Paper ID #48694Self-efficacy of high school students after an AI-focused pre-college program:A two year impact study (Fundamental)Dr. S. Shailja, Stanford University Shailja is a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University. She completed her Ph.D. in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department with interdisciplinary emphasis on College and University teaching at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 2024. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Electrical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2016. Shailja received the Winifred and Louis
Paper ID #46084Characteristics and Discourses about Energy Transition: Insights from CrossdisciplinaryStudent Talk ¨Dr. Desen Sevi Ozkan, University of Connecticut Desen is an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on sociotechnical engineering education and how people make sense of complex sociotechnical energy infrastructure and systems.Todd Campbell, University of Connecticut Todd Campbell is a Professor and Head of the Department of Curriculum and
in quite a short order of time, but also our generations of students have continually evolved over time demanding different needs and wants for defining success in pursuing an undergraduate degree in engineering. All of these issues, and more, are super critical to keep top of mind when addressing how to best improve undergraduate engineering RPG rates. In other words, there is certainly not a “one size fits all” solution to revolutionize RPG rates across the board. Applying a variety of best practices for improving RPG is undoubtedly a wise course of action where scholars and teachers learn new ways together to reach out and engage students better.[3] In addition, there are expressions of concern, skepticism, and even keen interest in how
Paper ID #47780GIFTS: Creative Reflection to Close the SemesterDr. Benjamin Goldschneider, University of Virginia Benjamin Goldschneider is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Foundations at the University of Virginia. He holds a PhD in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech, as well as a BS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include students’ sense of belonging, socialization, program development, and pre-college introductions to STEM material. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 GIFTS: A Creative Reflection to Close the
that my personal experiences do not introduce bias. I will follow all ethical guidelines and research protocols established by Clemson University to maintain academic integrity and ensure the validity of the findings.Dr. D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University Dr. Boyer is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education and an Educational Proposal Writer in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Examining the Experiences of Neurodivergent Learners in STEM Fields in Their Transition to and Engagement
assessment methods pertaining to integration and cultivation of intercultural competence. Her expertise extends to facilitating workshops and training sessions, catering to the needs of both staff and students within Purdue University.Dr. Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Dr. Sakhi Aggrawal is a lecturer and research scientist in Purdue University’s Department of Computer and Information Technology. Her work explores how project-management frameworks, teamwork dynamics, intercultural competencies and AI tools can enhance STEM and engineering education. She also serves as a technical program manager at Google—industry experience that underpins her research on data-driven project management and agile
Paper ID #49423Ending the Use of Non-Disclosure Agreements to Silence Reporting of SexualHarassment and Discrimination in US Higher EducationProf. Robert P. Leland, Oral Roberts University Robert Leland has taught engineering at Oral Roberts University since 2005. Prior to that he served on the faculty at the University of Alabama from 1990 - 2005. His interests are in control systems, engineering education, additive manufacturing and stochastic processes.Dr. Molly Shanahan, Independent artist, advocate, and educator Molly Shanahan, PhD, is a choreographer, performer, dance educator, and advocate working at the
students with teamwork.Xiaping Li, University of Michigan Xiaping Li is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan. Her research interests encompass faculty development and instructional change, neurodiverse college student learning experiences and outcomes, GenAI in higher education, and cognitive sciences. She holds a B.S. in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering and an M.S. in Geological Sciences.Laura Hirshfield, University of California, Berkeley Laura Hirshfield is an Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Education in the Chemical and Biomolecular Department at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.S. from the University of Michigan
Paper ID #46536Peer and self-assessment of teamwork for students with accommodations in aproject-based laboratory course.Dr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department at Northeastern University with research interests including lab and design pedagogy, inclusive teaching, and neurodiversity in STEM. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Paper from Practice: Peer and self-assessment of teamwork for students with accommodations in a project-based laboratory course.Student accommodations for
