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Ravi S Thyagarajan, Texas A&M University; Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Arun R Srinivasa, Texas A&M University

of materials, manufacturing, and design. His interests are in the areas of Engineering Design for Disciplinary STEM Educational Research, Team Formation and Team Skill Education. Dr. Balawi earned his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of Cincinnati with research focus on experimental design and testing of solids for honeycomb core materials. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 Session XXXX Teaching Concepts in STEM to Two Generations through Senior Capstone Projects

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Jennifer A Cross, Texas Tech University; Md Rashedul Hasan, Texas Tech University; Diego Alejandro Polanco-Lahoz, Texas Tech University; Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Texas Tech University; Kelli Cargile Cook, Texas Tech University; Jason Tham, Texas Tech University

IntroductionIdentity is posited to be a key determinant of persistence and success in both educational and careercontexts1,2,3. While engineering identity has received significant research attention at theundergraduate level, graduate levels of engineering education have attracted much less research todate4,5,6,7. Graduate education in general, and doctoral education in particular, are distinct fromundergraduate education as students matriculate with a professional identity (typically one alreadyaligned with a field of engineering) and a key focus is on the development of independent researchcapabilities (formation of a research identity)5,8,9. Although research on engineering identity at thegraduate level is currently growing, several critical gaps remain to

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Xiaoyi Zhang; Ana Aviles Vargas, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Gongchen Sun, The University of Texas at San Antonio

) in industry and society bydelving into topics beyond their classes and making compromises and adjustments in this real-world"designer/client – technical provider" interaction experience. The challenges and potential futureimprovements of this experimental transdisciplinary learning activity are also discussed in thispaper. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright  2024, American Society for Engineering Education 3 MethodsProject DesignThis project was a collaboration between students from two

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Saman Aria, West Texas A&M University; Swastika S. Bithi, West Texas A&M University; Sanjoy Bhattacharia, West Texas A&M University; Pronob Das, West Texas A&M University

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Illite NX 245.5 -18.01 -19.03 -18.35 Snomax 295.1 -4.78 -6.87 -5.43 Figure 5. a) Example of calorimetric phase transition graph generated during the ice nucleation process in DSC module. b) Table contains the calculated values of heat offusion, on-set and end-set teperatures of icecrystallization, and temperatures corresponding to 50% frozen fraction (T_FF50). Student Learning Outcomes Engaging in this project, which involved two graduate students and one undergraduate student majoring in Mechanical Engineering, provided valuable hands-on experience in soft lithography, microfluidic ice nucleation

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Eman Hammad, Texas A&M University; James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., Texas A&M University; Yuehua Wang, Texas A&M University - Commerce; Heather Manley Lillibridge, Texas A&M University; Chris Scarmardo, Texas A&M University

opportunities. Students were engaged inintroductory research tasks as a bigger team to establish a baseline of basic cybersecurity knowledgeand research framework. Then, they were grouped into teams. The team approach was used toreflect a “real-world” work environment where student develop their ability to collaborate on a teamand function as both leaders and team members. In addition to hands-on work in the laboratory,students participated in weekly meetings centered on different topics of interest to undergraduates.These meetings included guest speakers who presented on different research topics and jobopportunities in their fields, lessons on how to read research papers, the responsible conduct ofresearch/ethics, how to apply to graduate school

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Matthew Kuester, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; Paul R Griesemer, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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engineering pedagogy as well as topics in the fields of optimal control and artificial intel ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 Session XXXX Using Projects to Improve Student Engagement and Retention in a First-Year Engineering Course Matthew S. Kuester and Paul R. Griesemer Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics Department University of Mary Hardin-Baylor AbstractThe first-year engineering course at the

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

Electrical and Computer Engi- neering, having joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in 1983 as an Assistant Professor. She is also serving as the C0-Director of the Institute ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 Session XX Understanding Faculty and Student perceptions of ChatGPT AbstractThroughout one year Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) has touched and changed the fabric ofour world exceptionally fast and on a scale we have never seen before. Engineering educators havebeen quick to

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Erick Benjamin Butler, West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University; Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University

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Education 3Leitch was one of two inaugural faculty members in civil engineering and covered these coursesalong with engineering technology and general engineering courses.The civil engineering program is general in nature with the largest number of graduates going intostructural, transportation, and geotechnical specialties within the discipline. The two civilengineering and two environmental engineering faculty ensure that all required civil engineeringcourses are taught as either lecture or lecture and laboratory in a face-to-face format. TXDOT,Pantex, and local consulting and land development firms are the largest employers for graduates ofthe civil engineering program.A new initiative to

