Conference Session

AI Integration in Engineering Economy Course

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamed Samandari, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy Division (EED)

Engineering Economy CoursesAuthor: Hamed SamandariAffiliation: University of Massachusetts DartmouthAbstractThe rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents both opportunities and challengesfor engineering education. As AI tools like ChatGPT become more accessible, studentsincreasingly use them to complete assignments, prompting educators to evaluate whether tointegrate AI as a learning aid or restrict its usage. This study explores the potential of AI toenhance student learning outcomes in an engineering economics course. Specifically, we utilizeChatGPT, which provides detailed explanations of economic theories, guidance onmicroeconomic principles, example problems, and real-world economic

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division (EED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara R. Etmannski, University of British Columbia

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy Division (EED)

material. Upon further investigation, it was determined thatwhen asking ChatGPT some specific questions, the responses are also very similar to thatmaterial, suggesting its use of the publisher’s material in its training, and perhaps use of eitherthe materials directly or of ChatGPT by the student development team. In any case, the materialdevelopment phase of the project ended in September, four months before this discovery (inFebruary 2024) so the student development team was unable to support in any corrections thatwere required. The instructor then rewrote and/or restructured many slides prior to use, to ensurethe was no question of copyright infringement.The debugging process proceeded seamlessly, with students in the course finding 29typos

Conference Session

AI Integration in Engineering Economy Course

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy Division (EED)

disciplines[15]. However, the growing influence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT has also raised concernsregarding academic integrity and appropriate use, particularly among younger learners [16].Rather than viewing AI solely as a threat to traditional education models, recent efforts advocate for itsresponsible integration to enrich learning environments [11]. Strategies such as developing custom AIchatbots aligned with educational objectives offer pathways to maintain academic rigor while leveragingthe strengths of AI technologies [17]. At the forefront of this movement, work presented at the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education (ASEE) has demonstrated the effective use of custom generative AIchatbots as course resources [18], [19