Conference Session

Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joey Valle, Purdue University; Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University; Polly Parkinson, Utah State University; Fawn Groves, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

]. Developed within theapplied disciplines of organizational theory and project management, engaged scholarshiprequires researchers to cooperatively interact with practitioner-stakeholders to identify,understand, and improve upon “complex social problems that often exceed our limitedcapabilities [as researchers] to study on our own” [18, p. 37]. Organizational engaged scholarshiphas been likened to design-based research in education, wherein education researchers team upwith a variety of education practitioner-stakeholders to iteratively advance the theory and designof an intervention to a complex educational problem, and is considered useful for researchersseeking to advance both scientific and practical knowledge together [17]; [20].Participants

Collection

2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Trystan S. Goetze

present in the water supplies used to build the structure. And, once they are no longer needed, these structures can naturally biodegrade… [20, p. 477]The class session thus opens with a brief lecture (about five to ten minutes) taking off from thispotential application. There are ethical issues particular to humanitarian engineering which havebeen widely discussed in the professional ethics literature, including value conflicts betweencultures, long-term maintenance of development projects, differences in professional structuresand obligations between countries, political corruption, technology transfer, and so on [21], [22,pp. 169–87]. The lecture summarizes some of these issues to prime students’ thinking.The session then turns

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carroll Suzanne Seron, University of California, Irvine; Erin A. Cech, University of California, San Diego; Susan S. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Rubineau, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

” and values of the profession.20 Through interaction with facultyand peers and experiences inside and outside the classroom, students engage in anticipatoryprofessional behavior as they begin to master professional competencies, gain comfort withuncertainty, identify with valued symbols, enact expected norms, espouse professional truismsand learn to project a confident, capable image to others.10,11,17,18,21Socialization includes, then, assimilating the profession‟s “myths,” or the symbols, norms, andtruisms of engineering. Building on the centrality of scientific method, engineering embodies acommitment to meritocracy: an anchoring point of engineering‟s “folk wisdom” is thatindividuals who work hard and have the appropriate skills in math

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch

ispossible through the proper use of instructional technology. Sound innovative? Sounds new? Notreally, these types of techniques have been used for many years at the United States MilitaryAcademy and probably at most schools at the turn of the century. Hands-on models were oncethe corner stone of every class in mechanics, but many classrooms today are only equipped witha textbook, a chalkboard (if lucky), and a computer projection system. Is this enough? No! Howcan faculty return to a style in today’s classrooms that is more conducive to student-centeredlearning? This paper will present the daily classroom activities in a basic Mechanics course (andother courses as well) that greatly improve the quality of the instruction and student

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lason Watai; Arthur Brodersen; Sean Brophy

Engineering Education"Figure 2. The STAR Legacy CycleB. Significance and relevance of The STAR Legacy Cycle to the engineering practiceIn order for engineering lab courses to be developed following the challenge-based STARLegacy Cycle, it is necessary to relate the cycle to the engineering process. The cycle was firstdeveloped to organize instruction and manage learning activities and resources in a classroomsetting. It has never been implemented in engineering lab course design8. So an objective of thisstudy has been to evaluate the appropriateness of the Cycle in a practical engineering lab course.Analyzing the cycle for significance and relevance to an engineering process revealed that itcoincided with the engineering project development process

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodor Richardson; Jed Lyons

meet the resultant requirements by thesoftware written.It is likely that most educational software undergoes the traditional software life cycle of (i)requirements analysis, (ii) design, (iii) construction, (iv) testing, (v) installation, (vi) operation,(vii) maintenance, and (viii) retirement1. However, it is not always certain that the product istested by and for the correct stakeholders in the educational system. The software herein is anupdate of a product called Math with Montague (MM); it was initially a senior project on recordat Bethany College in West Virginia. The original software was intended for use as skillspractice software based on the West Virginia state standards for mathematics. It enjoyed limitedsuccess when presented at

Conference Session

Track 1: Technical Session 7:Beyond Math Readiness: Understanding Why Some Women Pursue Engineering

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Olivia Ryan, Virginia Tech Engineering Education; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

understand major choice in specific‬ ‭engineering disciplines, but this study will focus on engineering major choice generally.‬‭ igure 1‬F‭Conceptual Model from Main et al.’s study‬‭[40]‬‭.‬‭ ote: This study focuses on the high school life stage from the conceptual model. The figure was‬N‭adapted to highlight this portion of the model.‬‭ ethodology‬M‭Qualitative researchers study things in their natural setting to make meaning of phenomena as‬ ‭people experience them‬‭[41]‬‭. A common type of methodology‬‭in qualitative research are case‬ ‭studies – a case study allows researchers to study a phenomenon in its bounded context‬‭[42]‬‭.‬ ‭This project used a case study to understand the factors influencing women students' pursuit of‬

