Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

environmental, economic, and social considerations whenwe design control systems. While fossil energy will be used up in the future, converting solarenergy to electric energy provides one potential solution to sustain the growth of the worldpopulation. The batteries play an essential role in electric energy storage, especially for electricvehicles (e.g., Tesla EV). The switch from traditional energy resources to renewable energy bringschallenges and opportunities to chemical engineers who generally work in the oil & gas industry.To make students aware of these challenges and opportunities, a project was developed in thecourse of Chemical Process Control, which is the last required course taken by senior students inChemical and Biological

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Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Joann M. Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jeffrey Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Tyrone Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Ricardo Maldonado; Cristina Rivera-Vélez, GREAT IDEA; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut; Pablo Jose Acevedo, UPRM

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Community Engagement Division

Professions. He and a team of ethicists have worked with different universities in the Latin American context on faculty development workshops for identifying issues in engineering ethics, developing course modules in this area, and designing curricular strategies for integrating ethics across the engineering curriculum. His publications cover moral psychology, moral pedagogy, and engineering ethics in Puerto Rico. Most recently, he has been working on the GREAT IDEA project, an NSF-funded project that explores research in appropriate technology and community development.Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico- ¨Mayaguez Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche is a

Conference Session

Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ross Aaron Petrella, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Lianne Cartee, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Devin K. Hubbard, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Kenneth Donnelly, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; David A. Zaharoff, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; George T. Ligler, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

-Conscious Curriculum," Theory, Research, Education, and Training, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 179-183, Jan. 2004.[9] E. Coyle, L. Jamieson, and W. Oakes, "EPICS: Engineering Projects in Community Service," International Journal Of Engineering Education, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 1-12, Jan. 2004.[10] W. Oakes et al., "Service-learning in engineering," in 32nd Annual Frontiers in Education, Boston, MA, Nov. 2002, vol. 2, pp. F3A-F3A.[11] E. Coyle, J. Allebach, and J. Krueger, "The vertically-integrated projects VIP program in ECE at Purdue: Fully integrating undergraduate education and graduate research," presented at the ASEE 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL, Jun., 2006.[12] E. J. Coyle, J. V. Krogmeier, R. T

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Tech Session 3: Emerging Trends in Engineering Education: AI, Clean Energy, and Curriculum Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Groves, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

. 712-719, 2022.17. M. Rani, et al. “A review on recycling and reuse methods for carbon fiber/glass fiber composites waste from wind turbine blades,” Composites part B: engineering, 215, p. 108768, 2021.18. D. Raabe, “The materials science behind sustainable metals and alloys,” Chemical reviews, 123(5), pp. 2436-2608, 2023.19. T. Feng, et al. “Life cycle assessment of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide batteries and lithium iron phosphate batteries for electric vehicles in China,” Journal of Energy Storage, 52, p. 104767, 2022.20. M. K. Rao, et al. “Review on persistent challenges of perovskite solar cells’ stability,” Solar Energy, 218, pp. 469-491, 2021.21. S. R. Golroudbary, et al. “Assessment of environmental

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 2: Designing Creativity - Innovation Through First-Year Maker Projects

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Udeme Idem, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Senay Purzer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Jason Morphew, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

First Year Sophomore Not Specified 22 7 3Theme 1: Curriculum DesignFig. 3.: Curriculum Design BreakdownAll thirty-two scholarly articles we incorporated in this study presented insights regarding the effectivemethodologies in integrating microelectronics and microcontrollers within their educationalframeworks. A minority of the articles (6.2%) concentrated on a novel pedagogical strategy (New Course)to embed extensive, practical projects into the microelectronics syllabus. The authors ensured that thecoursework and projects undertaken by the students effectively addressed the competencies deficit(Rumpf et al

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 1: Curriculum Design and Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J McGinnis, LeTourneau University; Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

