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Full Papers II

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware; Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University

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FYEE 2025

she has chaired. Her current research includes investigating how K-5 students plan, fail, and productively persist, and how simulated classroom environments can be used to help pre-service and in-service teachers practice facilitating discussions in science and engineering. FYEE 2025 Conference: University of Maryland - College Park, Maryland Jul 27 Full Paper: Characterizing Conflicts in Student Design Teams in an Introductory Engineering CourseBackgroundStudents in undergraduate engineering programs often experience their first college-level team-based design project as a summative assessment in an introductory engineering course. Asnovice collaborators, first-year students frequently face

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Track 5: Technical Session 3: Utilizing Campus Engagement for the Development of an ADVANCE Faculty Leadership Initiative

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Lisa A Kunza, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Brooke Lamonte Long-Fox, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Lance A Roberts P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

emotionalintelligence, have been utilized to influence the development of a leadership initiative toempower faculty to enact positive change. To address identified leadership gaps, the ADVANCEFaculty Leadership Initiative was established to empower faculty to enact positive change.Program goals include defining campus leadership roles, building essential skills, leveragingindividual strengths, navigating implementation challenges, and fostering communityengagement through action-learning projects. The inaugural cohort consists of 21 faculty from 10departments and seven academic ranks (Full Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor,Professor of Practice, Instructor, Senior Lecturer, and Research Scientist). The group includeseight gender minorities

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ENT-8: Mentorship, Creativity, and Ethics in Academic Entrepreneurship

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne K DeChant, Penn State University Hershey College of Medicine; Erika Swift, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Alyson Grace Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Mark Daniel Pacey, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

for translational research development, strategic planning, and implementation of major projects. Ms DeChant is a dynamic leader with 20+ years of experience in higher education, and earned her MBA at Case Western Reserve University, her MS in Cell Biology at Cleveland State University, and her BS at Ohio State University.Prof. Erika Swift, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Erika Swift is a Professor of Practice and Center for Medical Innovation Director at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Before joining Penn State University in 2015, she worked in various industry sectors, including medical devices, dental equipment, and consumer goods. She has over 25 years of experience

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International Division (INTL): Cultivating Global Competencies

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shazib Z Vijlee, University of Portland

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

engineering and society. In parallel, I want to help my studentsprepare for a globalized world and to start with a mindset that it isn’t necessarily good or bad; itjust is. Since it exists, what can we do with it? This project uses globalization as a tool in theengineering classroom to help engineering students concretize globalization by exploring itsinertia, its pros and cons, and how to prepare to be an engineer in a globalized world.University of Portland (UP) is a primarily undergraduate and comprehensive institution with fourschools (engineering, business, education, and nursing) and one college (sciences, socialsciences, and humanities). The academic experience combines a liberal arts core curriculum, theCatholic Intellectual Tradition, and

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Engagement in Practice: Bridging Engineering Education and Community Impact through Collaborative Design and Construction

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Njoki Kimani, Tumaini Innovation Center ; Mary Wambui Muigai BSc. (Information Technology) – Ongoing, Tumaini Innovation Center; Claudia Chebet Chemweno, Tumaini Innovation Center; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

skills in solving community challenges using the innovative tablet-based Engineering curriculum that has resulted in numerous projects, one being on designing a solar alert security system for low and middle income earners. Driven by her commitment to children’s right and community development, Sally hopes to have a model for rehabilitation for street youth and families that equips them with livelihoods skills and restores the dignity of the youths to become acceptable members of the society.Sally holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Moi University, Eldoret, focusing on system developments and models for the economy.Sally is a YALI RLC East Africa fellow and in 2022 was selected by Theirworld as a Global Youth

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Patten, Temple University; Avi Kaplan; Ruth Ochia, Temple University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

]. Arguably, transfer of learning to new situations constitutes a core goal of education. Yetdecades of research have demonstrated that transfer of problem-solving strategies rarely happens spontaneously, and ishard to teach [4,13]. In the current project, we propose to address the transfer challenge by focusing on students’ roleidentity and motivation: the complex processes that underlie students’ decision to transfer and enact certain actionslearned in a previous role (e.g., Biodesign student) in a new role (e.g., capstone student).The Motivation to Transfer: The literature on student motivation includes numerous theories and multiple concepts thatdiffer in their emphasis on and interplay of different personal characteristics (e.g., grit, growth

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacey Forsyth, University of Colorado Boulder; Tim Ogino, University of Colorado Boulder; Jessica Sickler, J. Sickler Consulting; Angelina Ong

