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Track 4: Technical Session 2: Using Strategic Planning Processes to Promote Success for Undergraduate CS Students at a Systemic Level

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Jamie Huber Ward, NCWIT; S. Kiersten Ferguson; Sherri L Sanders

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Paper ID #45139Using Strategic Planning Processes to Promote Success for UndergraduateCS Students at a Systemic LevelDr. Jamie Huber Ward, NCWIT Jamie Huber Ward is a social scientist and Associate Director of Higher Ed for NCWIT at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on organizational change in higher education; collaborative pedagogy; curriculum reform; post-secondary student experiences; and the experiences of faculty and staff in academic computing workplaces. Jamie’s work includes implementing and analyzing research projects designed to enhance all students’ success and sense of belonging post

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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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Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Paula Moore; Stacey Sexton; Deborah Boisvert; Sabah Bhatnagar; Nicole Jessica Rees, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Shaileen Crawford, CSforMA

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Paper ID #45672Computer Science as a High School Graduation Requirement: Planning forPolicy Implementation.Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group Rebecca Zarch is an evaluator and a director of SageFox Consulting Group. She has spent 20 years evaluating and researching STEM education projects from K-12 through graduate programs.Paula MooreStacey Sexton Hi, I’m Stacey Sexton. I am a queer, nonbinary, Socialist organizer, educator, facilitator and coach supporting individuals and teams working through conflict, deepening their understanding of and action toward social justice, and finding balance between being human and being

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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)

Paper ID #47608Designing Futures: ECE Graduate Students’ Experience with a ProfessionalDevelopment and Career Planning ModuleProf. Pamela Bhatti, Georgia Institute of Technology Pamela Bhatti is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Bhatti received her B.S. in bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989 and her Ph.D. in electricaDr. Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology Jacqueline (Jacki) Rohde is the Assessment Coordinator in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald R. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #46511BOARD # 264: IUSE: Using Strategic Planning to Drive Curriculum andCultural ChangeDr. Donald R. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology Donald Webster, Ph.D., P.E. is the Karen & John Huff School Chair and Professor in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Webster earned a B.S. from the University of California, Davis (1989), and M.S. (1991) and Ph.D. (1994) degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the Georgia Tech faculty in September 1997 after completing a postdoctoral research appointment at

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GSD 7: Innovative Graduate Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilya Avdeev, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Jennifer Gutzman, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Loren G Peterson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Paper ID #48190Implementation of an I-Corps Inspired 3-Day Bootcamp for Graduate Studentsto Plan their Academic CareersDr. Ilya Avdeev, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Dr. Ilya Avdeev is the Director of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s College of Engineering & Applied Science. Dr. Avdeev teaches multidisciplinary Product Realization course that merges engineering design practice with design thinking. Dr. Avdeev is a Director of the NSF I-Corps Site of Southeastern Wisconsin – a partnership of five Milwaukee universities (UWM

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Track 2: Technical Session 1: Pulled In or Pushed Out? Underrepresented Minority High School Students Describe Socio-environmental Factors Shaping STEM Persistence and Post-Secondary Plans

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Alexis Grace Daniels, Johns Hopkins University; Rachel E Durham; Michael L Falk, The Johns Hopkins University; Alisha Nicole Sparks, The Johns Hopkins University; Emily J Yanisko, American University

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-environmental factors shaping STEM persistence and post-secondary plans Pulled in or pushed out? Underrepresented minority high school students describe socio- environmental factors shaping STEM persistence and post-secondary plans AbstractIntroductionThis research applies the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory to understandthe persistence of racially underrepresented minority (URM) youth in STEM pathways. URMyouth aspire to STEM careers at the same rate as White peers [1], but Black and Latinx studentsleave STEM disciplines at nearly twice the rate of White students [2]. As a result, the STEMworkforce does not reflect the country’s diversity. Literature reveals key

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University; Samuel Shaw, Utah State University; Allison Miles, Utah State University

