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FPD 2: Building Community

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betsy F. Willis, Southern Methodist University; David A. Willis, Southern Methodist University; Mark Fontenot, Southern Methodist University

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and performance.1 The study results showed asignificant inverse correlation between faculty distance (approachability and accessibility) andother constructs measured such as self-efficacy, academic confidence, and critical thinking.The living situation (on-campus, commuter, etc.) has a significant impact on students’persistence.4 Many studies support the positive benefits of participation in a living-learningcommunity. Soldner et al.5 state that participation in a science, technology, engineering, or math(STEM) living-learning community “have the capacity to enhance the quality of students’ peerand faculty interactions and deepen their sense of social support” (p. 330). However, somestudies found only small positive relationships between

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FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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JACQUELYN SULLIVAN is founding Co-Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, and Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s College of Engi- neering and Applied Science. She received her Ph.D. in environmental health physics and toxicology from Purdue University and held leadership positions in the energy and software industries for 13 years. She founded and leads CU’s extensive K-12 Engineering Initiative and spearheaded the Engineering GoldShirt Program. In 2004 she founded the ASEE K-12 Division and in 2008 received NAE’s Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education

Conference Session

Exploring Retention

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeong Hwan Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Marszalek, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Joyce Lee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Susan Linnemeyer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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. 2003(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. CG032375).16. ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education). Profiles of engineering & engineering technology colleges. 2003.17. National Research Council. Foreign and foreign-born engineers in the unites states: Infusing talent, raising issues. 1988.18. Marshall L, Coffee T, Saalfedl FE, Colwell RR. The science and engineering workforce and national security. Defense Horizon April, 2004(Number 39):1-11.19. Leslie LL, McClure GT, Oaxaca RL. Women and minorities in science and engineering: A life sequence analysis. The Journal of Higher Education 1998 May - Jun.;69(3):239-76.20. Chu H. Being a female engineer: Identity construction and resistance of women in engineering

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First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University

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students, as well as perspective WVU students and their families. Dr. Morris was selected as a Statler College Outstanding Teacher for 2012, the WVU Honors College John R. Williams Outstanding Teacher for 2012, and the 2012 Statler College Teacher of the Year.Mr. Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University Ph.D student in aerospace engineering at West Virginia University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018An Integrated Supplemental Program to Enhance the First-Year ExperienceAbstractStudent retention in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines,especially engineering, continues to be a challenge for higher education institutions. Engineeringretention has attracted

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University

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Paper ID #21286Development and Implementation of a MOOC Introduction to EngineeringCourseDr. Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University Dr. Benjamin Mertz received his Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2010 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005. He is currently a part of a lecturer team at Arizona State University that focuses on the first-year engineering experience, including developing and teaching the Introduction to Engineering course. He also teaches Thermo-Fluids and High Speed Aerodynamics for the Mechanical and Aerospace

Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University; Bethany C. Johnson, Alfred University; Steven M. Pilgrim, Alfred University

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student tuition, therehas been growing concern with attracting and retaining students to traditional programs. This isespecially true in engineering, which requires students to have an arsenal of advancedmathematical and analytical skills and a broad background in science and technology [1].Unfortunately, many of the students who enroll in engineering programs may find themselvessignificantly unprepared for the academic rigors and personal challenges of collegiate life. Inresponse, educators have sought to identify key factors that aid not only in the retention ofstudents, but also maximize the resources necessary to guide those students to successful degreecompletion.One area of investigation has focused on the characteristics of the student

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4B: Assessing Student Motivation and Student Success

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Dudek Ronan P.E., New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University

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://engineering.osu.edu/about-college4. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved January 15, 2016, http://www.engr.utexas.edu/wep/about/stats5. New York University. Retrieved January 15, 2016, http://bulletin.engineering.nyu.edu/content.php?catoid=9&navoid=8536. University of California at Berkeley. Retrieved January 15, 2016, http://engineering.berkeley.edu/about/facts-and-figures7. Georgia Institute of Technology. Women in Engineering. Retrieved January 19, 2016, http://wie.gatech.edu/statistics8. Knight, D. W., Carlson, L. E., & Sullivan, J. (2007, June). Improving engineering student retention through hands-on, team based, first-year design projects. In Proceedings of the International Conference on

