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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 11

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion; Kathryn Kelley, The Ohio State University; Sandra L. Furterer, The Ohio State University; David L. Tomasko, The Ohio State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

College of Engineering and receives the same resources and support asany other engineering program within the college. The program was launched in Autumn 2020 atthree campuses, with a fourth campus joining in Autumn 2023. While the fourth campus beganoffering the program three years later, it follows the same curriculum as the other three campuses. Figure 1: Curriculum for the Engineering Technology ProgramStudents must complete 121 credits of undergraduate coursework, including a one-year capstoneproject in their final year. The curriculum incorporates various hands-on and project-basedlearning experiences. A sample of the four-year coursework is presented in Figure 1. All studentsare required to take courses in the following

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachmadian Wulandana, State University of New York at New Paltz; Graham Werner, State University of New York at New Paltz; Brandon Gardner, State University of New York at New Paltz

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #48781BOARD # 181: Integrated Wind Turbine Blade Design Education: CombiningTheory, Simulation, CAD, and Experimental TestingDr. Rachmadian Wulandana, State University of New York at New Paltz My primary teaching assignments in SUNY New Paltz are in the thermal-fluid areas such as Thermodynamics, Thermal System Designs, Fluid Dynamics, and Heat Transfer. As I believe in active learning, group activities in classroom and team projects are the two teaching tools that I utilize most to enhance students mastery on the subjects. Examples of team projects undertaken by students are designs of thermal devices and energy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 10: Institutions and Structures

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saskia van Beers, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

pillar for EDI work—especially the E (equity)dimension since it requires that we address structural power imbalances in the profession.According to the National Equity Project, systemic inequities can be categorized as being eitherinstitutional or structural in nature, with institutional oppression being the oppression resultingfrom policies and practices at the organization level and structural oppression illustrating howthese effects accumulate historically across institutions [8]. Tackling systemic inequities requiresacknowledgement of their structural nature. The emerging body of literature addressing theimpact of structural inequity on engineers’ career paths has primarily taken place in a U.S.context, leaving a dearth of data about the

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Community and Industry Collaboration for Sustainable Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

, moving for the first job after a doctoral degree) is oftendisruptive for CER. Despite these challenges, the women had successfully moved institutionsand created solid local partnerships. One woman had considered moving away from CER to labstudies after her postdoctoral research but stayed with CER stating, “My natural talents werewith community engaged research. Why should I move away from that? Naturally, I just starteddoing what I do best. You know, connecting with local organizations, introducing [myself to]other researchers. Try to brainstorm together on projects. And I have been funded successfully onsmall and big projects.”Some of the women described the way that CER contributed to their promotion and tenure.Many were highly successful

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AI Integration in Engineering Economy Course

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymond L. Smith III, East Carolina University; Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Emily Fuller Sondergard

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy Division (EED)

the judgment, adaptability, and professional integrity needed to navigate complex,real-world decisions.Engineering Economy offers a unique platform for introducing students to the ethical dimensions ofprofessional practice, as it naturally integrates technical, financial, and societal trade-offs. Embeddingtools like the Engineering Ethics Coach in such foundational courses not only supports students’ ethicaldevelopment early in their education but also models how AI can be responsibly leveraged to enhancecritical thinking. This approach may be extended to other contexts—such as design courses, sustainability,or capstone projects—where ethics and decision-making intersect in meaningful ways.References[1] Institute of Electrical and

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ERM Technical Session: Professional Formation & Career Aspirations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

engineeringprofessional skills.Initial validity of the use of the EPSA was established between 2006 and 2010 with the college-wide use of a previous iteration of the EPSA at Washington State University [14, 15, 19]Scenario development parameters and parallel task development were guided by McMartin,McKenna and Youssefi [22] and performance task assessment psychometricians Johnson andPenney [23]. The work to ensure the reliability and validity of the scenarios as parallel tasks wasreported by McCormack, Beyerlein, Ater Kranov, Pedrow and Schmeckpeper [24]. Scenario andscoring sheet development, as well as methods for efficient and reliable scoring were detailed bythe research project faculty team [25]. How to use the EPSA for course and program levelimprovement

