Conference Session

Graduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mandana Ashouripashaki, The Ohio State University; Kristina Kennedy, The Ohio State University; Paul A. Reeder, The Ohio State University

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

Paper ID #45691WIP: Implementing Backward Design Approach in Integrated Business andEngineering Capstone Project: A NASA Tech Transfer Case StudyMs. Mandana Ashouripashaki, The Ohio State University Mandana Ashouripashaki is a PhD student in Engineering Education at The Ohio State University and also serves as the Associate Director of Licensing and Business Development at OSU’s Innovation and Commercialization Office. Her responsibilities encompass strategic outreach, key account management, advancing deal quality and velocity, as well as overseeing entrepreneurial training and initiatives. Before her tenure at Ohio

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Best in DEED

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Eller, Duke University; Megan Madonna, Duke University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

implementation of a senior capstone course at Duke University, apredominantly white, private university in the southern United States. The course integratesprinciples of human-centered design (HCD), project-based learning (PjBL), and anti-oppressivepedagogy (AOP) to foster students' critical understanding of their roles as engineers addressingglobal and local health challenges. Through community-based projects, the course emphasizesethical responsibility, cultural humility, and sustainable design practices, encouraging students toshift from designing for communities to designing with them. Through student reflections andevaluations, this work in progress model for design shows initial trends towards a shift in thestudents’ perspectives on biomedical

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 6.C

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aimee Allard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

developing proofs-of-concept and prototypes for sponsors in the tech, education, and non-profit sectors, but the course itself is an innovative model of multidisciplinary pedagogy, with instructors from CS and Writing backgrounds working together to teach and mentor soon-to-be NC State graduates. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Survey of Task Planning: Pre- and Post-Assessment of a Project Management Activity in the Computer Science Senior CapstoneAbstract: Task planning is a foundational project management activity in North Carolina StateUniversity’s Computer Science (CS) senior capstone wherein student teams collaborativelyoutline

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Design Cognition and Self-Perception in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Hart, University of Texas at Dallas; Todd W Polk, University of Texas at Dallas

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #47517A Structured Approach to Improving Safety in Capstone CoursesDr. Robert Hart, University of Texas at Dallas Robert Hart is a Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes resource sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. Upon joining UTD in 2012, he developed the capstone design course sequence in the newly formed mechanical engineering

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

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

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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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Team-Based and Experiential Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Chinwe Tait, Kettering University; Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Mehrdad Zadeh

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Johns Hopkins University, Laboratory for Computational Se ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Integration of Capstone Class and Student Competition Design TeamsAbstractMany student competition design teams, such as SAE Collegiate Design Series teams, ASMEdesign project teams, and others, feature interesting and challenging projects. These projects areoften open-ended and require use of material from multiple engineering classes and disciplines,which suit them in many ways for capstone projects in senior design classes. In this paper, a teamof faculty who have been involved with student competition design teams and have taughtcapstone classes analyze the student experiences with capstones and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Design Cognition and Self-Perception in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Li, University of Calgary; Poornima Jayasinghe, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, the research ofdesign cognition offers observational studies and develops models to describe human-centereddesign processes. Common topics of design cognition include design fixation [1-7], problem-solution co-evolution [8-11], and design metacognition [12].As a capstone course instructor, the results of design cognition are interesting because they canexplain why students think or behave in certain ways in capstone projects. For example, thephenomenon of problem-solution co-evolution tells us that it is common for designers to usetentative design solutions to improve their understanding of design problems. With this idea, wemay not insist on having a “perfect” problem statement from a design team before they can startproposing design

Conference Session

First-Year and Experiential Learning for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline JoAnna Szoo, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

trends in the relationship between self-efficacy and course grades”reflected by a gender gap in physics that is not improved by the fourth year of engineeringstudies [8]. These trends have been shown to be consistent across different performance contexts(e.g., a lab setting, test-taking, working on projects, etc.) [9]. However, most research describingtrends in self-efficacy focuses on improving retention early in undergraduate studies (e.g., first-and second-year), and these studies typically assess core courses rather than upper-levelproject-based learning courses, so little is known about the impact of self-efficacy in seniorengineering capstone courses. A comparison of creative self-efficacy, mindset, and studentperceptions reveals that

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Oman, Oregon State University; Joseph Piacenza, Oregon State University; Elliott Chimienti

