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ECCNE Technical Session 1 - Nuclear Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Snyder, University of Michigan; Aditi Verma, University of Michigan; Aisha Jagne, University of Michigan; Andy Pham, University of Michigan

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

plausible [1]. While the nuclear industry‬‭has long sought to increase its workforce, the United States’ recent commitment to triple its‬‭nuclear capacity by 2050 has intensified this need [2]. National Labs and the private sector alike‬‭seek employees with nuclear and nuclear-related expertise, even as student and public interest‬‭remains somewhat lower than other engineering disciplines and careers [2]. At the same time, the‬‭nuclear community continues to seek a diverse workforce, knowing that diversity improves work‬‭quality and innovation across project teams and organizations. Nuclear engineering as a‬‭discipline has also committed to, in recent years, rectifying injustices of the past, where‬‭minoritized communities were taken advantage of

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GSD 3: Pedagogy and Curriculum

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyena Cho, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Joshua E. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Teaching AssistantsAbstract:This work builds on previous efforts describing a training course for engineering GraduateTeaching Assistants (GTAs) at a large midwestern university. The course presents teaching andleadership topics as transferable skills that benefit GTAs, whether they pursue careers in industryor academia. One innovation in the course is an optional service-learning project wherein GTAsdesign and deliver educational content to a local K–12 classroom. In a previous paper, wecompared the impact of the project on GTAs who chose to participate versus those who did not.We used the TPACK framework as an assessment tool to show which knowledge domains hadbeen developed throughout the semester. GTAs' pedagogical knowledge, as well as

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Foundations of Design Theory

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Universidad del Norte; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Yadeeh Sawyer, University of New Mexico - School of Engineering - Engineering Student Success Center; Christina Salas, University of New Mexico; Carl Willis, University of New Mexico; Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

project support students to develop and work with engineering requirements? ○ How did the students use their agency in setting requirements? ○ To what extent were their ERs traceable to stakeholder needs? (support validation) ○ To what extent did students set ERs that describe what the solution should embody, not how to do it? (solution independence)Literature reviewDesign problems are distinct from other types of problems because they are ill-structured,meaning they have more than one correct answer and, importantly, more than one path to asolution [1]. Before solving a design problem, a designer has to frame the problem by makingdecisions about the problem itself, including what portions of the

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Equity, Identity, and Pedagogy in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly Anderson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Gretchen Dietz, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

UNCCharlotte and planned to collaborate on the camp program implementation described in this WIP.As the process unfolded, one team member embraced a new role as Director of the EngineeringDiscovery Program at Western Carolina University, which brought about exciting newopportunities and fresh perspectives, enhancing the project in unexpected and rewarding ways.This allows for a larger reach with our efforts. This turnover of educators is increasing quickly,and this situation allows us to not only broaden participation in this project, but also shows how amodel built for the original university, could be replicated for unlike places. This has created amulti-year plan for us to collaborate on the original camp, create opportunities for the regionbetween

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Faculty Development: Broad Impact

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atota Halkiyo, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

., women and/or Black students in engineering). He envisions researching and removing possible systemic learning barriers from the curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and learning environment to make education more responsive to all learners. Halkiyo taught and worked at a university in Ethiopia, where he was also a principal investigator of the ”Engendering Higher Education Curricula” research project. Dr. Halkiyo is a Fulbright-Hays Fellow, where he conducted his dissertation research on global education policy transfer from the global West/North to the global South/East, specifically Ethiopia, Africa.Dr. Stephen Secules, Florida International University Dr. Stephen Secules is an Assistant Professor in the School of

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ECE-Faculty Perspectives and Curriculum Evolution

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Begel, Carnegie Mellon University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University; Rick Kubina, Pennsylvania State University; Somayeh Asadi, University of Virginia; Taniya Mishra; Ren Butler, Carnegie Mellon University; JiWoong Jang, Carnegie Mellon University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

practicesthat align with these learners' unique strengths and needs.AI EducationAI education presents unique challenges due to the field's highly technical and interdisciplinarynature. Current instructional practices often emphasize programming and mathematicalmodeling, which can be inaccessible to learners with diverse cognitive profiles. Forneurodivergent students, AI-focused coursework's abstract and fast-paced nature can exacerbatelearning difficulties [2]. Many Computer Science courses rely heavily on standardizedassessment methods, such as exams and projects, which may not effectively capture the learningoutcomes of all students. Recent studies advocate a shift toward more flexible andstudent-centered approaches in AI education, including

