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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Paper ID #32058GIFT: The Influence of Stakeholders in Ethical Decision MakingMrs. Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Natalie Van Tyne is an Associate Professor of Practice at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univer- sity, where she teaches first year engineering design as a foundation courses for Virginia Tech’s under- graduate engineering degree programs. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from Rutgers University, Lehigh University and Colorado School of Mines, and studies best practices in pedagogy, learning strate- gies, reflective learning and critical thinking

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Briana M Bouchard, Tufts University; Kristen B Wendell, Tufts University; Ethan E Danahy, Tufts University

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. While the section topics vary widely, each sectionis asked to incorporate group work, ethics, and engineering design into the course curriculum.The “Simple Robotics” section of the Applications in Engineering course has been offered eachyear for over five years. This section is heavily project-based and requires group workthroughout the semester. Mid-way through the fall 2019 semester, the thirty students in the“Simple Robotics” section participated in a two-day instructional module on equitableengineering talk. This module explicitly addressed the role of discourse in engineering practiceas well as the importance of inclusive and equitable discourse.The equitable engineering talk module took place over two 75-minute class sessions and

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Elizabeth Kurban, Women in Engineering, University of Maryland College Park; Mary L Bowden, University of Maryland College Park

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students were admitted to participate in the 2019 FYSE Program and 21 of thosestudents attended. All participants identified as women, and all participants were admitted to theDivision of Letters and Sciences at the [UNIVERSITY], but initially applied to and areinterested in majoring in engineering. The figure below displays the racial/ethic demographics ofthe 2019 cohort: 3 Figure 1: Racial/ethnic demographicsProgram Evaluation OutcomesAt the conclusion of the program, all participants were asked to complete an anonymous surveyevaluation of the FYSE program and their experiences as participants. All 21 participants optedto complete the survey.Participants were asked to rate the value of the

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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