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FPD 2: Building Community

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha; Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI

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1985. From January 1985 to September 1986, he was employed as a Research Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, and an Assistant Professor at Purdue University Calumet until September 1986. Then, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI where he is now Professor and Associate Chair of the Department. His research interests include solid State devices, VLSI signal processing, and electromagnetics. He is a senior member of IEEE and a PE registered in the State of Indiana.Dr. Sudhir ShresthaDr. Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI Dr. Kody Varahramyan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1983. From 1982 to 1992 he was with IBM

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FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Tom G. Thomas, University of South Alabama; Kuang-Ting Hsiao, University of South Alabama

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materials. A companion thread for the program is LabVIEWprogramming, which is integrated into each topic. Robotics and the associated programming areintriguing topics for the students and provide immediate motivation for studying engineering.The students explore instrumentation, sensors, and control using Lego Robots. They useLabVIEW to investigate material properties and behavior for metals, polymers, and composites.The LabVIEW and MINDSTORM combination provides immediate, visual, verification ofproject solutions. Each topic is introduced by a series of short lectures followed by hands-oninteractive laboratory sessions. The students quickly gain skills and facility with both tools,using creative approaches to accomplish the various assigned

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FPD 5: Course Delivery Methods and Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Jenahvive K. Morgan, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University; Kaitlin Engle Mallouk, Rowan University

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Paper ID #8701A Hybrid Flipped First Year Engineering CourseDr. Jess W. Everett, Rowan University Jess W. Everett has worked in four distinct areas: waste management operations research, contaminated site assessment and remediation, education innovation, and sustainable engineering. He has employed a wide variety of techniques, including computer modeling, laboratory experiments, field testing, and surveys. His current research focuses on energy conservation, alternative energy generation, engineering learning communities, and hybrid courses (courses with classroom and on-line aspects).Dr. Jenahvive K Morgan, Rowan

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FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Husted, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Judith Virginia Gutierrez; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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, knowledge of domain, intellectual style,personality, motivation, and environmental context. Creative performance ensues from aconfluence of these six elements.6-8 Introduction to Chemical, Food, and EnvironmentalEngineering Design is a 3 credit required course for CE, FE, and EE. Course content andclassroom activities are divided into two, 75-minute sessions (Concepts, and Laboratory) perweek. Students have three different facilitators (an instructor and two teaching assistants).Course main goal is to introduce students to the Engineering Method, this is accomplished byfocusing on six course objectives: self-regulation, communication, working cooperatively andcollaboratively, problem solving, modeling, and quality. Introduction to Chemical, Food

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FPD 9: First-Year Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Broderick W. Carlin, University of St. Thomas

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to three different settings (white lines)Laboratory ActivityStudents were provided two lab sections to practice soldering and work on their project. Eachlab section was 100 minutes, had ~15 students and was staffed by the course instructor and 1-2undergraduate student mentors. These paid student mentors were typically sophomore or juniorengineering majors who had previously built the circuit. At the start of the first lab session all 15students were given a 10-15 minute lesson which included the following topics:  when/where soldering is used  what is a printed circuit board (PCB)  how to populate a PCB with components  what is solder  what is flux  how solder is different from conductive glue (i.e. metals are

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FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E.S. Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University

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the design process. These studies ask participants to solveconceptual design tasks in a laboratory setting and most are structured as individual tasks.In addition to VPA and the coding scheme, Atman et al.10 measured time devoted to the task aswell as step of the design process, the number of transitions between design steps, the number of Page 24.558.3requests for information, the number of alternative solutions developed, and rated the quality ofeach participant’s final solution.In Atman’s 1999 work,10 freshman and seniors were asked to conceptually design a playground.Freshman spent most of their design time modeling, developing the

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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, mechanics, computational tools and international product design as well as graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He has conducted research in the areas of environmentally-responsible manu- facturing, globally-distributed engineering teaming and early engineering education development and has over 30 years of combined academic and industrial management experience. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Dr. S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University S. Patrick Walton received his B.ChE. from Georgia Tech, where he began his biomedical research career in the Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He then attended MIT where he earned his M.S

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FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University

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introductory course for engineering freshmen. This feedback can beused to improve curriculum and enhance student engagement. Students are known to find thetransition from high school to a demanding major such as engineering very challenging. Thisstudy provides some insight into the student opinion about this transition. Furthermore, thefindings from this study can be used to improve the delivery of follow-up introductory coursesand enhancement of metacognitive development. The assessment of learning outcomes throughmultiple measures provides a means of understanding the usefulness of laboratory and projectcontent in meeting outcomes, and also allows a comparison of the findings with the data in theexisting literature.2, 3Keywords: Introductory Courses

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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be more productive and produce higher quality work on the engineeringdesign project. In future, this course will include the following components as well. • Identify mentors for each incoming engineering student from the following groups (a) senior level students in their chosen major (b) local industry representatives who serve on the engineering curriculum advisory board – these individuals will guide the student throughout their undergraduate degree program at our institution • Emphasize the relevance of proper laboratory practices and their relation to field activities in the context of the community-based engineering project

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FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati; Jeff Kastner, University of Cincinnati; F. James Boerio, University of Cincinnati; Joni A. Torsella, University of Cincinnati

