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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gautom Kumar Das, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

]. Remarkably, an entire academic article written by ChatGPT (withminor human editing) has also been documented in the literature [12].The importance of developing writing skills in science and engineering has long beenemphasized by the researchers, and the National Academies and ABET [13-15]. The AmericanChemical Society’s Committee on Professional Training also expects graduates to write well-organized and concise reports in a scientifically appropriate style [16]. At author’s institution,upper-level courses (400-level) are specifically designed to prepare students for advanced, field-specific writing and the rigors of academic peer review.Considering the rapid adoption of AI tools in writing raises significant questions for educators.How should our

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WiP: Student Identity, Support, and Success

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University - Bozeman; Jennifer R Brown, Montana State University - Bozeman; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

State University in Bozeman MT.Prof. Eva Chi, University of New Mexico Eva Chi is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico. The research in her lab is focused on understanding the dynamics and structures of macromolecular assemblies including proteins, poMs. Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico Catherine (Cat) Hubka, MFA, is a Ph.D. student in Rhetoric and Writing. Her focus is Writing in the Disciplines (WID), specifically in STEM environments. She is a research assistant in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, where she has taught writing in the labs and worked closely with faculty on developing writing

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WiP: Student Identity, Support, and Success

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Norfolk, Clemson University; Adam T Melvin, Clemson University; Braulio Andres Ortega Quesada, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Thermodynamics – Ideal Gas Non-Reactive Mass Balances Law & Other Equations of Renewable Energy Sector State Reactive Mass Balances Engineering Ethics Defense Industry Process Flow Diagrams Basic ProgrammingPrevious work has shown that of the various identity constructs– interest in the subject area,recognition (i.e., the beliefs that they are seen as a good student in the subject area by their peers,parents, and faculty), and performance / competence beliefs (i.e., beliefs in the ability to performwell and understand concepts) [1] – the strongest direct path to the construction of anengineering identity is recognition [2]; however, performance / competence

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Innovative Pedagogies and Assessment Strategies

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado, University of Dayton

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

had amemorable class experience. However, before implementing this educational approach, the studyidentified several challenges, including video production, post-production, script writing, andvideography.This paper explores using student-created technical videos in a course on the chemical behavior ofmaterials through three separate assignments. It is important to note that the University of Dayton(UD) has access to a Podcast studio with technical support for recording podcasts and vodcasts.However, no assistance is provided for script writing and post-video editing. This workhypothesizes that student-led videos give an in-depth understanding of a particular topic inmaterials chemistry and can help students disseminate their knowledge to

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

” requirement. Students are grouped into teams that design and execute collaborative experiments within their own kitchens and then pool the data to draw conclusions. This “science” work then forms the basis of individual students’ food engineering designs for new and improved food products. The course uses three iterations of this experiment-analysis-design loop as its primary instructional and assessment mechanism. This work is complimented by lectures and supplemental video material as well as reading and re ective writing. This paper describes the course outcomes, design, and delivery, and concludes with portable takeaways for those seeking to create similar courses at their own

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Hersel, Trine University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

toproduce peer-reviewed papers but to provide students with the experience of tackling open-ended, research-oriented questions, mirroring the challenges encountered in graduate-levelstudies.Examples of ChatGPT EnhancementsInitially, the curriculum did not include formal programming or MATLAB instruction, whichposed significant challenges for students. Many struggled with fundamental tasks such aspreparing datasets for analysis in MATLAB’s Regression Learner Toolbox. Data preprocessingtasks, including variable elimination and row or column manipulations, proved difficult andtime-consuming for both students and instructors. These bottlenecks consumed countless hours,diverting focus away from meaningful research and exploration of machine learning

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Verrett, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #49274Work-in-Progress: Student perceptions and usage of generative AI in second-yearchemical engineering design exercisesDr. Jonathan Verrett, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Jonathan Verrett is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia. He teaches a variety of topics with a focus on design in chemical and biological engineering. His pedagogical interests include leadership development, open education and peer-learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Work-in-Progress: Student

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado, University of Dayton; Megan Morin, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

address this challenge, KEEN provides resources through the Engineering Unleashedplatform[6], which offers over 2,500 activities—referred to as cards—designed for rapidclassroom deployment and peer collaboration. Additionally, KEEN organizes annual meetings andworkshops to support faculty in integrating EM into their teaching practices. Developing active,engaging, and time-efficient EML activities can further promote the sustained growth of anentrepreneurial mindset in engineering education.EML micromoment activities are a pedagogical tool to facilitate the incorporation of the 3 Csthrough short activity implementations that only last 2 - 30 minutes[1], [7]. These micromomentactivities also promote inclusive teaching[8], improve teaching, and

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WiP: Student Identity, Support, and Success

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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May Lim, The University of New South Wales; Sumiko Iida, UNSW Sydney; Ghislain Bournival