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Informal Education and Outreach Programs for Women Engineering Students

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elodie Billionniere, Miami Dade College; Lawrence Eric Meyer Jr, Miami Dade College; Yangting Wang, Independent Evaluation Consultant; Eduardo Medina, Independent Evaluation Data Analyst; Jeremiah Pina, Independent Evaluation Consultant

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Industry Mentorship Figure 1. LIFT Program Participants’ Activities.Accelerated Coursework and Learning Communities: The LIFT-adjusted curriculum introducesfoundational programming languages, requiring all participants to take Python, along withadditional scripting or programming courses like C++ and Java based on their specificcomputing program. A specialized Calculus and Physics sequence, for computer science studentsonly, pairs Calculus I and Physics I in the fall and Calculus II and Physics II in the spring, taughtby STEM women professors who integrate computing-related projects. This approach enhancesengagement, accelerates STEM prerequisite completion, and fosters

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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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Jennifer Mueller PE, ENV SP, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Namita Shrestha, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

degrees of rehabilitation. Dr. Mueller’s areas of interest include water quality, sustainable design, watershed hydrology, and river hydraulics. Current projects involve pedagogical studies for incorporating sustainability and ethical decision making in undergraduate engineering education, with an emphasis on touchpoints throughout the four-year curriculum.Dr. Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Michelle Marincel Payne is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Missouri

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ala Qubbaj, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Laura Benitez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Constantine Tarawneh, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Arturo A Fuentes, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Nazmul Islam, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Edna orozco-leonhardt, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Thuy Vu, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Angela Chapman, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

StudentParticipation in Research Experiences for Hispanics (ASPIRE Hispanics). It also introducesstudents to role models, professional networks, and ongoing personal and career developmentthrough professional society partners. Finally, the CBPE -E3 shares promising practices withinstitutions serving largely Hispanic populations so that they can replicate or adapt best practicesat their home campuses through an "Equity in Engineering Education Summit." Infrastructure inphase I will be expanded for national scale-up in phase II. The authors will present the work inprogress and preliminary results from a pilot implementation. This project is funded by NSF EECaward 2217780.IntroductionNeed for National Engagement of Hispanic Students in EngineeringThe 2019 report

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Empowering Pre-College Students through AI and Computer Science: Standards, Self-Efficacy, and Social Impact

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie M. Smith, Institute for Advancing Computing Education; Jacob Koressel; Sofia De Jesus, Carnegie Mellon University; Joseph W Kmoch; Bryan Twarek

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

contexts such as this one, Bloom’s can nonetheless be a useful tool forassessing learning standards [9]. Thus, while other learning taxonomies have a distinct set ofstrengths, Bloom’s was chosen for this project since it is the most commonly used and has beenaligned with distinct CS tasks.Despite the potential to highlight important aspects – and gaps – within CS learning standards,little prior research has analyzed CS standards in terms of their cognitive complexity. However,one such effort is found in the work of Ardito, who explored the Bloom’s levels of the New YorkCS standards [2] and the CSTA standards [10] via an analysis of frequently used words in thestandards, finding that the former tended toward the lower levels of Bloom’s but the

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Sidney E Martin III, Saint Petersburg Junior College; Ron Eaglin, Daytona State College

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

. Thus, the collective details of these objectives suggest a basis for ananalysis structure that is valuable for isolating the skill sets needed by ET professionals to bealigned with national expectations.The NSF-ATE grant-funded resources are directed to specific regional technician preparationprograms. These grant funds can be used for curriculum creation and execution, facultyprofessional development, program enrollment pathways, and student recruitment. NSF-ATEresources may also be invested in projects that develop national interactions and commonexpectations among regional technology programs. The NSF-ATE project, award # 1839567,"ATE 2.0: Preparing Technicians for the Future of Work," foreshadows ET Skill Set groupingactivities. This

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asif Ahmed, State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute; SATHVIKA KATIKANENI, State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute; Ashish Gunda, State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