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electrical energy from the reaction of hydrogenand oxygen. Each of the experiments lasts for two weeks.In Engineering Foundations, students are also introduced to a number of professional skills, suchas technical writing, communication, engineering ethics, and the engineering design process.Technical writing is covered by requiring the students to prepare laboratory reports for each ofthe four hands-on experiments. Communication is emphasized through a group presentation thatrequires the students to research one of the fourteen Grand Challenges9 identified by the NationalAcademy of Engineers and to present their findings to the class. Ethics is covered during alecture that uses practical examples and role playing to emphasize the challenges in

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FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole L Hird, Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University

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repeatedwith a higher-quality mesh, and students are educated about the differences in meshes and whichcharacteristics are important for a mesh. They are also shown how to determine whether a meshproduces realistic results. Figure 1: Rectangular Channel ModelIn the second part of the laboratory, students model flow through a channel from a standard chipwhich is used in initial introductory lab experiments. The computer model of the channel isagain provided (see Figure 2 below), and students find the same properties as in the simplechannel, with an explanation of entrance length. Students compare the results from the CFDsoftware to the output of their own programs, and discuss reasons for discrepancies

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FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of Utah

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Page 24.47.7 6 Lecture from a Single Instructor Based on the data collected from student feedback, changes were made to the courseformat that included more of the learning formats that would better help them gain a betterunderstanding of both engineering majors and engineering careers.Fall 2012 The course format was changed for the second academic year based on student feedback.Because students listed hands-on activities, tours of research laboratories and classroomdiscussion as the top learning strategies, they were incorporated into the class. The class formatwas redesigned to focus on the grand challenges and include a final conceptual design project atthe end of the semester. At specific

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FPD 3: Retention

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Theodore Demetrius Caldwell M.Ed., Diversity Programs Office/College of Engineering/Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Subashini Nagendran Sivakumar, Michigan State University; Kyle P. Foster, Michigan State University College of Engineering; Tonisha Brandy Lane, Michigan State University; Rickey Alfred Caldwell Jr.; Lisa R. Henry, Michigan State University

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Sticklen is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education Research at Michigan State Uni- versity. He also serves MSU as Director of Applied Engineering Sciences, an undergraduate bachelor of science degree program that is highly interdisciplinary focusing on both engineering and business. He also is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. In the decade of the c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #9648 90s, Dr. Sticklen founded and led a computer science laboratory in knowledge-based systems focused on task specific approaches to problem

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FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Ziaur Rahman, The University of Texas at Arlington; Heather L Frost

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Brent, R. “The Intellectual Development of Science and Engineering Students Part 2: Teaching to Promote Growth.” J. Engineering Education, Vol. 3, No. 4 (2004): 279-291.16. Gasper, B. J. and Gardener, S. M. “Engaging Students in Authentic Microbiology Research in an Introductory Biology Laboratory Course is Correlated with Gains in Understanding of the Nature of Authentic Research and Critical Thinking.” J. Microbiology & Biology Education, May 2013, p. 25-34.17. Gottesman, A. J. and Hoskins, S. G. “CREATE Cornerstone: Introduction to Scientific Thinking, a New Course for STEM-Interested Freshmen, Demystifies Scientific Thinking through Analysis of Scientific Literature.” CBE-Life Sciences Education. Vol. 12. (2013): 59-72.18

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FPD 5: Course Delivery Methods and Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Brooke Morin, Ohio State University

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thegrade breakdown shown in Table 1. Table 1: First year engineering grade breakdown for the first semester course. Grade Category % of Grade Preparation Assignments 10% Application Assignments 20% Laboratory Assignments 21% Journals 3% Design Project 5% Extra Weekly Assignments BONUS 3% Quizzes 6% Midterm Exams 20

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FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lydia Prendergast, Rutgers, School of Engineering; Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University

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electricity. See the appendix for the complete project. In designing this circuit,students had to utilize physics concepts within engineering constraints. Borrowing fromprinciples of problem-based and collaborative learning, in this semi-structured project, in groups,students were expected to make a self-assessment of what they already knew, what they neededto know, and where to go to find obtain information needed to solve the problem.There are multiple expected outcomes that students can use in their design of the semi-structuredproject, but they do not have to use any particular design element or any combination of designelements. Also, because the class is not held in a laboratory with specialized equipment,students’ design decisions are limited

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FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Pow, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT; María Helguera, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Pieri, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sadie Wolters; Michael Glynn Augspurger, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Briana A. Neuberger, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Victoria Scholl, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Bondi, Rochester Institute of Technology

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range of new technologies and systems.Dr. Mar´ıa Helguera, Rochester Institute of Technology Mar´ıa Helguera was born in Mexico city where she got a BS in Physics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She also holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester and a PhD in Imaging Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) . Dr. Helguera is the principal investigator in the Biomedical and Materials Multimodal Imaging Laboratory in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science (CIS), RIT. Dr. Helguera is also very interested in implementing novel pedagogies in science and technology and has been involved with the freshman imaging project since its inception

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FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wallace Martindell Catanach III, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christopher Stephen Smith, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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-Engineering, Shawnee Mission High SchoolMs. Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkMr. Christopher Stephen Smith, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mr. Smith is an instructor at the Pennsylvania State University in the School of Engineering Design, Tech- nology, and Professional Programs. He is also a research engineer at the Applied Research Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University. His education consits of a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and an M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University