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ECE-Faculty Perspectives and Curriculum Evolution

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Andrew Greenberg, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

capstone project. Apart from a light teamproject in their freshman introductory class, students in their sophomore and junior yearsgenerally only work with a lab partner. Without the experience working with larger teams,students in capstone often find their projects suffer due to teamwork issues they are unpreparedto deal with. In addition, while some sophomore and junior labs are project-oriented, they tend tobe much better defined and structured than capstone projects. Students go into capstone lackingexperience in defining, documenting, scheduling, reporting and in general managing a largeproject.The second reason is that students need to repeatedly practice complex tasks such as teamwork,project management, and communication. While the first

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ECE-Applications of AI and ChatGPT in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Shivakumar Mathapathi, Northeastern University, Silicon Valley Campus

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Capstone CourseKeywords: Capstone Projects, Electrical Engineering Education, Generative AI in Education,ChatGPT, Entrepreneurship in Engineering, Marketing and Design Requirements, ABET.1. IntroductionIn recent years, many engineering programs have integrated entrepreneurship education into thecapstone experience, blending technical engineering skills with entrepreneurial processes,namely ideation, customer discovery, client validation, and commercial viability [3] Theseprocesses enable students to translate their technical knowledge into economically relevantengineering practice. The objective is to produce graduates who are not only technicallyproficient but also capable of navigating the business landscape, ethically aware, and responsiveto

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Design Cognition and Self-Perception in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caleb Z. Smith, Florida Polytechnic University; Elisabeth Kames Ph.D., Florida Polytechnic University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

. Her research focuses the impact of motivation on performance and persistence in mechanical engineering, design cognition and neurocognition, and manufacturing training in design courses. Elisabeth is an active member of ASEE, ASME, Tau Beta Pi, and Order of the Engineer. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025EVALUATING SELF-EFFICACY IN INTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCESABSTRACTEngineering programs have long recognized the importance of capstone design as a culminatingexperience for students. This course is typically taken toward the end of students' degree plan andallows them to work on an open-ended, real-world project that primarily focuses on innovationwithin

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Teaching Engineering Decision and Process

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fiona C. Zoutendyk, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

. She holds a dual appointment with the Center for Project-Based Learning and the Morgan Teaching and Learning Center. Her PhD is in Educational Leadership ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Integrating Complexity Leadership in Thermal Fluids Capstone Design1. IntroductionStudents in undergraduate engineering programs often face a series of courses that reward themfor procedural knowledge that is presented, memorized, and performed. When first encounteringdesign courses, students are challenged to engage in learning that may be organized infundamentally different ways. This can be liberating for those who prefer to approach newconcepts

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessie Cortez, Texas A&M University; Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1 Writing Assessment Training for Capstone Design InstructorsIntroduction Technical writing is vital for professional engineers, but engineering students oftenstruggle to master written communication [1]. To help students develop the necessary writingskills for their careers, many engineering programs implement writing intensive courses

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Accessibility and Empathy in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zahra Saghafi, University of Guelph; Julie Vale, University of Guelph; Russell Kirkscey, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Howcroft, University of Waterloo

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

qualitative component provided depth and context to the quantitative data.The survey questions and values were developed based on a thorough review of relevantliterature, similar to the approach taken in previous work on this project, including [13], [14].These concepts informed the structure and content of the survey, ensuring alignment with knownchallenges in the field. By addressing gaps identified in prior research, the survey design aimedto capture a nuanced understanding of how values-based learning outcomes are perceived andimplemented in engineering capstone courses.2.2 Data analysisQuantitative data from Likert-scale items [15] were analyzed using descriptive statistics toidentify trends in faculty perceptions of the importance and

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 6

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

(rephrased for ET) was administeredto students as an online survey pre-course and post-course. There were 14 participants. Allstudents were seniors in their final semester of a four-year bachelor’s degree program. The studysought to understand how professional identity status evolved over one semester whileparticipating in targeted professional development activities related to manufacturingorganization and management through a design-focused project. The undergraduate catalog liststhe capstone course as “The study of industrial production systems, including product,manufacturing, and plant engineering through managing a production project.” To achieve thisgoal, students were divided into teams with members with various technical competencies

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Embedding Industry in Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexa Ray Ronsairo Fernando, National University, Philippines

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, competency-based learning, problem-based learning, design education, and outcomes-based education. He is an active participant in global engineering education associations such as ASEE, AAEE and SEFI and served as reviewer in the conferences they host. Locally, he previously served as the Secretary and First Vice President of the Philippine Association of Engineering Schools. Alexa earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degree with specialization in Electronics Engineering from the Technological Institute of the Philippines. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Mapping Complex Engineering Problem-Solving in a Capstone Design Project: Insights into Student Performance and

