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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Sandipon Chowdhury, West Texas A&M University; Swastika Bithi, West Texas A&M University

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variability on groundwater rechargeand depletion, identifying regions at high risk of water scarcity.[3]The STEM initiative combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on experimentation to deepenstudents' understanding of water systems and their management. Practical activities, such asmodeling aquifer recharge and measuring water flow rates, allow students to simulate naturalprocesses like infiltration, capillary action, and groundwater movement. These experimentsdemonstrate engineering principles in action and encourage students to design prototypes for waterconservation technologies, including artificial recharge systems and irrigation networks. Byworking with laboratory equipment and field tools, students develop problem-solving andanalytical

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Colton Atkins, West Texas A&M University; Benton Allen, West Texas A&M University

secure external funding to support student research,industry-driven projects, and state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. Partnerships with state andfederal agencies will further enhance opportunities for students to engage in research thatdirectly impacts agricultural innovation. Summary and ConclusionsThe ET-AG program at WTAMU represents a forward-thinking approach to agriculturaleducation, integrating engineering and technology to meet the challenges of modern foodproduction. Program development requires hands-on efforts supported by faculty and industrycollaborations. The ET-AG program is a new interdisciplinary initiative that will be expanded asboth undergraduate and graduate student populations continue to

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

. References1. Ni, Jianyun, and Jing Luo. "Microcontroller-based engineering education innovation." 2010 International Conference on Educational and Information Technology. Vol. 3. IEEE, 2010.2. Bolanakis, D. E. (2019). A survey of research in microcontroller education. IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, 14(2), 50-57.3. Hur, B. (2019, June). ARM Cortex M4F-based, Microcontroller-based, and Laboratory-oriented Course Development in Higher Education. In 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.4. Leon, J., Hill Price, A., & Kuttolamadom, M. (2019). Developing a Graduate Master's Degree Program in Engineering Technology: Overview of Program Objectives, Structure and Impact. American Society for

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

a class project.In the past, two-wheeled robots were used as a class project. Students need to do some more work tobuild and operate physical two-wheeled robots. This is a good approach to students’ learning.However, there were some problems that were recognized primarily due to the large size of thestudents. Students tend to damage the robots and need a replacement during their class project hours.Since many physical robot units were needed to manage during the laboratory, the laboratoryinstructors may find that this method is becoming challenging.For this reason, the hardware components were reduced as shown in this boat class project in thispaper. And, the robot control method was changed to a virtual mode using a GUI program. However

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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B. Kris Jaeger-Helton

-MACHINE SYSTEMS COURSE AND ROLE OF AI Along with the assignment write-up, students were asked tooutline the advantages and drawbacks of using AI for such A. HMS Course Profileacademic work. Of the 56 respondents, there were 115 open-ended responses indicating the merits of using Gen AI for this Human-Machine Systems (HMS) is a 5-credit senior-leveltype of project and 121 responses outlining the less effective and engineering course at Northeastern University, with multipleconcerning aspects of its use. The primary categories of positive assignments and laboratory sessions over a 15-week semester.responses reflected how students felt AI benefited them in This course focuses on the science behind safe

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Priscilla C. Fonseca; Riley Popp

relatively accessible because of its availability and relatively to entry and difficulty in incorporating the associated topics low cost. The image of a specimen obtained using a flatbed in the classroom and educational laboratory. To overcome this scanner can then be used to perform a digital image analysis, barrier, an algorithm and user-friendly Matlab application was developed to examine and quantify the constituent phases in which is then used to examine the properties and health of a samples of concrete. This tool performs color-based segmentation specimen. of the phases of concrete, including the computation of the Digital image analysis of concrete has been performed a area fraction of each

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Full Papers II

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Benjamin Daniel Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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, “Epistemology, socialization, help seeking, and gender-based views in in-person and online, hands-on undergraduate physics laboratories,” Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., vol. 16, no. 2, p. 020116, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020116.[11] J. Saldana, The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, 3rd ed. SAGE Publications, 2016.

