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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 9: Collaboration and Community

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahreum Lim, Arizona State University; Emma Frow, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Making Space to Care: A Community Garden for Bioengineering LabsAbstractAs qualitative researchers embedded in a biomedical engineering department, we are currentlyattempting to create a space for conversation and action among a self-selecting group of faculty.Framed as a Community Garden, this initiative is focused on supporting discussions and activitiesaround “cultivating care” within labs in the department.In this paper, we focus on outlining the empirical and theoretical context for this initiative. TheCommunity Garden is part of a larger research project exploring the relationship between controland care in biological engineering. The laboratory

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Innovative Approaches to Biomedical Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Zobus, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

real-world bioengineering projects related to their curriculum. field of bioengineering to the ●​ Students built a model of a DNA double helix using edible students; teach students about materials (marshmallows and licorice), where each part of the the structure of DNA and its model represented different components of the DNA structure. components in an interactive This helped students visualize and understand the arrangement and engaging way of nucleotides and the importance of the helical structure. ●​ Students extracted DNA from

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Lynn L. Peterson, The University of Texas at Arlington; J. Carter Tiernan, The University of Texas at Arlington; Shanna E Banda, The University of Texas at Arlington; Karthikeyan Loganathan, The University of Texas at Arlington; Nila Veerabathina, The University of Texas at Arlington

faculty in bothinstitutional policy decision-making processes and the professional development initiatives that canempower them to meaningfully contribute to the change processes stemming from those decisions.Our own institution, UT Arlington, sent a team of faculty members to this institute to examine the roleof our Academic Professional Track (APT) faculty members, our term for non-tenure track faculty.The 4-day workshop was a great success and as a result, a year-long plan is formulated to focus onAPT faculty with a teaching mission to create institutional and far-reaching effects. The plan will beaccomplished by working groups, which will be formed to develop projects and examine identifiedissues. It should be noted that these activities will

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Karissa Tilbury; Mohamad Musavi; Cary James; Alex Friess

students in STEM disciplines. UMaine launched The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 3.9% growth ratethe NSF S-STEM funded Building Bridges to Engineering of engineering professionals in the United States over the nextStudents (BBEST) a program in 2023 to serve students studying 8 years. Furthermore, engineers enjoy the second lowestin any of the 12-ABET accredited engineering programs. We unemployment rate (2.5%) of all occupations [1]. More locallyhave recruited two of our three student cohorts and have foundthat monthly professional development workshops are an in Maine

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WIP I

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Evelyn Walters, Temple University; Laura Riggio, Temple University; Cory Budischak, Temple University

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FYEE 2025

%, 71%, and 50%, respectively, saw an improvement in their overall quiz score.2. Throughout the semester, students completed two projects, with 73% choosing to work collaboratively on both, highlighting a preference for peer-supported learning.3. During the initial implementation of the grading-for-growth framework, 90 original discussion board posts were initiated across 9 sections, with 30 unique contributors. Each post received an average of 59 unique views and 176 total page views, indicating strong student interest and engagement, with most posts generating 2-3 exchanges of dialogue.Quantitative Evaluation PlanWith the foundational structures now in place, the next phase of this work centers on evaluatingthe effectiveness of these

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Gustavo J. Molina, Georgia Southern University

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Diversity, Professional Papers

proposed that actualengineering examples and reporting of case-studies should be used. Similarly Gao [10] discussedthe Task-Based-Instruction and the Project-Based-Instruction pedagogies as learner-centeredapproaches to teach technical writing, the former being based on assigned writing tasks for eachlesson, typically to a student team, while the latter utilizes a team-project for most of thesemester. He emphasized that the core or focus for either approach is not the learning of anystructure and grammar points, but instead communicating the tasks involved in technical writing,although language proficiency still helps students, as it improves student completion of the tasks.Several innovative approaches have been proposed to teach technical

