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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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Jeffrey L Kauffman, University of Central Florida

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, structural morphing, and energy harvesting. Ongoing projects range from developing high-bandwidth, high-authority actuators for vibration testing in jet engines to taking inspiration from how mosquitos eject drops from their wings before flight to discover new ways of decontaminating surfaces. His current research is funded by the Office of Naval Research, NSF, DoD, NASA, and several industry partners. Prof. Kauffman enjoys teaching a variety of courses in the MAE Department. He frequently teaches the Mechanical Systems Laboratory, which lets him interact with students and enjoy their ”aha!” moments in the smaller lab setting. He is fortunate to advise a fantastic research group with a great mix of graduate and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katrina Donovan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

effective laboratory techniques. (safety training prior to lab sessions: glassblowing, potter’s wheel, pug milling, stained glass, scanning electron microscope) 9-12.P.1.1 Students will be able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids). (use concept of electronegativity to predict which elements would be expected to form ceramics) 9-12.P.1.3 Students will be able to predict whether reactions will speed up or slow down as conditions change. (use the role of particle size as it relates to the concept of sintering of ceramics) 9-12.P.1.5 Students will be able to distinguish among chemical, physical, and nuclear changes. (use the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University; Rhea Dutta

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theresearch. This concise structure allowed students to quickly integrate into the program whileminimizing information overload.2.1.2 ProjectFor the following nine weeks, small mentoring groups were formed, with five faculty advisorseach working with a team of 2-3 students. 2 graduate students served as project coordinators aswell as near peer mentors. The students divided their work hours between a common laboratoryshared with the rest of the cohort and their advisor's laboratory, where they collaborated withtheir advisor's research groups. Intentional Strategies to improve teamwork and collaborationwere implemented, such as: • Collaboration: Students worked in teams, balancing collective tasks with individual contributions. Additionally

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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multiple opportunities to presenttheir research progress throughout the summer toexperts in the field. They also received professionaldevelopment training on research ethics, technicalcommunication, and launching careers in systemsbioengineering. Figure 1 shows a summary of theactivities in a typical summer. For two summers (2020 & 2021), the program was run as a completelyvirtual REU due to institutional constraints on visiting researchers due to the pandemic, as the nature ofsystems bioengineering and BDS research enables it to be conducted outside a laboratory setting. Toassess the program each year, we analyzed participant demographics, outcomes in presenting andpublishing their work, career outcomes, exit interviews, and anonymous survey

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sedig Salem Agili, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Center for Signal Integrity and CentralPennsylvania Research and Teaching Laboratory for Biofuels.2. S-STEM Student Support Services and ProgramsThe project aims to build off the current PSCC infrastructure and enhance the scholars’opportunities for social and academic integration and student-faculty interactions through a focuson four key components (S.T.E.M.): Scholar Support; Team-Based Cohorts; EngagementActivities; and Multi-Level Mentoring. These components are based on the Persistence ofInterest Framework of Figure 1 and provide opportunities for the scholars to foster theirpersistence related to academic interest, the rigor of the academics, and commitment to theSTEM programs.For example, we implemented a STEM Scholars’ Orientation Day

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Riley Jackson Fosbre, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

engineeringstudents with active, hands-on learning opportunities to enrich their education and better preparethem for their chosen careers (1-3). Chemical engineering is a multidisciplinary field of studywith a large depth and breadth of material to cover in just four short years, so learning should beboth efficient and reinforcing of basic concepts to maintain student retention and success. To better facilitate better learning outcomes in our current NSF sponsored work, our teamdeveloped several ultra-low-cost desktop learning modules (LCDLMs) which can serve as a full,unit operations experiment without need for a full laboratory budget and set up to facilitate (4-6).The more recent kits are on the order of 10” x 4” x 1” (1) meaning they can be used

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Lessons Learned Papers and Lightning Talks

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie E. Evans, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Heather Lynn Johnson; David C. Mays, University of Colorado Denver

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. David C. Mays, University of Colorado Denver David Mays is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver. He earned his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, then taught high school through Teach for America and worked as a contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory before earning his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He has been at CU Denver since 2005, where he teaches fluid mechanics and hydrology, studies flow in porous media using ideas from complex systems science, leads the graduate track in Hydrologic, Environmental, and Sustainability Engineering (HESE), and advocates for broadening

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 1: Critical Reflections on Teaching and Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Tonn, Boston College; Brit Shields, University of Pennsylvania; Ryan Hearty, The Johns Hopkins University; Adelheid Voskuhl, University of Pennsylvania

