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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 8: Division Best Papers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

start the process oftheir involvement with both the professional field and their peers. This first part of thisassignment provided supportive information on how to write a professional email and requiredthem to send an email to all of the course instructors for practice and feedback. Next studentswere instructed to investigate a professional organization of their choice, preferably related totheir career interests.The second deliverable focused on professional pathways to support students in diving a bitdeeper into their intended future careers. This deliverable contained two parts: a) write aminimum of two questions you want to ask an alum or other STEM professional about theirwork and career pathway. These questions were later shared with our

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Aviation

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Martinez Soto, Syracuse University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

Projects: Projects within the program span multiple years. This extended timeline enables students to develop deep expertise within their project domains while providing an organic necessity for recruitment, onboarding, and peer mentorship [2]. Vertically integrated projects require continuity and knowledge transfer between cohorts to ensure project sustainment. • Early Academic Career Intervention: The program is open to students across all undergraduate academic years. Teams often consist of senior students working alongside first-year students, creating opportunities for peer mentorship. This approach supports skill development for early academic career students and

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GSD 1: From Recruitment to Retention

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Rebecca Cors, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Wendy C. Crone, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Victor zavala, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Derek Johnson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Kerri Lyn Phillips, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, the Center developed ForwardFellows (FF), a funded, extended onboarding program, longer than a typical departmentalonboarding or orientation, designed to help new students develop self-efficacy in research, asense of belonging at the university, and a community of peers from multiple STEM disciplines.The FF program targets incoming STEM graduate students who would benefit from additionalonboarding (e.g. students from historically underrepresented groups, first generation students,students returning to academia after time in industry, etc.). We also intend FF to serve as anincentive to attract potential graduate students and, in the long term, to help retain studentsthrough the completion of their graduate degrees. Due to the type of funding

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GSD 4: Stressors and Supports

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Jane Bork, University of Georgia; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

provide not only direction for futureinterventions, but a tool to assess the impact of ongoing and future interventions. This can aid toincrease the retention of engineering graduate students and their successful degree completion byproviding key areas of focus to support positive mental health experiences.IntroductionInstitutions of higher education have been struggling for over a decade to meet students’ mentalhealth needs admits a growing national mental health crisis [1]. Mental health problems areconsistently among the top cited reasons for students’ leaving their degree program. Graduatestudents specifically are known to be more likely to have or develop a mental health problemcompared to same age, highly-educated peers [2-3]. In addition

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LEI YANG, University of Hong Kong; Tien-Hsuan Wu, University of Hong Kong; Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong; Chun Kit Chan, University of Hong Kong

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

into public, business, and academic makerspaces. Public makerspaces, such as those foundin libraries and universities, focus on promoting the making culture among general users by providing basictools, essential services, and knowledge exchange events, such as seminars and tech talks [1]. Businessmakerspaces emphasize entrepreneurship (e.g., UnternehmerTUM) and support start-ups and small businesses.Higher education makerspaces, on the other hand, carry the mission of revolutionizing the means of teachingand learning, moving from a teacher-driven mode to a learner-driven paradigm, fostering learning throughhands-on experiences, encouraging peer collaboration, and facilitating experiential learning to address real-world challenges. This unique

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Chaohui Ren, Auburn University; Cheryl Seals, Auburn University; Nilanjana Raychawdhary, Auburn University

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Diversity, Professional Papers

research.Nilanjana Raychawdhary, Auburn University Nilanjana Raychawdhary is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Computer Science and Software Engineering at Auburn University, Alabama, USA. Her research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP), advancing sentiment analysis for low-resource African languages such as Hausa, Igbo, and Amharic, using transformer-based models. With nine peer-reviewed publications, she aims to address key challenges in NLP. Nilanjana has extensive teaching experience and actively promotes diversity in tech, earning recognition such as the AnitaB.org Advancing Inclusion Scholarship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Boosting Programming Success for Diverse, Large

