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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tennessee Tech University; Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University

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test apparatus for an engineering laboratory course.” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/cae.22773 12. M. Chen. “Facilitating aerospace engineering senior design: Integrating lab curriculum redesign with student project and new technologies.” Engineering Reports, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/eng2.12938AcknowledgementsThis material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No. 2152218. Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Sean Walker, University of South Alabama; Kari J Lippert, University of South Alabama

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Professional Papers

impact of flipped classrooms on student achievement in engineering education: A meta-analysis of 10 years of research," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 108, no. 4, pp. 523-546, 2019.[3] R. Castedo, L. Lopez, M. Chiquito, J. Navarro, J. Cabrera and M. Ortega, "Flipped classroom—comparative case study in engineering higher education," Computer Application in Engineering Education, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 206-216, 2018.[4] M. Chen, "Synergizing computer‐aided design, commercial software, and cutting‐edge technologies in an innovative nozzle test apparatus for an engineering laboratory course," Computer Applications in Engineering Education, vol. 32, no. 5, p. e22773, 2024.[5] C. Chen, "Flipped classroom with case-based learning

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Adam Piper, Mississippi State University; Jenna Johnson, Mississippi State University; Daniel Dunaway, Mississippi State University

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Professional Papers

Paper ID #45828Transforming Teaching Evaluations One Department at a TimeDr. Adam Piper, Mississippi State University Dr. Piper serves as a Teaching Professor in Industrial & Systems Engineering at Mississippi State University. He has instructed more than 100 courses and laboratory sections across Industrial & Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, and Biomedical Engineering at four institutions in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. His primary interest lies in the modeling and enhancement of processes, including those related to the assessment of teaching and learning within the engineering

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Flexible Pavements, Transportation Research Record No. 1307, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1991.(5) Robert Brooks (a/k/a: James Matthews) and Carl Monismith, Direct Tension and Simple Stiffness Tests---Tools for the Fatigue Design of Asphalt Concrete Layers, Transportation Research Record No. 1388, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1993.(6) Robert Brooks (a/k/a: James Matthews), Investigation of Laboratory Fatigue testing Procedures for Asphalt Aggregate Mixtures, Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 119, No.4, 1993.(7) Robert Brooks (a/k/a: James Matthews), The Effect of Aggregate Gradation on the

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ryan Ferguson; Richard Lupa; Bradford Powers; Henry Whitney; Salah Badjou

Zarnikau, Consumer demand for `green power' and energy efficiency, Energy Policy, Volume 31, Issue 15, December 2003, Pages 1661-1672, ISSN 0301-4215, DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(02)00232-X. [3] Martin A. Green, Keith Emery, Solar cell efficiency tables, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 25-29, 1993, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems, University of New South Wales, Kensington 2033, Australia; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA [4] Basic Stamp Programming Manual, Parallax Inc, 2000 [5] Servo City 6RPM Gear Motor Product Page, Servo City. http://www.servocity.com/html/6_rpm_gear_motor.html , accessed 04/02/2009Biography:Ryan

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Daniel Domato; Marco Castaldi; James Patrick Abulencia

materials such as wood andMunicipal Solid Waste, and has been identified as a potential source of energy because it isrenewable and abundant. Gasification is one process that can be used to extract energy out ofthis biomass. Typically used with fossil fuels such as coal, gasification of biomass can generatesyngas, which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Despite the increasing popularity of green engineering, full stand-alone coursesaddressing this topic would be difficult to insert into the already full chemical engineeringcurriculum. One potential way to expose students to green engineering is through the seniorlevel unit-operations laboratory. To this end, a new unit-operations lab experiment centered on the biomass

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Thomas Goddard; Konstantin Litovskiy; Nathan Nichols-Roy; Matthew Reed; Igor Shvartser; Nicholas Smith; David Zeppa; Linda Werner; Julia E. Rice; Hans W. Horn; Amanda C. Engler

to extend OSRA to extract polymer structures from text. Cross-disciplinary teams are usually located in different Currently, we expect to have code for vertical bracketdepartments across a single campus rather than in different detection by the end of the capstone course. Our progressgeographic sites. Our student team has laboratory space gives us confidence that we will have the horizontal bracketlocated in the Jack Baskin Engineering building on the UCSC detection feature

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Graduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reem Khojah, University of California, San Diego; Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of California San Diego

