of all new workers between 2020and 2030 [18] hence colleges must adopt best practices to prepare Latino and remove obstaclesthat hamper their graduation rates. The objectives of this study were to (i) assess the effects ofuntimed exams having high context versus timed exams with

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Rodriguez, The University of Texas at Austin

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Comparing the attitudes and outcomes of first-time, continuing, and first-generation students in an engineering undergraduate research program(Research)AbstractMany researchers have implemented undergraduate research programs in STEM with the goal ofinvestigating their impact on student success and persistence. These programs further aim tobroaden participation in STEM and create pathways for first-generation undergraduate studentsto pursue a graduate degree in STEM. This paper builds on a previous work that developed anundergraduate research program targeted for first

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Embedding Industry in Design Education

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Alexa Ray Ronsairo Fernando, National University, Philippines

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

attribute. Forexample, one of the IEA's graduate attributes, WA3, focuses on design competency: “Designcreative solutions for complex engineering problems and design systems, components, orprocesses to meet identified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety,whole-life cost, net zero carbon, and other factors” [4]. The IEA defines engineering designknowledge as encompassing codes, standards, processes, empirical information, and knowledgederived from past designs. Similarly, ABET and PTC mandate that engineering curriculaculminate in a significant design experience, where students apply their accumulated knowledgeto real-world engineering challenges, adhering to practical limitations and relevant standards[11], [12]. This

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Leveraging AI and Computational Tools for Enhanced Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chloe Lok Yee Chan, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Villanova University; Brianna Fan, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University; Henry Pei, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Villanova University; David Kaicheng Shen; Christopher Song; Chenhao A Zhao; Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Control (for senior students) and Systems Biology (for graduate students) at Villanova. He is enthusiastic in applying innovative teaching approaches, such as inverted classroom, online self-based learning, and AI-assisted learning, for promoting students’ interest in process modeling, simulation, and control. Dr. Huang is enthusiastic in bringing his research into classrooms. He was awarded the prestigious 2016 ASEE Joseph J. Martin Award. He is the chair-elect of ASEE Middle Atlantic Section. As the director of the master program in Biochemical Engineering at Villanova University, Dr. Huang has the passion for outreach activities to build a strong bioengineering workforce. ©American Society

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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Justin L Hess, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Andrew O. Brightman, urdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Alison J Kerr, Colorado School of Mines; Sowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education; Tyler A Ramsey, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Engineering and Science and is developing a Community of Practice around Ethics Education in Biomedical Engineering to develop and disseminate best practices for ethics training for the field of Biomedical Engineering.Dr. Alison J Kerr, Colorado School of Mines Alison J. Kerr has a doctoral degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from The University of Tulsa. Dr. Kerr’s research interests include training development and evaluation as explored across a variety of academic disciplines and organizational seSowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education Sowmya Panuganti is a graduate student at Purdue University in the Engineering Education department. She is passionate about understanding engineering culture and the

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Inclusive and Reflective Practices in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista Dulany Chisholm, University of Florida; Emersen Kronsnoble, University of Florida; Kassandra Fernandez, University of Florida; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #48905K-12 Student STEM Identity Development through Participation in GoldbergGator Engineering Explorers Summer Programs (RTP)Krista Dulany Chisholm, University of Florida Dr. Krista Chisholm is a Research Assistant Scientist working for the EQuIPD grant at the University of Florida. She currently manages the development and deployment of the grant’s K-12 Programs which include the Goldberg Gator Engineering Explorers Summer Program and the Powering the Community: AI Design Contest in school districts across Florida. She was previously the Lead Instructional Specialist on the EQuIPD grant coaching K-12 teachers in

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The Real World-Project-Based & Experiential Learning

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Ilana Ram, Technion Israel Institute of Technology; Uri Shavit; MATAN MASKIT; Lisa Bosman, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #46669Re-Designing Fluid Mechanics to Integrate Experiential Learning – A CollaborativeEffortDr. Ilana Ram, Technion Israel Institute of Technology Ilana is a research associate at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on higher STEM education.Uri ShavitMATAN MASKITDr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her engineering education research interests include entrepreneurially minded learning, energy education, interdisciplinary education, and faculty professional development. ©American Society for Engineering

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Construction Engineering Division: Evolving Workforce and Practices in Modern Construction

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Rachel Mosier, Oklahoma State University; Erin Conaway