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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BURCU OZDEN, Pennsylvania State University; Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Penn State Abington

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD)

rotations. 4.1.2 Assignments and Academic PerformanceGrades from Spatial Vis modules, design projects, CAD assignments, and overall courseperformance were analyzed to evaluate the tool’s impact. These assignments required students toapply and demonstrate their spatial visualization skills in practical contexts. A control groupusing traditional pen-and-paper methods completed the same PSVT: R test as a basis forcomparison. 4.1.3 Surveys and InterviewsSurveys and interviews explored students’ confidence, interest, and perceptions of the tool.Surveys included demographic questions and ratings of confidence in 2D and 3D drawing. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five students who used the Spatial Vis™ tool as partof an engineering

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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

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Diversity

material testing data using programming skills and AI techniques to rapidlyestimate and better learn how different properties of materials influence their strengths. IntroductionThe construction industry is undergoing a progressive shift toward data-driven decision-making,propelled by advances in technology and the increasing volume of information that can be collectedon jobsites (Hashim et al., 2024). From project scheduling to material selection and quality control,construction professionals are expected to leverage large datasets to optimize processes, reducecosts, and ensure safety (Rane, 2023). One crucial technological driver of this shift is artificialintelligence (AI), a field that enables

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Heidar A Malki, University of Houston - COE

find material on YouTube via theYouTube Video Links Channels can accelerate their learning. Some YouTube Video Link Channelsprovide a macro view of industry which enables the viewer to understand how their skillsets could beused to create value. This brief overview of a project through its life cycle from exploration throughappraisal, development, production and abandonment helps the viewer “connect the dots” about howother team members supply and/or use the data generated. This is a preliminary step as it usuallytakes many years to grasp.Academia provides many opportunities for workforce development, i.e., career fairs, technical clubs,industry lectures, company visits etc. Technological advances enabled improvements in the

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Paul J Componation, The University of Texas at Arlington

Using Agile Curriculum Development to Design a Graduate Engineering Program for Working Professionals Paul Componation, Sampson Gholston, Bahram Khalili College of Engineering University of Texas at Arlington Dan Kessler Transportation Department North Central Texas Council of Governments AbstractThis project reports on using an Agile Curriculum Development approach to increase theparticipation of working professionals and their employers in developing and fielding two updatedmaster’s programs

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Alex Peebles

-followers), whilecontinuing to develop their ability to perform kinematic andkinetic calculations to analyze and design mechanical systems. Fig. 1. Comparison of trigonometric and vector approaches for analyzing a slider cranks kinematicsThe faculty within the department of Mechanical Engineering atas a function of the cranks angular position, 𝜃. Textbooks also software in their senior capstone project. Therefore, I use CREOteach students how to use graphical approaches, where velocity in this course for continuity, however other programs such aspolygons are sketched and measured using rulers and protractors SolidWorks or Inventor could be used as

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Lina H. Kloub, University of Connecticut; Christina Smith, University of Connecticut; Faiyhaa-Sydra Saulat, University of Connecticut

creative solutions to real- professionals who possess not only technical expertise but alsoworld challenges. Teamwork is equally important, as engineers strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.often collaborate in multidisciplinary teams to achieve com- Employers seek candidates who can effectively collaboratewith AI systems, make informed decisions, and contribute AI tools enable engineering students to visualize and com-meaningfully to complex projects. municate ideas through images, diagrams, and models. At By integrating AI-powered learning tools into engineering Cornell University, students in the Fiber Science and Apparelcurricula

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Lorenzo Govoni; Coleman Hayes; Colin Jennings; Mia Lattin; Saara Sheth; Meghna Sridhar; Bala Maheswaran

