Conference Session

FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan; Rodney Johnson, University of Michigan

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. Engage in an ethical decision-making process, given some engineering situation. 6. Identify the ethical, environmental and global and societal impacts of engineering practice. 7. Design technical/professional communications. 8. Deliver well-structured, technically sound oral and written communication. 9. Evaluate and effectively construct arguments, using technical content at the first-year level.The technical component of the course varies by section, with some sections being very specificto a given major, such as the “Mechanics and Materials for the Design of Biomedical Devicesand Orthopedic Implants.” Others, such as ours, are broader in

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University

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AC 2008-654: TINKERING INTERACTIONS ON FRESHMAN ENGINEERINGDESIGN TEAMSArlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University Arlisa Labrie Richardson graduated from Grambling State University with a BS in Physics. After ten years of engineering experience in the semiconductor industry, she returned to graduate school to earn a MS in Engineering of Materials from Arizona State University. In May 2008 she completed her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Science Education at Arizona State University. Her research interest includes freshman engineering and retention efforts for female engineering students. In her current position as the Coordinator of Instructional

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University

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partnering with area high school math and science teachers in Discovery Weekends for high school students. • Louisiana Tech’s S-STEM Scholarship Program – NSF-0631083 – scholarship program supporting the Freshman Enrichment Program (FrEP) students. • Innovation through Multidisciplinary Projects and Collaborative Teams (IMPaCT) – NSF-0536082 – motivates students to look at the “big picture” in a horizontally and vertically integrated program centered on year-long design projects. • Living with the Lab – NSF-0618288 – encourages students to develop a “can do” attitude by giving students ownership of a mobile experiment platform. • University Seminar

Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Halada, State University of New York at Stony Brook

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questions to assess the impact ofboth course design as well as other factors which affect the complex issue of self-efficacy.Clearly, combinations of new online methods such as SEAS and the user-modified SALG whichprovide quantitative data with qualitative information from student reflection papers haveprovided the best insight so far into the correlation between course design and overallperceptions of student self-efficacy.v) Finally, I have observed that there is a proportional tendency between the amount ofassessment done and students’ negative impression of the value of assessment (“assessmentburnout”). This has taught me an important cautionary lesson for future assessment efforts. Also,the more “informal” and directly linked to classroom

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Baxter, University of Southern California; Louise Yates, University of Southern California

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2003 to 91.3% in 2006. The concentrated effortsaround high service programs and early academic engagement in engineering have beeninstrumental in assisting us in retaining freshmen students.IntroductionIn today’s environment of declining interests in engineering as a major for high school students,there is a need to be more creative and innovative in order to retain and graduate undergraduatestudents who choose to pursue engineering in college. The trend of “weeding out” engineeringstudents with only “the tough surviving” is a practice of the past. Instead, we need to implementprograms that are supportive and encourage students to succeed in all areas of engineering.Advocates for future engineering challenges agree that the continued success

Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas at Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas at Tyler; Sagun Shrestha, University of Texas at Tyler

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Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler and expects to graduate in 2008. He is a tutor in the Back-To-Basics program and the president of the local student chapter of the IEEE. His other interests include operating systems and electronics design projects. Page 13.1205.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Back-To-Basics Peer Tutoring Program: Results and ExperiencesAbstractEngineering institutions nationwide are facing a troika of problems: recruitment, studentpreparedness and retention. The situation has merited national attention due to potential impacton the status of the nation as a global

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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of first-year college experience andstudents’ self-perception of math ability in persistence. Jackson et al. 7 concludes that the first-year GPA is the best predictor of attrition. According to Besterfield-Sacre, M., et al. 8, adoptionof an active learning format has the strongest impact on students’ academic performance and Page 13.182.2their attitudes about engineering profession.9Improving the freshmen experience has great potential for increasing retention which ultimatelytranslates into a higher graduation rate. Many engineering institutions in the nation aredeveloping and testing a combination of academic and non-academic programs to

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida Ngambeki, Purdue University; Odesma Dalrymple, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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information about the main elements and processesinfluencing the choice of a particular discipline or that to leave engineering altogether, the thirdsection was a questionnaire designed to discover one’s orientation on a person/thing scale, andthe fourth section outlined opportunities for further participation in the study and invitedrespondents to participate further. Partial results from the analysis of four questions from thesecond portion of the survey are presented below.This study used qualitative research methods to understand the participants’ explanations of theirchoices. An inductive methodology was used whereby the data were analyzed for emergingpatterns and themes. This was done iteratively by identifying core factors from

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; John Uhran, University of Notre Dame; Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; John Ventura, Christian Brothers University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Rebecca Ladewski, University of Notre Dame

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at the University of Louisville. Her research interests include recruitment and retention programming for females and under-represented minorities as well as work with first and second year engineering students.Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame Ms. Slaboch is a first year mechanical engineering graduate student at the University of Notre Dame. Her research involves the wear and friction of bovine cartilage.Rebecca Ladewski, University of Notre Dame Page 13.977.1 Ms. Ladewski graduated in 2007 from the University of Notre Dame with degrees in philosophy and chemical engineering. She