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ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies III

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Dallas Moore, Carnegie Mellon University; Andrea Francioni Rooney, Carnegie Mellon University; Allison E. Connell Pensky, Carnegie Mellon University

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Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and was selected as a National Academy of Sciences and Engineering Science Ambassador. He is passionate about active and interdisciplinary engineering education, exposing students to career paths, building community among faculty around teaching, running, and his family.Ms. Andrea Francioni Rooney, Carnegie Mellon University Andrea Francioni Rooney is the Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She serves as an academic advisor for undergraduate students and works closely with faculty on the undAllison E. Connell Pensky, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Allison Connell Pensky is a Cognitive

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ERM Technical Session: Quantitative Instrument Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trevion S Henderson, Tufts University; Avis Carrero, Tufts University

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support systems tailored to their needs and perpetuate systemicinequities [20]–[25]. As students face new academic and psychosocial challenges, effectivecurriculum design and support systems are vital [26]. Our analysis explores how structuralelements of learning environments intersect with student agency. We also examine how diverseeducational backgrounds can be leveraged through collaborative problem-based learning totransform diversity into a learning asset [27]–[29]. This study advances understanding of howracialized dynamics influence Black students’ learning opportunities and outcomes inengineering teamwork.Data CollectionParticipants for this research self-identified as Black/African American engineeringundergraduate and graduate students

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Supporting Students with Disabilities and Understanding Spatial Ability and Accessibility

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Candice Hamilton, Stephen F. Austin State University; Emily Stratman; Daniel Kane, Utah State University; Jenny Lee Blonquist; Natalie L. Shaheen, Illinois State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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measurement tools for blind & low-vision students completed with her research team at Utah State University, Candice’s interest in STEM education research grew. Beginning the fall of 2023, Candice will be pursuing a Ph.D in Mathematic Education at Texas State University.Emily StratmanDaniel Kane, Utah State University Daniel Kane is a graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education with a concurrent master’s degree in Civil Engineering. His research interests focus around the study of spatial ability with an emphasis on identifying patterns of spatial strategies and measuring spatial ability in blind and low vision populations.Jenny Lee BlonquistDr. Natalie L. Shaheen, Illinois State

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Engineering Programs and Institutional Factors

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney S. Green, P.E., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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-influenced, and factors considered to be influenced by bothstudent and institution. Smith and Van Aken’s conceptual model was based on a review ofprevious research on engineering transfer student persistence which included a few studieslimited to ET majors. In our study, persistence is designated as baccalaureate ET degreecompletion. The variables included in the study were informed by a review of the literature onengineering transfer student persistence- see Figure 1.Methods In this study, we examined the influence of student characteristics, academic factors, andinstitutional factors on the academic performance and persistence of ET transfer students whotransferred from two-year institutions to four-year institutions in North Carolina from

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ERM WIP II: Equity & Accessibility in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Figard, University of Georgia; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Education Systems and Design from Arizona State University (ASU), an M.S. in User Experience from ASU, and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University.Dr. Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Jennifer M. Bekki is an Associate Professor in and Associate Director of The Polytechnic School within The Fulton Schools of Engineering. Her research aims to understand and address inequities arising from racism and sexism within STEM graduate education.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Polytechnic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona

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ERM Technical Session: Quantitative Instrument Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dina Verdín, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Paper ID #45619Whose Goals Are We Measuring? A QuantCrit Analysis Examining theCultural Blind Spots in Achievement Goal TheoryDr. Dina Verd´ın, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Dina Verd´ın, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She graduated from San Jos´e State University with a BS in Industrial Systems Engineering and from Purdue University with an MS in Industrial Engineering and PhD in Engineering Education. Her research program promotes equity and inclusion in engineering by confronting the pervasive barriers facing minoritized

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Exploration of Written and Team Communication

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin L. Schaefer P.E., UH; Jorge Rosales; Jerrod A. Henderson, University of Houston

