Professor Mary Requa and NSF Research Team presented three papers at the 2026 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Charlotte, NC

Author: smacaris@sfsu.edu
July 1, 2026

This summer, our NSF Research team including: Dr. Mary K. Requa (SFSU Department of Special Education), Dr. Yiyi Wang (SFSU School of Engineering), Dr. Zhuwei Qin (SFSU School of Engineering) presented three papers at the 2026 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Charlotte, NC.

  1. Presenter, Dr. Mary K. Requa, Qualitative analysis of neurodivergent students’ experience in engineering.  Wang, Y., Requa, M.K., Qin, Z. & Arnaud, A. (2026)
  2. Presenter: Dr. Zhuwei Qin, Can large language models recognize neurodiverse student challenges and strengths? A complementary study with ChatGPT and machine learning, Qin, Z., Wang, Y., Requa, M. K. (2026).
  3. Presenter: Dr. Zhuwei Qin, Concept-mapping the struggles and strengths of neurodiverse students in engineering: a comparison between expert- and AI-generated trees, Qin, Z., Wang, Y., Requa, M. K. (2026). 

Photo of event with Professor Mary Requa