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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nigel Michael Caprotti, State University of New York, New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York, New Paltz

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Paper ID #38380Circuit-Level Microelectronics Reliability Project to FosterInterdisciplinary Engineering LearningMr. Nigel Michael Caprotti, State University of New York, New Paltz Nigel Caprotti obtained a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from SUNY New Paltz and is slated to receive a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from SUNY New Paltz in Fall of 2023. He currently works at GlobalFoundries as a process engineer.Dr. Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York, New Paltz Dr. Ping-Chuan Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Engineering Programs at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. He

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Student Division Technical Session 4: Project-based Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Zhang, Northeastern University; Joshua Dennis, Northeastern University; Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Paper ID #41065Enhancing Culinary Precision: Students Embarking on a Project-Based LearningAdventureSimon Zhang, Northeastern UniversityJoshua Dennis, Northeastern UniversityDr. Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University Haridas Kumarakuru, PhD, MInstP Department of Physics, College of Science, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 E.Mail: h.kumarakuru@northeastern.edu Hari has 18+ years of educational leadership experience amplifying academic and scientific endeavours in the higher education setting that has brought him to four separate continents. He capitalizes on his in-depth competencies in

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Collaborative Learning in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wylam Patrick DeSimone, University of Georgia; Parker Gavin Ferrer, University of Georgia; Sarah Jane Bork, University of Georgia

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Paper ID #47337Bridging the Gap: Autoethnographic Insights into Project-Based Learning inElectrical EngineeringWylam Patrick DeSimone, University of Georgia Wylam Desimone is an Electrical Engineering student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, having transferred from the University of Georgia. He focuses on hardware development, product ideation, and rapid prototyping, creating innovative solutions for technical challenges. At the University of Georgia’s Cultivate Lab, Wylam worked on a robotic guitar project as well as other studies focused on engineering education. He plans to continue research at the Georgia

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Student Division Technical Session 4: Project-based Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yujiro Iwata, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Leo Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Hatsuko Yoshikubo Ph.D., Shibaura Institute of Technology; Sumito Nagasawa Ph.D. in Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #41294Enhancing Student Participation in Online Global Project-Based Learnings(gPBLs) Through a Slack-Based Evaluation: A Student PerspectiveMr. Yujiro Iwata, Shibaura Institute of Technology Yujiro Iwata received his Bachelor of Engineering in Science and Mechanics from the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, in March 2024. He is currently a master’s program student at the Shibaura Institute of Technology, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. His main research area is the fields of micro-fabrication and micro sensors.Mr. Leo Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology Leo Kimura received his Bachelor of

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Student Division Technical Session 4: Project-based Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Chengda Lu, BASIS Shavano; Vincent Liu, Brandeis High School; Justin Jin; Parker Olkowski; Yu-Fang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Paper ID #42817Cultivating Robotic Professionals: A Learning-Practice-Service EducationalFrameworkJames Chengda Lu, BASIS Shavano James Chengda Lu is currently a junior at BASIS San Antonio Shavano. He has been an active member of the FIRST Tech Challenge community for 4 years. His interests include mechatronics and robotics. Through interning with the NASA SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science) Program, he has recently completed a CubeSAT project under the support of the Twiggs Space Labs. He has advocated for STEM education through organizing international outreaches, attending national conferences, and creating and

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Student Division Technical Session 4: Project-based Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryann Renee Hebda, Baylor University; Morgan R Castillo, Baylor University; Tracey Sulak, Baylor University

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undertaken via observations by the researchers. Essentialexperiential elements of each course were observed, with the researchers observing small groupsof students in the context of their projects (e.g., capstone for EDII, school outreach for SL).These observations triangulate the analysis of innovative teaching practices through studentlearning outcomes.Findings Six generative processing strategies were present in the experiential learning courses (seeTable 1) particularly through the course design in both EDII and SL. Both courses were found tobe rooted in contextual generative learning, particularly learning by teaching and enacting,considered the most high-leverage generative processes [3]. To further examine the context inwhich these

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Motivation and Engagement in Engineering Students

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leo Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Hatsuko Yoshikubo Ph.D., SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; Sumito Nagasawa Ph.D. in Engineering, Shibaura

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Paper ID #46576Enhancing Assessment of Student Engagement in Face-to-Face Global Project-BasedLearnings (gPBLs): Adding Peer Assessment to Improve Slack-based EvaluationMr. Leo Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology Leo Kimura received his Bachelor of Engineering in Science and Mechanics from Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan, in March 2024. He is currently a master’s program student at SIT, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. His main research area is control systems for microrobots.Prof. Hatsuko Yoshikubo Ph.D., SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Dr. Hatsuko Yoshikubo obtained Ph. D. in English Literature

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey Pegram, "Be A Maker (BeAM)" Makerspace in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Maria Christine Palmtag; Anna Engelke, UNC-Chapel Hill / North Carolina State University