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First-Year Programs: Major Choice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Brian J. Smith, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Kerr, University of Notre Dame

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students most commonly intended to major in chemical engineering. This information can be valuable in creating events to attract new students to a particular department or major.AcknowledgmentThe authors would like to thank the Office of Research from their University for funding thisproject as well as acknowledge the support of the First-Year Engineering program and theDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences from their Universityfor assistance in gathering the data needed for this study.References[1] J. Duderstadt. (2010). “Engineering for a changing world: a roadmap for the future of engineering practice,” in Holistic Engineering Education: Beyond Technology, D. Grasso and M. Burkins (Eds

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FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Burford J. Furman, San Jose State University; Ping Hsu, San Jose State University; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

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something similarly stale, we got to create working engineering models! By far, one of my favorite classes to date!” “I had so much fun designing the wind turbine blades for the Wind Turbine project that I decided to go ahead and design my group’s entire wind turbine in SolidWorks® on my laptop.” “The engineering projects were everything I expected plus a ton more. The experience of being in a team, working together, was the greatest thing about the ENGR 10 projects. The whole semester was pure fun, because it was exciting to learn about new technologies and how to design and test as an engineer. I learned new social and engineering skills with real equipment and software. Overall, this course was both the most enjoyable and

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University

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AC 2011-1257: THE EVOLUTION OF A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERINGTRANSFER PROGRAM: 1995 - 2010Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University Dr. Shelley Lorimer, P.Eng. is the Chair of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Transfer Program (BSEN) at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. She teaches undergraduate courses in statics and dynamics, as well as courses in engineering professionalism. She is currently on a sabbatical leave with a provincial research organization called Alberta Innovates Technology Futures in the oil sands and hydrocarbon recovery group doing reservoir simulation. She has a Ph.D. in numerical modeling from the University of Alberta, also in Edmonton

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FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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and academic success of engineering students is a critical issuethat will generate a profound impact upon the nation‟s economy and prosperity.1 According tothe American Society of Engineering Education, enrollment in baccalaureate programs increased14% between 2000 and 2005, but the number of engineering graduates remained relativelyunchanged since 2005.2 The demand for qualified engineering graduates will grow 11% between2008 and 2018 based on the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections.3 Therefore,preparing a qualified engineering workforce is a national issue particularly since the scientificand technological leadership of the U.S. has “experienced a gradual erosion”4 of its position.Considering the critical role played by

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelia Chesley, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Dawn Laux, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Tejasvi Parupudi, Purdue University; Asefeh Kardgar, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette; Sarah Knapp, Purdue University

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Paper ID #18851Assessing the Impact of an Interdisciplinary First-Year Experience ProgramAmelia Chesley, Purdue University Amelia Chesley is currently a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at Purdue University. She is interested in intellectual property, remix culture, transdisciplinarity, and online communities. Her disser- tation research investigates the public curation and digitization work being performed by volunteers for the audiobook archive LibriVox.Prof. Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Nathan Mentzer is an assistant professor in the College of Technology with a

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ricks, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Loen Graceson-Martin, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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AC 2009-1987: AN EVALUATION OF A NEW ENGINEERINGRESIDENTIAL-COLLEGE INITIATIVERobert Ricks, Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleRhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleJohn Nicklow, Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleLoen Graceson-Martin, Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleLalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleJames Mathias, Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleJale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleKathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Page 14.185.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Evaluation of a New Engineering

Conference Session

1553 FPD3 - Computer & Programming Tools in First Year Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maja Mataric; Juan Fasola; David Feil-Seifer

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developing free curricular materials for elementary and middle-school robotics courses in order to engage student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) topics. Her Interaction Lab's research into socially assistive robotics is aimed at endowing robots with the ability to help people through individual assistance (for convalescence, rehabilitation, training, and education) and team cooperation (for habitat monitoring and emergency response). Research details are found at http://robotics.usc.edu/interaction/Juan Fasola, University of Southern California Juan Fasola is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California, working in the

