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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Pierre Anderson, Carthage College

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

project in athree-week period, all of which need to be graded and given feedback. With a sufficientlydetailed rubric, a teaching assistant may be able to grade the assignments. However, I wouldsuggest that the feedback an instructor can give on the writing assignments is invaluable and theinstructor should read and give feedback in the form of a second referee report.The mock-journal structure additionally comes with its own logistics workload, including: • Assigning peer reviewers to minimize conflicts of interest, • Sending emails assigning peer reviewers, • Sending emails notifying authors of the results of the peer review process, • Creating official-looking proofs of the accepted manuscripts, and • Creating the publicly posted

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - Virtue & Ethics in the Profession

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., Oklahoma Baptist University

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

Greenberg (2010) [10] recommended fairness, honesty, and care.Frezza and Greenly (2021) [21] proposed prudence, disinterestedness, truthfulness, and justice.Schmidt (2021) [22] suggested justice, courage, and honesty. All four included honesty ortruthfulness. Stovall (2011) [23] argued for the somewhat unique virtue of professional self-awareness which properly considers the desire for personal achievement and the practicalconstraints in a project. Koehler et al. (2020) [24] published an extensive literature review offour prominent virtues in undergraduate engineering education: (1) critical thinking (intellectualvirtue), (2) empathy (moral virtue), (3) service (civic virtue), and (4) teamwork (performancevirtue). They wrote (p. 17), “When

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Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in STEM

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Azizi Penn, Purdue Engineering Education; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

, universities engaged in K-12 school partnerships often do not understand thecommunity or engage the stakeholders in limited ways. [8] One area ripe for exploration forcommunity partnerships that employ undergraduate service-learning is examining undergraduatestudents’ roles in engineering service-learning outreach to K-12 schools. We need a betterunderstanding of how undergraduate service learners can contribute to the K-12 learningcommunity.Figure 1. Benefits for community partners in service-learning projects as defined by Sandy [7, p.20]*NOTE: The words in this figure are directly quoted from Sandy [7, p. 20].The importance of the learning community in children’s education is emphasized in Vygotsky’slearning theories. Vygotsky’s theories

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Equity, Identity, and Pedagogy in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trini Sofia Balart, Texas A&M University; Sara Amani, Texas A&M University; Gibin Raju, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

innovation and criticalthinking. Similarly, another response contrasts “cookie-cutter activities” with inquiry-based projects thatyield diverse outcomes, showcasing the importance of fostering creativity through open-endedproblem-solving.Another recurring theme is the problem-solving orientation of the EDP. Nearly all responses emphasizethe EDP’s problem-solving nature, framing it as a structured framework for identifying and resolvingchallenges. One participant explains it as “finding the problem then working towards a solution,” whileanother describes it as “finding the best solution to a problem.” This shared focus on addressingchallenges demonstrates that participants view the EDP as a systematic approach to tackling complex,real-world

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ERM WIP IV: Examining Undergraduate Recruitment & Retention

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Baier, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Gabriel Astudillo, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Carolina López, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile; Luis Eduardo Vargas-Vidal, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

L´opez is the Continuous Quality Improvement Coordinator at Pontificia Universidad Catolica ´ de Chile (PUC-Chile) at the Engineering School in Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC-Chile). Carolina received an MA in Social Sciences from the Universidad de Chile.Luis Eduardo Vargas-Vidal, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Luis Vargas-Vidal is the for Teaching Development Coordinator at the Engineering School of the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (PUC-Chile). He is also a Spanish and Communication Professor at PUCV-Chile and obtained his master’s degree in Curriculum Development and Educational Projects from UNAB-Chile.Miss Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 4: Pathways, Belonging, and Early Experiences

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelyn Rola, Southern Methodist University; Zeira Emiline Galindo, Southern Methodist University; Arath Dominguez, Southern Methodist University; Zoe Mukendi, Southern Methodist University; Alain Mota, Southern Methodist University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

professional efforts focus on promoting equity, inclusion, and student success in higher education. Her research projects center on supporting traditionally underrepresented students in engineering, social justice education in predominantly White contexts, student well-being and thriving, critical reasoning in the age of AI, and navigating the hidden curriculum as a first-generation student.Zeira Emiline Galindo, Southern Methodist University Zeira Galindo is a graduate student at Southern Methodist University pursuing a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Her passion for aerospace and full-cycle project development grew during university, where coursework, hands-on projects, and leadership roles deepened a desire

