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Faculty Development: Lessons Learned Papers and Lightning Talks

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie E. Evans, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Heather Lynn Johnson; David C. Mays, University of Colorado Denver

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

. David C. Mays, University of Colorado Denver David Mays is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver. He earned his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, then taught high school through Teach for America and worked as a contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory before earning his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He has been at CU Denver since 2005, where he teaches fluid mechanics and hydrology, studies flow in porous media using ideas from complex systems science, leads the graduate track in Hydrologic, Environmental, and Sustainability Engineering (HESE), and advocates for broadening

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 1: Critical Reflections on Teaching and Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Tonn, Boston College; Brit Shields, University of Pennsylvania; Ryan Hearty, The Johns Hopkins University; Adelheid Voskuhl, University of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

electrical engineering and PhD in History of Science and Technology from Johns Hopkins University. As an engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Hearty built radio communications hardware for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. As a historian, he has studied collaborations across disciplines of engineering and applied science since the 1930s. His doctoral dissertation analyzed the rise and development of water quality management, a multidisciplinary field of applied science, from the New Deal to the Clean Water Act.Adelheid Voskuhl, University of Pennsylvania ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Pedagogical Choices for Navigating and Teaching Sociotechnical

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

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Kentucky; Jennifer Tygret; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University

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Diversity

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

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.Jennifer TygretDr. 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. Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University Dr. Canek Phillips is a Research Scientist at in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University where his

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Civil Engineering Capstone Showcase

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Wambeke, United States Air Force Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

theirsurvey, and they found that most capstone courses contained a mixture of classroom and projectcomponents, with an increase in both the variety and quantity of projects that were externallysourced through industry. Researching the types of activities that civil engineering programs areusing for their capstone project reinforced those findings. Even when searching for “research-focused” capstones, the types of projects identified in the various articles are project-orientedand/or linked to industry. While the list is certainly not exhaustive, several examples are thesetypes of capstone projects are described in [3] – [7]. Warner and O’Hern [8] describe howHoward University and Sandia National Laboratories have collaborated to develop research

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Faculty Development: Grading and Artificial Intelligence

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Moyaki, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

settings.In higher education, AI has influenced classroom instruction, laboratory learning, researchproductivity, and administrative processes [1, 2].Within engineering education, the momentum toward AI adoption is accelerating. Traditionallylimited to robotics, automation, and control systems, AI is now being adopted more broadly,facilitating curriculum design, enabling automated assessments, and providing personalizedfeedback mechanisms [3, 4]. As faculty expand their exploration of AI’s pedagogical potential,the discourse has also highlighted concerns, such as the risk of student overreliance and thereadiness of faculty to adopt AI responsibly and effectively [5]. Yet, the overall recognition ofAI’s potential continues to drive its integration

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taiwo Raphael Feyijimi, University of Georgia; Landon Todd Smith, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

fail to account forthe influence of contextual factors such as school type and teacher-student interactions, which maymediate the effectiveness of such interventions. For instance, students in resource-rich privateschools with access to advanced laboratory equipment and interactive learning opportunities oftenoutperform their peers in under-resourced public schools, suggesting that educationalenvironments play a crucial role in spatial ability development [5]. Yet, a systematic investigationof these contextual factors in secondary school settings is largely absent from existing literature,leaving a critical gap in understanding how educational environments shape spatial reasoning.Physics education has emerged as a promising avenue for

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WiP: Hands-on Learning and Safety

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Hunter Flodman, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Daniel A. Crowl, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #47259A process safety framework for teaching and learningProf. Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University Tracy Carter is a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at Northeastern University. She is also a faculty facilitator for the Industry/CCPS Faculty Workshops on process safety. In addition to her academic work, she has 9 years of R&D experience in industry. She has 15+ years of experience teaching unit operations laboratory and process safety to undergraduate and graduate students. She also has 5+ years mentoring graduate students on technical communications in the NU College of Engineering

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Smarter Strategies: Evolving Tools for Engineering Management Excellence

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie R Szekerczes, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; James Nevin McKirahan Jr., Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

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ERM Technical Session: Examining Identity

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katharine Sarah Getz, Pennsylvania State University; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Danielle V. Lewis, University at Buffalo; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

