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Tech Session 5: Toward a New Paradigm in Environmental Engineering: From Knowledge Frameworks to Learning Impact

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

…”Challenges for EnvironmentalEngineering in the 21st CenturyBoard 247: Designing Learning “…In our efforts to develop more holistic engineers with [33]Environments for Knowledge, entrepreneurial mindset, faculty in the School of Civil andSkills, and Mindset Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute ofDevelopment Technology have been exploring what it takes to create and refine effective learning environments for knowledge, skills and mindset development. This poster discusses promising approaches being implemented to support such development and identifies

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International Division (INTL): Inclusive Global Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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)

communities at every level—from P–12 to post-graduate studies. Her work spans engineering identity and mindsets, global and entrepreneurial competencies, failure culture, first-year experiences in engineering, capstone design thinking, and the integration of service and authentic learning into the classroom and developing future faculty. In addition, she is committed to implementing innovative instructional methodologies and optimizing design through both traditional and non-traditional manufacturing techniques.Dr. Yashin Brijmohan, Utah State University Yashin Brijmohan is a registered professional engineer and Assistant Professor Engineering Education at Utah State University. He is also an Executive committee member of

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ENT-1: Innovative Approaches to Student Engagement and Belonging in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Peponis, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

. Meyer teaches Introduction to Biomechanics, Tissue Mechanics, Engineering Applications in Orthopedics, and Foun ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 The Fifth Element of Biomedical Engineering is Innovation: A Quintessential Design Studio Course Focusing on the “Wearable Technology” Ecosystem Tags: Biomedical Engineering, Wearable Technology, Entrepreneurial Mindset, InnovationAbstract Engineering has played a pivotal role in industrial revolutions, lifestyle transformations andaccelerated changes in our society. The “4th Industrial Revolution” is blurring the boundaries between thephysical and digital worlds with technology moving

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ENT-9: Multidisciplinary Activities in Engineering Innovation

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alvaro Reinaldo Gonzalez, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile; Juan Felipe Calderón, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

need to develop entrepreneurial skills to face the challenges of today'sworking world;37.- The evaluation of entrepreneurial skills should be an integral part of the evaluation ofall subjects;38.- Extracurricular activities (clubs, projects, etc.) are essential to complemententrepreneurship training;39.- I feel comfortable advising students in developing their entrepreneurial ideas, eventhough it is not my area of expertise;40.- I believe that the university should offer more resources to support teachers inintegrating entrepreneurship into their classes;41.- I believe that the university should offer more resources to support teachers inintegrating innovation into their classes;42.- Students need to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to be

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Faculty Development: Connections and Community

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yonghee Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jay Mann, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

examine how facultyCommunities of Practice (CoPs) contribute to developing an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) inengineering education. Participants showed a mindset consistent with EM principles, such asinitiating collaborative solutions, building connections to support innovation, and creating lastingvalue [12], [13]. Though EM was not an explicit focus of the CoP projects, these alignedpractices suggest that CoPs are a promising structure for cultivating EM among faculty. Futurestudies could explore how CoPs foster curiosity, build connections, and create value inengineering classrooms, also assess their impact on student learning. Examining this alignmentcould offer practical strategies for integrating adaptability and entrepreneurial thinking

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amin Azad, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

: • Systems Thinking tools can support opportunity identification across tech- nical, service-based, and policy domains. • Students may begin to adopt a mindset that values holistic, collaborative approaches over isolated technical solutions. • Systems Thinking may help cultivate entrepreneurial and leadership ca- pabilities, particularly in contexts involving ambiguity and diverse stake- holders. Future research could explore how these capacities translate into professionalsettings, particularly within co-op or industry placements, and how curriculamight further scaffold the development of Systems Thinking competencies overtime.By helping students think more systemically, institutions may better pre-pare them to design not only

