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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 3: Identity & Belonging

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Sauve, Cornell University; Celia Evans Ph.D., Cornell University; Lisa Schneider-Bentley, Cornell University

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in relation toclassmates, and to their identities as engineering or computer science students.” Relatedly, wehave also begun asking facilitators in their end-of-semester surveys about their sense ofbelonging and roles as mentors.Beginning in Spring 2022, the training workshops have increasingly stressed the primaryimportance of building community, structuring inclusion, and providing mentorship for enrolledstudents. We posit that group collaboration, with a sharing of perspectives and challengesrelated to cognitive work, requires a parallel or preceding focus on structuring welcoming andinclusive learning environments. These ‘affective’ aspects are related to emotional engagementand can include shared interest, attitudes, values and finding

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 9: Identity & Belonging 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Sandra Brabb, Washington State University; Eleanor Dizon, Washington State University

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Paper ID #38506Social Engagement of First-time Freshmen and Transfer Students One andTwo Years Post-COVIDMrs. Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University Olivia Reynolds is an assistant professor at Washington State University. She earned her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Washington State in 2022 with research focused on developing and evaluating low-cost, hands-on learning tools demonstrating heat transfer and fluid mechanics principles. Reynolds is now teaching the first-year introductory engineering course for Washington State and is involved with college- wide first-year programming and retention efforts.Ms

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 7: Making

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville

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. is research interests include paral- lel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology used in the classroom. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Assessing Various Pedagogical Features of Remote Versus In-Person Iterations of a First- Year Engineering Makerspace CourseAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper is a follow-up to an ASEE 2022 conference proceeding thatwas focused on the challenges in development, in addition to resulting student perceptions upondelivery, of a remote iteration (Spring 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic) of a conventionallyhands-on, active learning-based makerspace course; of

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Carl Boyet, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

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Tech University Virgil Orr Professor of Chemical Engineering Director of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Improving First-Year Engineering Student Success with Targeted Financial Assistance, Supplemental Instruction, and Cohort Team BuildingAbstractThis complete research paper assesses the first-year implementation of an NSF-funded S-STEMeffort, the SUCCESS Scholars Program (SSP), established in the Fall of 2022 at Louisiana TechUniversity.Louisiana Tech University is a Carnegie High Research Activity University that hasapproximately 20% of its 7500 undergraduates as engineering majors, is geographicallydistanced

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 1: Course Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cong Cong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Yuan Lai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Justin A. Lavallee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nathan Melenbrink, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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providing a short overview of the undergraduate program with which thecourse is affiliated. We go on to provide theoretical background on the pedagogical approach ofcase-based learning and its application for teaching thinking skills in [Course]. The next sectionis the central one of this paper, as it covers the evolution of the first-year course from its launchin fall 2020 through fall 2022. We conclude with a discussion of the lessons we learned and theinsights we gained from our experience with the course, our plans for the fall 2023 iteration ofthe course, and suggestions for instructors and course designers.2. [Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Program][Program], hereinafter also referred to as [IUP] (interdisciplinary undergraduate program

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 3: Identity & Belonging

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney D. Giles, University of Vermont

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2022). One-year retention rates are not yet available for the mostcurrent term in the study (Fall 2022). Additionally, analysis of student qualitative survey data isin progress and therefore not included in this report.Project ApproachCourse DesignThe FYS was developed following the Backward Design Model of Wiggins and McTighe [8].The learning goals and assessments identified for the course were selected based on their sharedrelevance to the student majors represented in the course (engineering, mathematics, statistics,data science, computer science, physics; Table 1). The (1) Design Thinking, (2) Teamwork, (3)Communication, (4) Ethics in the Field, (5) Research Skills, and (6) Student Success goals wereassessed through a series of assignments

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Teamwork

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Thompson, University of Louisville; Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; Liliana Martinez, University of Louisville

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with meaningful contributions to the team project improved. Outcomes were comparedto results from the prior year; in Fall 2022, students completed the same project but withoutscaffolded teamwork. Our specific research questions were: 1. Did CATME peer ratings improve in the revised course project (2023) compared to the prior year (2022)? 2. Did team satisfaction ratings improve in 2023 compared to 2022? 3. Did the number of students with low participation, as rated by their teammates, decrease in 2023 compared to 2022?MethodsParticipantsParticipants included all students enrolled in the first-year engineering course at the University ofLouisville in Fall 2022 (N = 482) and Fall 2023 (N = 486). Not all students completed