California wildfire map for the year of 2017, we can use ‘I need a map showing theburnt areas due to wildfire in California use for 2017’. Based on the input, the Chat GPTplatform provides the code required to put in the GEE platform. While working on it, we facedseveral challenges to have an accurate map because of the image source. There can be severalsources from which we can obtain satellite images. Based on the accuracy of the source file, theoutput image quality may vary.In this study, we have looked at three different datasets for acquiring satellite images. Below is adescription of the dataset, source, and relevance to our project. 1. MODIS Active Fire Detections (MODIS, 2023) • Description: Near real-time detection of fires using

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jingjing Liu, Florida International University; Bruk T Berhane, Florida International University; Daniel I. Adeniranye, Florida International University; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado Boulder; Julian Rodrigo Sosa-Molano, Florida International University; Joseph Ronald Sturgess, Florida International University; Nick A. Stites, University of Colorado Boulder

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

University in 2007. In 2016, he earned a PhDaniel I. Adeniranye, Florida International University ’Daniel Adeniranye’ holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a joint and dual master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering and Project Development, and a Project Management degree. He is currently a Research Assistant at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education. Before joining FIU, Daniel worked as a STEM specialist for the Ministry of Education in Dubai.Ms. Janet Yowell, University of Colorado Boulder Janet serves as the Director of Strategic Community College STEM Initiatives for the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. In this capacity

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PCEE Instructional Showcases

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Wilkens, University of Virginia; Hannah Moore, University of Virginia; David Chen, University of Virginia

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

engineering and computer with sessions to build community and foster science by offering hands-on activities, engineering identity. mentorship, and diverse role models. Engineering challenges: The first two days Real-World Problem Solving: Engage focus on skill-building, problem-solving, and students in meaningful projects that apply collaboration. engineering concepts to address real-world BME track examples: Accessible video challenges. game controller design, prototyping with Build Confidence and Community: Create a robotics kits, block-based coding, and 3D supportive space where

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Crockett, University of Virginia

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

, autoencoder, fully connected layer, and validation data.The groups then rotate and draw a picture for their new concept. After one more rotation, studentsprepare to explain their new concept to the class, using only the information from the previousgroups. Once all groups present (1 minute each), the class discusses what made some definitionsand visualizations easier to understand and takeaways for their final project presentations.Perhaps the most surprising topics we cover in the intro ML are sparsity and dictionaries. Dictio-nary learning is mathematically advanced and even the general denoising problem is non-trivial foran arbitrary dictionary. However, the underlying concepts are attainable for early undergraduatestudents and the math is simple

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Disability in Engineering Programs (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 3)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Figard, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

, and (4) undergraduate education. These criteria were used tosearch the existing literature in online databases. The database search was conducted twice andresulted in a total of 6,388 publications. After removing duplicates, 5,794 publications remainedfor analysis. Each publication then undergoes a three-stage screening process (title, abstract,full-text). This project is currently in the third round of the screening process, with 167publications remaining for full-text review. Findings from this analysis will help reveal keythemes, persistent barriers, and areas where further research is needed to better support disabledstudents' access, retention, and success in engineering undergraduate programs.Keywords: Disability, Disabled Students

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John William Hassell, OU Polytechnic Institute; Christopher Freeze, The University of Oklahoma; Ahmed Ashraf Butt, The University of Oklahoma; H. Glen McGowan III, Google; William Ray Freeman

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

and downstream segments, and embedded systems projects for first responder and defense applications. Dr. Hassell combines his industry experience with a strong commitment to education, advocating for active learning in software development to equip students with practical skills. His entrepreneurial spirit led to the founding of ZigBeef in 2006, the University of Oklahoma’s first student technology spinoff company, focusing on long-range cattle RFID technology. This company was a direct implementation of the ideas presented in his doctoral dissertation. Additionally, he has shared his insights into entrepreneurship as a past adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa, underscoring his dedication to bridging the

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jinyi Jiang, Nanyang Technological University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Project and holds editorial roles as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education and Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning. He is also the upcoming Program Chair-Elect of the PCEE Division at ASEE. His current research interests include STEM+C education, specifically artificial intelligence literacy, computational thinking, and engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Bridging Gender and Disciplinary Gaps: A Tri-Pillar Framework forInclusive Artificial Intelligence Literacy among Female UndergraduatesAbstractAs Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes integral across various sectors, AI literacy has emergedas an