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Manufacturing Division (MFG) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University Erie, The Behrend College; Mark Rubeo, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Christopher Henri Annear, Pennsylvania State University

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

]. However, in a2022 industry survey by the American Foundry Society, labor shortages and lack of skilledworkers were noted as challenges faced by the industry. Data from the forging industry showssimilar trends where the workforce population is decreasing, and the average age of theworkforce is increasing.In terms of economic impact, the metal casting industry accounted for $41 billion in total outputin 2006 which dropped to $23.3 billion in 2022. Similarly, metal forging saw a decline from$32.7 billion in 2006 to $25.8 billion in 2022. Although the growth outlook in these industries isfavorable with projections indicating moderate output increases over the next decade, theincrease is lower than the projected national growth in output [3]. Due to

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ME Division 8: Measuring What Matters: Concept Inventories, FE Exam, and Learning Skills

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anahita Ayasoufi, Auburn University; Amanda Sterling, Auburn University; Jeffrey C. Suhling, Auburn University; Daniel Kevin Harris; Kyle D Schulze, Auburn University; Ashu Sharma, Auburn University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

; Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, Jun. 2023.[4] J. McCormack, S. Beyerlein, P. Brackin, D. Davis, M. Trevisan, H. Davis, J. Lebeau, R. Gerlick, P. Thompson, M. J. Khan et al., “Assessing professional skill development in capstone design courses,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 1308–1323, 2011.[5] Association of American Colleges & Universities, “VALUE rubric development project,” Association of American Colleges & Universities, Tech. Rep., 2017.[6] J. Mynderse, “Assessing ABET student outcome 7 (new knowledge) with measurement systems,” in 2022, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022.[7] C. E. Weinstein, D. R. Palmer, and T. W. Acee, User’s Manual, Learning and

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MATH - Pedogogical Reflections in Mathematics Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Iouliana Ossipova, University of Louisville; Gholam Abbas Sattar-Shamsabadi II, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville

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Mathematics Division (MATH)

projects exploring the identities, interests, and academic success of engineering students in her role as a research assistant. Her work on this paper is part of a broader initiative to explore how structured feedback, like problem-solving communication rubrics, can enhance both academic performance and retention among first-year engineering students. This exploration connects to Iouliana’s larger interests in human behavior and growth.Mr. Gholam Abbas Sattar-Shamsabadi II, University of Louisville Mr. Abbas Sattar-Shamsabadi is a Curriculum and Instruction Ph. D. student specializing in Languages, Literacies, Cultures, and Communities (L2C2) at the University of Louisville. Mr. Sattar-Sahamsabadi serves as a

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Scaling Impactful Pre-College STEM + C Programs: Lessons from Transportation, Technology, and Engineering Camps

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leah Bug, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Amy Isvik, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Susan Beth D'amico, NC State University College of Engineering - The Engineering Place

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

, and the final project. Teachersachieve this differentiation by modifying content, materials, or depth of coverage, employingdiverse methods to help students make sense of information, and offering different ways forstudents to demonstrate learning, such as presentations, essays, or models. 2,4These strategies ensure that all students can access and engage with the content, aligning withVygotsky’s scaffolding theory, in which social interactions can guide a child’s thinking towardsolutions to problems, thereby helping the child master a new concept.5 The zone of proximaldevelopment is known as the concept that a child can acquire new knowledge through guidedparticipation with a teacher or a more capable person.5 Scaffolding refers to the

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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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Charlotte Da Jung Sevrain, Vanderbilt University; Nathan Zhang, Vanderbilt University; Michael I. Miga, Vanderbilt University; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