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Angela Minichiello PE, Utah State University; Eric Jankowski, Boise State University; Uyen Thi Kim Nguyen, Utah State University; Anne Hamby; Jelena Pokimica, Boise State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

thestorytelling process. Writing stories enabled participants to reflect deeply on their STEMjourneys and develop communication skills, while listening to peers’ narratives fostered empathyand a sense of shared experiences. Many participants noted that performing their stories publiclysignificantly bolstered their self-confidence and self-efficacy, helping to counter feelings ofimpostorism. However, challenges such as public speaking and language barriers led someparticipants to experience heightened impostor feelings. These findings highlight the need fortailored coaching and practice opportunities to enhance the performance phase of theintervention.Audience measures from public storytelling performances revealed significant changes inaudience

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Evaluation and Assessment for Engineering Leadership Programs

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Myers, Air Force Research Laboratory; Robert Amponsah Ed.D, Vanderbilt University & Airforce Research Lab; Tammy M. Mattison Ed.D., Air Force Research Laboratory & Belmont University; Heather Marshall

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

institution supervisorydevelopment programs differ from this traditional format by not only focusing on competenciesand skills, but by also focusing on developing learners vertically, in an environment in whichlearners are embedded within peer cohorts over a nine-month span. Vertical development refersto the stages that adult learners progress through as they advance in their cognitive sophistication[2]. An important aspect of cognitive sophistication is widening one’s perspective throughinteraction with others in order to establish an inclusive viewpoint [3]. A learner cohort providesa community in which diverse members bring their unique challenges and perspectives to bearon group learning.As evidenced in educational theory, these supervisor

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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

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

, Programming Languages, Dynamic Control, Robotics, and Numerical Methods & Simulations. She has developed several undergraduate courses in the MTDE program for the first time and made significant curriculum changes to other courses in the department. Her research focuses on Computational Fluid Dynamics, numerical analysis, and applied mathematics. Dr. Shaw serves on the editorial board for two journals, successfully won an NSF I-Corp Grant in 2016 as the entrepreneurial lead for commercializing a high-efficiency, cost-effective research product, and actively reviews for several top-tier journals. She holds various leadership positions within the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has authored 25 peer-reviewed

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gadhaun Aslam, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

activities, reflective journaling, games, etc. Suchreal-life or interactive techniques can provide opportunities to practice being effective teachersand mentors. Creative strategies can lead to better communication and interpersonal skills, andproblem-solving techniques by asking relevant or specific types of questions in differentscenarios. It can additionally boost the confidence of faculty members to handle and navigatedifficult situations. C) Learning from diverse institutional contextsDuring the workshop, it was noted that different faculty members had unique experiences andchallenges in their respective institutions. In some breakout sessions, while pairing theparticipants, they were strategically grouped together with peers from different

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpreet Auby, Tufts University; Namrata Shivagunde, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Anna Rumshisky, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

studentthinking within short-answer justifications to concept questions collected through an educationaltechnology tool.BackgroundConcept Questions and Short-Answer JustificationsConcept questions [1], [2] are single-right-answer multiple-choice questions that assess students’understanding of recently learned challenging concepts. Questions are designed to helpinstructors enact social, cognitive, and epistemological goals around teaching and learning [8].Researchers have observed that using concept questions within active learning pedagogies hasimproved student outcomes, promoted conceptual understanding, and encouraged engagement inthe classroom [2]. Instructors sometimes pair concept questions with a short-answer justification,a low-stakes writing task

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Visual Strategies in Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

outlines the pedagogy, researchmethodology, and practical applications, illustrating how the integration of visual thinking intothe curriculum enhances skills in reflective thinking, design, data visualization, andcommunication.The research investigates how visual thinking can be taught and effectively integrated intotransdisciplinary curricula, emphasizing the theoretical and practical value of manual, non-digitalvisual thinking strategies—such as sketching, drawing, writing, and physical modeling—infostering conceptual understanding across disciplines. These analog practices are supportedthrough students’ use of a blank-page notebook, which serves as a central tool for explorationand reflection, enabling them to capture and connect their lived

