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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Brian Surgenor

future career as anengineer.” The results have been positive, but rarely mechatronics specific. Students offeredcomments such as “Teamwork is more important than technical ability” and “You need to bemethodical in the problem solving process”. The fact that the feedback was positive was notsurprising given course surveys from previous years. But the “non-mechatronics” feedbackoriginally caught the attention of the instructors. On reflection, the exercise highlighted to theinstructors that they had designed the course around the process of engineering problem solving,and this has become one of the dominant features of the course.Experience has shown that problems must be presented such that the students are “forced” to bemethodical. The team

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Colin Campbell; Steve Lambert; Oscar Nespoli

faculty of engineering is a 100% co-op school. Every engineeringstudent is required to participate in the co-op program, alternating 4 month terms at school and inindustry. This provides invaluable engineering experience to the students as they progress intheir academic studies. During their academic career, each student will have 6 such industrialopportunities, which can provide a rich and diverse experience. This experience providesindividual students with an excellent opportunity to mature, to appreciate the relevance ofmaterial covered in class, and to have the opportunity to apply some of this material in specificsituations. Collectively, however, the diversity and depth of experience is vast. Unfortunately,there is no clear mechanism to

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Susan J. Masten; Robert V. Fleisig

community. Three teams with the best presentations were selected and given additional coaching and instruction before giving oralpresentations to the entire class in a special evening event, with additional presentations from Engineers without Borders.Recognition was given to other student teams with awards for best technical reports, most innovative designs, and mostimpressive humanitarian ideas. To ensure that students also learn about modern engineering with direct relevance to careers in North America, the second setof projects were developed in consultation with seven engineering departments and situated in remote Canadian communities.Example topics included: ethanol production, footbridge design, alternative fuel engine, wind

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Gregory E. Needel

which organize robotic competitions also provide students withconnections and networking which will ultimately help in their career decision-making.ConclusionRobotics is an important tool in engineering education. Experiential opportunities, especiallyusing robotic kits, enhance the students' education by allowing them to learn multidisciplinaryconcepts, and integrate those components into a comprehensive view of the engineeringprofession. Students have fun and exercise their creativity with classroom projects and throughrobotics competitions. In particular, competitions allow the students to further develop theirskills and network with others who may be instrumental in determining their future goals.AcknowledgementsThanks to professor Lundgren

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ronald Gonzales; Alan Watkins; Chris Simpson

Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 261Learning ObjectivesMapping student labs to achieve clear objectives not only supports learning, but allows a studentto provide demonstrable skills to potential employers. With the National Initiative forCybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) andthe National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) have created the CybersecurityWorkforce Framework [10]. The purpose of this framework is to identify the common knowledge,skills, and abilities of Cybersecurity workers, along with associated job tasks [10]. Table 1provides a list of the

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford

, CATME was not set upappropriately for using it in this way.Conclusion In the end, the project was interesting. The students at University B appreciated that theywere being introduced to design earlier, but most did not enjoy the interaction with theteammates from the other school. The students at University A mostly viewed this newcomponent of the design project as annoying. They did recognize that these skills were usefulfor their future careers, but they were not happy with it. The authors intend to do another joint design project in Spring 2016. This firstexperience has shown many ways to improve the design of the design project. The instructorswill provide more resources (such as a Forbes article on “Managing Virtual Teams

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Byron Garry

(Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) • Respond visibly to domains of legitimate external concern. • Show action on the results of assessment. • Emphasize assessment at the major transition points in a college career. • Embed assessment in the regular curriculum.Responding to external concern falls under the umbrella of the phrase Culture of Evidence,which is currently popular among policy and assessment experts. It captures the belief thathigher education can enhance student learning and success if they systematically collect andexamine data6. Ewell5 calls this the Improvement Paradigm, which can embrace many kinds ofevidence-gathering, including standardized and faculty-designed examinations, capstoneprojects

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Mahbub Ahmed; Lionel Hewavitharana; Scott McKay; Kendra Ahmed; Mamunur Rashid

several engineering positionsthroughout his career. 8 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Puteri Megat Hamari

, there was a steep learning curve in learningthe steps to create and simulate the inverter. However the students were excited to do the task asthey realized the importance of learning an integrated set of industry-grade design tools in theiracademic career. This was a skill that was directly transferable to industry if they were to seek aprofession in this field. Figure 4 shows the Synopsys custom design flow and the tools used ineach stage.Once the students were finished with the simulation of the inverter, they would then draw theinverter layout using the Layout Editor. The layout of the inverter that they drew must match thetransistors’ size in the schematic stage. To run a design rule check (DRC) on the layout based onthe technology process