Mechanical, Electrical and Computer, Civil and Environmental, EngineeringTechnology, and General Engineering. These programs all share a common core of first yearthrough senior level coursework.Existing First-Year ExperienceThe need for a robust first year program to support first time in college (FTIC) engineeringstudents is well established. Much research has been done in this space over the past twodecades. LeTourneau’s awakening happened around 2009 when school leaders took a hard lookat 6-year graduation rates and calculated a 5-year average of just 42%. An NSF Step grantentitled FIRE, First Year Initiatives for Retention Enhancement, was received beginning in 2010with the goal of raising the 6-year graduation rates to 65% (Neimi et al., 2011

Conference Session

Tech Session 1: Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Curriculum: Pedagogy, Assessment, and Systems Thinking

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther Roorda, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Sathish Gopalakrishnan, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

EOPframework is significantly more detailed and concrete, and is intended to be used as a tool byeducators and researchers during curriculum development and evaluation 23,24,25,26 , providing aconsistent and thorough categorization of different sustainability-related learning outcomes in thecontext of engineering. In other words, the EOP framework can be used to support and evaluatevarious strategies for improving higher-level education (all eight of the change strategies thatHenderson et al. 4 define for facilitating change in STEM education, for example), whereasaccreditation criteria are designed to define a minimum required level of sustainability educationin a policy context (in Henderson et al.’s formulation 4 , the ‘Enacting’ approach).3

Conference Session

Focus on ETAC Accreditation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); WEIHUA FAN

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

) that gained 11university recognition. With the newly hired student support staff, the student leadership team hasbeen helping with the outreach to students, co-organizing and co-hosting student oriented events inthe college. Figure 4.3 Annual Leadership Development Retreat: SETS Cohort 2016, 2017, and 2018 Figure 4.4 SETS Annual Leadership Development Retreat Programs 2016 and 2017*iv The Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been a long-established tradition forthe last decade in the Computer ET and Electrical Power ET programs to allow their senior projectclasses present and demonstrate their capstone projects to

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 1: Curriculum Design and Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider, University of Virginia; Anna Leyf Peirce Starling, University of Virginia; Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

Society(STS) faculty, who provided insight, content, and guidance into how best to integratesociotechnical content into the course. The resulting CEQs are part of these restructuring efforts.For further information about the task force and restructuring efforts, see Laugelli et al. [5].Course StructureThe current FYE program is a two-semester sequence, built to provide a foundation in a range oftechnical and sociotechnical skills and concepts, that all engineering students must complete tobegin their major-specific coursework in full. The first semester, which is the focus of this paper,is divided into three distinct modules, each with their own associated project. Module onefocuses on a short and simple iteration-driven project requiring

Conference Session

Harnessing AI and Collaborative Platforms to Personalize and Innovate K-12 STEM Curriculum

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jutshi Agarwal, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Siddharthsinh B Jadeja, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Corey T Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Carolyn S Giroux, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; A Lynn Stephens

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

addressing these challenges. Front-end design deals withthe highly open-ended nature of the design process such as problem framing, need finding, and ideation. Given thisopen-endedness, it can be particularly hard to implement in K-12 settings. This NSF-funded project seeks to supportteachers in engaging secondary students in front-end design where they explore and define problems; and thengenerate and review design ideas that combine scientific, technical engineering, social and contextualconsiderations. The project takes a design-based research approach in developing curriculum and a web-basedplatform. The platform enables collaborative content generation, sharing, sketching tools, and scaffolding for ideageneration. We present preliminary results

Conference Session

International Research Experience, Quality Improvement, and Programs/Curriculum Around the Globe

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Jennifer O. Burrell, Howard University; Wayne Patterson, Howard University; Afiya C. Fredericks, Howard University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University

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International

andinteract with students in Viña del Mar and Concepción. Their cyber security research projectfocused on distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) and other anomalous web trafficbehavior in selected countries including Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, and Colombia. In a paperproduced from this research project, Banks et al. (2011) 4 indicate that the purpose of theresearch is to “develop a database of the anomalies and […] distinguish between the non-DDoSanomalous behavior and those that represent actual attacks (p. 2). Their findings demonstratethat the number of computer viruses was not significantly related to the prevalence of DDoSattacks in any country included in the analysis

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Engineering Alignment with Core Curriculum (Physics)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Jennifer H. Rushing, Central Coast New Tech High

