This special session is co-sponsored by the Multidisciplinary and International Divisions, in conjunction with the team preparing the blueprint for the ASEE Inclusive Mindset report. The concept of integrated engineering, implemented as a variety of innovations in engineering education that draw from multiple aspects of the discipline, has great promise for leading change towards a more inclusive engineering mindset. Through a series of sessions at the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), Frontiers in Education (FIE), and ASEE conferences culminating with the Integrated Engineering ... (continued)
For those interested in: Academia-Industry Connections, Advocacy and Policy, and Broadening Participation in Engineering and Engineering Technology
Dr. Rebecca Bates is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato where she directs our upper-division, project-based and co-op-based learning engineering programs, Iron Range Engineering & Twin Cities Engineering. These cutting edge programs were recognized with the 2017 ABET Innovation Award and the 2018 Minnesota High Tech Association’s Tekne Award for STEM Workforce Development. She was recognized by the University as a Distinguished Faculty Scholar and is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education. She joined the ... (continued)
Dr. Tilley is Professor of Engineering Education and Director of the Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP) in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at University College London (UCL). She has established an international profile in the areas of leading curriculum design and development as well as cultural change required to support and foster innovation in engineering education within higher education.
Previously, she designed the curricula for IEP projects and global challenges to introduce problem, experimental, research and enquiry-based learning to a multi-disciplinary first year cohort of ... (continued)
Susan M. Lord, PhD, is a Fellow of the IEEE and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Lord’s teaching interests include electronics, optoelectronic materials and devices, service-learning, feminist pedagogy and lifelong learning. From 1993-1997, Dr. Lord taught at Bucknell University. Her industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors Laboratories, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and SPAWAR Systems Center. In 2012, she taught at Southeast University in Nanjing, China. From 2006-2016, she was chair of Electrical Engineering at USD.
Dr. Lord’s res ... (continued)
Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter is Founding Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering at Campbell University. She is also Immediate Past President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), incoming President-Elect of the Mathematical Association of America, and a past president of WEPAN (Women in Engineering ProActive Network). Prior to Campbell, Dr. Carpenter was Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Director of the Office for Women in Science and Engineering, and Wayne and Juanita Spinks Endowed Professor in the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University, w ... (continued)
This session highlights innovative approaches to robotics education, featuring low-cost design frameworks, reconfigurable robotic platforms, and experiential learning through K-12 outreach. It also examines preservice teacher self-efficacy development, emphasizing the importance of preparing educators to effectively integrate robotics into diverse STEM learning environment.
This session explores innovative K-12 initiatives that embed environmental justice, sustainability, and clean energy concepts into engineering curricula. From early childhood to high school, these studies demonstrate how integrating geospatial visualization and justice-centered design reshapes student perceptions, fosters awareness, and inspires career pathways toward a sustainable future.
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Managing a lab and research grants can be a steep learning curve for new faculty. Generally, management techniques are learned through mentorship and practice in graduate school and postdoc positions but that not fully prepare a new faculty member to be a PI. There are lots of parallels between managing projects in academia and industry, except that the books and resources from industry aren’t generally used in academia. In this session, resources from leading project management organizations and popular books will be shared along with adaptations to academic projects. Additionally, project manag ... (continued)
For those interested in: New Members
Rebecca Reck is a Teaching Associate Professor and the Associate Head of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Bioengineering in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She teaches biomedical instrumentation (BIOE414), biomedical instrumentation lab (BIOE415), signals and systems (BIOE205), and Introduction to Bioengineering (BIOE100). Her areas of research include experiential learning, undergraduate instructional laboratories, alternative grading, and inclusive pedagogy.
From 2016-2020, she was an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineeri ... (continued)
During this special session, we explore topics at the intersection of Civil Engineering and Leadership education. Presenters will share the results of their work and then transition into a panel discussion where the authors will answer questions from the audience.
This technical session includes presentations on faculty development work with TAs, Postdocs and Faculty at levels.
This special session will be organized as a panel through which existing RED grant awardees, who are all members of the RED community of practice and contributed to the writing of their RED grant proposals, will offer specific advice on how to write a compelling NSF RED grant proposal. Specifically, panelists will reflect on experiences they had writing their RED grants, feedback they received through the review process, and experiences they have had since then that gives them a unique understanding of various factors that should be addressed in a RED proposal. Specific attention will be given to ... (continued)
Alan Cheville studied optoelectronics and ultrafast optics at Rice University, followed by fourteen years as a faculty member at Oklahoma State University working on terahertz frequencies and engineering education. While at Oklahoma State he developed courses in photonics and engineering design. After serving for two and a half years as a program director in engineering education at the National Science Foundation, he took a position in electrical & computer engineering at Bucknell University. He is currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education.
Dr. Eva Andrijcic is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where she teaches courses in systems engineering, risk management, and engineering management. With a background in risk analysis and management, Dr. Andrijcic has worked on projects in academia and industry ranging from risk analysis of financial assets, to critical civil and cyber infrastructure protection. Since 2014, Dr. Andrijcic has been working in the area of organizational management, with a special emphasis on academic change manager and facilitator of the Making Academic Change ... (continued)
Dr. Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy is the Fredrick L. Olmstead Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.