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electrical engineering and PhD in History of Science and Technology from Johns Hopkins University. As an engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Hearty built radio communications hardware for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. As a historian, he has studied collaborations across disciplines of engineering and applied science since the 1930s. His doctoral dissertation analyzed the rise and development of water quality management, a multidisciplinary field of applied science, from the New Deal to the Clean Water Act.Adelheid Voskuhl, University of Pennsylvania ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Pedagogical Choices for Navigating and Teaching Sociotechnical

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Institutional Support and Training (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 12)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Kentucky; Jennifer Tygret; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University

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academia. Her research centers on the creation of optimal higher education policies and practices that advance faculty careers and student success, as well as the schooling experiences of Mexican-descent youth in the mid-20th century.Jennifer TygretDr. Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute Comas Lamar Haynes is a Principal Research Engineer / faculty member of the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Joint Faculty Appointee at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research includes modeling steady state and transient behavior of advanced enDr. Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University Dr. Canek Phillips is a Research Scientist at in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University where his

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Civil Engineering Capstone Showcase

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Wambeke, United States Air Force Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

theirsurvey, and they found that most capstone courses contained a mixture of classroom and projectcomponents, with an increase in both the variety and quantity of projects that were externallysourced through industry. Researching the types of activities that civil engineering programs areusing for their capstone project reinforced those findings. Even when searching for “research-focused” capstones, the types of projects identified in the various articles are project-orientedand/or linked to industry. While the list is certainly not exhaustive, several examples are thesetypes of capstone projects are described in [3] – [7]. Warner and O’Hern [8] describe howHoward University and Sandia National Laboratories have collaborated to develop research

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Faculty Development: Grading and Artificial Intelligence

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Moyaki, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia

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settings.In higher education, AI has influenced classroom instruction, laboratory learning, researchproductivity, and administrative processes [1, 2].Within engineering education, the momentum toward AI adoption is accelerating. Traditionallylimited to robotics, automation, and control systems, AI is now being adopted more broadly,facilitating curriculum design, enabling automated assessments, and providing personalizedfeedback mechanisms [3, 4]. As faculty expand their exploration of AI’s pedagogical potential,the discourse has also highlighted concerns, such as the risk of student overreliance and thereadiness of faculty to adopt AI responsibly and effectively [5]. Yet, the overall recognition ofAI’s potential continues to drive its integration

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WiP: Hands-on Learning and Safety

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Hunter Flodman, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Daniel A. Crowl, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #47259A process safety framework for teaching and learningProf. Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University Tracy Carter is a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at Northeastern University. She is also a faculty facilitator for the Industry/CCPS Faculty Workshops on process safety. In addition to her academic work, she has 9 years of R&D experience in industry. She has 15+ years of experience teaching unit operations laboratory and process safety to undergraduate and graduate students. She also has 5+ years mentoring graduate students on technical communications in the NU College of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kleio Avrithi, Marian University

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, “We must teach more effectively: here are four ways to getstarted,” Molecular Biology of the Cell, vol. 26(12), pp. 2151-2155, 2015.[3] Rossow, M., “Learning statics by studying worked examples,” ASEE National AnnualConference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 24-27, 2018.[4] R. O’Neill, R.C. Geiger, K. Csavina, and C. Orndoff, “Making statics dynamic!” Combininglecture and laboratory into an interdisciplinary, problem-based, active learning environment,”ASEE National Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 24-27, 2007.[5] A.K.T. Howard, “Gamification Design for Engineering Statics,” ASEE National AnnualConference, Virtual, July 26-29, 2021.[6] S. Mehta and S. Danielson, “Teaching statics “dynamically,” Session 1368, ASEE NationalAnnual Conference, Charlotte

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taiwo Raphael Feyijimi, University of Georgia; Landon Todd Smith, University of Georgia

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

fail to account forthe influence of contextual factors such as school type and teacher-student interactions, which maymediate the effectiveness of such interventions. For instance, students in resource-rich privateschools with access to advanced laboratory equipment and interactive learning opportunities oftenoutperform their peers in under-resourced public schools, suggesting that educationalenvironments play a crucial role in spatial ability development [5]. Yet, a systematic investigationof these contextual factors in secondary school settings is largely absent from existing literature,leaving a critical gap in understanding how educational environments shape spatial reasoning.Physics education has emerged as a promising avenue for

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Smarter Strategies: Evolving Tools for Engineering Management Excellence

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Julie R Szekerczes, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; James Nevin McKirahan Jr., Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.D

