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Peter F. Cavanaugh

designed to align withexperience from the impact of AI. course objectives, reinforcing knowledge acquisition, skill Keywords—AI in Graduate Project Management, AI in development, and critical thinking in a cohesive manner.Graduate Process Improvement, AI and Bloom’s Taxonomy inEducation, AI and Student Engagement in Engineering II. THE IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT I. INTRODUCTION The specific courses that this study explores are Global The rise of Artificial Intelligence

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Eric P. Flynn; Arthur McAdams

engineering decisions, and ultimately improve product explores how AI can be leveraged to optimize the component’sprofitability. operational efficiency and performance, ultimately maximizingThe paper also explores the challenges of AI integration, return on investment (ROI) throughout its development.including the need for skilled personnel, data management, Fig. 1. A high-performance automotive pressure manifold. It will beand the human-AI collaboration necessary for optimal demonstrated how artificial intelligence can be utilized to optimize theresults. design, engineering

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Srilekha Bandla; Mukesh Reddy Jonnala; Peiqiao Wu; Sarosh Patel; Xingguo Xiong

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. A Novel Integrated Machine Learning-Driven System for Seizure Management: Real-Time Detection and Dual-Mode Intervention System Srilekha Bandla Mukesh Reddy Jonnala Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT. University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT Email: sbandla@my.bridgeport.edu Email: mjonnala

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Basile Panoutsopoulos

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. On Teaching with AI: The Case of Scientific and Engineering Programming in the Era of Artificial Intelligence Basile Panoutsopoulos Department of Physics and Engineering Community College of Rhode Island Warwick, RI BPanoutsopoulos@ccri.edu Abstract—In this paper, we present a background on the use Customization: AI-based tools can customize the

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Seyedeh Elham Kamali; Reihaneh Samsami

: Demographics The survey included responses from 87 engineering Fig.2. Participants' Study Yearstudents across multiple disciplines, with the highestrepresentation from Construction Engineering and As the last question under section 1, 59 students (68%)Management, M.S. (24 students, 26%) and Civil have not taken any courses that include AI tools orEngineering, M.S. (23 students, 22%). Undergraduate methodologies, while 28 students (32%) have taken suchprograms such as Civil Engineering, B.S. (19 students, courses (Fig.3).18%) also had strong participation. Other programs,including Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,Electrical Engineering, and

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Lina H. Kloub, University of Connecticut; Christina Smith, University of Connecticut; Faiyhaa-Sydra Saulat, University of Connecticut

University of III. OVERVIEW OF NACE C ORE C OMPETENCIES Leeds, students in the MA Advertising and Design program The National Association of Colleges and Employers were encouraged to use generative AI to enhance their creative(NACE) has identified eight essential career readiness compe- ideation processes[11]. With such tools, students become moretencies that are critical for students’ transition from academia confident and creative in illustrating their engineering ideas.to the professional world. These competencies serve as a Beyond visual communication, AI tools have been instru-framework for developing the skills necessary for workplace mental in improving public

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Shinae Jang P.E.

sophomore and junior engineering students Engineering, as well as Management and Engineeringdue to the constraints of large technical classes with packed Manufacturing and Multidisciplinary Engineering at ourlearning objectives. To address this gap, our institution leveraged institution. As a core engineering course, it serves a largea newly developed large-scale modular classroom designed for student population, with individual sections accommodatingactive learning strategies. The author implemented innovative up to 180 students and multiple sections are offered [[7]].teamwork activities in a sophomore-level Statics course tointegrate professionalism

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Mohamed Elwakil; Tooran Emami Ph. D.

stronger computational focus, demonstrated supports data analysis, design simulations, and decision-higher confidence in applying prompt engineering to database- making. Prompt engineering fosters critical engagement with AIrelated tasks, with many planning to use these skills for tools even in humanities-oriented contexts, encouraging users toautomating tasks, optimizing queries, and generating sample data. interrogate biases and limitations. However, teaching this skillIn contrast, EEM students, while also showing improvement, were presents challenges: students’ prior

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Kalyan Khatry; Reihaneh Samsami

is monitored and pedagogically aligned.AI-enhanced engineering profession. As one industry-focusedreview put it, “AI technologies like ChatGPT present bothsignificant benefits and risks; the key is preparing engineers D. Emphasizing Ethical and Human-Centered Engineeringwho can utilize the former and manage the latter” [19]. As AI plays a larger role in technical work, engineeringEngineering education at the forefront of this evolution will programs are likely to put even more weight on ethics andproduce graduates ready to succeed in, and further shape, an human-centered design in their curricula. It is anticipated toindustry transformed. expand coursework on AI

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Elizabeth O'Connell; Sarath Chandra Kumar Jagupilla; Muhammad Hajj

. [10] Brunell, L. R., 2005. Effective Implementation of Industry Sponsored Senior Design in a Civil Engineering Program. Portland, Oregon, ASEE, pp. 10.18260/1-2-14353.  [11] Jagupilla, S. C. K., & O'Connell, E., & Hajj, M. R. (2024, June), A Holistic Approach to Civil Engineering Capstone Design Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland

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Marvin Gayle; Danny Mangra

Colleges and Universities. This was driven by the need for technical problems and assist with the engineering engineering programs to dedicate space to the specialized design of systems, components, or processes equipment necessary to teach mathematically intensive appropriate to the discipline. concepts and reinforce highly theoretical topics like fluid • An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical mechanics and thermodynamics. communication in well-defined technical and non- technical environments; and an ability to identify and Mid-20th Century (Post-WWII – 1970s) Expansion and

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

, “Development and evaluation of[19] M. Yu, M. Yang, B. Ku, and J. S. Mann, “Effects of a virtual reality mechanical ventilation education Virtual Reality Simulation Program Regarding High- program for nursing students,” BMC Med. Educ., vol. risk Neonatal Infection Control on Nursing Students,” 22, no. 1, p. 775, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.1186/s12909-022- Asian Nurs. Res., vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 189–196, Aug. 03834-5. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.anr.2021.03.002. [30] S. Y. Jung and K. J. Moon, “Pressure Ulcer[20] S. Güngör, A. Yava, and A. Koyuncu, “Designing and Management Virtual Reality Simulation (PU-VRSim) implementing a training program

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

student success and the ability of theby adapting and implementing the Affinity Research Group institution to compete for future NSF funding and piloting a(ARG) Model. HSI Pilot Project: Fostering Hispanic Achievementin Computer Science and Engineering with Affinity Research short-term, well-defined goal to enhance the availability ofGroup Model (Project Achieve) aims to enhance the quality of the high-quality undergraduate STEM education at the HSI. Toundergraduate STEM program at UB and to provide a learning realize these project goals, Project Achieve is designed tointervention that improves retention so that all students canrealize future career aspirations in

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Jorge Paricio Garcia; Paul Spirito

; Management, 11(1).[5] B. Khan et al., “Reshaping the healthcare world by AI-integrated https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2024.2393743 wearable sensors following COVID-19,” Chemical Engineering [14] Mooghali, M., Stroud, A. M., Yoo, D. W., Barry, B. A., Grimshaw, A. Journal, vol. 505, p. 159478, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.159478. A., Ross, J. S., . . . Miller, J. E. (2024). Trustworthy and ethical AI-[6] “Quarterly of the Industrial Designers Society of enabled cardiovascular care: a rapid review. BMC Medical Informatics America.,” Innovation, vol. 4, p. 12-15, season-04 2023. and Decision Making, 24(1

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Bushra Rayyan Qadri; Arthur McAdams; Peter Cavanaugh; Dan Tenney; Ali Baker

divided into multiple schools/departments: School ofManagement (1911) was the basis for well-structured Engineering and Technology, Trefz School of Business, andcollaborations through defined roles in the industry world. In College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School ofaddition, Peter Drucker (1954) later emphasized the need for Health Sciences, School of Nursing and School ofadaptability and cross-disciplinary collaboration in modern Chiropractic. Each school focuses on its area of knowledge.management [3]. Within each school, there is a department that manages all the programs

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Saddam Alkhamaiesh; Peter Cavanugh

, 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2018.[10] U.S. Department of Transportation, “National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program overview,” Federal Highway [37] N. K. Denzin and Y. S. Lincoln, Handbook of Qualitative Research, Administration, 2023. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2011.[11] [2] P. Myers, K. J. Allen, and D. Stevens, “EV technician training needs [38] J. W. Creswell, Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing and curriculum development,” International Journal of Automotive Among Five Approaches, 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2017. Technology and Management, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 152–170, 2021

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Ahmed Hassebo; Kevin B. Montes

connector forcommunication, these systems facilitate real-time monitoring programming [4].The most notable advantage of Arduino Nanoand automated water distribution, ensuring optimal irrigation is its small breadboard-friendly design for smaller Roboticsbased on environmental conditions [3]. systems Projects. Programming in the Arduino Nano is carried out specifically in the integrated development environment This paper presents the design and implementation of an (IDE). The programming language is selected as Embedded CArduino Nano-ESP32-based smart irrigation system aimed at or C++ language.optimizing water usage and

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Jun Zhang; Peter Cavanaugh; Dan Tenney

Dan Tenney Department of Technology Management University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, USA Abstract—Generative AI (GenAI), is reshaping how students and various concerns of engineering education in the era of AIlearn, retain, and apply knowledge in engineering education. A while opening future research on addressing the inherent risks ofpersistent challenge exists in bridging the gap between knowledge GenAI in our society and fostering a culture of critical, open, andgained during academic programs and its practical application collaborative learning.post

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ZANNATUN NAYEEM; Tauhid Uddin Mahmood; Dan Tenney

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. An Educational Approach to Best Practices for Improving Operational Analytical Data Integration Success Zannatun Nayeem Tauhid Uddin Mahmood Dan Tenney Analytics and Systems, School of Analytics and System, School of Technology Management, School Business Business of Engineering University of Bridgeport University of University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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Yegin Genc; Gonca Altuger-Genc; Akin Tatoglu

tasks that expect students to practice making sense of challenges, especially in the education field. Monague [16]information, apply critical thinking, and finally make decisions discussed modeling and solving engineering and non-[10], [11]. Therefore, adopting AI tools should arguably be engineering problems using AI and machine learning practicesgrounded by learning theories and carefully designed to fully and concluded that such initiatives require highly specializedtake advantage of their tremendous opportunities and avoid their domain expertise. Jack et al. [17] evaluated the use of ChatGPTpitfalls simultaneously. To this end, in this study, we explore as a tool to build a code for their

