Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 6

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Srivastava, Texas A&M University; Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University; Bilal Mansoor, Texas A&M University

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students so that they could provide constructive feedback on the writingaspects of the submission. The feedback was then collected and provided to thecorresponding group of students so that they could incorporate the feedback and improve thequality of their submissions.However, using Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT is changing how students writeassignments [17]. Using AI tools has its benefits as well as problems [18]. While the AI toolmay help students streamline their writing, a major issue can be that the AI tool makes thereport look very generic and provides incorrect technical information [19], which isdetrimental to the quality of the written work [20], [21]. To deal with the issue of the use ofAI tools, a special lecture is given to the

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 4

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel L Galos, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Mohsen Beyramali Kivy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lessa Grunenfelder, University of Southern California; Ken-ichi Nomura, University of Southern California; James E. Saal, Citrine Informatics, Inc.

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-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) in the classroom. Evidencesuggests student use of ChatGPT can enhance academic performance, boost affective-motivational states, improve higher-order thinking propensities and reduce mental effort [3].This evolving AI landscape encourages those in higher education to reassess goals, teachingmethods, and assessment strategies. The impact of AI tools is far-reaching and has alreadycaused educators to rethink Bloom’s taxonomy (Table 1) to distinguish between distinctivehuman skills in the learning process and the role of generative AI (Gen AI) tools such asChatGPT in the learning process. Table 1: Bloom’s Taxonomy comparison of human skills in learning and generative AI skills in learning. Adapted from [4