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, respectively [4, Ch. 8]. We postulated thatLIWC could assist with understanding the themes used in EnEd as it opens multiple languageanalysis methods within a short timeframe.1.2 Purpose, Positionality, and Research QuestionsThe first and last authors are not only education researchers, but also engineers at heart. We havethe intersectional identities of White female engineering graduate student and Black maleengineering faculty, respectively [16]. Our dual purposes were to utilize a novel methodologywithin the literature review process and to bring the second author, a Hispanic male engineeringundergraduate student, into EnEd research.The research question for this work is divided into two subparts: (A) How does the use of LIWC affect the themes

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Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Paper ID #28889WIP: An Ecosystems Metaphor for PropagationDr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Susan Bobbitt Nolen is Professor Emerita of Learning Sciences & Human Development at the University of Washington. She earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at Pudue University. Her current research interests focus on student engagement in engineering practices and social interaction during learning activ- ity, and their relationship to engineering identity and opportunity to learn. She also studies organizational learning in higher education systems.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo

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ERM Technical Session: Student Mental Health & Wellbeing I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Whitwer, University of Kentucky; Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky; Joseph H Hammer, University of Kentucky; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston - William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Sherri S Frizell, Prairie View A&M University

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pursuits. He co-founded the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy (SEBA). SEBA is an educational intervention that introduces underrepresented and underserved fourth and fifth-grade students and their families to hands-on STEM experiences. Dr. Henderson is the immediate past Director of the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES, pronounced ”promise”), a program aimed at increasing engineering student achievement, engagement, and graduation rates. His research group seeks to understand engineering identity trajectories and success mechanisms throughout lifespans using action-based participatory research and novel methodologies such as photovoice, IPA, and draw-an-engineer and the development of research-informed

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Student Performance and Learning & Open-ended problems

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica E. S. Swenson, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Emma Treadway, Trinity University; Shea E. Lape; Alison Casson

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engineering, become competentengineers, and find success in their respective fields. This research can inform educators on theimportance of assigning novel, ill-defined problems that require students to apply their criticalthinking skills and logic skills in real world situations.IntroductionIn the last few decades, research on engineering identity has substantially increased. In fact, atASEE last year, there were two sessions in the Educational and Research Methods divisionfocused explicitly on engineering identity. Much of the recent work on this topic has beenspurred on by Godwin’s instrument [1] to measure engineering identity. While the factors of thisinstrument are built on previous qualitative studies (detailed in the background below

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ERM WIP I: Methodological Applications in the Disciplines

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Scalaro, Cornell University ; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Justin L Hess, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Corey T Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Paper ID #46141WIP: Developing Rasch/Guttman Scenario Scales towards an Empathy inDesign InstrumentDr. Kelsey Scalaro, Cornell University Kelsey is a postdoctoral scholar with the STRIDE group at Cornell University. She recently graduated with PhD in Engineering Education from the University of Nevada, Reno. She has a BS and MS in mechanical engineering and worked in the aerospace industry for four years before returning to academia to complete her doctoral degree. Her research focuses on undergraduate engineering identity and is interested in exploring how it can be equitably supported through pedagogical practices.Dr

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Student Performance and Learning & Open-ended problems

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huihui Qi, University of California San Diego; Minju Kim, University of California San Diego; Yu Li, University of California San Diego; Carolyn L. Sandoval, University of California, San Diego; Curt Schurgers, University of California San Diego; Marko V. Lubarda, University of California San Diego; Xuan Emily Gedney; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California San Diego; Alex Phan, University of California San Diego

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analysis on the value of oral exams as early diagnostic tool (Kim et al., ASEE 2022). Minju is interested in designing assessments that can capture and motivate students’ deep conceptual learning, such as oral exams and the usage of visual representations (e.g., diagrams and manual gestures).Yu Li, University of California San Diego Brian has received his Master of Science degree in material science. He is currently continuing his edu- cation as a Material Science Ph.D. student. As a graduate student, Brian has spent the past three years as a teaching assistant in a variety of undergraduate courses. His research background focuses on medical devices and soft composite development.Dr. Carolyn L. Sandoval, University of