-corporate settings like schools, cannot actual user. We acknowledge that our system may not includeafford braille printers to accommodate the blind accessible input options for a blind user such as voice commandcommunity. Our team focused on this development gap to or a braille keyboard, as our proof of concept focuses entirelycreate a braille printer that would be affordable, compact, on the embossing element.and easy for personal use. Throughout this project, our team gained invaluable hands-on experience with various software and tools that

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Track 2: Technical Session 3: Piloting A Personalized Learning Model for Chemical Engineering Graduate Education: Lessons Learned from Creating a Chemical Engineering Body of Knowledge

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Susan K Fullerton Shirey, University of Pittsburgh

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

. • Primarily designed to produce research results and publications • Essential skills like communication, teamwork in diverse settings, mentoring, networking, and leadership are needed in the workforce• To remain relevant in the evolving landscape of science, engineering, and society, graduate STEM education requires significant cultural transformation. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25038.Need for Innovation in GraduateEducation and STEM Training• Our research project explores the impact of Personalized Learning Models (PLM) on the

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

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ZHENYU LIU; Eugene Leo Draine Mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio Community College

the California Engineering Liaison Council and an Explorer’s Fellow in Purdue University’s Engineering Education doctoral program. eugene is a sensitive, creative educator committed to project-based technical instruction and increasing access, mentorship and persistence in STEM careers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025The Impact of Community College STEM Pathways on the Success of First-Year Transfer StudentsZhenyu Albert Liu, eugene l. d. mahmoudFor STEM students, a reasonable and well-designed transfer path is very important, as it can helpthem to plan their coursework across institutions. Transfer students are often unclear as to whichcourses to

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

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Xianglong Wang, University of California, Davis; Vincent Tran, University of California, Davis; Gabriela Lee, University of California, Davis; Sadie Jean Davis, Mariko Chang Consulting, Inc. and Sadie J Davis Consulting LLC; Mary Spooner; Mariko Chang; Andrew X Stewart, NextSense EEG; Christopher John Nitta, University of California, Davis; Tiffany Marie Chan, University of California, Davis; Angelika Aldea Tamura, University of California, Davis; Xin Liu, University of California, Davis; Gene Gurkoff, University of California, Davis; Wilsaan M Joiner, University of California, Davis; Erkin Seker, University of California, Davis; Karen A Moxon, University of California Davis

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Diversity

to projects benefiting clinics in Sacramento. Focusing her course studies in cell and tissue engineering, Angelika is currently seeking research opportunities to further explore her passion in bioprinting and regenerative medicine.Xin Liu, University of California, DavisGene Gurkoff, University of California, Davis Dr. Gurkoff is an Associate Professor in the UC Davis Department of Neurological Surgery and his lab sits in the UC Davis Center of Neuroscience. Using multiple rodent models of neurologic disease, including both traumatic brain injury and temporal epilepsy, Dr. Gurkoff is interested in how insults to the brain result in changes in neural activity and behavior. Using a combination of depth and surface

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WORKSHOP I: Integrating Service Learning into First-Year Engineering Courses: A Hands-On Workshop

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Brian Patrick O'Connell, Northeastern University; Anne Shea, Northeastern University; Kennedy Gallagher, Northeastern University

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FYEE 2025

. This pedagogical approach allows engineeringstudents to apply theoretical principles to real-world challenges while developing crucialprofessional skills that traditional classroom settings alone cannot cultivate [4]. Throughservice-learning, future engineers learn to navigate the complex social, ethical, and culturaldimensions of technical problems, skills increasingly demanded by employers and essential forcreating inclusive technological solutions [3]. The collaborative nature of community partnershipsalso enhances engineers' communication abilities across disciplines and with non-technicalstakeholders, fostering empathy and user-centered design thinking [5]. For instance, first-yearengineering students working on robotics projects with

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Adam Barnes, University of Virginia

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Professional Papers

determine how reliable each method is, as well as their relative merits and limitations.MethodologyThe data for this paper is taken from the Fall semester 2024 Capstone Senior design course. Partof the project process is for each team to meet with the instructor on a weekly basis. Thisafforded the opportunity to regularly interact with each team and directly assess teamperformance. In parallel, the students filled out teamwork surveys, providing a basis forcomparison. This provides two assessment tools that can be compared, one based on theinstructor's evaluation, and one based on the students’ evaluation.The class consisted of 87 students broken up into 19 teams of 4 to 5 students each. Students inour program are encouraged in their third year to

