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Track 2: Technical Session 2: "Si no servimos, no servimos": A Pilot Study on the Influence of Perceived Advisor Support on Graduate Student Thesis Self-Efficacy

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Abimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Paper ID #45261”Si no servimos, no servimos”: A Pilot Study on the Influence of PerceivedAdvisor Support on Graduate Student Thesis Self-EfficacyAbimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Abimelec Mercado Rivera is a Puerto Rican doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Engineering Education Systems and Design program at Arizona State University. Abimelec received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) in 2016. After working in the aerospace industry, he returned to the UPRM for his MS in Mechanical Engineering in 2017

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwige F. Songong, Pittsburg State University; Tatiana V. Goris, Pittsburg State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

presents numerous challenges for international graduates seeking employment.These obstacles include strict visa regulations, work permit issues, retention challenges in aglobally competitive market, cultural and social differences, work-life balance concerns, and theunderrepresentation of minority groups [2], [19]. Therefore, by addressing barriers such as visarestrictions and employment authorization and providing an environment with cultural andprofessional growth, organizations can better position themselves to leverage the talents of thishighly skilled, diverse workforce.This pilot study is a non-experimental, quantitative survey analysis. The study examines the jobexpectations and motivations of Gen Z international Asian STEM graduate

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Tools, Identities, and Personality in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kylee Shiekh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ernesto Cuesta Alvear, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Summer S. Stevens, Virginia Tech

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Student Division (STDT)

Journal of Research and Practice, 48(4), 201–217. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2022.2097964National Center for Education Statistics (2010). Profile of graduate and first-professional students: Trends from selected years, 1995–96 to 2007–08 (NCES 2011–219). Author.Noll, E., Reichlin, L., & Gault, B. (2017). College students with children: National and regional profiles. Institute for Women’s Policy Research.Salmela-Aro, K., Tang, X., & Upadyaya, K. (2022). Study Demands-Resources Model of Student Engagement and Burnout. In A. L. Reschly & S. L. Christenson (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Student Engagement (pp. 77–93). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978- 3-031-07853

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GSD 2: Identity and Motivation

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allyce Horan, Colorado School of Mines

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

projects including conference papers, journal articles, thesisproposals, and research applications. Due to our university’s focus, the participants were allstudying STEM-related fields, with some of our highest attendance over the past five yearscoming from the departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,and Physics. Although there is a graduate program in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciencesdepartment, no graduate students from that program ever attended, making our results unique inrelation to other studies. Attendance was kept, so if students didn’t attend a specific day, theyweren’t sent the daily reflection survey

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 13: Equity in Action - Identity, Mentorship, and Inclusion

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine M Ehlert, Miami University; George D. Ricco, Miami University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

student progression, and teaching first-year engineering, engineering design principles, and project management. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Longitudinal Study of a First Year Curriculum Change on Student Identity and BelongingAbstractThe purpose of this evidence-based practice paper is to explore and document trends in students’engineering/computing science identity and sense of belonging in their discipline based on theirexperiences in a recently reimagined first year curriculum over the first full year ofimplementation.Developing an identity and sense of belonging in engineering and computing science early in thecollegiate years has had positive impacts on student

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Subha K Kumpaty, Concordia University Wisconsin/ Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mohammad Mahinfalah, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jan L. Fertig, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Judith Eroe, Grand Canyon University

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. Scholar 3 isfrom Georgia and Scholar 5 is from Arkansas, and they are working and settling in Wisconsinupon graduation from MSOE. The S-STEM scholars at MSOE are not all WI students but are fromvarious states, and they are flourishing in WI job market as well.Graduate SchoolScholar 9 has grown through this program quite steadily. He overcame early struggles with studyhabits, time management, and exam preparation and completed the degree program with maturityand great experiences including REU at Marquette and internship at Thermo Systems. He is ingraduate study pursuing master of science in engineering at MSOE since Fall 2024 and workingas a graduate assistant at MSOE Fluid Power Institute. Scholar 10 completed his BS in record timerequiring STEM

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GSD 1: From Recruitment to Retention

