. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Cultivating Community and Confidence Through the Thesis Writers RetreatIntroductionOur institution’s first Thesis Writers Retreat was implemented in 2019 during a time whengraduate students’ mental health, progress towards graduation, and academic support became akey focus. The Colorado School of Mines Writing Center was a key element of that support, witha goal that year to drastically increase graduate student services through programming and one-on-one consultations. Graduate students would share feelings of extreme stress, isolation, and amisunderstanding of both short-term and long-term goals with their advisors, feelings that are alltoo familiar to anyone working their way through graduate
from Southern Methodist University and a Ph.D. in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. Her papers have appeared in journals ranging from ”Networks” and ”The JournalDr. Michelle Pettijohn Powell, Waco Independent School District ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Enhancing Engineering Self-Efficacy in Community College Students Through Workshop ImplementationAbstractEfforts to increase engineering degree completion at community colleges often focus onrecruitment, academic performance, and persistence. However, an often-overlooked yet crucialfactor is engineering self-efficacy—students' belief in their ability to learn and performengineering
Illinois at Chicago (UIC). With a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University, Dr. Bilgin has extensive experience in both biotechnology research and engineering education. Since joining UIC, she has developed and taught various undergraduate courses, integrating innovative teaching methods and industry-relevant content to enhance student learning and engagement. Dr. Bilgin’s research focuses on engineering education, particularly in fostering professional identity among engineering students and integrating data science into the chemical engineering curriculum. She has received multiple awards for her contributions to teaching and mentoring, including the ASEE Ray Fahien Award and the UIC COE Harold
college’s NSF S-STEM grant, Building an Academic Community of Engineering Scholars.Dr. Ana Mazilu, College of Lake County Earned PhD in Physics from UIC, focus on solid state physics, specifically on high-Tc superconductors. Served as a physics tutor as part of three consecutive NSF grant-based scholarship programs for the engineering students at College of Lake County. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Examining an NSF S-STEM Community College program through an Identity LensIntroductionCommunity colleges are well positioned to assist in fulfilling the National Science Foundation(NSF) mission developed for the S-STEM program: increase the number of
. Through this analysis, we aim to identifypathways for transforming HE education to better recognize and build upon the assets,knowledge, and experiences that marginalized students bring to the field.Diversifying Humanitarian Engineering EducationHumanitarian Engineering (HE) graduate programs represent an emerging discipline withinengineering education, training engineers to address infrastructure and service disparities inmarginalized communities both domestically and globally. These programs distinguishthemselves through explicit commitments to diversity, sustainability, and communitypartnerships, emphasizing user-centered design approaches and alignment with contemporaryframeworks like the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [8], [9
. Through her research, Lili hopes to amplify the voices of historically underrepresented populations in engineering to foster an inclusive space in engineering education for diverse students through asset-based and culturally relevant approaches. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025“I’m allowed to be my own person in engineering”: How gender identity-based engineering student organizations support women’s engineering identity developmentBackgroundThis work-in-progress paper examines women’s motivations for joining gender identity-basedengineering student organizations (GI ESOs) and how those organizations support women’sengineering identity development. Engineering holds a reputation
. in Bioengineering from George Mason University with specialization in Medical Imaging and Devices. Her research interests include broadening participation in engineering, engineering pedagogy, and developing career pathways for engineering students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Strengthening the Artificial Intelligence Workforce: Developing an AI Certificate andComputing Identity at a Hispanic-serving Community College Through an NSF DUE/HSIGrantThe rapid expansion of the computing field creates a continuous demand for skilled computingworkers. However, there is a dearth of postsecondary students in computing majors incomparison to that demand, and the field lacks the diversity
the recipient of several awards for his innovative teaching and excellence in research mentorship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Trust me, I’m an Engineer: Exploring Engineering Identity and Concepts of Expert Versus Novice in the Aerospace Engineering IndustryAbstract In this work in progress, we explore what skills and experiences help engineeringgraduates transition from novices to expert engineers in industry. To achieve success in industry,recent engineering graduates may rely on applying tools from their undergraduate educationrelated to problem recognition and asking questions when they lack expertise. By contrast, seniorengineers emphasize that soft (professional
-held assumptions and encouragedme to approach advocacy with renewed clarity and optimism.”Conclusions: Impacts of the Pilot CourseSociotechnical thinking, identity development, and building confidenceAt its core, the Pilot Course discussed throughout this work was meant to create a curricular spacewhere social and community-centered concerns held by students could be validated, discussed,and approached using tools that are less commonly taught in engineering curricula. Facilitatorscaptured this aspect of the course through its learning outcomes, in particular: “By participating,students will articulate their scientific and/or engineering identity and how it relates to criticalconsciousness and their unique potential to shape the world.”While
the opportunities that students had to access resources and receivetraining in the theories and practices of STEM through their coursework along with opportunitiesto engage in scholarly discussion with their instructors and peers. We also examine the role ofgender and recognition of gender disparities in the development of this STEM pathway andoverall science identity. Methodology This study was conducted at Blue Lake College, a Hispanic-Serving community collegein California, to explore how institutional and individual factors influence STEM studentoutcomes. The “Culturally Contextual STEM Identity” (CCSI) tool was developed specificallyfor this campus and used to measure constructs related