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Track 6: Technical Session 5: Development of a measure of intersectional socioeconomic inequality that extends beyond income

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Justin Charles Major, Rowan University; Allison Godwin, Cornell University

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2021 Chemical Engineering Education William H. Corcoran Award, 2022 American Educational Research Association Education in the Professions (Division I) 2021-2022 Outstanding Research Publication Award, and the 2023 AIChE Excellence in Engineering Education Research Award

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu; Rajan Chandra

practical examples and greatly benefited by lab sessions. This paper presents some of theremedial steps that we have taken in order to increase the retention in both classes.Problems with introductory circuit analysis and C++ programming classesStudent success in electrical engineering is built on mastery of foundational circuit analysisconcepts such as Kirchhoff's laws nodal analysis, Thevenin, and Norton equivalent circuits.However, the course in which these concepts are taught, comes very early in the student'sbaccalaureate career. Many students at this level have not yet developed sufficient skills such aseffective note taking, building conceptual frameworks that integrate new ideas with existingknowledge, and the need to utilize concepts from

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Auburn University; Andrew Hughes, Auburn University

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Professional Papers

. Without the use of mockups, it canbe challenging to convey how various parts of a structure come together. This challenge isparticularly evident in educational settings, where students may struggle to visualize buildingsand their components in three dimensions, a crucial skill for their future careers. To bridge thisgap, educational tools like physical and virtual mockups are invaluable, helping students betterunderstand both individual material components and how those components are assembled.However, these tools are not without their own set of challenges, such as cost, space, andcomplexity. In an effort to overcome these obstacles, our team developed a mobile wall mockup(MWM) specifically designed to serve as a hands-on learning tool in

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Student Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Spencer Matthew Pollard, California State University, Chico; Abbas Attarwala, California State University, Chico; Jaime Raigoza, California State University, Chico

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Student Papers

are connected to an Arduino microcontroller. The Arduino is what controls the logicfor which LED to illuminate on the breadboard to simulate reading a 0 or a 1.Lessons Learned: What worked well?The camp successfully provided students with a solid theoretical foundation, highlighting whyquantum computing is a field worth exploring, especially as a potential career path. Despite thecomplexity of the material, students demonstrated genuine enthusiasm and engagement,suggesting that they appreciated the value and relevance of quantum computing even beforeencountering a physical implementation. A key highlight was the hands-on activity at the camp’sconclusion, designed to bridge theoretical concepts with practical applications. This activity

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Student Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Hammad Afzal Quddus, Mercer University; Landon James Yarbrough, Mercer University; Megan Elizabeth Batchelor, Mercer University; Chandan Roy, Mercer University

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Student Papers

developing nations across the world. Theteam has proven that repeatable tests can be conducted using the design. In addition, thisindependent study course required the students to use their in-depth knowledge of heat transferand thermodynamics in a practical setting. Through this independent study course, the studentsgained exposure to a variety of experimental tools, learned how to design and build, tackledpractical challenges, and developed essential skills that will be crucial for building a successfulengineering career after graduation.References[1] W. Xing, Y. Xu, C. Song, and T. Deng, “Recent Advances in Thermal Interface Materials for Thermal Management of High-Power Electronics,” Nanomaterials, vol. 12, no. 19, p. 3365, Jan. 2022, doi

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

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

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Professional Papers

Systems.Dr. Kari J Lippert, University of South Alabama Dr. Kari Lippert, D.Sc., has over 45 years’ experience as a Systems Engineer serving in various roles in a wide variety of both commercial and government positions. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Systems Engineering at the University of South Alabama. She is a non-typical systems engineer having started her academic career in the biological sciences. She then moved into theoretical chemistry and biochemical simulation, then big data and databases, then systems, then cyberspace defense and network security. Analysis, design, implementation, integration, testing, requirements management, change management, risk, architecture, and process improvement – all

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Haruna Hosokawa; Judy Robinson

empowering experience for young students. They also learn to look at acomplex sequence of events and break it down into step-by-step process. It also teaches themproblem solving and troubleshooting, which is an important life skill. Furthermore, it introducesstudents to the field of computer science, which can be a successful career path for some of thestudents.Second Grade Version The original Alpha-Robotics curriculum was designed for students in kindergartenthrough second grade. However, as schools began adapting the curriculum, we were faced withthe question of "what do we do when students who already learned Alpha-Robotics inkindergarten become 1st and 2nd graders?" The second grade version of the curriculum wasdeveloped in response to