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,encouraging problem solving, and identifying skill weaknesses among participants in botheducational and workplace settings [1]. Historically, practitioners have also used this model tosupport peer-to-peer learning, in which community members learn from and encourage eachother [2], in both teacher education [1] and technology use [3], two paramount components of acollaborative makerspace like the BeAM Makerspace. CoP research shows that peer-to-peerlearning paired with product-based work yields better knowledge retention and personalaccountability amongst users [2][4]. Eager to encourage these outcomes in its own staffmembers, the BeAM Makerspace designed CoPs that would incorporate adaptiveteaching-projects to improve both the collaboration between

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Collaborative Learning in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin

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opportunities for hands-on, project-based learning that nurtures creativity, problem-solving, and technical skill development. This study examines the role of an undergraduatestudent staff member in a university makerspace, focusing on how these experiences contributeto their professional and personal growth. Grounded in Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory(ELT), this research explores how students traverse the four stages of experiential learning—concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and activeexperimentation—within makerspaces. This study investigates the learning processes within these environments throughqualitative analysis of reflective narratives and project artifacts from an undergraduate

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Collaborative Learning in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Engelke, NC State University / UNC-Chapel Hill; Zachary Wiebe; Daisy Huang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Spencer Dougherty, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Margaret Elizabeth Ambrose

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users’ expertise, BeAM employs 50-60undergraduate student employees as Program Assistants (PA). During open makerspace hours,PAs are present on the floor to support users, provide basic machinery maintenance and facilitatea hands-on learning environment. After 6 months of employment, experienced PAs can apply tobe Program Specialists (PS), a role that requires them to lead larger projects in areas likeadvanced tool maintenance, developing tool trainings for makerspace users, and leadingprofessional development programs for inexperienced staff. During their employment, both new staff in PA roles and experienced staff in PS rolesiteratively develop their “professional identity” in different ways. The concept of “professionalidentity” often

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Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Luke Morrison, University of South Florida; Chris S Ferekides, University of South Florida; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University

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its effect on student’s feelings of impostorsyndrome and perceived self-efficacy. Impostor syndrome has been found to occur morefrequently in scientific communities and found more prevalently in marginalized communities.Context: In 2020, USF’s D-EE was awarded the Revolutionizing Engineering Departments(RED) grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ongoing grant supportsorganizational and cultural revolutions to improve the current Research-Teaching-Service modelto a Research-Students-Practice model. Research efforts within the grant include sections onParticipatory Action Research (PAR) in which students within the department could launch theirown research projects into the effectiveness of the changes within the department, such

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Student Division Technical Session 7: Teaching and Learning Practices

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #42097Breaking Barriers in Engineering Teams: Exploring the Experiences of AfricanAmerican Female StudentsMs. Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Isabel recently graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville earning her Bachelor’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering with Honors. She has assisted with several qualitative and mixed-methods research projects centered around diversity and inclusion in engineering. She will begin a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Engineering Education at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Fall 2024.Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno

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Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Skylar Hubbarth, Clemson University; Anna Grace Hunter; Shannon Conner, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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Significance of Scholarship Programs in STEMIntroductionIn this Work-in-Progress paper, we share our ongoing work with an NSF Scholarships in STEM(S-STEM) program related to an iteration of analysis that looked across specific aspects in amore summative manner than our typical analyses during the five years of the project that aremore formative. As the project will soon enter an extension into a sixth year to use existingscholarship funds, we took this opportunity to begin to reflect on overarching goals toward thedevelopment and submission of a new S-STEM proposal to continue this work. The StudentPathways in Engineering and Computing for Transfers (SPECTRA) program in the ClemsonUniversity College of Computing, Engineering

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Tools, Identities, and Personality in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashtyne Klair Monceaux, Louisiana Tech University; Caroline Cresap, Louisiana Tech University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University

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Engineering at Louisiana Tech.Dr. David Hall, Louisiana Tech University David Hall develops and promotes project-based engineering for engineering and engineering technology programs. He believes that projects build intuition and confidence which are important for the successful application of fundamentals and the successful development of technology solutions. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eliot Nathaniel Wachtel, University of California, Santa Cruz; Qingyuan Cao, University of California, Santa Cruz; Matthew Kaltman, University of California, Santa Cruz; Khanh Tran, University of California, Santa Cruz; Miguel Robles Hernandez, University of California, Santa Cruz; Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz

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sense of belonging [5]. This is reflectedlocally in a university-wide survey conducted at our university, where more than 80% of studentsfelt they needed more support from faculty and around 64% felt they needed more opportunitiesto participate in classes [4]. From the authors’ experience, the lack of opportunity for engineeringpractice has a clear and notably negative effect on undergraduate clubs, impacting students’ con-fidence and ability to materially contribute to applied projects and pursue other independent andextracurricular educational opportunities. We found that the time constraints of a third or fourthyear engineering student dissuade them from joining clubs, leaving the majority of new club mem-bers as first or second year. With

