2025 ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Engineering Resilience: Building Skills for a Dynamic World
Welcome
Welcome to the ASEE Midwest Conference website. We are excited to have you join us for an experience of learning, networking, and growth. This year, our theme is “Engineering Resilience: Building Skills for a Dynamic World’. In engineering education, our students and their needs are constantly changing. As faculty, we recognize that adapting to these shifts is crucial. During the conference, we hope to create opportunities to explore the intersection of engineering resilience and educational innovation.
When
Sept. 14-16, 2025
Where
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Ar
* Must be registered
Registration
NOW OPEN
2025 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Noel Shulz
Washington State University
Turbulent Waters: Navigating Change and Building Resilience in Yourself and Your Students
Higher education has seen unprecedented change in 2025. In addition, advances in technology including Artificial Intelligence (AI) are changing the way we educate students. With all these transitions, sometimes it may seem like we are just surviving as engineering educators. This talk will discuss some strategies for building your skills for your resilience toolbox to help you navigate our dynamic world. You can also share many of these skills with your students to help them be better prepared for adversity and change. Let’s work to move from surviving to thriving!
Noel N. Schulz is the Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor at Washington State University Tri-Cities. In August of 2023, she was named the Inaugural Director of WSU’s new Institute for Northwest Energy Futures (INEF). Dr. Schulz has been active for over 30 years in teaching, research and service at six U.S. universities. Her teaching interests include electrical circuits, power systems and leadership. In research and graduate studies related to electric power engineering research, she has graduated 45 MS and 16 PhD students; published 175 papers and 3 book chapters; and brought in over $40M in external research through individual and collaborative projects including a U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award. She is a Fellow of IEEE and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Dr. Schulz spent 12 years on the IEEE Power & Engineering Society (PES) Governing Board including two years, 2012 and 2013, as PES President. She was elected to serve as IEEE Division VII Director-Elect in 2025.
Noel has been a member of ASEE for over 33 years. She has served on the ASEE Board of Directors as Professional Interest Council IV Chair, served as Chair for two ASEE Divisions and been a campus representative. Dr. Schulz has been very involved in activities related to engineering education and the recruitment, retention and advancement of women students and professionals in STEM fields. She has developed programming for early career faculty at three universities. She received the IEEE HP Harriet B. Rigas Award in 2014 and was recognized in 2023 as the inaugural IEEE Women in Technology and Leadership Award recipient.