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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Mohamed Elwakil; Tooran Emami Ph. D.

stronger computational focus, demonstrated supports data analysis, design simulations, and decision-higher confidence in applying prompt engineering to database- making. Prompt engineering fosters critical engagement with AIrelated tasks, with many planning to use these skills for tools even in humanities-oriented contexts, encouraging users toautomating tasks, optimizing queries, and generating sample data. interrogate biases and limitations. However, teaching this skillIn contrast, EEM students, while also showing improvement, were presents challenges: students’ prior

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

B. Kris Jaeger-Helton

, and is discussed in the body of this paper. The presentations, and other compositions, which is the subject ofassignment allowing the most extensive use of AI was called the much ongoing discussion and debate [1, 2, 3].Expert Seminar for which students were commissioned to create Generative AI has been simultaneously transformative anda scholarly research-based presentation on a human-systems disruptive in the educational domain. Along with AI’sintegration topic and deliver it to the class with a planned emergence

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Xu Gao, Marshall University; Pingping Zhu, Marshall University; Mohammed Ferdjallah, Marshall University

Engineering Marshall University Huntington, WV 25705 zhup@marshall.edu Abstract Medical image segmentation is crucial in diagnostics and treatment planning, enabling precise identification of structures within medical images for accurate analysis and decision-making. However, many medical professionals face challenges in leveraging deep learning models due to the technical coding skills required. This study addresses this gap by providing a practical guide to using three prominent deep learning models—SegNet, U-Net, and YOLO-Seg

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Sudipta Chowdhury, Marshall University; Ammar Alzarrad, Marshall University; Sungmin Youn, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

Paper ID #49561Evaluating the Impact of a Summer NSF REU Program on UndergraduateStudents’ STEM Career Aspirations and Educational Goals: A Case StudyDr. Sudipta Chowdhury, Marshall University Sudipta Chowdhury is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in Marshall University. His area of research includes Critical Infrastructure Resilience, Disaster Restoration Planning, Supply Chain and Logistics, and formal and informal STEM Education. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and multiple conference proceedings. He serves as a reviewer of multiple journals such

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Dinh Cuong Nguyen; Dan Tenney

Science 1 The most frequently applied theory was the Theory of Planned American Economic Review 1 Cogent Engineering 1 Behavior (TPB), which appeared in numerous studies, Economics of Transportation 1 indicating its relevance in understanding consumer intentions Renewable Energy: An International Journal 1 and decision-making [32], [33], [34]. These theories provided SAE International Journal of Sustainable frameworks for understanding the psychological and social Transportation, Energy, Environment

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Bushra Rayyan Qadri; Arthur McAdams; Peter Cavanaugh; Dan Tenney; Ali Baker

them. The projects of Things (IoT) startup company for their final project. Theyalso include a report out to the class so both the student and the were required to present a progress update and project plan atteam can demonstrate their learning in a peer review process. midterm and showcase their results during the final presentation. Corporate culture project: Cross disciplinary teams areformed with both business and engineering students included The startup company, Foot Traffic Stats, offers an IoTon each team. The team goal is to analyze several device that tracks foot traffic in specific locations. This

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

ZANNATUN NAYEEM; Tauhid Uddin Mahmood; Dan Tenney

integration tools, including ETL (Extract,management. From figure 2, good governance begins with the Transform, Load) processes and cloud-based tools, offersestablishment of a well-structured plan that allocates specific scalability and adaptability to support the increase in theroles to the data stewardship to have responsibility to uphold demand for data [7]. Figure 3 showed that automatedthe integrity of the data and protection of the data. To provide pipelines increase efficiency, eliminate the errors associatedaccessibility and usability, the organization must have with manual intervention, and provide smooth transmissionstandard formats of the data that can easily integrate into other between the different

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Sunai Kim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeyoung Woo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

considered, from both students’ and faculty members’ perspectives, todetermine the most effective strategies to foster student success. Each team member’s roles andresponsibilities were clearly defined, and a data collection plan was established to support thecollection of empirical evidence throughout the proposed project. Once the outline of the contentsof the proposal was established, the grant proposal was drafted over a two-month period. Thispaper outlines the detailed process of planning and developing the proposal, offering insights intothe methodologies used to identify challenges and propose interventions.The proposed interventions are particularly relevant in the context of Cal Poly Pomona, where thestudent population reflects a rich

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2025 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Sivaganeshwar Subramaniam; Adam Lynch

before developing a mitigation plan for risks. Engineersare then able to make informed choices under uncertainty by integrating and implementingquantitative risk models, expected utility theory, Bayesian analysis, and sensitivity analysis based onreadily available data at the point in time of making the decision. This structured approach is necessaryfor engineers, preventing them from making less than ideal solutions and avoiding prematureconvergence [3].By taking the entire system lifecycle into consideration, a holistic and interdisciplinary approachallows engineers to seek out interdependencies, feedback loops, and emergent behaviors that maynot arise during linear analysis. This is a form of tradespace exploration where engineers