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ERM Technical Session: Improving Assessment in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chinedu Alexander Emeka, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jim Sosnowski, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Paper ID #45708Do Centralized Testing Centers Influence Test Anxiety for Engineering Students?Mr. Chinedu Alexander Emeka, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chinedu Emeka recently earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include engineering education and improving assessments for STEM students. He has taught multiple computer science courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and has received two teaching awards in recognition of his effectiveness as an instructor.Prof. Matthew West, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Matthew West is

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Exploration of Written and Team Communication

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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D'Arcy Randall, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin; Hyesun You, The University of Iowa; Daniel S. Puperi, The University of Texas at Austin; Thomas E. Lindsay, The University of Texas at Austin; Rhya Moffitt Brooke, The University of Texas at Austin

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. Her research interests center on interdisciplinary learning and teaching, technology-integrated STEM teaching practices, and assessment development and validation in STEM education.Dr. Daniel S. Puperi, The University of Texas at Austin Daniel is an assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Texas at Austin. Dan received a BS in aerospace engineering from Purdue University and then worked at NASA Johnson Space Center for 15 years before pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering from Rice University. In 2016, Dan graduated from Rice and began teaching four design/laboratory courses required for all undergraduate BME students at UT Austin.Thomas E. Lindsay, The University

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ERM Technical Session: Faculty Influences on Student Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Leon Henry, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Eva Fuentes-Lopez, University of California, San Diego; Stanley M. Lo, University of California, San Diego; Alegra Eroy-Reveles, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Ph.D. in engineering education at Purdue University. She is particularly interested in inclusive teaching conceptions and methods and graduate level engineering education.Eva Fuentes-Lopez, University of California, San Diego Ph.D. Student in Mathematics and Science EducationStanley M. Lo, University of California, San DiegoAlegra Eroy-Reveles, University of California, Santa Cruz ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Servingness in Engineering Higher Education: The Crucial Role of Latine/Hispanic Teaching Focused FacultyIntroductionThis is a full research paper. In higher education institutions, Latine/Hispanic teaching-focusedfaculty (who devote at least 50% of their

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Student Performance and Learning & Open-ended problems

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sérgio Klippel Filho, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS; Amanda Goncales Kieling; Janaína Becker; Vanessa Oerle Kautzmann, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS; Fernanda Pacheco, UNISINOS; Cristiane Maria Schnack, UNISINOS; Tatiana Louise Avila de Campos Rocha, UNISINOS; Uziel Cavalcanti de Medeiros Quinino ., Univeridade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS.; Jeferson Ost Patzlaff; Mauricio Mancio; Cristina Kroeff Schmitz Gibk

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Engineering at the same institution, addressing the durability of concrete and self-healing concrete, respectively. She is currently a professor and researcher at itt Performance Techno- logical Institute in Performance and Civil Construction at UNISINOS- Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, working mainly in the following areas themes: vertical sealing systems, mechanical and structural performance, technological control of concrete, the durability of materials and construction systems and high and ultra high-performance concrete. She works as a Professor in the disciplines Structural Analysis I, Structural Analysis II, Civil Construction I and II, Strength of Materials, and Mechanics of Solids, in the graduations of

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Instrument Design and Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alicia Nicki Washington Ph.D., Duke University; Anna Romanova, Winthrop University; Philip Nelson; Siobahn Day Grady, North Carolina Central University; Legand Burge, Howard University

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(whosecumulative variance is usually in the range of 50-60%) [50].RESULTSStudy SampleIn phase 1, 54% of all respondents were enrolled at Predominately White Institutions (PWIs) and46% at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Approximately 50% of therespondents were from an ethnoracial group that is historically underrepresented in computing,41% were white or Asian, and 7% were multiracial. Approximately 64% of respondents werewomen, 34% were men, and 2% were non-binary. Majority of the respondents were computingmajors (59%), while 41% were non-computing majors enrolled in courses required for theirmajor.Note that this study oversampled across participant racial and gender identities. Approximately70% of all computing graduates identify as

