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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R. Reisel P.E., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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where the university could provide more support to the faculty. If a faculty member isfound to be performing very well, units are encouraged to positively recognize that performance.If a faculty member is found to be not performing satisfactorily, an action plan is to bedeveloped. Absent from the policy is discussion of employment termination. While such anoutcome might be able to be implied if an action plan is not successfully completed, it isnoteworthy in comparison to other policies that employment termination is not stated explicitly.The collective bargaining agreement between the California Faculty Association and theCalifornia State University system [5] outlines a comprehensive post-tenure review process thatwill occur every five years

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebekah Riddle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Todd Schenk, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lucas Michael Goodman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Paper ID #43147Combating the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Negotiation Simulation: UsingSerious Games to Simulate Policy DeliberationMrs. Rebekah Riddle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University REBEKAH RIDDLE is a doctoral student in the Planning, Governance, and Globalization program and is a member of the SPI (Science-Policy Interface Lab) at Virginia Tech. She works closely with scientists and engineers to bridge the gap between science and policy using serious games. She holds an M.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering from

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Centers, The MITRE Corporation; Michael A Balazs; Titilayo Ogunyale

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(STEM) education in order to remain aglobal leader in discovery and innovation. For this reason, the National Science and TechnologyCouncil’s (NSTC) Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM) released a five-year strategic planin 2018 describing nation-wide goals surrounding STEM education and the strategic pathwaysthrough which these goals could be achieved. It is this strategic plan that recognizes that eventhough increased financial support is helpful, collaboration, purposeful program development,and investment transparency are also key to achieving the goals set forth in the plan. Through ananalysis of the Federal STEM ecosystem, the work reported by interagency working groupswithin CoSTEM, and the Federal STEM Investments Inventory data, which

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guangpei Chen, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University and Institute of China’s Science, Technology and Education Policy, Zhejiang University; Yingying Qiao, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University and Institute of China’s Science, Technology and Education Policy, Zhejiang University; Yiang Yang

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. Since the 18thCPC National Congress, innovation has been given greater strategic importance in anew era characterized by myriad global challenges, especially[4]. In essence, STEMeducation is a kind of innovation in the underlying institutional structure. Byrebuilding the concept and model of talent training, it can achieve the sustainableoutput of innovative talents in line with current social and economic developmentneeds. In this context, China has joined the "movement" of STEM education andestablished the legitimacy of STEM education in the minds of the Chinese public bylaunching various reform measures at the level of Regulation, norms and cognition. In2016, China's Ministry of Education issued the 13th Five-Year Plan for

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanru Xu, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ji’an Liu; YaXuan Wen; Lufan Wang, Florida International University; Yan Wei, Southern University of Science and Technology; Yiming Rong, Southern University of Science and Technology

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Batch of Universities under the “Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program” Outline of National Medium and Long-term Education Reform 12 2010 and Development Plan (2010-2020) The Decision of the State Council on Accelerating the 13 2010 Cultivation and Development of Strategic New Industries Hu Jintao. Report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Steadfastly advance along the road 14 2012 of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive to build a moderately prosperous society in all aspects 15 2015 Made

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihwa Park, Texas Tech University; Changwon Son, Texas Tech University; Wesley Wehde, Texas Tech University

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services that we provide to the whole society can't be interrupted. Basically, if your activity is so important, energy production for example, you need to be able to manage the crisis in an overall way." (FG#04- A)Public safety professionals also agreed with the importance of equipping engineering studentswith EDCM skills and knowledge. An assistant chief in a fire department in Texas (S#003)viewed engineers as subject matter experts (SMEs) who can provide crucial information thathelps emergency responders to assess situations and build action plans. In addition, theprofessionals highlighted importance roles of engineers during EDCS, being designers of safeindustrial processes and facilities (S#002) and the first line of defense

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology; Lan Yu, East China University of Science and Technology

