Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Equity & Accessibility in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kara Bocan, University of Pittsburgh; Gaoxiang Zhou, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #46677Student perspectives on attendance and instructional methods in a combinedlecture and laboratory courseKara Bocan, University of Pittsburgh Kara Bocan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017, and her BSE in Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. She currently teaches courses on data structures and algorithms, introductory programming, software architecture, and simulation and modeling. Her engineering

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nosakhare Iyobosa Idiaghe, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Erin Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

under the advisement of Dr. Catherine Berdanier in the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL). In 2024, Erin was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). She completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University and a M.S. in Engineering Design at Pennsylvania State UniversityCatherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University Catherine G.P. Berdanier is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Evolution of Engineering Education Research Methods

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Lowell Romeo, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, R. Martínez-Maldonado, H. U. Hoppe, R. Luckin, M. Mavrikis, K. Porayska-Pomsta, B. McLaren, and B. Du Boulay, Eds., in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10948. , Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp. 463–468. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-93846-2_87.[6] J. J. Blackburn and J. S. Robinson, “An Investigation of Factors that Influence the Hypothesis Generation Ability of Students in School-Based Agricultural Education Programs when Troubleshooting Small Gasline Engines,” JAE, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 50–66, Jun. 2017, doi: 10.5032/jae.2017.02050.[7] M. Kinsel, C. Crockett, N. Smith, and G. Prpich, “Circuit Troubleshooting Techniques in an Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratory,” in 2024 ASEE Annual

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Jiuqing Yu, Pennsylvania State University; Nosakhare Iyobosa Idiaghe, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #45964A Call for the expansion of intercultural competency to graduate engineeringeducationErin Johnson, Pennsylvania State University Erin Johnson is a PhD candidate at Pennsylvania State University in Mechanical Engineering. She is under the advisement of Dr. Catherine Berdanier in the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL). In 2024, Erin was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). She completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University and a M.S. in Engineering Design at Pennsylvania State UniversityJiuqing Yu, Pennsylvania State

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

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

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Examining Identity

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katharine Sarah Getz, Pennsylvania State University; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Danielle V. Lewis, University at Buffalo; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

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 in engineering graduate education with the intention of increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in STEM graduate education. He is completed a postdoctoral appointment in engineering education with the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory with Dr. Catherin Berdanier at Pennsylvania State University. He is currently a Research Scientist at Purdue University with the STRIDE research group directed by Dr. Allison Godwin at Cornell University.Dr. Danielle V. Lewis

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boni Frances Yraguen, Penn State; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

laboratories before faculty select their hiring choices.However, this is not typical in other engineering disciplines, with some students connecting withand committing to advisors before even starting graduate school and others attempting to matchwith an advisor through their first semesters in graduate school. The wide variation perpetuates theopaque nature of the process, especially for students who are first generation undergraduate orgraduate students in engineering disciplines. Most work in graduate education focuses on doctoral students, leaving master’s studentslargely understudied. Sallai et al [33] has noted that master’s and doctoral students differ in theirreasons for pursuing graduate study and reasons why they persist in their programs

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies III

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley E Dugan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Heather Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

developed a module for a third-year MaterialsScience course where material selection for a straw was used to engage students in consideringsocial aspects of sustainability, specifically who benefits and who pays for a given material [21].Finally, Ruzycki explored material selection and screening, along with Life Cycle Analysis(LCA) in a sophomore laboratory course of a materials science department [22]. In the designproject for this laboratory course students determined the material composition of a givenproduct, conducted an LCA to assess the product’s eco and social footprint, and were encouragedto focus on materials solutions to a problem statement they developed.However, many of these publications have not explored students’ processes for

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Strategies for Student Support

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Dessaray Gorbett

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

future activities. The program adopted a multi-pronged approach to mentorship andresearch training, incorporating varied research environments to support students’ academic andprofessional development. In 2019, an additional faculty-student research model wasimplemented, where students were sent to national laboratories alongside faculty mentors for animmersive three-month research experience. This provided students with direct exposure tocutting-edge research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and real-world STEM applications.However, due to funding redirection, this component was discontinued in subsequent years.All mentors were selected based on their research expertise, mentoring experience, andwillingness to participate in the program. All