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CANCELLED: Track 5: Technical Session 6: Think-Aloud Insights: Exploring QuantCrit Challenges and Diverse Survey Responses Among Undergraduate Engineering Students

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Sheila Kathryn Castro, University of Florida; Bruce Frederick Carroll, University of Florida; Janice Mejía, Northwestern University; Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

witha tendency toward an emic account from the institutional perspective given his many years inadministrative positions. However, he has strong personal sensitivities to individuals and familiesfighting for rights. Dr. Mejía is a Latina engineering educator and an immigrant in the UnitedStates. Prior to teaching in academia, she worked in for-profit and non-profit sectors to optimizetechnologies, processes, and policies in organizations. She provides unique emic and eticperspectives to the research problem. Dr. Crippen is a white male science educator whochampions change in educational systems to meet the needs of every student. He has worked onmultiple projects with engineering faculty but views himself as an outsider in engineering

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ERM Technical Session: Student Mental Health & Wellbeing I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narjes Khorsandi Koujel, Rowan University; Sowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

overlapping mentorship rolesundermine binary rigidity and illuminate how mentorship relationships develop naturally out oftrust, shared knowledge, and emotional needs. Using Kram’s framework enables us to decode thedynamic character of the mentorship roles with greater ease and places a strong emphasis on theneed for institutions to support both informal and formal networks of mentorship.MethodsThis study is part of a larger research project that focused on undergraduate engineering students'support systems. This paper explores how formal and informal mentors, as identified by students,contribute to shaping those students' sense of emotional well-being and academic success. Toexplore this relationship, nine students attending a Mid-Atlantic

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Identity, Experiences, and Perceptions (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 2)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Sebastián Sánchez-Gómez, Universidad El Bosque; Maria Catalina Ramirez; Pedro Guillermo Feijóo-García, Georgia Institute of Technology; Fidel Mauricio Ramírez Aristizábal, Universidad el Bosque; Liliana Ahumada, Universidad el Bosque

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Diversity

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

approach has spread internationally, especiallyin the United States, and that there is currently a boom in Latin America. These advances inLatin America have occurred thanks to the implementation of education policies that involvethe development of programs or projects such as the Latin American STEM Network, thedeclaration of STEM territories in the cities of Medellin and Bogota, the State of Mexico inMexico, Valparaiso in Chile, Vicente Lopez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, among others [6].On the other hand, Rojas Mesa et al. refer to the need to have more engineers in all countries,a situation that seems difficult to achieve given that there is less and less interest in thesecareers among the new generations. In Colombia, there is marked desertion

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ECCNE Technical Session 3 - Energy and Society

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Patrick Murphy, SUNY Buffalo State University

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Diversity

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

conscious consideration that can be used in research methods toopen our views and processes to consider underserved minorities. In contrast, educational theoriesinform the selection of a pedagogy to determine how the training and curriculum may bedelivered most effectively. The crafting and analysis of questions use both transformative andacademic theories.II. Research DesignThe mixed methods approach is modeled after Mertens's Cyclical Model for TransformativeResearch [13]. The project used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research practices.A mixed methods approach allows sociopolitical factors and practical elements of CE educationto be analyzed and compared. The research design of Figure 4 is called the Convergent ParallelDesign

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Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 7B

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David A. Dillard P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; James Lord, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cassie Wallwey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Benjamin Edward Chaback, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Anita Walz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Virginia Tech. He uses modeling and systems architecture to investigate undergraduate engineering education and is working towards creating sustainable systems for student success. Ben is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the Council on Undergraduate Research and is a facilitator for the Safe Zone Project and the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research. He is passionate about student success and finding ways to use research experiences to promote student growth, learning, and support.Anita Walz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 ‭Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Open

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Faculty Development and Change

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Adams, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Jeff Knowles, Oregon State University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Maya Menon, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

– Engineering Education in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas - Austin, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India. Dr. Shekhar also holds a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher Award at the University of Michigan; and serves as a PI/Co-PI on multiple projects funded by the

