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Service learning is a high-impact teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection. In software engineering education, service-learning experiences can enrich student learning, foster civic responsibility, and illustrate the professional role in contributing to the common good. Research has shown that service-learning projects can significantly boost student interest in computing careers, particularly among female and minority students.

For educators and institutions, however, adopting service-learning projects within existing courses pr ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Dr. Stan Kurkovsky

Speaker

1. Dr. Stan Kurkovsky

   Central Connecticut State University

   Dr. Stan Kurkovsky is a Professor of Computer Science at Central Connecticut State University. He received his PhD from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1999 and has been serving as a faculty member since then. Dr. Kurkovsky served and continues to serve as a PI on a number of NSF-sponsored projects, including four S-STEM grants, three IUSE grants, and an REU Site grant. He also received funding from NIH, NSA, and ACM. He has an established record of over 90 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of software engineering, mobile computing, and computer science education.

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This interactive workshop will expose participants to an asset-based framework, Culturally-Informed Strengths Approach (CISA), that is used in an NSF scholarship and mentoring program for engineering and computer science community college transfer students. CISA rejects the “inclusion” strategy of assimilation and builds on and extends other assets-based approaches by focusing on the specific historical and institutional contexts of inequality that contribute to student recruitment/retention/graduation, including how engineering and computer science education cultures (e.g., deficit mindsets, rig ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Daniel Almeida

   California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

   Dr. Daniel J. Almeida (he, him, his) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where he teaches courses on Student Development Theory, Multicultural Counseling, & Leadership. He has also taught Career Counseling, & Assessment in Higher Education. He received his BA in Psychology from Dartmouth College, MA in Higher Education Administration from Boston College, and PhD in Urban Education Policy – Higher Education concentration at the University of Southern California.

   During his professional career, Dr. Almeida worked in Student Affairs at Cal Pol ... (continued)

2. Dr. Jane L. Lehr

   California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

   Dr. Jane L. Lehr is the Director of the Office of Student Research and Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women’s, Gender & Queer Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is also Director of the CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Student Participation (LSAMP) in STEM Program at Cal Poly and affiliated faculty in the Center for Engineering, Science & Mathematics Education (CESAME); the department of Computer Science & Software Engineering; and the Science, Technology & Society Program. She is the PI for an NSF S-STEM partnership between Allan Hancock College, Cuesta College, and the Cal Poly College of Engineering.

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Overview of Workshop:
Academic leadership positions can be opportunities for faculty to have impact beyond their individual classrooms and research agendas. However, moving into an academic leadership position can be daunting, as this often requires developing a new set of skills, navigating institutional complexity, learning new concepts and topics, and navigating power dynamics and changes in relationships. This workshop addresses this gap as participants will learn how one group of women navigated this process. Additionally, the workshop will provide time for participants to: consider differen ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Dr. Sharon Walker

Speakers

1. Dr. Monica E. Cardella

   Florida International University

   Monica E. Cardella is the Director of the School of Universal Computing, Construction and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida International University. She is also a Professor of Engineering and Computing Education, with a joint appointment in SUCCEED and FIU’s STEM Transformation Institute, and a secondary appointment in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and the PI for the NSF-funded UNIDOS Center for HSI Community Coordination (hsiunidos.org). Prior to her appointment at FIU, she served as a program director at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Research on Learning ... (continued)

2. Judith Yang

   Brookhaven National Laboratory

   Judith C. Yang is the Group Leader for Electron Microscopy at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory since 2022. She was previously the William Kepler Whiteford Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, in the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department with a secondary appointment in Physics. From 2019 to 2022, she served as a program director at the National Science Foundation where she managed the Metals and Metallic Nanostructures as well as the Ceramics program within the Division of Materials Research. Her research areas ... (continued)

3. Dr. Dawn M. Tilbury

   University of Michigan

   Dawn M. Tilbury is the inaugural Ronald D. and Regina C. McNeil Department Chair of Robotics at the University of Michigan, and the Herrick Professor of Engineering. She received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests lie broadly in the area of control systems, including applications to robotics and manufacturing systems. From 2017 to 2021, she was the Assistant Director for Engineering at the National Science Fou ... (continued)

4. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska

   University of Wisconsin - Madison

   Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska is the vice chancellor for research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She previously held positions as Ohio State's vice president for knowledge enterprise, a University Distinguished Professor, and the Lowber B. Strange Endowed Chair in Engineering. She is also a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering. She recently served as the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering and the Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Corporate and Government Partnerships. She is also a Director of the Satellite Pos ... (continued)

5. Prof. Pascale Carayon

   Pascale Carayonis a professor emerita of in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She was the Founding Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Healthcare Systems Engineering and held the Leon and Elizabeth Janssen Professorship from 2019 until she retired in 2021. She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024 for the application of human factors engineering to healthcare systems to improve patient safety. She is also a member of the International Academy of Quality and Safety in Health Care (elected 2020), a Fellow of the Human Factors and Er ... (continued)

6. Prof. Xiaoyan Han

   Wayne State University

   Xiaoyan Han is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wayne State University. She is a world-renowned expert in the field of Infrared Imaging and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE). She received the prestigious The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) Achievement Award of Department of Defense (DOD) at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes. She also received the Airlines for America - Federal Aviation Administration (A4A-FAA) "Better Way Award", which recognized her significant contribution to national public aviation safety. Professor Han was interviewed and filmed by both Fox 2 News a ... (continued)

7. Dr. Sharon Walker

   Drexel University

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Humanitarian engineering has been shown to create a positive impact on students and the community that is served. Though educators are interested in such efforts, incorporating these projects into engineering courses or programs remains a major challenge. The intention of this workshop is to streamline and simplify the integration of humanitarian efforts into engineering education. Participants in this workshop will learn about exemplary programs that incorporate humanitarian efforts and community engagement into undergraduate engineering education through coursework and/or extracurricular projec ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Dr. Elizabeth G. Jones