Conference Session

Full Papers I

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

DeAnna Katey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Terrance I Harris, Drexel University

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Diversity, FYEE 2025

Equality and Diversity to ensure the planning and implementation of relevant DEI training and educational opportunities for college faculty and staff, as well as with HR and the college leadership on initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty and staff. Harris also coordinates with affinity student organizations and programs across the college including, NSBE, SHPE, and SWE to name a few, acting as secondary advisor as well as primary college contact for external affinity-based organizations. Prior to joining Drexel Engineering, Harris served six years as the Director of the Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center at Oregon State University. As Director of the BCC, Harris worked collectively

Conference Session

Full Papers IV

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

James Nathaniel Newcomer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alice Hyunna Noble, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Devin Erb, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Annabel Bass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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FYEE 2025

upon the initial archetypes identified in this work, we plan to explorestudent-reported influences on their decision-making and self-concept development.Comparing these influences with early goal patterns may provide insight into theexternal factors that shape the initial construction of engineering identity, offeringvaluable implications for advising, curricular design, and early interventions to supportidentity development. We also plan to use this mixed-method study to inform a largerquantitative analysis.References[1] K. L. Tonso, “Engineering Identity,” in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. E. Olds, Eds., Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 267–282.[2] J. M. Lakin, Wittig ,Ashley H., Davis

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

M. A. Karim P.E., BCEE, F.ASCE, M.ASEE, University of West Florida

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Professional Papers

20 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Attendance (%) Figure 6: Trend of grades with attendances for C2-Sp24Study LimitationsThe findings presented in this study provide a lucrative basis for more extensive follow-up researchusing a larger data set, which would also enable the use of a wider set of other influencing factors.In order to assess students’ starting level and course plans in an appropriate manner, a test and aquestionnaire, respectively, could be used at the start of the course under investigation. Thegeneralizability of the findings of this study is limited to the

Conference Session

Student Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Faiza Akram, Mississippi State University; Andrew Zheng, Texas A&M University; April Guo-Yue, Mississippi State University; Cooper Medved, Mississippi State University; Claire Johnson, Mississippi State University; Asad Waqar Malik; Samee U Khan, Mississippi State University

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Student Papers

Wireless Communication.Andrew Zheng, Texas A&M University Andrew is currently a junior at Texas A&M University pursuing a major in Computer Science with an emphasis in Statistics, and a minor in Mathematics. After graduation, he hopes to continue onwards into graduate school, where he can combine his interests of solving complex problems with his desire to help others. His multidisciplinary research interests are varied, though his prior experience consists of AI/ML, Computer Vision, and Edge Computing.April Guo-Yue, Mississippi State University April Guo-Yue is an undergraduate at Mississippi State University, majoring in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University

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Diversity, Professional Papers

creating a good writing process for themselves—one termed this as “white-page phobia,” e.g.: • “I struggle to start with an empty page. [….] In short, I am not great at the planning stage of writing when it [the topic] doesn’t just automatically click for me.” • “I need a good writing routine.” • “I will sometimes fall down research holes while writing, which can delay or derail the writing process.”8. Students also said page requirements had negative impacts on their writing: • “I end up having difficulty expressing my thoughts over a long format, and it makes me struggle to meet requirements for length of assignments.” • “I think ‘wordy’ writing is [a] habit formed by many of us having word minimums for essays in

Conference Session

Student Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Sierra Milligan, University of Georgia; John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia

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Student Papers

. device efficacy and issues. • Ability to identify & address • Ability to plan a biomedical objectives of biomedical lab project. activities.Post-Lab • None • Knowledge about biomedical • All other topics and skillsSurvey device tests with respect toResults: biomechanics. • Ability to perform industry- level biomedical research.The final lab reports provided valuable insight into the students' progression in self

Conference Session

Track 3: Technical Session 5: Technology and Society: Incorporating ethics, inclusion, and societal understanding into computer and technology and engineering education curriculum design.