NIH proposal on a new project. Thisassignment serves a different goal with the student’s clinical mentors taking on the role of keyopinion leaders in the field. While this guidance is one source of data for the assignment, thestudents also make their own observations bringing their own expertise; and additionally, otherinfluences from the scientific community are also consulted. The course is completed with thelast assignment with students authoring a mock R21 grant proposal, including project summary,biosketch for the student, budget, specific aims, research strategy, and references. This serves asa culmination point for the program with the student really bringing together all components oftheir immersion into a high impact exploratory

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Generative AI and Its Role in Industrial Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward James Isoghie, University of Louisville; Jason J Saleem, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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Industrial Engineering Division (IED)

undergraduates to use aspart of a human-centered design (HCD) problem. The curriculum for undergraduate engineeringstudents is heavily focused on developing quantitative skills. However, engineering professionalsmay want or need to expand their skill set to also include qualitative methods. To that end, thisresearch project introduces and provides qualitative methods training included in an existingindustrial engineering course. A comparison group of students who received standardquantitative-only methods training (Fall 2024), were asked to work through an HCD problemthat includes both quantitative and qualitative data. A mixed-methods group (Fall 2025), whowill receive qualitative methods training in addition to the standard quantitative

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ME Technical Session 1 - Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education: From Prerequisites to Practice

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Campbell, University of Arkansas; EMINE SAHIN TOPALCENGIZ, Mus Alparslan University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

projects funded by the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program, the Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey (TUBITAK), the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology, and the Istanbul Development Agency to establish the STEM Center and conduct professional development workshops for science teachers in Turkey. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Exploring the impact of first-time internships on mechanical engineering student perceptions of engineeringAbstractStudent perceptions on what engineering, and more specifically, what mechanical engineering isand what mechanical engineers do are important because these perceptions may

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 2.A

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trini Sofia Balart, Texas A&M University; Sidney Katherine Uy Tesy, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

overcome barriers to adoption, faculty development initiatives must focus on buildingeducators' confidence and competence in using GenAI tools. Programmatic efforts might includeworkshops, case studies, and collaborative projects that demonstrate the practical applications ofAI in enhancing durable skills. Additionally, investing in creating supportive infrastructures,including technical resources and ongoing professional development opportunities, is essentialfor institutions [7], [8].Practical Recommendations To optimize the integration of GenAI in engineering education, specific pedagogicalapproaches must be explored and supported. Among these, project-based learning (PBL) androles-based competency frameworks stand out as promising

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Tools, Identities, and Personality in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Elizabeth Nortz, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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Student Division (STDT)

Teaching Institute (NETI). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Graduate Students’ Experiences Designing Sociotechnical Modules for Introduction to Circuits CoursesAbstractEngineers are often faced with complex problems requiring both technical and social expertise,yet engineering education frequently neglects the social implications of engineering. To addressthis, our project integrates sociotechnical content into an Introduction to Circuits course. Wecreated the Sociotechnical Electrical Engineering Stars (SEES) program to support sevengraduate students in creating 50-minute sociotechnical modules, including PowerPoint slides,in-class activities, pre-class assignments, post

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 10

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abdulmalek Al-Gahmi, Weber State University

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

-college information, student information systems(SIS), and Learning Management Systems (LMS).This paper concludes a research project focused on the sole use of Learning Management System(LMS) data for identifying struggling students. While we recognize the importance of other datasources, there are three main reasons for concentrating on LMS data in this project.First, Learning Management Systems are ubiquitous and widely used by higher-educationinstitutions across colleges and disciplines, to the point of becoming a standard component ofclassroom technology [15]. They provide a convenient and effective way to deliver learningmaterials to students.Second, although studies suggest that LMS platforms are underutilized [14], they remain centralto

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Belonging Across Engineering Environments (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 1)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tolulope Iyanuoluwa Abiri, Morgan State University; Ayobami Christianah Dunmoye, Morgan State University; Michael Oluwafemi Ige, Morgan State University; Samuel Sola Akosile, Morgan State University; Olushola V. Emiola-Owolabi, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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

Research Assistant in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Morgan State University, Maryland, where he is pursuing his M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Construction Management and Transportation Engineering. He earned his B.Tech. in Building Structure from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. Michael has extensive professional experience managing large-scale heavy construction and fac¸ade projects, including high-rise and industrial developments across West Africa, having held key roles in the field. His research interests include the integration of digital tools in construction education, resilient building design, and asset management in civil