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WORKSHOP IV: Play as Prep Workshop: Time & Resource-Efficient Strategies for Developing Effective Undergraduate TAs of First Year Students

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Christine Alexander, University of Maryland, College Park

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Kafer, G. “The roles of mentoring and motivation in student teaching assistant interactions and in improving experience in first-year biology laboratory classes.” J. of Coll. Sci. Teaching, vol. 44 no. 4, pp. 88-98, 2015. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43631870[3]​ Riese, E. and Kann, V. “Training teaching assistants by offering an introductory course.” Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, 2022.[4]​ Ujir, H. Salleh, S.F. Marzuki, A.S.W., Hashim, H. F. and Alia, A.A. “Teaching workload in 21st century higher education learning setting.” Int. J. of Eval. and Research in Ed., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 221-227, 2020. DOI:10.11591/ijere.v9i1.20419[5]​ Fong, C. J., Gilmore, J., Pinder-Grover, T., and

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Track 7: Technical Session 7: Grassroots Approach to Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in Engineering

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Ashleigh R. Wright, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ellen Wang Althaus, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Akshina Sood, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Cooper is Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Programs in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Virginia in 1982, his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois in 1988, and he was a postdoctoral research associate at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1988-1990. His research interests include optical spectroscopic studies of novel magnetic and superconducting materials at high pressures, high magnetic fields, and low temperatures. Since 2013, he has co-taught (with Celia Elliott) a graduate-level technical writing course each spring to physics and engineering graduate students.Dr. Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University; George D Ford P.E., Mississippi State University; Read Allen Robertson, Mississippi State University

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test apparatus for an engineering laboratory course," Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 2024.[18] T. M. Carrigan and B. A. Brooks, "Q: How Will We Achieve 20% by 2020? A: Men in Nursing," Nurse Leader, pp. 115-119, 2016.

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Phyllis Beck, Mississippi State University; Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering. She has worked for companies such the Air Force Research Laboratory in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Labs and as an R & D Intern for Sandia National Labs conducting Natural Language Processing and AI research and was inducted into the Bagley College of Engineering Hall of Fame in 2021.Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University Alexis Nordin is currently an Instructor II in the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in Mississippi State University’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. She has taught technical writing and various other writing- and communication-based courses at MSU since 2004. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Mississippi

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Claire Lynne McCullough PE, High Point University; Mike Dalton, High Point University

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://blogs.mathworks.com/community/2023/11/07/the-matlab-ai-chat-playground-has-launched/. [Accessed November 12, 2024].[9] E. Robledo, “Powering Your Products: Autodesk Fusion 360 Electronics Highlights YouDon’t Want to Miss,” Autodesk, September 7, 2023. [Online] Available:https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/autodesk-fusion-360-electronics-highlights/. [Accessed November 12, 2024].[10] J. Wendel, “ChatGrid™: A New Generative AI Tool for Power Grid Visualization,” PacificNorthwest National Laboratory, February 22, 2024. [Online] Available:https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/chatgridtm-new-generative-ai-tool-power-grid-visualization.[Accessed November 12, 2024].[11] Y. Wang, M. Wang, M. A. Manzoor, F. Liu, G. Georgiev, R. J. Das, and P. Nakov

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Montana Jane Lang, Mississippi State; Taylor Cagle, Mississippi State University; Isaac L. Howard P.E., Mississippi State University

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perspectives. The review also found studentssometimes failed to see the relevance of producing videos. The existence of this review led theauthors of this paper to lessen emphasis on literature that was older than about seven years.Within the past seven years (i.e. after the review documented in [10]), videos were successfullyused during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two examples are [11] and [12]. Therein, implementationof video modules into classrooms has shown students responded favorably and were engaging andcomprehensive as they aided course content understanding. Also, these references showed videoassignments being effectively implemented into laboratories. During this same time frame, [13]showed videos were helpful for peer learning.Based on the

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Track 1: Technical Session 4: The Effects of Group Size on the Experiences of First-Year Engineering Students in Mixed Gender Groups

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Koenraad E Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Ioana Elena Tiu, State University of New York at Binghamton

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gender composition impact student experiences in a project-based first-yearengineering course?Methods:This study examines the effects of group size on the experiences of first-year engineeringstudents working in mixed-gender groups. This research involves analyzing data collected fromstudents following their first-year experience in the Watson College of Engineering and AppliedScience at Binghamton University in the 2023/2024 academic year. During their first year, thesestudents took part in project-based curricula each semester.There are three main components of this first-year engineering program, a large lecture with 200-400 students, activity/laboratory sections of about 24 students each, and a discussion sectionswith those same 24 students

