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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Anoop Singh Grewal, Arizona State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Arizona State University

solution that creates value for their respective users. Manyoften go beyond the class expectations and take charge of their learning, in quite an inspirationalway.An important part of OEPs as we implement them is to make the project ‘real’ by requiring thestudents to design for specific customers or users whom they will interact with personally. Theproject is essentially run like a mini-capstone. Students practice entrepreneurial-thinking throughcustomer interviews, pitch presentations, and design reviews to ensure they are actuallyaddressing a need or problem and creating value for their potential customers.Due to the open-ended nature of the projects, students must learn to deal with uncertainty andself-regulate their learning. Students

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Roger J Marino P.E., Drexel University; Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Johanna P Casale, Drexel University

include: the development of technical skillsin each student’s particular discipline, the development of professional skills (communication,presentation, conflict resolution, group dynamics) and exposure to (and further technicalunderstanding and recognition of) disciplines other than each student’s own [2]. Manyuniversities define the term “multidisciplinary” as relating to groups comprised of diverseengineering disciplines only, whereas other universities include in the definition disciplinesoutside of engineering (such as sciences, humanities, business) [3]. Many universities relegatemultidisciplinary team experiences to senior/capstone projects only [4,5] and some includesophomore to senior courses. Other universities run programs that include

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Debjani Sarkar

, team management, and team-building skills. There is certainly a bit of alearning curve, but if our freshmen engineering students are introduced to an efficient and high-quality mode of typesetting early on in their careers, it is worth the journey up the curve.Future Works:There is a plethora of literature, textbooks, reference materials, supplementary materials,templates, and examples on the internet. Engineers are lifelong learners. Once our students arecomfortable with typesetting basic documents like career-related documents and technicalreports, which will be demonstrated and practiced in the workshop, they will be propelled andmotivated to typeset dissertations [6], research articles, capstone projects, and team-baseddesigned projects

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Kurt Paterson, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University; Callie Miller, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Jason Forsyth, James Madison University

, Dr. Joshi has worked on multiple industry sponsored research projects (Michelin tweel –low rolling resistance for non-pneumatic tires, IFAI ballast friction testing project). She was actively involved in mentoring and advising Capstone design projects. She has advised over 10 different design projects –BMW, Rotary, TTi and mentored over 100 students. While at Clemson, Dr. Joshi was also awarded endowed teaching fellowship as a part of which she has taught a sophomore class on Foundations of Mechanical Systems for 2 semesters. Dr. Joshi worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Professor Jonathan Cagan at Carnegie Mellon University. She investigated the avenues of internet of things and connected products. While at

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Michael F Young, University of Connecticut; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut

Approach to First-Year Ethics InstructionThrough both success and failure, many engineering projects have a profound impact on individuals and society.Thus, ensuring future engineers consider these impacts and reflect on the ethical implications of their future work isan extremely important topic. There are many pitfalls with the traditional ways in which ethics is taught toengineering students. Often it is taught by a non-engineer as an abstract philosophical topic, rather than an act ofpersonal decision making situated in complex real-world contexts. . It is usually included late in the undergraduatecurriculum, such as during a senior capstone project, and is a relatively short subtopic (module) within a larger

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University; Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University

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industries. During his 16 years as a Senior Researcher at General Motors’ Global Research and Development Center, Mr. Donndelinger served as Principal Investigator on 18 industry-university collaborative projects focusing primarily on conducting interdisciplinary design feasibility assessments across the engineering, market- ing, finance and manufacturing domains. Prior to this, he held positions in New Product Development at Ford Motor Company and Onsrud Cutter. He currently serves as lead instructor for the Baylor En- gineering Capstone Design program and teaches additional courses in the areas of Engineering Design, Technology Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development. Mr. Donndelinger has published three book