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Track 5: Technical Session 7: WIP: Perceptions of Instructional Practices among Engineering College Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Nolgie O. Oquendo-Colón, University of Michigan; Musabbiha Zaheer; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

students with ADHD who donot register is currently unknown. Nevertheless, it is noteworthy that students withADHD make up approximately 25% of the registered students with disabilities at theirinstitutions (Weyandt & DuPaul, 2013). Few studies have delved into how studentswith ADHD are influenced by specific STEM learning environments or teachingapproaches.College students with ADHD may perceive instructional practices differentlycompared to their peers without ADHD and the academic achievements of studentswith ADHD may be especially affected by their classroom experiences (Perry &Franklin, 2006).These students often struggle with distraction and inattention, and they may havedifficulty navigating the somewhat unstructured college

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MATH - Works in Progress for Mathematics Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maureen Tang, Drexel University; Jennifer S Atchison, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Mathematics Division (MATH)

experience withcollege expectations. Like many universities, Drexel University offers many programs to supportstudents academically and personally, including academic coaching and remedial courses onacademic skills, walk-in math tutoring in academic buildings and residence halls; math studysquads; math exam review sessions for high-risk courses, peer tutoring for first-year engineeringcourses and Matlab/Python, and academic /financial counseling for underrepresented minoritySTEM majors. Despite the abundance of student support provided, evidence suggests that theseprograms are not utilized effectively. Academic support staff all report that services are mostfrequently used by high-performing students who seek to improve their grades from B+ to A

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ENT-1: Innovative Approaches to Student Engagement and Belonging in Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren H. Logan, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

greater EME via their suggestions and discussions, thustying to the creating value facet of EML. As observed by Trimble & Lichtenstein [15] in theirwork with students, peer review scores were overly generous, and some teams provided moresubstantive feedback than others. Although the rubric is useful in supplying detailedrequirements and associated scores during peer review, future iterations of the EME couldbenefit by providing students with detailed instructions on how to provide meaningful peerreview feedback. A lesson on how to peer review materials would be a wonderful opportunity topartner with the campus library and/or writing center.The end goal of the project, from the students’ perspective, is to create and present their

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 10: Learning to Learn - Metacognition and Self-Regulated Strategies

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex George, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Leslie Bostwick, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Audrey Renaud, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Emily Boyd, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Zachary Riggins Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

meetings from a summer hiatus, Alex and Lesliementioned they had already started taking field notes. 1 This was surprising to Zach, as itsuggested the work Alex and Leslie had done in previous semesters had built productive habitsthey exercised outside the context of this research project. The sustained nature of our CAEcreated the opportunity to observe this kind of change in a participant-researcher.1 Note that, while Alex and Leslie had been working on the project for over a year, Audrey and Emily had juststarted. Therefore, we did not observe—nor expect—similar self-starting reflection behavior from them.Zach asked both Alex and Leslie to write a reflection about this self-starting. He then analyzedthe reflections using process and in-vivo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

fall semester.Throughout the academic year, the PI team also hosts bi-monthly cohort meetings thatintersperse social capital content with fun social activities aimed at maintaining the cohortcommunity established during the summer bridge. Peer-plus student mentors actively assist withthe design of activities, which feature numerous Michigan Tech traditions (cultural and other)that include students, staff, and the local community (Keweenaw Day, Parade of Nations,Heikinpäivä - a community mid-winter festival, Winter Carnival, Spring Fling, Design Expo,etc.).Fall 2024 CurriculumThe six forms of cultural capital—aspirational, navigational, social, linguistic, familial, andresistant— were central in shaping activities during the Fall 2024 semester

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Postcard Session (Best of WIPs)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne-Marie Ginn-Hedman, Texas A&M University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

thecreation of innovative assessment strategies that will provide future engineers with the teamworkand individual skills needed for real-world success.To explore these dynamics, this study addresses the following research questions: 1. How do group vs. individual exams impact student collaboration and peer learning? 2. How do students perceive the real-world relevance of group vs. individual exams? 3. How do group vs. individual exams influence accountability and independent learning?MethodologyThis work-in-progress study was conducted in a junior-level undergraduate biomechanics courseat a large R1 university. Students completed four exams during separate lab periods: the first twoas individual exams and the latter two as group exams. The