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Abigail Nichole Lehto, Utah State University; Ning Fang, Utah State University

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employment or extensions of theirinternships from the companies they interned with. Students noted an overall positive perception ofinternships and emphasized that the importance of having an internship was for them to reach theireducational goals. The findings generated from the present study not only corroborate the generallypositive perception of student internships reported in the literature but also provide new insights intothe multifaceted nature of student internship experiences, especially challenges and personal growthopportunities. IntroductionAs engineering students move through their education, they learn many skills that they will utilize inindustry jobs following their graduation. They also

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Kendra L Wallis, The University of Texas at Arlington

education requires eliminating disparities, fostering tolerance, and providing enhancedopportunities for employment. In order to provide the highest quality education, move towardgender equality, and reduce inequalities among students, the goal of grading must be reconsidered.Sufficient evidence exists that traditional approaches to grading, which may be classified asnormative or summative, aim to differentiate students by communicating performance relative toothers rather than indicating actual achievement of the student learning outcomes for a course orprogram. These methods foster negative competition among students and promote conflict betweenfaculty and students as partial credit and fairness become topics of argument. On the other hand

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Nelson Fumo, The University of Texas at Tyler

competition's objective is to inspire and attract a diverse array of undergraduate andgraduate students from various majors to engage in building science, fostering creative innovation,and addressing workforce gaps in the field. Each year, organizers introduce new challenges. For the2023-2024 competition, the challenge topics were Keepin’ it Cool (or Hot), That’s a Wrap!, and Youand Me, Carbon Free!. The author has taken this competition as an opportunity to promote project-based learning in the graduate course MENG 5318 – HVAC. Three teams of graduate students,participated in the competition with projects that also served as assignments for the course grade.Results from a survey applied to assess the project indicates that the assigned projects

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Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price, Texas A&M University

and inspection. Similar feedback was also echoed by both small/largeregional manufacturing and energy industry partners that predominantly hire such students. Thiscourse and lab development in NDI (and its eventual refinements) was thus a direct response to Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education 3address this unmet need of generating graduates who could become a regional workforce well-rooted in metrology and inspection technologies, and specifically NDI that is all the more relevant tothe

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Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas at Austin; Huiliang Wang, University of Texas at Austin; Ju-Chun Hsieh, University of Texas at Austin; Xiangping Liu, University of Texas at Austin

. Persistence motivations of Chinese doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and math. J. Divers. High. Educ. 7, 177–193 (2014).6. White, L. et al. BMEntored: Enhancing the First-Year Experience in a BME Doctoral Program. Biomed Eng Educ 2, 197–202 (2022).7. Ugwu, D. N. Graduate school experiences and post-graduation plans of international science and engineering doctoral students at A public University. (2014).XIANGPING LIUXiangping Liu is a second-year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Huiliang Wang at UTAustin. He is currently developing new approaches to deliver therapeutics more efficiently forneurological disorders. Before he came to America, he got his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry atJilin University

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Arun John Abraham, St. Mary’s University - San Antonio, TX ; Rafael Moras P.E., St. Mary's University; Gopalakrishnan Easwaran, St. Mary's University; PAUL X UHLIG, St. Mary's University

: Ananalysis of the computational results indicates that 50 percent of F* ordinal ranks generated fell in Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education 2the range of the best ten out of 720. This was deemed an excellent accomplishment. The heuristicavoids the need to employ computationally intense optimization methods, yielding results througha simpler, yet effective process. IntroductionThe permutation flowshop scheduling problem (PFSP) consists in the determination of

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Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso

. The course,which is a technical electrical engineering elective, attracts senior and graduate students with aninterest in prototype implementation and measurements. Students work on projects to implementnon-linear differential equations for harmonic, relaxation, and chaotic oscillators using dual-in-line packaged analog ICs.Typical engineering undergraduate education includes topics on linear systems. There has been astrong interest in exploring nonlinear deterministic systems at the undergraduate and graduatelevels. Chaos theory explores phenomena that arise in nonlinear systems, where small changesin initial conditions may lead to vastly time-changing outcomes. Chaotic behavior manifests incontrol systems, communications networks, and

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Saman Aria, West Texas A&M University; Sanjoy Bhattacharia, West Texas A&M University; Swastika S. Bithi, West Texas A&M University

areexpected to be a part of in their future careers as successful engineers as well as to develop thenecessary communications skills.[4] Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright  2024, American Society for Engineering Education 2Five groups of senior engineering students were involved in the fall 2023 semester thermos-fluiddesign course. One of these engineering design groups is reviewed in this study. The design groupopted to select to develop an instrument to demonstrate the pool boiling curve and experiment.This topic is initially discussed as part