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Sola Akosile, Morgan State University; Michael Oluwafemi Ige, Morgan State University; Tolulope Abiri, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Paper ID #47976Perception and Adaptation of First-Year International Graduate StudentsTowards Academic Writing: A Case Study at a School of EngineeringMr. Samuel Sola Akosile, Morgan State University Samuel Akosile is a Ph.D. student in Sustainable Infrastructure and Resilience Engineering at Morgan State University, within the Department of Civil Engineering. He currently works as a Research Assistant, contributing to innovative studies in the field of civil infrastructure. His primary research area focuses on sustainable design for pavement systems, aiming to develop environmentally responsible, durable, and cost

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GSD 4: Stressors and Supports

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Julie Aldridge, The Ohio State University; Nicole M. Else-Quest, University of California, Los Angeles ; Joe Roy, American Society for Engineering Education

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

engineering doctoral education: Experiences of students with minoritized sexual identities. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association; Denver, CO.[5] Ehrhart, M. G., Schneider, B., & Macey, W. H. (2013). Organizational Climate and Culture: An Introduction to Theory, Research, and Practice. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857664[6] Ehrhart, M., & Schneider, B. (2016). Organizational climate and culture. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology.[7] Schneider, B., & Barbera, K. M. (2014). The Oxford handbook of organizational climate and culture. Cheltenham, UK: Oxford University Press.[8] Hurtado, S., Milem, J. F., Clayton-Pedersen, A. R., & Allen, W. R

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 1: Curriculum Design and Innovative Pedagogy

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Gary W. Offerdahl, Washington State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

. Shen, and B. Bogue, “Leaving engineering: a multi-year singleinstitution study,” Journal Engineering Education, vol. 101, issue 1, pp. 6-27, 2012.[4] H. Coates, “Students’ early departure intentions and the mitigating role of support,”Australian University’s Review, vol. 56, issue 2, pp. 20-29, 2014.[5] E. Godfrey, “Who leaves and who stays? Retention and attrition in engineering education,”Engineering Education, vol. 5, issue 2, pp. 26-40, 2010.[6] M. Chang, J. Sharkness, S. Hurtado, and C. Newman, “What matters in college for retainingaspiring scientists and engineers from underrepresented racial groups,” Journal of Research inScience Teaching, vol. 51, issue 5, pp. 555-580, 2014.[7] G. Bettencourt, C. Manly, E. Kimball, and R. Wells, “STEM

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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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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Paper ID #48690Developing a survey instrument to measure graduate students’ mental healthexperiences: instrument generation and initial qualitative validationDr. Sarah Jane Bork, University of Georgia Dr. Sarah Jane (SJ) Bork is an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering with an emphasis on engineering education research. Dr. Bork’s research has focused on examining the mental health experiences of engineering graduate students. She has studied different areas (e.g., social factors, engineering culture, etc.) using a variety of research methods (e.g., regression analysis, photovoice, factor analysis

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.A

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Friday Emmanuel James, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Nathan H Bean, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Michelle Friend, University of Nebraska - Omaha; Robert Stewart, Kansas State University; Carrie Grace Aponte; David S. Allen, Kansas State University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

factors of consideration for entering into the profession of teaching computerscience [39].We can therefore conclude that teacher identity plays a key role in shaping the pedagogicalapproaches and overall effectiveness of a teacher. It is thus imperative to evaluate the impactof the teacher training program on the unique identities of the teachers under study and howthey develop.Commitment. Teachers’ commitment plays a central role in the expansion and, subse-quently, the sustenance of computer science education, both on a rural and urban scale.Teacher training supports educators by boosting their commitment and confidence in theirability to teach computer science as well as leading students in completing course capstoneprojects [40]. Mentoring

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Marginalization, Identity, and Student Development (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 9)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haiying Long, University of Kansas; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Jingjing Liu, Florida International University; Julian Rodrigo Sosa-Molano, Florida International University; Joseph Ronald Sturgess, Florida International University; Bruk T Berhane, Florida International University

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

post-traditional students in terms ofcategories and extents of post-traditional status, 2) examine the intersectionality of the post-traditional population with other historically excluded demographic groups, and 3) assess theeducational outcomes for this intersectional and underserved population. We draw onintersectionality theory and Choy’s [1] post-traditional student status classifications tooperationalize the analytical categories and procedures for our quantitative study. We utilize thede-identified institutional data from undergraduate engineering students enrolled during the2023-2024 academic year at a large Hispanic-Serving Institution in the Southeastern UnitedStates and employ descriptive statistics, mean difference tests, and