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

aquaculture, renewable energy (e.g., offshore wave, vehicle energy harvesting), and automotive design. I advise the OSU Global Formula Racing and SAE Baja Beaver Racing teams, in addition to leading hands-on and transdisciplinary student design projects via Multidisciplinary Capstone Design.Elliott Chimienti ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Current State of Research in Fully Remote Engineering Capstone PedagogyAbstractPrior to and further necessitated by the COVID pandemic, engineering industry has found utilityin remote partnerships, thus the need for engineers trained in online collaboration methods.Providing an opportunity for experiential learning

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Houston Monroe, Dartmouth College; Jentry Elizabeth Campbell, Dartmouth College

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #46382Experiences of Self-Evaluation for Capstone Engineering Students ProfessionalDevelopmentProf. Emily Houston Monroe, Dartmouth College Emily Monroe, PE is a lecturer at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. She serves as the director of the Cook Engineering Design Center at Dartmouth, which connects industry, government and nonprofit sponsors with Dartmouth Engineering students to collaborate on engineering design projects. Prior to joining Dartmouth, Emily was the lead engineer at Shark Tank-funded baby diaper startup Kudos, and she previously held roles in manufacturing and product

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duncan Davis-Hall, Colorado School of Mines; Carter Moulton, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

these things for your teammates, yourselves, and your classmates too, as we engage with each other’s projects as a learning community.”Overview of InterventionWe evaluated a bioscience-focused engineering capstone design class during the Fall 2024semester. Confidence in various course learning outcomes was measured through a mixedmethods design that consisted of surveys with open responses and five-point Likert scalequestions. Participants’ responses to surveys addressed the hypothesis by providing quantitativeand qualitative data regarding confidence in course content during a semester of ungrading.This ungraded course incorporated self-evaluation and peer evaluation for members in the samedesign team, which grounds the study methodology

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Roth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

-based capstone design project. This two-semester, four course, 11 credit hoursequence includes both engineering and technical communication courses and is co-taught byengineering and communications instructors. Each student invests nearly 500 hours in a team-based project. Each team of six to nine (or more) students completes the design, fabrication andflight testing of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Students document their work through four writtenreports and eight oral presentations (i.e., design reviews and test readiness reviews). While eachteam member has a distinct technical role, all work is completed collaboratively [1], [2].The intensity of the project and its collaborative nature present unique challenges for bothcapstone students and

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shamsnaz Virani Bhada, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

support an engineering conceptdevelopment from cradle to grave. For SE students, that full life cycle planning and designhappens in their capstone course. The Systems Engineering Capstone class is usually taught asthe last course for any Master of Systems Engineering program. Within the class, students pursuea team project where they apply systems engineering methods to a specific problem. They thencreate the final deliverable with a systems engineering management plan. While students receivestrong technical training within this experience, ethical and justice-oriented skillsets andmindsets are lacking if not non-existent. For example, decolonization strategies – the ability tocritically examine systems and power differentials through systems

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Franz Thomas Newland P.Eng., University of Ottawa; Hossam Sadek P.E., York University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

and intensity, stakeholder engagements, funding, grading emphasis, and expecteddesign and project management approaches, amongst others.Having been involved in teaching a variety of capstones over the past decade, the authorspropose a capstone classification in this paper, to make it easier to compare capstone courses.The goal of this classification is to help improve and connect capstones, and make it easier tocompare best practices in different capstone course types. This paper builds upon previous workthat proposed a standardized way to classify capstone courses, by providing some text andcontext behind the classification, with the goal of testing out these capstone classificationdescriptions with conference attendees and other

Conference Session

Smarter Strategies: Evolving Tools for Engineering Management Excellence

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Devora, University of Georgia; Roger Hilten, University of Georgia; Wayne Johnson, University of Georgia; Gustavo Morán-Soto, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Durango

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Mechanical Engineering. Dr. HIlten is deeply involved in Capstone Design at all levels, from project solicitation to individual student mentoring. Dr. Hilten collaborates with a team of instructors to develop and deliver Capstone course material while gathering data to continually improve the Capstone experience for students, project sponsors, and faculty involved. Administratively, Dr. Hilten works with the Capstone Industry Coordinator to seek out new project sponsors and develop projects to fit the needs of Capstone while also supporting students’ on-the-ground procurement, prototyping, and testing efforts for over 100 Capstone projects. Dr. Hilten acts the Director for the College’s Lab Support Team which manages

