Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, (c) an ability to design a chemical engineering system, component, or process to meet desired needs, 90% (d) an ability to function on an inter-disciplinary team, (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, 80% (g) an ability to communicate effectively, % of responding departments (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global societal context, 70% (i) an

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Scozzari, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Jennifer Astwood, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

communities will value as they strive to achieve a triple bottom line approach.Through the application of an interdisciplinary teaching approach, and a cross-disciplinarylearning environment, students will gain an understanding of environmental, social, andeconomic concerns associated with creating a sustainable future.Multi-disciplinary groups explored and compared cultures, business practices, technologies,design methods, and sustainable products of Scandinavia, creating a profound impact in theirlearning experience.Background.In November, 2007, Ronald Scozzari, from the Engineering and Technology department housedwithin the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and Jennifer Astwood,from the Art and Design department, housed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S London, Vanderbilt University; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering; Nicole Adia Jefferson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

context. In addition, we focused on professional developmentexperiences, exchanged insights with the broader STEM community, conducted focus groupinterviews with undergraduate engineering students, and document analysis. This sectionhighlights the three primary activities of the project’s third year.Professional DevelopmentThe research team engaged in professional development activities that will build our capacity toconstruct compelling impact narratives that tell the story of how equity-oriented change cameabout at each exemplary COE. Throughout the third year, we engaged in a monthly book club tobuild capacity in engineering culture, race relations in higher education, caste system, documentanalysis, and case study research. In Spring 2023, we

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Susan E. Burger, David Heil & Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

), raised several issues that should be addressed when designing and evaluatingintegrated STEM professional development. She noted that the projects did not employcomprehensive evaluation plans that account for multiple stakeholders, including carryingthrough to measure impacts on student learning. A consistent assumption of the projects wasthat “good curriculum” translates to “good professional development” and “good teaching”,which has not been strongly demonstrated through research. On the other hand, across theprojects there was an emphasis on active engagement and collaborative learning, which doesalign with the research literature.Brockway’s evaluation of Engineering Our Future New Jersey, a program that specificallyfocuses on integration

Conference Session

Active Engagement: From the New Engineering Librarian's Perspective

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

opportunities. 3 o Assist in the development of assignments for information literacy courses. 5 o Never turn down an opportunity to guest lecture. ≠ Attend faculty meetings, and student conferences. ≠ Participate in campus-wide activities and mingle. ≠ Invite faculty to contact you for research assistance. Be a “personal librarian.”6 ≠ Never say no to an invitation to an informal lunch, or coffee. o Socialize with faculty to foster a more collegial and peer-level relationship B. Becoming More Visible On and OfflinePutting a face to the library is one way to become visible on campus. Informal communication

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach

large pieceof equipment seemed to make the first year female engineering students comfortable as well.K-12 Outreach ActivitiesAs part of the grant requirement, HSU SWE madeeight outreach visits with the flume during the 2000-2001 academic year. The SWE President VicePresident insured the success of this portion of theproject. Over the course of the year, the flume wastaken to the local indoor shopping mall; two middleschools; one high school; the elementary school forthe Hoopa Native American reservation; the highschool and community college career fair; a workshopfor junior high school girls; a SWE organized icecream social for science fair attendees and lastly, theflume was presented to the Redwood DiscoveryMuseum. Over 750 children

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Delahanty, Bucks County Community College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Susan Herring; Tracy Timby, Bucks County Community College

well-known leader in online education, and as part of the enhancement to theET major, created courses in many modalities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic [6] - [8].These modalities included remote (synchronous), online (asynchronous), and various forms ofhybrid courses including online/face to face, online/remote, and remote face to face, to assurethat students had the options they needed to safely continue their education [6]. We developednumerous strategies to assure student engagement and success through this difficult time.Students in our credit and workforce development programs have benefitted from many optionsfor course and program delivery, and from college-wide engagement and programs designed toincrease retention and focus on

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 17: Student Cognitive Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adaline M. Buerck, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; Estenia Ortiz Carabantes, University Of South Florida; Daniel Arnulfo Delgado Jr., University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Engineering (DDPH), How Cost Affects Decision Making (HCEDM),How to Present Findings to Public (HPF)].Survey question 3, “How have your expectations of this class changed from the beginning of thesemester to now?” did not specifically pertain to the class project; however, 40 percent ofstudents mentioned that the class project improved their experiences or expectations of thecourse. The project was also mentioned for its faults in reaching expectations. One student wrote,"In practice, I feel that the work the class did was not necessarily as impactful as I hadenvisioned earlier. Also, we did not get the chance to engage with the community to present ourfindings.” This student’s index card from the second brainstorm session made it clear that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Thought

