Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Elizabeth L Hutchins, Tennessee Tech University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

Paper ID #20885Utilizing an Institution’s QEP and Applying Career Development and Learn-ing Principles into an Engineering FYE CourseDr. Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Kris Craven is currently the Interim Chairman of the General and Basic Engineering (GBE) Depart- ment and a tenured Assistant Professor of the same department at Tennessee Tech University (TTU). I have been employed by TTU since 2000 primarily teaching in the Basic Engineering Program. I have also been teaching junior level courses for the Mechanical Engineering department for several years. In addition to ASEE, I am a member of

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Kevin Joseph Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

Carolina engineering technology, and construction managementat Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering. students in the pursuit of their educational and career goals.Although the MAPS program was originally developed The program utilizes the talents and leadership of College ofand implemented through National Science Foundation Engineering upper class students to engage, direct, and(NSF) funding more than two decades ago, it is now fully support freshmen, transfer, and continuing students, new tofunded by the University as a key component of the the pursuit of an engineering or engineering technologySouthern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) degree. The MAPS program is comprised of

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

– 2017 academic year,mandatory extracurricular programming in professional the School of Engineering welcomed its inaugural class,development and service, and mandatory machine shop providing first-year engineering programming andand makerspace training. The three cross-cutting themes extracurricular opportunities to nearly one hundred studentswere the core values of the School of Engineering, the who enrolled in at least one engineering course. The Schoolneed for diversity in engineering, and the availability of of Engineering also provided opportunities for students todifferent career choices in engineering. Data was collected interact with the broader Campbell community throughthroughout the

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Kayla Nicole Arnsdorff; Ashley Tingting Chen; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

throughout a task such as school or a career. Chris talks inat the longitudinal impact of the DYP project on retention, general about students using goals as motivation when heperformance, and affective measures for undergraduateengineering students who create the DYP plan in their first says that by keeping track of "progress they are makingyear. Pilot data in the form of DYP reflections were coded in towards their goals they make it easier to have a strongorder to begin the development of a qualitative coding commitment to the goal because they can see they are movingscheme for future data collected for the project. forward with it

Conference Session

WIP: Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University; Kerry E Patterson, Lipscomb University; Joseph B Tipton Jr., Lipscomb University

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

introducing these concepts in the freshman year, students will be able to apply the skills they develop inIndex Terms – FYEE course, Human-centered design, future projects throughout their tenure as an undergraduateInteractive design, Sustainable design, Engineering design student and into their career as an engineer.process OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION To improve student outcomes at the Raymond B. JonesWhile engineering problem-solving utilizes concepts from College of

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

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David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

, and lectures.from various engineering disciplines. The course Previously, an engineering graphics and “fundamentals”presented a great breadth of topics through a series of style intro sequence was required of all students and thetutorials, laboratory experiments, and lectures. When faculty led the programs through a change to thereflecting and commenting on the course, students aforementioned model in 2008. In 2012, the author started hisexpressed frustration with a “lack of accomplishment” faculty career at Norwich and was immediately tasked withand “jumping around”—indicators of low self-efficacy “fixing” this introductory course, which was in its infancy. Abeliefs. Further

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Sharri Lee Kornblum, CSULA engineering department; Zanj Kano Avery El; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

, Computers Science and Technology (ECST) matches closely that of theuniversity. In terms of academic preparation, 40% of incoming engineering first year studentsjoin Cal State LA testing into remedial math, while the percentage of calculus-ready freshmenhas traditionally been very low. Cal State LA serves as a gateway to higher education for theyouth in this population, and our College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology(ECST) serves as a gateway to STEM careers. Recently, Cal State LA was ranked 1st in thecountry in social mobility for propelling a higher percentage of students from the bottom fifth ofincome into the top fifth of U.S. earners (Turner & Treasury, 2017). About 80% of incomingengineering freshmen participate in ECST’s