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education and theengineering workforce. The project plan comprises a 1) Research Plan to develop deeperunderstandings about how SVSM participate, persist, and produce professional identities inengineering education, and an 2) Education Plan to place new understandings into practicethrough collaborative development, implementation, and broad dissemination of an evidence-based onboarding, community building and mentorship workshop for SVSM in engineering, anda set of modularized awareness/support training materials to introduce engineering faculty, staff,and administrators, and the general engineering student populace to military student issues.Research Plan. The Research Plan builds from ongoing work using a longitudinal, narrativeinquiry research

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

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Elin Jensen, Lawrence Technological University; Taylor Warstler; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University; Alyssa Taube; Lynne Seymour

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-related professions through interactive mini-sessions and displays.This paper focuses on one specific mini-session, which introduced best management practices(BMPs) for stormwater design. The session was collaboratively designed and delivered bypracticing engineers and educators. In this mini-session, student teams developed cost-effectivesite solutions that adhered to county area specifications. After a brief introduction to the topic,teams were provided with a site plan, sheets representing BMP options, a worksheet, and othersupplies. The activity was structured into the following steps:1. Calculate the Impervious Area2. Calculate the BMP Area3. Design a Minimum of Two Alternative BMP Solutions4. Estimate the Cost of the Selected BMP

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Enhancing Student Engagement and Support in ECE Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica R Gladstone, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Zhengyan Ye

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

questionnaires in summer 2024 (Study 1). The first round of questionnaireadministration (Study 2) was completed in Fall, 2024. Results of the 55 interviews were reportedpreviously at ASEE. A 19-question scale on emotional responses to receiving one’s own examresults and a 22-question scale on planned study strategy changes for the next course exam wasdrafted based on themes found during the interview process.Study 1In study 1, we drafted the two questionnaires, conducted cognitive interviewing with 5engineering students, and revised the wording of 7 questions.Cognitive interviewing questionnairesBased on the emotions and study strategy changes mentioned in the interviews, we created thetwo questionnaires in summer 2024. The first question asked about

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 8

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yvette E. Pearson; Casey Harris; Charmane Caldwell, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Reginald Perry, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Melanie L Wicinski, Arkansas State University

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

A&M University-Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering. He received the B.S. (Co-op, Highest Honors), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees inMelanie L Wicinski, Arkansas State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Understanding Post-Graduation Intentions of Undergraduate Engineering Students (Research)ABSTRACTThe Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) has been used to determine how – or if – one’sintentions are predictive of their behaviors in various contexts. In short, TPB posits that if onehas positive attitude (behavioral beliefs), positive subjective norms (normative beliefs), andperceived behavioral control (control beliefs) toward a

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Building Community and Inclusion in Pre-College Engineering Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois Chicago

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

instruction to createclassroom curricula aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The specificobjectives of the program are to: 1. Enhance teachers’ bioengineering content knowledge and pedagogical skills. 2. Enable teachers to translate laboratory research into practical, NGSS-aligned curricula. 3. Address educational equity by preparing teachers to better support diverse, urban student populations.Adopted in Illinois in 2014 to be in effect by the 2016-17 school year, NGSS required complexcurriculum planning on the part of districts. The framework relates science to students’ everydaylives, ensures students learn about being careful consumers of scientific and technologicalinformation, and prepares them with the skills

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Construction Engineering Division: Innovative Pedagogy annd Student Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik Backus, Clarkson University; William Olsen, Clarkson University

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

has a long-standingcommitment to hands-on and co-curricular education to which this in-house capability providespre-professional consulting in planning, engineering, and construction areas. This businessenterprise uses students in an experiential learning mode in order to deliver products that thetargeted market segments would not be otherwise able to conduct using professional consultingservices. Likewise, these efforts help to build community economic opportunities byjumpstarting projects that would otherwise not be able to be done absent some key preliminarywork. The goal has been to generate further professional work and efforts that can aid in thedevelopment of a more robust local economy. This paper will discuss the outcomes of

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Building Engineering Identity and Practice in Rural and Pre-College Contexts