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 2: Advising & Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelyn Rola, Southern Methodist University; Caitlin Anderson, Southern Methodist University

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underrepresented engineering students designed the PMP inFall 2021 and piloted the program in Spring 2022. The program’s leadership team incorporatedadditional structural elements into the program in Fall 2022, and the first full year ofimplementation (2022-2023) is currently underway. Data from the Spring 2022 semester of thePMP are excluded from this analysis since the pilot semester of the program lacked many of thestructural components that are currently in place.While the goal of the PMP is to support traditionally underrepresented students in pursuit of anengineering degree, we anticipate that some students leave the school of engineering due to aninitial misconception of the field or lack of interest in the discipline. The PMP

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First-Year Programs Division GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa M. Simonik, State University of New York at Binghamton; Koenraad E. Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton

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Binghamton University.Mr. Koenraad E. Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton Koen Gieskes first joined the Engineering Design Division at Binghamton University as a graduate student in 2004, then, in 2009, he was hired on as a full-time lecturer, and in 2017 he became the Assistant Director. In 2022, Koen began serving as the Interim Director. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024GIFTS: Improved team skill development through a semester-long teamwork reportIntroductionThis Great Ideas For Teaching (and Talking With) Students paper describes a novel approach tointroducing and assessing teamwork in a first-year engineering program. Teamwork is

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - GIFTS

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame

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Paper ID #38944GIFTS: Initiative to Meet Students through Informal Walks around CampusDr. Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Notre Dame Coordinator, First-Year Engineering Program ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 GIFTS: Initiative to Meet Students Through Informal Walks Around CampusThis GIFTS (Great Ideas for Teaching Students) paper presents the inspiration, implementationand analysis into a new initiative by the author to meet students by taking walks around campus.In the spring of 2022, the

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First-Year Programs Division: Best of FPD

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelyn Rola, Southern Methodist University; Caitlin M. Anderson, Southern Methodist University; Kristen McAlexander, Schreiner University

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consistent achievement gaps that were observed among retention rates and degreecompletion. The first full year of the program’s implementation was in 2022-23, and furtherdetails about the program’s origin are presented in [24]. SW-PWI is a four-year institution thatenrolled approximately 7,000 undergraduate students in Fall 2022. About 900 of thoseundergraduates were enrolled in the school of engineering.Program StructureAll incoming first-year students who were eligible to participate in the PMP were invited to jointhe program. To be eligible to participate, a student must identify as an underrepresented racialminority (Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or Alaska Native), a first-generation collegestudent, and/or as coming from a low

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Identity & Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Sparks, Miami University; Katherine M. Ehlert, Miami University; Karen C. Davis, Miami University; Justin Michael Saul, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University; David Joseph Fox, Miami University; Thao Nguyen, Miami University; Michael Hughes, Miami University

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from across all engineering and computingmajors within the college of engineering and computing at an undergraduate-focused nationalpublic university in the midwest. The goal of the study is to assess the effects of the new firstyear-course sequence on students’ identity as engineers/computer scientists and students’ senseof belonging in engineering and computing disciplines.The two-semester course sequence was implemented in pilot form in Fall 2022/Spring 2023.Research methods were reviewed and approved by the university’s institutional review board. Asubset of entering first-year students were randomly selected for enrollment in the pilot coursesections, and the remaining entering first-year students were enrolled in the existingdepartment

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 2: Advising & Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Trahan, University of California, San Diego; Jessica Baldis, University of California, San Diego; Jasmine L. Sadler, University of California, San Diego; Darren J Lipomi

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significant difference pre (M=3.82) to post (M=4.03) in 2019 but astatistically significant increase in mean agreement in 2021 (Mpre=3.81, Mpost=4.31) and 2022(Mpre=3.69, Mpost=4.25) after the course was incorporated into SEI (Wilcoxon Signed Rank,p<0.05). Due to the pandemic, SEI was not offered in its typical configuration in 2020 and thepre-post survey was not conducted. The SEI and EYS Course were then offered remotely in 2021and in-person in 2022. Interestingly, the increase in growth mindset was consistent across bothmodalities in 2021 and 2022 when the EYS Course was included in SEI. There were nosignificant differences during any years on the three other growth mindset items, which areshown in Table 2 below.Table 2: Growth Mindset pre-to