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

of Cincinnati, whitney.gaskins@uc.edu, burbansm@mail.uc.edu, jenkink4@mail.uc.edu Xavier University Louisiana, colatunj@xula.edu, mberger@xula.eduAbstract - The first year of college encompasses one of microaggression, conscious and unconscious biases arethe most challenging transitions a student may face sources of chronic stress and trauma that negatively impactduring their college career and/or lifetime. For minority their academic achievement [7]. Stereotype threat describesstudents in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math a condition in which students’ belonging to a group has(STEM), the transitioning experience may yield many been stereotyped causing

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

embark on engineering careers, do not explicitlysoft skills through conflict resolution. Currently as know about ABET soft skills such as proper communicationstand-alone course sessions embedded within and partnership conflict management. Often, whenengineering classes, exposure to ABET’s soft skills as engineering students engage in group projects, their focuswell as conflict resolution techniques, can dramatically and assessment are on the final product instead of both theimprove student understanding and collaborative product and the process of product creation. To gaininteractions. The researchers propose utilizing these understanding of the collegiate

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2017 FYEE Conference

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; James Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

education courses as important to their future careers as engineers. J. Blake Hylton, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio Northern University, j-hylton@onu.edu

Conference Session

WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engagement

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Lauren Miranda Lingar; Abbey Williams; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

critical that in cluster 2 had mid-level responses to interest, value, instructors and course designers develop flipped classrooms and perceived choice in programming tasks as well as with a specific focus on tying to student interest, identifying mid-level performance on an exam focused on value of the skills learned to future careers, and providing MATLAB programming. All other performance opportunities for student autonomy in the class. By pairing measures were similar between clusters. the flipped classroom with pedagogy linked to interest, value, Cluster 3 was comprised of 98 participants, or and perceived choice, instructors have

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Racheida S Lewis, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

and science learning (pp. 331–352). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.[3] Settles, I. H. (2004). When multiple identities interfere: the role of identity centrality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(4), 487–500. http://doi.org/10.1177/0146167203261885[4] Jones, B. D., Paretti, M. C., Hein, S. F., & Knott, T. W. (2010). An Analysis of Motivation Constructs with First year Engineering Students: Relationships Among Expectancies, Values, Achievement, and Career Plans. Journal of Engineering Education, 99(4), 319–336. http://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01066.x[5] Krathwohl. (n.d.). The Logic of Inferential Statistics (p. Chapter 19

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Leotis L. Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Ava W. Dickens, North Carolina A&T State University; Tamara L Fuller, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

and tion to HOME Program students. Student support for theFirst Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference August 6 - 8, 2017, Daytona Beach, FL W1A-1 Session W1AHOME Program includes peer and faculty mentoring, schol- 3. Provide participants with pre-college academic ex-arships, internships, co-ops, and mentoring. posure, career preparation and networking opportunities The impetus for launching the HOME Program was to re- 4. Provide structure and opportunities for a sense ofcruit students

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engineering Design

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

FELIX ORLANDO MARTINEZ-RIOS, Universidad Panamericana

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

, Illinois. 2006Mathematics and Science subjects in the first year [14]-[16]. [7] Hensel, R., Sigler, J. R., Lowery, A., "Breaking The Cycle Of Fifty percent of the students who have participated in the Calculus Failure: Models Of Early Math Intervention ToSAE competition have already passed at least 65% of the Enhance Engineering Retention", Annual Conference &subjects of their undergraduate study program, indicating a Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2008.high probability of completing their entire Engineering [8] Landis, R., "Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewardingprogram. Career

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mathematics

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Sungwon Steven Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

” students for correlate ACT Math scores with student success largelyengineering study is explored. The question of how we stemmed from the author’s personal conversation andcan provide academic and advising support to the group interaction with graduating senior students that spannedof students who are identified to be “marginally throughout the students’ entire academic career at MSU,prepared” is raised and discussed. Effective strategies of Mankato. The number graduating senior students has heldusing ACT Math scores to identify this group of steady at approximately 25 students, while the number of“marginally prepared” students so that their probability students registering for the ME 101