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander R. Murphy, Florida Polytechnic University; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University; Jim Dewey, Florida Polytechnic University; Karim Elish, Florida Polytechnic University; ONUR TOKER, Florida Polytechnic University; Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

acceleration, mm-wave radars and communication systems, mm-wave software defined radios, cybersecurity, and attack resilience. He has published more than 100 technical articles and was the PI and co-PI for several funded projects.Prof. Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University Matt Bohm is a Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Florida Polytechnic University, where he also serves as the Director of Industry Engagement and Capstone Projects. Since joining in 2016, he has developed the capstone program into a thriving multidisciplinary and industry-connected experience. His research focuses on engineering design, design repositories, and automatic concept generation, with an emphasis on improving design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin Woo Lee, California State University, Fullerton; Carlos Gunera, California State University, Fullerton; Erika A Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

case studies. TheSET was created to aid educators in integrating socially engaged engineering and design contentin their courses, helping students develop these important skills. C-SED offers multiplemodalities for integrating SET content into courses, including asynchronous online modules andin-person facilitated lessons tailored to a particular course focus. Prior research has demonstratedthat the SET modules can support students in adopting recommended practices from eachmodule (Lee et al., 2023, 2024; Loweth et al., 2020).In this study, we investigated how the SET materials were applied by students as they engaged ina real-world engineering project in their capstone course. Data were collected from studentreflections on how SET modules

Conference Session

Honoring the Legacy of Lisa Bullard: A View of the Present and Future

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

evolving landscape of chemical engineering applications in societyand necessitates a commitment to fostering a culture of sustainability and social responsibilitythat prepares graduates for the complexities of modern engineering challenges.3. Course Structure and ImplementationThe Capstone process design course at Northeastern University is a one semester, 4 credit hour,project-based course where teams design a chemical process for a product or system withconsideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social,environmental, and economic factors. All projects require applications of chemical engineeringcurriculum such as material and energy balances, kinetics, thermodynamics, and mass and heattransport and using

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Quinn Walsh PE, SE, University of Notre Dame; Eric Horvath, University of Notre Dame; James Edward Alleman; Brian J Smith P.E., University of Notre Dame

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, especially in the capstone which typically has all students from a major or multiple major(s) participating in it; • Having enough projects to keep group sizes optimal without having multiple groups working on the same project lest they collaborate and effectively work as a larger group; • Having an open-ended design problem with enough regular, expert mentorship meetings to effectively guide the students to viable solutions and design deliverables without “hand-holding” the students toward a specific set of solutions; and • Defining an appropriately complete and robust yet approachable target for design deliverables with a structure that is flexible enough to accommodate a range of projects while

Conference Session

International Division (INTL): Inclusive Global Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Yashin Brijmohan, Utah State University; Lani McGuire, The Ohio State University; Michael M. Malschützky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Anderson Harayashiki Moreira, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Albertino Arteiro, University of Porto; Andrea Schwandt, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg; Joao Santos; Joyce Zampirolli Scrivano; Steven McAlpine, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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International Division (INTL)

Paper ID #48777COIL Multidisciplinary Global Engineering Capstone Class Impact: Facultyand Student Insights Across Four CountriesDr. Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Jamie Gurganus is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Computing Education Program and the Associate Director of STEMed Research in the College of Engineering and Informational Technology. She also directs the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in the graduate school. Her research is dedicated to addressing the complex challenges of educating and developing engineers, teachers, and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Foundations of Design Theory

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Nickley, The Ohio State University; Dan Wisniewski, The Ohio State University; Annie Abell, The Ohio State University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #48882Ideation Equation: Examining how mechanical engineering and industrialdesign capstone students generate ideasProf. William Nickley, The Ohio State University William Nickley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at The Ohio State University, where he teaches in the industrial design major and researches social design practice. His work explores co-design with LGBTQIA+ youth, design-based making in out-of-school settings, and person-centered design frameworks. Prior to academia, he worked for eight years across design consultancy, in-house, and nonprofit sectors. A founding board member of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Capstone Showcase

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi S. Marikunte, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Expectation of Culminating Design ExperienceAbstractThe Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET requires that the programcurriculum provides a culminating design experience that prepares students for engineeringpractice. Emphasis is placed on how this experience is based upon the knowledge and skillsacquired in earlier coursework and incorporates appropriate engineering standards and multipledesign constraints. In many Civil Engineering programs, capstone projects are associated with anadvanced course with emphasis on one concentration area. Even though students mayincorporate components outside of their concentration areas, it is rather minimal. This narrowsstudent’s culminating design experience to that specific concentration area

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Civil Engineering Capstone Showcase

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #47583Work in Progress: Supporting Better Conversations in Senior Design TeamsDr. Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work In Progress: Supporting Better Conversations in Senior Design TeamsAbstractEffective interpersonal communication in senior design teams can be the key to their success orthe reason for their failure. The high-risk, high-reward nature of senior project courses can leadto challenging team environments where miscommunication between even just two members canhave significant consequences for the whole team. While team member assessment tools

