awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in April, 2022 for her efforts.Dr. Justin Charles Major, Rowan University Dr. Justin C. Major (they/them) is an Assistant Professor of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University where they leads ASPIRE Lab (Advancing Student Pathways through Inequality Research in Engineering). Justin’s research focuses on low-income students, engineering belonging and marginalization mechanisms, adverse childhood experiences, and feminist approaches to EER, and connects these topics to broader understandings of student success in engineering. Justin completed their Ph.D. in Engineering Education (’22) and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (’21) at Purdue University, and two
progress from the Skillful Learningvideo series [9]. For assessment purposes, the systems diagram is tied to course sub-outcomeC01.c: Analyze and synthesize solutions to issues in college and as an engineer. Students arepenalized for missing course topics, having less than three major categories, lacking distributionof course concepts among categories, and having formatting below course standards or a poorvisual representation of course concepts. Students may also receive bonus points for creativesystems integrations. Some exemplar student example images in the Appendix demonstrate thelevel of imagination and creativity put into the projects.After creating their final visualization, students write a paper with four sections: Categories,Influence
Polytechnic Institute and State University Atlas Vernier is an interdisciplinary leader, researcher, and innovator at Virginia Tech. As a technologist in the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, Atlas specializes in immersive audiovisual environments, emerging modalities of data collection, and large-scale systems integrations for humans and technology. Having completed dual undergraduate degrees in systems engineering and foreign languages, they are now a graduate student in the Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering with a concentration in Human Factors Engineering & Ergonomics.Mr. Ernesto Adolfo Cuesta Alvear, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ernesto Cuesta is a PhD
Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests are grounded in the learning sciences and include how K-16 students develop engineering thinking and professional skills when addressing complex socio-technical problems. He aims to apply his research to the design of better educational experiences.Dr. Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico Susannah C. Davis is a research assistant professor at the University
of 26 17 6 31 StudentsCoursework was discussed by the majority of students: 26 of 31. Courses that were frequentlyreferenced as teaching design skills included the following disciplinary courses: Software Design& Data Structures, Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction, and Data Structures &Algorithms. These courses had hands-on group projects and were associated with design skills bythe students. Other courses in the curriculum that were referenced less frequently includeddisciplinary electives and the Engineering Foundations courses, which are required for allengineering majors and include an overview of engineering design and problem-solving.Seventeen of 31 (55
course studentsindividually construct an internet of things (IoT) appliance that integrates sensing, display, andcloud storage and processing [46]. The course is highly scaffolded, walking students through thesteps of constructing an IOT device in a sequential fashion; the devices the students create arefunctionally identical except for their appearance, the sensors used, and how they areprogrammed to perform various functions. If students make a mistake in constructing their IoTproject considerable help is available to ensure they have a functioning platform by the end ofthe course. The goal of the second-year course is to teach students skills in ‘DesignTransparently’, ‘Build Responsibly’, and ‘Improve Performance’ from Figure 1.The third-year
optimization. The methodology not only simplified the analysis ofcomplicated thermodynamic systems but also provided students with valuable computationalskills applicable to real-world engineering challenges. The results suggest that integratingcomputational projects into thermodynamics education can significantly improve studentengagement and understanding while preparing them for industry-standard analytical practices.7. AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the participation of mechanical engineering students fromthe Class of 2025 at Howard University for their participation in the survey. Special thanks to theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering with their help in integrating MATLAB-based projectsinto the curriculum, which was
recalibration ofengineering education will not be easy, it requires institutional will. Programs that place ethics atthe core are often at odds with a marketplace-driven approach that prioritizes technicalcompetencies. However, no change is possible unless organizations like ASEE advocate for amore ethically integrated curriculum and invests in shifting broader academic norms. How dowe begin to shift gears? A few preliminary ideas have emerged from discussions withinTELPhE around Heywood’s 2021 whitepaper Future Directions for Technological andEngineering Literacy. We envision several concrete steps, beyond those discussed previously,that ASEE could take to start the process for organizational change: 1) Establish a cross-divisional task force on how
hours per semester on formal training programs.A unique institutional constraint of the current program is the mandatory co-op program in everyengineering program’s curriculum. This program extends an undergraduate’s engineering time-to-degree to five years. The first-year course sequence runs from the fall to the spring semester,with a smaller cohort enrolled in the summer semester. The typical cases for the timing of aPTA’s employment are outlined in Table 1. The co-op program creates breaks in a PTA’s teachingcareer that wouldn’t otherwise be created in an engineering program, such as the calendar-yearbreak from spring 2nd-year to spring 3rd-year in Case 1 and from spring 3rd-year to spring 4th-yearin Case 2, as seen in Table 1. In typical
-awareness is essential for cultivating an inclusive andsocially responsible engineering workforce capable of addressing complex challenges withcreativity and integrity. Conclusions and RecommendationsIn conclusion, the collaborative examination of unconscious bias within student groups hasilluminated its pervasive presence in engineering contexts and highlighted the importance ofaddressing these biases in educational and professional settings. By acknowledging and fosteringawareness of the four categories of unconscious bias, educators and industry leaders can worktowards creating more equitable and effective team environments in engineering practice,ultimately supporting innovation and inclusivity within the
Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. She earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering and her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin in 2016 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2022. Her areas of expertise include computational modeling of cell-based therapies and integrating social justice concepts into engineering curriculum. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Assessing accessibility and challenging ableism in Unit Operations LaboratoriesABSTRACTUnit operations (UO) lab courses prepare chemical engineering students for their careersthrough hands-on experience and are an essential component of any
activities relate to identity, agency, creativity, equity, and organizational change.Dr. Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Universidad del Norte Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is an Assistant Professor in the Instituto de Estudios en Educaci´on (Institute for Educational Studies) at the Universidad del Norte in Colombia. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests are grounded in the learning sciences and include how K-16 students
previous institution, an emphasis was placed on oral and written (technical)communication in the mechanical engineering curriculum [3]. What was reinforced by this studywas that undergraduate students, especially in engineering, benefit from developing andpracticing effective communication skills. This importance is why communication is part of theABET Criterion 3B (3) an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication inbroadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and useappropriate technical literature [4]. An increased emphasis on oral and graphicalcommunication should be considered in every course. The audience (or at least the evaluator)for this style of communication, however, is typically
environments and, ultimately, amore diverse engineering workforce.Course ContextEnvironmental Engineering is an introductory class required for undergraduate students in theDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison,and elective for students in other programs.. The semesters under investigation were offered bythe same female instructor with over 20 years of teaching experience, ensuring consistency ininstructional style and course content. The instructor has employed evidence-based teachingstrategies, such as active learning and peer instruction, to enhance student engagement andcomprehension, since 2012.The course is structured as a blended learning experience that integrates both asynchronous
]. These frameworks ensure that engineering graduates meet industryexpectations, adapt to technological advancements, and foster effective multidisciplinarycollaboration. Given these factors, embedding professionalism into engineering curricula is widelyrecognized as critical to career success and long-term professional development. [7]-[9]As an ABET-accredited institution, in our institution, professionalism is integrated into curricularand co-curricular activities including freshman design courses, senior capstone projects,professional seminars, and extracurricular activities such as ASCE student chapter events, mockinterviews, and competitions. Project-based learning pedagogy has also been incorporated intojunior-level design courses; however
Black, can cause mental and emotional harm[11]. Minoritized students are placed in situations in which they have to listen to peers askquestions about their very humanity and outdated misassumptions about intelligence, athleticprowess, and laziness, among others. The same can be said for trans and queer students,immigrants and children of immigrants, students with disabilities, and others. It is finding simpleways to address this normalization of social violence that occurs in DEIA research and educationspaces, along with the integration of what people consider “common” disabilityaccommodations, that we seek to discuss via curriculum and training methods for the remainderof this paper.Outline of ProgramAt the time of writing, the BASE Camp
curriculum of modern engineering undergraduateprograms [1]. As industry progresses, so does engineering curricula. As new and improvedmanufacturing processes are being introduced, there becomes a growing need for a solidfoundation in CAD among undergraduate students [2]. Recent advancements, such as theimplementation of artificial intelligence in CAD for automated decision-making [3], couldreinforce the need for a stronger foundation in basic CAD skills before leveraging these newtechnologies. For example, these new tools have been adapted to support efforts on generativemodeling tools [4] during the engineering design process.There are a wide variety of manufacturing processes available to an engineer, each with theirown inherent limitations and
University at West Lafayette (PPI) Greg J. Strimel, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Technology Leadership and Innovation and coordinator of the Design & Innovation Minor at Purdue University. Dr. Strimel conducts research on design pedagogy, cognition, and assessment as well as the pre ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Team Discourse of Middle School Girls in Collaborative Microelectronics Lessons (Fundamental)AbstractEngineering and technical activities are crucial aspects of education curriculum and standards.Substantial efforts have been made to increase the number of women in STEM careers and majors;however, they remain underrepresented. Even at the
analysis techniques [98]. Vahedi & Farnoud developed an activity to teachnanoparticle characterization which resulted in 50% of students strongly agreeing with and 22.2%of students agreeing with the statement "I have improved upon my knowledge in NGS technologiesdue to participating in this module" [99]. Gimm et al. compiled a collection of nanoscienceteaching kits, with their most notable being a nickel nanowire lab, which demonstrated highstudent success rates. Their broader set of video lab manuals also included an optical transform kitand an LED color strip kit, further expanding the educational resources available for teachingnanoscience concepts [100] . These studies highlight the growing integration of microfluidics and