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Claudia Bascur, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

solving, instructional material design, teacher training, and gender studies. She teaches undergraduate courses in environmental management, energy, and the fundamentals of industrial processes at the School of Engineering, UNAB. She currently coordinates the Educational and Academic Innovation Unit at the School of Engineering (UNAB). She is engaged in continuing teacher training in active learning methodologies at the three campuses of the School of Engineering (Concepci´on, Vi˜na del Mar, and Santiago, Chile). She authored several manuscripts in the science education area, joined several research projects, participated in international conferences with oral presentations and keynote lectures, and served as a referee

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jalal Rastegary, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Marissa Rae Montoya, New Mexico State University

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

Energy Efficiency, and assesses operations focusing on environmental and P2 performance to provide recommendations for improvements and related cost savings. He has also been Co-PI of a Source Reduction Grant from EPA and PI for six projects funded by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). He has trained many undergrad and graduate students on energy and environmental assessments.Dr. Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University Patricia A. Sullivan serves as Associate Dean for Outreach and Recruitment in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. Throughout her career in higher education, Dr. Sullivan has successfully expanded access to NMSU-based services for communities and businesses across New

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kazumi Homma, The George Washington University; Ekundayo Shittu, The George Washington University; Ryan Watkins, The George Washington University; Payman Dehghanian, The George Washington University; Chung Hyuk Park, The George Washington University; Hiromi Sanders J.D., Ph.D., The George Washington University/University of Maryland, Baltimore

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #46552BOARD # 316: A Digital Nudge: Assessing the Impact of an ImmutableRecords Data Management Platform on Student Researcher Ethics (ER2: theEthical and Responsible Research Program)Dr. Kazumi Homma, The George Washington University Dr. Kazumi Homma is a Research Scientist at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the George Washington University. In an NSF-funded project titled ”A Digital Nudge: Assessing the Impact of an Immutable Records Data Management Platform on Student Researcher Ethics”(ER2:the Ethical and Responsible Research Program), Dr. Homma has been leading a systematic literature review and an

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Wang, FHI 360; Emily Bolger; Rachel L Renbarger; Taylor Boyd, Western Michigan University; Noah D Finkelstein, University of Colorado Boulder; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University ; Andrea L Beach, Western Michigan University; Scott P. Simkins, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcos Caballero

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

of this NSF ECR project is to perform an extensive multi-method metasynthesis ofliterature published between 2011 and 2023 on strategies for enhancing undergraduate STEMinstruction. Specifically, we update the previous review and examine the change strategiesimplemented after a decade of research. We present an updated methodology with the innovativeapplication of machine learning methods to select and analyze articles. From initially determinedpotentially relevant articles (n = 9,262) from keyword search, 253 articles were included after thetitle and abstract and full-text screening. Subsequently, we conducted both human qualitativecoding and quantitative machine learning analyses to examine the themes of the includedarticles. Preliminary

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karina Ivette Vielma, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Nehal I. Abu-Lail, The University of Texas at San Antonio ; Mehdi Shadaram P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio; Eric M. Brey, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

a steptowards addressing these challenges, this project provides financial scholarships to talented,domestic Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering (BECE) students with documentedfinancial need at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), a Hispanic Serving Institution(HSI), to relieve some financial pressure and enable scholars to academically thrive and pursuesuccessful careers as engineers. UTSA enrolls approximately 45% first-generation collegestudents; 49% of undergraduates come from low-income communities. Because of ineffectivestructural support in students’ educational pathways, an education debt[7] prevents us fromproperly identifying students’ academic talents[8]. Current systems often identify academic talentwith

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priyantha Wijesinghe, University of Vermont; Holly Ann Buckland Parker, University of Vermont; Ethan Zachary Stein, University of Vermont