Speakers

1. Dr. Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson

   Lipscomb University

   Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson (pronouns: she/her) is an Associate Professor and the Chair of Mechanical Engineering in the Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering at Lipscomb University. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lipscomb University and her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University before returning to her alma mater. Her research interests focus on the connections between humanitarian engineering, engineering education, and equity and inclusion topics. She primarily teaches thermal-fluid sciences as well as introductory and advanced design courses. In addition to her courses and resear ... (continued)

2. Dr. Adithya Jayakumar

   The Ohio State University

   Dr. Adithya Jayakumar is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Education Department (EED) at The Ohio State University and a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Automotive Research. Adithya currently serves as the Course Coordinator for ENGR 1181 - Fundamentals of Engineering I and has served as the Course Coordinator of ENGR 1221 in the past.

   Adithya has been involved in the Humanitarian Engineering space since 2013 and has designed and led community based learning projects both domestically and internationally.

3. Dr. Pritpal "Pali" Singh

   Villanova University

   Dr. Pritpal "Pali" Singh is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Villanova University. Dr. Singh teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of semiconductor microelectronics, renewable energy systems and power electronics. He has been working on thin film solar cell research since 1979 including a Sabbatical Leave at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1993. He has also worked on several photovoltaic system projects Dr. Singh has also worked on electric vehicle research, working on battery monitoring and management systems funded primari ... (continued)

4. Dr. Rajani Muraleedharan

   Saginaw Valley State University

   Dr. Rajani Muraleedharan is an professor and chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department, and chair of undergraduate research program at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU). Before joining SVSU, Rajani worked as an 3/4 Full-time ECE Assistant professor at Rowan University, New Jersey, a postdoctoral research associate at University of Rochester, NY, and as a research intern at Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab (MERL), Massachusetts.

   Dr. Muraleedharan contributes towards professional society as an advisor of SWE & IEEE SVSU Student Chapter, Women in Engineering &amp ... (continued)

5. Ashley Moran

   EPICS in IEEE

   Ashley Moran, MBA, is currently the Program Manager for EPICS in IEEE at
   IEEE in Piscataway NJ. She has over 12 years of volunteer support, program
   management and communications/marketing experience. She has been with IEEE
   since 2019 and most recently was a program manager for the IEEE Standards
   Association. Prior to that Ashley worked for other member-based organizations
   such as The Electrochemical Society (ECS) and the NJ Business and Industry
   Association (NJBIA).

6. Dr. Elizabeth G. Jones

   University of Nebraska - Lincoln

   Dr. Elizabeth G. ”Libby” Jones is a professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her areas of specialty are transportation systems, appropriate technology, service learning, and engineering education. She earned her BS in Civil Engineering at Colorado State University and her MS and PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She is active in curriculum activities at UNL at the department, college, and university levels.

   Dr. Jones leads curriculum change efforts in Civil & Environmental Engineering including the integra ... (continued)

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Too often, students say they have nothing to contribute or that their teammates won't listen. Innovation, curiosity, and idea generation are stifled; students learn negative coping skills, and students miss opportunities to build leadership skills. For the highest success, teams must be inclusive and efficient. Research, including Google's, demonstrates that high-performing teams actively foster psychological safety. However, engineering programs rarely teach effective teaming skills, and even fewer teach skills for fostering psychological safety.
To address this gap, we developed mod ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Dr. Kenneth W Lamb P.E. and Dr. Mary Katherine Watson

Speakers

1. Dr. Michelle Marincel Payne

   Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

   Dr. Michelle Marincel Payne is an Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with specialty in environmental and water resources engineering. At Rose-Hulman, Michelle launched a podcast, Story@Rose, to inspire students to reflect, develop, and craft personal stories to develop their STEM identities and prepare them for their future careers. Michelle also leads efforts to improve students’ teaming experiences and undergraduate research outcomes. She works with undergraduate students to investigate the removal of stormwater pollutants in engin ... (continued)

2. Prof. James H. Hanson P.E.

   Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

   Dr. James Hanson is the Department Head and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where his teaching emphasis is structural analysis and design. He is the author of the textbook Structural Analysis: Skills for Practice, and he is the recipient of several teaching and best paper awards from ASEE, ACI, and ASCE. Jim brings four years of military and industry experience to the classroom and is a registered Professional Engineer.

3. Dr. Kenneth W Lamb P.E.

   California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

4. Dr. Mary Katherine Watson

   The Citadel

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This workshop is a modular, assets-based training designed to fill critical gaps in awareness unmet needs of student veterans and service members (SVSM) in engineering and STEM within the college student support communities. Participants will be informed about SVSM, using assets-based approaches, in and out of higher education engineering contexts. Critical structures of support for SVSM, such as peer networks, formal and informal mentors, allies, and advocates, will be identified and discussed. A model of direct engagement, aimed at helping participants move along a spectrum of awareness, allysh ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E.

Speakers

1. Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E.

   Utah State University

   Angela (Angie) Minichiello is a military veteran, licensed mechanical engineer, and associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. Her research examines issues of access, equity, and identity in the formation of engineers and a diverse, transdisciplinary 21st century engineering workforce. Angie received an NSF CAREER award in 2021 for her work with student veterans and service members in engineering.

2. Samuel Shaw

   Utah State University

   Samuel Shaw is an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Utah State University.

3. Hannah Wilkinson

   Utah State University

   Hannah Wilkinson is a doctoral student in Engineering Education at Utah State University. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in from the University of Utah and an M.S. in Engineering Education from Utah State University.

4. Allison Miles

   Utah State University

   Allison Miles is an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Utah State University.

5. Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E.