important step towards regularization ofthese topics in education. At the same time, we recognize that a cultural shift needs to occur forengineering educators to both feel comfortable and equipped to teach decolonial systems design,as well as having the tools to effectively do so.References[1] S. Winberg and C. Winberg, “Using a social justice approach to decolonize an engineering curriculum,” IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, pp. 248–254, Jun. 2017, doi: 10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942855.[2] D. G. Carmichael, “Bias and decision making – an overview systems explanation,” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, vol. 37, no. 1–2, pp. 48–61, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.1080/10286608.2020.1744133.[3] M. Agyemang, D
undergraduate students. In addition to his role as Director, Dr. Chui holds the position of Assistant Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the Faculty of Engineering at HKU, responsible for driving curriculum reform and active learning activities. His research interests include database and data mining, as well as pedagogical research in engineering education. Dr. Chui has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the University Distinguished Teaching Award (Individual Award) at the University of Hong Kong for the 2024-25 academic year, the University Outstanding Teaching Award (Individual Award) at the University of Hong Kong for the 2015-16 academic year, and the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award
Paper ID #48167BOARD #127: WIP: Assessing aerospace students’ human-centered engineeringdesign competency across multiple required coursesMs. Taylor Parks, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign Taylor Parks is a course development fellow in engineering education at the Siebel Center for Design. She earned her bachelor’s in engineering mechanics and master’s in curriculum and instruction from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on promoting teamwork in complex engineering problem solving through collaborative task design. She currently co-leads the integration of human-centered design
in Architectural Acoustics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a PhD in Education (Curriculum and Instruction) from the University of Maryland. Prior to his academic career, Stephen was an acoustical consultant for 5 years. His education research has focused on culture and equity in engineering education, particularly undergraduate contexts, pedagogy, and student support. Through his work he aims to use critical qualitative, video-based, participatory, and ethnographic methods to look at everyday educational settings in engineering and shift them towards equity and inclusion. He also leads the Equity Research Group where he mentors graduate and undergraduate students in pursuing critical and action-oriented
curriculum that fails to incorporate an anti-racistperspective, among other issues. Professional designers raised similar concerns, and in 2020founded “Where are the Black Designers?” to “support, amplify, and make space for the entirespectrum of Black creativity” [5].Student concerns expressed in 2020 centered around structural issues with education. Similarly,multiple authors in engineering education have called for research that rejects deficit models,which place a focus on deficiencies within students, and instead focus on structural problems andsolutions [6], [7]. Furthermore, limited research in engineering education addresses equity interms of curriculum [6], [7]. Such research should ask questions which critique the system inwhich
Paper ID #45945Reclaiming Space: Fostering Inclusivity for Women in Engineering FieldsShaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University Shaundra B. Daily is the Cue Family Professor of the Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Prior to joining Duke, she was an associate professor with tenure at the University of Florida in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. She also served as an associate professor and interim co-chair in the School of Computing at Clemson University. Her research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of technologies, programs, and
-related- learning-outcomes[7] E. Thomas et al., “A Body of Knowledge and Pedagogy for Global Engineering,” Int. J. Serv. Learn. Eng. Humanit. Eng. Soc. Entrep., vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 37–57, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.24908/ijsle.v16i1.14483.[8] G. A. Boy, “Design for flexibility [electronic resource] : a human systems integration approach / Guy André Boy.,” Jan. 2021.[9] L. MacDonald et al., “Aligning learning objectives and approaches in global engineering graduate programs: Review and recommendations by an interdisciplinary working group,” Dev. Eng., vol. 7, p. 100095, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.deveng.2022.100095.[10] J. Lucena, J. Schneider, and J. Leydens, “Engineering And Sustainable Community Development: Critical Pedagogy
development. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, microwave absorber design, ferroelectrics, photovoltaics, THz sensors, signal integrity, and semiconductor device characterization, design and simulation. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE.Dr. Jamie Lyn Kennedy, The College of New Jersey Jamie Kennedy is currently a Director of Innovation and Research at Chadwick School in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California. She has been teaching for over a decade at both the higher education and K-12 levels. Currently, she teaches 6th - 12th grade in areDr. Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University Melinda Holtzman is an Assistant Teaching Professor and undergraduate advisor for the Electrical and Computer
Paper ID #46674Supporting First-Year Students to Set Engineering RequirementsDr. Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Universidad del Norte Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is an Assistant Professor in the Instituto de Estudios en Educaci´on (Institute for Educational Studies) at the Universidad del Norte in Colombia. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in
Paper ID #47768Bridging Pathways: Empowering Latinx STEM Students Through Belonging,Support, and EquityDr. Lucy Arellano Jr., University of California, Santa Barbara Lucy Arellano is an associate professor of higher education at The Gevirtz School of Education at University of California, Santa Barbara. She has almost twenty years of experience in the field of higher education. Her research focuses on persistence, retention, and degree completion for emerging majority students. Concepts of diversity, campus climates, engagement, and student co-curricular involvement ground her work. Furthermore, she examines campus
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