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 1: Course Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matilde Luz Sánchez-Peña, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jennifer L Zirnheld, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Kevin M. Burke; Julia Latorre; Carl F. Lund, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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educational pipeline.To advance the school's equity goals [17], a policy change in 2022 was made to integrate the two groupsof students in the same cohort of first-year engineering students. With the intended engineering majorsnow combined with the accepted cohort, the challenge was to develop a distinct type of engineeringseminar that would consider the merged student population. There were strengths and weaknesses fromboth previous versions of the course, which had to be considered to develop a unified revamped versionthat would best serve both groups of students equitably. In Spring 2022, a committee established by theAssociate Dean for Undergraduate Education began working towards the first edition of this new course,launched in Fall 2022.The

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 1: Programs & Curricula

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University and A&M College; Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Louisiana State University and A&M College

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homework assignmentssubmitted via Moodle in 2022.There were several other changes implemented in the LSU Bridge to EngineeringExcellence (BEE) program for the 2022 summer that improved overall course efficiency, studentlearning, and assessment.Presentation Method: GoodNotes & iPadBased on feedback from students and tutors in the 2021 summer program, it was decided tomove away from presenting course material via a PowerPoint format and to present all materialsusing an iPad with the purchased app GoodNotes.Advantages • The material was presented in a classical ‘whiteboard-like’ setting, which gave the presentation a more traditional theme, even though the class itself was virtual. • The GoodNotes technology offered multiple colors

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 4: Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fayekah Assanah, University of Connecticut; Kristina Wagstrom; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Marina Creed

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. J.; Segalman, R.; Sessions, A.; Squires, T.; Westgate,engineering and creating equitable teams, instructors form teams strategically that minimize the S. Room-Level Ventilation in Schools and Universities.“loneliness” of marginalized identities. Strategic team formation is shown to reduce Atmospheric Environment: X 2022, 13.microaggressions, increase confidence, and support healthy collaboration between teammates. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2022.100152. Cooper, N.; Green, D.; Guo, Y.; Vardoulakis, S. School The long-term project culminates in a final poster presentation and project

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First-Year Programs Division WIPS 1: Projects, Teams, and Portfolios

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazel Ranjbar, University of Cincinnati; Jutshi Agarwal, University at Buffalo, SUNY; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati

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between an individual’s teamwork predisposition andtheir self-reported team effectiveness score in an engineering education setting. To achieve this,data from three cohorts of engineering students from the years 2018, 2021, and 2022 (pre- andpost-COVID pandemic) were analyzed. The study included a sample size of 1527 in all threesurveys: the first survey at the beginning of the first semester, the second survey at the end of thefirst semester, and the third survey at the end of the second semester.Student data was pulled from course surveys that students do as part of their assignments. Thespecific aim of the research was to examine the potential relationship between teamworkpredisposition, measured by surveys administered at the beginning of the

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 1: Programs & Curricula

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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ALEJANDRA ESTEFANIA CERVANTES; Miguel Andres Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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mental health-related problems and undergraduate student dropout: A case study within a civil engineering program», Heliyon, vol. 8, p. e09504, may 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09504.[5] H. Murzi et al., «Cultural dimensions in academic disciplines, a comparison between Ecuador and the United States of America», en 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, 2021.[6] V. Tinto, «Defining dropout: A matter of perspective», New Dir. Institutional Res., vol. 1982, n.o 36, pp. 3-15, dic. 1982, doi: 10.1002/ir.37019823603.[7] H. Coates y L. Ransom, «Dropout DNA, and the genetics of effective support».[8] M. Mariño, C. Ubidia, M. Guerra, y F. Jativa, «WIP: Designing a First-Year Hands-on Civil Engineering Course to

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 3: Evaluation & Assessment

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isha Bhatt, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Lesa Begley; Ryien Hosseini; Deborah A. Lichti, University of Michigan