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Track 1: Technical Session 1: Supporting Engineering Graduate Students to Create Inclusive Learning Environments: A Professional Development Program at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Katherine R. McCance, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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first-generation status [10], [11], [12]. Much of the HSI STEMliterature focuses on undergraduate students’ outcomes and experiences, and there is a need tostudy STEM pedagogies that support student success at HSIs [13].This paper focuses on a pilot PD program for engineering graduate students that wasimplemented at an HSI for graduate students to build their knowledge, beliefs, and confidence increating inclusive learning STEM environments. This paper will describe the context andstructure of the PD program, followed by preliminary qualitative and quantitative results fromthe first year of the program. The data collection and analysis focused on understanding theprogram’s impacts on the engineering graduate students' confidence in and beliefs

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

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Rick Hill, University of Detroit Mercy; Vanessa Burrows, University of Detroit Mercy; Linda Slowik PhD

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Minnesota, Dulut ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Experiences in Piloting a Program for Implementing High Impact Practices with Limited ResourcesAbstractIt is known that low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students in engineering andcomputer science have rates of retention and graduation that lag behind their peers. A growingbody of research has identified a range of high-impact practices and exemplar programs thathave been successful in improving outcomes for these at-risk populations. Some areas that thesepractices seek to address include: financial need, academic preparation, sense of community,confidence, and professional identity. The challenge of

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Equity, Identity, and Pedagogy in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rasha Malaeb, American University of Beirut; Elsa Maalouf, American University of Beirut; Aya Mouallem, Stanford University; Jana Sabra, American University of Beirut

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #46475Can I Be An Engineer? Factors Influencing Women’s Decisions to PursueUndergraduate Engineering Studies in Lebanon (Fundamental)Rasha Malaeb, American University of Beirut Rasha Malaeb (she/her) is a Computer and Computer Engineering student at the American University of Beirut. She is a research assistant and event coordinator at the Pipeline and Mentorship Initiative at the American University of Beirut where she works on student support-projects as the Peer2Peer Mentorship . Rasha is an applicant of the Women Leader’s in Engineering Full Scholarship and her research is focused on enhancing women’s

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ECE-Career Development and Program Structures

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pamela Bhatti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

development topics into the ECEcurriculum. We present the results of a one-week module for graduate students that linksdisciplinary and intrapersonal knowledge through a design thinking framework. We present acontent analysis and descriptive statistics from two surveys distributed to students from Fall2024 about their experiences with the module. These surveys asked students about theirexperiences with the module, their engineering identity and belongingness, and their beliefsabout their future careers. A major takeaway from this analysis was the saliency studentsexperienced around the topics of ambiguity, failure, and risk in the context of thinking abouttheir future careers. Finally, we offer recommendations for other ECE educators interested

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ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Jiuqing Yu, Pennsylvania State University; Nosakhare Iyobosa Idiaghe, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

], many universities and colleges have sought to introduceglobal programming to engineering as part of extracurricular or formal programming. Many ofthese are framed around global study abroad experiences, with scholars noting that even short-term experiences can lead to heightened understandings of globalization and cultural awareness[37]-[39]. However, the continuous limitations of privilege, cost, and time additions on degreecompletion continue to be evident, and rarely have extended to graduate student populations (withthe exception of a few instances noted in literature via NSF IGERT programs and similar, such asthe study performed by Berdanier et al. [40]). Literature documenting these programs also considerwhether and how intercultural

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 3: Identity and Achievement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College; April K. Andreas, East Texas A&M University; Michelle Pettijohn Powell, Waco Independent School District

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Surveys B and D at the end of each semester for the next fivesemesters. Statistical analyses similar to those performed for Cohort 2024 will be conducted forCohort 2025. Additionally, the availability of data from both cohorts will allow us to comparetheir outcomes at corresponding points in time. A key distinction in the experimental setupbetween Cohorts 2024 and 2025 is that Cohort 2024 did not have access to the engineeringworkshop during their first semester, whereas Cohort 2025 will have access from the outset.Works Cited[1] N. A. Mamaril, E. L. Usher, C. Li, D. R. Economy and M. S. Kennedy, "Measuring undergraduate students' engineering self-efficacy: A validation study," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 105, no. 2, p. 366–395