detail our approach to item generation and construct developmentbefore discussing the two stages of validity testing (cognitive interviews and expert feedback).We then detail the findings from the cognitive interviews before providing a finalized draftversion of the survey instrument ready for implementation (or further validation).Implications: The findings from this work will first provide a validated survey instrument thatwas piloted at an institution as part of the Healthy Minds Network, Healthy Minds Study’sSpring 2025 administration. This instrument will be used to assess engineering graduatestudents’ mental health experiences, including a list of risk and protective factors core toexamining these experiences. Detailing these factors will
professionals. Infusing entrepreneurial minded learning in our curriculumwith meaningful engagement from industry has been an exciting opportunity for all. This paperand presentation will provide guidance on actively engaging IAB members to transformengineering programs to build an Entrepreneurial Mindset that impacts the future of our students.IntroductionIndustrial Advisory Boards (IABs) are widely established in academic departments, colleges, andschools, serving as advisory bodies focused on curriculum development, accreditation,employment, and scholarship [1-5]. Engineering departments and colleges are no exception, withmany incorporating IABs into their structure. However, the roles and activities of IABs varysignificantly [6-10]. While most IABs
keep your major in mind whenanswering the questions. (Response categories: Strongly disagree (1); Somewhat disagree (2);Neither agree nor disagree (3); Somewhat agree (4); Strongly agree (5)) Construct Question Statement Recognition Q16_1 My parents see me as an engineer. Q16_2 My instructors see me as an engineer. Q16_3 My peers see me as an engineer. Q16_4 I have had experiences in which I was recognized as an engineer. Interest Q16_5 I am interested in learning more about engineering. Q16_6 I enjoy learning engineering. Q16_7 I find
Paper ID #47030BOARD # 323: An S-STEM Program for Commuters at a Regional, PublicUniversityProf. Joan Remski, University of Michigan - Dearborn Joan Remski is the Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Digital Education and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Retaining Students in STEM on a Commuter Campus: Early Results from an S-STEM Program at a Regional, Public University Affiliation: University of Michigan-DearbornIntroductionRetention
Paper ID #47483BOARD # 74: Mental Health Resource App Developed for University Communityby StudentsMr. Thomas Rossi, University of New Haven Thomas Rossi is the Assistant Chair of the University of New Haven’s Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science department. His research focuses on improving the post-secondary experience for students through the use of current computing tools and technologies. Thomas graduated with his MS in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire in 2016. He has previously worked at the Rochester Institute of Technology and at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College.Ekaterina
Paper ID #48304Understanding the Connection Between Faculty Experiences and CulturalClimates of Emotional Well-BeingKyle Shanachilubwa, University of GeorgiaOlivia I Bell, Harding UniversityJulianna R Beehn, Harding University Julianna Beehn is a student majoring in Cognitive Neuroscience at Harding University. She is on track to graduate from the Honors College with distinction in 2025.Chelsei Lasha Arnold, Harding UniversityDr. James L. Huff, University of Georgia Dr. James Huff is an Associate Professor within the Engineering Education Transformations Institute and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also
don't know how to do it, figure it out. It’s not the end of the world if you mess up. And so, learning from the mistakes is what my professors taught me … they were tremendously helpful in establishing my mind as an engineer.In each case, it was the feedback from a faculty member that supported the students’ momentumforward. They internalized that support as recognition of their potential to be successful. Indeed,the power in the faculty role was described by Jake when he shared, “I was still kind of like onefoot out, one foot in, in terms of engineering. For a little while, one bad experience in a classcould make or break my decision to go for engineering.” It was the positive relationships withfaculty that helped him
participants in the year following the workshop. Details of theworkshops of interest are provided in Table 1. Table 1. Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development Workshops of Interest Workshop No. Facilitators/ Short Title Major Topic No. Participants Coaches Basics and application of entrepreneurially- ICE June 29 7 minded learning Basics and application of entrepreneurially- ICE July 26 4 minded learning
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Paper ID #47957BOARD # 472: Works-in-Progress: Engaging S-STEM Scholars in Cohort-basedMentoring and Social Impact ProjectsDr. Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Kristen R. Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at University at Buffalo. Her research focuses primarily on technical communication and issues of equity, inclusion, and social justice.Dr. Rajan Batta, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Work-in-Progress: Engaging S-STEM Scholars in Cohort-based Mentoring
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demographic identifiers such as legalstatus, length of commute, frequency of commuting to campus, childcare responsibilities, andmore. Dependent variables were taken from validated questionnaires in educational literature toprobe six aspects of a healthy educational ecosystem: classroom comfort, faculty understanding,belongingness, thriving, mindfulness, and motivation. The Survey was piloted in Spring 2022 toboth the engineering and science colleges at Cal State LA, yielding 520 total student responses inEnglish and Spanish. Initial results testing for significant differences across student groupsshowed that measures of ecosystem health scored relatively low across student groups, with theexception of motivation. Some significant differences emerged