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Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

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

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Professional Papers

challenges withvideos use and show they don’t necessarily work in any environment. For example, [5] provideda set of short videos to a marketing class to allow class time to be spent on other items. Theauthors reported that students did not appear to watch the videos unless assigned to do so. Acomputer science course documented by Hsin and Cigas [6] used short videos and reported apositive impact in that students were more satisfied with the course, were less likely to withdraw,and were more likely to pass the course. Itani [3] examined survey results for 92 students andconcluded that videos were a beneficial tool for learning engineering ethics. In some senses,student-focused videos are a version of peer-led learning, which has also been spoken

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ERM Technical Session: Strategies for Student Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Collins Ugonna Lawrence, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Alexander V Struck Jannini, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Eunsil Lee, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Erin M. Rowley, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Engineering Education. Her research interests center on the concept of sense of belonging, peer and faculty interactions, and graduate education.Ms. Erin M. Rowley, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Erin Rowley is the Head of Science and Engineering Library Services at the University at Buffalo and serves as the Engineering Librarian. Her research interests include the use of technical standards in engineering education, the role of the librarian in entrepreneurial information literacy, and collaboration between business and engineering librarians in academia. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Scoping Review of Sense of Belonging in Engineering and

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Bushra Rayyan Qadri; Arthur McAdams; Peter Cavanaugh; Dan Tenney; Ali Baker

channel was used? How were problems solved? were part ofdon’t share is their metric for success. Higher education their assessment when writing down the notes.defines success through mastering theories and passing exams.Industry values technical and practical knowledge, the ability The results of this case study offer insights for universities looking to implement interdisciplinary initiatives, fosteringto adapt and solve problems. This disparity in measuring collaboration and better preparing graduates for cross-success makes it harder to prepare graduates for

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Chrysanthe Preza, The University of Memphis; Stephanie S Ivey, The University of Memphis

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

those in their third semester orabove. Departments in the College of Engineering (except for Civil Engineering) allowedstudents to count 3 credit hours of a technical elective toward their degree by completing 3 VIPcourses (excluding the first-year honors course, which counts towards the honors program).Course sections were cross listed so that all VIP students can access the same material onCANVAS. These materials included a course syllabus with a letter-grading scheme, introductoryunits on best practices on how to engage in team-based research, mid and final peer-studentevaluations, weekly journal assignments for students to reflect on their research experience, andpre- and post-surveys about the program. Each semester, course and scheduling

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel G Rey, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

project scoping and management, background/literature review, depth ofanalysis, and overall writing process. A unified syllabus, student deliverable description,rubrics, advisor check-ins, and past project examples help support the student experienceand project outcome. Five instructors, all hailing from industry, were assigned to sourceprojects from the industrial and construction sectors. They worked with companies acrossthe country to define and scope projects one to three months ahead of each semester.Given their industry experience, these instructors also acted as the capstone advisors to thestudent teams. Each project team had five students. The students were required to meetwith the company sponsor and the capstone advisor in alternating

Collection

2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Sunai Kim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeyoung Woo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

Hanyang University, ERICA. He is a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Preparations in Writing an Engineering Education Grant Kim, S.; Perez, F.; Lomiento, G.; Salem, Y.; Woo, J.AbstractAt California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP), two gatekeepercourses for the undergraduate students in the Civil Engineering program have been identified asStatics and Mechanics of Materials. Our university’s Civil Engineering Department is the largestundergraduate CE Department in the nation with approximately 1,600 students, graduating

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Collaborative Learning in Engineering