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engineering talents, and engineeringeducation must adapt to the needs of the digital development of the industry tocultivate talents with both professional skills and digital skills. China attaches great importance to the digital transformation of education. In2023, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (MOE)implemented the "National Education Digitalization Strategy Action", and hosted theWorld Conference on Digital Education (WCDE) for two consecutive years in 2023and 2024, which showed the world the latest progress of China's digitaltransformation of education and its future plans. In the field of engineering education,China will start the pilot construction of the National Academy of EngineerExcellence in 2022, aiming to

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Simone Nicholson, Florida International University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Tina Fletcher; Brittany Boyd

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obtaining R1 status a top priority for theirorganization, with many embedding the goal in their critical strategic plans or key initiativeswithin their leadership teams’ organizational priorities. Despite such efforts, an integralingredient to achieving R1 status – leadership – is under-researched in the field. Thus, our studyaims to acknowledge the vital role of transformational and distributed leadership within HBCUsand their broader stakeholder community in achieving their goal of reaching R1 status.The goal of this research study is to (1) conduct an analysis of data available within the CarnegieClassification®, (2) provide a thorough review of the literature surrounding this phenomenon,(3) explain the role of engineering-related expenditures

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel A. Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Black, Latine, women, LGBTQ+, and other underrepresented scientists. ” 2 Focus on improving the "The research plan is integrated with the education and well-being of LGBTQ+ outreach plan which includes: 1) recruitment, training, and populations is a mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students from diverse substantial facet of the backgrounds including women, URM, and LGBTQ groups through project, but is not the in-depth research experiences..." essence of the project 3 Focus on improving the “These analyses will shed new light on the ways in which

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tammy Mackenzie, The Aula Fellowship; Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Rubaina Khan, University of Toronto; Victoria Kuketz; Leslie Salgado, University of Calgary; Branislav Radeljić, Aula Fellowship for AI Science, Tech, and Policy; Peer Herholz, Northwestern University; Awa Samaké; Sylvie T. Leduc, York University; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Private Corporation

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topic selection was pro- posed. This model drew inspiration from: – The Icelandic constitutional reform process conducted online (18), – Annual in-person direct democracy practices in the Swiss canton of Glarus (19), – The political protocols of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (20). • Early networking efforts began to connect sector-specific AI literacy resources across borders. 8 Work in Progress: Permanent Symposium on AI• The TechAIRS application and AI incident monitoring infrastructure were developed. Planning for field testing and eventual scaling began, including applications in the defense sector.• An alliance was

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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MC Forelle, University of Virginia; Siobhan Elizabeth Loughney, University of Virginia

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rely heavily on the automotive manufacturing industry, it is just as critical thatthere is a plan for a maintenance and repair labor force that will sustain the products of thosefactories. This package may be a good starting point for mapping out investment in maintenanceand repair workforce protection and education, as many educational programs could benefit fromretooling assistance, and the stipulations tied to the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants,which prioritizes “projects that are likely to retain collective bargaining agreements and/or thosethat have an existing high-quality, high-wage hourly production workforce,” would be beneficialin protecting maintenance and repair jobs as well.Tuition-based funding Public funding

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hortense Gerardo, University of California, San Diego; Dana Polojärvi, Maine Maritime Academy; Jon Wade, University of California, San Diego

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their rights, ensuring theyare fairly compensated and protected in an era where AI and human creativity increasinglyoverlap. In addition to formal legal changes, this effort seeks to inspire the development ofindustry standards that prioritize ethical collaboration between AI systems and human creators.Artists who had been in conversation with the authors at the Comic-Con San Diego 2024 werecontacted via email for follow-up and to remind them of the existence of the project. Theresponse has been slow, in part because the concept of the cognitive algorithm as a uniqueidentifier of an artist's style is difficult to document in a way that will not, in itself, potentially beexploited by AI/ML. The authors plan to host an online seminar as a follow

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monika Tomar, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Mario Ventresca, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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wasexecuted. The class size was 185 students and they were divided into teams of 5 students, with atotal of 37 teams. Studies have shown that teams with a size of 5-7 students are ideal for learningand higher sizes can be ineffective [5]. The team formation was randomized and was done at thestart of the semester. The same teams continued until the end of the semester. Each team alsosigned a group contract at the start of the semester about group expectations, rules andcontingency plans (Appendix).Grading PolicyWe introduced the following course policy for the team assignments. The course consists ofthree team-based assignments, multiple individual assessment quizzes and lab work. For eachteam-based assignment, the team is required to submit a