. 2, pp. 371–392, 2021, doi: 10.1002/jee.20391.[10] M. L. Sánchez-Peña and S. A. Kamal, “A comparative analysis of mental health conditions prevalence and help seeking attitudes of engineering students at two institutions in the U.S.A,” presented at the 2023 World Engineering Education Forum - Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC), Oct. 2023, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.1109/WEEF- GEDC59520.2023.10343627.[11] J. A. Yang, M. K. Sherard, C. Julien, and M. Borrego, “Resistance and community-building in LGBTQ+ engineering students,” J. Women Minor. Sci. Eng., vol. 27, no. 4, 2021.[12] A. N. Gentry, J. P. Martin, K. A. Douglas, E. Holloway, and C. Thompson, “Nonbinary Engineering Students’ Access to Resources Through Cis* and
, providing mentorship to undergraduates, participating in the building of learning networks to enhance student development, coordinates professional development workshops for Engineering Leadership 1301 courses, and advises the El Paso Honey Badgers eSports student organization.Christopher Isaac Camacho, University of Texas at El Paso Christopher Camacho is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Engineering Innovation and Leadership with a concentration in Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso. He serves as a teaching assistant and student researcher at the Center for Research in Engineering and Technology Education (CREaTE). In the summer of 2024, he participated in an NSF Research Experience
programs and services for the Hispanic STEM community.Andrea D. Beattie, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc. Andrea D. Beattie is a graduate from Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Political Science in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Currently she serves as Manager, Research and Impact at SHPE. In this role, she assists the organization with research, program evaluation, and data analytics.Dr. Kimberly D Douglas P.E., Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc. Over 25 years of experience as an engineering educator and administrator developing and funding programs for increasing the persistence and degree completion rates of STEM
demanding fields, and informs their aspirations for STEM careers.Responses from 39 community college transfer students, gathered through in-depth interviewsand focus group discussions, reveal that the scholarship provides support in various areas,including academic choices, community and social engagement, and providing motivation andpersistence. Additionally, the S-STEM scholarship informs participants' future aspirations byoffering personal and professional development, educational and research opportunities, careeropportunities and access to resources and informational support. Participants highly value thescholarship's role in shaping their career trajectories in the STEM field and contributing to theiracademic success.1. IntroductionThe demand
discussions the students could test each other’sunderstanding of the course content, through the group debate the students could developawareness regarding their social and ethical responsibilities as engineers. Through the debates, thestudents learned to consider the pros and cons of controversial topics like gene editing, human-animal chimera, brain organoids, and so on, and got the opportunity to learn how to be respectfulto those with different perspectives. Before beginning the group activities, the students submitteda teamwork contract. The students read online articles and watched a YouTube video on effectiveteamwork before filling out the contract, where they discussed their individual roles in the team,preferred methods of communication
University of Florida where he also earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Family, Youth, and Community Sciences.Dr. Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh Linda DeAngelo is Associate Professor of Higher Education, and Director of Graduate Studies and secondary faculty in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. DeAngelo studies social stratification, investigating how social inequities are produced, maintained, and interrupted. Currently her scholarship focuses on access to and engagement in faculty mentorship, the pathway into and through graduate education, and gender and race in engineering.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine
Paper ID #46757Educating for DEI in Construction Engineering: Translating Findings onDisability Considerations on Worksites into Pedagogy and Course ContentProf. Sarah Jayne Hitt, New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering Dr. Sarah Jayne Hitt is the Lead for Transferable Skills at the Centre for Advanced Timber Technology and Founding Professor of Liberal Studies at the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering in Hereford, UK. She specializes in curriculum development as well as integrating ethics, sustainability, and communication into engineering education, and serves as project manager for the Engineering
without clear connection to engineeringapplications, can discourage capable students from pursuing or persisting in engineering majors.To address this challenge, a multidisciplinary team of faculty at Whatcom Community College(WCC) developed The PEEC3 (Preparing Early Engineers through Context, Community andConnections) project, currently in the third year of a five-year grant from the NSF IUSE:Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC) Program. The main activity of thisgrant concerns the development, pilot offerings, and impact assessment of the Engineering inContext (EiC) Learning Community, an innovative two-quarter integrated curriculum designedfor precalculus-level students entering our engineering transfer program. This project
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
mentorship and professional development strategies. Building on thisfoundation, the Expanded Network for BP-AE (ENBP-AE) program was established to extendthese efforts and scale the impact to a broader network of institutions and students.The ENBP-AE program strategically added five institutions selected based on the desire toincrease pathways into aerospace careers and existing faculty connections. Since the program’sexpansion, one of the added institutions has established an undergraduate program in aerospaceengineering, and a core institution has launched a graduate program in Aerospace Engineering,further enhancing the capacity for aerospace education within the network.The train-the-trainer mentorship model was pivotal for integrating these