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milad Rezvani Rad, University of Southern Indiana; Ronald Diersing, University of Southern Indiana; Ryan Integlia, University of Southern Indiana; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

avenues for future work with these results. One intriguing possibility isto use AI tools as a first step in programming process. For instance, students can generate theircode as more of a pseudo-code and then test their initial thoughts with ChatGPT. This would workwell as a pre-laboratory assignment, which would be especially helpful for students that do nothave access to the software at home. It has the potential to make that initial program and AI test asort of precompiling game to test how close their initial program comes to what ChatGPT outputs.Then in the beginning of lab they can test both their initial and their AI revised programs.Another potential avenue to explore is the use of AI tools in transitioning between differentprogramming

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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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Bin (Brenda) Zhou, Central Connecticut State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

, and evaluate five educational instruments in the years 2019 and 2023. Due to smallsample sizes in both years and similarities in program activities, program participants’evaluations did not have a significant variance that justifies statistical analyses using twodifferent samples. Therefore, no statistical analyses were conducted to differentiate pre- andpost-COVID program evaluation results, and data from these two years were combined, resultingin a sample size of thirty.Program Overview The NSTI at Central Connecticut State University program introduces a wide range ofSTEM and transportation topics through carefully designed curriculum activities, includinglectures led by professors, hands-on laboratory exercises tailored to engage

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andi Pina, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shams El-Adawy, University of Colorado Boulder; Michael James Verostek Jr, Rochester Institute of Technology; Heather Lewandowski, University of Colorado Boulder; Benjamin M Zwickl, Rochester Institute of Technology

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related to quantum optomechanical sensors, which was followed by a postdoc in physics education research at the University of Colorado Boulder. Since that time, Ben has pursued research on the nature of physics expertise, how expertise is developed, and the relationship between formal education and professional success. This has included research on graduate education, career preparation for optics and quantum jobs, and laboratory education. Ben regularly teaches courses that integrate computation, laboratory work, and projects. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Investigating Opportunities for Growth and Increased Diversity in Quantum Information Science and

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ENT-6: Fostering Creativity, Communication, and Impact in Student Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Mary Lauren Benton, Baylor University; Jonathan Rylander, Baylor University; Anthony M. Jacobi, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Irene Reizman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sophie Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

and how to launch an academic career. However, while overall productivity in theresearch laboratory is likely to increase by involving more individuals in the enterprise,productivity based on some measures (e.g., rate of publication in archival journals) may or maynot increase. It is easy to imagine a scenario in which time devoted by faculty and graduatestudents to educating an undergraduate in the laboratory, at least temporarily, undermines otherlaboratory activities.While the overall benefits of engaging undergraduates in research are clear, compelling, andborne out over time and at scale, the individual experiences of the involved undergraduatestudents, graduate students, and faculty face some risks and challenges [6]. Some of these

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 2: Identity, Professionalization, and Belonging I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Amanda Katz, Utah State University

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]. This conference was held at the University of Pittsburgh becausethey had recently developed a highway-transport laboratory in order to conduct highwayengineering and transport research. The published proceedings for the first conference are fairlyshort and consist of several one-to-two-page briefs written by leaders in the discipline includingRoy D. Chapman, Vice President of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce; S. B.McCormick, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh; H. E. Hilts, Principal Assistant ChiefEngineer for the State Highway Department; A.G. Batchelder, Executive Chairman of theAmerican Automobile Association; P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education;Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief of the United States Bureau of

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 9

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Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Wayne L Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ashleigh Wright, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ramez Hajj, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Colleen King, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Piper Marie Pascarella, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lucy Hamilton Cinnamon, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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(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.Dr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Associate Professor and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana

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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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Nidaa Makki, The University of Akron; Katrina B Halasa Halasa; Donald P. Visco Jr., The University of Akron; Edward A. Evans, The University of Akron; Kristin L. K. Koskey, Binghamton University State University of New York

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pandemic was disruptive to the education system across the world in countlessways. And while remote and virtual learning tried to address the challenge of content delivery,hands-on laboratory experiences which provided authentic science inquiry for high schoolstudents were impossible to replace during the pandemic. Additionally, the valuable afterschooland summer programs that supplemented such in school training (e.g., science fairs, roboticscompetitions, Science Olympiad) were not available as well. Research tells us that suchexperiences are crucial to catalyze a high school students’ interest in STEM careers [1], [2].Even more detrimental is the fact that these activities are often identified as milestones forstudents who are college-bound