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Carrie Prior, Excelsior University; James Tippey, Excelsior College

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

a frequent presenter and publisher on internationalization, strategic planning, globally focused academics, and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). Carrie is a 2019 Fulbright recipient and holds an Ed.D. in the Design of Learning Environments from Rutgers University.James Tippey, Excelsior College ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Technology and Society Incorporating ethics, inclusive belonging for excellence, and societal understanding into computer and technology and engineering education curriculum design(2025). CoNECD Conference, February 9-11, 2025, San Antonio, TX Session Outline

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ME Division 15: Grading Practices and Student Performance

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University; Arkasama Bandyopadhyay, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

self-perceived coding abilities is promising since mechanicalengineering students generally have limited exposure to programming languages across theundergraduate curriculum. However, regardless of their plans after graduation (graduate schoolor corporate sector) and nature of work (computational vs experimental), most engineers canutilize programming proficiency to maximize their professional worth. Four out of sixparticipants agree that the instant feedback available from the autograders helped them remaininterested in the project goals and deliverables. Additionally, five out of six respondents agreethat the autograders reduced the time needed to debug their code. While this result can bedeemed to be positive from the point of view of

Conference Session

Lightning Talk - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omar McFarlane Sweeney, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Indies and the University of Technology, Jamaica. He holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Florida and is currently pursing Doctoral Research in the area of New Infrastructure Planning and Development. He has completed postgraduate executive training programs at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford.Dr. Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida For more than 40 years, Dr. Najafi has worked in government, industry, and education. He earned a BSCE 1963 from the American College of Engineering, University of Kabul, Afghanistan. In 1966, Dr. Najafi earned a Fulbright scholarship and did his B.S., MS, and Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

Conference Session

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

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liling Huang, George Mason University; Kursten Szabos, George Mason University; Allyson Eastman, Google

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

communities. Key deliverablesincluded energy-efficient housing designs, renewable energy policies, and necessary plans forintegrating community resources required to achieve sustainability goals.The project emphasized practical application. During discussions, students considered keycommunity stakeholder perspectives in their proposal, researching potential real-liferamifications of their decisions. Students hypothesized realistic project implementation.,designing energy-efficient homes using passive solar principles, and exploring strategies forreducing energy consumption. Final presentations showcased creative and data-drivenapproaches, with students defending their plans to a panel acting as the grant sponsors. Figure 2is the photo of the

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 9

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Patrick Murphy, SUNY Buffalo State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

, combined, or provided as stand-alone conclusions through a mixedmethods analysis of 72 respondents to an online survey and 13 interviews of industry, education,and community leaders.In addition, the study provides educational action plans for creating CE training programs forclean energy companies, trainers, and academic institutions. Programs are necessary to teachcandidates the skills to secure jobs that support the global energy transition away from fossilfuels. CE training programs benefit the industry by receiving well-trained technicians to closeemployment gaps, benefit academia through increased enrollment in clean energy-related industrytraining, and benefit students who enter the clean energy education program and gain living

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Tech Session 4: Embedding Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Framework in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana M. Byrne, University of Kentucky; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

topics include theconstruction industry, planning and scheduling, critical path method, the design process, plansand specifications, estimating, earned value, and engineering economics. In Fall 2024, supportedby the EOP MGP, this course explicitly connected course content to EOP outcomes related toSystems Thinking, Responsible Business and Economy, Social Responsibility, Critical Thinking,and Communication and Teamwork (Table 1). In general, this was accomplished by explicitlyincorporating systems thinking and social impacts into course modules. When this concept wasintroduced, it was highlighted and connected with the EOP Framework and then interactivelearning was used to better illustrate the concept. For example, in-class exercises allowed

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Institutional Support and Training (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 12)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Richmond, The University of Arizona; Gregory L. Heileman, The University of Arizona; Kian G. Alavy, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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

that target students throughout their academic journey and use culturally anchored curriculum to increase students’ knowledge and skills, improve students’ self-efficacy in pursuing higher education, increase sense of belonging on a university campus, and help students navigate campus systems.Prof. Gregory L. Heileman, The University of Arizona Gregory (Greg) L. Heileman currently serves as the Associate Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, where he is responsible for facilitating collaboration across campus tKian G. Alavy, University of Arizona Kian Alavy is Director of Strategic Planning and Initiatives for the Division of

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Strategies for Student Support

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Dessaray Gorbett

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, training, andencouragement throughout an eight-to-ten-week period. Students met with their mentors weeklyto report progress, receive feedback, and discuss the next steps. For students conducting researchabroad, pre-departure programming was provided during the semester before their travels,covering topics such as housing logistics, cultural adjustment, and travel preparation.The second most utilized model was the small cohort mentoring model in which one or twoprofessors mentored a group of proteges while working on related projects [5]. In this model,students were given programming that helped them with the research they were about to conductin the form of a boot camp. The team would meet regularly, sometimes daily, to discuss progressand to plan

