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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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control. For severalyears, first-year engineering design was taught at this institution using the Lego® Robotics systemas the vehicle for solving engineering design problems presented to each class. While thatapproach proved to be effective, it was desired to extend the concept of problem-based learning toencompass a variety of realistic scenarios while fostering creativity through enhancedcommunication and visualization enabled by CAD and 3D printing. The new approach adds twonew learning outcomes and removes one from the earlier approach. Assessment of studentperformance is made primarily through individual assignments, quizzes, a final team project andan exam.Two significant challenges have arisen with the CAD/3D-printing approach. The first

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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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due to recent financial cutbacks, and the fact that you are one of the highest paid employees in your division, in view of your knowledge and experience. Wayne Davidson’s You are a project manager in the Aerospace Division of Occidental Engineering. You have worked at this firm for 9 years and devotedSupervisor (Deborah) much of your time and energy to its success. Only a few people in the firm know that the idea to low-ball the bid for this project was yours. You assured those people that this was a golden opportunity for the company and that you would make sure that the project was successful

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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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- bethke-wendellDr. Ethan E Danahy, Tufts University Ethan Danahy is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department Computer Science at Tufts Univer- sity outside of Boston MA, having received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2007, all from Tufts. Additionally, he acts as the Engineering Research Program Director at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), where he manages educational technology development projects while researching innovative and interactive techniques for assisting teachers with performing engineering education and communicat- ing robotics concepts to students spanning the K-12 through

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Victor Alonso Bradford, University of Missouri - College of Engineering; Tojan Rahhal, University of Missouri - Columbia; Hani Salim P.E., University of Missouri - Columbia

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address topics related to engineeringand could be delivered in a 4-week format for credit. Additionally, the final for the course wasbased on a presentation of the student’s Rube Goldberg design project tying it all togetherThe ESBP also exposes students to courses and materials that they will see in engineering.Participants receive two-week crash courses with faculty from our Chemistry and Mathdepartments. In the two-week crash course, faculty review material, quiz students, host labsessions, and administer an exam. The courses move very quickly, but allowed the students tounderstand the transition that will occur from high school to college. In addition to these courses,students participate in a Student Success Seminar with the FYE director

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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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classroom and laboratory hours of math-intensivecurriculum aligned with practicing and strengthening engineering problem-solving skills. Thecoursework was taught by a university faculty member and doctoral student, and assisted bystudent teaching assistants. FYSE participants were given homework assignments, lab work,quizzes, exams, and an engineering-related group project with a final presentation. Upper-levelengineering undergraduate students were hired as residential tutors to assist students each weeknight, providing guidance and support on homework assignments and projects, in addition togeneral support in the students’ residence facility.In addition to the academic components, the FYSE program was designed to cultivatecommunity and a network

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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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been supported by a number of companies, as well as by NSF/CISE, NSF/DUE. and DARPA. Specifically, his research in DBER-based engineering education has been supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Three Years After Rollout: A Report on Systemic Changes in a First-Year Engineering ProgramAbstractThis report focuses on an overview and preliminary results for a project to update the first-yearengineering program (FYEP) at Michigan Technological University (MTU) with an FYEPenrollment base of approximately 1,000 students. We are now three years out from the rollout ofan updated FYEP that dates from

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Jacqueline Ann Stagner P.Eng., University of Windsor; Jennifer Sears, University of Windsor; Giselle St Louis, University of Windsor; Jennifer L Johrendt, University of Windsor

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[their] relationships by building communication skills, learning to recognize unhealthyrelationship behaviours, and finding ways to manage anger. [Students] also learn how to respondmore effectively to others [7].”This assignment was introduced in the Winter 2019 offering of the course and has been assignedto Summer 2019 and Winter 2020. While enrolled in the Technical Communications course,students work in teams to complete a design project that requires teamwork and effectivecommunication amongst teammates; thus, the modules within the Communication andInterpersonal Relationships pathway are relevant to the course. The course instructor did notreceive any negative feedback regarding the content of the modules, instead, negative feedbackwas