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International Division (INTL): Case Studies and Trends

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bhuvaneswari Gopal, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Prasad Edamana

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POGIL Employed in aOne Semester Engineering Materials Technology Course. In 2017 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, 2017.[32] Phillips, J., Use of POGIL Methodology in Undergraduate Mechanical EngineeringCourses. In 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference, 2022.[33] Aedi, W. and Masitoh, L., Development of POGIL Based Calculus Module forInformatics Engineering Students. Journal of Education, Teaching and Learning, 5(2), pp.225-228, 2020.[34] Gopal, B., Bockmon, R. and Cooper, S., POGIL-like learning and student's impressionsof software engineering topics: A qualitative study. In PPIG (pp. 154-163), 2022.[35] Gopal, B. and Cooper, S., Pogil-like learning in undergraduate software testing anddevops-a pilot study. In Proceedings of the

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell William Mailen, Auburn University; Jeffrey LaMondia, Auburn University; Sushil Adhikari P.E., Auburn University; Katharine H. Brown, Auburn University; Christopher Ryan Basgier, Auburn University; Jordan Harshman, Auburn University

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digital rhetoric, has appeared in venues like Across the Disciplines, Composition Forum, Studies in Higher Education, The WAC Journal, and The Writing Center Journal. He is active in national organizations like the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, and the WAC Clearinghouse, and he is a founding member of the RhetAI Coalition.Jordan Harshman, Auburn University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work-in-Progress: Aerospace Engineering Faculty’s Perspective on the Writing SySTEM for Increasing Self-Efficacy of Graduate Student WritersAbstractFew graduate students receive sustained, discipline-specific foundational

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ERM Technical Session: A Focus on Faculty Experiences & Perceptions

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibukunoluwa Eunice Salami, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Kasey Moomau, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yusong Li, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Ursula Nguyen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Lance C. Pérez, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Markeya Peteranetz, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Trish Wonch Hill, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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engineering graduate student at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Before returning to further his university education with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a serendipitous opportunity for graduate education at UNL, he served for the better part of a decade as a public-school educator, creating and implementing exploratory STEM activities as supplemental curriculum for K-8 students.Dr. Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Tareq Daher graduated from the University of Mutah – Jordan with a B.S. in Computer Science with a focus on developing educational tools. He pursued a Master’s Degree in Educational Studies at the University of Nebraska -Lincoln (UNL). While pursing his Master Degree he worked as the

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Woods, University of Sheffield

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

studies [38],[39], [40]. However final year (senior) undergraduates and graduate students (i.e. Masters anddoctoral students) still make use of predominantly free, online materials and web searchengines, as well as social information seeking strategies such as asking colleagues andclassmates [41], [42], [43].Methodological and theoretical approachesConsistent with Mercer et al.’s 2019 scoping review findings [9], the more recent LISliterature concerning engineering students is still dominated by quantitative approaches andfrequently lacks a stated theoretical perspective. Most of the papers in this review are small-scale studies. Sample sizes of the qualitative studies range from 10-17 participants, and mostof the quantitative studies range from

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Broadening Participation in Civil Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Scott Rosas; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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) education:integrating diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) principles to counter systemic racismwhen teaching the infrastructure lifecycle. The research team piloted the Group ConceptMapping (GCM) methodology to identify and prioritize actionable strategies that can guide theeducation of future engineers in addressing racial inequities in infrastructure projects. Thefindings from this pilot study demonstrate that GCM is feasible, and valuable results are likely tobe obtained from a more extensive study. A total of 15 participants contributed to GCM activitiesin this pilot study. Forty statements generated by the participants were clustered and rated by theparticipants to create concept maps to understand the importance, implementation feasibility

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Track 5: Technical Session 2: Revisiting Assessment Tools Used to Measure the Impact of Summer Program Interventions on Perceptions and Interest in Engineering Among Underrepresented Pre-College Students – A Work in Progress