   Utah State University

Session Description

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Brief Description of Workshop
This workshop will introduce participants to the approach developed through the NSF IUSE Learning Map Project (Award 2315492), which seeks to improve student learning and knowledge transfer through the intentional and collaborative design of STEM course sequences. The facilitators use a two-pronged approach to help faculty identify key areas for improvement within and across their course sequence: (1) Faculty reflection on curricular bottlenecks and historical barriers to student learning, and (2) the development and use of visual “Learning Maps” to aid in the identi ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Courtney D Giles

   University of Vermont

   Dr. Courtney Giles is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) at the University of Vermont (UVM) and Senior Lecturer in Civil & Environmental Engineering. Dr. Giles leads academic operations in CEMS, including curriculum development, faculty development, and initiatives related to institutional effectiveness and student success. She has engaged over 1500 faculty and graduate students in workshops, retreats, book groups, and other trainings since 2017. Dr. Giles serves as a leader and consultant on Scholarship of Teaching and Lear ... (continued)

2. Dr. Priyantha Wijesinghe

   University of Vermont

   Dr. Priyantha Wijesinghe is the Director of Curricular Enrichment for the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) at the University of Vermont and Senior Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering. A structural engineer and architect by education, Dr. Wijesinghe brings over 15 years of experience in civil engineering education, teaching mechanics and civil/structural engineering courses from sophomore to graduate levels. She is a recognized expert in engineering education and assessment, specializing in curriculum development, student outcomes assessment, and pedagogical inno ... (continued)

3. Larry R Medsker

   The George Washington University

   Larry Medsker is a Research Professor of Physics at The George Washington University (GWU) and at the University of Vermont. He is also a Research Affiliate at George Mason University’s Center for Assured Research and Engineering. He is a member of the GWU Human-Technology Collaboration Lab, and Founding Director of the university’s Master’s Program in Data Science. Larry specializes in areas of artificial intelligence, data science, computer science, neural computing, information systems, physics, and STEM education. He is the author of four books and over 200 publications on neural networks, AI ... (continued)

4. Varuni Anuruddhika Seneviratne

   University of Vermont

   Varuni Seneviratne is an expert in foundational engineering mechanics education having taught relevant courses in Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering for most of her career. She has been a Lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Vermont since 2022. Prior to joining the University of Vermont, Varuni was a senior Lecturer and a research faculty at the Department of Physics and the Postgraduate Institute of Science of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She has over twenty-five years of experience in teaching physics for both undergraduate and graduate students. ... (continued)

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Title
How to navigate transformational change in engineering education

Workshop Presenters
• Prof. Sarah Jayne Hitt, Ph.D. sarah.hitt@nmite.ac.uk
• Emma Crichton emma.crichton@ewb-uk.org
• Dr. Jonathan Truslove jonathan.truslove@ewb-uk.org
• Prof. Toni Lefton tlefton@mines.edu

Collaboration
The workshop is a collaboration between Engineers Without Borders UK and the Engineering Professors’ Council (with support of the Faculty Development Division).

Expected Audience
The workshop will appeal to individuals who are interested in, passionate about, or responsible for the changes needed within ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Sarah Jayne Hitt

   Colorado School of Mines

   Dr. Sarah Jayne Hitt has been teaching in universities for almost 20 years in both the US and the UK. After earning her PhD in Literature (specializing in Native American Studies and Literature of the American West), she was surprised to find herself establishing a career in engineering education at the Colorado School of Mines. There, she served as the Director of the Writing Center, Director of the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs, and Founding Director of a First Year Program designed to bring the arts into ethical engineering design and to recruit diverse students to engineering. In 2 ... (continued)

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Relationality perspectives rely upon the premise that we are shaped by our interconnectedness to
others. It considers how we are all entangled, with and through others, and to contexts,
environments, and place. Using relational practices in facilitation of faculty development efforts
helps to build connection and community with and between participants, which increases
engagement and enhances impact. Beyond relational practices, faculty developers can create
programming that brings relationality to the forefront as a value and a goal in engineering
education. This is particularly relevant a ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Dr. Jennifer R Brown

   Montana State University - Bozeman

   Jennifer Brown is experienced in facilitation of communities centered in relationality. She developed the novel relational model of mentorship training, Mindful Mentoring, which aims to cultivate and sustain functional mentoring relationships and facilitates these programs at MSU for both mentors (faculty and staff) and graduate student mentees. Her philosophies in relationality are grounded in perspectives from relational mindfulness principles, as well as expertise in relational models of mentorship. She is a certified mindfulness teacher through the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults (M ... (continued)

2. Dr. Karen A High

   Clemson University

   Karen High, Ph.D., is a professor of Engineering and Science Education (ESED) at Clemson University and currently serves as the inaugural Director of the Clemson Graduate Center for Transformational Mentorship. With nearly 30 years of experience in higher education, she has significant expertise and training in faculty and leadership development, as well as mentoring graduate students. Dr. High also conducts research in the areas of faculty development, mentoring, and graduate student development.

