Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division (EED) Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Baffour, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Eliza A Banu, University of Georgia; Adel W. Al Weshah, University of Georgia; Barbara Norton McCord P.E., University of Georgia; Marguerite Carol Brickman, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy Division (EED)

thatstudents practice their understanding of the concept through examples and peer discussions. Forexample, in a typical engineering economics class, the instructor will assign a problem requiringstudents to draw cash flow diagrams and determine cash flow equivalencies. Students may be putin groups to discuss the problem as the instructor walks around in the classroom to check onstudents. The Covid-19 pandemic however removed such face-to-face classroom discussionsamong students and instructors. During the pandemic, methods such as flipped classroom,online breakout sessions, peer assessment and self-assessment were used to engage students. Inthe context of this study, students also engaged in self-assessment (self-grading). This studyreports initial

Conference Session

AI Integration in Engineering Economy Course

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Billy Gray, Tarleton State University; Gloria Margarita Fragoso-Diaz

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy Division (EED)

that the user will need to understand when interacting with an LLM. Finally, thereare some ethical perspectives discussed that address why there was a focus on using an offlineLLM to perform this study.AI and Higher EducationIn education, AI has been utilized to interpret texts automatically, perform semantic analysis,provide translations, generate texts for learning contents, and support personalization processes[1].A difficult aspect of higher education is providing assignments that require a higher level ofthinking and then providing assessment and feedback to students that is timely, consistent, and ofhigh quality. One of the more useful tools to require higher levels of thinking from students isessay writing [2]. The problem associated