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

five design courses that civilengineering students must complete to satisfy their fourth-year degree requirements in theauthor’s institute. This is a project-based course that emphasizes active learning and integratesreal-world examples and case studies throughout. The course includes a group design project, sixhomework assignments, four reading quizzes, three exams, and weekly discussions. In Fall 2024,twenty-seven students enrolled and successfully completed the course. A syllabus statementadhering to the university's recommended language was included to address the use of GenAItools in the course (refer to Appendix A). This ensured that students were clearly informed of theexpectations and guidelines for using GenAI within the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois Chicago; Nikith Rachakonda, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

students having an increased risk of attrition when compared to undecidedstudents[1]. A major decision is often a multifaceted and intricate process that is heavilyinfluenced by different behavioral, sociological, and economic factors such as personal interests,familial background, and financial considerations [1,2]. Despite these findings, a gap remains toexplore the reasons behind undergraduate engineering students’ choice of a particularengineering major.To address this topic, this NSF IUSE Level 1 funded project aims to better understand thedecision-making process of engineering students when selecting their academic major across twolarge public land-grant universities. The study utilizes an intervention of an online majorexploration tool

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra McCall, Utah State University; Kristine Marie Peterson, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Le Tram Huong Dang, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

thatcontinue pervade academia [12], [13], [14]. Due to their routine interactions with students,faculty are positioned to significantly influence the ways systemic access is experienced, yet theyare disconnected from university accommodation policy and procedures and lack the time andtraining necessary to support students on their own [15], [16]. As a result, students are requiredto initially “train the trainer” by supporting faculty with informal information about theirlearning needs, management strategies, and past effective or ineffective accommodations. Theacademic system is not able to convey or capture this information in a timely or effective mannerto support the student a priori for classroom engagement and participation.This CAREER project

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Wayne Li, Texas Southern University; Desirée Jackson Ph.D., Texas Southern University; Mahesh Vanjani, Texas Southern University; Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Lila Ghemri; Shishir Shishodia, Texas Southern University; Huan Xie, Texas Southern University; Linda Michelle Gardiner, Texas Southern University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Yvette E. Pearson is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Strategic Initiatives in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Associate Dean for Effectiveness and Accountability in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas. A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), she is recognized globally for 30 years in higher education, particularly for her work to advance sustainability, access, and opportunity in STEM education and practice. Her university-based and consulting efforts have led to over $40M in funding for projects

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Scott Hassler, Penn State University Berks Campus; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Marietta Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Catherine L. Cohan, The Pennsylvania State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

semester First-Year Seminar, and a second semester STEM-PersistenceSeminar. Co-curricular activities focus on professional communication skills, financial literacy,career readiness, undergraduate research, and community engagement.The purpose of this paper is to describe the impact that two rounds of accelerator grants from theNSF Research Hub on inter- and intra-institutional partnerships at Virginia Tech University havehad on our S-STEM project. These accelerator grants have helped to create Sprouting Researchfrom Year 1, in which each LION STEM Scholars (n=4) was paired with an engineering facultymember who served as their formal research mentor during their first year of college. Whatfollows are the insights and responses to suggestions from

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of Cincinnati; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; R. Jamaal Downey

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

EngineeringIntroductionThis collaborative project, funded by the NSF’s EDU Racial Equity Program, aims to shift theway faculty understand racial equity in engineering education. Rather than treating“underrepresentation” as the result of an inherent deficit in people of color, this project exploresthe ways the invisible and normalized nature of Whiteness in engineering has led to systemicbarriers for students and faculty of color. We find that these barriers are consistently ignored,making it difficult to identify, challenge, and (re)imagine racial equity in engineering. In order tochallenge the hegemonic discourse of Whiteness, engineering faculty must develop the ability tosee and name these invisible forces. Our milestones for achieving this goal include: 1

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Treadway, Trinity University; Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Elizabeth Kilcoyne, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

strategy during design projects or in their coursework, which signals the needfor a new approach or trying another similar problem. Alternatively, frustration could continue ifthis need is not recognized, potentially reinforcing negative beliefs for their student about theirability to take on similar challenges in the future. For this reason, affect may influence students’understanding, engagement, and performance during disciplinary work.Local affect can form affective pathways, which are the sequences of changing affect thatstudents pass through during problem-solving [1]. These pathways may be positive (ultimatelyresolving puzzlement or frustration into positive emotions as a problem is overcome) or negative(where frustration may prompt the