Paper ID #47897TL;DR Students don’t read textbooks: designing online reference pages toenhance student learningJean-Christophe Raymond-Bertrand, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Jean-Christophe Raymond-Bertrand is an undergraduate student in Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and rising doctoral student at Virginia Tech. His interests are in Operations Research, specifically optimization under uncertainty and Markov decision processes. His current research uses Network Theory and Mixed Integer-Linear Programming (MILP) to determine unintended disparities in the impact of
Themes: A. Foster a sense of belonging to the School and the CEE profession. Objectives: 1. Implement early and vertically-integrated engagement of CEE students. Initiatives: a. Create a spine of sequential problem-based learning courses 2. Develop holistic and collaborative engineers who know how to discover and solve real- world problems while creating value. Initiatives: a. Integrate skill development in teaming, reflection, and computational development at maturing levels of technical proficiency. b. Incorporate entrepreneurially-minded learning (EML) with a primary focus on two pedagogies: Story-Driven Learning (SDL) and
Paper ID #46658Investigating design canvases impact on student performanceAshley Hockstok, Ohio Northern UniversityDr. Abigail Clark, Ohio Northern University Abigail Clark is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Ohio Northern University. She holds a PhD in Engineering Education from The Ohio State University. She also holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State and Ohio Northern University. Prior to her time at OSU, she worked at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Her research interests include pre-college engineering education, informal engineering education, and identity
(BTAA) Advancing Women in STEM initiative. She is also Program Director/Co-PI for the NSF-funded Developing Equity-Minded Engineering Practitioners (DEEP) Center and Director/PI for the NSF Illinois ADVANCE grant initiative. She holds degrees in chemistry from Carleton College (BA), and Northwestern University (MS and PhD).Dr. Ashleigh Wright, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Paper ID #49339 Ashleigh R. Wright, PhD is the Associate Director of the Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access and Assistant Teaching Professor in the
Paper ID #47905Tackling ’Wicked’ Problems: fostering intercultural competence to improveSTEM students’ sense of belonging and enhance undergraduate education[Traditional Research Paper]Cherish C. Vance, The Ohio State University Cherish C. Vance (she/her), a PhD candidate at Texas A&M, teaches in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at The Ohio State University. She co-created the Engineering for Sustainable Development specialization and instructs several courses in that space; she also provides sociotechnical pedagogy insights through the ESD curriculum guidance, development, and deployment
could pursue and accomplish. Hot Swaps also help connect students, facultymembers and others with like-minded interests and CECS and community support infrastructure.Table 1 below provides a brief outline of subjects and assignments to give readers an in-depthunderstanding of how this course infiltrates college interests with student success in ways thatare engaging to engineering and computer science students.Table 1. Course Activity Outline Week Subject Assignments Week 1 Course Intro/Syllabus Pre-Course Survey Communications Platforms (Pilot, Discord, Email, E-Portfolio) Scavenger Hunt What is Engineering
Paper ID #46938Reinventing the Report: Teaching Sustainability and Justice in MaterialsLabs via Technical CommunicationDr. Timothy Chambers, University of Michigan Dr. Chambers is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan in the Materials Science & Engineering Department. He teaches a variety of courses including junior-level MSE labs, Physics of Materials, Introduction to Engineering, and mathematical methods.Dr. Katie Snyder, University of Michigan Dr. Snyder is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She teaches writing and presentation strategies to students in the College of
lecture videos). Additionally, each of these practices promotestudent learning in a way that moves students towards learning and challenges. By implementingpractices that focus on reflection and individual growth, we believe students will be able to fosteradaptive learning practices. Further, this research was conducted at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) at a largesoutheastern university in the United States in service of an NSF grant (#2225208) focused onsupporting Hispanic/Latina/o/é/x engineering students. With this in mind, we also focus thisresearch study on the experiences of those students, along with transfer students who arehistorically underserved, towards understanding how we can develop curriculum to bettersupport
projects that students areintegrated into the team and experientially learn project planning, project execution, and professionalskills necessary to be a key contributor in the biomedical and healthcare fields.Biomedical engineering and clinical experts utilize 3D printing and other traditional manufacturingmethods to assist clinicians, faculty, and industry innovators in translating their needs into models anddevices that enhance patient care. The team of biomedical, mechanical, electrical, software, and qualityengineers support the design, testing, and fabrication of a breadth of medical products. The M4 teamdesigns with the medical device product development regulatory pathway in mind, thus leading tooutcomes that take innovations from “bench-to