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison Haugh Nowariak, University of Minnesota; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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9emphasizes the designing and prototyping of possible solutions [15]. Again, Putra et al. [4] breakthis phase down into two steps - Plan and Build. In these steps, students worked in small groupsto brainstorm possible solutions, eventually building and modeling their designs. Finally, mostengineering design processes conclude with a third phase requiring testing of designs and aformal decision on the most appropriate solution based on the tests [15]. The EDP used by Putraet al. [4] followed all three phases of the design process, broken into the following steps: Define,Learn, Plan, Try, Test, and Decide. Students in their study worked through these steps to solve aproblem while Putra et al. [4] looked for evidence of CTS. A table connecting the three

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PCEE Instructional Showcases

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Wilkens, University of Virginia; Hannah Moore, University of Virginia; David Chen, University of Virginia

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. June: Logistics and Media Coordination Plan demo party event to showcaseJanuary: Foundation Building participants' work. Schedule lab tours. Set up biweekly meetings for planning team Arrange media coverage and program to coordinate and assign tasks. documentation. Finalize tracks that will be offered during the Order program-branded t-shirts. program. Identify the dates for the program. July: Final DetailsFebruary: Initial Planning Send final program details to participants

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard C Hill, University of Detroit Mercy; Andrew Lapetina, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Lachney, Michigan State University; Aman Yadav

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, etc.—we haveobserved some consistent trends. Participation in this AP-level CS course has led to a decrease instudent self-efficacy as well as the students’ own assessment of their interest in the field of CS.In contrast with these trends, the research team observed strong reporting of students planning topursue CS-related careers following their high school graduation, with some notable exceptions.Keywordsbroadening participation, computer science education, high schoolIntroductionTo meet the technical workforce needs of domestic industries, significant resources have beeninvested by government, corporate, and non-profit organizations to increase student interest andskills in computer science (CS). Specifically, sizeable effort has been

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Inclusive and Reflective Practices in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Hayes, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Jennifer Cross, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Elissa Milto, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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middle school students—guided by universal design for learning (UDL) principles—and accompanying activities aimed atsupporting students’ CT and EF skills, but soon identified the need for student-facing scaffoldsthat aided students making connections between classroom learning and ORBIT. We report onthe first three of six planned co-design workshops with teachers, focused on exploring designgoals, learning goals, and needs; testing iterative prototypes of digital coding environments; anddeveloping an instructional sequence for practicing CT.In this paper, we explore the following question: What design considerations inform structuringthe ORBIT program technology to support students developing independence in computationalthinking alongside

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sophia Vicente, Elizabethtown College; Hannah Root; Annick J Dewald; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Rebecca Holcombe; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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(ENG) through the Engineering Diversity Activities(EDA) program. During Year 0 and Year 1, the team planned and piloted an innovative, project-based learning program. The student feedback and short-term outcomes from the initial pilotwere positive. However, as the team reflected on what is needed to educate today’s engineeringstudents to address the engineering problems of tomorrow it became clear that there was morework to be done. The goal of the overarching project was to reimagine engineering education through ahands-on, project-based curriculum. Specifically, the team set out to design its programscentering four evidence-based practices: (1) A sense of mission explicitly centered onsustainability and equity, (2) hands-on teamwork

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Track 5: Technical Session 3: Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion for First-Generation Students: A First Year Seminar Course Approach

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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: CRITICAL THINKING, TIME MANAGEMENT, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.Skill-Building Workshops: A CloserLook• Icebreaker: Introductions and goal sharing to build community.• Critical Thinking: Activities on questioning assumptions and evaluating evidence.• Time Management: Strategies for prioritization, goal setting, and scheduling.• Effective Communication: Role-playing exercises for clear messaging and active listening.• Reflection: Sharing takeaways and planning for skill application.Fostering a Sense of Belonging• Sharing experiences and challenges in a supportive environment.• "Cultural Exchange" activity

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International Division (INTL): Navigating Risks and Cross-Cultural Challenges

