Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and ET

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Andy S. Peng, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint

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Engineering Technology

49.6% from 2000 to 20137. As shown in Figure 1, ashare of renewable energy has increased from 9.2% to 14% in the same period3. Page 26.542.2 Figure 1. The Share of renewables in electricity production from 2000 to 2013.However, this continued growth has brought about the problem of a serious shortage of skilledprofessionals. The type of workforce in demand not only includes engineers and technicians, butit also includes policy analysts, teachers, researchers, lawyers, regulatory experts, powermarketers, finance managers, environmental scientists, and many others. In short, there is a highneed for a workforce from diverse backgrounds

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng.; William Daniel Rosehart P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

, starting with the first-year design course and later moving into advanced design courses in the department of electricalengineering.Research Stage 1: Incorporating Games into the 2012 First-Year Design CourseAt the University of Calgary, all first-year students are enrolled in a mandatory introductorydesign and communication course, ENGG 200. This class is their first experience with Page 26.997.2engineering design and hands-on team project work. Students work within a team of fourthroughout the semester on several projects, ranging from three-hour design challenges to multi-week projects with detailed and complex task requirements. This course

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John B. Napp, University of Toledo

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Engineering Libraries

engineers. In 91.3% of firms without a degreed librarianengineers obtain information on their own. In 37.6% of firms without a degreed librarian asecretary or other employee has the library as part of their duties. Local libraries are used byengineers in 21.7% of firms without a degreed librarian. The reasons most often given for nothaving a librarian were “financial” in 44.2% of firms and “no need” in 40% of firms Figure 1. Information types needed at firms without a degreed librarian 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Kylie Hensley, SUSTAIN SLO; Rachel Pittman; Jada Golland, SUSTAIN SLO

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

how the student narratives spoke to these two questions: 1)How is SUSTAIN different than the traditional course experience? and 2) How did SUSTAINaffect you?In their interviews, students reported that SUSTAIN SLO was different than traditionalexperiences as it included 1) open assignments and structure, 2) a new look at education andlearning, 3) different relationship with faculty and peers, 4) a recognition of the importance ofspace to be yourself, and 5) significant collaboration and team building. As for the impact ofthese differences, students reported 1) increased capacity for personal reflection, 2) a new senseof ownership in education, 3) a discovery of internal motivation and the joy of learning, and 4)deepened friendships that led to

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Steven L Shumway, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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International

Systems Optimization Lab(COSOLA) and the Brigham Young University (BYU) Technology and Engineering Education (TEE)Program to design a science and technology program to improve Dominican student academic knowledgeand skills.In 2007, COSOLA instituted the Matemáticas, Ciencias, Ingeniería y Lenguaje or Mathematics, Sciences,Engineering, and Language (MACILE) education program to help advance engineering and scienceeducation in less advantaged communities in the Dominican Republic (DR) (Shumway et al., 2010). Thetwo core objectives of MACILE are: (1) to develop solutions to optimally increase access to challengingand stimulating learning environments and quality MACILE resources; and (2) to nurture talented youngpeople from less privileged

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

sections and is still in use today. The general format of the blended and traditionalcourse remains the same: 2 hours of lectures per week and 2 hours of lab time per week.However, in the blended course, each 1-hour lecture in the auditorium is replaced by online self-study activities which also last one hour. Thus, instructor and students only meet face-to-facetwice a week, during the lab time to solve student’s problems and help them with hands onpractice. The self-study online activities consist of watching recorded audio-visual PowerPointlectures, joining online discussion, and completing exercise/quizzes before each face-to-face labtime. With 24/7 unlimited course content access online, students have more flexibility to learn atany time as

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles; John E. Shamma; Brian Phan, California State University of Los Angeles ; Howard Lum, California State University Los Angeles