Professor Amekudzi-Kennedy studies, applies and extends quantitative and qualitative systems methods for infrastructure asset management to promote resilient and sustainable development. Kennedy has authored extensively, developed undergraduate and graduate courses, and provided technical support for multiple international, national, state and local initiatives. She serves as the primary instructor for the required undergraduate course: Civil Engineering System ... (continued)
Dr. Indira Chatterjee is currently the Acting Dean of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. Before this, she served as Associate Dean of Engineering for fourteen years. She has been at the University for 36 years and is also a Foundation Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. She has garnered over 8 million in research grants from various federal agencies, and industry, including the Department of Defense, and the National Institutes of Health for research in the area of Bioelectromagnetics, Microwave Engineering, and Antennas. She has served as mentor to numerous graduate s ... (continued)
Dr. Lynne Slivovsky is Professor and Inaugural Chair of Computer Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo where she led the effort to create the Computer Engineering Department. Her work navigates the interplay between technology and society through community and equity. She has nurtured long-term partnerships with local community organizations to provide greater access to adapted physical activity through the design of custom devices. As an American Academy of Underwater Sciences Scientific Diver she dives with her students off the Central Coast of California to pr ... (continued)
Professor Teodora Rutar Shuman is the former Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Seattle University, a role she served in for 12 years until 2024. She was the PI on an NSF-RED grant between 2017 and 2023. Her research includes culture change and electro-mechanical systems for the sustainable processing of microalgae. Her work is published in venues including the Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions on Education, ASEE abstract: Special session - panel without paper International Journal of Engineering Education, Transactions of ASME, Chemical Engineering Journal, Biore ... (continued)
Dr. Julia M. Williams is the author of Making Changes in STEM Education: The Change Maker's Toolkit (Routledge/CRC Press, 2023), a research-based, practice-focused guide to achieving change in STEM. Beginning in 2012, she served as a founding team member of the Making Academic Change Happen (MACH) Workshop that serves faculty, administrators, and graduate students as they pursue their change goals. She was Principal Investigator on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) Participatory Action Research (PAR) project, a practice-research collaboration that provides customized facul ... (continued)
This special workshop will consist of neurodiversity awareness training to understand the specific needs of neurodivergent students in first-year undergraduate STEM courses. Neurodivergent students, such as those with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and other neurodevelopmental differences from the cultural norm, tend to gravitate towards STEM programs (Wei et al., 2014). These students can contribute deep passion for the field (Wang et al., 2024) and intellectual alignment for the expectations of the field, such as heightened creativity (Boot et al., ... (continued)
For those interested in: Advocacy and Policy, Broadening Participation in Engineering and Engineering Technology, and New Members
Dr. Rachel Bonnette (they/she) is a multiply-marginalized neurodivergent Learning Scientist from the University at Buffalo’s Department of Engineering Education whose work focuses on identifying and removing barriers for neurodivergent students on pathways from education to the workforce in Engineering and Computer Science education. Their work utilizes an intersectional lens and student-centered perspective, along with co-design approaches, to focus on understanding student perspectives and the impact of power and privilege on students’ access to learning and support.
Valerie Sullivan (she/her) is a neurodivergent graduate student research assistant from the University at Buffalo's Department of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on strategies for intervening in mundane injustices, particularly within equity and inclusion in the academy. This includes developing pedagogical practices for accessibility, through community-based research for neurodivergent students in STEM.
Athenia Cyrus (she/her) is a multiply marginalized neurodivergent graduate student and research assistant in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Engineering Education and Department of Industrial Engineering. Her research is place-based and interdisciplinary, incorporating Funds of Knowledge from underrepresented communities and Funds of Identity as applied to engineering, mobility justice, and economic development. Her work also explores whole-community development approaches, with a focus on neurodiverse and multiply marginalized students, as well as the interdisciplinary functions of community-engineering systems.
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We are delighted to announce that KiddieCorp will be hosting the children's program during the 132nd Annual Conference and Exposition. With thirty-nine years of experience, KiddieCorp has been a trusted provider of high-quality children's programs and youth services for conventions, trade shows, and special events.
KiddieCorp's longstanding partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics has played a key role in establishing us as a premier provider of children's program services. Our commitment to ... (continued)
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Safe Zone Workshops are interactive, research-informed workshops for students, faculty, and the professional community, during which participants will build the knowledge and skills needed to create a more inclusive and affirming environment for LGBTQIA+ individuals in engineering. The workshops have been developed by a community of science and engineering professionals and students, specifically for a STEM audience. Faculty, students, administrators, staff, and other professionals are encouraged to participate in these workshops. The Safe Zone Level 3 Trans Allyship workshop explores transgender ... (continued)
For those interested in: Broadening Participation in Engineering and Engineering Technology
You can find details on the Papers being presented in this session here: https://nemo.asee.org/public/conferences/365/registration/view_session?session_id=19597
The ASEE Annual Conference Focus on Exhibits Networking Break is a key event during the conference that allows attendees to take a break from the formal sessions while engaging with exhibitors and sponsors in a relaxed and interactive setting. This networking break is designed to foster connections, discussions, and collaborations among conference participants.
The NSF Grantees Poster Session at the ASEE (American Society for Engineeri ... (continued)
This session explores novel approaches to curriculum design and instructional strategies in biomedical engineering education. Topics include the integration of stakeholder engagement through the Biomedical Stakeholder Café, scaffolding models for technical writing in biomaterials courses, and redefining grading narratives in biomechanics education.
Presenters will share how they use projects and real-world contexts to provide students with authentic learning experiences.
Assessment and Learning Analytics: Assessment Methods and Student Outcomes