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Javiera Espinoza von Bischhoffshausen, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Technology (ABET) include several student outcomes related to contextualcompetence: “c) An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needswithin realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health andsafety, manufacturability, and sustainability; f) An understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility; h) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context; j) A knowledge ofcontemporary issues” [15]. Several recent studies explored contextual competence inengineering—“the constraints and impacts of social, cultural, environmental, political, and othercontexts on engineering solutions” [7], [8]—but

Conference Session

Encouraging Students to Think Critically

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Associate Professor of Education, and Director of Engineering Education Research at University of Michigan. Her research areas include student resistance to active learning, the impact of the classroom space on teaching and learning, the use of classroom technology to increase student learning and engagement, and faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices. She recently led an international initiative to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research. Dr. Finelli is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education, Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Education, and past

Conference Session

Knowing Ourselves: Research on Engineering Education Researchers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xin (Cindy) Chen, Purdue University; Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University; Corey M. Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hanjun Xian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

identified throughweighted social tagging method? (3) How do they vary qualitatively from the trends identified byjust counting word frequencies (e.g. Wordle)?Using techniques found in the field of data mining and visual analytics, we show how theweighted social tagging method can be combined with graph-based visualization techniques togain a deeper understanding of engineering education research literature. The power of thistechnique lies in its ability to quickly leverage the collective intelligence of a community ofresearchers. Clearly, just one reader’s tags will be insufficient to derive the full context andmeaning of a paper. However, when we engage a large community of researchers, the tags as acollection render a significant portion of the

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

price was. They'll be supportive of something until it gets past a certain dollar mark. And then it just becomes impractical. So for me, that's kind of what I took away from it. More clarity on where that line is.Notably, no participants in our study discussed any extreme ethical encounters or decisions thathad widespread negative impacts. Perhaps this was due to the sensitive nature of failure, bothproprietarily and personally. Likewise, we captured no incidents that involved substantive levelsof moral courage (i.e., whistleblowing) or severe misconduct (i.e., fabrication).Category 4: Interpersonal EncountersThis category contained incidents describing change due to interpersonal engagement with othersacross various contexts. Five

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo McAfee, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

industry relationships (such as internships and professional collegial relationships), andmanagement/supervisory experiences. One goal is to have as many undergraduate studentsinvolved in research and major design experiences as there are graduate students. A descriptionof the courses available was reported at ASEE 20061. The WIMS LSAMP REU program is onesuch program to directly engage undergraduate students in pioneering research experiences withmentoring by advanced graduate students and internationally renown faculty members.WIMS LSAMP REU Program ComponentsNumerous factors are part of the LSAMP REU. The WIMS LSAMP REU has a dominantprimary component, several secondary components, and ancillary components. Table 1 has asummary list of those

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

initiative, Liberal Education and America’sPromise (LEAP): Excellence for Everyone as a Nation Goes to College.16 LEAP recommendsthat students acquire four blocks of essential learning abilities. One of them being intellectualand practical skills consisting of: inquiry/analysis, critical and creative thinking, written and oralcommunication, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, teamwork and problem solving.The influential call for adoption of the Student as Scholar Model17 has informed the context ofstudent development and liberal education and thus has provided an integrating framework forhighly effective long-term learning. Hodge et al.17 built on LEAP by arguing that the model bothdraws on and adds to the impact of liberal education on

Conference Session

Engineering a Just Future: Cultivating Equity, Voice, and Community in Technical Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura A. H. Wood, University of Michigan; Angie Kim, University of Michigan; Amber N Williams, University of Michigan; Berenice A. Cabrera, University of Michigan; Hayley N. Nielsen, University of Michigan; Lu Zhou, University of Michigan; Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Erika A Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

State University (SFSU). She also earned a Master’s in Cell and Molecular Biology from SFSU and a Master’s in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. Alex taught biology at community colleges in California before attending the University of Michigan where her research interests pivoted to engineering education. Her current research interests focus on examining the messaging undergraduate engineering students receive with respect to the type of work that is valued in engineering. Her research is centered around the goal of making engineering curriculum more socioculturally relevant and the field more inclusive of women and students of color.Hayley N. Nielsen, University of MichiganLu Zhou, University of Michigan

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Silliman, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

International

in engineering education that involve effortsbeyond the classroom have been presented in the literature. In many cases, strong arguments canbe made that such experiences have a positive impact on the undergraduate engineeringexperience. For example, significant experiments in service learning have demonstratedsubstantial impact on the educational experience of the undergraduate. These have included, forexample, the substantial efforts in EPICS programs1, integration of service-learning into theengineering curriculum2, and use of service-learning as a means of addressing engineering ethicsthrough application3. Similarly, research experiences for undergraduates have been shown tohave substantial impact on the student experience4. Such research

