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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Teamwork

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rui Li, New York University; Jack Bringardner, Colorado School of Mines; Victoria Bill, Colorado School of Mines

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. Palincsar, "Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning," Educational Psychologist, vol. 26, no. 3-4, pp. 369-398, 1991/06/01 1991, doi: 10.1080/00461520.1991.9653139.[19] B. M. Aller, D. M. Lyth, and L. A. Mallak, "Capstone project team formation: Mingling increases performance and motivation," Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 503-507, 2008.[20] M. W. Ohland et al., "The comprehensive assessment of team member effectiveness: Development of a behaviorally anchored rating scale for self-and peer evaluation," Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 609-630, 2012.

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Equity, Inclusion, and Access

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Hicks, Texas A&M University, Kingsville ; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mahesh Hosur, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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engineering students are required to complete a one- or two-semesterlong capstone course sequence that emphasizes integration of concepts and material fromprevious classes in the completion of a substantial design project. Education researchers havealso recognized the potential benefits design experiences can offer at earlier stages of anengineering curriculum, including introductory level courses [24, 35]. An important benefit ishelping to make clear to students at an early stage the importance of and linkage between thesupporting math and science courses they are required to take and the engineering field whichthey have chosen to study [10, 25, 32]. Design experiences completed early in the engineeringcurriculum can also make technical course

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Identity & Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma; Moses Olayemi, University of Oklahoma; Tierney Harvey, University of Oklahoma; Haley Taffe, University of Oklahoma

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. Additionally, CPPs offer several student benefits includingacquiring and applying new knowledge, improving skills in problem-solving, building aconnection with the community partner, etc. CPPs are found in many engineering capstone coursestaught at senior year; however, little research lies in CPPs when implemented within first-yearengineering courses. In this research study, we are interested in assessing students’ perceptions ofworking on a community-partnered project in their first year of engineering. At a large publicuniversity in the United States, we have designed a first-year engineering course that providesopportunities for students to work with CPP. In this course, students are tasked with solving aproblem that arises somewhere in the local

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodrigo Cutri, Maua Institute of Techonology; Hector Alexandre Chaves Gil, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Cristiane Maria Barra Da Matta; Octavio Mattasoglio Neto

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and Challenges Students’ Experience Solving an Open-Ended Problem” Paper presented at 2017 FYEE Conference, Daytona Beach, Florida. https://peer.asee.org/29440[17] Phelan, M. A., & Guha, A., & Harrison, B. K., & Moukarzel, G., & Tetteh, A. A., & Har-El, Y., & Ochia, R., “Design-thinking Concepts in Undergraduate Engineering Capstone Projects” Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2—34399[18] Sadeghipour, K., & Brookstein, D., & Fagan, S., & Budischak, C., Work in Progress: “Introducing Design Thinking in First-Year Engineering Education” Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line

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First-Year Programs Division GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa M. Simonik, State University of New York at Binghamton; Koenraad E. Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton

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Paper ID #42092GIFTS: Improved Team Skill Development through a Semester-Long TeamworkReportDr. Melissa M. Simonik, State University of New York at Binghamton Melissa received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Union College (Schenectady, NY) in 2014 and her M.Eng. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) in 2015. Melissa started at Binghamton University in 2015 as a Mechanical Engineering doctoral student. She served as a teaching assistant (TA) for Watson Capstone Projects for two years. She continued as a TA for the Engineering Design Division in 2017 where she taught both Introduction to

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First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Vicki V. May P.E., Dartmouth College

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survey (AWE, perceptions of engineering 2009) before students take HCEP and again after they are higher in students taking complete HCE courses. As a control, students will also be HCE than Math courses and surveyed before and after taking the standard mathematics significant gains are seen prerequisite courses. from pre to post.3. Apply and Longitudinally track student performance in later math, Students on the HCE retain key science, and engineering courses. Evaluate students’ ability pathway are better able to math to apply key math concepts in their capstone project. apply and retain key math

