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Charmane Caldwell, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Roxanne Hughes, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

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Sessions (PASS). Dr. Caldwell also serves as the activity director for the Title III program Engi- neering Learning Community. Those collective programs have nearly doubled the first-year retention of underrepresented minorities at the college..Dr. Roxanne Hughes, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dr. Roxanne Hughes is the Director of the Center for Integrating Research and Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab). She has also directed the MagLab’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs from 2014 to 2019. She brings a breadth of experience in science teaching and infor- mal science education to her position. Her research interests include programs and policies that attempt to increase the

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Kayla Thompson; Matthew Garett Young, Arkansas Tech University

Paper ID #35506Student and Professor Collaboration to Develop a First Year ElectricalEngineering Capacitance Laboratory with Common MaterialsMs. Kayla ThompsonDr. Matthew Garett Young, Arkansas Tech University Matthew G. Young received his B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Arkansas Tech University in 2009. He obtained his M. Sc. in Microelectronics-Photonics at the University of Arkansas in 2012. For his M. Sc. studies, he focused on the growth of silicon nanowires via plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. In August of 2016, he joined the faculty at Arkansas Tech University as an Assistant Professor of Electrical

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Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida

evaluated via student's participation in thefabrication of an autonomous robotic vehicle facilitated through practical hands-on activities, groupdiscussions, and laboratory modules. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this previously in-person courseadopted a synchronous teaching model and used online instructional tools for lectures, group activities,and project support. The robotic project helped introduce students to engineering principles byemploying multi-developmental phases for creating a robot. The teaching approach also providedstudents an engineering design experience while working in interdisciplinary teams with membersserving unique engineering roles such as design, hardware, software, project, or testing lead. Studentswere required to design

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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ofroad design is the geometric design that focuses on locating the road on a topographic map.Introduction to Engineering Design is a laboratory-based course for first-year students at theauthors’ university. In this course, students work on a civil engineering-related project during thesemester. In the Spring 2019 and 2020 semesters, students were introduced to geometric designby working on a road design project. Three main sections were implemented in this project. Thefirst piece was understanding of topographic map. In this piece, students were asked to select anon-flat site located in the United States. The topographic map of the selected site was printedand provided to the students. Students were asked to draft the topographic map in

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute

, including circuits and electronics. Initially, the iPads were used to performhomework digitally, allowing for easy integration with the university’s Moodle learningmanagement system (LMS). Based on the results of this pilot, the use of the iPad has beenexpanded to other courses and applications including circuit simulation, hand sketching, anddigital laboratory notebooks. The authors have also used the iPad for assignment grading,allowing for improved feedback, modernized grading workflows, and efficient LMS integration.IntroductionOne-to-one (1:1) technology programs are becoming more prevalent in P-12 environments. Interms of computing devices in education, 1:1 refers to an operational setup where each learnerhas a digital device. Frequently, 1:1

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Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University

. Her interests include innovative laboratory experiments for undergraduate instruction, engineering design for first-year stu- dents, and encouraging women to study engineering. For the three years prior to teaching at Michigan State University, she taught freshman and sophomore engineering courses at Rowan University. While at Rowan University she was Co-Director of RILED (Rowan Instructional Leadership and Educational De- velopment), the advisor for the student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and given the ASEE Campus Representative Outstanding Achievement Award. Her teaching experience also includes work as a graduate student facilitator and engineering teaching consultant at the University of

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P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Teri Kristine Reed, University of Cincinnati; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas; Carmen Sidbury, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc.

Laboratory, a design-oriented facility that engages students in team-based, socially relevant projects. While at Texas A&M University Imbrie co-led the design of a 525,000 square foot state-of-the-art engineering education focused facility; the largest educational building in the state. His expertise in educational pedagogy, student learning, and teaching has impacted thousands of students at the universities for which he has been associated. Imbrie is nationally recognized for his work in ac- tive/collaborative learning pedagogies, teaming and student success modeling. His engineering education leadership has produced fundamental changes in the way students are educated around the world. Imbrie has been a member of

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Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Laura Cruz; Jennifer Renee Meadows

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the relevance of the skills being taught in the course. To address thisfeedback, the instructor chose to make significant changes to the design of the course. In the firstiteration of the course design, class time was devoted largely to instructor-led demonstrationsand student practice limited to the laboratory sections of the course. Pedagogically, theseparation rested on the assumption that students would need to have these skills modeled by anexpert before they could apply it for themselves in the lab sections. With the availability of videotutorials and other support resources that students could access from increasingly ubiquitousdevices; the instructor chose to collapse the differences between the lecture and lab sections;shifting the

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Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Charles Patrick Jr, Texas A&M University; Pauline Wade, Texas A&M University; Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University; Janie M Moore, Texas A&M University; Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University

hospital.Prof. Pauline Wade, Texas A&M University Pauline Wade was formerly the assistant director for the Craig & Galen Brown Engineering Honors and Grand Challenge Scholars programs. Previously, she was a tenured faculty member at the University of the Philippines, Cebu (UP), in the Department of Computer Science. Wade has over 25 years’ experience in the software industry working in a variety of environments, starting with working as a systems engi- neer for AT&T Bell Laboratories Government Systems and the AT&T Wireless Network group. After AT&T she started an IT consultancy working on a diverse set of projects including enterprise-wide sys- tems development, business process re-engineering, software