Conference Session

Technical Session 8 - Paper 3: Academic Success of College Students with ADHD: The First Year of College

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Laura Carroll, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Stephen L DesJardins

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

ADHD are more likely to exhibit higher levels of creative and divergentthinking relative to their peers without ADHD [3], [7], [8]. This type of thinking is advantageousfor solving real-world interdisciplinary problems and developing innovative solutions, yet notfully appreciated in traditional engineering education [3]. Taylor and coauthors recommend“allowing room for divergent and creative thinking” in engineering education to improveinclusivity [3, p. 13].Our goal is to explore the first-year academic success of college students with ADHD majoringin SEM, with a specific focus on students’ first-year college experiences. Guided by Terenziniand Reason’s [9] college impact model, we will explore how the college experience (classroom,curricular

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

building/development in low-income urban and first-ring suburban en- vironments, supporting low-income students in accessing quality educational opportunities and experi- ences, and providing pathways and supports for low-income students and other underrepresented groups to pursue STEM-related careers. Her dissertation study is focused on the role that a community-based organization plays in connecting recent immigrant families living in low-income environments with the schools their children attend. She has worked as a Research Assistant and an Independent Research Con- sultant on a variety of projects, including those focused on educational leadership, STEM education, and academic and social supports for disadvantaged

Conference Session

International Division (INTL): Humanitarian Design and Sustainable Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudha S Anilkumar, University of Delaware; Ruth Wilhelm, University of Delaware; Julie C Karand, University of Delaware

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

highlyanticipated parts of the trip were identified before departure. After 5 days of travel including bothimmersive learning experiences and tourism opportunities, the students were asked if there wereareas they felt more confident in at this point of the trip to identify an experience that made themproud of themselves. After completion of all trip content and return to the United States, thestudents were again asked to reflect on a specific healthcare administration challenge that mayexist for low-resource communities and suggest potential solutions. They again identifiedsupplemental information that impacted their design choices. Students listed their top threetakeaways from the program and shared the most and least beneficial activities in their

Conference Session

GSD 2: Identity and Motivation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nishchal Thapa Magar, George Mason University; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Jessica L. Rosenberg, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

cultural and institutional contexts in which they are teaching can havean impact on identity formation. Recent work by Magar et al. [3] highlighted the challengesinternational GTAs (IGTAs) face in communicating with their students outside of their nativelanguage and how that translates and their concern about their ability to perform the jobs asinstructors because of the language barrier.Formal PD programs have been shown to significantly influence the adoption of research-basedpractices in the classroom by GTAs, faculty, and high school teachers [1,4,5,6] and can reinforceteaching identity by fostering a sense of community and belonging [7]. Teacher professionaldevelopment is also important for building instructor's confidence in their ability to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4B: Assessing Student Motivation and Student Success

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Jessica Ha, Florida Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

in both courses, it is proposed that students will better be able to see therelevance and the relationship between student success and their engineering education,improving the net benefit of these individual courses.Section 1: IntroductionAmongst the most powerful high-impact practices discussed in the higher education literature,working towards creating seamless learning environments on college campuses may arguably beone of the most important with regard to student and institutional gains1, 2, 3. At a minimum,seamless learning environments involve the intentional, collaborative efforts of institutionalleaders, staff, and faculty, and a shared focus on student engagement, which facilitates astudent’s potential to learn, grow, and persist

Conference Session

Discussions on Research Methodology: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogota, Colombia; Mariana Tafur-Arciniegas P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #11839Using Phenomenography: Reflections on Key Considerations for Making Method-ological DecisionsEmily Dringenberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette Emily Dringenberg is a PhD Candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08) and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (Purdue ’14). Her current dissertation research focuses on using qualitative methods to ex- plore the experiences of students engaging with engineering design problems. Additionally, her research interests include transfer of learning, personal epistemology

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

and submit a paper to student-reviewed campus research journal. The program aims to impact a large number of studentsinterested in working on research and development projects in all disciplines within engineering.The program is centralized at the college level and supports student/faculty teams that competeby submitting formal proposals focused on basic research projects or the development of atechnology or product. Proposals are solicited every semester, including summer, and reviewedfor quality and impact with special attention to the mentoring plan. Since its inception (Spring2013), 178 projects have been supported, with participation of engineering students in theirsecond through fourth years. Student participants in this Armour R&D