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Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katelyn Churakos, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jayden Mitchell, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Paper ID #42562An Autoethnography of the Student Experience Solving an Open-Ended StaticsProblemKatelyn Churakos, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Katelyn Churakos is an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. She is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Law and is expected to graduate in December 2025. After graduation, Katelyn plans to pursue employment in the mechanical engineering field, preferably in project management.Jayden Mitchell, University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkDr. Jessica E S Swenson

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Tools, Identities, and Personality in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Imran Parvez, Texas A&M University at Qatar ; Osama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Marwa AbdelGawad, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

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this multidisciplinary team.Osama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar Osama Desouky is a Technical Laboratory coordinator at Texas A&M University in Qatar. Osama is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station. He is responsible for assisting with experimental method courses, 3D printing, mechanics of materials, material science, senior design projects, and advanced materials classes. Osama’s professional interests include manufacturing technology, materials science, 3D printing, experiments, and product design,Dr. Marwa AbdelGawad, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Dr. Marwa AbdelGawad joined Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) as an

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Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorna Treffert, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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-methods research projects centered around diversity and inclusion in engineering. She will begin a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Engineering Education at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Fall 2024. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-In-Progress: How an Engineering Education Research Team’s Culture Impacts the Undergraduate Research ExperienceIntroductionThe impact of undergraduate research experiences (URE’s) on students' development asresearchers and STEM professionals has been studied since the early 2000s [1]. Students whoparticipate in UREs have reported that such experiences helped them clarify and confirm theircareer choices and

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Industry and Technical Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aakash Alpesh Patel, University of Georgia; Taiwo Raphael Feyijimi, University of Georgia; Sarah Jane Bork, University of Georgia

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leveraging AI to tackle simple and longstanding problems in engineering education. With over a decade of industry experience as a Technology Strategist and Technical Lead, he has established himself as a forward-thinking innovator in AI and EdTech. His expertise spans Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Prompt Engineering Techniques (PETs) with Large Language Models (LLMs). Taiwo is known for his ability to collaborate effectively within and across organizations to meet project goals and drive transformative results. He excels in leading technical teams, offering strategic IT consultations, and implementing solutions that enhance productivity.Dr. Sarah Jane Bork

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Student Division Technical Session 2: Career Development and Employability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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D'andre Jermaine Wilson-Ihejirika P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Paper ID #44217Identifying the Skills and Student Activities that Influence Career Pathwaysfor Black vs. non- Black Engineering GraduatesD’andre Jermaine Wilson-Ihejirika P.Eng., University of Toronto D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto within the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice (ISTEP). Prior to that she worked for many years as an engineer and project manager in the Oil & Gas industry. She is originally from Nassau, Bahamas, and completed her B.Eng in Chemical Engineering at McGill University and her MASc. from the Centre

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Industry and Technical Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruidong Ma, University of Washington; Frank Gao, University of Washington; Renee M. Desing, University of Washington

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training the next generation of mechanical engineers withadvanced skills to excel in interdisciplinary challenges and a competitive job market. This paperwill discuss the course contents and pedagogical approach employed to deliver the new coursesuccessfully. Using backwards design, our goal was to create a student-centered learningenvironment through which students explored complex, interdisciplinary concepts through peerdiscussions and teamwork, resulting in a final project and presentation.Keywords: Course design, multidisciplinary course, mechanical engineering, healthcare,engagementI. Introduction The traditional curriculum structure of mechanical engineering (ME) in the United Statespredominantly focuses on four key subjects

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Motivation and Engagement in Engineering Students

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Autumn Cuellar, Utah State University; Marissa A Tsugawa, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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expression, focuses on how to assess students’knowledge. An example of this is allowing students to choose how to demonstrate theirknowledge, either through a test or a hands-on project. Teachers can integrate UDL principles byusing the tips and tricks provided by the CAST ((Center for Applied Special Technology)website [6].While UDL has mainly been implemented in K-12 contexts [8], non-STEM higher educationinstructors have incorporated UDL into their pedagogical practices and interviewed studentsabout UDL in fields such as the Arts, Education, Humanities, and Business. The implementationof UDL in higher education has been shown to improve students’ learning [5]. Furthermore,students can enhance their understanding of the material by using

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Collaborative Learning in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keating Dinsmore Ms., University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of California, Berkeley; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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findings underscore the entrenched gender stereotypes shaping women's perceptionsin engineering teams, highlighting the need for more inclusive and supportive environments. Byunderstanding these dynamics, we propose actionable steps to improve team experiences forContext of All in Which You Live: How Women Engineering Students Perceive Gender BasedPatterns in Teams ​ 2women in engineering. Future research will explore strategies to empower women to recognizeand counteract marginalizing behaviors, even when isolated within teams. Introduction Team-based or project-based design courses are common in engineering programs

