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Undergraduate Career Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #49168Equipping Undergraduate Engineering Students for Professional Success:An Exploration of Multiple Approaches to Career DevelopmentDr. Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Keilin Jahnke is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Innovation, Leadership and Engineering Entrepreneurship in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Yaning Cao, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignJoe Bradley, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Joe Bradley is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Bioengineering, Teaching Assistant Professor at the Carle Illinois College

Conference Session

Undergraduate Career Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Semrau, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jennifer S Linvill, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Emeline Anne Ojeda-Hecht, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Advisory Committee on Equity for the Office of the Vice President for Ethics and Compliance at Purdue University. She has also served as a Mentor for the USAID Liberia Strategic Analysis Program, mentoring an early-career Liberian woman on leadership and communication skills, professional development, and networking.Dr. Emeline Anne Ojeda-Hecht, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Emeline Ojeda-Hecht is a Post Doctoral Research Assistant at Purdue University in the department of Technology Leadership and Innovation where she serves as a mixed methods expert for the Scalable Asymmetric Lifestyle Engagement (SCALE) project and conducts microelectronics engineering workforce needs assessments. Her research expertise

Conference Session

Undergraduate Career Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tara Esfahani, University of California, Irvine; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine

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) skills like being able to lead a team and proficiencyin change management are central to career advancement. This difference in perspective existsbecause entry level engineers are novices while senior engineers are experts. The goal of thisstudy is to identify how the transition from the novice stage to the expert stage can be expedited.To do so, the researchers will be interviewing engineers at six different aerospace companieswith four to twelve years of work experience who fall somewhere between the expert and novicestages. Interview questions will cover what challenges they faced entering the workplace, howthey tackled them, and what made them feel like engineers during this process. Theseinterviewees were chosen because they have graduated

Conference Session

Undergraduate Career Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Latorre, University of Florida; R. Keith Stanfill P.E., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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responsibility as career role models for the students.Given that not many students have the goal of a career in academia, liaisons must be mindful thatthey represent the professional life to which many students aspire. As role models, students willclosely observe the care liaisons put into projects and likely mirror their effort. For example, astudy from the 2012 Capstone Design Conference had two panels of students from multipleuniversities who had recently concluded their industry-sponsored capstone course [12]. Thesepanelists concluded that students tend to do just the amount of documentation expected byindustry: if their sponsor expected less, the team did less. The panelists also described howliaisons “strongly motivate the student group” and how

Conference Session

Industry Advisory Boards, Experiential Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #46514The Influence on Engineering Industry Career Paths of Specific UndergraduateStudent Experiences and ActivitiesD’andre Jermaine Wilson-Ihejirika P.Eng., University of Toronto D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto within the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice (ISTEP). Prior to that she worked for many years as an engineer and project manager in the Oil & Gas industry. She is originally from Nassau, Bahamas, and completed her B.Eng in Chemical Engineering at McGill University and her MASc. from the Centre for

Conference Session

Graduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika Swift, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Anne K DeChant, Penn State University Hershey College of Medicine; Alyson Grace Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Mark Daniel Pacey, Pennsylvania State University

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Paper ID #45625Advancing Medical Innovation: The Innovation Fellows Program for TrainingEarly-Career Engineers and Scientists Advancing Novel TechnologiesProf. Erika Swift, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Erika Swift is a Professor of Practice and Center for Medical Innovation Director at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Before joining Penn State University in 2015, she worked in various industry sectors, including medical devices, dental equipment, and consumer goods. She has over 25 years of experience in regional economic development, technology commercialization, new business

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Undergraduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig M. Spears, Texas A&M University

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student engagement and success. His professional expertise includes process simulation and optimization within the oil and gas sector. Recently Craig has started pursuing a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering, Engineering Education at Texas A&M University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 The Staying Power of Socializing Engineers: A Systematized ReviewIntroductionMany engineering graduates pursue an engineering profession, and remain involved for theirentire career; however, there are also multiple career paths many choose to take that include anexit from engineering practice [1]. This phenomenon of deciding to stay or leave the

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Undergraduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget Ogwezi, ANSYS, Inc.; Kaitlin Tyler, ANSYS, Inc.

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, and new skills gained both in and out of the classroom. The ultimate test ofstudent success is how well a student is able to adapt to their new environment upongraduation, whether it be industry, graduate school, research, or entrepreneurial.Despite the complexity, identifying activities that directly contribute to setting up students forsuccess after graduation is crucial in higher education. The Institute of Engineering andTechnology reports that up to half of engineering students graduate without enough of thetechnical or interpersonal skills required by potential employers. This could be contributingto the fact that between 30% to 50% of engineering students end up in careers outside of theirfield. Therefore, one of these defined

Conference Session

Industry Advisory Boards, Experiential Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University; Jennifer S Atchison, Drexel University