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

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Mehran Andalibi, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Jonathan M Adams, United States Military Academy

Academy Dr. Jonathan Adams is an Assistant Professor at The United States Military Academy at Westpoint where he assists in the direction of the writing program. Dr. Adams specializes in rhetorical theories of persuasion, especially as they relate to the fields of engineering and technical communication. His work in business communication and marketing practices in engineering has been used internally by multiple U.S. Universities and he is an active participant in ASEE’s push for the integration of writing and rhetoric with engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Bridging Abstract Mathematics and Practical Engineering Design:A Pre-Capstone Project to Enhance

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Rebekah L Martin, Virginia Military Institute; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute; Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Tanjina Afrin, Virginia Military Institute

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Professional Papers

Capstone Projects in Virginia Civil Engineering Programs: A Comprehensive Review of Practices and an Assessment of Virginia Military Institute’s OutcomesAbstractCapstone projects serve as a vital bridge between academic theory and real-world application,equipping students with the skills necessary for professional success. Each university implementscapstone projects in Civil Engineering (CE) using different styles, types of projects, and lengthsof their capstone course. A survey of CE programs in Virginia was performed to gather infor-mation on Capstone courses. In addition to comparing CE programs across Virginia, this paperexamines the capstone course at Virginia Military Institute (VMI), an institution that blends

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Embedding Industry in Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virgilio Ernesto Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso; Pilar Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso; Rodrigo Romero, University of Texas at El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas at El Paso

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #46593Successful Engineering Capstone Design Projects based on a collaborationbetween the US Army and an Electrical Engineering program with a focuson CybersecurityDr. Virgilio Ernesto Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso Virgilio Gonzalez, Associate Chair and Professor of Practice at the ECE department at The University of Texas at El Paso, and started his first appointment at UTEP in 2001. He focuses his research on communication technologies. He received the UT System Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award and is actively engaged in K-12 Engineering outreach.Pilar Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 2.C

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud K Quweider, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Liyu Zhang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Jorge Castillo, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Ala Qubbaj, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Valley (UTRGV) ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 The Weaving of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence into the Fabric of Cybersecurity Curriculum: From Degree Plans to Capstone ProjectsAbstractAs our newly designed degree in Cybersecurity enters its fourth year, students in the program arestarting to take courses beyond the basic ones, including senior courses, technical electives, andcapstone projects. While Cybersecurity is at the heart of our degree that addresses the nationalneed for cybersecurity specialists, how we approach the education and pedagogy of cybersecurityin the era of Big Data and AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) is a question that weare addressing

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Graduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mandana Ashouripashaki, The Ohio State University; Kristina Kennedy, The Ohio State University; Paul A. Reeder, The Ohio State University

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

Paper ID #45691WIP: Implementing Backward Design Approach in Integrated Business andEngineering Capstone Project: A NASA Tech Transfer Case StudyMs. Mandana Ashouripashaki, The Ohio State University Mandana Ashouripashaki is a PhD student in Engineering Education at The Ohio State University and also serves as the Associate Director of Licensing and Business Development at OSU’s Innovation and Commercialization Office. Her responsibilities encompass strategic outreach, key account management, advancing deal quality and velocity, as well as overseeing entrepreneurial training and initiatives. Before her tenure at Ohio

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Best in DEED

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Eller, Duke University; Megan Madonna, Duke University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

implementation of a senior capstone course at Duke University, apredominantly white, private university in the southern United States. The course integratesprinciples of human-centered design (HCD), project-based learning (PjBL), and anti-oppressivepedagogy (AOP) to foster students' critical understanding of their roles as engineers addressingglobal and local health challenges. Through community-based projects, the course emphasizesethical responsibility, cultural humility, and sustainable design practices, encouraging students toshift from designing for communities to designing with them. Through student reflections andevaluations, this work in progress model for design shows initial trends towards a shift in thestudents’ perspectives on biomedical

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 6.C

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aimee Allard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

developing proofs-of-concept and prototypes for sponsors in the tech, education, and non-profit sectors, but the course itself is an innovative model of multidisciplinary pedagogy, with instructors from CS and Writing backgrounds working together to teach and mentor soon-to-be NC State graduates. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Survey of Task Planning: Pre- and Post-Assessment of a Project Management Activity in the Computer Science Senior CapstoneAbstract: Task planning is a foundational project management activity in North Carolina StateUniversity’s Computer Science (CS) senior capstone wherein student teams collaborativelyoutline

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Design Cognition and Self-Perception in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Hart, University of Texas at Dallas; Todd W Polk, University of Texas at Dallas