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Joseph P. Duszak; John F. Drazan; Cynthia A. Bautista

burnout. Additionally, undergraduate nurses in training partaking in clinical rotations may observe practicing nurses using A common method to prepare future nurses for the rigors of strategies outside or against their academic training in high-the clinic is to provide real-life simulation laboratory (Sim- pressure situations, further widening the gap [5]. Sim-LabsLab) experiences where training institutions create simulated, have the potential to address the theory-practice gap byreal-world, healthcare spaces with accurate equipment, allowing nurses to apply their formal education to the clinicalsimulated patients, and

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Track 2: Technical Session 2: Bridging Futures Takes a Village: A Pre-College Collaborative Education and Research Approach to Broaden Participation of Underrepresented Population in STEM Career Pathways

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Chloe Hincher, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Veronica Mbaneme, North Carolina State University; Sarah Olivia Harris, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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established research labs thatwould provide peer mentoring and a CoP for the incoming ECHS students. Leveraging existinglab infrastructure for professional, technical skill, and community development was ideal forremoving additional burden to those facilitating the program, both at the ECHS and universitylevels. The faculty mentors’ preparation and training played a critical role in creating an inclusive,effective research environment. For example, mentors tailored their feedback to meet students attheir developmental stage. They focused on practical skills like poster presentations, writing forresearch, and hands-on laboratory experimentation. One participant highlighted the value ofthese experiences: “This REU was significant in me feeling

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Track 5: Technical Session 1: Evaluating the five pillars of a Summer Bridge Program and their influence on participants' intentions to complete an engineering degree

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Lorena Benavides-Riano, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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and build asupport group. The goal of the pillar is to provide spaces for students to connect and offersupport through the program and beyond.Academics: The program offers academic courses in mathematics, chemistry, and programmingto prepare engineering students in academics to ensure success in the the fall semester. Themathematics placement is based on individual ACT scores among college algebra, pre-calculus,and calculus I. The mathematics courses are offered with credits, allowing students to advance intheir curriculum.Engineering at MSU: The program offers learning experiences in laboratories and researchcenters to enlighten students with the many opportunities offered by the institution for studentdevelopment and success. This pillar

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Tariq Khraishi, University of New Mexico

an undergraduate digitalsystems laboratory using a remote lab approach. Reid4 in the Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology Department at IUPUI studied the conversion of two courses (Digital Fundamentals andC++ programming) has gradually changed two courses from a traditional lecture / laboratoryformat to an online format. They found that student success was comparable to success in atraditional format using a self-assessment and final exam scores. But they found serious issues withstudent retention and with student satisfaction with the online format of course offering. Pisupatiand Mathews5 found out that “the average quiz scores for online and face-to-face sections wereidentical”. They also found out similar average scores for the

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

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Lynn Dudash, University of Mount Union

credit hours. EGE 210 met for 65 minutes threetimes per week and was supported by a weekly 100-minute laboratory. BME 412 met for 100minutes twice per week.Table 1: Course Learning Objectives for the Two Flipped Courses Learning Objectives for EGE 210: Statics Learning Objectives for BME 412: and Dynamics Biomedical Transport 1. Apply the principles of static 1. Correlate biological structures to the equilibrium to particles and rigid role they play in transport phenomena bodies 2. Describe diffusion with and without 2. Analyze truss and

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

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Romain Kazadi Tshikolu, University of Detroit Mercy; Alan S Hoback, University of Detroit Mercy

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to the integration of AI in learning and teachingin the Global South will also call Governments to train local researchers and developers, to forgepartnerships with external entities and to integrate digital skills training into primary andsecondary school curricula (Chinasa T. Okolo, 2021).Menekse, despite raising some risks that students who rely too much on AI might lose interestand curiosity, also shows some confidence in AI. In the guest Editorial of the JEE (June 2023),he explains how AI-powered virtual laboratories, seen as able to simulate physical experimentsand visualize fundamental engineering concepts, could be effective for teaching and learningpurposes. Also, Large Language Models (LLMs) are presented as able to provide

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Shenghua Wu, University of South Alabama; Min-Wook Kang, University of South Alabama; John Cleary, University of South Alabama; Lisa LaCross, University of South Alabama

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Engineering (ICSE), Executive Director for Gulf Coast Environmental Equity Center (GCEEC), Director for the Solid Waste Sustainability Hub, Director for the Gulf Coast Center for Addressing Microplastics Pollution (GC-CAMP), and Director for the Sustainable Asphalt Materials Laboratory, as well as the founding faculty advisor for the Society of Sustainable Engineering. He teaches a mixture of undergraduate and graduate engineering courses. Dr. Wu is a committee member for Transportation Research Board (TRB) AJE35 and AKM 90, a member of American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE), as well as an editorial member for

