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

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First-Year Programs

project targetsrecruitment and retention of engineering ethnic minorities, women, and economicallydisadvantaged and/or First Generation college-bound students. The strategies include: cohortbuilding, networking, and pathway to graduate school. Cohort building includes buildingproductive academic relationships among students, between students and faculty, and betweenstudents and the university administration. The networking strategies include building andupholding a professional network with all people the students meet within their education andfuture career field, such as advisors, faculty members from whom they take classes, professors intheir major, internship supervisors, employers or administrators, and throughvolunteer/community activities

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Zahorian, Binghamton University; Mike Elmore, Binghamton University; Kyle J. Temkin, Binghamton University

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First-Year Programs

major selection process: (1) Personal AcademicInterests; (2) Potential for Societal Contributions; and (3) Job Prospects. Students also had ahigh degree of support for “Decision Before Freshmen Program.”IntroductionAs at many universities, Binghamton University has a common first year for engineeringmajors. Binghamton University is a medium sized state-supported comprehensive university,with approximately 12,000 undergraduate students and 3000 graduate students . Engineeringdisciplines within the college of engineering and sciences include bioengineering (BE), computerengineering (CoE), electrical engineering (EE), industrial and systems engineering (ISE), andmechanical engineering (ME). Students with initial interest in any of these

Conference Session

FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Burford J. Furman, San Jose State University; Ping Hsu, San Jose State University; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

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First-Year Programs

students are different than the 2002 students. The students come to the universityknowing more about what engineers do and having more developed teamwork and technicalskills. This is an important consideration in evaluating the importance of the wow factor onoverall retention rates.Assessment of the “Wow Factor”A survey was administered to students who completed ENGR 10 during the previous 18 months,which explicitly explored why students originally chose engineering as a major, whether theyintend to continue in the major, and what factors were important in their decisions. The surveywas founded on work done by the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in EngineeringProject13 (AWE). The AWE project has developed assessment instruments for K-16

Conference Session

FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hyunyi Jung, Purdue University; Alena Moon, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

Rodgers is currently a graduate student at Purdue University in the School of Engineering Ed- ucation. She is a member of this research team studying teaching assistants’ perspectives of their TA responsibilities. This team of graduate students with the help of their mentor are currently working on developing a survey based on these interviews to further this research.Ms. Hyunyi Jung, Purdue UniversityAlena Moon, Purdue UniversityProf. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from the