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda S. Fry, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

how to improve as well as an understanding of how to make animprovement10.Because quality feedback is important, investigating the traits of good feedback is critical. Theaim of this study is to examine how students perceive and respond to feedback received from aGraduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) and their peers. This study is part of a larger project thatfocuses on the feedback that students receive as they iterate through multiple drafts of theirsolutions to MEAs. In addition, this study is part of a greater research endeavor to developpedagogical approaches around feedback on open-ended problem solving that enhancesinstructor and peer feedback and facilitates students learning to interpret and respond to feedback.II. MethodA. SettingThree

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

2200 K). Discuss the results. Also compare the results for the thermal efficiency with that obtained from equation (9.8) of the textbook17and discuss the differences.In addition to the external problems, six pop quizzes, five midterm exams and a comprehensivefinal exam were given during the semester. Two group design projects and one individual openended project were also assigned.Table 3 shows the grade distribution for Thermodynamics-II taught by the same instructor. Inspring 2008 and spring 2009 textbook problems were used for all home work assignments. Inspring 2008 a limited number of students were using solution manual or similar resources incompleting their homework assignments, because a new edition of the textbook was adopted

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Frances Ibes, Saint Catherine University; Yvonne Ng, St. Catherine University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and the University of Minnesota as a mechanical and aerospace engineer, she worked in industry as an automation design engineer and contract programmer. She made computer sci- ence a more appealing topic for her all-women undergraduate student body by presenting this technically valuable course in a project-oriented comprehensive manner. She is currently the director of the Center of Excellence for Women, Science and Technology where she administers the college’s National Science Foundation scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors and fa- cilitates various recruiting, advising and placement activities for STEM majors and minors

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

collaborative learning activities.Simultaneously, there was a change to a collaborative term long research project in the coursefrom individual term long projects. Additionally, all active, in-class exercises were completed inthese same collaborative teams this academic year. No attempt was made to separate the effectsof these two, simultaneous changes. A separate paper3 covers the initial observations fromchanging to the collaborative approach for completion of the research project and a more detailedpaper that includes the outcomes for this academic year is being prepared. No doubt part of thechange in the outcomes described in this paper is due to the increase in the amount andfrequency of collaborative work as outlined in the research literature16

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

qualitativeexploration of the ways the authors addressed the issue of data integration, or mixing. During thequalitative phase we examined the same sample to explore the themes that emerge regarding theissue of integrating the data. The sample chosen for this study included 16 journal articlespublished in seven journals from 2005 to present. Table 1 summarizes how the data werecollected from the sample population for the two major phases of the project. Table 1. Research Design: Questions, Data Collection and AnalysisResearch Phenomenon of Interest Data Collection Data AnalysisQuestion How do current articles Articles were identified based on Elements from each article published

Conference Session

Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Stickel, University of Toronto; Siddarth Hari, University of Toronto; Qin Liu, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

active learning, Page 24.1207.4 4) Gives prompt feedback, and 7) Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.A more thorough discussion of the student-centered theoretical framework behind the invertedclassroom can be found in a recent review paper by J. Bishop and M. Verleger 7.Research Project DescriptionThis paper reports on one of the research questions associated with a two-year study on theinverted classroom approach conducted at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at theUniversity of Toronto, which is a large research-intensive public university. The study comparesthe relative perception and performances of two cohorts, one

Conference Session

CIP Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

-level Other occupationsNote: Fields that respondents in our final sample selected are highlighted.Table 2. Engineering sub-occupation fieldsEngineering practitionersEngineering consultantsEngineering managers, first-lineEngineering managers, mid-levelEngineering research associates and assistantsEngineering teachers and professorsEngineering technologists, technicians, and surveyorsOther engineers or engineering-related technologistsNote: Sub-fields that respondents in our final sample selected are highlighted.We combined first-line and mid-level engineering managers into a single group called“managers”. First-line engineering managers typically supervise engineering teams and projects,whereas the NSF describes mid-level

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Don Ploger, Florida Atlantic University; Agnes Nemeth, Florida Atlantic University; Steven Alan Hecht Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

robotics and alternative assessment strategies in their classroom5, 6.II.C. Background: The journey towards our previous projects started when we came to knowthat a local school had a robotics club, but no robots. The students, both boys and girls, met oncea week to discuss, but could make no headway on how to finance their club. Purchase, operation,and maintenance of commercially available robots13, 14 were beyond their means and capability.We wanted a simple low cost solution that they could easily comprehend and build upon. To thisend, we offered a course to engineering undergraduate students in the fall of 2011. The resultwas a blueprint (for both hardware and software) for building a low cost robot4. We havepublished the details elsewhere15