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Roy Uzoma Lan; Chinedu Okonkwo, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Ibukun Gabriel Awolusi, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jiannan Cai

. In particular, the sustainability of earthen materials was highlighted (e.g., low CO 2emission, better thermal properties, low energy demand, etc.). An experimental testing lab session,“compression testing of compressed earth blocks,” was introduced to the students. Theresearchers/instructors collaborated with ECI for the acquisition of earth blocks and the design of thetesting procedure. The experimental testing of specimens was conducted by the students and theywere required to analyze the results and prepare a technical laboratory report. The inclusion of thisexperimental testing offers students hands-on (experiential) learning opportunities to enhance theirunderstanding of sustainable construction materials and how they can be

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

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Edward Jesse Sizemore III, Marshall University; Trevor Joseph Bihl, Marshall University

, while puzzle games primarily enhancemotivation and critical thinking skills [27].Physics EducationGamification for physics education is commonly implemented in the form of non-serious playwhereby lectures are supplemented by online laboratories. Physics Education Technology(PhET) is one of the most used examples of this [28] [29]. PhET consists of a set of manyindividual simulations that allow the user to modify various elements, such as the coefficients asystem operates on or the elements included in the simulation. One example, of many [30], ispresented in Figure 3 whereby experimentation of capacitor variables can be explored. Thesesimulations represent a method for educators to easily allow students to experiment safely [29

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Navarun Gupta; Deana DiLuggo; Junling Hu; Abhilasha Tibrewal; Ahmed Elsayed; Theresa Bruckerhoff

identify real-world problems and survey their broader impacts. The data collected from document reviews, observations, 2. To brainstorm possible solutions to real-world meeting discussions, interviews, and surveys were triangulated research problems. to determine the degree to which the program has met its 3. To apply the scientific method while solving a real- overall goal and objectives. Data analysis is based on the world research problem. appropriate assumptions for analyzing the type of data 4. To develop basic laboratory skills and safety collected, the

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Track 7: Technical Session 4: Diversity in STEM: Strategies of Professional Engineering Organizations in Recruiting and Retaining Women from Minority-Serving Institutions

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers

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uniquely positioned as agentsfor diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) reform via shaping and maintaining the STEM cultureand provide critical levers for systems change [17]. In particular, Societies, members andsupporters from diverse STEM influencers across academia and industry, government, and nonprofits provide ‘multiple levers’ for DEI reform by shaping disciplinary culture and serving awide range of stakeholders [3], [18]. Academic literature often defines the role of STEMprofessional societies as multifaceted—spanning across varied disciplinary functions—frequently collaborating with other STEM system gatekeepers, (i.e., corporate entities,laboratories, and academic organizations) to optimize the engagement of all STEM talent andfoster

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Track 6: Technical Session 2: Empowering Hispanic Engineers' Success Towards Graduate Education with Hybrid Mentorship

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Paola Alexandra Baldaguez Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; Julie E Lorenzo, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Natasha Mamaril, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Paper ID #45202Empowering Hispanic Engineers’ Success Towards Graduate Education withHybrid MentorshipFederico Cifuentes-Urtubey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey is a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research develops wireless system privacy enhancements for Wi-Fi protocols. While at Illinois, he interned at Apple, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Sandia National Labs. He served as the Graduate Ambassador in the SHPE chapter on campus to support a community of Hispanic graduate students in engineering. He has

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CANCELLED: Track 5: Technical Session 5: Hiring Practices to Build a Diverse Team at Wakr Forest Engineering: Transforming Engineering Education and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible!

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University

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, space and laboratory design, andassessment and accreditation efforts. Specifically, because the Department of Engineering and its student body are in the founding phase,applicants should be prepared for and excited about the extra opportunities and challenges that this start-up process necessarily entails.Applicants should have a Ph.D. in an engineering or complementary discipline.What To Submit - Interested applicants should apply via the University’s career website at: http://www.wfu.careers/. The application shouldbe submitted as ONE PDF file and include the following: (1) a cover letter that addresses the applicant’s motivation to be a founding facultymember, personal values in alignment with the department values, and vision for building a

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Nadia Albishi; Peter Cavanaugh