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Undergraduate Career Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yaning Cao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Viktoria Loidl, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

andcurriculum development so that students can be further encouraged to reflect on theirprofessional goals and the ways in which they can make an impact throughout their career. Thisstudy can also result in recommendations that will strengthen the college of engineering’s abilityto expand students’ entrepreneurial mindsets [10].This project examines the activities each department is engaged in and provides in order tohighlight various career opportunities available to their students. In addition, this project exploreshow offerings differ across departments. Ultimately, the findings from this first case studydetailed in this paper will be used alongside student perception data to develop a career pathwaysassessment report and a framework for aligning

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Human-Centered Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sebastian Dziallas, University of the Pacific; Shelly Gulati, University of the Pacific; Mehdi Khazaeli, University of the Pacific; Bidisha Burman, University of the Pacific; Maryam Heidaripour, University of the Pacific; Leili Javadpour, University of the Pacific

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

concepts, emerging technologies, and new market trends, seeking to identify and engage with potential opportunities for innovation.• Students will cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, including the ability to conduct market research and financial forecasts to drive innovation that positively impacts society and the economy.• Students will develop reliable, high-quality products with market appeal, within the budgets and time demanded by competitive businesses.The advisory board then reviewed existing course offerings at the university and generated anextensive list of potential course options for inclusion in the program. One key observation herewas that numerous units were already offering design thinking courses at various levels

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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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Nathan Jacobs, University of Oregon; Mark Blaine, University of Oregon

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

of Oregon and across institutions. Although itmay be challenging for other programs to integrate the full suite of trainings into theircurriculum, individual modules may be able to be incorporated. With a little customization, theseactivities are likely to be useful in disciplines beyond bioengineering, especially for programsthat already have a focus on communication, innovation, or entrepreneurial mindset.References[1] L. Bosman and S. Fernhaber, “Applying Authentic Learning through Cultivation of the Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Engineering Classroom,” Educ. Sci., vol. 9, no. 1, Art. no. 1, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.3390/educsci9010007.[2] L. R. Volpatti et al., “Quantitative Assessment of Students’ Revision Processes,” presented at

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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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Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Liane Hirabayashi; Pamela J Milkovich; Eamon Geraghty, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety; Julie Ann Sorensen, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety; Farrell Davis

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

ofinstructional design fostering the entrepreneurial mindset [16]. The NSF I-Corps program hasplayed a significant role in transitioning academic research to market [17], and we observe manyacademic incubators using as a metric of success, participant competitiveness in federally fundedSmall Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)submissions [7], [8], [10], [12]. Furthermore, agricultural incubators are prevalent, fosteringcreative agricultural production technologies. Relatively few incubation activities, however, focusspecifically on safety, which has unique challenges to entrepreneurship and profitability.In designing an incubator to nurture AgFF occupational safety, the research team conducted areview of

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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)

. • Planning learning experiences and instruction: Students engage in structured learning activities, such as exploring the attributes of novel technologies, receiving mentorship from industry and academic partners, and collaborating with peers from diverse disciplines.This structured approach ensures that students not only acquire technical knowledge but alsodevelop the entrepreneurial mindset and collaborative skills necessary for tackling complexindustry demands. By starting with the solution, advanced technologies from a global aerospaceagency, and working backward to uncover real-world problem application, the programexemplifies how backward design can drive innovation and interdisciplinary integration incapstone projects

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Hudnall McGehee, University of Arkansas; Bryce Williams, University of Arkansas; Alyssandra P Navarro, University of Arkansas; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering, Senior Design, and Entrepreneurial Bioengineering. He is active in Engineering Education Research, where he studies different mentoring strategies to ensure the academic and professional success of historically marginalized groups. Further, he studies strategies for instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students as well as innovative approaches to teaching, such as using virtual reality. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Work in Progress: The Impact of Informational Interviews on Career Choices and Professional Growth for Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering StudentsIntroduction Providing

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ELOS Technical Session 4: Empowering Student Learning Through Design, Integration, and Assessment