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4: Design Thinking & Entrepreneurship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Anjali Mulchandani, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas at Austin; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Purdue University ; Sydney Donohue Jobe, University of New Mexico; Paris Eisenman, University of New Mexico; Ethan Kapp, University of New Mexico

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. Accessed: Feb. 08, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/scaffolding-provided-to-engineering-students-in-cornerstone-design- project-scenarios-related-to-practices-of-expert-designers[22] N. Phanthanousy and Y. Allam, “First-year / senior year design data: Preliminary results from ongoing research on post-secondary design student activities,” in 2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Oct. 2013, pp. 1118–1120. doi: 10.1109/FIE.2013.6685003.[23] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A review of literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented Capstone courses,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 17–28, 1997, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1997.tb00260.x.[24] M. D

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmy Mohandas, Purdue University ; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University

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course is highly groupbased and has three projects throughout the semester. The first two projects are small in scopeand is focused to help students learn the design thinking process. The final capstone project is 8weeks long is where students work on solving an open-ended engineering grand challenge. Thefinal deliverable for the course includes a functional prototype for the problem space the studentsare working on, and a final presentation related to the same. There are multiple low stakeassignments in the form of quizzes, reflections and fieldworks embedded throughout the courseadding to their final grade. Since Spring 2020 with the onset of COVID-19, the course alsofollows a HyFlex modality where students are given the autonomy to attend

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First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina ; Ehssan Nazockdast, University of North Carolina ; Daphne Klotsa , University of North Carolina

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included a foundational course with nopre-requisites, a three-course sequence of classic engineering courses that had some STEM pre-requisites, and a capstone design class that was open to seniors in all majors. While these classesfulfilled general education requirements, they were not specifically required for all engineeringstudents, as they had alternative options.We built on this history by creating two first-year engineering courses that were required for allengineering students, but also fulfilled general education requirements for all students at ourinstitution. With a mix of students in the course, the engineering students will learn to worktogether with liberal arts students on engineering projects, while the liberal arts students

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Teamwork

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., Oklahoma Baptist University

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[1]. Today, manyfirst-year students typically have little hands-on experience related to engineering [2]. Manyhave never used common tools before and do not know how common devices, such as carengines, actually work. Stephen Belkoff, an engineering professor at Johns Hopkins, noted thelack of practical skills for incoming freshmen, “These are all A students, and it took two days tobuild a shelf from Home Depot and get it @$$-backwards” [3]. While they are generally verycomputer savvy, incoming freshmen have little experience with engineered equipment. Studentsdo get experience with equipment in a variety of labs and in their capstone projects during thecourse of their college careers, but neither of these may be with actual equipment used

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Curricular & Program Design

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven; Stephanie M Gillespie, University of New Haven

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evaluating specific characteristics of thementorship experience itself [7]. Other mentorship within engineering programs is designed to support career or industrymentoring, usually for upper-level students. While industry mentors focusing on technical andproject mentorship through capstone projects is sometimes considered mentorship [21,22],mentorship programs with less curricular integration often focus on broader career readiness.Industry mentors are sometimes expected to assist with helping students find internships and jobs[3] or to develop professional skills that aren’t usually taught as a part of the engineeringcurriculum [23]. Evaluation of these programs is often driven by surveys and may explore whichcareer-readiness topics are being

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First-Year Programs Division: Best of FPD

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware

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interest towards the end of the discussion with Ciara, asking:“Um, how are you enjoying the project? Do you like it, though?” Other NPMs may havediscerned from other questions that Ciara was not disinterested in the course or engineering. Forexample, early in the discussion, NPM Greer asked about a capstone course that Ciara had takenin high school and that she mentioned in her CATME report. Ciara shared that she “liked thatproject” – an engineering project – very much. For other NPMs, Ciara’s expressions that she hasa desire to contribute to the team but has trouble doing so due to logistical issue likely suggestedher inherent interest in the project and course.Results for Research Question 2: Supportive StatementsAll but one participant (92