Conference Session

FPD 2: Retention

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kristen Strominger, University of Cincinnati - School of Energy, Environmental, Biological and Medical Engineering; Urmila Ghia, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering undergraduate students into the College’sscholarship – such as conducting research and presenting the findings. In this paper theprograms implemented for each strategy are presented followed by results documenting theimpact of the strategy on retention and student success. Finally, the conclusion sectionsummarizes the highlights of the accomplishments and the challenges faced. This paper willhelp serve as a resource for others planning similar programs for engineering undergraduatestudents. The University of Cincinnati (UC) is an urban, comprehensive, research-intensive, publicinstitution with over 42,000 students. The UC College of Engineering and Applied Science(CEAS) has over 3,000 undergraduate and 650 graduate students, and grants