Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Dietz, Western Carolina University; Jordan C Bullington-Miller; Audrey Rorrer

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

challenges and hinder their path to persistence anddegree completion.Despite these obstacles, FGS who persist in engineering and STEM fields do so through personalagency [9], motivation [9], self-efficacy [10], [11], and both familial [9], [12], [13] andinstitutional support [9], [13], [14]. The importance of support networks is evident, as parentalsupport has been shown to predict student engagement, and strong familial relationshipscontribute to the willingness to seek mentors and other forms of support in college [12]. A senseof belonging is also crucial for persistence. Smith and Lucena [15] found that first-generationand low-income students often experience a lack of belonging in engineering, compounded byawareness of perceived differences from

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel G Rey, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Capstone Design. ASEE Peer. Retrieved from https://peer.asee.org/how-we-teach-capstone-design-2023 [2] Besterfield-Sacre, M. E., & Shuman, L. J. (2010). The Engineering Design Process. Pearson Education. [3] Bowen, G. A., & Wise, J. A. (2015). Designing Learning Activities for Undergraduate Engineering Students: A Practical Guide. John Wiley & Sons. [4] National Academy of Engineering. (2005). The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. National Academies Press. [5] Forming Teams for Classroom Projects. (2014). Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Learning: Proceedings of the Annual ABSEL Conference. [6] ASEE. (2024). Capstone Projects for Self-Efficacy

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mollie Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

-ential learning has the most potential to benefit from VR, as engaging experiences can be simulatedthrough virtual interactions [24]. Situated learning theory posits that knowledge is extracted fromthe social, cultural, and physical context in which it resides [25]. Because VR offers a sense ofpresence and immersion, virtual environments can be constructed to provide rich situational con-text for learning. Finally, guided discovery learning theory claims that learners who explore anddraw conclusions on their own– with limited help– develop a sense of self-efficacy that reinforceslearning [26]. Less structured, open-world VR simulations can foster a discovery-based environ-ment that can be difficult to recreate in the real world.Though less

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, University of Houston - COE; Tomika W. Greer, University of Houston - COE

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

certificates. Ms. Mateeralso follows up with these PSTs on the course module implementation in the long semester. Theprogram assessment was led by a professor in human resource development at UH. Besides the official RE-PST site website set up by the research team, a Facebook pageand a LinkedIn page have been established for the RET site program to disseminate the activitiesinformation. 4. RE-PST Program Assessment Each PST was given one pre-program survey at the beginning of the summer and onepost-program survey after the summer program was over. Both the pre-program survey and thepost-program survey measured the participants’ perceptions of their knowledge of IotFtechnologies and their perceptions of self-efficacy and intentions