Conference Session

Industry and Technical Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Student Division (STDT)

effectiveness of thecourse. The course was first offered to both undergraduate and graduate students in the fall quarterof 2023. It attracted students from mechanical engineering, bioengineering, and industrialengineering. The effectiveness of the class is evaluated through assessing students’ achievementof the course assignments, such as their assigned projects and team-based presentations, informalstudent feedback collected throughout the course, and the formal course evaluation. Based on theevaluation results, we present our plans for continuous improvements to future offerings of theclass. While we will continue to make modifications and adjustments, the “Artificial Organ”course represents an innovative educational initiative aimed at equipping the

Conference Session

International Division (INTL): Humanitarian Design and Sustainable Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kseniya Zaitseva, ENTER Network; Jose Carlos Quadrado, ISEL/IPL; ENTER; ISRC/ISEP/IPP, Portugal

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International Division (INTL)

Kazakhstan into the global educational space. Thisneed is also dictated by the need to develop dual education in the country, the course forwhich was first announced in the State Program for the Development of Education of theRepublic of Kazakhstan for 2011-2020.STEM education is the basis for training specialists inthe field of high-tech manufacturing, robotics and artificial intelligence, the relevance ofwhich was voiced in the Message of the head of state. STEM education has been activelydeveloping in our country since 2014. It is assumed that the TDSS, planned as part of theSTEAM & Entrepreneurship Academy (VSEA) project, will provide teachers and teacherswith the opportunity to take accredited online courses on STEAM and entrepreneurship

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 8: Communication and Liberal Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Woodworth Wong, University of New Hampshire; Cynthia Helen Carlson PE, PhD, Merrimack College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

information abouta treatment plan or how to take medications can have serious or even fatal consequences. Asengineers are also often involved with projects which impact public and environmentalwellbeing, encouraging engineering students and professionals to think about how best to explainprojects and concepts in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way, as well as how to ask forfeedback, local knowledge, and other collaborative communications is an important skill.At Merrimack College, the science and engineering librarian had been trained in plain languagethrough a Plain Language for Health workshop offered by the Center for Health LiteracyResearch and Practice at Tufts University School of Medicine. She used these skills to create aplain

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - AI and Digital Futures in Design Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catalina Aranzazu-Suescun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Luis Felipe Zapata-Rivera, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

center facilities.Another example is for chemical engineers in the topic of incident response, laboratories shouldhave well-defined policies to prevent accidents, along with mechanisms to detect incidents whenthey occur. Additionally, there should be action plans in place to respond effectively to suchincidents. In contrast, for software engineers, the focus should be on preventing vulnerabilities intheir code, such as hardcoded credentials and misconfigured services. Systems should be capableof analyzing software products to identify these issues during testing phases. Additionally,companies and institutions should have a structured response plan for handling software-relatedincidents.Learning Outcomes and Assessments InstrumentsTable presents

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 3 - Student Papers 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor St. Fleur, Prairie View A&M University; Jianren Zhou, Prairie View A&M University; Minghui Xu, Clemson University; Yuhao Xu, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

with her dog boneproject, applying mechanical drawing skills previously developed using Siemens NX. Designingthe dog bone required meticulous attention to detail to ensure it could withstand appliedpressures while breaking in the designated area. This task reinforced the connection betweentheoretical knowledge from coursework and practical application, particularly in material scienceand structural analysis.The internship also provided exposure to the management side of high-stakes engineeringprojects. Shadowing Ashlee Bracewell offered an in-depth understanding of projectdocumentation, team coordination, and the strategic planning required to meet critical deadlines.By observing meetings and reviewing essential documents, the student gained a

Conference Session

ERM WIP III: Post-Undergraduate Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia; Nyna Jaye DeWitt, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

earlier stages asneeded to refine the review process (Borrego et al., 2014). To facilitate transparency and replicability, weinclude a summary table outlining the objectives and expected outcomes for each stage of the review. Thisframework serves as both a roadmap for our study and a resource for others conducting similar review. Table 1: Stages of ScLR Framework for Exploring Engineering Students’ STW Transition Stage Process Task per the Research Plan Define a clear focus on school-to-work transition experiences of 1 Identifying the research question undergraduate engineering students. Identifying relevant studies

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaoye Michael Wang; Jackie Anjie Liu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; TImothy Welsh, University of Toronto; Ariel Chan, University of Toronto

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

from graduate-level chemical engineering studentsoperating a packed distillation column are reported. Finally, a planned usability test with undergraduate-level students enrolled in the UOL course is described. Design ConsiderationsDigital Twins: A core feature of the v-UOL framework is the faithful recreation of digital twins ofindustrial-scale equipment based on three-dimensional (3D) drawings. Digital twins are highly detailed,interactive, 3D representations of physical equipment designed to replicate real-world functionalitywithin the virtual environment [18]. These digital twins include interactable components that mimic theoperational behavior of their real-world counterparts, providing students