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 1 - Experiential Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University; Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui, Sam Houston State University; Ali Dinc, Sam Houston State University; Joice Hill, Sam Houston State University; Emma Elizabeth Robles; Addym Paul Jackson, Sam Houston State University; Francis Coker, Sam Houston State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

State UniversityEmma Elizabeth RoblesAddym Paul Jackson, Sam Houston State UniversityFrancis Coker, Sam Houston State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Design of a Micro Class Airplane for SAE 2024 Competition: Fostering Engineering Self-Efficacy and Collaboration in Capstone EducationAli Dinc, Emma Robles, Addym Jackson, Joice Hill, Francis Coker, Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui and Iftekhar Ibne Basith Engineering Technology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TXAbstract This paper presents a multidisciplinary capstone project centered on the 2024 SAE Aero DesignMicro-Class competition, emphasizing both technical achievement and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.D

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlos R Morales, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

formation of their senior capstone teams.Introduction and backgroundThe Computer Graphics Technology department at Purdue University requires students to take atwo-course senior capstone to satisfy the Student Objectives (SO) required by the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) under the Engineering TechnologyAccreditation Commission (ETAC).During the first semester, students evaluate Requests for Proposals, respond to proposals bypitching solutions to the projects that align with their interests, negotiate terms for the executionof their project, and write the necessary contracts and charters to enter into a binding agreementwith the client.To succeed, the students must demonstrate they have “an ability to apply written, oral

Conference Session

Lightning Talk - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Paper ID #45623Engagement in Practice: Lessons Learned from Partnering with a LocalRegenerative Farm in a Mechanical Engineering Capstone CourseMs. Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University Shoshanah Cohen is the Director of Community Engaged Learning for Engineering at Stanford University, working with faculty to incorporate community-engaged projects in their courses. She co-teaches Stanford’s mechanical engineering senior capstone course sequence. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Engagement in Practice: Lessons Learned from Partnering with a Local

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Materials Division (MATS)

complete a design project. Buildingon our previously reported work, this paper investigates students’ reported ability and self-efficacy as it relates to a design framework and mindset in a restructured materials designcapstone course. In AY 2022-23, a two-semester capstone sequence was piloted to improve thestudents’ design experience via a fundamental restructuring of the course elements, replacing thetraditional, one-semester course. In AY 2023-24, the two-semester sequence was formalized inthe course catalog with over 50 students taking the two-course sequence.In this restructuring, two frameworks were integrated in the course content: Human-CenteredDesign (HCD) framework, a method to formalize the design process in discrete stages, and

Conference Session

ECCNE Technical Session 3 - Energy and Society

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh; Suraya Rahim, University of Pittsburgh

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

term partnerships that synergize community vision with Pitt’s core competencies of research and education, Sanchez has built up Pitt Hydroponics in Homewood, founded Constellation Energy Inventor labs for K-12 students, and re-created the Mascaro Center’s Teach the Teacher sustainability program for science educators in the region. As a teacher he designed and created the Sustainability capstone course which has annually partnered with community stakeholders to address sustainability challenges at all scales. Past projects have included evaluating composting stations in Wilkinsburg, studying infrastructure resilience in Homewood, enabling community solar in PA, improving energy efficiency in McCandless Township, and

Conference Session

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

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Hall, The Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads P.E., The Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

prior coursework to new experiences, build and strengthen their socio-and technical skills, and to approach their capstone projects utilizing the EM framework.This work in progress paper will describe the process and impact of integrating EM into amultidisciplinary capstone two-semester course sequence through the use of writinginstruction and assignments. The intervention positions the course—and its technical andprofessional communication-specific lectures and assignments—as a site for instructorsand students alike to be what Rebecca Nowacek terms “agents of integration” [2]. Forinstructors, this is demonstrated in the facilitation of transfer by creating an environmentthat encourages students to make connections between different areas of

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Engineering Projects

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Johnson, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Rachel L Bauer, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

structured around multiple components: • Weekly Lab Reports and Data Analysis (60%) – Each week, students complete assignments that reinforce their understanding of experimental techniques and data analysis methods. These reports require students to analyze datasets, identify trends, and provide technical analysis, ensuring they develop a strong foundation in interpreting experimental results. • Capstone Design Project (40%) – A major component of the course is the final project, where students apply the concepts learned throughout the semester to design and analyze an experiment. This project simulates real-world research challenges and often results in conference presentations or publications