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Engineering Physics & Physics, Pre-College Engineering Education Division

 framework for teaching the EDP to all students.  Although there is no agreed­upon standard for the engineering design process,  11,12  ​certain steps are recognized as essential for good engineering design.​ For this project, the  13​EDP framework adopted is that developed by the Engineering is Elementary (EiE)​  curriculum team as shown in Figure 2.  Although the EiE framework was developed with elementary students in mind, we like its simplicity and feel it is still an appropriate framework in which to cast this project.  The EiE framework has just five one­worded

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Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Accreditation and Curriculums - What Changes Are Occurring?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Aldrich, American Society of Civil Engineers; Norma Mattei, University of New Orleans; Kleio Avrithi, Mercer University; Jennifer Hofmann, American Society of Civil Engineers; Anthony Kulesa

educationalrequirements for civil engineering licensure without success. Aldrich et al. [6] documentedreasons why this effort was unsuccessful. Concluding that further attempts to change licensinglaws are futile at this time, ASCE curtailed these efforts and is seeking other methods to addressthe ever-widening gap between the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for responsiblecharge and the current requirements for civil engineering licensure. Filling this gap is the basisfor ASCE’s interest in developing programs to promote understanding and attainment of theoutcomes defined in the CEBOK.The first two editions of the CEBOK focused on those attributes that a civil engineer shouldattain prior to licensure. Given the lack of success changing licensure laws

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 1: Curriculum Design and Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bo Tao, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Haifa Salman El-Sadi, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

conclusion arguesthat using story-centered approaches can enhance student engagement and understanding bypresenting complex engineering concepts within historical and cultural contexts. London et. al.[5] presented an engineering education pioneers project, which introduces graduate students inthe field of engineering education research. This study emphasizes the value of using thesestories to inspire and motivate students to engage in engineering education research, which isproven to be very effective. Gaynor and Crebbin [6] claim that historical studies haveconsiderable potential in the education of engineers. They argue that offering interesting casestudies for students to consider and draw conclusions about the importance of an

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 1: Curriculum Design and Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Stransky, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ashish Agrawal, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mike Eastman Ph. D., Rochester Institute of Technology (CET)

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

Engineering Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. He earned his BS in Electrical Engineering Technology and MS in Computer Science from RIT. He earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction, and the Science of Learning from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to joining the faculty at RIT in 1996, Mike was a Hardware Design Engineer at Intel Corporation. In the Senior Associate Dean’s role, Mike also oversees the College of Engineering Technology’s Exploration Program for first-year students. Mike is passionate about learning and teaching and is driven to find new ways to engage engineering students and support their learning. He is currently focusing his available research time on the

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Ocean and Marine

project manager, senior engineer and consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, smart grids, control, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods, space and atmosphere physics, and ap- plied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart microgrids, power electronics and electric machines for non-conventional energy conversion, remote sensing, wave and turbulence, numerical modeling, elec- tromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published ten book chapters

Conference Session

Tech Session 1: Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Curriculum: Pedagogy, Assessment, and Systems Thinking

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Joan Tisdale, University of Colorado Boulder

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

realities. [In an] Off-grid Solar Project... one of the best parts about that was requiring the students to propose energy usage for a home that they're going to have to power with batteries. They always start with ‘I need air conditioning, and I need a washer and dryer’, and blah blah blah. And then they realize that they need to spend $40,000 on batteries that will wear out in 5 years. And that's too much. And so then they start thinking about needs versus wants in terms of power consumption. We do that with more of a personal energy audit. And they need to propose an American home with a lifestyle that could reduce the electrical consumption by ... a 50% reduction. Can you imagine living in this house with 50% less electricity

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Martha M. Ellis

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Two Year College Division

. For this reason, the decision was made to develop theprogram to support migration to civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering,and mechanical engineering. These tend to be the foundational engineering disciplines and arethe most populous engineering degree programs in Texas9.The degree curriculum that was developed is presented in Appendix I of this paper. It contains atotal of 65 credit hours, which is consistent with the first two years of most baccalaureateengineering programs in Texas. In Texas, the average number of credit hours in all engineeringdegrees is 128. As such, this degree represents approximately 50 percent of the total credit hoursin a baccalaureate engineering degree.Texas has a state-mandated common