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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International Division (INTL)

local events or weather thatare beyond one’s control. Risk mitigation requires feasible and practical action plans in unexpectedsituations, and trip leaders will communicate the expectations and common risk factors to the students sothat they will behave responsibly.As NAFSA summarized in [1], risks may arise to impact a participant’s physical or mental health,personal or financial safety, privacy, security, as well as interactions among participants and/or with theirfamilies remotely during the trip. Adapting to the local culture and lifestyle is vital of an effective actionplan, instead of demanding that the same solution that would have worked in the home country shouldwork in the host country. In general, risks do not outweigh the benefits

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GSD 2: Identity and Motivation

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allyce Horan, Colorado School of Mines

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

. There are three components of this study: Theapplication, the daily survey, and the final survey. This study received Human Subjects Research(HSR) exemption and surveys were deployed and analyzed using web-based subscriptionsoftware and results were anonymized.The application served as both a functional and exploratory element of the study. Due to limitedspace and resources, we needed students to apply to attend the Retreat so that we couldpractically plan the event. The exploratory questions were brief and required students to create adaily writing plan for the TWR in consultation with their advisor; both advisor and student wererequired to sign off on the writing plan. To help students create a reasonable writing plan, weprovided brief

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia Machele Brisbane, Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

A scoping review found nine papers that examined how BME undergraduate coursesaddressed HD. The review revealed that the incorporation of HD often happens in a single courseas opposed to multiple courses across the four-year curriculum. While two papers focused onincorporating HD throughout the four-year curriculum [9], [17] and one described a global healthdisparities minor [16], the remaining six papers focused on individual courses at different stagesof the curriculum (first year [10], [15], middle years [12]-[15] and last year [11], [15]).Additionally, approaches to incorporating HD vary. Some studies introduced HD topics asadditional modules in a course [10], [11], [15] whereas some studies incorporated HD topics inlesson plans and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Isaac Wanasika, University of Northern Colorado

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perspective of real-world business challenges and the intersection of academic theory and practice. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 United We Achieve: Mutual Support Provided by a Cohort of Institutions under the NSF EPIIC ProgramAbstractIn 2023, the four institutions of Kettering University, University of Northern Colorado, Universityof the Incarnate Word, and Western Carolina University formed the Enabling MeaningfulExternal Research Growth in Emergent Technologies (EMERGE) cohort under the inauguralEnabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) program. Each institution in thecohort had its own plans and activities; however, the cohort also had a set of joint

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DSAI Technical Session 3: Integrating Data Science in Curriculum Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas; Carol S Gattis, University of Arkansas; Stephen R. Addison, University of Central Arkansas; Tara Jo Dryer, University of Arkansas; Adam Musto, Arkansas Department of Education

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Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee

$80,000 to$120,000/year, making it an attractive career for both new graduates and those seekingadvancement. [2, 3] There are over 100 data science/analytics roles currently open in Arkansasaccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and employment in this field is projected to grow36% from 2021 to 2031 [4].The Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s Science Advisory Committee submitted theupdated Arkansas Science & Technology Plan 2024, approved by Secretary of Commerce HughMcDonald. This plan aims to “enable the crystallization of focused research and innovationplanning and provide a focus for the Arkansas scientific community.” Key strategies includealigning research and education with the state’s key industries and expanding both

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Track 5: Technical Session 4: The Next Leaders Academy: Learned Experience from an AI Summer Camp Experience

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Delano White, The Gaskins Foundation; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati

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ethical considerations, and its potential impact on society. Networking Opportunities Students had the opportunity to network with other students, mentors, and industry professionals.The feedback from the camp was overwhelmingly positive as the students andparents relished the opportunity to learn about topics driving their world andtheir community. The camp also brought awareness of how technology isshaping the world around the students. 8 Future Plans and Next Steps The Gaskins Foundation plans to continue offering the Ethical AI Camp

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International Division (INTL): Cultivating Global Competencies