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

implemented:  Three classes worked on four-point laboratory-bending tests (Figures 1 and 2) of a ductile iron pipe.  The freshman design course (CE 195) with 50 students (about eight groups of six) addressed a preliminary design of a pipeline network (Figure 3 and 4) that crossed an active fault line. They studied the impact of a rupture of this fault on the pipeline. They participated in the preparation and testing of a four-point pipe bending tests.  The junior structural laboratory course (CE 382) with eighteen students (about four in a group) analyzed the laboratory pipe test arrangement (Figure 5) using SAP2000 software with the pipe element as a structural element. They also participate in the

Conference Session

Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monika Herrmann, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Engineering Design Graphics

graphics courses. Thestrategy chosen for this study is a comparison of students’ initial perception of their preparednessat the beginning of the semester with their confidence level based on accomplishments at the endof the semester. The outcome of this study hopes to illustrate that the chosen methods cansupport instructors of early engineering graphics courses in sustaining a quality educationaloutcome as well as offering tools and experiences to students to encourage them in takingownership of their education. Figure 1 depicts the strategy for this study. Page 26.392.2Figure 1. Strategy of StudyIntroduction“I am more of a visual learner” is a

Conference Session

Case Studies and Programs to Improve Graduate Students' Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Srinath Sibi, Stanford University; Matthew T. Ikeler; Leigh Hagestad, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

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Graduate Studies

is well documented in the consideration of car design 1. Thepractice-oriented, popular literature gives considerable attention to how to motivate teamsto build the safest cars, yet recent academic research suggests a somewhat different angle,focusing instead on influencing emotional responses during the driving experience10.While many discussions and narratives of autonomous driving fantasize about a fully-autonomous experience (one that is likely decades away), the driver’s experience usingcurrent features of vehicle automation has received little attention. Most of the existingwork considers specific technology, or defines emotion as a connection to humanperformance, safety and efficiency. Discussion often considers the benefits

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

create.OVERVIEWVideos have been selected to cover various aspects of the design process. This material isusually NOT the same as the textbook would have covered, rather it is a differentperspective. The goal was to find videos that are likely to give students background on apart of the design process and initiate classroom discussion. This section will give a shortoverview of each section of videos, with a very short description of why the video wasselected.Introduction to Design and Problem Definition Video 1: An introduction to David Kelley and IDEO, an Innovative Design Company. This video provides a bit of introduction to design thinking, to IDEO, and to some of the first projects IDEO worked on. Of particular interest for discussion is David

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Avi Kaplan, Temple University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engineering and Science (writing.engr.psu.edu), which receives more than 1 million page downloads each year.Ms. Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network Christine Haas brings ten years of experience working in marketing and communications with a focus on the science and engineering fields. She’s held positions as the director of marketing for Drexel’s College of Engineering and director of operations for Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Engineering. Now, as CEO of Christine Haas Consulting, LLC, Christine travels around the world teaching courses to scientists and engineers on presentations and technical writing. She has taught clients across gov- ernment, industry and higher education, including Texas Instruments

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Brian Limbrick, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

the seminar are freely available.Flow Free Background Flow Free is a puzzle game that runs on Android/iOS platforms. The game board is composedof a grid and colored dots, and the user has to connect the same colored dots together withoutoverlapping other lines, and using up ALL the free spaces in the board. This problem (shown inFigure 1) is similar to classic puzzles that involve connecting similar dots.1, 2 The problem also has relevance in the field of integrated circuit design. One of the designchallenges of building integrated circuits is connecting the components together. Researchers arecontinuously trying to find ways to connect modern devices in a given space with wires. The lengthof the wire must be minimized to reduce power

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahdi Malmali, University of Minnesota; Kevin Wagner, University of Minnesota; Michael H. Reese, University of Minnesota - West Central Research and Outreach Center; Edward L. Cussler, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Alon V. McCormick, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Chemical Engineering

instructors.IntroductionThis poster will present lessons learned, practices recommended, and objectives achievedwhen assigning a new pilot team project in our Senior ChE Product Design course. Thefeatures of this particular pilot project that may be of interest to the ChE educationcommunity include: • the use of process design skills (acquired by students in the preceding ChE Process Design course), now put toward a product design effort • a sustainability focus, where the product is a system that allows small-scale, distributed - possibly even portable - ammonia production systems to capture stranded zero-carbon renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, etc.) 1 • the use of the product design approach and stage-gate decisions (where the