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

outreach programs. She also serves as Co-PI of the NSF ITEST-funded Build a Better Book Teen Internships project, which engages youth from underrepresented backgrounds in the design and fabrication of accessible books, toys and games for children with visual impairments. Stacey is passionate about inspiring and supporting kids and teens to ask questions and find creative solutions for real world problems, and in diversifying the future STEM workforce by expanding opportunities for youth to explore STEM fields. Prior to joining CU Boulder, Stacey taught biology at a small liberal arts college in New Hampshire and led science outreach efforts at the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute. She received her Ph.D. in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xinyu Zhang, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Lynnette Michaluk, West Virginia University; N’Diya Harris, Wright State University; Ansley Lynn Shamblin, West Virginia University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #47614BOARD # 430: Progress of an NSF BCSER Grant: Effective Strategies toRecruit Underserved Students to Engineering Bridge and Success ProgramsDr. Xinyu Zhang, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Xinyu Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Environmental and Ecological Engineering (EEE) at Purdue University’s College of Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a North Carolina-licensed Professional Engineer, and currently leads an NSF project on recruitment strategies for engineering bridge and success programs. Her

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Construction Engineering Division: Best of Construction

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tejal Mulay, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Doreen Kobelo Regalado, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Mohamed Khalafalla, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering at Florida A&M University’s School of Architecture and Engineering Technology. His research expertise includes risk analysis, cost estimating, and concrete materials research. Dr. Khalafalla has contributed extensively to projects sponsored by the Department of Energy and the Tennessee Department of Transportation, conducting studies in sustainability, risk analysis, cost estimation, and concrete performance. He also has significant expertise in STEM education and research, particularly in innovative teaching methodologies and curriculum development aimed at enhancing student engagement in STEM fields. Dr. Khalafalla has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 11

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Yargo Teixeira Gomes de Melo, York College of Pennsylvania

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

traditional role of teaching and administering a modest graduate research program. At Trine University, a small private school in Angola, Indiana, he focused on undergraduate education while teaching ten different courses ranging from introductory freshman courses to senior capstone. Scott also served as an advisor to many different undergraduate research projects. He then moved on to Michigan State University and took a position as a teaching specialist concentrating on undergraduate classroom instruction. Scott finally settled at York College of Pennsylvania. He has been at York College for over ten years and feels as if he has found a place where the focus on teaching and students aligns well with his background and

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Faculty Development at Various Career Stages

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Matthew Voigt, Michigan State University; Karen A High, Clemson University; Kelly Lazar, Clemson University; Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; Katreena Thomas, Clemson University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

University.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the past editor of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects include studies of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their development of problem-solving skills, self-regulated learning practices, and epistemic beliefs. Other projects in the Benson group involve students’ navigational capital, and researchers’ schema development through the peer review process. Dr. Benson is an American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE

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DSAI Technical Session 5: Educational Technology and Innovative Tools

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University; Lukas Allen Bostick, Clemson University; Ibrahim Demir, The University of Iowa; Bijaya Adhikari; Krishna Panthi, Clemson University; Vidya Samadi, Clemson University; Mostafa Saberian, Clemson University; Carlos Erazo Ramirez, The University of Iowa

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Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee

, spearheading innovation in sustainable waterpractices, and broadening the adoption of computational methods across the field. The programseeks to cultivate a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists equipped to addresswater-related challenges by targeting graduate and undergraduate students, early careerresearchers, and faculty. The capstone projects encourage participants to apply data science toolsand concepts to real-world water science problems. This format fosters collaborative learning,enabling participants to leverage their diverse expertise while working under realistic constraints.In this work-in-progress paper, we share an iteration of a longer design-based study as we assessthe first year of the WaterSoftHack program to understand its

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Muhammad Asghar P.E., University of Cincinnati; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Jeremy Michael Olivar Hill, University of Cincinnati; Jeff Kastner, University of Cincinnati; Teri J Murphy, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

is an R1 institution that annually enrolls approximately 1200 FYEstudents; our dean has articulated a target of 2,000 FYE students per year by 2030. All FYEstudents are required to take a two-course sequence, Foundations of Engineering Design Thinking1 and 2. Course learning outcomes focus on introducing students to engineering, developing anengineering way of thinking, and preparing students for subsequent engineering courses and workexperiences. Specific topics include engineering design thinking, algorithmic thinking, spatialthinking, problem-solving, and disciplinary engineering principles. The courses include a majordesign project each semester. In addition, instruction in a number of “modern tools” is part of thecourse structure

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WIP Poster Session: Emerging Research and Practices in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park; Hamza Shaikh, University of Maryland College Park; Jennifer Kouo, The Johns Hopkins University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

, University of Maryland College ParkDr. Jennifer Kouo, The Johns Hopkins University Dr. Jennifer Kouo is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Technology in Education (CTE) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Jennifer’s areas of expertise include Universal Design for Learning, technology integration, assistive technologies, and serving students with a range of disabilities, particularly autism spectrum disorder. She is currently engaged in multiple research projects that involve transdisciplinary collaborations in the field of engineering, medicine, and technology, as well as research on teacher preparation and the conducting of evidence-based practices in multiple contexts. Jennifer’s