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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wereexceptional in connecting the classroom to real life, complementing the interdisciplinary lessonsof the course, while adding analytical depth to final deliverables from all student teams. Withcareful planning, similar results could be achieved without expensive international travel —either through domestic alternatives (as with the team addressing DS-51 visiting Washington) orelse forgoing visits while preserving the pedagogical aspects of the course.ConclusionsThis paper presents a case study which brought engineering and political science studentstogether in a flipped-classroom, experiential learning course. The impetus for this course is theneed for interdisciplinary thinking to address the nation’s most pressing national securitychallenges

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lianne Cartee, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Clifford E. Griffin, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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need.ResultsSixteen students, 15 first year students and one junior enrolled in the course. Student majorswere widely distributed as shown in Table 1.Number of students Major7 Engineering (civil, electrical, material science, mechanical, nuclear)5 Biology1 Computer Science1 Fashion and Textile Management1 Physics1 PsychologyTable 1: Breakdown of plans of academic study for students enrolled in the courseStudents were given a pre and post survey at the beginning and end of the course. Surveyquestions were divided into three broad categories, self-evaluation of prior knowledge, opinionson the importance of the interaction of

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology

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, S. Hultine-Masengale, and S. Oerther, “Designing local food systems: Results from a three-year pilot,” in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida, 2023. [Online] Available: https://peer.asee.org/designing-local-food-systems-results-from-a-three-year-pilot.pdf.16. V. Henderson, “The nature of nursing,” AJN. Vol. 64, pp. 62-68, 1964.17. D.B. Oerther, and R. Watson, “Risk communication is important for environmental engineering during COVID-19,” Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States), vol. 146, no. 10, pp. 01820002, 2020. [Online] Available: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001796.18. National gang Center, Strategic planning tool, [online] available: https://nationalgangcenter.ojp.gov/spt

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology

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may play a role? Whileconvergence research at the interface among two or more disciplines may be identified as thegreatest opportunity to solve pressing societal challenges, the lack of an audience to consumethis literature – and the prior existence of separate literatures unique to each of the disciplines –means that “translators” are needed to bridge the gap between nursing and engineering [3].As reported by the Nursing Is STEM (NIS) Coalition, “Nurses utilize scientific principles,mathematical concepts, and cutting-edge technology to conduct assessments, make diagnoses,and plan the care of patients. They employ evidence-based interventions to address illnesses,sustain human life, and, ultimately, assess the outcomes of the care delivered

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University; Min Zhao, Graduate School of Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China.

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engineering educationat present and in the future, to closely combine the requirements of the nationalstrategic planning, make full use of the program accreditation mechanism ofengineering education, organically integrate the program accreditation and reformpractice of engineering education, and lead the systematic and in-depth reform ofengineering education.3.2 External motivation: challenges of integrating international rules and normsThe tide of globalization has driven countries to actively carry out educationalexchanges with countries around the world. In order to share educational resourcesand gain international recognition, many countries attach importance to theinternationalization of engineering education, actively participate in the

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University; Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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. Medical Care, 45(7), 594–601.Gibbons, S., Trette-McLean, T., Crandall, A. A., Bingham, J. L., Garn, C. L., & Cox, J. C. (2019). Undergraduate students survey their peers on mental health: Perspectives and strategies for improving college counseling center outreach. Journal of American College Health, 67(6), 580–591.Hom, W. C. (2002). Applying Customer Satisfaction Theory to Community College Planning of Counseling Services. I-Journal, 2, 1–15.Hyun, J. K., Quinn, B. C., Madon, T., & Lustig, S. (2006). Graduate student mental health: Needs assessment and utilization of counseling services. Journal of College Student Development, 47(3), 247–266.Hyun, J., Quinn, B., Madon, T., & Lustig, S. (2007