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deadlines while reducing stress for students by allowing them tosubmit past the deadline for all assignments.Some key questions we address through our research are: 1) For which course assignments dostudents benefit from having a flexible deadline policy? 2) Is enforcing a “hard” deadline forweekly learning content necessary for students to perform well on larger assignments such asprojects and assessments? 3) Do flexible deadlines reduce stress and improve the courseexperience for both students and instructional staff?We use data from the Fall 2022 academic semester to inform future implementation of a flexibledeadline policy in large first-year courses. For Fall 2022, we piloted a flexible deadline structuresuch that if students submit past the

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 2: Program Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily M Wortman-Wunder; Miriam Howland Cummings Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver

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-peer teachingassistant (TA) (2017-present), a Peer Advocate Leader (PAL) (2017-present), and an IndividualPeer Mentor (2019-present) who met with each student once a week [17].OutcomesThree measurements were used to determine the initial success of the ELC project: rate ofstudents earning a D or an F or withdrawing (DFW rate), Faculty Course Questionnaire (FCQ)scores for the course, and anonymous student comments on the FCQs.When comparing the pass rates (grades of C or higher) of the STEM and non-STEM sections ofComposition I and II taught by the same instructor between Fall 2017 and Fall 2022, a chi-squaretest revealed a statistically significant association (χ2(1) = 40.79, p < .00001; see Table 2), withSTEM sections demonstrating higher

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 7: Making

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sherri Youssef, The Ohio State University; Meagan Eleanor Ita, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University

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-assessment)Figure 2: Deployed creating value direct assessment (post-assessment)Figure 3: Rubric developed to score creating value direct assessmentsReferences[1] R. Stevens, D. Amos, A. Jocuns, and L. Garrison, “Engineering As Lifestyle And A Meritocracy Of Difficulty: Two Pervasive Beliefs Among Engineering Students And Their Possible Effects,” presented at the 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2007, p. 12.618.1-12.618.17. Accessed: Oct. 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/engineering-as-lifestyle-and-a-meritocracy-of-difficulty-two- pervasive-beliefs-among-engineering-students-and-their-possible-effects[2] National Academy of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 1: Programs & Curricula

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Abagael Riley; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh

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results of survey data that wascollected previously.In the Fall of 2022, a team of eight undergraduate students completed a project in which theydeveloped new scenarios, greatly expanding the range of options available to an instructor whowishes to incorporate Toxic Workplaces into a course. This paper describes the game itself andits motivation, and discusses the process by which the undergraduate student team generated andrefined their new scenarios.IntroductionEthical decision-making is a significant aspect of engineering practice. The importance ofaddressing ethics in the undergraduate engineering experience was highlighted by a study inwhich senior engineering students, reflecting on their ethical and moral development, reportedtheir

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: Evolving First Year Programs

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig M. Harvey P.E., Georgia Southern University; Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University and A&M College; Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Clemson University; Roberto Champney

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arrive without realizing whatthey are missing. Given the number of upperclassmen that applied for the program outnumber by2 or 3 times the freshmen signing up for the program shows that upperclassmen know how muchthis knowledge is needed. Our upperclassmen realized through their leadership that they couldhelp incoming freshmen avoid the pitfalls they may have experienced.Big Sibling was first piloted in the Fall of 2020 and had its 3rd iteration in the Fall of 2022. It is avoluntary program, although it was a requirement as part of the Introduction to Engineeringcourse where undecided engineering students enroll. This is because the perception is thatstudents in this class may have more risk of negative outcomes in terms of retention

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Identity & Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph McCusker, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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changes in the course wereimplemented. Responses collected from 229 students indicate evidence of such positive trends,with the highest mean scores in engineering identity and belonging are identified among studentsin the latest edition of the course, Fall 2023. All but one aspect of students’ perceptions of theirgains showed the same positive trend. While not all the differences between the years weresignificant, the trends were consistently positive, showcasing that on average, the students’perception of gains from the course, including those directly related to their engineering identityand belonging, are increasing.IntroductionThe University at Buffalo took the initiative in the Fall 2022 academic semester to begin aredesign of the course

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey N. Phillips, Hanover College; Kathryn A. Lowe Schneider, Hanover College