Engineering Liaison Council and is a doctoral student in Engineering Education.Dr. Winny Dong, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Understanding and Addressing Transfer Credit Loss in Engineering EducationAbstractThe persistent transfer credit loss among engineering transfer students, particularly in California,has far-reaching implications for individual academic pathways, the higher education landscape,and workforce development. Academic transfer credit loss can result from multiple factors,including issues of transfer requirements, missing transfer pathways, and curriculum misalignmentbetween community colleges and universities, often stemming from variations in course content,sequencing, and rigor
University’s Whiting School of Engineering where he has served on the faculty since 2008 with secondary appointmeRachel E Durham, Notre Dame of Maryland University Rachel E. Durham (PhD, Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, and a Senior Fellow with the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC). With a background in sociology of education, education policy, and demography, her research focuses on graduates’ transition to adulthood, career and college readiness, community schools, and research-practice partnerships.Ms. Alisha Nicole Sparks, The Johns Hopkins University Alisha Sparks serves as the Executive
State University (SFSU) Elysee Matembe Ekanga was a senior undergraduate student majoring in Civil Engineering at San Francisco State University at the time of the project. She is dedicated to promoting diversity and equity in the field of engineering. Over the years, she has gained valuable knowledge and experience in construction management through various internships, both in her home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the United States. This coming fall, she will pursue her graduate studies at Stanford University in the Sustainable Design and Construction program. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Underrepresented-minority students’ portrayal of engineering
, and increasing self-efficacy through those programs for pre-college students.Mrs. Cori Dennis, The University of Arizona, College of Engineering With over 20 years of experience in education, Cori is a dedicated leader specializing in special education, educational leadership, and inclusive program development. She holds a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University and has completed extensive graduate-level coursework in special education at Towson University. Cori currently serves as Coordinator of High School Outreach and Summer Programs for the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona. In this role, she leads strategic STEM initiatives, directs the Summer
. During his time at STCC, Professor Khan developed a curriculum in building heating efficiency and restructured the hands-on portion of the heating program to focus on providing traditional and non-traditional students with the fundamental skills required for workforce development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 The Effect of SLOs Focused Lectures and Class Modality on STEM Latinx Students’ Success In schools serving minority students or Hispanic-Serving Institutes (HSIs), therestructuring of class material delivery methods is crucial for improving student learningoutcome (SLO) attainment. The recent pandemic has accelerated the shift towards
in Durham, NC. He oversees the data collection and program evaluation of informal education programs at the Museum and science communication of grant-funded projects. He also works with Duke University as a community partner for the Ignite Program to offer informal education expertise to the program.Dr. Nirmala Ramanujam Ph.D., Duke University Nirmala (Nimmi) Ramanujam is the Robert W. Carr Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Cancer Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Global Health at Duke University. She founded the Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies (GWHT) in 2013 to reshape women’s health through technology innovation. Her translation program in cervical and breast cancer has brought
Research Assistant in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Morgan State University, Maryland, where he is pursuing his M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Construction Management and Transportation Engineering. He earned his B.Tech. in Building Structure from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. Michael has extensive professional experience managing large-scale heavy construction and fac¸ade projects, including high-rise and industrial developments across West Africa, having held key roles in the field. His research interests include the integration of digital tools in construction education, resilient building design, and asset management in civil
Paper ID #47222Exploring the Engineering Classroom Experiences of Students with Non-ApparentDisabilitiesDarby Rose Riley, Rowan University Darby Riley is a doctoral candidate pursuing her third consecutive degree at Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ). Her research focuses on identity development in engineering education—specifically, how engineering students construct their sense of self through their academic journey and how personal identities shape this process. As a disabled researcher, she brings both academic and lived experience to her work, with a particular interest in how students with disabilities navigate the
Paper ID #49397ECS Web Lab: A Web-Based Solution for Equitable and Engaging WebDevelopment EducationMr. Samuel B Mazzone, Marquette UniversityDr. Dennis Brylow, Marquette University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 ECS Web Lab: A Web-Based Solution for Equitable and Engaging Web Development Education AbstractUCLA developed the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curriculum to increase participation ofwomen and people of color in computer science, focusing on content comprehension,inquiry-based learning, and educational equity. Initially launched in Los
Paper ID #47384[Work in progress: Intersection of Design and ”X” Research Papers] Globalmeans local too: Integrating anti-oppressive practice into community-basedcapstone design projects.Ms. Kerry Eller, Duke University Kerry Eller is a 4th year PhD Candidate in the Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies at Duke University’s Biomedical Engineering Department. Kerry is working to develop cervical cancer screening technologies that are more accessible for both patients and providers but is also excited about engineering education and design pedagogy.Dr. Megan Madonna, Duke University Megan Madonna is an Assistant