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda R. Musser, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

-inch x 6-inch microfiche, however, insupport of the work of the TRAIL project, we switched our focus to the smaller formats onmicrofiche and microopaque. At the start of the project, we cataloged each individual title in the standard fashion –checking OCLC for existing records and creating descriptive metadata manually if not found. Itquickly became apparent that OCLC had few records for these items and the majority wouldrequire individual, i.e., original cataloging. Even moving quickly, it would take decades tocomplete the project in this manner so we explored ways to automate parts of the process.Several combinations of programs were employed, each adding a level of efficiency to theprocess of cataloging these reports. The programs

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Scott Downey, Ohio Northern University; Anthony Middleton; Jared Timmerman, Ohio Northern University; Teagan Hendricks, Ohio Northern University; Aiden Tallet, Ohio Northern University

Paper ID #49569Office Message BoardMr. Brian Scott Downey, Ohio Northern UniversityAnthony MiddletonJared Timmerman, Ohio Northern UniversityTeagan Hendricks, Ohio Northern UniversityAiden Tallet, Ohio Northern University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025The Office Message Board Design and ImplementationAbstract This project aims to provide faculty at ONU with an efficient tool to communicatechanges in availability to students. Changes in availability can cause confusion between studentsand faculty. Our design will provide students with up-to-date information on their professors'whereabouts, letting them know when

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University

engineering work, indicating that they had some initial level ofknowledge of the professor’s experience. As the university in question is relatively small, it islikely that they had heard some background on the professor from friends who had previously hadthem.In the category of Questions about professor’s current teaching career, students were mostinterested in the professor’s motivation to teach, favorite courses taught, and why they had chosen Table 2: Example Questions for Each Category Category Example Questions about professor’s I would learn more about what your controls engineering past industry experiences work looked like on a day-to-day or project basis Questions about professor’s

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Steven Bercik; Mehmet Furkan Baylan; Ansa Brew-Smith; Don Heiman; Bala Maheswaran; Haridas Kumarakuru

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Learning Through Logic: An Educational Digital Guessing Game with LED FeedbackSteven Bercik1, Mehmet Furkan Baylan1, Ansa Brew-Smith1, Don Heiman1, Bala Maheswaran2, Haridas Kumarakuru1 1 Department of Physics, 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 USA Abstract—This project introduces a digital guessing game, engaging, and fun, fostering an overall deeper understandingwhere player-1, the guesser, attempts to deduce a correct and appreciation of

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PCEE Instructional Showcases

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg J Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Deana Lucas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Tori Constantine, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Yubin Lee, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Tamara J Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Anne DeLion, Purdue Engineering Education; Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Rick Hill, University of Detroit Mercy

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

units engage students with real-world applications ofmicroelectronics through hands-on design projects, exposing them to, and preparing them for, futureopportunities in the semiconductor industry. Two of these units are presented in the following sections.What’s in the Box (Middle School Unit): In collaboration with Figure 1. Microelectronics Escape Rooma local “fictitious” escape room and a new microelectronics Boxpackaging company, this unit engages students in designing afour-level “escape room box or breakout box” (see Figure 1) thatdemystifies the inner workings of microchips (aka integratedcircuits). Students work in teams to create puzzles that exploremicroelectronics basics, coding, digital logic, and testing

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Continuing, Professional, and Online Education Division (CPOED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University

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Continuing, Professional, and Online Education Division (CPOED)

survey was conducted under an IRB that canvased industriesin the state. The survey sought to identify specific training deficiencies important to industry.They were asked about what micro-credentials they value, and what training gaps they wouldlike to address. From that information a first course was created specifically targeted to theworking population based on partner feedback. The course is online and asynchronous, with aseries of modules that include learning materials such as text, slides, and videos. Since this is afunded project, the course is offered at no cost to the participants. The first course is in projectmanagement, as that subject was seen as one of the most in need of addressing by the partners,with the first cohort currently

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Md B. Sarder, Bowling Green State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

) site, enhancing their knowledge and skills in advancedmanufacturing/robotics at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). The primary objective ofthis project is to play a transformational role in preparing future leaders in advancedmanufacturing by instilling advanced manufacturing/robotics research experience within STEMeducators through six-week summer workshops dedicated to hands-on researchprojects/experiences. In these workshops, participants engaged with highly qualified researchersusing cutting edge robotics technology and augmented by industry access. The research projectsfocused on contemporary advanced manufacturing topics including modern sensors andactuators, advanced robot programming, CNC programming, CAD/CAM, 3D printing, and e