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

office, how can we best recruit and retain employees?Using an opportunity to provide an interactive presentation to the Structural EngineersAssociation of Arizona (SEAoA), the authors sought feedback on the need for a more flexiblework environment for consulting structural engineers. Using interactive Mentimeter software,feedback data was collected during the presentation. A lively discussion also occurred, which ispresented in a forthcoming Structure Magazine article. Based on the discussion additionalresearch is required in this area for both individuals and companies to better understand flexiblework models. While many engineering associations offer continuing education credits (CEUs) orprofessional development hours (PDHs) as incentive to

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Best of CoED Paper Session (Track 1.B)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Louis, University of Florida; Nadia Simone Jean Morrow, University of Florida; Juan E Gilbert, University of Florida

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

of threecomputer engineering majors and 46 computer science majors, of which 34 were seniors.2.1 Learning ObjectivesThe course has the following main objectives in relation to Bloom’s Taxonomy [17]. • Discuss and engage with research practices-(Understand) • Employ IoT design methodology concept for a project-(Apply) • Summarize challenges in developing IoT systems in low resource areas-(Analyze) • Examine and contrast technology selections at various levels of the IoT stack-(Evaluate level) • Build an end-to-end IoT solution to a real-world problem-(Create)The course was offered through the computer science department. The main target audience for thiscourse was senior-level undergraduate students, who were more

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Shaping Inclusive STEM Curriculum and Teacher Development for K-12 Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Cathy P. Lachapelle, STEM Education Insights; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Vedika Vinayak; Katie McKeown, Engineering for US All (e4usa™)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Indianapolis. He and his coauthors were awarded the Wickenden award (Journal of Engineering Education, 2014) and Best Paper award, Educational Research and Methods Division (ASEE, 2014). He was awarded an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award (2013) for designing the B.S. degree in Engineering Education. He is a co-PI on the ”Engineering for Us All” (e4usa) project to develop a high school engineering course ”for all”. He is active in engineering within K-12, (Technology Student Association Board of Directors) and has written multiple texts in Engineering, Mathematics and Digital Electronics. He earned a PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University, is a Senior Member of IEEE, on the Board of Governors of the IEEE

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED): Assessment, Curriculum & Instructional Design

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Lynne P Cooper PhD, Vanderbilt University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

competition based on the performance of their design. • The performance at recruitment for a club or fraternity can determine the financial viability of the organization • How well they perform their work during an internship or Co-Op today impacts the customers of that work and determines what new opportunities they’ll be offered.Other than through grades and the long-term goal of learning, engineering class assignments donot routinely provide the level of realness needed to make the same type of direct, immediateimpact. Nor can that be reasonably expected relative to the technical skills being developed. It ispossible, however, to incorporate activities with a high degree of realness when it comes topromoting the soft skills

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) GIFTS Session 1: Human-Centered and Project-Based Innovation in First-Year Engineering Design

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Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., Oklahoma Baptist University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

which mayinclude not only other engineers, including those from other engineering disciplines, but alsothose from other functional areas such as marketing, sales, manufacturing, and procurement.While it is not usually feasible to simulate this in a freshman design class, students can beintroduced to the complexity of real engineering problems.Another aspect of ill-structured projects is that the design process is usually both creative anditerative. Designers make their best efforts on the first concept, but if the problem is sufficientlychallenging, they will often find that improvements can and should be made. The number ofiterations is impacted by the time and money available, how fast modifications can be made, andhow close the initial

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MATH - Works in Progress for Mathematics Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maureen Tang, Drexel University; Jennifer S Atchison, Drexel University

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Mathematics Division (MATH)

studies materials and processes for electrochemical energy storage and conversion.Dr. Jennifer S Atchison, Drexel University Jennifer Atchison received her Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering in 2012 from Drexel University. Dr. Atchison’s professional interests include nanofibrous textiles, engineering design, engineering education, especially active learning, diversity, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work In Progress: Metacognitive and social-emotional-learning interventions in first-year CalculusAbstractStudent performance and retention in STEM majors is a major concern in higher education.Individual attention and coaching are effective at

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Embedding Industry in Design Education

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Rachel Esther Horenstein, University of Denver; Daniel D Auger, University of Denver