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ERM Technical Session: Strategies for Student Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

sustainable programs,creating a more inclusive and dynamic academic environment. The current study assesses asummer research program from 2019 to 2024. The current study evaluates a summer researchprogram that operated from 2019 to 2024, was designed to increase degree retention andattainment for STEM students while promoting their advancement into graduate students. Thisprogram engaged students in high impact practices aimed at fostering professional development,affinity for their STEM discipline, and research skills.Each year, student cohorts participated in an eight-week research project under the supervision ofuniversity or community college faculty members. Depending on institution of origin, previousresearch experience and academic standing

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Industry and Technical Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Student Division (STDT)

training the next generation of mechanical engineers withadvanced skills to excel in interdisciplinary challenges and a competitive job market. This paperwill discuss the course contents and pedagogical approach employed to deliver the new coursesuccessfully. Using backwards design, our goal was to create a student-centered learningenvironment through which students explored complex, interdisciplinary concepts through peerdiscussions and teamwork, resulting in a final project and presentation.Keywords: Course design, multidisciplinary course, mechanical engineering, healthcare,engagementI. Introduction The traditional curriculum structure of mechanical engineering (ME) in the United Statespredominantly focuses on four key subjects

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Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew R. Sloboda, Bucknell University; Sarah Wodin-Schwartz P.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

teaching assistant for both mechanical and electrical engineering courses including Introduction to Mechatronics for which she received thDr. Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Kimberly LeChasseur is a researcher and evaluator with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She has a dual appointment with the Center for Project-Based Learning and the Morgan Teaching and Learning Center. She holds a PhD in Educational Leadership ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Closing Equity Gaps in Statics for BIPOC Students with a Free-Body Diagrams AppObjectives: This paper 1) examines the potential of an FBD App to close equity gaps in

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Tech Session 6: Transformative Practices in Evolving Learning Environments

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brett Ryan Krueger, United States Military Academy; William B Vass, United States Military Academy; Matthew Baideme, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

students [7]–[9]. Additionally, self-selected groupshave a tendency to form in-groups with their friends or choose individuals that look like them,resulting in a lack of diversity [10]. Understanding the relationship between group formationmethods and student performance can inform andragogical practices and help educatorsmaximize the benefits of collaborative learning. The objective of this research was to identifyhow group formation methods influence student outcomes, measured by exam grades,engineering design project (EDP) scores, and specific lesson objective performance assessments.This study produced empirical insights into optimal group formation practices through acontrolled experiment with undergraduate students enrolled in a

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student Motivation and Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan Delson, University of California at San Diego; Jennifer Mullin, UC San Diego

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

and spatial visualization skills.Dr. Jennifer Mullin, UC San Diego Jennifer S. Mullin is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Faculty Director of Experience Engineering (E4) in Jacob’s School of Engineering. Her work is focused on engineering education research and curriculum development with an emphasis on creativity, design thinking and project-based pedagogy. She utilizes informed instructional choices through a ”learn-by-doing” approach to enhance and enrich the undergraduate educational experience, specifically at the intersection of engineering design, technical communication and problem-solving. ©American Society for

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Faculty Development: Connections and Community

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yonghee Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jay Mann, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

their studies over theacademic year. These projects often focus on enhancing student engagement, integrating newtechnologies, and addressing discipline-specific teaching challenges. By creating an organizedopportunity for faculty to collaborate and experiment, TIP has been a supporting structure forteaching innovation.We used a qualitative case study to explore how three senior tenured engineering professorsparticipated in teaching-focused communities of practice (CoPs) at a large research-intensivepublic university in a Midwestern U.S. over a decade. We chose a case study approach becausewe focus on providing in-depth understanding of individual participants’ unique experiencewithin their real-life contexts [10]. This approach allowed us to