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryce Williams, University of Arkansas; Patrick William Kuczwara, University of Arkansas; Nikolas Ala-Kokko, University of Arkansas; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas; Younghye Song, University of Arkansas

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering, Senior Design, and Entrepreneurial Bioengineering. He is active in Engineering Education Research, where he studies different mentoring strategies to ensure the academic and professional success of historically marginalized groups. Further, he studies strategies for instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students as well as innovative approaches to teaching, such as using virtual reality.Prof. Younghye Song, University of Arkansas Dr. Younghye Song is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Song is interested in understanding and enhancing the practicality of undergraduate biomedical engineering

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Edmunds, University of Arkansas; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas; Timothy J. Muldoon, University of Arkansas

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Education Research, where he studies different mentoring strategies to ensure the academic and professional success of historically marginalized groups. Further, he studies strategies for instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students as well as innovative approaches to teaching, such as using virtual reality.Timothy J. Muldoon, University of Arkansas Dr. Timothy Muldoon is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Muldoon teaches the Clinical Observations and Needs Finding, the Biomedical Instrumentation, and the Biomedical Microscopy courses within the Department, and also serves as the Undergraduate Coordinator. Dr. Muldoon’s research interests include

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Brooking, Wichita State University; Samantha Corcoran, Wichita State University; Jacob Charles Mendez, Wichita State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

industry links and was awarded tenure. He then moved to Wichita State University’s Biomedical Engineering Dept. to assist in fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in students. He later became the inaugural chair of the Engineering Technology Dept., renamed to Applied Engineering. He also established the Applied Computing program, now part of the School of Computing.Mrs. Samantha Corcoran, Wichita State University SAMANTHA CORCORAN has a BS and MS in industrial engineering with experience in manufacturing, lean improvements, and quality control. She served the Wichita State University College of Engineering as Assistant Dean before joining the engineering faculty. She co-founded WSU GoBabyGo, created an Assistive

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Industry Advisory Boards, Experiential Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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D'andre Jermaine Wilson-Ihejirika P.Eng., University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Greg Evans P.Eng., University of Toronto

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

characterized by a combination of technical and non-technical roles, typically primarily engineering-conpar roles, and typically still within engineering intensive industries ●​ Entrepreneur: A career pathway characterized by roles focused on founding a company or organization, or standing up a department within an organization, and continuing in an entrepreneurial role for a number of years ●​ Invisible Engineer: A career pathway characterized by primarily by non-technical or engineering-conpar roles outside of engineering intensive industries ●​ Academic: A career pathway characterized primarily by academic roles focused on teaching or research, typically in higher education industryThe survey was

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Hands-On Learning and Clinical Immersion in BME

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssandra P Navarro, University of Arkansas; Jacquelynn Ann Horsey, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Thomas Hudnall McGehee, University of Arkansas; Bryce Williams, University of Arkansas; Timothy J. Muldoon, University of Arkansas; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering, Senior Design, and Entrepreneurial Bioengineering. He is active in Engineering Education Research, where he studies different mentoring strategies to ensure the academic and professional success of historically marginalized groups. Further, he studies strategies for instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students as well as innovative approaches to teaching, such as using virtual reality. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Advancing Equity in Biomedical Engineering Education: Insights from Clinical Observations and Needs-Finding CoursesAbstract:Identifying clinical

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Human-Centered Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taylor Parks, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign; Brock Craft, University of Washington; Alexander Pagano, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, no. 2, pp. 284–301, Apr. 2016.[21] “Entrepreneurial mindset,” engineeringunleashed.com. Accessed: Jan. 13, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://engineeringunleashed.com/mindset.[22] T. Parks, S. Shehab, T. Bretl, E. Wroblewski, and M. Lembeck, “WIP: Using a human- centered engineering design framework to develop learning progressions in an aerospace engineering program,” in the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, USA, June 23–26, 2024. ASEE, 2024.