Conference Session

Harnessing AI and Collaborative Platforms to Personalize and Innovate K-12 STEM Curriculum

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yash Ajay Garje, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Shauna Adams, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Bruce Wellman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

, Texas, Ohio, New York, and Idaho [3]. These investmentsunderscore the urgent need for a competent workforce. McKinsey projects that by 2030, the U.S. semiconductor industry will require 300,000additional engineers and 90,000 skilled technicians. According to reports by the National ScienceBoard [4] and the Committee on STEM Education National Science and Technology Council [5],the U.S. faces a significant shortage of STEM majors and graduates. With STEM occupationsprojected to grow [6], there is a pressing need to broaden participation in STEM fields, withparticular emphasis on exposing students to the niche areas of semiconductors andmicroelectronics.Opportunities with Informal Education The need to grow the US share of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4: Curriculum and Programmatic Effects

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Md Tarique Hasan Khan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Akshata Ashok Patil, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Bahar Memarian, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Paper ID #36765Examining the differences in the grade point average (GPA) forengineering students enrolled in entrepreneurial education programsDr. Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Prateek Shekhar is an Assistant Professor - Engineering Education at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research focusses on examining translation of engineering education research in practice, assessment and evaluation of dissemination initiatives and educational programs in engineering disciplines. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 4: Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Foeday Zinnah, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Muhammad Asghar P.E., University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

the United States, it remains a challenge to identifyindividuals who have NDCs and use them to obtain employment [17].NDC Trends in the U.S. STEM Workforce. According to Chen and colleagues [1] over 36million U.S. workers were employed in STEM-related occupations in 2019. Because STEM-related jobs often require specific expertise, STEM workers commonly receive specific forms ofeducation and training to equip them with the necessary skills, knowledge, and abilities toperform effectively within STEM industries [18]. It is projected that, from 2020 to 2033,employment in architecture and engineering occupations will grow faster than the average, withan average of 195,000 job openings each year due to the employment growth and the need

Conference Session

Shaping Inclusive STEM Curriculum and Teacher Development for K-12 Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Paula Moore; Stacey Sexton; Deborah Boisvert; Sabah Bhatnagar; Nicole Jessica Rees, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Shaileen Crawford, CSforMA

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #45672Computer Science as a High School Graduation Requirement: Planning forPolicy Implementation.Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group Rebecca Zarch is an evaluator and a director of SageFox Consulting Group. She has spent 20 years evaluating and researching STEM education projects from K-12 through graduate programs.Paula MooreStacey Sexton Hi, I’m Stacey Sexton. I am a queer, nonbinary, Socialist organizer, educator, facilitator and coach supporting individuals and teams working through conflict, deepening their understanding of and action toward social justice, and finding balance between being human and being

Conference Session

Tech Session 1: Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Curriculum: Pedagogy, Assessment, and Systems Thinking

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Christopher X J Jensen, Pratt Institute; Ivan J Baiges-Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Krystal Colón-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

Psychology Program at the Mayag¨uez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico (RUM), where I completed my master’s degree in School Psychology in the summer of 2024. Previously, I earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a double concentration in General Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. During my undergraduate studies, I was a member of two student organizations: the Sociology Association (ASOCI) and the Association of Psychology Students (Psy-chi). Additionally, I worked as a research assistant on two projects: the Resilience and Medical Helpseeking project in Cayey (2019-2021) and the Negotiating Dementia project (2021-2022), both under the supervision of Professor Patria L´opez de Victoria

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 2: Designing Creativity - Innovation Through First-Year Maker Projects

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Artre Reginald Turner, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jason Morphew, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

recreational games can enhance problem-solving abilities, aiming to bridge the gap between leisure activities and academic performance.Dr. Jason Morphew, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Dr. Jason Morphew is an assistant professor at Purdue University in the School of Engineering Education. He serves as the director of undergraduate curriculum and advanced learning technologies for SCALE and is affiliated with the INSPIRE research institute for Pre-College Engineering and the Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM. He serves as the course curator for the Freshman semester engineering design course that serves over 2,500 freshman engineering students every year. His award-winning teaching has been