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #47517A Structured Approach to Improving Safety in Capstone CoursesDr. Robert Hart, University of Texas at Dallas Robert Hart is a Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes resource sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. Upon joining UTD in 2012, he developed the capstone design course sequence in the newly formed mechanical engineering

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Embedding Industry in Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Esther Horenstein, University of Denver; Daniel D Auger, University of Denver

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Johnson where he worked for over 28 years both in the USA and the United Kingdom. Throughout his career Dan has architected multigenerational product platforms, lead projects, built strategy and delivered multiple medical device innovations from research and concept through to the market. He is an inventor with 30+ patents and an author on some 50+ publications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 How can we instill a post-academic mindset in capstone design?Introduction and BackgroundAt the culmination of their undergraduate studies, engineering students participate in a capstonedesign experience that requires them to synthesize

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Team-Based and Experiential Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Chinwe Tait, Kettering University; Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Mehrdad Zadeh

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Johns Hopkins University, Laboratory for Computational Se ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Integration of Capstone Class and Student Competition Design TeamsAbstractMany student competition design teams, such as SAE Collegiate Design Series teams, ASMEdesign project teams, and others, feature interesting and challenging projects. These projects areoften open-ended and require use of material from multiple engineering classes and disciplines,which suit them in many ways for capstone projects in senior design classes. In this paper, a teamof faculty who have been involved with student competition design teams and have taughtcapstone classes analyze the student experiences with capstones and

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Design Cognition and Self-Perception in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Li, University of Calgary; Poornima Jayasinghe, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, the research ofdesign cognition offers observational studies and develops models to describe human-centereddesign processes. Common topics of design cognition include design fixation [1-7], problem-solution co-evolution [8-11], and design metacognition [12].As a capstone course instructor, the results of design cognition are interesting because they canexplain why students think or behave in certain ways in capstone projects. For example, thephenomenon of problem-solution co-evolution tells us that it is common for designers to usetentative design solutions to improve their understanding of design problems. With this idea, wemay not insist on having a “perfect” problem statement from a design team before they can startproposing design

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First-Year and Experiential Learning for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline JoAnna Szoo, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

trends in the relationship between self-efficacy and course grades”reflected by a gender gap in physics that is not improved by the fourth year of engineeringstudies [8]. These trends have been shown to be consistent across different performance contexts(e.g., a lab setting, test-taking, working on projects, etc.) [9]. However, most research describingtrends in self-efficacy focuses on improving retention early in undergraduate studies (e.g., first-and second-year), and these studies typically assess core courses rather than upper-levelproject-based learning courses, so little is known about the impact of self-efficacy in seniorengineering capstone courses. A comparison of creative self-efficacy, mindset, and studentperceptions reveals that

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Oman, Oregon State University; Joseph Piacenza, Oregon State University; Elliott Chimienti

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

aquaculture, renewable energy (e.g., offshore wave, vehicle energy harvesting), and automotive design. I advise the OSU Global Formula Racing and SAE Baja Beaver Racing teams, in addition to leading hands-on and transdisciplinary student design projects via Multidisciplinary Capstone Design.Elliott Chimienti ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Current State of Research in Fully Remote Engineering Capstone PedagogyAbstractPrior to and further necessitated by the COVID pandemic, engineering industry has found utilityin remote partnerships, thus the need for engineers trained in online collaboration methods.Providing an opportunity for experiential learning

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Houston Monroe, Dartmouth College; Jentry Elizabeth Campbell, Dartmouth College

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #46382Experiences of Self-Evaluation for Capstone Engineering Students ProfessionalDevelopmentProf. Emily Houston Monroe, Dartmouth College Emily Monroe, PE is a lecturer at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. She serves as the director of the Cook Engineering Design Center at Dartmouth, which connects industry, government and nonprofit sponsors with Dartmouth Engineering students to collaborate on engineering design projects. Prior to joining Dartmouth, Emily was the lead engineer at Shark Tank-funded baby diaper startup Kudos, and she previously held roles in manufacturing and product

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duncan Davis-Hall, Colorado School of Mines; Carter Moulton, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

these things for your teammates, yourselves, and your classmates too, as we engage with each other’s projects as a learning community.”Overview of InterventionWe evaluated a bioscience-focused engineering capstone design class during the Fall 2024semester. Confidence in various course learning outcomes was measured through a mixedmethods design that consisted of surveys with open responses and five-point Likert scalequestions. Participants’ responses to surveys addressed the hypothesis by providing quantitativeand qualitative data regarding confidence in course content during a semester of ungrading.This ungraded course incorporated self-evaluation and peer evaluation for members in the samedesign team, which grounds the study methodology