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Manuel Padilla, Michigan Technological University; Michelle E Jarvie-Eggart P.E., Michigan Technological University; Briana C Bettin, Michigan Technological University; Kathryn Laura Hannum, Michigan Technological University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

these Pell-eligible scholars to those ofnon-Pell students. Centering the Husky PAWS S-STEM scholars as experts in their own livedexperience, the Husky PAWS S-STEM program takes a participatory action research (PAR)approach to improving our program. We have included funding for one of the Husky PAWSS-STEM scholars to serve as a PAR co-researcher alongside our project team. At this point, wehave identified our first PAR researcher, who is a co-author on this poster and paper. This paperwill highlight progress, and offer key takeaways of the Husky PAWS S-STEM program throughits first year. Efforts include developing applicant screening materials, summer bridgemetacognition programming, cohort activities to build community throughout the academic

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maya Menon, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Stephanie Adams, Oregon State University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Jeff Knowles, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas - Austin, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India. Dr. Shekhar also holds a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher Award at the University of Michigan; and serves as a PI/Co-PI on multiple projects funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Kern Family Foundation. He

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Isaac Wanasika, University of Northern Colorado

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University (WCU). In addition to teaching in the field of electrical engineering, he coordinates the senior engineering capstone program which is a multidisciplinary, two-semester course sequence with projects sponsored by industrial partners. Within this role, he focuses on industrial outreach and the teaching and assessment of professional skills. Prior to joining WCU in 2018, he spent a decade in industry managing and developing innovative technologies across a broad spectrum of applications: SiC and GaN high voltage transistors for energy-efficient power conversion, radio frequency (RF) surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters for mobile phones, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie Villatoro, New York City College of Technology; Muhammad Ummy, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Environmental Control Technology. The intent of theproject is to implement evidence-based effective practices and assess the impact of these practices,degree attainment, and entry into the U.S. workforce or graduate programs in STEM. Students areprovided faculty mentors and opportunities to engage in cohort building activities that include fieldtrips, research, workforce internships, and networking sessions. The project began in 2022 and hassuccessfully recruited four cohorts of students within the programs first two years serving a uniquecohort of 72 students to date, 30 of which have graduated.Keywordsmentoring, high-impact practices, cohort-building, retentionIntroductionNew York City has one of the most vibrant ecosystems for new startup fields and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, PLR Consulting; Monica Stephens, Spelman College; Kathaleena Edward Monds, Albany State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of higher 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

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yu-Fang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jianwei Niu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

]. These factors are inherently integrated into the activities offered throughREU programs. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the impact of REU training experiences onparticipants' STEM identities and their subsequent career paths.MethodsA total of 38 undergraduate students were recruited and trained in robotics for 10 weeks with thesupport of an NSF REU site at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) during 2021-2024. REU activities were organized to provide technical and soft skills for REU participants'career development and to enhance their belongings at the REU site and professional societies.Authentic learning experiencesREU project training: Faculty members and graduate research assistants (GRAs) developedshort courses and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald R. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

track) award in September 2020.The primary focus of the RED project is to address program deficiencies through developingcourses to engage students earlier in the curriculum, integrating professional and advancedcomputational (i.e., applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics) skills,and revamping the sequence and structure of the curriculum with an overarching goal to enhancethe sense of belonging to the School, the major, and the profession. In addition, the School, inpartnership with three other programs at Georgia Tech, received a Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) grant from the Kern Family Foundation in March 2021 with theobjective to develop more holistic engineers with entrepreneurial mindset, which

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.B

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Isvik, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Veronica M Catete, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

analysis with a data set of 312 computing-infused lessons created by teachers in aninfusing computing professional development (ICPD) program41 and by high school interns aspart of an educational software design internship42. Of these lessons, 177 were created byteachers and 135 were created by interns. Of these 312 Snap! projects, 230 contained avatar(s)and of that subset, and 131 projects included at least one human avatar. (Note: some projects maynot have any avatars because they only include an instruction page and buttons for running asimulation or playing a memory game, for example). For our analysis, we consider these 131projects and the 207 human avatars within these projects. 44 of these projects contain multipleavatars, while 89 of these

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Construction Engineering Division: AI & Automation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Souhail Elhouar, Bradley University; Phuong Nguyen, South Dakota State University

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

, better accuracy, fewer errors, faster completion ofprojects, and better ergonomics as possible benefits from automation. The challenges that wereidentified through the third question can generally be classified into two categories. Most ofthese challenges are directly related to the nature of the construction industry. These include thedynamic and ever changing environment of construction project sites, preconceptions aboutautomation, concerns about safety, the reluctance in the adoption of new strategies, and thedesign-bid-build method that tends to hinder collaboration. The other challenges have to do withresources and include the availability of adequate budgets for research and development in thefield, the need to allocate more resources at