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Shruti Brahma, University of New Haven; Siddhant Alhat Rajendra, University of New Haven; Ardiana Sula, University of New Haven

economic downturns coincide. demand. To strengthen our analysis, we integrated two more key 4) STEM Fields in High Demand: STEM programs con-datasets: the first data set, the IIE Open Door dataset, which tinue to dominate, with Math and Computer Science (+16.9%)provides detailed enrollment and demographic information and Engineering (+3.6%) leading the demand. In contrast,about international students, and the second data set, the Social Sciences (-2%) and Journalism (-2.3%) have seen aEconomic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) dataset, which includes decline.crucial economic indicators like GDP, visa policy, and fi

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Hasan Baig; Phillip Bradford

, https://www.openai.com.students’ fundamental abilities to write structured code is [13] Xingzhi Wang, Nabil Anwer, Yun Dai, Ang Liu, (2023) ChatGPT for design, manufacturing, and education.critically important. Moreover, this approach is not only http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35077.22244.restricted to Python but can be used to shuffle codes written in [14] Khan, R.A., Jawaid, M.,Khan,A.R., and Sajjad, M. (2023).ChatGPT -any programming languages, as exemplified by its application Reshaping medical education and clinical management. Pakistan Journalin evaluating foundational assembly

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Uma Balaji

1.7GHz, and the ADALMprocessing vi) design and test modulation and detection Pluto [5], which supports frequencies up to 6 GHz, providecircuits using appropriate electronic components and devices. affordable options for university laboratories.These objectives align with ABET student outcomes 1, 6, and7, ensuring solid foundation in technical knowledge, Students enrolled in this course have prior experience withexperimentation, and engineering tools for communication MATLAB programming from an earlier course in thesystems. program. While Simulink is not part of that course, this course

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Nadia Albishi; Peter Cavanaugh

innovative in the classroom. Employing a quantitative correlational design, the study aims B. Backgroundto assess the relationships between the identified variableswithout presupposing specific outcomes. This approach ensures Saudi Arabia, with its rich cultural heritage, is strategicallyobjectivity and provides a data-driven basis for understanding investing in various educational programs and initiatives as partthe role of online professional development in equipping of Vision 2030. This comprehensive national initiativeteachers with the skills and leadership capacities necessary prioritizes the transformation of the education sector to fosterfor

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

Role Plays and Utah Tech University’s design discipline-specific courses that reinforce Active Learning Strategies for Online Courses provide analytical reasoning in fields such as STEM, practical guidance for implementing these techniques humanities, and business. Engineering programs [36], [37]. might incorporate case-based problem-solving,• Promoting Meaningful Student Engagement: while social sciences emphasize source Student

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Alexander Puttre; Vinh V. Vu; Mark Walsh; Brian Wadell; Douglas E. Dow

. V. ACKNOWLEGEMENTSFig. 17. Number concentration (NC) and mass concentration (MC) of sand We are indebted to lab manager Ami Rath at Wentworth,in the air chamber. who went above and beyond to make sure we had everything we needed. REFERENCES[1] P. Naughton, "History of Cleanrooms," Ashrae Journal, vol. 61, (11), pp. 38–54, November 2019.[2] D. H. Erickson, "Cleanroom Design", Washington State University, June 1987.[3] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al, "Guidance for industry sterile drug products produced by aseptic processing

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Elyas Irankhah; Sashank Narain; Kelilah L. Wolkowicz

" Advances in randomized MINIMAX algorithm" IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Engineering Innovation, vol. 5, pp. 16-19, Dec. 2023. vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 385-397, Feb. 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2977-3903/5/2023039. 10.1109/TSMCB.2012.2207951. [22] R. M. Savelli and R. de B. Seixas, "Tic-Tac-Toe and the Minimax[6] R. A. Duschl, A. W. Shouse, and H. A. Schweingruber, "What research decision algorithm" in Lua Programming Gems, L. H. de F., W. C., and says about K-8 science learning and teaching" Principal-Arlington, vol. R. L., Eds. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Lua.Org, 2008, pp. 239-245

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Dinh Cuong Nguyen; Gregory Lovisolo; Dan Tenney

. Udeh, and A. E. Elufioye, “Data-driven decision making in HR: athe MLX analysis. review of analytics and its strategic importance.,” Malays. J. Hum. In addition, given the identified variability in how different Resour. Manag. MJHRM, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 98–104, July 2024. [4] M. Nandal, V. Grover, D. Sahu, and M. Dogra, “Employee attrition:employee segments respond to key factors such as income, analysis of data driven models,” EAI Endorsed Trans. Internet Things,tenure, and age, HR professionals should design tailored vol. 10, pp. 1–10, November 2024.retention