Dr. Maya Denton with the University of Oklahoma will talk about the research associated with how engineering students approach career choices and the workforce as they near graduation.

Clemson doctoral student and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Keith Balts will talk about a study analyzing proxy variables from multiple government-provided databases to investigate relationships between undergraduate experiences and early career performance at the United States Space Force (USSF).

Dr. Rea Lavi's talk on teaching systems thinking to engineering students will focus on the Systems Thinking Assessment Rubric, first developed during his doctoral studies, and the System Architecture-Function-Outcome framework. He will provide examples from classroom projects and peer-reviewed studies.

Dr. Jessica Deters will discuss her research findings on what negatively affects the mental health of engineering students, and how to design educational environments that support student mental health and well-being.

Dr. Louis Tay will trace how the concept of bias has evolved from psychometrics to machine learning, and show how his work has advanced some of the conceptualization, testing, and assessment of bias across these endeavors, culminating in his current thinking on Machine Learning Measurement Bias and beyond.

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Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof will discuss a faculty development program for supporting engineering educators to transition from teacher-centered to student-centered learning implementation in their classrooms.

Dr. Behzad Esmaeili will discuss his hazard identification and risk management study, which offers a blueprint for more effective training designs by incorporating an AI-informed personalized safety training program with the potential to reduce workplace accidents in the construction environment.

Dr. Lindsay Sheedy will discuss the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and the Boren Fellowships as well as application timelines, other opportunities facilitated by NISO, and general tips for grant writing applications.

Dr. Stephanie Masta will focus on the relationship between settler colonialism and engineering education, and consider how Indigenous perspectives offer important insight into our work as scholars.