North Carolina State University. His previous training includes a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa and an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. Matthew’s research focuses on sociocultural inequality in engineering graduate education with the intention of increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in STEM graduate education. He is completed a postdoctoral appointment in engineering education with the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory with Dr. Catherin Berdanier at Pennsylvania State University. He is currently a Research Scientist at Purdue University with the STRIDE research group directed by Dr. Allison Godwin at Cornell University.Dr. Danielle V. Lewis

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kleio Avrithi, Marian University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

, “We must teach more effectively: here are four ways to getstarted,” Molecular Biology of the Cell, vol. 26(12), pp. 2151-2155, 2015.[3] Rossow, M., “Learning statics by studying worked examples,” ASEE National AnnualConference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 24-27, 2018.[4] R. O’Neill, R.C. Geiger, K. Csavina, and C. Orndoff, “Making statics dynamic!” Combininglecture and laboratory into an interdisciplinary, problem-based, active learning environment,”ASEE National Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 24-27, 2007.[5] A.K.T. Howard, “Gamification Design for Engineering Statics,” ASEE National AnnualConference, Virtual, July 26-29, 2021.[6] S. Mehta and S. Danielson, “Teaching statics “dynamically,” Session 1368, ASEE NationalAnnual Conference, Charlotte

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ENT-5: Pathways for Developing Entrepreneurial Skills Across Educational Levels

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene Reizman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maysam Nezafati, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech & Emory University; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Mary Lauren Benton, Baylor University; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mitchel Daniel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jonathan Rylander, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

assistant professor of bioinformatics at Baylor University. She received her B.S. in Bioinformatics at Baylor University before completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University.Dr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Associate Professor and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, measurement science, engineering education, engineering leadership, and professional identity development.Mitchel Daniel, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyJonathan Rylander, Baylor University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Uri Feldman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; George D. Ricco, Miami University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

instructor noticed that the traditional mathematical focus and delivery of the content weredifficult for students to grasp and to keep them engaged. Furthermore, the course's lecture-onlyformat, with two 75-minute sessions per week, left little time for problem-solving or lab basedinstruction. To address these constraints, the instructor developed and implemented the “signaldetective” approach to make the fundamental concepts and methods of signals and systemsmeaningful and relatable without delving too deeply into the math (supplementary materials andreadings from the textbook are provided for those students who want to delve deeper into themath). Separately, a series of brief, targeted laboratory exercises have been introduced toreinforce key

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Faulconer, Monash University; Robert Deters, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Kelly A George, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Brent Terwilliger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Darryl Jim Chamberlain Jr., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engage in, assuming thestudent could contribute regardless of any geographical locations. Interestingly, despite inherentlimitations, the fully online students largely preferred roles with hands-on components, highlyranking field research and laboratory research. Several roles that are easier to navigate in adistributed research team that students also expressed interest include project management, dataanalysis, safety management, and consulting. The roles that were reported to have the least fit forstudents were computer coding, manuscript preparation, and survey development, withapproximately 30–40% of respondents indicating that this type of role in an undergraduateresearch project did not fit with their plan. However, each potential role

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

laboratory operations.Project management: From the third to the tenth weeks, weekly meetings were scheduledbetween REU participants and their mentors to discuss the research progress. A spirit ofteamwork was encouraged among the REU participants who were working on related projects.Program meetings of all faculty members and REU participants were held during the fourth andseventh weeks. REU participants presented their independent research results and status reportsduring the program meetings.REU participants were encouraged to exchange ideas with each other and mentors in programmeetings, brown bag lunch meetings, and research seminars organized by the REU site. REUparticipants also practiced the research, problem-solving, presentation, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L Kauffman, University of Central Florida

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, structural morphing, and energy harvesting. Ongoing projects range from developing high-bandwidth, high-authority actuators for vibration testing in jet engines to taking inspiration from how mosquitos eject drops from their wings before flight to discover new ways of decontaminating surfaces. His current research is funded by the Office of Naval Research, NSF, DoD, NASA, and several industry partners. Prof. Kauffman enjoys teaching a variety of courses in the MAE Department. He frequently teaches the Mechanical Systems Laboratory, which lets him interact with students and enjoy their ”aha!” moments in the smaller lab setting. He is fortunate to advise a fantastic research group with a great mix of graduate and

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mollie Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #46557Best Practices for Developing Virtual Reality Education SimulationsMollie Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mollie Johnson is a graduate researcher in the Engineering Systems Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received her BS in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is furthering her education as a Masters’ student in AeroAstro at MIT.Dr. Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Olivier de Weck is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT. His research focuses on the technological