Conference Session

ERM WIP I: Methodological Applications in the Disciplines

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brendan Lobo, University of Toronto; Sinisa Colic, University of Toronto; Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #48147Democratizing the Analysis of Unprompted Student Questions Using Open-SourceLarge Language ModelsBrendan Lobo, University of Toronto An MASc candidate in the Integrative Biology and Microengineered Technologies Laboratory at the University of Toronto.Sinisa Colic, University of Toronto Sinisa Colic is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto in the area of personalized treatment options for epilepsy using advanced signal processing techniques and machine learning. Sinisa currently teaches

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Equity & Accessibility in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oluwafemi Johnson Sunday, Washington State University; Oluwafemi Johnson Ajeigbe, Texas A&M University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

during the COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted the need forflexible instructional strategies that accommodate remote settings without sacrificingeducational quality.In engineering curricula—particularly in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics courses—therehas been a longstanding reliance on laboratory-based, hands-on experimentation [17]. However,the recent shift to virtual simulations and digital resources has prompted questions about therelative efficacy of these modalities compared to traditional physical interactions [10, 14]. As in-person classes resumed, it became crucial to evaluate how these different instructional methodsimpact student engagement and learning outcomes [1, 5].The present study addresses this need by systematically examining

Conference Session

ERM WIP IV: Examining Undergraduate Recruitment & Retention

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlie Cooper M.Ed., University of Georgia; Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University – West Lafayette; Danielle V. Lewis, University at Buffalo; Kevin Jay Kaufman-Ortiz, Purdue University/Cornell University; Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

graduate education. He is completed a postdoctoral appointment in engineering education with the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory with Dr. Catherin Berdanier at Pennsylvania State University. He is currently a Research Scientist at Purdue University with the STRIDE research group directed by Dr. Allison Godwin at Cornell University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Cornell University Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is the Dr. G. Stephen Irwin ’67, ’68 Professor in Engineering Education Research (Associate Professor) in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. She is also the Associate Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility and a McCormick Teaching

Conference Session

ERM WIP IV: Examining Undergraduate Recruitment & Retention

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Submissions 141 24.69 Exam 0 0.00 Death 11 1.93 Test 73 12.78 Laboratory 2 0.35 Other 28 4.90 PIANE 30 5.25 Deadline for activities 104 18.21 Reinforcement 23 4.03 Grades

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Splendido, Pennsylvania State University; Vaishnavi Wagh, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #45927Measuring practical energy literacy: Exploring current scales’ applicabilityto understand engineering students’ energy knowledgeSamantha Splendido, Pennsylvania State University Samantha Splendido is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She is currently a graduate research assistant under Dr. Catherine Berdanier in the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL) and a graduate teaching fellow in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering. Samantha earned her B.S. in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering and her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies III

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanveer Mansur Syed, Florida Institute of Technology; Godwyll Aikins; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University; Kim-Doang Nguyen, Florida Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. Kolb, Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984.[15] K. Shabani, M. Khatib, and S. Ebadi, “Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development: Instructional Implications and Teachers’ Professional Development,” English Language Teaching, vol. 3, no. 4, Nov. 2010, doi: 10.5539/elt.v3n4p237.[16] C. A. Jara, F. A. Candelas, S. T. Puente, and F. Torres, “Hands-on experiences of undergraduate students in Automatics and Robotics using a virtual and remote laboratory,” Comput Educ, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 2451–2461, Dec. 2011, doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.07.003.[17] Braun V, Clarke V. Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qual Res Psychol 2006; 3

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Strategies for Student Support

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Eric Trevor McChesney, University of Pittsburgh; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Christian D Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

appointment in engineering education with the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory with Dr. Catherin Berdanier at Pennsylvania State University. He is currently a Research Scientist at Purdue University with the STRIDE research group directed by Dr. Allison Godwin at Cornell University.Eric Trevor McChesney, University of Pittsburgh Eric McChesney (he/him) is a Postdoctoral Scholar for Psychosocial Interventions at Scale with the Learning Research and Development center at the University of Pittsburgh. His work focuses on the development of robust, transferrable psychosocial interventions that improve the outcomes of and environments experienced by women, people of color, and other historically-marginalized students