Conference Session

Exploring Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Jaeger, Beverly Jaeger, and Richard Whalen are members of Northeastern University’s; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-1212: WHEN THE LIGHT GOES ON: ILLUMINATING THE PATHWAYTO ENGINEERINGSusan Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, Beverly Jaeger, and Richard Whalen are members of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered and professionally-oriented mission of Northeastern University.Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern UniversityRichard Whalen, Northeastern University

Conference Session

Exploring Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Sean Mulvenon, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

to CoE students are Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering); ≠ providing FEP students with academic, career, and personal advising in a proactive manner; ≠ fostering a sense of community among FEP students, other CoE students, the CoE faculty, and the balance of the UofA community.The FEP is executed via two sub-programs – the Freshman Engineering Academic Program(FEAP) and the Freshman Engineering Student Services Program (FESSP). These sub-programsare executed by a faculty Director, two full-time professional staff members, one full-timeinstructor, volunteer

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Margaret Hyland, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Karl Stol, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

supervising graduate students in dynamics and control systems. He was awarded the Early Career Teaching Excellence Award in 2007 from the Faculty of Engineering.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Award in 2007 from the Faculty of Engineering. Page 14.736.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Innovation and Integration in an In-house First-Year Engineering Program: A fast track to Engineering EnculturationAbstractThe first-year of the four-year Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) program at the Universityof Auckland has been taught entirely in-house by the School of Engineering since 1996,when university-wide structural

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Traum, University of North Texas; Sharon Karackattu, University of North Texas

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First-Year Programs

underpinning principles and ethosadhered to by engineers in research, academia, and industry. Subsequent classes were team-taughtby the MEE faculty in concert with five practicing engineers from local industry. Faculty membersshared their careers as research engineers, and practicing engineers exposed students to projectsencountered in the professional workplace.Participating engineers from industry and government were recruited from local companies throughthree techniques: personal contacts made at university-sponsored conferences and career fairs;telephone calls to local firms’ outreach coordinators; and members of the industrial advisory boardof the College of Engineering. Practicing engineers generally responded favorably to requests toshare their

Conference Session

Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Jones, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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First-Year Programs

, ENGR 1050, and the ERC. All of the programs arefunded by student fees. Approximately 15 scholarships, provided by the NSF STEP grant, areavailable on a first come-first serve basis for the E2 camp. In the development of each of these programs, activities were chosen based on individual Page 14.535.3project team members’ experience and current research in hands-on active learning. Programemphases included personal/professional development and building a sense of community. ENG2: Engineering Engagement for Student SuccessProfessional development activities included discipline chats, an

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

thatstudents understood critical thinking and its role in the practice of engineering. Subsequentinterviews with incoming engineering students found a limited understanding of critical thinking.In an effort to help students become better critical thinkers and appreciate the importance of itspractice throughout their education and careers, critical thinking and engineering reasoning arenow explicit parts of the engineering school’s recently introduced, ―Introduction to Engineering‖(ENGR 100) course.To maintain consistency with the University’s overall QEP, the Paul-Elder model of criticalthinking is used to define and operationalize critical thinking. Critical thinking is now both anexplicit and implicit component of the ―Introduction to Engineering

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Cynthia Helman, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

College offers multidisciplinary programs in the social sciences founded ona model of liberal education and designed to prepare students for law school, graduate study,decision-making roles in public and private enterprise. Students examine how public policyproblems are identified, analyzed, and resolved in the United States and globally.13Residential College in the Arts and HumanitiesThe Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) is an interdisciplinary college forundergraduate students interested in the global connections between literature, history, ethics,culture, world languages, the visual and performing arts, and their own civic engagement in thesefields of work and study. Students, faculty, visitors, and staff are able to