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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Norma L Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University

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Paper ID #32084Three Years After Rollout: A Report on Systemic Changes in a First-YearEngineering ProgramDr. Amy J. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University AJ Hamlin is a Principle Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech- nological University, where she teaches first-year engineering courses. Her research interests include engineering ethics, spatial visualization, and educational methods. She is an active member in the Mul- tidisciplinary Engineering and the Engineering Design Graphics Divisions of ASEE. For the Multidisi- plinary Division she has served as the Secretary/Treasurer and

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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James Lenn, Wayne State University; Fatmir Menkulasi P.E., Wayne State University; Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University; Jessie Mazin Yousif-Dickow; McKayla Kleinschrodt; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

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responsibility for the operationand maintenance of the 3D printing lab.This class has been met with great enthusiasm from students, instructors and administrators; andhas resulted in many creative and surprisingly complex, meticulously implemented projects. Aninitiative was begun in the fall 2019 semester, where embedded control capability wasincorporated into many of the existing projects by students with minimal programming experience.This has proven to have had a positive impact on making projects more realistic and on capturingstudent interest. This paper will provide an overview of our methodology in order to allow otherinstitutions to develop a similar model.IntroductionIt is widely recognized among those engaged in engineering education that