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Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Monica McGill, CSEdResearch.org

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undergraduate andgraduate degrees in engineering to 100,000 and 30,000 respectively by 2026. Increasing thegraduation rates of BIPOC and women in the engineering field is at the core of thismulti-institutional Alliance.As an Alliance centered on equity, it is critical for Engineering PLUS to intentionally preparepathways for inclusive collaboration that ensure all partners have equitable opportunities toengage in the Alliance. We engaged in a research study to investigate in what ways the Alliancewalks the equity walk and how it can be improved. Our research question for this study was:How is equity understood and centered in the work of the Alliance from the perspective of thecollaborators? To support the exploration of our research question, we

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Instrument Design and Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Felicity Bilow, Clarkson University; Mohammad Meysami, Clarkson University ; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University

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Paper ID #37724Development of a Questionnaire to Measure Students’ Attitudes andPerceptions of Sociotechnical EngineeringFelicity Bilow, Clarkson University Felicity Bilow is a graduate student at Clarkson University.Mohammad Meysami, Clarkson University I am an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Clarkson University. My research interests lie in statistics, particularly in spatial statistics and machine learning. Through my work, I aim to deepen our understand- ing of the intricate connections between data points in space, and to devise novel techniques for analyzing and interpreting large datasets.Dr. Jan DeWaters

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ERM Technical Session: Professional Formation & Career Aspirations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho

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State University won the ASEE 2008 Overall Conference Paper Award [20]. In2010, a study of the reliability and validity of the EPSA was funded by the US National ScienceFoundation (NSF DUE 1432997). It also inspired the development of the ComputingProfessional Skills Assessment (CPSA) in 2012, which has undergone its own reliability andvalidity studies, funded by the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge [21].This research brief presents previously unpublished (1) updates to the EPSA Rubric that increaseits clarity and relevancy while maintaining previously established instrument validity; (2) inter-rater reliability results of 191 scores of student discussion transcripts by the study’s engineeringfaculty using the 2016 EPSA Rubric

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Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yinqi (Anna) Zhang, Penn State University; Brian Belland, Penn State University

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pursue a college degree in STEM and moved on to a graduate degree in EducationalPsychology. The first author uses ‘they/she’ pronouns. The studies from which the interviewcame are part of a grant to the second author, which focused on helping preservice, earlychildhood teachers learn to debug block-based programming so they can teach with robots.Through the project, we developed scaffolding to help these preservice teachers learn to debug,and researched the effectiveness of such [30], [31], [32], [33]. But one of the critical take-awaysfrom this research was the importance of the positionality of the informants as prospectiveteachers who were learning to teach early learners, women who are highly under-represented incomputer science and

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ERM Technical Session: Quantitative Instrument Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexa Ray Ronsairo Fernando, National University, Philippines; Nurzal Effiyana binti Ghazali, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Fatin Aliah Phang FASc, Centre for Engineering Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Nor Farahwahidah Abdul Rahman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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education ecosystem. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Validating Future Engineering Competencies: An Innovation System Approach in Competency Modeling through Delphi Method1 IntroductionThis research brief presents empirical evidence from a Delphi study aimed at validating therelevance and classification of competencies essential for engineers in the Industry 5.0 era.Industry 5.0 represents a significant shift towards a more human-centric approach, integratingadvanced technologies with human ingenuity to foster productivity, innovation, and efficiency[1]. Unlike Industry 4.0, which emphasized the digitization of manufacturing, Industry 5.0focuses on

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ERM Technical Session: Student Mental Health & Wellbeing I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Patrick Mountain, University of Kentucky; Gabriella Pitcher, University of Kentucky; Kelsey Elizabeth Everman; Joseph H Hammer; Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky

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many responses as they wanted to indicateimportance.ParticipantsThis study considered undergraduate engineering students enrolled at the University of Kentuckyduring the Fall 2023 semester. After obtaining approval from an institutional review board,participants were recruited via email. Students were first recruited based on expressing interestafter participation in prior mental health-focused research. A second set of recruitment emailswere also distributed to the listservs for various STEM-based student organizations. Of the 69student participants recruited for the first survey, 53 participants completed both the first andsecond surveys, and 60 participants attended one of the five in-person focus group portions.Participant demographics for

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ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Buten, University of Michigan; Jack Boomer Perry, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan

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Paper ID #47153Understanding the Development of Professional Skills in Extracurricular EngineeringProject TeamsEmily Buten, University of Michigan Emily (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education Research program at the University of Michigan and received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Dayton. Her research focuses on individuals’ development from students to professional engineers. She is particularly interested in studying co-op/internship programs, experiential learning opportunities, professional skills development, and diverse student experiences in experiential learning

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Entrepreneurship and Inventive Thinking & Student Beliefs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cayla Ritz, Rowan University; Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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Paper ID #37458Criteria Conundrum: Engineering Students’ Beliefs about the Role ofCompeting Criteria in Process Safety JudgementsCayla Ritz, Rowan University Cayla, originally from Freeland, Maryland, has attended Rowan University for all undergraduate and graduate-level degrees. She graduated in Spring 2020 with her BS in Mechanical Engineering with a con- centration in Honors Studies. She also has her MSc in Mechanical Engineering with a COGS in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and is pursuing a PhD in Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Educa- tion. Specifically, her research interests are focused on

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ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies III

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Drinkwater, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He earned his PhD in Engineering Education Systems & Design at Arizona State University and has a BS/MS in Biomedical Engineering. His research group explores approaches to building positive and inclusive learning environments that support the professional growth of students and faculty within engineering education contexts. His research interests include graduate student mentorship, faculty development, mental health and well-being, teamwork and group dynamics, and the design of project-based learning classes. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Research Brief: Development of Feedback Literacy Through Reflections in Project

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ERM WIP V: Assessing & Developing Competencies in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason J Saleem, University of Louisville; Edward James Isoghie, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville

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reality. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Industrial and Production Engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a masters in Operations Management at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.Dr. Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville Jeffrey L. Hieb is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. He graduated from Furman University in 1992 with degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy. In 2008 he earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Louisville. His research interest include cyber-security for industrial control systems and active learning.Dr. Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville Thomas Tretter

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ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Katherine Drinkwater, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He earned his PhD in Engineering Education Systems & Design at Arizona State University and has a BS/MS in Biomedical Engineering. His research group explores approaches to building positive and inclusive learning environments that support the professional growth of students and faculty within engineering education contexts. His research interests include graduate student mentorship, faculty development, mental health and well-being, teamwork and group dynamics, and the design of project-based learning classes. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 ‭Understanding First-Year Engineering Students' Perceptions of‬

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Reviewing Emergent Topics and Theory in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rubaina Khan, University of Toronto; Adetoun Yeaman, Northeastern University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech

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strategy to improve empathy in design. In thistheory/method paper, we present an extended review that explores the relationship between howempathy may be supported through mindfulness practice.Based on the content of the studies, we organized publications in terms of the research focus.While some reported on the relationship between empathy and mindfulness practice, otherpublications focused on specific effects on individuals. These specific effects clustered aroundthree major groups important to design education: (1) transition between analytical and affectivemindsets (2) subjective understanding of the profession by focusing the mind on how weconceptualize engineering expectations, and (3) increased behaviors to support sustainabilitymindsets

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ERM Technical Session: Examining Identity

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector Enrique Rodríguez-Simmonds, Boston College; Sage Maul, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Grayson Weston; Kendra Preval

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individuals.Mx. Sage Maul, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Sage Maul (he/they) is a PhD student in Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education. Sage’s research explores structural factors on student experiences for disabled student and in electrical and computer engineering courses. Sage graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue and worked in industry for 5 years before starting graduate school. His experiences with accommodations in undergrad and getting diagnosed with ADHD as an adult inform their research work.Grayson WestonKendra Preval ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 “What if I just do what I have a pull for