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college’s academic success/tutoringcenter, a re-design of the first-year college success course that put increased emphasis onbuilding a sense of community and belonging and narrowed the objectives to aiding students inbecoming strategic learners, exploring and reflecting on their skills, interests and abilities anddeveloping tools and strategies for navigating social and professional situations.The data show that the combined efforts of the engineering program and the college academicsuccess team have resulted in the 1st year to 2nd year retention of engineering students exceeding80% for the cohorts entering the program from the fall of 2019 through fall of 2022. This levelexceeded that of non-engineering students in each of those years except

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 5: Supporting Success 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University; Anetra Grice, University of Tabuk

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administered to new students to the CEAS who consented to participateduring the Fall 2022 semester. Results showed limited statistical correlations between wellnesssurvey items and student success, primarily between overall measures of wellness and retentionto the second semester. Additional correlations were found between retention and self-efficacy.Students enrolled in the wellness-focused first-year experience course showed mixed outcomes –positive when measured by the PWS and generally negative when measured by the ICOPPE –relative to new students who did not take the course.BackgroundWMU is a public, doctoral-granting institution in the Midwest with over 15,000 students.Initially funded by a grant through the National Science Foundation’s STEP

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 8: Skill Building

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin B. Wheatley, Bucknell University; Katsuyuki Wakabayashi, Bucknell University; Kelly Salyards P.E., Bucknell University

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,thus improving the self-reported learning outcomes of the course.IntroductionMany universities require a first-year cornerstone course for incoming engineering students, andBucknell University is no exception. One version of the college-wide introductory course,adopted in the 2002-2003 academic year [1], involved seminar-based instruction related to thedisciplines of engineering as well as a separate week introducing engineering ethics. The courseformat was recently revised to a project-based course in the 2021-2022 academic year [2] but thepilot year maintained a separate week of standalone instruction for engineering ethics. Thepurpose of this paper is to document the ongoing adjustments made during the second iterationof the project-based

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 3: Identity & Belonging

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico

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compatibility. Self-reported demographics (gender, race/ethnicity, collegegeneration, first year on campus) were collected during the survey and used to group respondentsduring the analysis. The study population includes all students enrolled in a first-yearengineering course for the Fall 2022 (n=215) at the University of New Mexico, a public R1,Hispanic- serving institution. The students were from the following engineering disciplines:Chemical & Biological, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer, Mechanical, andNuclear. A regression analysis is used to compare Latinas' perceptions and intentions to studentswho are well-represented (Asian or White men) in engineering. We hypothesize that theconstructs examined in this study explain

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Peers as Mentors & Instructors

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan Matutes, University of Indianapolis; Shelby Hacker, University of Indianapolis; Patricia Snell Herzog, Indiana University Indianapolis; Stephen J. Spicklemire, University of Indianapolis; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Joan Martinez, University of Indianapolis; Brett Leonard, University of Indianapolis; Joseph B. Herzog, University of Indianapolis

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opportunity todevelop strong connections with peers and upper-class students, enabling them to ask questionsthey might not feel as comfortable posing to professors. Mentors were instructed to tabulateattendance, write brief descriptions of their events, and note any concerns they had. In the academic year immediately following the initiation of the peer mentor program(Fall 2021 - Fall 2022), this program saw 14.5% points increase in overall first-year tosecond-year retention. This paper investigates changes in retention numbers at various points intime to better understand the success of this program and excavate its relevance for otherprograms seeking to implement peer mentoring. In addition to quantitative data, we gatheredqualitative, open

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - GIFTS

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey W. Fergus P.E., Auburn University; Jessica Bowers, Auburn University - Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

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, class presentations, and print and electronic resources. In 2022, Jessica transitioned her role to focus on developing a framework and infrastructure of embedded career development content and outcomes at strategic intervals within the engineering student experience. In 2020, Jessica joined the Inclusion and Diversity Committee within the SGCOE, consisting of faculty, staff, and students. Within that committee, she leads a task group responsible for the branding, exposure, and promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the college which launched the Engineer To- gether branding initiative in 2021. In 2022, the SGCOE awarded Jessica with the Leadership in Diversity Faculty / Staff Award in