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This workshop will provide a hands-on exploration of a teaching framework designed to introduce critical consciousness in engineering education. The session is designed as a narrative experience, starting with a foundational overview of critical consciousness principles—drawn from Freire’s ideas on awareness and action against social inequities—and transitioning into practical components for course integration. As the session progresses, we will introduce intergroup dialogue as a transformative pedagogical tool, allowing participants to experience how dialogic activities can bring awareness to so ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Dr. Renata A Revelo

   University of Illinois Chicago

   TBA

2. Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia

   University of Cincinnati

   TBA

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Brief Description of Workshop
This workshop will focus on how participatory research methods (e.g., photovoice) can be leveraged to elevate the participant voices during research and intervention development. The facilitators’ prior work will guide attendees to see how centering narratives can lead to impactful community change. This workshop will be the first of a two-part living visual-based experience. In this session, participants will be introduced to photovoice, which empowers individuals by capturing their experiences through photography and focus group discussions aimed at “Voicing Our In ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Dr. Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome

   University of Florida

   TBA

2. Dr. Jerrod A Henderson

   University of Houston - COE

   TBA

Session Description

2025 ASEE Annual Conference | IFEES-GEDC Special Session | Sunday, June 22, 2025

PROGRAM / AGENDA

Welcome - Dr. Hans-Jürgen Hoyer (Secretary General, IFEES | Executive Director, GEDC)

Introduction Remarks - Luis Manuel Sánchez Ruiz (IFEES President, UPV Spain)

Peace Engineering Consortium (PEC) - Dr. Ramiro Jordan (UNM)

We will provide information about the Peace Engineering Consortium (PEC) Pitch to the
ERVA - the NSF Engineering Research Visioning Alliance. “ERVA is an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of something truly transformative. It enables the engineering com ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Dr. Ramiro Jordan P.E.

   University of New Mexico

   Dr. Ramiro Jordan is a scientist, innovator, educator and entrepreneur. He is a faculty member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at the University of New Mexico, and is currently the Associate Dean of Engineering for International Programs. His research activities include sustainability, Smart Grid, cognitive radio, multi-dimensional signal processing, and software development. Dr. Jordan is a founder of the Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC), a successful non-profit organization that was created in 1990 with the mission to accelerate STEM ... (continued)

2. Dr. Yannis C. Yortsos

   University of Southern California

   Yannis C. Yortsos is the Dolley Professor of Chemical Engineering, and since 2005, serves as the Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and holds the Dean’s Zohrab Kaprielian Chair. He received a BS (Diploma) from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and MS and Ph.D. degrees from the California Institute of Technology, all in chemical engineering.
   Yortsos was elected in 2008 to the US National Academy of Engineering, to the Academy of Athens (as a corresponding member- a term used for members living outside Greece) in 2013, and as a Foreign Fellow of the Indian Academy of ... (continued)

3. Prof. Anupam Joshi

   University of Maryland Baltimore County

   Anupam Joshi is the Oros Family Professor and Acting Dean of the College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He also serves as the Director of UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity. He was previously the Chair of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department, and is an Adjunct Professor at IIT Delhi's School of IT. He is a Fellow of IEEE. He has published over 300 technical papers with an h-index of 95 and over 33000 citations (per Google scholar), been granted nine patents, and has obtained research support over $22M from Natio ... (continued)

4. Kamaljeet Sanghera

   George Mason University

   As the Executive Director of Global Engagements and Tech Talent Development at the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University, Dr. Kammy Sanghera leads global initiatives focused on fostering international partnerships and enhancing student engagement and professional development. Previously, Dr. Sanghera served as the founding Executive Director of the Institute for Digital Innovation (IDIA), where she played a key role in advancing cutting-edge research that shapes the future of our digital society. Her work emphasized promoting equality, well-being, security, and prosperit ... (continued)

5. Jaime Bonilla Rios

   Dr. Jaime Bonilla Rios recently served as the Associate Dean for Continuing Education, Consulting, and International Affairs at the National School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey. He has held various academic and leadership roles at the institution, including Dean of the School of Engineering and Information Technologies at Campus Monterrey and National Director for Academic Experience.
   Dr. Bonilla has led initiatives in personalized and merged learning, multidisciplinary capstone projects, and innovation-focused programs like the Innovaction Gym™. His research focuses on ... (continued)

6. YE SHEN

   Shen Ye, Doctor of Education at Tsinghua University, serves as Assistant Secretary-General of the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (ICEE) and Secretary-General of its Global Partnership Committee. She is also the Editorial Director of Engineering Education Review (EER), and Research Director at Tsinghua University's Institute of Cultural Economy. Her research focuses on family heritage of time-honored enterprises, global leadership of Chinese expatriate managers, and industry-academia collaboration in engineering education. She is the author of Global Leadership: The Path to Excellence for Chinese Enterprises' Expatriate Managers.

7. YE SHEN

   Shen Ye, Doctor of Education at Tsinghua University, serves as Assistant Secretary-General of the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (ICEE) and Secretary-General of its Global Partnership Committee. She is also the Editorial Director of Engineering Education Review (EER), and Research Director at Tsinghua University's Institute of Cultural Economy. Her research focuses on family heritage of time-honored enterprises, global leadership of Chinese expatriate managers, and industry-academia collaboration in engineering education. She is the author of Global Leadership: The Path to Excellence for Chinese Enterprises' Expatriate Managers.

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As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies become embedded in common social practices, questions about the ethical design and use of AI are more pressing than ever. Responsible AI (RAI) efforts have responded to these questions, generating common sets of principles that attend to social, cultural, and environmental concerns related to emergent AI technologies. How might these principles be leveraged in engineering education to make RAI a grassroots strategy rather than a tool for “ethics washing”? This workshop introduces participants to RAI and provides a platform to discuss how it might be in ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Rebecca L. Sherlock

   University of Waterloo

   Rebecca Sherlock is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo and a Design Director in the technology sector. Her research explores the intersection of responsible innovation, critical design, and ethical technology design, with special interest in how these topics are realized within industry. As a member of the University of Waterloo’s Critical Media Lab (CML), she engages in research to understand how responsible innovation might be integrated directly into technological design practices.

2. Marcel M.G. O’Gorman

   University of Waterloo

   Professor Marcel O’Gorman is a University Research Chair and Founding Director of the Critical Media Lab (CML). The CML supports the design and development of research and creative projects that explore the impacts of technology on society and the more than human world. O’Gorman has published widely about tech issues in both academic and public contexts, including articles and op-eds in The Atlantic, Slate, The Globe and Mail, and The Conversation. He is also a practicing artist with an international portfolio of exhibitions and performances.