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

don't need to write the whole thing for your script." - She discussed the importance of making the presentation fluent, "Yeah, but I'm pretty sure like like if if we speak like fluently, it will be on time." - [Student X] suggested improvements to the presentation's ending, "Oh, also, I was gonna say like. It's it's kind of I feel like the ending's kinda weird. Like I just say. As well as and student societies. And that's it. Like to say thank you." Facilitates the [Student X] actively engages team members by building upon or synthesizing Contributions

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

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Emily R Kerr, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

engineering seminar, facilitated bytheir Academic Advisor and an Engineering Peer Mentor. These seminars provide generalinformation on the transition to college, study skills, co-curricular opportunities, and provide anoverview of the various engineering fields. This seminar is a group advising experience thatprovides weekly contact with advisors and peer mentors. Advising is about so much more thanregistration for classes and is designed to assist first-year and continuing student advisees, todevelop and implement plans for achieving educational and vocational goals so that students maybe directed and successful in their second college year and beyond.Academic Advisors in the First-Year Engineering Program are full-time professionals withgraduate

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Leveraging AI and Computational Tools for Enhanced Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chloe Lok Yee Chan, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Villanova University; Brianna Fan, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University; Henry Pei, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Villanova University; David Kaicheng Shen; Christopher Song; Chenhao A Zhao; Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

students to reflect on their overall experience with the project. Open-ended questions invited students to share what they found the most enjoyable and most challenging part about the project. They were also asked to provide suggestions for improving the project in future iterations. This section included questions to gauge whether students would recommend the project to their peers and whether it motivated them to pursue a career in STEM. The feedback collected in this section was essential for understanding the project's impact on student satisfaction.Results and DiscussionEvaluation of Students’ Improvement in Modeling and Coding Skills The AI-assisted ODE modeling project was designed to assess and

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Leveraging AI and Computational Tools for Enhanced Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University; Sakul Ratanalert, Columbia University in the City of New York

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

tryexperimenting with other AI-powered techniques that are likely to become more common inengineering education and higher education at large.IntroductionThe rise of ChatGPT, and other generative AI tools, has led to a number of debates in educationas to what this means for teaching and learning. From early on in its release, multiple newsarticles point out the many ways students are using it in classes and how instructors have had toadapt—from changing how and where students write drafts or shifting to oral exams [1], tofocusing on thinking processes or return to pen and paper [2]—and the debate around its use inhigher education has intensified with continued uncertainty. The Digital Education Council(DEC) Global AI Student Survey, which ran in 2024

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Felipe Anaya, The University of Kansas; Claudia J. Bode, The University of Kansas; Kent Smith, The University of Kansas; Mark B Shiflett P.E., The University of Kansas

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

included their research experience, fieldof study, or the life events that led them to this program. Student choices of topic were diverse,and some created multiple story spines. Most students wrote about the life events that led them tothis program, with many others writing additional story lines about their love of science, thesummer research experience, or aspects of their research project.The incubators were intended to foster a low-stake space for experimenting and practicing.Students had fun creating narratives about familiar topics, while also practicing and developingskills for effective communication. Additionally, students shared their work with each otherduring the incubator sessions helping them to learn from everyone’s experiences

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keisha C.A. Antoine, Prairie View A&M University (DUPE); Kazeem B Olanrewaju, Prairie View A&M University; Justin Foreman, Prairie View A&M University; Penrose Cofie, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; Jorge Federico Gabitto, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

dealt with this issue. In thePrairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Chemical Engineering Department (CHEG), studentswere provided with videos of the instructors describing and displaying lab equipment andperforming the lab experiments for the course. Representative data for the experiments wereprovided to the students for their analysis and they were asked to combine what they learned fromthe video and their analysis of data to write lab reports. While an effective approach under thecircumstances, it lacked the first-person, immersive experience that is crucial to developing deeperknowledge and understanding (Bonasio, 2019). This deficit was an instructional limitation as wasfaculty lack of videography expertise which made the remote

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama; Joseph H Holles, New Mexico State University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

enter numbers between 0 and 100, totaling 100%. • Teaching • Research and scholarly activities • University or professional serviceHow many peer-reviewed journal articles have you published?The next questions concern your general perspectives regarding the inclusion of undergraduatesin research and scholarly activities.Based on your personal experience with undergraduate students, what do you think about thefollowing statements? [Strongly agree, Agree, Neither agree nor disagree, Disagree, Stronglydisagree, Not applicable] • I know how to effectively involve undergraduates in scholarly activity and research • I have involved undergraduates in my research but have not received useful research products • An undergraduate cannot

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University; Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Jamie Clark, University of Washington; Alexis N Prybutok, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

at all ● Assignment extensions are available for ● Somewhat students. ● Mostly ● Make-up labs are available to students ● Completely that miss class due to disability or illness ● Unknown/Not Sure for extended periods of time. ● N/A – Not relevant to the course ● Experiments do not require students to come into lab outside of normal class time. ● Lectures are recorded. ● Teams are created with accessibility in mind. ● Teams fill out a team contract. ● Teams complete peer evaluations. ● Accessible lab design is actively taught in the course. ● Disability