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Zeynep Ambarkutuk, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jesika Monet McDaniel, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kim Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Paper ID #45289Revisiting Assessment Tools Used to Measure the Impact of Summer ProgramInterventions on Perceptions and Interest in Engineering Among UnderrepresentedPre-College Students – A Work in ProgressZeynep Ambarkutuk, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Zeynep Ambarkutuk is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology program at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include motivation, motivation interventions, and the effect of identity and culture on motivation and learning.Jesika Monet McDaniel, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Jesika is an accomplished graduate of Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.A

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan H Bean, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Michelle Friend, University of Nebraska - Omaha; Friday Emmanuel James, Kansas State University; David S. Allen, Kansas State University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

. In this paper, we draw upon the National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education, the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, and the 2021 American Community Survey to underscore a lack of access to computer science learning contexts for students in these communities. We also explore how rural out-migration is compounding this challenge, and explore the roots of the rural out-migration trend. We then examine how multiple strains of research and scholarship identify rurality as either a place-based identification (i.e., where a student is from) or a distinct social identity. While convenient, geographic-based definitions lack important nuance in understanding rural populations and tend to emphasize

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Best in DEED

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin Bartlett, University of Kentucky; Aanya Chugh, University of Kentucky

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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 How Faculty-Student Interactions Affect the BIPOC Design Student ExperienceAbstractAlthough there is a growing emphasis on decolonizing design curricula and integrating designjustice into engineering design, little research explores the lived experiences of BIPOC (Black,Indigenous, and People of Color) design students. In this pilot study, we conducted in-depthinterviews with 13 students from historically excluded backgrounds who were studying variousstudio-based design majors (architecture, interiors, and product design) at a public US university.Interviews covered a variety of topics and were designed to identify areas that might be worthyof further study

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ERM WIP V: Assessing & Developing Competencies in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine McGough Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Neeko Bochkarev, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Justine Chasmar, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Luke John Nyberg

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positions. After two yearsof working as engineers and completing technical, design, and professionalism credits, studentsgraduate with a B.S. in Engineering. Participants in this study are a part of the IRE STEMScholars program, which helps financially support low-income, high achieving students for theirBell Academy semester, and provides additional mentorship and career development supportresources through to graduation. This program supports a diverse population of individuals ontheir pathway to graduation, with a range of backgrounds and experiences [1].This work will notfocus solely on low-income experiences, but rather the more nuanced identities and experiencesof the students [2].Engineering Identity and BelongingEngineering identity is

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 4.A

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Foley, Universite de Sherbrooke

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engineering andbusiness students. Concept-Space functioned both as a detailed portfolio to document individualwork processes (graded) and as a team workspace for developing an innovative technologicalproduct for a valuable market. Before diving into these case studies, we will first examineConcept-Space itself and how its design draws from multiple properties of mental structures.2. Description and Foundations of Concept-SpaceConcept-Space was developed through a design process. It started with a comprehensiveexploration of available data from various domains and a synthesis of this information into aframework that was used to define a set of design requirements. This phase was followed by fouriterations of design, prototype, pilot study (with

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Isaac Camacho, University of Texas at El Paso; Toluwalase Opanuga, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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variety ofengineering courses [19]. Literature concerning the implementation of reflection have tended toemphasize the nature of the intervention and the impact of reflection on student performancemetrics.B. Reflection Knowledge Gains Instrument RKGIThe Reflection Knowledge Gains Instrument (RKGI) is a self-report tool that was developed tocapture students’ learning from reflection activities [20]. Initially, the instrument contained 72items contributing to 16 factors and was piloted with 127 undergraduate engineering students allwithin their last year of university study. Exploratory factor analysis was completed to reduce thenumber of items to 16 and the number of factors to four contributing to: Engineering Self(professional identity as an

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah A Goodman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Louis Oh, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Elizabeth Zarr Paolella, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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onstudent perceptions of the activity, which could be useful for instructors interested in expandingtheir engineering curriculum to include skills less traditionally associated with engineering.MethodsThis work involved developing the experiment and carrying out the lesson, as well as recruitingand surveying of participants. Here, we discuss each of these components of our methods in aseparate sub-section.Participant recruitment and data collectionThis study was conducted at Stevens Institute of Technology, in the form of a 2-hour stand-alonelaboratory session facilitated by the authors of this paper. Participants were recruited for thisstudy through announcements to graduate and undergraduate engineering student email lists. Theemail announcement