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Resources

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Drinkwater, Duke University; Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Duke University; Rebecca Simmons, Duke University

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Paper ID #38994Why Should You Join? Exploring the Role of Engineering Clubs on theUndergraduate Engineering ExperienceMs. Katherine Drinkwater, Duke University Katie Drinkwater is a recent graduate of Duke University with a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering. She is excited to begin working towards her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in the Fall. Her interest in Engineering Education began through a project where she helped to design a makerspace inside a shipping container. Since then, she has explored design and engineering education through in- dependent projects and extracurricular leadership in SWE

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elyas Masrour

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continuouslygraduates engineers who know how to build amazing projects but have nearly no concept of howthese projects will change the societies they are built within. Thankfully, in recent times, this hasbeen changing. As the power of technology in our modern world has grown to be undeniable, sohas the need to properly design, build, and regulate it. Across the nation, engineering programshave adopted more rigorous forms of engineering ethics education by embedding it in capstonedesign courses, introduction to engineering courses, or even by establishing separate coursesentirely dedicated to ethics in the engineering field [1]. Currently, one of the dominant paradigms for teaching engineering ethics stems fromreal-world case study analysis. In 2018

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryann Renee Hebda, Baylor University; Morgan R Castillo, Baylor University; Tracey Sulak, Baylor University

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engineering education, CBE provides a transition from universityto industry. Many parallels exist between CBE and industry practices, in particular thosesurrounding design-based concepts. In industry, new-product development (NPD) requiresattention to detail at the individual project, business, and systems level to create a successfulproduct launch [2], whereas university engineering design courses tend to focus on the individualproject level. Cooper’s [2] NPD success drivers often reflect the type of skills that are a focus inCBE. For individual new-product projects, overlapping concepts include voice-of-the-customer,pre-work, definition, and iterations. Building in the voice-of-the-customer may involve marketresearch for businesses, whereas

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Engineering Education Methods and Reflections

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jad El Harake, Vanderbilt University; gina yu, Vanderbilt University; Kaden Jorge Tro; Jonathan Ehrman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

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Survey DesignStudents in the SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Research Program completed self-evaluationsurveys and received mentor feedback at the halfway point and at the end of every term(Summer, Fall, and Spring). This study focuses solely on end-of-summer self-evaluations andfeedback, as students worked full-time during the summer, and this time point allowed them toreflect on the entire experience. The survey defines the scoring criteria as shown in Table 1 andpresents the same criteria to students and mentors to improve the validity of comparison betweenstudent and mentor responses. Students are asked to reflect on several aspects of their researchperformance (including project progress, accountability, independence, etc…) Table 2 lists

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Engineering Education Methods and Reflections

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qiuxing Chen, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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thoroughreviews of the literature; in which two are most recognized: systematic and scoping literaturereviews. These two methods are particularly useful forms of reviewing what is already writtenand known about the topic, identifying research gaps, and in some cases, and analyzing existingliterature. Scoping Reviews and Systematic Literature Reviews are similar and different in theirown ways. For example, a scoping review may be utilized for understanding the “breadth” of aresearch topic, but a systematic literature review may be utilized for understanding the “depth”and appraise the literature of a topic [1]. Both of these literature reviews are helpful for noviceresearchers when they are beginning a project or want to explore the potential of a

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Industry and Technical Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liliana Elizabeth Tarud, Auburn University; Joan Tisdale, University of Colorado Boulder

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needs. A possible deliverable could involve the calculations and writtenrecommendations. This project relates to ASCE BoK learning outcome: ‘Apply conceptsand principles of solid and/or fluid mechanics to solve civil engineering problems’. Forhigh level students, a possible expansion on this project could be to design additivesupport measures to meet the predicted loads, with a deliverable of the design withsupporting calculations of the new design’s carrying capacity. The expansion relates toASCE BoK learning outcome: ‘Select appropriate concepts and principles of solid and/orfluid mechanics to solve civil engineering problems’. And this project aligns with FECivil Exam topic: ‘Structural Engineering’ and specifically ‘Design of

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Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Julie P Martin, University of Georgia

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broadly.Rachel: When I joined Ohio State, someone said, “embrace the power of the Block O” (OSU’slogo) That’s why I chose to keep my site with the university. This also means it is easily linkedand protected within the university’s systems. Additionally, most of my students have used theplatform for other projects. Some have used it personally, some in class, and others as teachingassistants. This allows the group to easily share ownership and update content on the site as thereis no learning curve for using in just my research group’s context. There is also institutionalsupport for the platform if we run into any issues, so I do not need to hire web developers or payadditional costs for maintenance. I can update it myself and seek support within my