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Culturally Responsive and Identity-Affirming Approaches in Pre-College STEM Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of Cincinnati

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

this paper approached the second author, who was a 5th-grade teacherat the time at Escuela STEM, to collaborate on this project. The second author of this paper hadbeen teaching at Escuela STEM for several years and self-identifies as Mexican American,whose cultural, linguistic and lived experiences are commonly shared with those of her students.The demographic composition of the school was approximately 96% Latino/a/x, with themajority of the student population were native Spanish speakers (i.e., Spanish L1, English L2).Students in the classroom also represented demographics similar to those of the school. A total of20 students (11 males and 9 females) consented to participate in the one-week implementation ofthe curriculum after assent and

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 9: Collaboration and Community

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahreum Lim, Arizona State University; Emma Frow, Arizona State University

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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Making Space to Care: A Community Garden for Bioengineering LabsAbstractAs qualitative researchers embedded in a biomedical engineering department, we are currentlyattempting to create a space for conversation and action among a self-selecting group of faculty.Framed as a Community Garden, this initiative is focused on supporting discussions and activitiesaround “cultivating care” within labs in the department.In this paper, we focus on outlining the empirical and theoretical context for this initiative. TheCommunity Garden is part of a larger research project exploring the relationship between controland care in biological engineering. The laboratory

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Innovative Approaches to Biomedical Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Zobus, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

real-world bioengineering projects related to their curriculum. field of bioengineering to the ●​ Students built a model of a DNA double helix using edible students; teach students about materials (marshmallows and licorice), where each part of the the structure of DNA and its model represented different components of the DNA structure. components in an interactive This helped students visualize and understand the arrangement and engaging way of nucleotides and the importance of the helical structure. ●​ Students extracted DNA from

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ERM Technical Session: Student Mental Health & Wellbeing I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narjes Khorsandi Koujel, Rowan University; Sowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University

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overlapping mentorship rolesundermine binary rigidity and illuminate how mentorship relationships develop naturally out oftrust, shared knowledge, and emotional needs. Using Kram’s framework enables us to decode thedynamic character of the mentorship roles with greater ease and places a strong emphasis on theneed for institutions to support both informal and formal networks of mentorship.MethodsThis study is part of a larger research project that focused on undergraduate engineering students'support systems. This paper explores how formal and informal mentors, as identified by students,contribute to shaping those students' sense of emotional well-being and academic success. Toexplore this relationship, nine students attending a Mid-Atlantic

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Identity, Experiences, and Perceptions (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 2)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Sebastián Sánchez-Gómez, Universidad El Bosque; Maria Catalina Ramirez; Pedro Guillermo Feijóo-García, Georgia Institute of Technology; Fidel Mauricio Ramírez Aristizábal, Universidad el Bosque; Liliana Ahumada, Universidad el Bosque

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approach has spread internationally, especiallyin the United States, and that there is currently a boom in Latin America. These advances inLatin America have occurred thanks to the implementation of education policies that involvethe development of programs or projects such as the Latin American STEM Network, thedeclaration of STEM territories in the cities of Medellin and Bogota, the State of Mexico inMexico, Valparaiso in Chile, Vicente Lopez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, among others [6].On the other hand, Rojas Mesa et al. refer to the need to have more engineers in all countries,a situation that seems difficult to achieve given that there is less and less interest in thesecareers among the new generations. In Colombia, there is marked desertion

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ECCNE Technical Session 3 - Energy and Society

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Patrick Murphy, SUNY Buffalo State University

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

conscious consideration that can be used in research methods toopen our views and processes to consider underserved minorities. In contrast, educational theoriesinform the selection of a pedagogy to determine how the training and curriculum may bedelivered most effectively. The crafting and analysis of questions use both transformative andacademic theories.II. Research DesignThe mixed methods approach is modeled after Mertens's Cyclical Model for TransformativeResearch [13]. The project used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research practices.A mixed methods approach allows sociopolitical factors and practical elements of CE educationto be analyzed and compared. The research design of Figure 4 is called the Convergent ParallelDesign

