Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abigail E. Heinz, Rowan University; Matthew Strauss; Mary Staehle, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

biomedical engineering curriculum.Assessment MethodsIntroductory activities (as described below) were conducted at the start of every class period,except days with exams or labs. The impact of these activities was assessed via surveys andobservation.The survey implemented was a slightly expanded version of a survey designed to assess theengineering student entrepreneurial mindset [4]. This survey was based on multiple traits ofengineering students with an entrepreneurial mindset, including altruism, empathy, belonging,participation, and more. Questions were categorized by their relation to each of these traits.Some course-specific short-answer questions related to the course were added, but quantitativeportions of the survey considered herein were

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year III

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chao Wang, Arizona State University

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management and entrepreneurial mindset. Technical knowledge isintertwined in the course through labs and projects, including Computer-Aided Design (CAD),3D printing and Arduino programming. The course adopts a flipped classroom approach [14].Most of the lecture time is dedicated to team discussion and groupwork. Labs are mainly usedfor hands-on prototyping and project building.Most students enrolled in this course are from aerospace engineering, chemical engineering,electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, along with a few students from other majorssuch as computer science and material science. Students work in multidisciplinary teams in bothlecture and lab throughout the semester. Two multidisciplinary team design projects are used.During