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Best Papers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel M. Esposito, United States Naval Academy; Jenelle Armstrong Piepmeier, United States Naval Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

offeringsin mobile robotics, computer vision, autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence added in thefollowing decades. In the academic year 2013 -14 we modernized our by-design curriculum andin 2015 the name of the department was officially changed to Robotics and Control Engineering.The program is housed in a stand-alone department and graduates about 75 students per year,including our honors program.The curriculum is centered around the project-based-learning (PBL) paradigm (Fig. 1)– withnearly every course including hands-on lab experiences and an open-ended final project. Thecurriculum is structured as follows. ● Sophomore Year: Programming (Fall) and Mechatronics (Spring) gateway courses that provide the foundation for future PBL

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid S Timorabadi P.Eng., University of Toronto; Yucheng Zhang, University of Toronto

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

Paper ID #46339BOARD #137: Bridging Theory and Practice - Empowering Student Learningthrough an Interactive Dual-Axis Solar Panel Tracker PlatformDr. Hamid S Timorabadi P.Eng., University of Toronto Hamid Timorabadi received his B.Sc, M.A.Sc, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has worked as a project, design, and test engineer as well as a consultant to industry. His research interests include the application of digital signal processing in power systems.Yucheng Zhang, University of Toronto Electrical Engineering student with a minor in Sustainable Energy at University of Toronto

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tammy Mackenzie, The Aula Fellowship; Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Rubaina Khan, University of Toronto; Victoria Kuketz; Leslie Salgado, University of Calgary; Branislav Radeljić, Aula Fellowship for AI Science, Tech, and Policy; Peer Herholz, Northwestern University; Awa Samaké; Sylvie T. Leduc, York University; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Private Corporation

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

-makers worldwide face complex AI challenges, often without sufficient in- put from non-technical stakeholders, resulting in a democratic deficit. To address this, we propose the Permanent Symposium on AI (PSAI), a novel facilitation of inclusive, interdisciplinary, global dialogue on AI. This work-in-progress study is part of a larger research project investigating the challenges and gaps between governance and technical expertise in AI decision-making. This study leverages a Grounded Theory Autoethno- graphic (GTA) approach to document the end-to-end development and design consid- erations in envisioning the PSAI. Our approach will inform the future design choices in developing and testing of the PSAI - ensuring

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Paul Charles Bigby Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Antarjot Kaur, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

involved with several large-scale interdisciplinary research projects focused on institutional environments and STEM identity development are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kapor Center. In recent years, she was selected as an Early Career Awardee and Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and a NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader. She also received the Barbara Townsend Early Career Scholar Award by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) and gave the distinguished ASHE-CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture. To learn more about her current projects, visit http://sarahlrodriguez.com/Paul Charles Bigby Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Avimanyu Sahoo, The University of Alabama in Huntsville; Haejun Park, Oklahoma State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

safety, fire protection technology, mechanical engineeringtechnology, electrical engineering, and artificial intelligence (AI). Engaging students fromsophomore to senior levels, the program provided exposure to diverse research methodologiesand multidisciplinary projects, fostering a comprehensive understanding of engineering systemsand their real-world applications.The first part of the paper details the program’s structure, activities, and virtual collaborationsbetween sites, followed by an analysis of its educational and research outcomes. It alsopresents formative and summative assessment results, showcasing the program’s impact onstudent learning, skill development, and career trajectories. By examining these outcomes, wedemonstrate how

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ECE-Outreach and Engagement Strategies for Inspiring Future Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

YiXiang Shawn Sun, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Guannan Shi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Wayne A Scales, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

further emphasized by the launch of the National Quantum Initiative Act of 2018, whichalso calls for expanded education and workforce development in quantum science andengineering. Similarly, on a global scale, China has its Made in China 2025 and the FourteenthFive-Year Plan, and the European Union has its Quantum Technologies Flagship project. Talentand education play a pivotal role in shaping the future of quantum technology and ensuring acountry’s competitiveness in this rapidly advancing field. As quantum technology continues togain prominence, we have seen a growing demand for skilled professionals who can driveinnovation, conduct groundbreaking research, and develop cutting-edge applications. However,the quantum industry is currently