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

. Depew served as Dean of the College of Applied Sciences at Western Carolina University from 1999- 2002. During his days in the classroom, Dr. Depew won or was nominated for numerous teaching awards, including the James G. Dwyer Award presented to the Outstanding Teacher in the College of Technology. He has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator for over $2 million dollars in external grants to support academic programs and applied research projects in his department and college and serves as a reviewer for programs funded by the National Science Foundation. He is the author of more than 60 technical publications and papers and has served as a technical consultant for Fortune 500 companies on

Conference Session

Best of Computer in Education Division

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatem M Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Riham M Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Corp. Jeanne Peters is the vice president of Advanced Science and Automation Corp. Peters received a B.A. in Math/Computer Science from the College of William and Mary. She worked at NASA Langley Re- search Center in Hampton, Va. for over 20 years as a senior programmer/analyst for George Washington University, University of Virginia, and Old Dominion University. She co-authored over 70 journal and conference papers in the areas of: computational mechanics, finite element method, shells/plates, compos- ite material panels, and tires. She has also worked on numerous projects to create advanced engineering design and learning environments for space systems which include multimodal user interfaces. Peters directs

Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise M Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Elizabeth Burpee; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

) for one class (n=9) and Page 23.1369.5between 2.6 and 3.9 for another class (n=13). Problem areas are shown to vary depending on thegroup, but for both classes as a whole, the lowest mean score occurred for the basic literacy issueindicating the writing’s “closing synthesizes the elements, supports the main idea and finalizesthe paper”.Additional conference papers include Rhoulac and Crenshaw’s 2006 study[15] of 15 technicalreports written by seniors in civil engineering at Howard University, as well as Poltavtchenkoand Tingerthal’s 2011 study[16] of 9 group project reports written by construction managementstudents at a public middle-sized

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

, professional Page 13.917.15ethics would no longer describe the avoidance of evil, but the pursuit of the noble,excellent and good. We should explore beauty as an ethical duty, and virtue as the pursuitof beauty in our products and the effect they have on people. Hence, we might then notonly proscribe the unsafe and environmentally reckless, but also disdain the tawdry, dirty,ugly, or maliciously destructive. If Christians going into our fields were imbued with thissense of an engineer’s calling, it might shape their career choices and projects to whichthey devote their lives. If Christian scholars sought to further develop this understandingof

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: Professional Development for Graduate Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Elisabeth Gehr, Purdue University; Emily Garcia, Purdue University; Suzanne Swaine, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Stephen McBride, Purdue University; Joseph Vincent Rispoli, Purdue University; Christopher Greg Brinton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

they had withtheir primary advisor, many students did not know about existing resources on campus. Inaddition, no data had been collected about faculty perspectives on mentoring their graduatestudents. As a result, the fellows identified three projects to tackle during the 2022 calendar year:creating an engineering-specific individual development plan, surveying faculty members aboutmentorship, and educating students about healthy and toxic mentorship.Literature ReviewThe most influential factor on a graduate student’s doctoral experience is their primary researchadvisor [1] – [4], yet most institutions lack formal guidelines for the structure of this relationship.Identifying a mentor should be a major priority for graduate students early in

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan H Bean, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Michelle Friend, University of Nebraska - Omaha; Friday Emmanuel James, Kansas State University; David S. Allen, Kansas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

’ perception 2.09±0.03 2.05±0.04 2.06±0.04To address the availability of computing-interested peers, we used two four-point Likert scalequestions from the second follow-up survey conducted in High School Longitudinal Surveyof 2009 project. The first of these (S4TPERSON1) asks the student’s agreement with thestatement “You see yourself as someone who is good at solving problems using computers.”The second (S4TPERSON2) asks the students’ agreement with the statement “Others see youas someone who is good at solving problems using computers.” The mean reported valuesfor these questions appear in Table 3. We found the reported values inconclusive, bothdue to the lack of variance, and also due to the open-ended interpretation of what

Conference Session

Student Services & Supports

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maya Denton, The University of Oklahoma; Dominique Pittenger

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

challenge in that recruiters expected himto know a certain software (Revit) when he was interviewing for structural positions.Participants also discussed the stress of balancing their current courseload while managing jobapplications and interviews. Tiffany limited the number of applications that she submittedbecause she placed a higher priority on managing the projects in classes during her last semester.Luis experienced profound stress, describing: “But trying to manage school and job applications,I was super stressed out. It was not easy. I was concerned about a lot of things.” He began toreceive lower grades due to the focus on finding a job. His dad provided emotional support andguidance during this time, reminding him to focus on his classes

Conference Session

Understanding Concealable Stigmatized Identities (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 10)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole Thompson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Adrian Nat Gentry, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Julie P Martin, University of Georgia; Fio Bahr, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

participants’work and employment as they wanted to have a representative sample across academia, sincemany of our recruitment settings were academia focused. In total, the study had 125 participantsindicating interest in the project, ranging from undergraduates to mid-career industry and facultyindividuals.The study utilized Lin’s social network theory of social capital (2002) as a guiding frameworkfor developing the interview protocol and analyzing the data. The interview protocol used asocial capital name generator—that is, a method of prompting participants to think of a personwho supports them and then share information about their relationship and the supports—toexplore nonbinary graduate students’ social networks and their access to various types