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

multidisciplinary teams design a homogeneous or heterogeneous team ofautonomous robotic platforms. This would incorporate concepts of cooperative robotics, allow multipleplatforms to work together, and have cadets start looking at some of the relevant current research.Another avenue of approach is to look at convoying these autonomous platforms or applying algorithmsto implement simultaneous localization and mapping. These platforms could also be test beds for variousnon linear state space controllers or digital controllers. These concepts are more complex and it may takemore effort and time to develop robust experiments in these areas. Regardless whether the cadets pursuea career in the military, graduate degree, or work in industry; mechatronic systems

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Moijue Kaikai; Erin D. Baker

successful implementation of this project, theWednesday, geothermal and hydroelectric on Thursday, and Diversity Programs Office of the College of Engineeringthen we finished up explaining wind power on Friday. adapted the wind turbine project for 300 female students, teachers, and guidance counselors from various local high schools in Western Massachusetts for this year’s UMassD. Wind Project Amherst annual Women in Engineering and Computing After the first week of assessment, videos, and classroom Career Day

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Arthur Rozario; Justin Paruvaparampil; Keis Sultani; ShuaiXiang Zhang; Andres Mora; Catherine Carti; Brendan O'Brien; M.C. Damas; Wenli Guo; Andrew Nguyen; Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Alexei Kisselev; Tak Cheung

papers. Light sources employing He- diffusion would be useful as a diagnostic tool at millimeter andNe laser and consumer product keychain LED were included in multiple-micron level. A monitoring tool needs baseline datathe project. Application to mHealth monitoring was and deviation would be used as an alert.demonstrated in the measurements of an index finger diffusionmean free path and the embedded blood vessel absorption effect. Community college pre-engineering students needExtension to an iris response measurement was also counseling on which career path such as electrical engineering,demonstrated. The interdisciplinary project has been popular chemical engineering, environmental

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Walter Engels; Farshid Zabihian

.   Conversion. OTEC Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. 2. . [3] "Ocean thermal Energy Conversion Primer." http://www.uprm.edu/aceer/pdfs/MTSOTECPublished.pdf. The efficiency of the cycle can now be calculated along N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2013.with the Carnot efficiency for comparison purposes. . [4] "Five Lessons for a Successful STEM Career." Lockheed Martin · Lockheed Martin and Reignwood Group

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Graduate College Industry Partnerships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Lightning Talk - "Innovating for Impact: Community-Engaged Education, Technology, and Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pierre Rahme, Lebanese American University; George E Nasr, Lebanese American University; Abbas A. Tarhini, Lebanese American University; Michel Elkhoury, Lebanese American University; Evan Fakhoury, Lebanese American University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

skills necessary tosucceed in dynamic professional environments.To replicate the success of the VIP+ program, other institutions should consider the followingrecommendations: • Establish dedicated administrative support and secure funding to ensure the sustainability of the program. • Encourage participation from multiple academic departments to promote diversity and inclusivity in project teams. • Build strong relationships with industry partners to provide mentorship, resources, and real-world insights. • Embed entrepreneurial training and project-based learning into the academic curriculum, ensuring alignment with institutional goals and student career pathways. • Invest in

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Faculty Development: Student Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shenghua Wu, University of South Alabama; Drew Gossen, University of South Alabama

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

over 100 employees,while only 57% of students did. Smaller firms (under 50 employees) were more common forstudents (23%) than faculty (10%) most likely due to students securing internships or early-career roles in smaller firms, while faculty, given their advanced career stages, may have beenemployed by larger organizations. Both groups reported experience across various companytypes, including local, regional, family-owned, domestic, international, profit-driven, and non-profit organizations (Figure B16).Engineering companies’ diversity initiatives were evaluated by asking both students and facultyabout their experiences working for such companies. From the responses (Figure B17), 50% ofstudents reported their companies had a dedicated

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 1: Tech-Forward Teaching - Digital Tools to Enhance Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Madison Christine Fanning, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Shreya Khosla Gustafson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sarah Meece, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Divya Bendigeri, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Trisha Patnaik, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

bioengineering, and on the development of certain technical skills.MethodsCourse BackgroundsIntroduction to Bioengineering (BIOE 120, Table 1) meets once per week to offer lectures anddiscussions of recent trends in the field. Topics include cancer detection technologies, medicaldevices, biomaterials, biomechanics, neural engineering, and medical imaging techniques.Regardless of prior experience (there are no prerequisite classes), students gain an understandingof bioengineering’s research topics, career paths, and coursework opportunities.BIOE 120 is made up of approximately 50% first year students and 50% engineers, with the vastmajority pursuing a STEM-related degree, a BIOE minor, or transferring into the BIOEundergraduate program. The course