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Nelson; Katherine Cheh; Akshat Garg; Atin Dewan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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participants. Thisstudy explores the experiences of 15 senior-level engineering students who participated in asemester-long study abroad program. Students wrote a final reflection as a part of the studyabroad. The reflections were analyzed using a mixed-method approach. A rubrics was created toscore each reflection quantitatively across five key dimensions: Identification and Awareness ofICC, Self-Examination and Reflection, Critical Assessment and Reframing of Assumptions,Exploration and Adoption of New Roles, and Development of a Plan for Action and SkillAcquisition. Further qualitative coding was performed to identify patterns and student quotespertaining to each rubric criteria. The findings reveal that students demonstrated strongawareness of ICC

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 7: Teams that Work - Collaboration and Project-Based Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Pacific University; Bailey A Weber, Pacific University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

within which is the‬ ‭requirement to offer an introductory first year engineering course. This course was planned to be‬ ‭taught in the Fall of 2024, and initially, only three students interested in engineering registered‬ ‭for the course. The decision was made to open the course to other first year students from any‬ ‭discipline, thereby combining the introductory engineering course with one section of a‬ ‭Humanities First Year Community (FYC) course. The instructor was then asked to prepare for‬ ‭the combined course accommodating both course objectives as much as possible. A literature‬ ‭search showed the need for a framework or course design merging engineering with humanities‬ ‭for first-year students. Having some

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

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadya Shalamova, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James Lembke; Maria Pares-Toral, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Derek David Riley, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Daniel Bergen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

, biomedical engineering, business and more. It also involves integrating AI tools intothe curriculum and pedagogy, enhancing personalized student learning through AI, andpromoting AI innovation through research, industry and community engagements. Furthermore,it entails continuously evaluating the impact of applied AI on institutional outcomes and refiningthe path for applied AI integration.The rAIder Strategy offers a phased AI adoption plan that balances short-term goals with long-term objectives, focusing on curriculum and pedagogy, academic productivity, interdisciplinarylearning, and ethical governance. This paper outlines the strategy and early progress at MSOE,which aims to build AI literacy across all disciplines. Early results suggest this

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevion S Henderson, Tufts University; Collette Patricia Higgins, Tufts University

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student resistance?Conceptual FrameworkThis research draws on the Academic Plan Model (APM) which “makes explicit the manyfactors that influence the development of academic plans in colleges and universities” [15, p. 5].Additionally, the APM considers the influences of local, national, and societal sociocultural andhistorical factors that shape the development and implementation of academic plans. Forexample, Lattuca and Stark [15] note how internal (e.g., to the institution) influences, such as theinstitutional mission, financial resources, the characteristics of students, and faculty governancestructures are important factors shaping curricular decision making.Indeed, decades of research has connected institutional missions to prescribed

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DSAI Technical Session 9: Student Reflections, Metacognition, and Competency Mapping

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Majd Khalaf, Norwich University; Toluwani Collins Olukanni, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Michael Cross, Norwich University; Ali Al Bataineh, Norwich University

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responses for two cohorts from the Spring of 2023 andSpring of 2024, focusing on the themes of collaboration and planning (teamwork), as well asproblem solving. Lessons learned about the process of applying the techniques, as well asinsights gained about the student experience as captured in their reflections, are shared in theconclusions section, along with the authors’ recommendations for the use of the AI-assistedprocess to analyze qualitative data as a means of better understanding the students’ projectexperience.This work advances the subject of engineering education by showing how automated naturallanguage processing (NLP) techniques may be used to evaluate student reflections, offering ascalable and effective substitute for conventional

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Bridging Education and Real-World Impact: Training, Career Development, and Urban Systems

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayley N. Nielsen, University of Michigan; Vibhavari Vempala, University of Michigan; Berenice Alejandra Cabrera, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Erika A Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Industrial Engineering Division (IED)

in required courses shape their thinking about their future careers? We draw on datafrom surveys and observations of key engineering practices emphasized in required IE courses tocontextualize findings from semi-structured interviews with fifteen undergraduate IE students ata large midwestern university. All students participated in two interviews either in their first andsecond or third and fourth year of study, allowing us to capture a range of perspectives across theprogram’s curriculum. Interview transcripts were analyzed using qualitative methods. Findingshighlight students' post-graduation plans and how their experiences in their required courseshave impacted their career thinking. In particular, we highlight the extent to which