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 5: Supporting Student Transition

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Jacob R Matti, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

broaden students’ perspectives and enhance student learning, and the use of digital portfolios for students to showcase and reflect on their experiences. Amy has contributed to the development of an interdisciplinary grand challenges focused course and introduction to engineering course in both in-person and online (MOOC) formats at ASU. She is also actively involved in the ASU Kern project and Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), focused on students’ development of entrepreneurial mindset. Amy received the national 2019 KEEN Rising Star award from KEEN for her efforts in encouraging students in developing an entrepreneurial mindset. She is also a member of the current interim Executive Committee for the

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Best Papers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Sue Ellen Huffman; Stefani Jenkins, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

, Introduction to Engineering and Perspectives on Grand Challenges for Engineering for the Global Freshman Academy/ASU Earned Admission/Universal Learner Courses Program. Her Ph.D. research focused on multi-scale multiphase modeling and numerical analysis of coupled large viscoelastic deformation and fluid transport in swelling porous materials, but she is currently interested in various topics in the field of engineering education, such as innovative teaching pedagogies for increased retention and student motivation; innovations in non-traditional delivery methods, incorporation of the Entrepreneurial Mindset in the engineering curriculum and its impact. She has published over 30 papers and presented at various conferences

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taylor Parks, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign; Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

program educational objectives as well as ABET student learning outcomes [6]. These progressions also connect to the Kern Family Foundation (KEEN)’s entrepreneurial mindset [13], which proposes a set of attitudes, dispositions, habits, and behaviors that shape a unique, desirable engineering problem-solving approach. Learning Progressions Framework Development In previous work, we piloted the development of program-level learning progressions that connect directly to program educational objectives and ABET student learning outcomes [14]. This included developing a framework that identifies a set of pertinent competencies and breaks them into naive, intermediate, and informed stages through which students

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Curricular & Course Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donald Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan E Burns P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julia Melkers, Arizona State University; Terry Blum, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

major, augmentretention and improve engineering efficacy in the undergraduate program. The initiative aims toenhance the sense of belonging of the students to the profession, school, and major, as well as tograduate more holistic engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset. Subsequently garneringexternal funding, the initiative applies interactive learning and entrepreneurially minded learning(EML) pedagogies - such as problem-based learning (PBL), team development, story-drivenlearning (SDL), and, value sensitive design (VSD) as well as computational skills development -to engage students early and keep them engaged throughout their undergraduate journey. Thispaper discusses effective practices, challenges and lessons learned along the way with

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Focus on the First Year

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elin Jensen, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

evaluators.References[1] E. Jensen, “First Year Civil and Architectural Engineering Student Project, 2024 ASEE North CentralSection Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, USA” [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/45620 [Accessed April 27,2025][2] E. Evrekli, D. Inel, and A.G. Balim. “Development of a scoring system to assess mind maps,” in Procedia -Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 2330-2334, ISSN 1877-0428,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.331.[3] D. Hay, H. Wells and I. Kinchin, Quantitative and qualitative measures of student learning at Universitylevel. Higher Education. Volume 56, 2008, Pages 221-239. 10.1007/s10734-007-9099-8.[4] C. Bodnar and E. Barrella.. ""Master" Entrepreneurial Mindset Concept

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 3: Session 3: Curriculum in Motion - Redesigning the First-Year Experience

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Abbie Canale, Pennsylvania State University; Erin A Hostetler, The Pennsylvania State University; Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

provide a similar,enriching first-year experience that equips students with the tools and mindset necessary forlong-term success. The pilot implementation of this model in the 2024-2025 academic year,along with subsequent assessments, will inform further refinement and ensure its effectiveness inmeeting the needs of engineering students.Background The FYS program for engineering students in Penn State has long been a fundamentalcomponent of the college’s curriculum, aimed at facilitating the transition from high school touniversity life. Historically, the program has encompassed 19 distinct FYS courses: one genericcourse for the entire college, 16 departmental courses tailored to specific engineering disciplines,and two special topics

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) GIFTS Session 2: Foundational Skills in the First-Year Engineering Classroom