3. Dr. Heather A Love

   Heather A. Love is an assistant professor of English at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), where she conducts interdisciplinary research and teaches courses on topics related to literature, culture, technology, health, and engineering. Her first monograph, “Cybernetic Aesthetics: Modernist Networks of Information and Data” (forthcoming from Cambridge UP) traces a cultural pre-history to the technological field of mid- to late-twentieth-century cybernetics in the experimental work of modernist authors such as Ezra Pound, John Dos Passos, Virginia Woolf, and Gertrude Stein. Her work has ... (continued)

4. Christopher Rogers

   University of Waterloo

   Christopher Rogers is a PhD student in English. He completed his BA in Political Science at the University of Toronto and his MA in Experimental Digital Media at Waterloo. His research explores the rhetoric of watery spaces – shores, riverbanks, beaches – as places where the vibrancy of the material world comes into focus. Chris’ work asks what hopeful paths forward we can imagine, observe, and create when we pause and consider our entanglements with the nonhuman world.

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The E2050 Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACÉG) encourages and facilitates discussions on the identity and attributes of the Engineer of 2050, who will both shape and respond to future global needs and trends. Given that technology and society are changing at an unprecedented pace, the Canadian engineering education community, with a desire to understand the current and future challenges it faces so that the engineers we train may succeed and thrive into a future in flux, is currently looking at how to adapt our training practices and approache ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Dr. Nadine Ibrahim

   University of Waterloo

   Nadine is a Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and holds the Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering. She comes from a cross-section of industry and academia in the areas of urban infrastructure, sustainable cities, and sustainable development, in addition to engineering education scholarship and pedagogy. Nadine has taken an interdisciplinary approach to her education and career. Transcending the boundaries of Civil Engineering, she combines environmental engineering, and incorporates non-engineering fields including architecture, economics and governance. Most recentl ... (continued)

2. Gabriel Potvin

   University of British Columbia, Vancouver

   My current focus is in engineering pedagogy and curriculum development, with a particular interest in problem-based learning, laboratory instruction, sustainability education, and interdisciplinary education. The challenges we face as a society, and as a species, are complex and multi-faceted. Engineers must be able to tackle them in creative ways, and be comfortable working on collaborative open interdisciplinary projects. The training of engineers must include these skills.

   To this end, I aim to create developmental opportunities for students, and actively support a number of undergraduate des ... (continued)

3. Dr. Shelir Ebrahimi

   I am a Chemical- Environmental Engineer with several educational backgrounds. My great passion for engineering education has brought me to the path so I can dedicate myself to develop and practice new teaching and learning strategies. I did my PhD at the University of British Columbia and I was very much honored to be awarded two TA wards and be named “2016-Rising Star” of UBC, due to my contributions to teaching and engineering education. After a year of teaching experience at UBC, I joined Drinking Water Research Group at the University of Toronto to pursue my research as an NSERC postdoctoral ... (continued)

4. Dr. Jillian Seniuk Cicek

   University of Manitoba

   I am a white settler woman who grew up as a visitor on Treaty One Territory and in the Homeland of the Métis Nation, in the place now known as Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I am a mom, wife, sister, daughter, aunt, friend, and mentor. I am a visual artist, writer, educator, and researcher, and I teach communication, engineering education research, career design, and decolonizing engineering courses. I am grateful for my husband and our three kids, our families and friends, our pets, and the opportunity to work in this field. I love nature, and play ringette with a group of neighborhood mothers on a team called, The Awesomes!

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Unlock the potential of Project-Based Learning (PBL) in your engineering courses with our hands-on workshop. PBL enhances student engagement in authentic learning experiences that mirror real-world engineering challenges. This workshop covers essential topics such as instructional alignment, idea generation, and managing constraints and logistics, and is ideal for engineering educators who are newer to PBL or have struggled with its implementation. Participants will leave with a personalized action plan and resources to effectively integrate PBL into a specific course. Join us to learn how PBL ca ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Mr. Christopher Rennick

   University of Waterloo

   I am an Engineering Educational Developer for the Faculty of Engineering's Pearl Sullivan Engineering Ideas Clinic. In this role, I aid programs and instructors in creating hands-on engineering design activities for their courses. I am also a passionate engineering education and design education researcher.

   I received a Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor. I am currently a PhD candidate in the department of Management Science and Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

   My research interests are in engineering education, engineering design and design education, and experiential learning.

2. Dr. Carol Hulls P.Eng.

   University of Waterloo

   Dr. Carol Hulls, P.Eng. is Associate Chair Teaching and a Continuing Lecturer in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department. Her role involves supporting instructors in the department to improve teaching and learning in a wide range of areas including mentoring of new faculty, supporting the adoption of innovative teaching and learning approaches, and promoting reflective practice as a way to improve teaching. She has been teaching courses in programming, sensor fusion, and computer hardware since 1999, and has taught several thousand first year engineering students, primarily in mech ... (continued)

3. Nancy Nelson

   University of Waterloo

   Areas of Study:

   Student Success, Motivation, and Engagement

   Innovation in Engineering Education

   Publications:

   Achieving Graduate Attributes Through Project-Based Learning (CEEA 2014 Conference Proceedings)

   Flipping the Engineering Classroom (CEEA 2014 Conference Proceedings)

   Project-Based Applied Engineering Curriculum – A Practitioner’s View (International PBL Symposium 2007 Conference Proceedings) with M. Kabir

   Presentations and Workshops:

   gamification, active learning, creating on-line courseware, creating digital resources for on-line courseware, flipped learning, educational ... (continued)

4. Mr. Richard Li

   University of Toronto

   As a Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Faculty Liaison, Richard Li supports instructors in the Faculty of Engineering with teaching strategies, learning activities, course design, assessment methods, instructional innovations, as well as effective integration of educational technologies. Richard is also an Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) Facilitator, a Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW) Trainer, and the ISW Network’s Local Representative at UW. He leads the planning, facilitation, and evaluation of CTE’s ISW and FDW programs.