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University; Cindy Jong, University of Kentucky; Donna Joy Dockery; Mary Hermann, Virginia Commonwealth University; Teresa Jones Carter, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

curriculum, professor attitude, etc. Work Subject's discussion of internships, co-ops, etc. or lack thereof Experiences influenced/impacted their choice to pursue a STEM career. Higher Professors & Examples of the impact that advising or the lack thereof had on theEducation Advising subject's experience in college along with the impact of professors. Peers and Examples of the peer support, study groups and other students Support Services support services that help subjects succeed in college. Math & Science Discussion of subject's ability, affinity, and efficacy in math and

Conference Session

M1B: WIP - Learning Experiences 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Josh Mattes, Sitting Bull College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Lori Nelson, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Ann Vallie; Karl Haefner

Tagged Topics

Diversity, FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

Work-In-Progress: Addressing Student Attitudes and General Study Skills through a New Hybrid Distance Learning Model, or NHDLM.ABSTRACT:This paper will describe efforts to impact student attitudes and basic study skills throughthe application of a new hybrid distance learning model, or NHDLM. The program triesto impact Native American students participating in a pre-engineering program whileattending widely separated institutions. The critical factor is not only the advancementalong Bloom’s taxonomy from memorization to synthesis in the particular engineeringand basic sciences, but it also includes the development of intrinsic reward systemleading to perseverance and adaptability within the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (CoE & CoT); Heidar Malki, University of Houston, College of Technology (CoE & CoT); Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston, College of Technology (CoE & CoT)

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. The paperdetails the impact of the project has on students, faculty, programs, and the department. Theseinclude strategies and co-curriculum activities that engage scholars and their fellow students,enhance their learning experience on campus, and increase their retention and timely graduationrate. In addition, reflecting on what we did, what we achieved, and the lessons we learned, weshare our categorization of the decisions and choices we have to make while preparing andwriting a successful project proposal. We also detail our experience adapting established bestpractices in STEM higher education community to an urban public large university with adiversified population of students, faculty, and staff while implementing the program.1

Conference Session

Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Thornton, University of Maryland; Jacqueline Rogers, University of Maryland (Retired); Kristen Waters; Nathan Myers, University of Maryland; Lisa Rawlings, Prince George's Prince Community College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

enhance their classroom education.In contrast to the living-learning Hinman CEOs Program, an existing UM entrepreneurshipprogram that focuses on resources for entrepreneurial students within the residential community,1the Hillman Program is non-residential Both programs are open to undergraduates from allacademic disciplines and have a formalized structure with mentoring and required course work,but the Hinman CEOs Program provides no scholarships.In addition to being non-residential, the Hillman Program crosses two campuses. It faces theunique challenges of building a community for the students and a collaborative environmentbetween the institutions. Also, the profile of the community college students admitted to theHillman Entrepreneurs Program

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin McLaughlin, University of Connecticut

facilities currently being used on thiscampus all emphasizing the importance of engineering. While engaging in these activitiesthe teachers are immersed in discussions with our faculty about the ways universities andteachers can work together to help inspire their students to consider entering into the fieldengineering.Since 2000 the daVinci Project has hosted 109 teachers from around the United States.We would like host thirty teachers a year. Various efforts have been made to advertiseand promote this event through mailings, mass emails and conferences.Our second initiative was developed as a means to prepare incoming underrepresentedstudents for the rigors an engineering curriculum. The University of Connecticut’s School

Conference Session

ECE-Embedded Systems Education: Innovation and Virtual Platforms

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Al-Quzwini, Stevens Institute of Technology, School of Engineering and Science.

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

challengesby providing students with hardware and hands-on experiences through the development of a take-home lab experiments kit. As a core requirement of the course, students designed and assembledthe kit themselves, enhancing their engagement with real-world electronics practices.The project involved students designing a low-cost Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that would hostall the electronic components required for both lab experiments and final projects. The initiativebegan with an introduction to the fundamentals of PCB design, production requirements, andindustry standards. Upon completing their designs, the PCBs were manufactured in China anddistributed to the students. Students living off-campus received the kits by mail, while otherscollected

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed A. Qazi, Tuskegee University; Jeff Gray, The University of Alabama; Martha Escobar, Oakland University; Kathleen C Haynie; Noelle G. Mongene, Oakland University; Yasmeen Rawajfih, Tuskegee University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and Outreach in its College of Arts & Sciences. In his scientific research, Dr. Qazi works on problems in the field of Theory of Approximation. He also assumes leadership roles on multi-institution partnerships funded by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education and Alabama State Dept of Education to broaden participation of individuals from communities traditionally under-represented in STEM at all levels. At the core of these programs is the implementation of research-based mentoring models designed to promote student success in STEM and their preparation for the STEM workforce. He is also engaged in implementing Professional Development opportunities for K-12 teachers from under-served