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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Navarun Gupta; Deana DiLuggo; Junling Hu; Abhilasha Tibrewal; Ahmed Elsayed; Theresa Bruckerhoff

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Evaluation Report of Project Achieve: Fostering Hispanic Achievement in Computer Science and Engineering with Affinity Research Group Model Navarun Gupta, Deana DiLuggo, Junling Hu, Theresa Bruckerhoff Abhilasha Tiberwal, Ahmed Elsayed VP and Principal Evaluator University of Bridgeport Curriculum Research and Evaluation, Inc. Bridgeport, CT, USA Chaplin, CT, USA navarung@bridgeport.edu, ddiluggo@bridgeport.edu

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Seyedeh Elham Kamali; Reihaneh Samsami

Students recognize the potential of AI to makeapplied more practically within their curriculum. learning more efficient, improve educationalSuggestions included integrating AI into hands-on experiences, and provide hands-on applications that aretraining with tools like Building Information Modeling relevant to their future careers. However, there are(BIM) and machine learning for smarter design, significant concerns about AI's potential to diminishconstruction, and project management. This indicates a critical engineering skills such as problem-solving anddesire for AI applications that are directly relevant to analytical thinking. There is a strong call from

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Kalyan Khatry; Reihaneh Samsami

Policies and Infrastructurehigher-level analysis and decision-making that AI cannot (yet) On a larger scale, universities will need clear policiesdo. For example, an electrical engineering capstone project around Gen AI and potentially new infrastructure. Some aremight encourage students to use AI-based simulation tools to already crafting AI usage policies that delineate acceptableiterate their design quickly but then require a comprehensive academic use, similar to plagiarism

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Joseph P. Duszak; John F. Drazan; Cynthia A. Bautista

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Engineering Solutions in Healthcare Training A Scoping Review of Virtual Reality in Clinical Nursing Simulation Joseph P. Duszak, John F. Drazan, Cynthia A. Bautista Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Egan School of Nursing Fairfield University Fairfield University Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield, Connecticut jdrazan@fairfield.edu Abstract—Real-life

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Marvin Gayle; Danny Mangra

enhances the learning students’ performance, retention, and understanding.experience by allowing students to connect theoretical knowledgewith practical applications. This paper examines laboratory- Keywords—Experiential education; Inquiry-based learning;based pedagogy and how it enhances the Accreditation Board for Teamwork and collaboration; Project-based assessments.Engineering and Technology [ABET] -accredited EngineeringTechnology programs at Queensborough Community College[QCC]. Laboratory-based instruction, as a method of pedagogy, I. INTRODUCTIONcan be utilized across multiple varying engineering curricula. Lab

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Eric P. Flynn; Arthur McAdams

amcadams@bridgeport.eduAbstract— The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Keywords—artificial intelligence; industry 5.0; automotiveinto engineering design presents a transformative engineering; design optimization; business strategy; educationopportunity to optimize processes, enhance outcomes, and and trainingreduce costs. This paper examines the application of AIthrough a design project from within the automotive I. INTRODUCTIONindustry, focusing on a “blank sheet” design approach for amanifold system. Utilizing AI, the project aims to not only In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Teresa Piliouras; Steffi Crasto; Chinmay Dharap; Pui Lam Yu; Navarun Gupta

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Teaching Students Essential Survival Skills in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Critical Thinking, Digital Literacy, and Cybersecurity AwarenessTeresa Piliouras, Steffi Crasto, Chinmay Dharap, and Navarun Gupta Pui Lam Yu Department of Electrical EngineeringCenter for Advanced Research on Emerging Technologies University of Bridgeport TCR, Inc. Bridgeport, CT, United States Weston