Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

authors implemented several significantmodifications to address needs manifest in students’ experience: 1. The instruction sheet was modified to forbid the use of the instruction sheet as construction material. 2. A barter policy was implemented to encourage an entrepreneurial mindset. Teams could barter with other teams for project materials. 3. The Rubik’s cube was replaced with a wooden block (3¼”W x 3¼”D x 2½”H) topped with a wireless doorbell to prevent use of the Rubik’s Cube as a structural member in a team’s design. The addition of the doorbell allowed us to define two modes of failure (described later). 4. Instructions sheets, supplies and/or tools were withheld until after the oral briefing to