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Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 7B

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David A. Dillard P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; James Lord, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cassie Wallwey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Benjamin Edward Chaback, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Anita Walz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Virginia Tech. He uses modeling and systems architecture to investigate undergraduate engineering education and is working towards creating sustainable systems for student success. Ben is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the Council on Undergraduate Research and is a facilitator for the Safe Zone Project and the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research. He is passionate about student success and finding ways to use research experiences to promote student growth, learning, and support.Anita Walz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 ‭Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Open

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Faculty Development and Change

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Adams, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Jeff Knowles, Oregon State University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Maya Menon, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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– Engineering Education in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas - Austin, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India. Dr. Shekhar also holds a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher Award at the University of Michigan; and serves as a PI/Co-PI on multiple projects funded by the

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ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tabe Ako Abane, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Constructivism and Mental Models theory, he examines collaborative approaches to systems thinking. As part of his research assistantship, he contributes to projects aimed at improving doctoral engineering student retention, advisor relationships, and laboratory transitions, enhancing graduate student success and academic experiences.Dr. Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Matthew Bahnson completed his Ph.D. in the Applied Social and Community Psychology program in at North Carolina State University. His previous training includes a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa and an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. Matthew’s research focuses on sociocultural inequality

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 7: Interdisciplinarity

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto

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of“prompting questions” for consideration with each of the five components.As we’ve experimented with care ethics in our teaching, we’ve noticed that care can becomplementary to reflexive principlism, offering further insights on specification of theprinciples. However, because care ethics offers a stronger focus on the relationships engineerscould (or do) hold with individuals and communities in the sociotechnical realm, we observe thatit extends the engineering student’s understanding of what ethical reasoning and action is; whilereflexive principlism offers students principles and a process for evaluating the ethics of aparticular technology or engineering project, care offers students with a process for the ongoingact of care, as they

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 10: Learning to Learn - Metacognition and Self-Regulated Strategies

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Gibin Raju, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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. Structured opportunities for engagement, such asgroup projects with varied team compositions, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and reflectiveassignments, can encourage students to consider multiple viewpoints in problem-solving.Additionally, promoting creativity through open-ended design challenges, innovation workshops,and iterative project reviews can cultivate metacognitive skills, allowing students to criticallyassess and refine their approaches to engineering problems.Further, connecting critical thinking exercises to real-world challenges through industrypartnerships and community-based projects can enhance the relevance and applicability ofstudents’ skills. Collaborative efforts, such as sustainability initiatives or local design projects

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 4.E

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Thomas Vaccaro Jr, University of Connecticut; Mikayla Friday, University of Connecticut; Zeynep Gonca Akdemir-Beveridge, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

been supported by his major advisor’s NSF MCA project and a transdisciplinary NSF Research Traineeship (TRANSCEND). Michael’s engineering education research explores artificial intelligence’s potential in K-12 science education, particularly in developing personalized learning environments.Mikayla Friday, University of Connecticut Mikayla is a second-year PhD student studying Engineering Education at the University of Connecticut.Dr. Zeynep Gonca Akdemir-Beveridge, University of Connecticut Zeynep G. Akdemir-Beveridge is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Connecticut. Her current research focuses on exploring the creative productivity of engineering students and promoting strength-based

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Shaping Inclusive STEM Curriculum and Teacher Development for K-12 Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista Dulany Chisholm, University of Florida; Sarah Louise Langham, University of Florida; Kassandra Fernandez, University of Florida; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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Program OverviewThe Goldberg Gator Engineering Explorers (GGEE) Summer and Afterschool Programs werecreated to engage middle-school-aged learners and facilitators in programming and working withhardware through a series of scaffolded projects structured using the Engaged Quality Instructionthrough Professional Development (EQuIPD) model to develop conceptual understanding throughElicit, Develop, Deploy, and Refine inquiry model development stages. These activities aredesigned to incorporate all areas of STEM while being anchored in engineering design andcomputational thinking [12], [13], [14]. The summer program introduces programming throughblock coding in Microsoft’s Makecode platform to program micro:bit microcontrollers [15], [16].Summer