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Zachary Clay, University of Texas at Austin; Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Charles Xie; H. Onan Demirel, Oregon State University; Zhenghui Sha, University of Texas at Austin

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #47647BOARD # 263: IUSE: Research on Generative Design Thinking: DesignCognition, Tools, andEducationJohn Zachary Clay, University of Texas at Austin John Z. Clay is a Research Scientist Assistant in the System Integration and Design Informatics Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. Their research focuses on design thinking and the cognitive processes relevant to both traditional human-driven design and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven design using generative AI, i.e., generative design thinking.Dr. Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Molly H. Goldstein is a Teaching

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University; Paul M Koola, Texas A&M University; Rahul Subramanian, Ocean Engineering, Texas A and M University

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Diversity

competition in detail, including goals,implementation, and challenges. The paper also discusses the challenges introduced by theCOVID pandemic and how the event was moved to a virtual platform to ensure social distancing.Finally, lessons learned and future plans are presented. IntroductionIt is currently well understood that team competitions are an important component of engineeringeducation1-3 and support education in teaming, communications, leadership, design and open-ended problem solving. While classroom and laboratory learning are the backbone of engineeringeducation, extracurricular competitions, especially those that involve teaming, are an excellentway to augment learning. Not only does competition

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Gisi, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Phillip H Jones III, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

capacity for distance learning and continued exploration. Taking steps toutilize simulation when face-to-face instruction is not viable is a driving objective in thisresearch.1.3 Educational ContextThe educational context for this study of robotics platforms is the Introduction to EmbeddedSystems course in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa StateUniversity. The 200-level course is required for computer, cybersecurity, and electricalengineering majors, and for software engineering, it is one of two courses students choose fromto fulfill a requirement. Students learn about embedded systems concepts and design using arobotics platform in the laboratory. The mobile robot in the lab is built around the iRobot Create2 (Roomba

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Engineers and Accountability Kenneth Van Treuren Mechanical Engineering

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Olin College of Engineering; Usama El Shamy, P.E., Southern Methodist University; Binod Tiwari, University of Michigan; Anirban De, P.E., Manhattan College; Xenia Wirth; Kejun Wen, Jackson State University; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Beena Ajmera, Iowa State University; Scott Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Alison Rose Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania; Surya Sarat Chandra Congress; Anthony Tessari; Mehdi Omidvar; Ashly Cabas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

suggested laboratory report assignment(sample prompt for report and model report available to instructors). In this section, we providea detailed “gameflow” description that depicts what happens in the game. 3Figure 1. Students playing GeoExplorer in the geotechnical engineering lab and at home.Gameplay. After registering on the website and starting up the VE, the gameplay involves fourkey stages: Driving (players need to drive to the correct location of where the CPT needs tohappen), Preparation (players need to take a number of steps that are essential before conductinga CPT (e.g., clean the cone, level the truck)), CPT (the actual CPT occurs, which

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Scachitti, Purdue University Northwest; James B. Higley P.E., University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

for $300 for any individual student research projectand $600 funding support for teams of two or more students. This funding option is alsoavailable for any individually initiated student capstone project. Some examples of successfulindividual student projects that were funded from these sources include developing, designingand building a plastic shredding machine and a platic molding machine. Student initiated projectsthat require funding beyond what the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs allots are usuallysupplemented by the students themselves.Funding for faculty-initiated projects requires yet another funding approach as these projects areusually developed for use by the ET department for future research or laboratory work. Someexamples

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AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Michael Blocker; Benjamin Ahn, The Ohio State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

the rocket and so must handle highlyenergetic materials safely. Therefore, the propulsion team has two main advisors: a safety advisor whosupervises all activities undertaken with energetic materials and a technical advisor who is highlyknowledgeable about propulsion. These two advisors permit the team to access on-campus laboratories thatspecialize in manufacturing energetic materials. Access to those laboratories allows the team to safely mixand cast the solid rocket propellant articles necessary to construct a rocket motor. Once the propulsion teamis ready to test a new motor, the two advisors oversee design reviews and closely monitor the physicalhardware to ensure that student risk is minimized during testing.2.2 Past, Current, and

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University; Erin Hagarty; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Cameron Nowzari, George Mason University; Ali Khalid Raz, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg, George Mason University; Daigo Shishika, George Mason University; Cynthia Smith, George Mason University; James Yang