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Johnson where he worked for over 28 years both in the USA and the United Kingdom. Throughout his career Dan has architected multigenerational product platforms, lead projects, built strategy and delivered multiple medical device innovations from research and concept through to the market. He is an inventor with 30+ patents and an author on some 50+ publications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 How can we instill a post-academic mindset in capstone design?Introduction and BackgroundAt the culmination of their undergraduate studies, engineering students participate in a capstonedesign experience that requires them to synthesize

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Student Services & Supports

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Kevin Taylor Scruggs, United States Military Academy; Erin Kennedy Duhon, US Military Academy Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., United States Military Academy; Matthew Glavin, United States Military Academy; Aaron T Hill Jr. P.E., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

week, reaching towards design andreal-world impacts that the student contemplated when signing up for an engineering course ofstudy. Typically, we do this theoretically by stating the application through a case study of ascenario in discussion alone. This is an invaluable practice; relating course content to real-worldapplications motivates students by providing relevance to the topics at hand and reinforcing thevalue of problem solving or technical problem identification [4]. While in some rare instances afield trip or site visit is feasible, these on-site visits to share the industry with students are oftenhampered by administrative or logistical restrictions (time, money, resources, etc.) and becomedifficult for the instructor and

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University; Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Jamie Clark, University of Washington; Alexis N Prybutok, University of Washington

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

responses to provide both short-term and long-term changes that instructors canimplement to move toward an accessibly designed UO lab space and course.POSITIONALITY STATEMENTWe acknowledge that the authors represent faculty, staff, and students from a range ofbackgrounds, identities, and disability status. Those disabilities represented by the authors arefar from representative of the entire community, and we recognize the need for many morevoices in this type of work.FORMATTING CHOICE STATEMENTDeviations from the ASEE author’s kit formatting requirements were chosen to more closelyalign with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 [1] as well as best practices forvarying disabilities. For example, we chose to use Arial instead of Times New

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 3 - Student Papers 2

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Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

performance analysis would help us gather valuable data and gain experience with new tools to optimize the design and improve the research.”The high school student asserted “This project could be more meaningful if it had a more practical impact. For example, the project could be modified to be used in search and rescue.”These responses and recommendations are insightful and could help make the experience evenmore meaningful for the future students. As can be seen from the student responses, the overallexperience of working on this research project has motivated students to pursue the STEM careersand even a graduate degree. The author recommends that students at undergraduate and some athigh school levels are involved in

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Focus on the First Year

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jennifer Kaiser, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

meaningfulengagement with their original major. First-year engineering courses can play an important role inshaping students initial academic and social experiences, thereby helping with student retention(e.g. [2,3]). They can also help students better understand the career path they have selected sothey can determine if they are indeed within the best major for their personal career goals (e.g.[4]). Many programs have been introducing first-year engineering courses as a means forfamiliarizing students with their programs and helping them begin their academic journey. Recentstudies have emphasized the importance of designing these courses to foster engagement usingproblem-solving and real-world applications. For example, problem-based learning (PBL

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ERM Technical Session: Quantitative Instrument Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dina Verdín, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

-2023 Outstanding Research Publication Award by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division I, the 2022 ASEE ERM Apprentice Faculty Grant, and the 2018 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Best Diversity Paper Award. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Whose Goals Are We Measuring? A QuantCrit Analysis Examining the Cultural Blind Spots in Achievement Goal TheoryIntroductionThis full theory paper seeks to provide an evidence-based critique of Achievement Goal Theory(AGT). AGT is considered a prominent lens through which to study motivation, evidenced by thevolume of meta-analytic studies produced over decades (e.g., [1]-[4]). Achievement goals are akinto a

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 11

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Edward Chaback, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ernesto Adolfo Cuesta Alvear, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Atlas Vernier, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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student success and finding ways to use research experiences to promote student growth, learning, and support.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Deputy Executive Director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT).Dr. David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Gray receieved his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2000. He then earned a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2002 and 2010, respectively. Much of his graduate education focusDr. Mark Vincent Huerta, Virginia

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DSAI Technical Session 3: Integrating Data Science in Curriculum Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Md. Yunus Naseri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Manoj K Jha P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University; Caitlin Snyder; Steven X. Jiang, North Carolina A&T State University; Caroline Benson Sear, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee

October. A few faculty and students from North CarolinaAgricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) – an HBCU – participated in the 2017HBCU/MSI research summit at VT. The visitors were taken to various labs and departments toexplore collaboration possibilities. It was during this visit in 2017 that the idea to develop aresearch proposal for the NSF/IUSE (National Science Foundation/Improving UndergraduateSTEM Education) program was conceived. The team also decided to invite a data science expertfrom Vanderbilt University (VU) to join the team. The goal was to incorporate data sciencemodules into a variety of interdisciplinary undergraduate courses at these institutions anddevelop best practices. The team submitted the proposal in

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New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 3 - Professional and Faculty Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Ansell, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica R TerBush, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Elaine C. Schulte, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan; Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

in a previous tips and tricks paper[1], it is impossible to make a course invariable under multiple instructors. Each member of theteaching team will bring in their own pedagogical content knowledge [2], [3], beliefs abouteffective teaching [4], [5], and personality into the way they do their job. We value the growth ofteaching team members as educators, yet we also acknowledge the effects that the differentchoices of individual team members can have on a course and its students. For example, researchhas found that graduate student teaching assistants have significant impact on course climate,grades, and retention in STEM courses [6].In this paper we focus on the context of teaching teams in lab and design-focused STEM coursesat large

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gadhaun Aslam, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Paper ID #46461BOARD #162: Lessons Learned: Designing Powerful Questions to FosterEmpathetic Mentorship for Engineering Faculty through a Faculty ProfessionalDevelopment WorkshopMr. Gadhaun Aslam, University of Florida Gadhaun Aslam is a PhD Candidate & Graduate Assistant in the TWISTER Lab within the Department of Engineering Education at University of Florida (UF). His research interests include extracting data from institutional websites to understand the trajectory of engineering education, exploring student learning experiences using multi-modal tools (e.g., eye tracking and physiological electrodermal sensors

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Messaging, Motivations and Supports for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abiola Olayinka Ajala, Morgan State University; Blessing Isoyiza ADEIKA, Morgan State University; Opeyemi Taiwo Adeniran, Morgan State University; Raymond Deji Olamijulo, Morgan State University; Sarah Halleluyah Adeyemi, Morgan State University; Blessing Omomola, Morgan State University; Ayobami Christianah Dunmoye, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

as motivational drivers, perceived barriers, andcareer aspirations. Participants rated the importance of mentorship, support systems, andleadership opportunities on a Likert scale, with frequency distributions used to identify trendsacross the dataset. Meanwhile, the qualitative data, derived from open-ended questions, allowedparticipants to share personal reflections on their experiences in engineering education, the role ofmentorship, and suggestions for institutional improvements. This combined approach offers thebenefit of data triangulation, enhancing both the validity and depth of the findings by cross-referencing numerical data with personal narratives.The survey was designed in alignment with best practices for mixed-methods research

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 5

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Matthew D Goodman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Taylor Parks, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign; jean-charles stinville, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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-specific capstone sequence, utilizing and emphasizing the Human-Centered Design framework.Mr. Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign I am currently the Associate Director of Assessment and Research team at the Siebel Center for Design (SCD) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I work with a group of wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice of teaching and learning human-centered design in formal and informal learning environments. My Research focuses on studying students’ collaborative problem solving processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in STEM classrooms.Ms

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Faculty Development: Centers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University; Katey Shirey, EduKatey; Ava Samuel, Purdue University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

vast majority ofdisciplinary engineering PhD programs (e.g., non-Engineering Education programs) do notprepare graduates for teaching and/or disseminating best teaching practices through thescholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) [11]. As a result, the limited teaching preparednessof new college and university engineering educators has the potential to turn students off fromengineering [12], which directly impacts retention and completion rates [13].Several factors potentially contribute to this problem. First, most disciplinary engineering Ph.D.programs focus more on technical research and development of the dissertation, with little regardfor teaching [14]. Ph.D. students who are awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA)instead of

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Albertus Retnanto, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar; ROMMEL DUAVE YRAC

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, observation and deduction skills, and applying theoretical information to empirical work.Best practices involve pre-lab activities, hands-on lab time, and post-lab activities such as dataanalysis and report writing [3].Laboratory reports function as an essential medium for conveying scientific research andfindings. They are essential to learning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) disciplines, allowing students to develop and enhance their technical writing andanalytical skills. A comprehensive laboratory report reflects both the technical comprehension ofthe experiment and the capability to present intricate information in a clear and organized format.Many students struggle to write laboratory reports, requiring integrating