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ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tabe Ako Abane, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Constructivism and Mental Models theory, he examines collaborative approaches to systems thinking. As part of his research assistantship, he contributes to projects aimed at improving doctoral engineering student retention, advisor relationships, and laboratory transitions, enhancing graduate student success and academic experiences.Dr. Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Matthew Bahnson completed his Ph.D. in the Applied Social and Community Psychology program in at 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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 7: Interdisciplinarity

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

of“prompting questions” for consideration with each of the five components.As we’ve experimented with care ethics in our teaching, we’ve noticed that care can becomplementary to reflexive principlism, offering further insights on specification of theprinciples. However, because care ethics offers a stronger focus on the relationships engineerscould (or do) hold with individuals and communities in the sociotechnical realm, we observe thatit extends the engineering student’s understanding of what ethical reasoning and action is; whilereflexive principlism offers students principles and a process for evaluating the ethics of aparticular technology or engineering project, care offers students with a process for the ongoingact of care, as they

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

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Gibin Raju, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

. Structured opportunities for engagement, such asgroup projects with varied team compositions, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and reflectiveassignments, can encourage students to consider multiple viewpoints in problem-solving.Additionally, promoting creativity through open-ended design challenges, innovation workshops,and iterative project reviews can cultivate metacognitive skills, allowing students to criticallyassess and refine their approaches to engineering problems.Further, connecting critical thinking exercises to real-world challenges through industrypartnerships and community-based projects can enhance the relevance and applicability ofstudents’ skills. Collaborative efforts, such as sustainability initiatives or local design projects

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 4.E

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Thomas Vaccaro Jr, University of Connecticut; Mikayla Friday, University of Connecticut; Zeynep Gonca Akdemir-Beveridge, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

been supported by his major advisor’s NSF MCA project and a transdisciplinary NSF Research Traineeship (TRANSCEND). Michael’s engineering education research explores artificial intelligence’s potential in K-12 science education, particularly in developing personalized learning environments.Mikayla Friday, University of Connecticut Mikayla is a second-year PhD student studying Engineering Education at the University of Connecticut.Dr. Zeynep Gonca Akdemir-Beveridge, University of Connecticut Zeynep G. Akdemir-Beveridge is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Connecticut. Her current research focuses on exploring the creative productivity of engineering students and promoting strength-based

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Shaping Inclusive STEM Curriculum and Teacher Development for K-12 Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista Dulany Chisholm, University of Florida; Sarah Louise Langham, University of Florida; Kassandra Fernandez, University of Florida; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Program OverviewThe Goldberg Gator Engineering Explorers (GGEE) Summer and Afterschool Programs werecreated to engage middle-school-aged learners and facilitators in programming and working withhardware through a series of scaffolded projects structured using the Engaged Quality Instructionthrough Professional Development (EQuIPD) model to develop conceptual understanding throughElicit, Develop, Deploy, and Refine inquiry model development stages. These activities aredesigned to incorporate all areas of STEM while being anchored in engineering design andcomputational thinking [12], [13], [14]. The summer program introduces programming throughblock coding in Microsoft’s Makecode platform to program micro:bit microcontrollers [15], [16].Summer

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valeria Dayana Izurieta; MiguelAndres Andres Guerra P.E., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; David Francisco Coronado

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #46797BOARD # 58: WIP: Implementing a Coffee Break to enhance exam performanceand alleviate student stressValeria Dayana IzurietaDr. MiguelAndres Andres Guerra P.E., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ MiguelAndres is an Associate Professor in the Polytechnic College of Science and Engineering and the Director of the Masters in Management of Construction and Real Estate Companies MDI at Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from USFQ, a M.Sc. in Civil Engineering in Construction Engineering and Project Management from Iowa State University, a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Wonnacott-Stanley, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

have a profound impact on students’ aspirations and sense of belonging in the field.In our program, it meant bringing graduate and undergraduate students in engineering into theclassrooms with our outreach staff to talk about what they studied in elementary school, whatthey were interested in and what they want to do with their engineering degree.Preliminary Survey ResultsThis partnership serves as a pilot to additional research and future data collecting opportunities.The partner organization collected survey data based on their instrument developed by theirnational headquarters. It is a survey that measures STEM interest, STEM Confidence, STEMCompetence and STEM Value. While we participated in data collection for this project incollaboration