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Bailey, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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State University withspecific undergraduate Engineering major goals and objectives. In part two we willdescribe the origin and purpose of UNST 130. In part three we will describe the goals,objectives, and curriculum of UNST 130. In part four, we will highlight currentassessment of student learning strategies and data from UNST 130 Analytical Reasoningand describe future assessment strategies that will test our thesis: that UNST 130Analytical Reasoning is of positive value for the Engineering major curriculum. IUNST 130 Analytical Reasoning and the Engineering Major Curriculum at NCATSUEngineering graduates face new challenges because of the revolution in communicationand information technologies, the

Conference Session

FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia H. Chariker, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Carrye Y Wilkins, University of Louisville

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Paper ID #6345An Analysis of Two Interventions Designed to Improve Student Performancein Engineering CalculusDr. Julia H. Chariker, University of Louisville JULIA H. CHARIKER, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Bioinformatics Core at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. She teaches courses in human cognition and learning. Her research combines the psychology of learning and cogni- tion, new information technologies, and collaboration with experts in biology, medicine, and engineering.Dr. Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville Patricia A

Conference Session

FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John P Iselin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Paper ID #8699Capstone Project in a Freshman Solid Modeling CourseDr. John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology John Mirth has 23 years of experience teaching in a primarily undergraduate environment. This experience includes time at the University of Denver, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and his current position at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has a BSME degree from Ohio University, and MSME and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota.Dr. John P Iselin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville John P Iselin is a professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Wisconsin

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saira Anwar, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Damji Heo Stratton, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dayoung Kim, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Christian College. Her research interest revolves around technology innovations in education, software estimation, software design and curriculum design of software engineering course(s).Dr. Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette Muhsin Menekse is an Assistant Professor at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the School of Engineering Education and the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. Dr. Menekse’s primary research investigates how classroom activities affect conceptual understanding in engineering and science for all students. His second research focus is on verbal interactions that can enhance productive discussions in collaborative learning settings. And his third research focus is on

Conference Session

FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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engineering and technical project management. Tanya most recently taught mathematics at the Denver School of Science and Technology, the highest performing high school in Denver Public Schools.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, BoulderDr. Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder BEVERLY LOUIE is the director for teaching and learning initiatives in the Broadening Opportunities through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from CU, and a D.Phil. in mechanical engineer- ing from the University of Oxford, England. Dr. Louie’s research interests are in the areas of engineering student retention and

Conference Session

FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly C. Huett, University of West Georgia; Barbara B. Kawulich, University of West Georgia; P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Auburn University,Al; Chetan S Sankar, Auburn University

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Paper ID #7390Use of Multimedia Case Studies in an Introductory Engineering Course atTwo Southeastern Universities: A Qualitative Evaluation StudyMs. Kimberly C. Huett, University of West Georgia Kim C. Huett is an instructor of technology integration at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. She holds an Ed.S. in Instructional Technology, an M.S. in Secondary Education, and B.A. degrees in English and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently a doctoral student in School Improvement, Kim’s research interests include the design of distance learning environments, teacher education, and STEM

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, University of Oklahoma; Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Nooshin Nassr P.E., University of Oklahoma; Dan Thomas Carlton, University of Oklahoma, College of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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Consortium. In the summer of 2014 Daniel served as a delegate for the German-American Chamber of Commerce as a part of the Transatlantic Program for Young Technology Leaders Aerospace Delegation Page 26.1389.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Identifying Motivational Factors and Lived Experiences that Enhance Spatial Skills in Novices and Experts in STEM DisciplinesSpatial thinking refers to the ability to create and hold an object in the mind’s eye and manipulatethat object via sectional cuts, three dimensional rotations, and other mental operations

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; John Courtney, Michigan State University; Ruth Heckman, Lansing Community College; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College; Renee Mickelson, Lansing Community College; Mark Urban-Lurain; Clifford Weil, Michigan State University

