Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Colton Atkins, West Texas A&M University; Benton Allen, West Texas A&M University

as water management, soil conservation, and crop andlivestock optimization. In addition, the program aims to provide students with the necessaryskills to enter the agricultural field and apply what they learned in real-world scenarios. Thisranges from working with producers on technology adoption to the creation of new innovations.The ET-AG Program also serves as a bridge between academia and the agricultural industry.Faculty are actively seeking to collaborate with professionals and entrepreneurs from diversesectors to design curriculum and projects that reflect real-world agricultural demands. Thesecollaborations expose students to practical applications of agricultural technology, fostering thecritical thinking and adaptability needed to

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University; Randy Brooks, Texas A&M University

subjects, such as Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Electrical Circuits,to create a more holistic learning experience. Key focus areas include curriculum design, wherecore courses are structured to simultaneously deliver technical content while fostering skills liketeamwork and communication. The paper also investigates the use of problem-based learning(PBL) as a pedagogical approach, leveraging real-world engineering challenges to help studentsdevelop project management, collaboration, and ethical reasoning abilities.Further emphasis is placed on assessment methods, highlighting the need for evaluation tools thatmeasure not only technical knowledge but also professional behaviors and soft skills critical forworkplace success. Lastly, the paper

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

courses are typically included in the EngineeringTechnology Curriculum for an electronics system program. At Texas A&M University, the ElectronicSystems Engineering Technology (ESET) program is offered. For the embedded systems courses thatthe author has been teaching, students learn about microcontroller architecture and microcontrollerapplications. For the class projects, students can be given comprehensive programming and projectdemo assignments as a class project toward the end of the course. And, some of the students wouldtake the Capstone project courses in the following semesters. In this paper, the author presented theskills and knowledge that can be used from underwater robots and boat platforms to benefit embeddedsystems courses and

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad A Aliedeh, New Mexico State University

Impact of the Highly Improbable. Random House.25. Harrison, A. G., Treagust, D. F. (2006), Teaching and learning with analogies. In Aubusson et al. (Eds.). Metaphor and Analogy in Science Education (pp. 11–24). 11 Springer.26. Jonāne, L. (2015). Analogies in science education. Pedagogy Studies / Pedagogika. 2015, Vol. 119 Issue 3, p116- 125.27. Glynn, S. M. (2008). Making science concepts meaningful to students: Teaching with analogies. In S. Mikelskis- Seifert, U. Ringelband, & M. Brückmann (Eds.), Four decades of research in science education: From curriculum development to quality improvement (pp. 113- 125). Münster: Waxmann.28. Duit, R., Roth, W.-M., Komorek M., & Wilbers J. (2001). Fostering conceptual change by

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Gharib, The University of Texas at Austin; Ahmed Elsaid; Abdulla Ali Al Dabbagh; Nayef Alyafei, Qatar University; Ghada Salama, Texas A&M University at Qatar

significantshortage of accessible information for both students and educators alike.This paper presents the potential of a pre-collegiate chemical engineering oriented program thataims to increase familiarity with this field of engineering by examining specific case studiespreviously conducted within summer camp programs for high school students. The programexemplifies a STEM education approach for engineering outreach through two unique examplesof chemical engineering projects in water desalination and fuel cell applications. The insightobtained from these case studies showcases how high school students' understanding of chemicalengineering can be built upon through immersive programs and projects. Each of the two casestudies presented were designed with

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., Texas A&M University System RELLIS Campus; Celeste Arden Riley, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jeffrey John Hatala, West Texas A&M University; Andrew Crawford, Tarleton State University; London Knight, West Texas A&M University; Victoria June Vinzant, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Paper ID #49499 and Biology from Southwestern University and her doctorate in Clinical Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine from the University of North Texas. Her research explores interdisciplinary curriculum development in collaboration with STEM fields such as computer science, health science, and engineering.Dr. Jeffrey John Hatala, West Texas A&M University Dr. Hatala has most recently worked with faculty at different universities and in different disciplines (psychology and engineering) to develop and team-teach a interdisciplinary project-based team-based course for teaching the balance between design and societal impact on physical and emotional health on the local and regional levels.Andrew Crawford