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Roth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

-based capstone design project. This two-semester, four course, 11 credit hoursequence includes both engineering and technical communication courses and is co-taught byengineering and communications instructors. Each student invests nearly 500 hours in a team-based project. Each team of six to nine (or more) students completes the design, fabrication andflight testing of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Students document their work through four writtenreports and eight oral presentations (i.e., design reviews and test readiness reviews). While eachteam member has a distinct technical role, all work is completed collaboratively [1], [2].The intensity of the project and its collaborative nature present unique challenges for bothcapstone students and

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shamsnaz Virani Bhada, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

support an engineering conceptdevelopment from cradle to grave. For SE students, that full life cycle planning and designhappens in their capstone course. The Systems Engineering Capstone class is usually taught asthe last course for any Master of Systems Engineering program. Within the class, students pursuea team project where they apply systems engineering methods to a specific problem. They thencreate the final deliverable with a systems engineering management plan. While students receivestrong technical training within this experience, ethical and justice-oriented skillsets andmindsets are lacking if not non-existent. For example, decolonization strategies – the ability tocritically examine systems and power differentials through systems

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Franz Thomas Newland P.Eng., University of Ottawa; Hossam Sadek P.E., York University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

and intensity, stakeholder engagements, funding, grading emphasis, and expecteddesign and project management approaches, amongst others.Having been involved in teaching a variety of capstones over the past decade, the authorspropose a capstone classification in this paper, to make it easier to compare capstone courses.The goal of this classification is to help improve and connect capstones, and make it easier tocompare best practices in different capstone course types. This paper builds upon previous workthat proposed a standardized way to classify capstone courses, by providing some text andcontext behind the classification, with the goal of testing out these capstone classificationdescriptions with conference attendees and other

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Smarter Strategies: Evolving Tools for Engineering Management Excellence

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Devora, University of Georgia; Roger Hilten, University of Georgia; Wayne Johnson, University of Georgia; Gustavo Morán-Soto, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Durango

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Diversity

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Mechanical Engineering. Dr. HIlten is deeply involved in Capstone Design at all levels, from project solicitation to individual student mentoring. Dr. Hilten collaborates with a team of instructors to develop and deliver Capstone course material while gathering data to continually improve the Capstone experience for students, project sponsors, and faculty involved. Administratively, Dr. Hilten works with the Capstone Industry Coordinator to seek out new project sponsors and develop projects to fit the needs of Capstone while also supporting students’ on-the-ground procurement, prototyping, and testing efforts for over 100 Capstone projects. Dr. Hilten acts the Director for the College’s Lab Support Team which manages

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander R. Murphy, Florida Polytechnic University; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University; Jim Dewey, Florida Polytechnic University; Karim Elish, Florida Polytechnic University; ONUR TOKER, Florida Polytechnic University; Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

acceleration, mm-wave radars and communication systems, mm-wave software defined radios, cybersecurity, and attack resilience. He has published more than 100 technical articles and was the PI and co-PI for several funded projects.Prof. Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University Matt Bohm is a Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Florida Polytechnic University, where he also serves as the Director of Industry Engagement and Capstone Projects. Since joining in 2016, he has developed the capstone program into a thriving multidisciplinary and industry-connected experience. His research focuses on engineering design, design repositories, and automatic concept generation, with an emphasis on improving design

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jin Woo Lee, California State University, Fullerton; Carlos Gunera, California State University, Fullerton; Erika A Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

case studies. TheSET was created to aid educators in integrating socially engaged engineering and design contentin their courses, helping students develop these important skills. C-SED offers multiplemodalities for integrating SET content into courses, including asynchronous online modules andin-person facilitated lessons tailored to a particular course focus. Prior research has demonstratedthat the SET modules can support students in adopting recommended practices from eachmodule (Lee et al., 2023, 2024; Loweth et al., 2020).In this study, we investigated how the SET materials were applied by students as they engaged ina real-world engineering project in their capstone course. Data were collected from studentreflections on how SET modules

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Honoring the Legacy of Lisa Bullard: A View of the Present and Future

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

evolving landscape of chemical engineering applications in societyand necessitates a commitment to fostering a culture of sustainability and social responsibilitythat prepares graduates for the complexities of modern engineering challenges.3. Course Structure and ImplementationThe Capstone process design course at Northeastern University is a one semester, 4 credit hour,project-based course where teams design a chemical process for a product or system withconsideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social,environmental, and economic factors. All projects require applications of chemical engineeringcurriculum such as material and energy balances, kinetics, thermodynamics, and mass and heattransport and using