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

-lecture formative assessments and designing AI-proof assignments. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Medical Technology, a Master’s degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from KAUST, and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Reem has also engaged in post-doctoral research at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of California, Irvine.Dr. Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of California San Diego Alyssa C. Taylor is a Teaching Professor in bioengineering with thirteen years of teaching experience across introductory, laboratory, and capstone design courses. Her teaching career began in 2010 when she joined the University of Washington as an

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ABET, PE, and CEBOK

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

for Interdisciplinary Center for Sustainable 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

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Effective Teaching Potpourri

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danielle Gao, Smith College; Glenn W Ellis, Smith College; Amy Azogue Irigoyen, Smith College; Chon-sa Cardona, Smith College

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

and seepage, volumechanges, effective stress, strength and compaction. A variety of strategies are used in the class tobalance efficiency and innovation. Additionally, efforts are being made to highlight thecontributions of female engineers to the field, ensuring that students encounter role models whoreflect the diversity of the profession. These include lecture, discussion, peer teaching, hands-ongroup activities, labs introducing standard laboratory procedures, labs supporting inquiry, casestudies, and real or virtual field trips. Examples of how IE cognitive tools are used in the classare shown in Table 2. They include extensive use of the following cognitive tools: story, mystery,fantasy, heroism, extremes of reality, theoretic thinking

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Nirupam Raj; Ashwath Muppa, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; Rhea Nirmal; Teo W. Kamath; Achyut Dipukumar; Aarush Laddha; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

laboratory conditions, the research aims to provide practical insights for educatorsconsidering these tools. The findings will contribute to broader discussions about technology-enhanced learning and the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and humaninstruction in technical disciplines.Literature ResearchRecent advances in LLMs have shown their potential to transform educational settings, particularlyin programming courses where timely, detailed feedback is important. Fagbohun et al. [1] statesthat LLMs can automate grading with personalized feedback but that they still require carefulhandling of biases combined with human supervision to ensure that LLMs are fair and efficientand to reduce the occurrence of ethical risks like

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniela Topasna, Virginia Military Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

Power Point C1. Students Advising on career matters class Handouts discussions Bibliography C5. Curriculum C5.a. technical elective C5.c. broad educationLab Rules Handouts, Reinforces lab standards and safety Instruction rules in labInstruction on In lab demo C7. Facilities Modern equipment, accessiblethe NIL Handout Guidance regarding the use of tools,equipment based on the equipment, laboratories manual C8. Institutional Adequate resources

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadya Shalamova, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James Lembke; Maria Pares-Toral, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Derek David Riley, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Daniel Bergen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

industry brief, "The Roadmap to Becoming an AI University" [32], delineates acomprehensive framework for integrating AI within academic institutions. It advises universitiesto embed AI into their curricula across diverse disciplines, extending beyond the traditionalSTEM fields, thereby preparing students for an AI-centric future. It further emphasizes theimportance of investing in advanced computing infrastructure, such as high-performancecomputing clusters and AI laboratories, to support cutting-edge research and attract top-tiertalent. The brief also underscores the necessity of establishing partnerships with industry andsecuring funding to foster innovation and sustain competitiveness. Furthermore, it highlights thesignificance of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Wendy Cagle, Western Carolina University; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

microfabrication and has published in IEEE and AIP journals and conferences.Dr. Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University Chip Ferguson is the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology and Professor of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University.Dr. Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University Scott Rowe is an Assistant Professor in Western Carolina University’s School of Engineering + Technology. He joined Western Carolina University in 2021 after studies in concentrated solar power and controls engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Scott’s research relates to accessible and inexpensive engineering equipment for laboratory education. ©American Society for

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Analia E. Rao, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

-income engineering transfer students.Dr. David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine David A. Copp received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prior to joining UCI, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and an adjunct faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His broad research interests include engineering education, as well as control and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

(AIChE). She has served in various administrative roles at Michigan Tech and is a former President of ASEE. She earned the AES Electrophoresis Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022 and was a prior Michigan Professor of the Year Nominee, which illustrates her dual passion for leveraging research and education for student growth and societal advances. While directing the Micro Medical Device Engineering Research Laboratory (uM.D. – ERL), she has managed ˜$14.9 million, yielding 104 research graduates, a patent, and >110 publications. Her favorite quote is by Ray McDermott, ”Culture is not a past cause to a current self. Culture is the current challenge to possible future selves

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Speer, Carnegie Mellon University; Melisa Orta Martinez, Carnegie Mellon University; Kylie Peppler, University of California, Irvine; Olivia Robinson, Carnegie Mellon University; Joey Huang, North Carolina State University; Nickolina Yankova; Santiago Ojeda-Ramirez, University of California, Irvine