Conference Session

PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Doyle, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

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Civil Engineering

instruction forengineering faculty at Santa Clara University, with over 70% of STEM faculty self-reportinglecturing “most” or “all” of the time.1 A recent meta-analysis by Freeman, et.al.2 of over 225studies in STEM education, indicates that students in STEM courses taught with extensivelecturing are 1.5 times more likely to fail, earn a D, or withdraw from the course than studentstaught with active-learning methods in the same STEM course subject. To facilitate other SCUfaculty in adopting more active approaches in the statics course, the authors developed active-learning modules for specific statics course content with the intent to document the modules’effectiveness in improving student performance, material retention and engagement. This workwas

Conference Session

Issues in Academic Integrity and the Value of Portfolios, Case Studies, and Supportive Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University

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Graduate Studies

years on the faculty at the US Military Academy at West Point teaching civil engineering. He is a Fellow of ASCE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Imperative Issues and Elusive Solutions in Academic Integrity: A Case StudyAbstractThis research investigates the issue of academic integrity, specifically plagiarism, as it relates toand affects graduate engineering students. The scope of this project included a comprehensivereview of relevant literature and case study analysis in a large enrollment, multi-instructor, 1-credit course entitled Career Management for Engineers. This is a required course for graduateengineering students who desire to participate

Conference Session

The Intersection of Higher Ed and Industry

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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Continuing Professional Development

project teams in successful completion of projects  Have strong organizational and management skillsThe Project Management Institute defines project management as “the application of knowledge,skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements9”. To do so, projectmanagers need to be proficient in managing the various project stages 10: 1) Initiating 2) Planning 3) Executing 4) Monitoring/Controlling 5) Close-outSeveral institutions nationwide provide certification programs in project management. Table 1provides examples of such programs offered by Texas A&M University, University of CentralFlorida, and University of Maryland. Almost all university offering such a certificate programhave 1-2

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Fernandez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Doyle, Florida International University; Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hank Boone, University of Nevada - Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada - Reno; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

qualityof quantitative demography. In this paper, we present best practices for asking demographicquestions, and offer suggestions to deal with the tension of concise as well as precise questions.Part 1: Why to ask and how to frameWhile the external message of engineering claims that all people can be engineers, the culture ofengineering is such that students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in engineeringprograms often feel relegated to only peripheral participation in engineering12. Students whohave differently-identified gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status,backgrounds, or attitudes may not feel that they can fully participate in engineering communitiesof practice when they see only normative (i.e

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs and Labs in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

, instructional session, to a month-long or semester-long,immersive experience. Projects included developing a simple fitness game to innovating a self-contained, commercial-quality, automated system.The paper and presentation will provide details about each of these varied approaches and sharepluses and minuses of each. Information about how others can make use of this technology atlow or no cost will also be shared.BackgroundThere is an insufficient number of youth pursuing STEM subjects, resulting in a large gap ofqualified workers for STEM jobs. [1] Increasing access to hands-on learning to spark STEMinterest and bridge the STEM attraction gap is a recommended strategy. [2] Numerousapproaches have been taken by academic institutions to spark STEM

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Classroom and Online Innovations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominik May, TU Dortmund University; Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University; Tobias R. Ortelt, TU Dortmund University; A. Erman Tekkaya, TU Dortmund University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

in this context is not only to improve the level of usability of thislearning experience but also to open up the integration of laboratory learning to totally newlearning settings.The remote lab’s integration into new educational settings is accompanied by a new demandfor formative evaluation in order to assess and improve the setting as a whole. Therefore,after a short literature review this paper will focus on four different aspects: 1. The developed remote laboratory equipment 2. The course content and how laboratory experiments connect with engineering practice 3. The assessment tools used in evaluating the success of the remote laboratory 4. The results of the student evaluations from an online course given in 2015Developing

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Bridging Engineering Education and Community Impact through Collaborative Design and Construction