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undergraduate and graduate students withlocal civil engineering companies. These events provide a platform for companies to showcasetheir career opportunities and ongoing projects. IAB members have played a pivotal role inpromoting the events and ensuring strong participation from area companies. During the events,companies set up tables where students can engage with industry professionals, learn about theirwork, and explore internship and job opportunities. Attendance is mandatory for all seniorsenrolled in our core Civil Engineering Practice course during the Fall semester, preparing themfor graduation in the following Spring. Students also have the opportunity to share their resumesand LinkedIn profiles with potential employers, enhancing their job

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Undergraduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene Magara, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Vicent Rutagangibwa, Mbarara University of Science and Technology; Thomas E. Marlin, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S4L7

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through mentorship of young females, supporting their growth, and encouraging more women to pursue, complete, and work in STEM fields. Her research focuses on advancing engineering ethics, creating inclusive learning environments, enhancing professional skills, and providing career guidance. Irene is passionate about increasing female representation in STEM, and she envisions a world where every student, regardless of their background, feels empowered to pursue and succeed in an engineering career.Mr. Vicent Rutagangibwa, Mbarara University of Science and Technology Vicent Rutagangibwa is an engineering educator and a PhD student with over 13 years of experience, committed to advancing engineering education. He has

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Undergraduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Dang, Purdue Engineering Education; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Mahdi Hosseini, Northwestern University

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first three questionscollected basic demographic information, c.f. Participants section. Following thesedemographics, students were asked what was the future career they thought they would bepursuing before and after attending the summer school. The next section of the survey askedstudents about their motivations for attending, before and after attending the summer school.Each question targeted one category of motivation on the motivation continuum discussedearlier. Thus, there are five questions concerning motivation before the summer school and fivequestions concerning motivation after the summer school. The questions were created byreferencing the descriptions of motivation categories by [8] and [10] and by modeling off ofsurvey questions

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Industry Advisory Boards, Experiential Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik Carl Backus, Project Unlock; Jessica P.M. Fick, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Jennifer S Atchison, Drexel University; Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Jodi F. Prosise, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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experience since 2015, using project teams as direct consultants with internal and external clients across the State and region. He has presented on one such project at the ASEE St. Lawrence Section conference on one such CEE capstone effort in the past. He also teaches courses in a variety of areas connected to both building and infrastructure construction. Previous to his time at Clarkson, he was an Assistant Professor of Military Science at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA and an Instructor/Writer for the US Army Engineer School USAES) at the Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN), Fort Leonard Wood, MO. He was responsible for rewiring significant portions of the USAES Engineer Captain’s Career Course

Conference Session

Graduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reem Khojah, University of California, San Diego; Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of California San Diego

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-lecture formative assessments and designing AI-proof assignments. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Medical Technology, a Master’s degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from KAUST, and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Reem has also engaged in post-doctoral research at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of California, Irvine.Dr. Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of California San Diego Alyssa C. Taylor is a Teaching Professor in bioengineering with thirteen years of teaching experience across introductory, laboratory, and capstone design courses. Her teaching career began in 2010 when she joined the University of Washington as an

Conference Session

Undergraduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tarek Kandil, Western Carolina University

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to educate the public about the operation of the power system. By educating the public,the grid will have customers who have a better grasp of the system and are more likely to offervital help to Duke Energy when it is needed. Furthermore, Duke Energy seeks to motivate andencourage talented young people to pursue careers with the company, recognizing thatenthusiastic young professionals will play an important role in meeting the growing demand forenergy utilities, particularly as ambitious clean energy initiatives are implemented.Therefore, as part of their effort to educate the public about the electric grid, Duke Energypartnered with the College of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University(WCU) to develop an educational

Conference Session

Industry Advisory Boards, Experiential Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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LEI YANG, University of Hong Kong; Chun Kit Chan, The University of Hong Kong; Kin Sun Lam, MTR Corporation; Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong

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shortlisted candidate for the UGCTeaching Award (Early Career Faculty Member). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 An Experiential Co-Training Framework to Harvest Synergy from College and Industry PartnershipAbstract: The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics presents substantialopportunities for innovation across diverse sectors. Industrial enterprises are actively seekingpartnership with universities to develop effective testbed scenarios for integrating these emergingtechnologies into their operations and talent development. On the other hand, college students studyingcomputer science, engineering or relevant fields possess fundamental knowledge of AI and

Conference Session

Graduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mandana Ashouripashaki, The Ohio State University; Kristina Kennedy, The Ohio State University; Paul A. Reeder, The Ohio State University

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]. • Technological advancements: With the advent of new technologies, the nature of capstone projects has evolved. Modern projects often involve cutting-edge technologies such as robotics, renewable energy systems, and advanced manufacturing techniques [2]. • Pedagogical approaches: The approach to capstone projects has also changed. There is now a greater emphasis on interdisciplinary projects that integrate knowledge from various fields of engineering. Additionally, peer review and collaborative learning have become more common, enhancing the learning experience and better preparing students for teamwork in their professional careers [2]. • Global trends: The globalization of engineering education has led to the