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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Albertus Retnanto, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar; ROMMEL DUAVE YRAC

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©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Crafting Comprehensive Lab Reports: Techniques for Improved Technical Writing and Data Interpretation SkillsAbstractTeaching labs are a vital component of engineering education. They allow students to participatein all stages of experiential learning, beginning with conceptualization and exploration andprogressing to reflection, analysis, and data interpretation. Laboratories promote a variety ofabilities, including communication, knowledge, teamwork, ethics, and information acquisition,and they supplement lecture learning by improving students' understanding of theoretical topics.In addition, the importance of laboratories in engineering education is evident from two of

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College; Brian E Faulkner, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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education intrinsically stems from the case method of approach, rather than from an orderly exploration of a given subject- matter field. Some experience in this “design” function should be carried in an integrated manner through each semester of the last two years and may be begun earlier if practicable [3, p. 81].While the implementation of the Grinter Report may have given too little emphasis to design as Edernotes, the Grinter Report assigns roughly equal time to the three areas of basic math and science,engineering science, and engineering design. The report recommends roughly a quarter of the curriculumfor each category, leaving a quarter of the time for general education, laboratories and other courses.Engineering

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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in theprevious fifty years [12].In its introduction to the report which was published 1918 the Committee wrote “The historyof the origin and development of the (engineering) schools is concisely told, and theconnection between curriculum and changing demands of industrial activities is clearlynarrated”. The Committee would have been satisfied with that as a result but Mann wentmuch further causing the Committee to write that a “significant characteristic of the report isthe general failure to recognise such factors as ‘values and cost’ the importance of teachingtechnical subjects so as to develop character, the necessity for laboratory and industrialtraining throughout the courses, and the use of good English”The Committee were very

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell Gerhardt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College; Brian E Faulkner, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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opportunity to drawon research about epistemic cognition—how people understand and evaluate knowledge—tobetter understand engineering judgment. Using an undergraduate laboratory course as anexample, we demonstrate how this enhanced understanding can improve how we assess anddevelop engineering judgment in students.What is Engineering Judgment?Engineering judgment has emerged as a critical focus in engineering education research [5],particularly following its formal incorporation as a required outcome for engineering graduatesin the 2016-2017 ABET accreditation cycle, which promotes the use of “engineering judgment todraw conclusions” [9, p. 6]. The persistence of this outcome in ABET’s current criteriaunderscores its continued significance in

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milana Hayley Grozic, University of Calgary / The University of British Columbia; Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary

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minded and user-centric technologies. The need for digital wellness education is analogous to teaching propersafety protocols when introducing potentially dangerous power tools. Just as educators prioritizephysical safety in laboratories, instructing students on the responsible use and development ofdigital technologies is imperative.The successful integration of digital wellness in higher education must be both systematic andstudent-centered; grounded in psychology, informed by research, and responsive to the liveddigital experiences of learners.MethodsTo date, our efforts have focused on integrating digital wellness into the core first-yearcurriculum; in this paper, we explore the effectiveness of that integration and make the case

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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Paper ID #45494Study Historical Cases, Learn Today’s Tools, and Prepare for the FutureDr. Jason Yao, East Carolina University Dr. Jianchu (Jason) Yao is a Professor with the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University (ECU), Greenville, North Carolina, USA. He is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Engineering and Technology. He received his Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005, after which he joined ECU as a founding faculty member. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexandra Werth, Cornell University

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Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS) measuresundergraduate students' epistemologies, expectations, and attitudes about experimental physics, with a focus onlaboratory courses [54], [55]. E-CLASS examines how students perceive experimental physics both from theirpersonal perspective and as they believe professional physicists view the field. The survey also addresses howlaboratory practices are valued and experienced in their courses. Developed in response to calls for reform inSTEM laboratory curricula, E-CLASS is designed to provide instructors insights into the alignment ofinstructional practices with the skills and attitudes necessary for scientific research [54], [56], [57].E-CLASS is structured

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Wessel, Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS)

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cleaners had fundamental engineering power management design andimplementation faults (e.g., exposed metal parts, poorly insulated wiring, lack of grounding andsafety features) that literally shocked (electrically) many users. This naturally resulted in a levelof individual and public social distress, which in turn initiated public pressure for safetyimprovement. In response to this, and other alarming public technology product safety concerns,Underwriters Laboratories (UL) an independent agency for product assessment was created. ULprofessional engineers would study a product’s design regarding varied performance qualitieswith specific attention to safety, devised tests, and upon successful assessment, grant the famousUL approval certification

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qixian Zhao, Nanyang Technological University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University

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fleets of autonomous vehicles, the trust that humans and machines place in oneanother becomes a non-negotiable pillar of responsible deployment. Yet most universitycurricula still treat trust as a slogan— “be transparent, be fair”—rather than as anengineerable property revealed through systematic reasoning. This conceptual paperproposes the Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD), the classic example of Game Theory, and its well-studied variants as a compact laboratory for cultivating trust-centred AI literacy across AI-related majors, from computer science and data science to electrical engineering andhuman–computer interaction. Synthesising findings from behavioural game theory, multi-agent reinforcement learning, and human–AI trust research, we (i) construct