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Zoe Loughmiller, Kansas State University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

skills, and a great abilityto apply knowledge from coursework to real-world challenges [1], [2]. Community engagementhas also been shown to improve professional skills, such as teamwork and leadership [3]. Inaddition to the benefits to students involved in community engagement projects, the communityalso benefits from increased social capital, sharing of resources and knowledge, and connectinghigh education to community interests [4].The implementation of community engagement programs within engineering programs can takedifferent forms. University programs can be implemented at a large scale, similar to theEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program that originated at PurdueUniversity and has expanded to a large network of

Conference Session

ECE-Grading Approaches and Assessment Practices

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara E. Marino, Loyola Marymount University; David Berube, Loyola Marymount University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

‭Computer‬ ‭Engineering‬ ‭(ECE)‬ ‭courses‬ ‭are‬ ‭taught‬ ‭using‬ ‭the‬M‭traditional‬ ‭recipe‬ ‭for‬ ‭college‬ ‭STEM‬ ‭teaching‬ ‭and‬ ‭learning:‬ ‭lecture‬ ‭→‬ ‭class‬ ‭examples‬ ‭→‬ ‭homework → assessments → rinse→ repeat. See Figure 1.‬ ‭Figure 1: Traditional Recipe for STEM Teaching and Learning‬‭ lthough‬ ‭this‬ ‭comfortable‬ ‭recipe‬ ‭works‬ ‭well‬ ‭for‬ ‭many‬ ‭students,‬ ‭it‬ ‭does‬‭not‬‭reliably‬‭produce‬‭a‬A‭course‬‭grade‬‭that‬‭accurately‬‭represents‬‭a‬‭student’s‬‭knowledge‬‭of‬‭the‬‭course‬‭material.‬‭Consider‬‭a‬ ‭first‬ ‭semester‬ ‭circuits‬ ‭course‬ ‭in‬ ‭which‬ ‭the‬ ‭final‬ ‭grade‬ ‭is‬ ‭calculated‬‭using‬‭some‬‭combination‬‭of‬ ‭homework,‬ ‭assessments,‬ ‭and‬ ‭lab‬ ‭work.‬ ‭It‬ ‭is‬ ‭possible‬ ‭for‬ ‭a‬

Conference Session

Understanding Concealable Stigmatized Identities (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 10)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole Thompson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Adrian Nat Gentry, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Julie P Martin, University of Georgia; Fio Bahr, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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

., Virtual Community of Practice email listserv through the American Societyof Engineering Education). The research team found a large portion of participants wererecruited through snowball sampling, specifically snowball recruiting from local oSTEMorganizations at institutions across the U.S.The research team collected participant interest and demographic information through an interestsurvey that asked participants to self-identify their gender, race/ethnicity, geographic location,work setting, current employment and career stage. They specified their work setting as (1)academia or education, (2) nonprofit, (3) industry, (4) government or military, (5) none of theabove or (6) fill in the blank other. The team collected in-depth information on

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Broad Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, PLR Consulting, Inc.; Joshua Fletcher Robinson, Georgia State University; Pamela Scott-Johnson, Spelman College

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

promotion. The tenure andpromotion process in academia is complex and challenging, particularly for Black women, whoface unique structural and institutional barriers throughout the process related to race, gender,and intersectionality [1]-[3]. Throughout this journey, many Black women experiencemicroaggressions from faculty and students, invalidation of their research, and a devaluation oftheir service contributions. Thus, coaching has evolved into a proactive tool for career andleadership development and has gained momentum in both institutional settings, such asAAC&U’s Project Kaleidoscope’s STEM Leadership Institute and Office of UndergraduateSTEM Education’s Center for the Advancement of STEM Leaders. Coaching is designed toempower and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 8: Division Best Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

they would face in ensuring they have a computerable to run the software they may need to complete their research project within the program.Alongside technical skill-building, the participants are also supported to develop communicationskills such as presenting and science writing, and are provided with peer mentors who help shareimplicit hidden curriculum knowledge. A goal of the program is to also boost students'confidence and sense of belonging within engineering, as both are key factors in the persistencein students pursuing engineering studies [1]. A program capacity for two students annuallyensures robust funding and individualized support for the participants, including post-programcareer support by program staff. To date, all eight