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

to create novel robotic systems that support interdisciplinary collaborative learning.Dr. Melisa Orta Martinez, Carnegie Mellon University Melisa Orta Martinez is an assistant professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where she leads the Social Haptics Robotics and Education (SHRED) Laboratory. Her research combines the areas of robotics, haptics, human-computer interaction, and education. Her main areas of focus and interest are developing low-cost, open-source robotic technology for educational applications and understanding the effects of this technology on learning, as well as studying the sense of touch and developing novel mechanisms for human-machine interaction.Dr. Kylie Peppler

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Laura E. Ray, Dartmouth College; Scott Pauls, Dartmouth College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

knowledge to practicalchallenges but also gain hands-on experience in data science and tool development. Theseprojects help students see how their work directly affects communities, industries, and theenvironment, offering invaluable insights into both the technical and human-centered aspects ofinnovation.The Smart Microscope Project (with Dr. Aravindhan Sriharan, Dermatopathologist andProfessor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth) exemplifies how students learnedto bridge the gap between traditional workflows and modern technological advancements. Whileworking on this project, students explored the fundamentals of medical diagnostics and thelimitations of traditional microscopes on telepathology. They then applied data science to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Dan DelVescovo, Oakland University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

laboratories, automotive, energy,aerospace, and NASA. In the comments section of the survey, many reflected on the impact of their REUexperience, describing it as “a wonderful program that opened many doors to my career”; “incrediblyimpactful… many opportunities in networking and career development have been especially beneficial tome”; “REU was honestly one of the best parts of my undergrad for so many reasons…growing up shy andunconfident, the position helped me build confidence, interact with peers from other schools and helped mefeel much more confident when applying for first jobs in my career…”; “Honestly, I had a wonderfulexperience in the program and I wouldn’t have even been interested in research if I didn’t do this program!I’m in the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Mackay, The Ohio State University; Jieun Hur P.E., The Ohio State University; Julie P Martin, University of Georgia; Jennifer Brown, Clemson University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

recruitment.OutcomesThe REU Site was funded in March 2023 with the first cohort of students welcomed on campustwo months later. We have since implemented the project fully in summer 2024. Across thetwo cohorts, the project engaged 20 undergraduate students (17 were not currently enrolled atour university) from a variety of majors to work on research quesƟons in the fields of civil,environmental, and geodeƟc engineering. The student cohort diversity increased across theprogram years with the 2024 cohort having gender parity, one student from a Historically BlackCollege and University, and two students from Puerto Rico.The key acƟvity of the REU Site was the 9-week immersive research experience in whichparƟcipants worked in Faculty Mentor laboratories under the

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deepthi Suresh, University of Michigan; Paul Jensen, University of Michigan; Jan P. Stegemann, University of Michigan

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Engineering Coursework on Biomedical Engineering Students’ Career Expectations and Goals.BackgroundBiomedical Quality Engineers (QEs) are oftentimes the last line of defense to ensure the safetyand reliability of crucial medical devices. Their biomedical engineering (BME) backgroundequips them with a cross-disciplinary education that traverses topics like instrumentation,biomechanics, and laboratory skills. This foundation creates a flexibility in cross-functionalteams that few other engineers have, making them the ideal Quality Engineer in the medicaldevice industry [1]. We define Quality Engineering careers according to the job titles theAmerican Society for Quality consider Quality Engineering, such as

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University. Dr. Johnson received his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on production economics, engineering education, and design tools. Dr. Johnson has over 100 peer reviewed publications and several patents. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and industry.Glen Miller ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025ER2: Preparing High School Teachers to Introduce Engineering Ethics Ideas Vandna Krishnan, Amarnath Banerjee, Bimal Nepal, Michael Johnson, and Glen Miller

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilie Hein, Skyline College; Rick Hough, Skyline College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

scholarships.While recruitment efforts continued, more opportunities to connect with industry partners andpeer mentors were offered in Year 2 of the program (2024). In April 2024, IMMERSE in STEMscholars had the opportunity to go on a tour of Dexterity, a start-up that designs robotics systemsfor shipping and other logistics industry companies. They also had a chance to visit SLACNational Accelerator Laboratory in May 2024. These field trips were enriching experiences, witha scholar commenting in a feedback survey “The most helpful was finding more activities such asthe Dexterity field trip. It was so exciting and seeing what I could do around my field.”.In Spring 2024, peer mentoring events were organized, including a campus tour organized byscholars from

