Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Grey, University of Connecticut; Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Joshua Michael Dupont, University of Connecticut

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

chance toexpand my set of skills and knowledge in a new topic that I previously had no knowledge of andalso improve on soft skills that are critical for engineers and researchers to have.”Yet, due to the sensitivity of systems students were working on, and as their sponsors were oftenhigher-level members of the civil/diplomatic service, there were also significant barriers toaddress. Several teams ran into classification issues, wherein they could not access allinformation wanted or needed for the best possible final deliverables as some material was CUIor SECRET. Moreover, several teams had communication barriers with sponsors, as severalpost-program statements indiciated. One team found “[f]eedback from direct beneficiaries (end-users) was