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 4.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiuhua Si, California Baptist University; Keith Hekman, California Baptist University; Jinxiang Xi

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

designed to reduce the working memory load. Applying CLT to teachingsuggests breaking down new topics into smaller parts and using various techniques to help learnersreduce cognitive load [1]. Many educators have applied CLT in their classrooms to enhancestudents' learning [2] [3] [4]. Research has shown that students perform better when their cognitiveresources focus on understanding concepts rather than peripheral tasks, such as copying equationsduring lectures. Studies have demonstrated that traditional equation solving methods can betedious and mentally exhausting for students, leading to disengagement and poor retention ofmaterial [5]. MathCAD, as a computational tool, promises to mitigate these issues by automatingcalculations and providing

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - GenAI in ethics education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt/European University of Technology; Bettina von Römer, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

.” (translated with deepl) [1: p.74].In the general discussion, this requirement is reflected, for example, in the concept of the t-shaped engineer, whose strength is seen in the great variety of interdisciplinary skills, which,in addition to mastering foreign languages, include cultural and communicative skills. In addi-tion, young engineers are expected to think systemically and holistically, as well as to be ableto critically reflect on their own actions [2], [3]. A critical examination of the concept of the t-shaped engineer and a literature review in the context of the ASEE can be found in [4].The aim of these approaches is to lay a foundation for a technology and product developmentprocess that takes into account the non-technical and non-economic

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) 2 - Becoming Engineering Professionals

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Paul Harvie, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; John K Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Kimberly A Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Monica Surrency, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

(IUSE) program, seeks to investigate the effectiveness of peer-led team learning (PLTL) in an online campus environment at Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity Worldwide campus. PLTL is an intervention where a fellow student who has alreadyachieved success in the course facilitates active learning sessions with a small group of students.The sessions are designed to reinforce and clarify student understanding of specific topics in thecourse [1] [2] [3]. In the traditional classroom environment, PLTL has been a successfulintervention in STEM education [4] [5]. The purpose of this research is to investigate theeffectiveness of PLTL in an asynchronous, online classroom environment.The student population of this online campus is primarily adult

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyeree Cho, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University – West Lafayette; Woongbin Park, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

and career choicesamong students.Introduction Globally, there is a trend of students preferring computer-related majors within theSTEM fields, with enrollment rates surpassing those seen during the dot-com bubble of the late1990s [1, 2]. Furthermore, in East Asia, particularly in South Korea, the intense focus oneducation has led to an increasing number of students opting to study abroad due todissatisfaction with the domestic educational environment [3]. Alongside this trend, weconducted research to understand the background of Korean students’ decisions to studycomputer-related fields in the U.S. as well as their academic experiences after making thosechoices [4]. This qualitative case study explored how various factors, including

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lekshmi Sasidharan, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

uprooted to a totally new place. Majority of the engineering students taketheir discipline specific courses starting from sophomore year and experience heightenedchallenges because of the transition from foundational courses to more rigorous, disciplinespecific courses [1]. This is considered as the time when they often reevaluate their majorsbecause of the academic stress among other reasons [2]. Literature shows that student retention and success remain critical challenges in highereducation, particularly among underrepresented and first-generation college students [3]. Severalstudies have highlighted the importance of class groups or support groups in the academicperformance of students. [4] reported that collaborative learning in small

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Fagundes; Daniel Guberman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kelsey Smart; Kal Holder, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

paper, we analyzeinterviews with instructors and student partners (SPAs) to explore the effects of thesepartnerships in STEM classes at a large research-focused public institution. The study aims toanswer the following research questions: (1) How do STEM instructor teaching practices changerelated to working with a student partner? (2) What effects does serving as a student partnerhave on students in a large research-focused STEM institution?Literature ReviewReviewing the existing literature to understand the significance of student-faculty partnerships inenhancing teaching and learning is essential, as it provides a foundation for developinginnovative approaches that can improve educational outcomes. This review aligns with thepaper’s