   Prior to joining the CTE as a Faculty Liaison, Richard has ... (continued)

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Working in teams is essential for solving problems that are facing the world. In engineering education, we put students in teams to help them learn how to design, build, and test their ideas. At the Center for Effective Team Dynamics (ETD) at Georgia Tech we have used the science of team science and our own research findings to build workshops to equip people to work better in teams. Funded by the National Science Foundation Innovation in Graduate Education grant and through undergraduate education grants, these workshops help people from all disciplines work together. We have developed workshops ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Mary Lynn Realff

   Mary Lynn Realff, PhD, Associate Professor Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Tech, mr37@gatech.edu
   Dr. Realff (she/her) is the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Cox Faculty Fellow, Co-Director of the Center for Women, Science, and Technology, and a Fellow of the Center for Deliberate Innovation. She is a transformational leader with a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is the founding director of the Effective Team Dynamics Initiative (ETD) which delivers on the vi ... (continued)

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This workshop is one that I would have loved to participate in myself, where we have tables arranged into a room to break people up into groups of 4-5. I will provide a BRIEF introduction on why games are good and a couple different example scaffolds such as word games, math puzzles, etc. I will then do a “think pair share” sort of thing where I let people sit for about 5 minutes with handout copies of different types of games, and think about what learning goals or what course they want to make a serious game, and then have them talk to their neighbors at the table for 5-10 minutes about the ide ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Ali Ansari

   University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

   Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, his pedagogy includes creating different types of inclusive game based learning modules in an attempt to remove the fear associated with certain engineering concepts.

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This workshop will explore the possibilities for using generative AI (GenAI) to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As colleges and universities wrestle with the potentially massive disruption caused by GenAI, many are discussing the care needed to help students make ethical decisions while engaging in learning activities. In a study of 116 research-intensive universities, McDonald and colleagues (2024) recently found that institutional guidance around GenAI and DEI largely consists of warnings regarding the potential harm that might be inflicted upon marginalized students.

Asking ... (continued)

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1. Dr. John McNeill

   Worcester Polytechnic Institute

   John A. McNeill is the Bernard M. Gordon Dean of Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. A senior member of IEEE and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the National Academy of Inventors, and the Council for Undergraduate Research, McNeill received a bachelor’s degree in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College, an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Rochester, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Boston University.

2. Reza Ebadi

   Worcester Polytechnic Institute

   Dr. Reza Ebadi is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Mechanical & Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His teaching innovations have been supported by several internal grants for their focus on engaging students through active learning, such as his novel GPThermo chatbot.

3. Stephen McCauley

   Worcester Polytechnic Institute

   Dr. Steve McCauley is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Integrative & Global Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where is also the Co-Director of the Melbourne Project Center. He is a founding Co-Director of the Global Lab, which uses digital media and creative scholarship to connect people and ideas and fosters collaborative processes among practitioners, community members, researchers, and students.

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The Problem: The terminology of “soft vs. hard” skills emerged in the middle of the twentieth century as part of an effort to systematically develop and assess leadership development in the military. It originally differentiated between domain-specific abilities that become obsolete because of technical advancement (such as repairing aircraft engines) and abilities that could be used in many domains and did not become obsolete over time (such as driving or handling paperwork). The integration of non-technical competencies into engineering education implied in the EC 2000 criteria (such as an abil ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Kathryn A. Neeley

   University of Virginia

   Kay Neeley (BA, English, minor in history; MA and PhD, English) is an expert in humanistic education for engineers with an emphasis on communication as both an area of specialization and the ultimate interdisciplinary subject. She served twice as chair of the Liberal Education/Engineering and Society Division of ASEE, and received that division’s Olmsted Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Education for Engineers. Her supervision of literally thousands of undergraduate theses in engineering has allowed her to develop a broad perspective on engineering. She played a leading role in arti ... (continued)

2. Coleen M Carrigan

   University of Virginia

   Kay Neeley (BA, English, minor in history; MA and PhD, English) is an expert in humanistic education for engineers with an emphasis on communication as both an area of specialization and the ultimate interdisciplinary subject. She served twice as chair of the Liberal Education/Engineering and Society Division of ASEE, and received that division’s Olmsted Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Education for Engineers. Her supervision of literally thousands of undergraduate theses in engineering has allowed her to develop a broad perspective on engineering. She played a leading role in arti ... (continued)

3. Dr. James F. Groves

   University of Virginia

   James Groves (Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering,1998;M.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1992; B.S.E. cum laude, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Political Science) is a leading university educator in the field of sustainable development. In the classroom he engages with students across disciplines and educates them about sustainable energy systems. His overarching goal is to help "people and planet" avoid the worst impacts of humanity's ever-increasing hunger for "more power"! Recent instructional efforts in this arena include Introduction to S ... (continued)

4. Dr. Sergio Guillen P.E.

   University of Virginia

   Sergio Guillén Grillo (B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering; M.A., Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding; Ph.D., Policy and Governance, democratic deliberation; graduate certificate in Natural Resources Organization) has worked as a dialogue facilitator, environmental governance practitioner, and renewable energy investment manager throughout Latin America for over 30 years. He has taught over 1,500 hours of university-level courses with a focus on interpersonal and problem solving skill development (negotiation, conflict resolution, sustainability, leadership, and professional ethics). His training ... (continued)

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The methodological toolkit at the heart of this workshop leverages concept mapping and hierarchical task analysis. These analytical methods are used in concert with Jonassen’s design theory of problem solving as a theoretical framework. The workshop will have three phases:

Phase 1: Construction of Concept Map and Hierarchical Task Analysis

Workshop participants will bring a problem or learning exercise of their choosing to the workshop. During the workshop, participants will construct: 1) a concept map for the problem and 2) a problem-solving task hierarchy. These constructions will support r ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Andrew Olewnik

   University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

   Andrew Olewnik is an assistant professor of engineering education and the director of experiential learning in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at University at Buffalo. In the classroom, he studies the implementation of design and other engineering problem types and their impact on undergraduate engineers’ development of problem-solving and related professional competencies. Outside the classroom, he is interested in how experiential and informal learning environments supplement the curriculum in the professional formation of engineers. In 2024, he received a National Science Found ... (continued)

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This workshop will provide guidance to prospective PIs about how to develop their proposals to the U.S. National Science Foundation, and when funded, execute their project idea. Rather than describing specific programs across NSF and the kinds of proposal topics they may be interested in supporting, this workshop will focus on program-agnostic guidance for engineering education and other STEM education PIs in developing a competitive proposal, including how that proposal will be reviewed, how to interpret feedback after a proposal has been declined, and how to successfully carry out the research ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Matthew A. Verleger Ph.D. (He/His/Him)

   National Science Foundation

   Dr. Verleger is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation

2. Prof. Thomas Martin

   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

   Dr. Martin is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation

3. Dr. S. Monisha Pulimood

   The College of New Jersey

   Dr. Pulimood is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation

4. Dr. Alice L. Pawley

   Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE)

   Dr. Pawley is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation.

5. Prof. Narcrisha Norman

   Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

   Dr. Norman is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation

6. Dr. Lulu Sun

   Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

   Dr. Sun is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation

7. Jesus Soriano Molla

   National Science Foundation

   Dr. Molla is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation

Session Description

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Collaboration
Collaboration with Emerson/National Instruments
Expected Audience
Instructors of entry-level undergraduate electronics engineering courses, instructors of electronics engineering courses for non-Electrical Engineers, instructors interested in guidance on implementing remote labs for courses including circuit analysis and design, instructors interested in lower cost alternatives to traditional electronics benchtop equipment, K-12 STEM educators.

Brief Description of Workshop
The intention of this workshop is to provide instructors with the tools to design more accessible elect ... (continued)

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1. Michael Wilkins

   North Carolina State University at Raleigh

   Michael Wilkins is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from NCSU with a focus on bioelectronics and medical microdevices. He spends most of his time teaching electronics engineering skills to non-ECE undergraduate students, focusing on engagement and interdisciplinary applications.

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This workshop will explore how libraries and digital service providers can collaborate to support faculty and students with outreach that promotes information literacy skills for an evolving digital information landscape being affected by Generative and Extractive AI.

- Examine how information literacy correlates with critical thinking / problem solving competency of engineering-professionals-in-training and their career-readiness in industry or research.
- Present insights from experienced industry professionals and engineering educators on the challenges they observe in training for career- ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Matthew Frenkel

   New York University

   Matthew Frenkel is the engineering librarian at NYU's Bern Dibner Library, and affiliated faculty in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon. He is a member of the ASEE Engineering librarian division and his background is in the experimental study of optical whispering gallery sensors. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and an MLIS from Rutgers University. His current interests are focused on professional skill development and engineering pedagogy.

2. Mark Natanael

   Elsevier

   Mark Natanael, Product manager, Knovel (m.natanael@elsevier.com)

   Mark is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked for 15+ years in design and field engineering in the energy sector before falling in love with Product Management where he gets to apply his training in organizational leadership and love for engineering. His extensive industry experience combined with his focus on mentoring young engineers provides valuable insights on how information literacy supports career-readiness and career-excellence.

3. Juan Denzer

   Syracuse University

   Juan is the Engineering and Computer Science Librarian at Syracuse University. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Binghamton University and a Master of Library Science from the University at Buffalo. Juan is a maker and author of “Terrific Makerspace Projects: A Practical Guide for Librarians” and “Digital Collections and Exhibits”. He enjoys helping students with their research and developing life-long research skills.

4. Mr. Matthew McGarva P.E.

   Senior Product Manager

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This workshop will introduce the implementation of the Envision framework within the Engineering Capstone Design to address the ABET requirements of sustainability, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors. The engineering capstone design is an ideal course to introduce students to the Envision Framework. The Framework will guide students through a process to develop sustainable design alternatives for any infrastructure related project.

Envision consists of 5 categories: Quality of Life, Leadership, Resource Allocation, Natural World and Climate and Resilience. Within these cate ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Rebekah Oulton P.E.

   California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

   Rebekah Oulton is an Associate Professor at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She started in Fall of 2013 after completing her PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. Her primary teaching focus is development of sustainable infrastructure solutions for sociotechnical challenges.

2. Dr. Leslie Brunell P.E.

   Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure

   TBD

Session Description

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This workshop is designed to equip educators with comprehensive resources for fostering entrepreneurial thinking and problem-solving in their students. Collaborating with the ASEE ENT Division, Engineering Unleashed Fellow Program, and the Ohio State University, this workshop meets a critical need for accessible, high-quality teaching materials.
Participants will receive fully developed resources such as slide decks, case studies, handouts, worksheets, and more, eliminating the need for additional preparation. Educators will engage in hands-on, interactive experiences that immerse them in real-wo ... (continued)

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1. Mandana Ashouripashaki

   The Ohio State University

   Mandana Ashouripashaki is an Associate Director of Licensing and Business Development for Engineering and a PhD student in Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She also is a certified NSF I-Corps instructor. Her responsibilities encompass strategic outreach, key account management, advancing deal quality and velocity, as well as overseeing entrepreneurial training and initiatives.
   Before her tenure at Ohio State, she served as the Director of Licensing & Business Development (Physical Science & Engineering) at Colorado State University for four years. And prior to that she ... (continued)

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Computer-Aided design (CAD) is central to engineering design and education, and in today’s world of remote work and globalized supply chains, teaching collaboration and teamwork in CAD is essential. This hands-on workshop will introduce attendees to the features of cloud-native CAD that allow educators and students to collaborate, assess, and learn in new ways, and how those same features are enabling agile companies to collaborate and bring their products to market.