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ME Division 5: Advancing Robotic and Mechanisms Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashwat Sharma, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Rui Li, New York University

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Paper ID #49286Designing and Implementing a Soft Robotics Workshop for FundamentalRobotic EducationShashwat Sharma, New York University Tandon School of EngineeringDr. Vikram Kapila, New York University Tandon School of Engineering Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a DRDr. Rui Li, New York University Dr. Li earned his master’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from the Imperial College of London and his

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvester Osinachi Iro P.E., Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna

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]. operational efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and meetthe unique demands of aviation environments [5], [7]. B. Laboratory Applications Laboratory modules could be developed where students:A. Challenges in Aviation Power Systems • Assemble and test hybrid power systems. The aviation industry demands highly reliable power sys- • Analyze performance metrics, such as voltage stabilitytems due to the sensitive nature of equipment used in ground and noise levels [6].operations. Devices such as avionics testers, refueling pumps, • Simulate potential upgrades, including

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tabe Ako Abane, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Maxell Lumbera, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Robin Adams, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Constructivism and Mental Models theory, he examines collaborative approaches to systems thinking. As part of his research assistantship, he contributes to projects aimed at improving doctoral engineering student retention, advisor relationships, and laboratory transitions, enhancing graduate student success and academic experiences.Maxell Lumbera, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Maxell Lumbera is a PhD student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Civil Engineering from the Institute of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman. His current research focuses on engineering instructors’ experiences in implementing pedagogies in their

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Sustainability & Civil Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julius Ogaga Etuke, Morgan State University; Adeolu Victor Banjo, Morgan State University; Micheal Oketunde Okegbola, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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School of Surveying, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria and an Adjunct with the Surveying and Geoinformatics department, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Surv. Micheal is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University. He is also a graduate research assistant at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Smart Innovation and Resilient Engineering Research Laboratory also at the Civil Engineering Department. His research interests include UAV applications in high-rise and bridge infrastructures monitoring, Remote Sensing and GIS in engineering applications

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gloria Appiah Nsiah, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

partnerships. Access to theseresources varies with economic, socioeconomic, systemic and geopolitical discrepancies acrossnations. Studies comparing engineering education in Africa and other developed countries havedemonstrated disparities in resources, educational structure and infrastructure [17]. Thesedifferences significantly impact the readiness of students to compete on a global scale for thedevelopment of the continent. Generally, participants expressed that resources necessary for theirengineering education were more extensive and accessible in the USA. Certain participantsexpressed limited laboratory resources and practical training while schooling in Ghana. Theynoted that these limitations affected their ability to seamlessly transition into

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

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chelsea Armbrister, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Lara Perez-Felkner, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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program has diversified in terms of faculty, staff, funding sources, partner universitiesetc. to facilitate STEM retention and matriculation. Figure 1 shows the diversity in funding partnership whichhas allowed for the inclusion of various facilities, companies, faculty, staff. projects and student groups. Duringthe summer, students are partnered with laboratory principal investigators (PI’s), graduate mentors and researchassistants to assess, explore and contribute to real world engineering problems. Notably, students’ maininstitution of enrollment while participating in this program includes institutions across the U.S., withconsistent consideration to Minority Serving Institutions (especially Historically Black Colleges andUniversities) and

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WiP: Hands-on Learning and Safety

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Senter, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Brian Donley PE, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Jason Blair McHaney; Douglas K. Ludlow, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #46771An Elective Course in Chemical Process Safety: Managing and Respondingto Hazardous IncidentsMatthew Senter, Missouri University of Science and Technology Matthew Senter is a lecturer in the chemical engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology where he primarily teaches in the Unit Operations laboratory. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the same department in 2014 and 2022, respectively, and is finishing a Ph.D.Brian Donley PE, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyJason Blair McHaneyDr. Douglas K. Ludlow, Missouri University of Science and Technology Dr. Ludlow has

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 1: Curriculum Design and Innovative Pedagogy

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Gary W. Offerdahl, Washington State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

interests and schedule; sign-ups were completed through the Learning Management System.Workshops were limited to 50 attendees each; total course enrollment was 252 students. Studentsthen attended their selected workshop and were required to submit a half to one page writtensummary, worth 5.2% of the final course grade, detailing what they did at the workshop, whatelements they liked and disliked, what they learned, and how the workshop related to their majoror career goals (if at all). To receive credit for their summary, students were also required to signa physical sign-in sheet to verify attendance. Half of the student summaries, representing allsubmissions from three out of the six course laboratory sections, were read by the courseinstructor