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

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zifeng Liu, University of Florida; Yukyeong Song, University of Florida; Qimao Yang, University of Florida; Wanli Xing, University of Florida; Jing Guo, University of Florida

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

education, with some promising yetcontext-specific findings. For instance, Hughes et al. [12] introduced a QC course aimed atbridging the gap between popular science articles and advanced undergraduate textbooks throughinteractive problem sets and simulation-based labs for active learning. However, their targetaudience consisted primarily of high school students. Similarly, Uhlig et al. [13] reported on agroup project in a cybersecurity course that sparked significant interest in QC among graduatestudents, motivating them to delve deeper into this complex subject.Other studies have focused on adapting QC education for undergraduate students without aphysics background. Carrascal et al. [14] demonstrated the effectiveness of using

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Walfre Franco

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

) focuses onInclusive Innovation in Medical Devices, an important topic in biomedical engineering. Researchin medical device innovation focuses on the development, optimization, and implementation oftechnologies to improve healthcare outcomes. This broad topic encompasses a wide range ofresearch projects ranging from diagnostic tools, to prosthetics, to imaging systems. The REUprogram at the University of Massachusetts Lowell focuses on innovative engineering of medicaldevices from a biomedical engineering perspective which includes a comprehensiveunderstanding of engineering methods, clinical requirements, and physiological environments.Teaching inclusiveness within this field is vital because these innovations directly impact diversepopulations

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haniye Mehraban, Oklahoma State University; Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Oklahoma State University; Erin Dyke, Oklahoma State University; James Stine, Oklahoma State University; John Hu, Oklahoma State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

years of this program, Chip-RET has demonstrated measurable success inenhancing teachers’ content knowledge and fostering a strong sense of community through itscohort-based structure. Participants benefited from immersive research experiences, the pSEMIand ZeroToASIC speaker series, and mentorship from faculty, which connected them to industrycontexts and enabled them to bring real-world applications into their classrooms. Building on thisfoundation, program facilitators are committed to offering continued support, including sharedresource folders, a LinkedIn group for ongoing communication, and extended guidance for chipdesign projects. Future initiatives will expand outreach to attract a more diverse cohort of teachersand involve state-level

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faith Gacheru, University of Michigan; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Jeanne Sanders, University of Michigan; Eileen Johnson, University of Michigan; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

culture, we sought to further the investigation on overwhelm and stress throughself-reported measures.MethodsOur overall project is a series of mixed methods studies, including a longitudinal surveydesigned to investigate a culture of high stress in undergraduate engineering education [6]; in thispaper, we focus on the role of overwhelm and burnout and preliminary results from predictiveanalyses of stressors and culture on student wellbeing and persistence. We used a series ofadvertisements including emails and flyers to recruit participants. Over the course of fivesemesters, a survey was administered twice per semester to undergraduate engineering students,establishing a total of ten time points. The survey captured 3,591 responses over the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama; Nicole Carr; Eric Steward P.E., University of South Alabama

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

ingeneral. They largely spoke about what engineering student organizations they were involved in,what roles they played there, and how they enjoyed them. They described their engagement withother engineering students in study groups and group projects. They called out specific facultymembers who made them feel welcomed. Students also had positive reflections on attendingfootball tailgates hosted by the College of Engineering and the networking opportunities thoseevents offered.A common theme that arose in the discussions was that students had not pursued opportunities toget involved on campus outside of the College of Engineering due to time constraints. Severalmentioned circumstances outside of school that limited their time, such as long commutes