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Kentucky; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Billyde Brown; Ray Phillips, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in STEM academia. Her research centers on the creation of optimal higher education policies and practices that advance faculty careers and student success, as well as the schooling experiences of Mexican-descent youth in the mid-20th century.Dr. Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute Comas Lamar Haynes is a Principal Research Engineer / faculty member of the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Joint Faculty Appointee at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research includes modeling steady state and transient behavior of advanced enDr. Billyde BrownRay Phillips, American Society for Engineering Education ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 NSF

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brittany Lynn Butler-Morton, Rowan University; Darby Rose Riley, Rowan University; Eduardo Rodriguez Mejia, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, The Ohio State University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Ruibal-Villasenor, D. Rosengrant, R. Jordan, and C. E. Hmelo-Silver, “Design and Reflection Help Students Develop Scientific Abilities: Learning in Introductory Physics Laboratories,” J. Learn. Sci., vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 54–98, Jan. 2010, doi: 10.1080/10508400903452876.[8] S. Sheppard and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Eds., Educating engineers: designing for the future of the field, 1st ed. in The preparation for professions series. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2009.[9] S. I. Pinto and S. M. Zvacek, “Cognitive apprenticeship and T-shaped instructional design in computational fluid mechanics: Student perspectives on learning,” Int. J. Mech. Eng. Educ., vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 51–77, Jan. 2022, doi

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katrina Donovan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

effective laboratory techniques. (safety training prior to lab sessions: glassblowing, potter’s wheel, pug milling, stained glass, scanning electron microscope) 9-12.P.1.1 Students will be able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids). (use concept of electronegativity to predict which elements would be expected to form ceramics) 9-12.P.1.3 Students will be able to predict whether reactions will speed up or slow down as conditions change. (use the role of particle size as it relates to the concept of sintering of ceramics) 9-12.P.1.5 Students will be able to distinguish among chemical, physical, and nuclear changes. (use the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University; Rhea Dutta

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

theresearch. This concise structure allowed students to quickly integrate into the program whileminimizing information overload.2.1.2 ProjectFor the following nine weeks, small mentoring groups were formed, with five faculty advisorseach working with a team of 2-3 students. 2 graduate students served as project coordinators aswell as near peer mentors. The students divided their work hours between a common laboratoryshared with the rest of the cohort and their advisor's laboratory, where they collaborated withtheir advisor's research groups. Intentional Strategies to improve teamwork and collaborationwere implemented, such as: • Collaboration: Students worked in teams, balancing collective tasks with individual contributions. Additionally

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

multiple opportunities to presenttheir research progress throughout the summer toexperts in the field. They also received professionaldevelopment training on research ethics, technicalcommunication, and launching careers in systemsbioengineering. Figure 1 shows a summary of theactivities in a typical summer. For two summers (2020 & 2021), the program was run as a completelyvirtual REU due to institutional constraints on visiting researchers due to the pandemic, as the nature ofsystems bioengineering and BDS research enables it to be conducted outside a laboratory setting. Toassess the program each year, we analyzed participant demographics, outcomes in presenting andpublishing their work, career outcomes, exit interviews, and anonymous survey

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sedig Salem Agili, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Center for Signal Integrity and CentralPennsylvania Research and Teaching Laboratory for Biofuels.2. S-STEM Student Support Services and ProgramsThe project aims to build off the current PSCC infrastructure and enhance the scholars’opportunities for social and academic integration and student-faculty interactions through a focuson four key components (S.T.E.M.): Scholar Support; Team-Based Cohorts; EngagementActivities; and Multi-Level Mentoring. These components are based on the Persistence ofInterest Framework of Figure 1 and provide opportunities for the scholars to foster theirpersistence related to academic interest, the rigor of the academics, and commitment to theSTEM programs.For example, we implemented a STEM Scholars’ Orientation Day

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Riley Jackson Fosbre, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

engineeringstudents with active, hands-on learning opportunities to enrich their education and better preparethem for their chosen careers (1-3). Chemical engineering is a multidisciplinary field of studywith a large depth and breadth of material to cover in just four short years, so learning should beboth efficient and reinforcing of basic concepts to maintain student retention and success. To better facilitate better learning outcomes in our current NSF sponsored work, our teamdeveloped several ultra-low-cost desktop learning modules (LCDLMs) which can serve as a full,unit operations experiment without need for a full laboratory budget and set up to facilitate (4-6).The more recent kits are on the order of 10” x 4” x 1” (1) meaning they can be used