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Broadening Methodological Impacts

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunmeng Han, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Siqing Wei, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #48600Exploring Threshold Concepts in Interdisciplinary Engineering Education:A Delphi Study in Cyber-Physical SystemsYunmeng Han, University of Cincinnati Yunmeng Han is a PhD student in Engineering Education at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University and serves as a reviewer for prominent engineering education conferences, including ASEE 2025. Yunmeng has been actively involved in NSF-funded research projects and is experienced in applying both quantitative and mixed-method research designs.Dr. David Reeping, University of Cincinnati Dr. David

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Broad Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, PLR Consulting, Inc.; Joshua Fletcher Robinson, Georgia State University; Pamela Scott-Johnson, Spelman College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

education experience which includes STEM academic and student success/support programming, strategic planning, data analytics, and program evaluation. As a PI, she has garnered funds in excess of $3 million dollars from both NIH and NSF for broadening participation in STEM Undergraduate Education and as an Evaluator has worked on large projects with NSF (Big Data, BioGraph), Google CS-ER, and DOD STEM Student Success. Her distinguished record of STEM programmatic success (at HBCUs and PWIs) is well documented in publications and presentations. Dr. Leggett-Robinson’s latest publications, ”Demystifying Promotion & Tenure: A resource for Black Women” and ”Overcoming Barriers for Women of Color in STEM” are resources

Conference Session

CANCELLED: Track 2: Technical Session 6: Exploring Gender Dynamics in Intercultural Competence Development through a Study Abroad Program

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Vidya Reddy Madana, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

. Her expertise extends to facilitating workshops and training sessions, catering to the needs of both staff and students within Purdue University.Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Sakhi Aggrawal is a Graduate Research Fellow in Computer and Information Technology department at Purdue University. She completed her master’s degree in Business Analytics from Imperial College London and bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Technology and Organizational Leadership from Purdue University. She worked in industry for several years with her latest jobs being as project manager at Google and Microsoft. Her current research focuses on integrating project management processes in undergraduate

Conference Session

Track 2: Technical Session 4: Research- and Practice-Informed Insights for Recognizing Rurality in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Malle R Schilling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

was focused on an interorganizational what we even mean by rural, what some issues are, and why we should carepartnership between middle schools and industry in Southwest, Appalachian about it, followed by findings that are really framing the purpose of ourVirginia. The goals of this project were around providing middle school students presentation today.with hands-on experiences with engineering in a way that was locally relevant –meaning the activities they engaged in had some important context that studentscould see in their daily lives and the connections with industry partners whowere in the classrooms with students demonstrated these connections further.These efforts have continued as a part of Jake’s

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 1: Critical Reflections on Teaching and Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Howcroft, University of Waterloo; Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Julie Vale, University of Guelph; D'andre Jermaine Wilson-Ihejirika P.Eng., University of Toronto; Stephen Mattucci, University of Guelph

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

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 for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship (CMTE) at the University of Toronto. She also currently sits as the President of the Board for BrainSTEM Alliance and is the Executive Director of Work Integrated Learning at the Calgary Economic Development.Stephen Mattucci, University of Guelph Mattucci was raised in the traditional territories of the of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, Anishinaabek and Haudenosaunee Peoples

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division (MFG) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Israa Azzam, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Khalid Bello, University of Louisville; Farid Breidi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University – West Lafayette; Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

assets critical for MR applications. Figure 1. Diagram illustrating the basic software/hardware integration for the MR-shared environment setup.Thus, to incorporate and utilize Photon Cloud and Microsoft Azure services for a robust MR-shared environment, the following steps are implemented. First, the Photon Unity Networking(PUN) package is installed and integrated into the Unity project through the Unity Package 4 2025 ASEE Annual ConferenceManager. Installing the PUN package enables the configuration of Photon Cloud services toestablish a room-based architecture, allowing

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 13: Equity in Action - Identity, Mentorship, and Inclusion

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; William Taylor Schupbach, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman; Michael S. Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

mentor,reduces stress and anxiety, enhances participation and engagement in the academic community,and adds value to student outcomes. Similar outcomes are discussed in [12] and [13]. While ourwork generally focuses on the short term benefits that being mentored and being a mentor canhave on engineering students during their first and second year in College, another studyindicated that being a mentor can have long lasting objective and subjective career benefits [14].Experimental Methods/Materials/Project ApproachThe primary goal of the layered mentorship program is to improve success rates for first-yearstudents, while also recognizing the benefits that second-year student mentors gain from theirleadership roles. To understand the efficacy of