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holli Finnell, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Alexander Douglas, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

the educationalexperience for first-year students in the introductory mining engineering course.References[1] N. Nelavai and S. Ramesh, "An Insight into the challenges faced by First Year Engineering Students: Poor Foundational Knowledge," Procedia Computer Science, pp. 823-830, 2020.[2] D. Kolb, Experiential Learning: Experience as the source of Learning and Development Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2015.[3] D. Rae and D. E. Melton, "Developing an entrepreneurial mindset in US engineering education: an international view of the KEEN project," The Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship, vol. 7, no. 3, 2017.[4] M. Peel, "Nobody Cares: The challenge of isolation in school to university transition," Journal of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald R. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology

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track) award in September 2020.The primary focus of the RED project is to address program deficiencies through developingcourses to engage students earlier in the curriculum, integrating professional and advancedcomputational (i.e., applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics) skills,and revamping the sequence and structure of the curriculum with an overarching goal to enhancethe sense of belonging to the School, the major, and the profession. In addition, the School, inpartnership with three other programs at Georgia Tech, received a Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) grant from the Kern Family Foundation in March 2021 with theobjective to develop more holistic engineers with entrepreneurial mindset, which

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Andrew Roney, University of Denver

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

created, RSECS was becoming a National Academy of EngineeringGrand Challenge Scholars Program (NAE GCSP) school and incorporated that theme into newcourse offerings. Simultaneously, the school was also becoming part of the Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN), and we incorporated many elements of KEEN into the sequenceof courses which stress the Entrepreneurial Mindset and the three C’s, Curiosity, Connections,and Creating Value. Through a series of student surveys during the inaugural years of thiscourse, it was clear that the methods and pedagogies used in this thematic course created anenvironment for non-major students to thrive and become curious about aerospace engineeringand space topics. This paper describes several of the

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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

. [Accessed: Jun. 24, 2024].3. K. J. Donovan, J. J. Kellar, M. West, S. D. Kellogg, W. Cross, and C. M. Birrenkott, "Board 326: Investigating Creativity, Confidence, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset through Curricular Modification and Community Engagement," presented at the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2023.4. K. Donovan, J. Kellar, M. West, C. Birrenkott, S. Kellogg, D. Mitchell, and M. Whitehead, "Investigating the Impact of Arts on Student Learning by Introducing Glass Science in the Materials Engineering Curriculum," presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.5. K. J. Donovan, J. Kellar, M. K. West, C. M. Birrenkott, M. Whitehead, S. Kellogg, and D. Mitchell, "South Dakota Mines Art + Engineering

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ENT-7: Approaches to Fostering Self-Efficacy and Data-Driven Decision Making

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abigail Tubbs, University of North Dakota; Mercedes Terry, University of North Dakota; Brandon Fugger, University of North Dakota; Blair Dupre, University of North Dakota; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, University of North Dakota; Ryan Striker P.E., University of North Dakota

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academic and professional pursuits. Project mentors attend weekly teammeetings to guide collaborative innovation projects. They mentor student teams as they navigatethe complexities of open-ended, real-world problems. By offering feedback on the feasibilityand impact ofproposed solutions and ensuring alignment with innovation objectives, project mentors helpteams develop creative and practical solutions.Learning coaches undergo a rigorous selection and training process overseen by faculty.Graduate students are identified and selected based on their demonstration of a growth mindset,entrepreneurial mindset, professionalism, strong communication skills, engagement, andpunctuality. To be considered, candidates must have successfully completed a prior

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #48223Assessing the Impact of Makerspace Workshops on Breaking Academic SilosThrough Cross-Disciplinary CollaborationMitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mitra Anand serves as the Director of Makerspaces and Innovation Studio, in addition to being an Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Anand’s research interests lie in combining hands-on Maker skills with an entrepreneurial mindset and value creation, aiming to develop practical solutions for real-world problems. He is enthusiastic about innovation in engineering education, design thinking, prototyping