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) GIFTS Session 1: Human-Centered and Project-Based Innovation in First-Year Engineering Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., Oklahoma Baptist University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

inthe curriculum to the type of work done by engineers. In the project described here, electrical andmechanical engineering students were divided into teams to design drones to deliver Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) packets intended to feed severely malnourished children. Themain performance objective was to deliver as many RUTF packets as possible across a footballfield in 30 minutes as part of a drone competition.The project exposed freshmen to all the major elements of design including cost, schedule,testing, reporting, communication, project management, and working in teams. While sometechnical specifications had to be modified during the course of the project, it ultimatelyachieved the primary learning objective of having students

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 2: Designing Creativity - Innovation Through First-Year Maker Projects

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Yaralioglu, University of California, Santa Cruz; Yuhui Wang, University of California, Santa Cruz; Kelly Lin, University of California, Santa Cruz; Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

learning. Her Ph.D is in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in the design and fabrication of laboratory apparatus and techniques for electro-thermal characterization of sustainable power systems as well as the design of learner-centered experiential curriculum. She is currently working to develop an inclusion-centered first-year engineering program in hands on design and problem-based learning to better support students as they enter the engineering fields. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Teaching Creative Design in Virtual Reality: A Course Designed and Taught by StudentsIntroductionThere’s an ancient Chinese idiom that states, “if there are three

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 14: Curriculum and Course Assessment in and Outside the Classroom

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Morris, Clemson University; John R. Wagner, P.E., Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

in engineering curricula was discussed as early as 2004 by Frame et al.[5], who mentioned that PLM is best introduced in relation to the holistic design of a product,covering its entire lifecycle. Frame et al.’s solution was to include usage of PLM softwarethroughout the undergraduate program of study however, this solution is unable to provide thecontinuity of following a singular product. Another approach is the formation of anextracurricular project group focused on providing undergraduate students with hands-onexperiences using PLM tools in a structured environment that simulates a typical industrialutilization paradigm through providing employee roles, structured workflows, collaborativeprojects, and formalized review processes. This

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Innovative Laboratory Approaches in ECE Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ojonugwa Oluwafemi Ejiga Peter, Morgan State University; Oluwapemiisin Gbemisola Akingbola, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Md Mahmudur Rahman, Morgan State University; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, York ; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

research makes the case that curriculum improvements andfirsthand learning in the classroom can raise retention rates [2].One of the core subjects in most scientific degrees and all electrical engineering programs is digitalelectronics [3]. Digital electronics forms the foundation of modern technology, enabling the designand function of computers, smartphones, and countless other devices. Issues arising from thecomplexity of concepts, teaching methods, and course structure contribute to challenges faced bystudents. Resources and approaches are available to ease learning in this area. The study of digitalelectronics involves electronic circuits used to process and control digital signals, with a focus onthe design process of combinational and

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Innovative Laboratory Approaches in ECE Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei-Jer (Peter) Han, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

μC or μP from the second phase with a HDL,then program it as it was in the second phase. At last, design a custom-made processor or any FSM witha HDL. The innovative idea of this paper is to develop students with skills that is to utilize a commercialμC or μP to complete application design in the second phase. Furthermore, utilizing a HDL to model thelearned μC or μP so as to shorten the learning curve of designing a custom processor or digitalperipheral circuits in the third phase. The benefit of including the use of a specific μC or μP in the secondphase is to let the students immerse in the delicate design process such as programming in assemblylanguage, so students can accomplish project development in the middle of the program. After

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Research to Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Inc., 2014). doi:10.1109/ICALT.2014.21810. Garcia, D. D. et al. One-day activities for K-12 face-to-face outreach. in 46th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2015, March 4, 2015 - March 7, 2015 520–521 (Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2015). doi:10.1145/2676723.267733711. Huang, B. Digital Sandbox (Arduino Programmers Kit) – Curriculum Exchange. in 26.547.1–26.547.2 (2015). doi:10.18260/p.2388512. Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) Project. Pre-College Implementer Guide. at