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jay Ash, Oklahoma State University; John Hu, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

-efficient computing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 ECR: BCSER: Are Females Better at Debugging Circuits?IntroductionIn the semiconductor industry, debugging is sometimes called “The Schedule Killer” due to itsunpredictable and costly nature [1]. Some electronics engineers spend up to 44% of their time ondebugging tasks [2], yet this industry-critical skill is frequently omitted from undergraduatecurricula [3], [4]. Instead, students are often expected to develop debugging skills indirectlythrough projects and labs without targeted training. These challenges make teaching debugging a“million-dollar” question [5] that could improve undergraduate student outcomes and increaseworkplace

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Richard R Harris, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

communities that focus on fostering students’ sense of belonging, identity and self-efficacy in their academic careers.” [6] In fact, stEm PEER Fellows’ projects are anticipated toimpact over 3,400 undergraduate and graduate students and over 690 faculty in the next fewyears based on recent data.Preliminary research indicates that stEm PEER Fellows have “demonstrated professional growthin their understanding of the national engineering education pathway landscape, utilizing data toinform their program efforts, elevating implementation and scale of evidence-based practicesthat alleviate students’ barriers to success, and most importantly, building relationships thatengage stakeholders at their own institutions, in their region and nationwide.” [6

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Winifred Opoku, The Ohio State University; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University; Dira Melissa Delpech, The Ohio State University; Jameka Wiggins, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

that promote researcher well-being,inclusion, and collaboration? Findings offer insights about how members of the [Name ofResearch Network] perceive the network to foster psychological safety, therefore uncoveringinsights and providing recommendations that can guide leadership and administrators of thesenetworks in improving their organizational cultures. Creating Psychologically Safe Spaces for Researchers: Insights from Multi-Institutional Research Collaboration (Research)BackgroundOver the past four decades, U.S. funding agencies for science and technology have increasinglyinvested in large-scale, centralized research projects, often through block grants and researchcollaborations. Various research collaborative

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Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in STEM

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emma Sophie Stine, University of Colorado Boulder; Tiera Tanksley, University of Colorado Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

ontechnology or infrastructure projects. This approach can reinforce existing inequalities andcolonial mindsets by perpetuating power dynamics between socially dominant students andmarginalized communities [15]. These educational dynamics mirror challenges in professionalpractice, where marginalized practitioners are burdened with navigating institutionalizedpractices rooted in colonial practices. Specifically, local practitioners and racial minorities reportthat structural racism is deeply embedded in the international development sector's culture andpractices, affecting how they perceive their communities and engage with international NGOs[3]. This dynamic is further compounded by a prevailing color-blind understanding of globalinequality that may

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ECE-Circuit Courses: Instructional Innovations and Student Success

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Lowell Romeo, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; MONICA ITZEL PEREZ OLMEDO, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Heidi Jiao, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

2024.Ms. MONICA ITZEL PEREZ OLMEDO, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Monica Perez Olmedo is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education Department at the University at Buffalo. She holds a B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, a specialization in Higher Education, and experience working with utilities companies. She has been actively involved in developing and implementing project-based learning modules that allow students to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world problems. Her research interest is enhancing the student experience through educational initiatives that empower students academically and link them to real-world opportunities and future careers.Dr

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 5: Supporting Student Transition

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Hasz; Jessica Lavorata, Carthage College

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

project in a first-year Introduction to Engineering Design course as a tool to helpstudents understand the interconnected nature of design decisions. While many early engineeringdesign classes ask students to consider factors such as sustainability, economic drivers, andsocietal effects of a product, students often struggle to make connections between them. Truesustainability requires the consideration of multiple driving factors beyond the environmental,balancing diverse and sometimes competing needs. To assess the efficacy of this course design,students completed a survey on their views of design and sustainability at both the start and endof the semester, enabling us to track how their perspectives evolved as they engaged with theproject. By