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Rice Univer- sity in 1998. She attended the University of IllinoiProf. Cameron Nowzari, George Mason University Cameron Nowzari is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Depart- ment at George Mason University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in June 2009 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences in Sept 2013 from the Uni- versity of California, San Diego. He was with the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a Summer Faculty Fellow in 2019, working with the Aerospace Systems directorate Dr. Nowzari’s research interests are in the broad area

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Framework Studies

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Shi, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Kyle S Horne, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Yanwei Wu, UW Platteville

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

methods to promote a culture of laboratory safety [10].Some gamification platforms to gamify classroom activities such as quizzes and surveys havealso become popular; a good example is Kahoot.In addition to gamifying individual learning activities, researchers have also been working onenhancing gamification theories in education. Denny examined the effect of virtual achievementson student engagements in his study [11] and discovered significant positive effect. Inchamnan etal. discussed gamification workflow for growth mindset processes [12]. Su evaluated thecognitive load and possible learning anxiety caused by gamification in education [13]. As part ofthe European Horizon 2020 project NEWTON, an innovative NEWTON-enhanced gamificationmodel was

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

. Due to the wide range of the materialcovered, the course pace is intense as the class meets four times a week for fifty minutes.In the Spring 2022 semester, quizzes were introduced for the first time in response to a significantdecrease in attendance (> 50 % drop) after the first few weeks during previous semesters.Historically, the authors supported the vision highlighted in [8] as optional attendance should helpstudents to grow. However, it became apparent, that students misinterpreted the freedom skippingtoo many lectures. In addition, the instructors observed that it was difficult for students to stay ontop of the material if it is not somehow enforced.The quizzes were offered along with homework assignments, laboratory assignments

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

performed by senior year students offer a rich environment to apply conceptswhere students may apply concepts and knowledge gained throughout their college experience.This paper examines project-based learning (PBL) implementation in a capstone project course sequencein the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University. The course structure is designed tomotivate students and engage them throughout a two-semester long project. Various sources wereidentified to select proper topics for the different teams. These sources include partners from industry,community foundations, local authorities and companies. Other sources could be research topics withprofessors in the same institute or other research laboratories. The projects are designed with

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Technical Session 8 - Paper 1: Combining Forces: Putting Equity to Work

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Fatima Alleyne, University of California, Berkeley; Ricky Vides, University of California, Berkeley; Grace D O'Connell, University of California, Berkeley

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

California.Prof. Grace D O’Connell, University of California, Berkeley Grace O’Connell is the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence in the College of Engineering and As- sociate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the co-director of the Berkeley Biomechanics Laboratory, and her research interests are in soft tissue mechanobiology and tissue engineering. O’Connell received a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009, where her research focused on intervertebral disc biomechanics with age, degeneration, and injury. O’Connell’s research group employs computational modeling and experi- mental approaches to study the effect of aging and

Conference Session

Digital Methods in Mechanics: Teaching with Digital Tools

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael P. Hennessey, University of St. Thomas; Amir Ahmad Naqwi

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

learningexperience. In our lab students attempt to match the displacement output vs. time profile for asimple laboratory set-up with that from the output of a standard second-order system; in essence,practically solving a system ID problem. Regarding the measurement of a rigid body’s mass moment of inertia, various techniques havebeen used for decades, going back to at least the 1950s, such as by Ellett [14] and others [15] –[17]. In all of the cases presented, they use either torsion springs (much like wires as the aspectratio is quite high) or strings/cables, such as that presented below, but with a slightly differentconfiguration. In almost all cases, small oscillations are considered from which a standard second-order oscillator ODE results and the

Conference Session

STEM Education at the Two-Year College

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabe Hanzel-Sello, Growth Sector; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cheryl Martinez, Growth Sector; Ivanna Abreu

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

precalculus and trigonometry courses they would take in the fall. Most math courses lastedabout two hours per day.Hands-On STEM ActivitiesMany STEM Core students report a lack of connection to the STEM economy in general and lackwhat research identifies as a clear “STEM identity.” In order to develop the critical STEM identity,make clear connections to real-world math applications, and provide resume-worthy projects thatwill inform their impending internship search, STEM Core Summer Bridge students completehands-on STEM projects. To assist with the creation of accessible and engaging content, GrowthSector worked with Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education (ORISE), based at Oak RidgeNational Laboratory. ORISE developed hands-on projects based on