Whether you are an experienced Onshape user or are new to CAD, this session will offer opportunities to learn, collaborate, and s ... (continued)

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1. Matthew Shields

   PTC

   Dr. Matthew W. Shields earned his master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia and worked as an engineer before moving into education. Matt taught high school for 16 years while also earning a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from UVA. He designed, built, and ran the engineering department at Charlottesville High School for seven years before joining the education team at PTC. Matt is devoted to sharing his love of STEM and project-based learning with fellow educators.

2. Elizabeth DaMaren

   University of Toronto

   Liz DaMaren is a PhD student at the University of Toronto in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering with the Ready Lab. Her research focuses on student engagement and equity considerations in group-based Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software education, and she leverages mixed methods to investigate relationships between student demographics, participation in group learning activities, and learning outcomes.

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Proficiency in professional skills such as knowledge application in complex contexts, collaborative problem solving, ethical judgment, and capacity for continued learning are sought by employers of engineering graduates. Still, faculty in engineering programs struggle to define, teach and measure these skills in efforts to generate accurate and useful data for course and program-level assessment purposes, such as for ABET EAC Student Outcomes attainment.
The Engineering Professional Skills Assessment (EPSA) is the only direct method to teach and measure student performance of five professional s ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E.

   Norwich University

   Dr. Schmeckpeper is Civil Engineering Professor Emerita and former Department Chair at Norwich University’s David Crawford School of Engineering, the oldest private engineering school in the nation.

2. Dr. Michael B. Kelley P.E.

   Norwich University

   Dr. Kelley is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Norwich University’s David Crawford School of Engineering. Prior to coming to Norwich he taught at U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the oldest engineering school in the nation.

3. Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov

   Washington State University

   Dr. Ater Kranov has three decades of experience serving as a faculty member and administrator in higher education institutions ranging from 3,000-60,000 full-time students in the United States and the Middle East Gulf Region. She has extensive experience in developing cutting-edge engineering and computing curricular frameworks that meet local, professional, national, and global standards at tertiary levels. She served as Managing Director of Professional Services at ABET from 2011-2013 where she was responsible for training ABET evaluators and all events worldwide on assessment in an ABET context.

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As we approach the dawn of the intelligence age, with AI finding applications and influencing all segments of human life, there is a need for graduate students who are the future workforce to develop AI literacy competency skills. More importantly, the rapid integration of AI into the educational environment has, to a large extent, been disruptive with faculty, and students, and administration figuring out how to navigate the new norm of teaching and learning that has come upon us. Because of the vital role graduate teaching assistants (GTA) play in higher education of learning, as they assist ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi

   The Pennsylvania State University

   Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi is an Assistant Research Professor and Assessment and Instructional Specialist with the Leonhard Center at Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Utah State University and BSc and MSc degrees in mechanical engineering. His research interests include technology-enhanced learning (artificial intelligence and virtual reality), student engagement, evidence-based pedagogy, broadening participation in STEM education, and sustainable energy and material.

2. Dr. Stephanie Cutler

   The Pennsylvania State University

   Stephanie Cutler holds degrees in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering as well as Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Dr. Cutler currently works as Director of Assessment and Instructional Support and Associate Research Professor in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. Her research interests include the peer review process, the faculty and graduate student experience, as well as educational development, including the adoption of evidence-based instructional practices in the engineering classroom

3. Bono Po-Jen Shih

   The Pennsylvania State University

   Bono Po-Jen Shih is an interdisciplinary scholar working in the intersection of philosophy, history, and sociology of engineering with an eye on contemporary engagement with engineering education and practice. His publications appear in Springer’s Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (PET) book series, the journal Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology, and the Taiwanese Journal for Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine. He currently holds a postdoc appointment with two institutions at Penn State University—the Rock Ethics Institute and the Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engi ... (continued)

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# Workshop Title
Boosting Student Engagement through Social Impact: Insights from an International Engineering Entrepreneurship Program

# Workshop Presenters
Associate Dean Noelle Comolli, PhD
Noelle.comolli@villanova.edu
Director and Associate Professor Lauri Olivier, PhD, MBA
Lauri.olivier@villanova.edu

# Collaboration
This workshop represents a collaboration between Villanova University and the KEEN Network

# Expected Audience
This workshop is designed for:
- Engineering educators seeking to increase student motivation and engagement
- Faculty looking to enhance entrepreneurial mindset de ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Lauri Olivier

   Villanova University

   Dr Lauri Olivier is the Director of Engineering Entrepreneurship, Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator, with 20+ years of expertise in entrepreneurship and innovation to build high impact experiential teaching environments at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. Dr Olivier holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and an M.B.A from Northwestern University.

   Dr. Olivier's innovation and start up business development experience includes - 20+ years as a global university innovation manager, with a successful track record in opportun ... (continued)

2. Dr. Noelle K Comolli

   Villanova University

   Associate Dean Noelle Comolli is director of the Polymeric Biomaterials Lab. She holds a BS and PhD in Chemical Engineering, and his been a member of the Chemical and Biological Engineering department at Villanova University since 2008. Dr. Comolli’s background is in polymeric materials for tissue engineering, especially neural tissue engineering, as well as drug delivery vehicles. She enjoys also looking at bio-sourced polymers and the life cycle of polymeric materials.

   Dr. Comolli is a Co-PI on a $3 million National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant to fund a proj ... (continued)