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; Mathematics Teacher Imperative and team leader of The Leadership Collaborative. He is a member of the Steering Committee for MSU’s PROM/SE (Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics and Science Education) NSF grant.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University Daina Briedis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Pagano, Western Michigan University; Amanda Rossman, Western Michigan University; Kendall Vasilnek, Western Michigan University; Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Edward Brabandt, Western Michigan University

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interested in pursuing a career in structural engineering.Kendall Vasilnek, Western Michigan University Kendall Vasilnek is a second-year student in Civil and Construction Engineering at Western Michigan University. She is a teaching assistant for first-year, at-risk students, and hopes to go into environmental engineering upon graduation.Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller received her PhD from Michigan Technological University and is assistant professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering at Western Michigan University. She teaches her department's capstone design courses and the college-wide service learning engineering design sequence, and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Design and Design Chanllenges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University

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“social good” (including improvingquality of life, making the world a better place) came up in the post-survey. It is also interestingto note that in the pre-survey, those who referred to engineers all used words like “engineers” or“they” whereas some in the post-survey referred to engineers as “we”, indicating that the designproject has to some extent helped with students’ self-identification as engineers. Table 2. Participants comments about roles engineers play in society (pre-survey, N=35, response rate: 87.5%) Theme Example Frequency Design/Create/ "Engineers contribute to the development of technologies that

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Margaret Hyland, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Karl Stol, University of Auckland

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AC 2009-538: INNOVATION AND INTEGRATION IN AN IN-HOUSEFIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM: A FAST TRACK TO ENGINEERINGENCULTURATIONElizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland Dr Elizabeth Godfrey has a Ph.D. in engineering education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. Her career that has included university lecturing in Chemistry, high school teaching and 10 years as an advocate for Women in Science and Engineering, and most recently completing a 9 year term as the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland She has been a contributor to Engineering Education conferences, and an advocate for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning since the

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Collection

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Mark Weichold, Texas A&M University

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leading supply chain and operations management journals, and 47 peer reviewed conference proceedings articles in these areas. He has B.S. in ME, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in IE. He is a member of ASEE, INFORMS, and a senior member of IIE.Dr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan V. Dannenhoffer P.E., Syracuse University; Sinead Mac Namara, Syracuse University

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design classes have received moreattention. Recent studies of the connection between manual drawing and descriptive geometryinstruction in CAD classes include studies by Utal et al.[4] and Bairaktarova [5] . The benefits offree-hand sketching on engineering problem solving ability have been quantified in previousstudies [6], [7] yet very few engineering programs have returned to teaching free-hand sketching.In 2005 a survey of engineering and engineering technology programs was done while theengineering technology department at UNC Charlotte was developing a new four-yearengineering technology program [8]. The broadly summarized reasons for including handsketching in 40 out of the 77 responding institutions surveyed are: • A necessary skill

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reza Kamali, California State University San Marcos

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lower-division courses for the major, which focus almost exclusively on science and math prerequisites,and Electrical Engineering jobs and requirements in local industries, thereby connecting students’coursework with their future careers.The New Approach As part of the new educational paradigm, the system view approach to teach lower-divisioncourses of the EE program was studied and the related courses are being developed. Currentindustry trends in Electrical Engineering, such as renewable energy systems, wirelesscommunications, electric cars, Integrated Circuits, etc., are advanced technologies and difficultto be studied in the first or second year of study. Introducing these concepts requires state-of-the-art course design and new teaching

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First-Year Programs: Unique Projects & Pedagogies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Cesar Moreno

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Paper ID #28571Creation of ”The Engineering Student Experience Podcast” to enhanceengineering student readiness for school and the workforceDr. Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Paul Nissenson (Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2009) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic Uni- versity, Pomona. He teaches courses in the thermal-fluid sciences, computer programming, and numerical methods. Paul’s current research interests involve studying the impact of technology in engineering edu

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Key AttributesENGR0081 at the University of Pittsburgh  Zero-credit course required for all first- year engineering students  Pairs 10 to 15 undergraduate students with a single mentor, who chooses a non- academic theme17  Percentage of honors, probation, transfers, and quantitative survey results show positive effect on students18GUIDE at Michigan Technological University  Matches a freshman with