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International Division (INTL): Humanitarian Design and Sustainable Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna G Burchfield, University of South Florida; Jamie Chilton, University of South Florida

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

internships or co-opprograms, which are crucial for their future careers. Optimal times to engage in internships and co-ops can conflict withstudy abroad timelines. Third, engineering students often prioritize gaining specialized skills or knowledge in their field,and they may perceive study abroad programs as less beneficial for their career development compared to other academicpursuits. Fourth, some engineering students may not be adequately informed about study abroad opportunities or may lackguidance on how to integrate these experiences into their academic plans. Finally, engineering professors, advisors, andacademic leadership may conceptualize study abroad programs as frivolous and unnecessary vacations, and deter studentsfrom participating

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Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in STEM

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rossi, University of New Haven; Shivanjali Khare, University of New Haven; Angelina Casiano, University of New Haven

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

skills andcontribute to advancing engineering knowledge.As an institution, our goal is to provide our students with opportunities like these to help propeltheir careers and their skills forward. In the past, we sought to create a bus trip to get our studentsto these MLH events at other institutions in nearby cities, but the trip ended up being difficult todo logistically and presented a non-trivial cost to the university.Instead, our university opted to organize our own hackathon. This presented a unique opportunityto provide our students with the opportunity not only to gain skills by participating in thehackathon, but also to be organizers of the event. In doing so, students will also have theopportunity to learn about things such as teamwork

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Innovations and Inclusion in Pre-Service and Pre-College STEM Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Independent Researcher; Aaron Cortes

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

organizations such as the OEA and Virtual Educa. Currently, I am developing a blended learning strategy to bring high-quality STEM education to remote and rural communities. This initiative aims to spark students’ interest in STEM subjects and careers, fostering local talent and opportunities.Aaron Cortes ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Connecting Cultures through Computer Science: An Online International STEAMInitiative for Spanish speaking High School Students. (Evaluation)AbstractThe STEAM Global Academy was established in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, initiated by theSTEAM Pathways program from the Center of College Access and Success (CCAS) at Northeastern IllinoisUniversity (NEIU

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GSD 2: Identity and Motivation

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Ifeoma Mary Nwanua, University of Florida; Jasmine E. McNealy, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, competent, and connected communicators—ultimately enhancing students’preparedness for academic and industry careers. Future research should explore the tool’sbroader applicability across disciplines and its potential to improve advisor-studentcommunication, research productivity, and graduate student well-being.IntroductionCommunication in professional and academic settings demands coherence, integrity, depth, andadherence to scholarly standards—qualities that must be developed with intention. A larger studyinvestigates the motivations shaping the development of communication among engineeringgraduate students, using self-determination theory to examine how students experienceautonomy, competence, and relatedness throughout this process. In doing

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD) 2 - Becoming Engineering Professionals

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Paul Harvie, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; John K Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Kimberly A Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Monica Surrency, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

. Goyings, "A Systems Engineering Approach to a Mentorship Program for Online Military and Veteran Engineering Students," 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, 2020.[8] K. Wilson, K. Luthi, D. Harvie and M. Surrency, "Strategies for Engagement of Non- Traditional Students in Engineering Pathways," The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, vol. 7, no. 16, pp. 506-510, 2023.[9] D. P. Harvie, K. A. Luthi, M. Surrency and J. K. Wilson, "Veterans Assisting Veterans Using Peer-led Team Learning," in 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR, 2024.[10] K. Luthi, D. Harvie, K. Wilson and M. Surrency, "Peer Support Structures: Documenting the Experiences of Veterans and Adult Learners in Engineering Education Career

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lekshmi Sasidharan, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

engineering is considered as a promising career path with demand for engineersalways exceeding the supply, a lot of students struggle to persist through their undergraduatedegree programs resulting in students dropping engineering programs or changing to non-engineering majors. A lot of research has been conducted in this area identifying sundry reasonsfor this including academic, social and personal reasons. One reason identified is the criticaltransition from high school to college. It needs to be noted that the traditional engineeringstudents join their respective colleges of engineering directly after high school, having lived withtheir parents, had the company of their childhood friends and community support. From thatenvironment, they get