Conference Session

WORKSHOP III: From Ideas to Action: Integrating Entrepreneurial Mindset in FYE Programs

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Jack Bringardner, Colorado School of Mines; Krista M Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Cassie Wallwey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame

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FYEE 2025

First-Year Programs Division and the First-Year Engineering Experience Conference. He is on the Executive Steering Committee for the Vertically Integrated Projects Consortium. Prior to working at Colorado School of Mines, he was the Assistant Dean for Academics and taught Introduction to Engineering and Design at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.Dr. Krista M Kecskemety, The Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University and the co-Director of the Fundamentals of Engineering Programs. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In

Conference Session

GIFTS II

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Ashley Joyce Mont, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Philip Reid Brown, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Katie Barillas, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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FYEE 2025

they defined.This project not only promoted active learning and creative thinking, but also intentionallyintroduced some ambiguity, challenging students to operate without step-by-step guidance, a keyaspect of real-world engineering practice [1, 2].Curricular ActivityStudents were tasked with applying the engineering design process to create an original 3Dmodel in Onshape®. Prior to the assignment, students were introduced to Onshape® through in-class tutorials on sketching, extruding and dimensioning. Our first tutorial was adapted frommaterials provided by the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at RutgersUniversity and it included designing an engineering dog bone which is typically used in tensiletesting [3]. Students followed

Conference Session

Full Papers III

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Rachel Anne Smith, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Aileen Hentz PhD, University of Maryland, College Park; Thaddeus Hill, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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a student service professional. She is currently the Program Director of Academic and Student Services in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) where she oversees both the undergraduate and graduate programs. She has led efforts to expand research programs, peer mentoring, and curriculum innovations as well as the department’s key student support and advising programs. She earned her PhD from UMD’s Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, her M.Ed in College Student Affairs from Pennsylvania State University, and her BA in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Thaddeus Hill, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Thaddeus Hill is

Conference Session

GIFTS I

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Becca Kiriazes, Catholic University of America

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FYEE 2025

adapted to other programs looking to boost student connectionand comfort on campus.References[1] A. D. Ronan, "A scavenger hunt activity to welcome first-year students to the civilengineering department," in Proc. 2019 ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo., 2019.[2] S. Gray, E. Lindsay, and J. Walraven, "Orienthunt: The development of a scavenger hunt tomeet the needs of a first year engineering orientation," in Australasian Association forEngineering Education Conference 2011: Developing Engineers for Social Justice: CommunityInvolvement, Ethics & Sustainability, Fremantle, Western Australia, Dec. 5–7, 2011[3] K. Morgan et al., "Work-in-progress: Reflection & projection: An exploration of a scavengerhunt assignment in an introduction to aerospace

Conference Session

Full Papers IV

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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James Nathaniel Newcomer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alice Hyunna Noble, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Devin Erb, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Annabel Bass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Top 3 goal codes (average score) 0 ● Aerospace (AE) ● Ambition (67.5%) ● Electrical (EE) ● Impact (50.8%) ● Special Interest (38.1%) 1 ● Computer Engineering (CPE) ● Ambition (70.1%) ● Computer Science (CS) ● Learn (36.1%) ● Happiness (31.8%) 2 ● Chemical (CHE) ● Ambition (82.9%) ● Mechanical (ME) ● Impact (38.2

Conference Session

Full Papers I

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FYEE 2025 Conference

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Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Benjamin Goldschneider, University of Virginia; Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; David R. Gutierrez, University of Virginia; Esther Tian, University of Virginia; Shaylin Williams, University of Virginia

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a sense of belonging from feeling supported by faculty and peers. We expect that knowingabout or being comfortable using campus support resources would support a SoB for the samereason. Finally, we expect that confidence in major selection will positively correlate with SoB.Table 2. Major choices of first-time, first-year engineering students Interest in Summer 2023 Major Spring 2025 Stuck w/ Intended MajorMajor Count % Count % Count %Aerospace Engineering 64 8.8 55 7.6 41 64.1Biomedical Engineering 108 14.9 96 13.2 73