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keating Dinsmore Ms., University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of California, Berkeley; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

technology and how specific affordances can change the ways we collaborate, learn, read, and write. Teaching engineering communication allows her to apply this work as she coaches students through collaboration, design thinking, and design communication. She is part of a team of faculty innovators who originated Tandem (tandem.ai.umich.edu), a tool designed to help facilitate equitable and inclusive teamwork environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Context of All in Which You Live: How Women Engineering Students Perceive Gender BasedPatterns in Teams ​ 1

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Samaroo, City University of New York - New York City College of Technology; Urmi Duttagupta, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York; Nadia S Kennedy, New York City College of Technology; Armando Dominguez Solis, New York City College of Technology, The City University of New York; Viviana Acquaviva, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Rutgers University and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from The Ohio State University. Her current research interests include parameter estimation via optimization, infectious disease modeling, applications of graph theory in criminal network analysis and developing and applying bio-math related undergraduate modules in various SENCER related projects. She has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and is the recipient of several MAA NREUP grants, a SENCER leadership fellowship, Department of Homeland Security grants, and several NSF S-STEM and PSC-CUNY grants/awards. She also has an extensive experience of mentoring undergraduate students in various research projects. She has mentored more than 45 students

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Engagement and Participation for Women Engineers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustyn Roberts, University of Pennsylvania; Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Education initiative and others demonstrates that NTT faculty arepaid 25% less than their TT peers while lacking the protections of tenure [3]. Recommendationsdictate that benefit packages offered to full-time NTT faculty should correspond to thoseavailable to TT faculty [3], [4], but a quick glance through most university websites shows this isoften not the case. Although many features of NTT faculty employment are problematic [5], ourfocus is on disparities around caregiving support - specifically parental leave and workload reliefpolicies.Despite their critical roles in teaching, mentoring, and research, NTT faculty are often excludedfrom benefits offered to TT faculty, including parental leave and workload relief policies. Thelack of equitable

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Engagement and Participation for Women Engineers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Prendergast, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Lorne S. Joseph, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Hayet Bensetti-Benbader, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

near-peer mentors,engaging in STEM focused events and activities, and connection to university and STEMresources.This practice paper reviews the history and evolution of STEM LLCs for women at RutgersUniversity and catalogs LLC practices, with a particular focus on community engagement. Alongitudinal graduation review of living-learning community participants is also provided,showing that an average of 80% of LLC students graduate in STEM.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDIn the early 1900’s, the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs convinced Mabel SmithDouglass to lead the effort of establishing a women’s college as part of Rutgers University. In1918, the New Jersey College for Women, later named Douglass College, opened its doors to

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 2: Designing Creativity - Innovation Through First-Year Maker Projects

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Yaralioglu, University of California, Santa Cruz; Yuhui Wang, University of California, Santa Cruz; Kelly Lin, University of California, Santa Cruz; Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

new generation ofengineering leadership. Details about the application-based process for student teams to propose,design, and teach their First Year Design class under faculty supervision can be found in [2, 3].As undergraduate STEM majors representing disciplines from within and outside of ouruniversity’s School of Engineering, the authors of this paper identify areas for improvement inour curriculum. Chief among these–from our point of view–is the lack of active, collaborativelearning in most of our classes, likely due to 1) large classroom numbers discouraging collegiallearning, and 2) students being encouraged to see peers as competition. Without interpersonalrelationships and exciting projects to look forward to, classes can feel

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Mentorship in Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Nakamura, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Department of Mechanical Engineering; Corrisa Heyes, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Joseph J. Brown Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

with Multi-Level Mentorship and Vertically Integrated Projects in Research Groups: A Case StudyAbstractThis case study presents an integrated mentorship model within a mechanical engineeringresearch group to enhance engineering education and training through peer-led learning andcollaborative laboratory projects. The faculty advisor oversees PhD candidates, who mentormasters students, who in turn guide undergraduates, creating a continuum of knowledge transfer,leadership development, and task accountability. Integrated lab projects connect all levels,fostering collaboration and communication while addressing real-world engineering challenges.This structure motivates undergraduates to pursue graduate studies by