(L-R): Madhurima Das, Dr. Shannon Clancy, Assistant Professor of Engineering; and Dr. Tomás Estrada, Associate Professor of Engineering
The Elizabethtown College School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) faculty presented their innovative research and teaching methods at the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada, this past June.
The group of four Etown ECS faculty presented nine peer-reviewed papers, which included the work of two additional faculty members who were not in attendance. Their papers focused on their innovative pedagogies and curricula, including mastery-based learning, work-integrated learning experiences, and socially-engaged design.
Research presented at the conference included:
- “A Survey of the Literature on Co-ops and Cooperative Education in the American Society of Engineering Education” | Sophia Vicente, former Postdoctoral Associate with Elizabethtown College and the Greenway Center for Equity and Sustainability; Sara Atwood, Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science; and Rebecca Holcombe, Greenway Institute Co-founder
- “Exploring Engineering Students’ Learning Experiences After Participating in a Mastery- and Project-Based Learning Intervention” | Vicente; Atwood; Dr. Kurt DeGoede, Professor of Engineering; and Holcombe
- “Transitioning from a Project-Based Learning to a Work-Integrated Learning Program: Insights from Year 2” | Vicente; Hannah Root; Annick J. Dewald; Atwood; Holcombe; and Dr. Brenda Read-Daily, Professor of Engineering
- “Exploring Knowledge, Skills, Attributes and Technical Learning in a Work-Integrated Learning Engineering Program” | Dewald, Vincente, Root, Holcombe, and Atwood
- “Engagement in Practice: Promoting Engineering Work Experiences in Rural Sustainability Contexts” | Vicente, Malle Schilling, Root, Dewald, Holcombe, and Atwood
- “Mastery-Based Learning Inspires Persistence and Growth Through Failure” | Joshua Gargac, Shuvra Das, Degoede, and Atwood
- “Infusion of Design Justice Principles into an Undergraduate Capstone Project Course Sequence” | Rachel Eva Waggoner; Jessica Meza; Atwood; Madhurima Das; Anastasia Kouvaras Ostrowski; Dr. Shannon Clancy, Assistant Professor of Engineering; and Dr. Tomás Estrada, Associate Professor of Engineering
- “Critical Analyses of the Experiences and Perspectives of Multiply-Marginalized Undergraduate Engineering Students” | Corin L. Bowen, Joseph Valle, Clancy, and Kaylla Cantilina
- “Phrasing Matters: A Case Study in the Evolution of a Concept Question and the Effect on Student Responses” | Christopher Papadopoulos; William A. Kitsch; Anna K.T. Howard; Dominic J. Dal Bello; Dr. Jean Batista Abreu, Associate Professor of Engineering; Julian Ly Davis; Eric Davishahl; Brian Self; and Milo Koretsky
At the conference, Dr. Atwood was also an invited speaker at an Interdivisional Town Hall discussion. The talk centered on enhancing the undergraduate student experience using the ASEE Engineering Mindset Report: Inclusive Mindset for the Future, of which she was a co-author. She also attended business meetings as an elected member of ASEE’s Engineering Deans Council Executive Board.
The ASEE Conference is the largest gathering of the year for ASEE members. Through this year’s theme, “Engineering Educators Bringing the World Together,” the event served as an opportunity to share individual and collective work in engineering education.