Conference Session

First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kevin J. Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rachael Ohu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sherman Mumford, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda A. Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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First-Year Programs

performance (GPA), and community connection(one-year retention) as seen in the Results and Discussion section. These programs are acombination of new and old initiatives whose mutual support lays the foundation for the holisticapproach to student support that OSDS is striving to achieve. These programs include: • Engage ME! (Multicultural Engineers) • WE Engage! (Women in Engineering) • Maximizing Academic and Professional Success (MAPS) Coaching and Mentoring • Engineering Freshman Learning Community (EFLC)Regular, consistent assessment and evaluation of academic success and retention metrics throughthese initiatives will allow us to narrow the strategic focus of each program to develop a commonset of complimentary best practices

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Claudia G. Cameratti-Baeza, University of Michigan; Raven Knudsen, Kennesaw State University; Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan

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choice into two critical assignments.Foundational Course InitiativeBeginning in May 2018, ENGR 110 was involved in a multi-year, transformative course designprocess in partnership with the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) throughthe Foundational Course Initiative (FCI). FCI was created in an effort to transform large-enrollment introductory courses or introductory courses that have a high-impact on the studentpopulation at the University of Michigan. Through systematic inquiry, purposeful exploration ofideas, and thoughtful implementation, courses are redesigned with the intention of producingstudent success. Assignment redesign and assessment for ENGR 110 were accomplishedthrough a collaborative course design (CCD) process

Conference Session

FPD12 -- Novel Approaches to First Year Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Rowe, Vanderbilt University; Stacy Klein-Gardner

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view “MultiplePerspectives” of others commenting on the challenge and possible ways to address it. Studentsthen participate in extended “Research and Revise” activities where data and information wouldbe gathered to help the student address the challenge, followed by “Test your Mettle” a formative Page 12.125.3self-assessment and “Going Public” where students solutions would be made public to peers andothers. While having been implemented in a limited, but growing, number of K-12 studies'2-3results were positive for students working with this design, referred to as the “Legacy Cycle”, bythe developers.The VaNTH Engineering Research Center (ERC

Conference Session

Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

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First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

participate in each year tonetwork with these students, and one is selected to be a guest speaker. This is a great opportunityfor any company who wants to get their name on the radars of students at the beginning of theircollege careers, and it benefits the students who need to practice selling themselves to industryrepresentatives and who may not know much about what engineers do day-to-day. Since thisprogram has existed for a dozen years, there are many SPM alumni who look forward to comingback to this event each year. Graduating mentors fill out an exit survey, and their new contactinformation is collected, so they can be added to the invitation list for the following year.ResultsPerformance in math courses and retention between years one and two

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FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Renée S. DeGraaf, Lansing Community College; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Sarah J. Stoner, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Claudia E. Vergara, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University

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- gineering education research focused on early engineering; his current research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE.Sarah J. Stoner, Michigan State University Sarah Stoner is a mechanical engineering student at Michigan State University set to graduate with a BS in May 2011 with a Spanish minor. She is the corporate relations chair member for the Society of Women Engineers MSU chapter. Sarah has tutored for beginning engineering courses for two years through various programs and is now directly involved with the university’s Supplemental Instruction program, one component of a National Science Foundation grant aimed to engage early engineering students.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Director of

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Beverly Perna, Tsongas Industrial History Center

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the projects were performed in a rapid fire modeduring which approximately 100 student projects were presented during two hours of scheduledlecture time. The best five projects were installed at a museum exhibition six weeks after theproject completion and remained on display for viewing by 50,000 visitors in 2005. Anintroductory exhibit panel provided information about Rube Goldberg and the steps in theengineering design and product development process.3.2 Technology Exhibition, Second SL Project, Fall 2005The second SL project was motivated by the history of engineering technology, especially as itpertains to the history and future of local industry. In this project, the students were asked tobring relevant engineering technologies to life

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame; Carson Lee Running, University of Notre Dame; Xiaojing Duan, University of Notre Dame; G. Alex Ambrose, University of Notre Dame

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. Previously, he conducted research as a Student Summer Fellow in the Hypersonic Sciences Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Roger Kimmel. Carson is a Graduate Associate for the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Notre Dame, where he designs, prepares, and delivers workshops on effective teaching strategies and pedagogy for faculty, postdoctoral students, and graduate students. He is also a Graduate Fellow with the Research and Assessment for Learning (ReAL) Design Lab at the University of Notre Dame, where he conducts research to create predictive learning analytics and dynamic driven admissions criteria to better serve underprepared and underserved engineering

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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of first-year college experience andstudents’ self-perception of math ability in persistence. Jackson et al. 7 concludes that the first-year GPA is the best predictor of attrition. According to Besterfield-Sacre, M., et al. 8, adoptionof an active learning format has the strongest impact on students’ academic performance and Page 13.182.2their attitudes about engineering profession.9Improving the freshmen experience has great potential for increasing retention which ultimatelytranslates into a higher graduation rate. Many engineering institutions in the nation aredeveloping and testing a combination of academic and non-academic programs to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George James Lamont, University of Waterloo; Stephanie Mutch, University of Waterloo; Chimdindu Ohaegbu, University of Waterloo ; Hamza Z. Butt, University of Waterloo; Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo

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academic interests include biology, philosophy and religion. He is a researcher and writer for Lawyer-Ed, a legal publication. His research and career interests include medical law, legislation research, and engineering education.Dr. Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo Kate Mercer is the Systems Design Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Kate’s main duties include providing instruction and research services to students, faculty and staff. Kate graduated with a MI from the University of Toronto and completed her PhD at the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy. Most

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University; John Komlos, Villanova University; Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

motivation and interest and improvestudents’ engineering skills16. Thus, the design project is a key element of the course that waskept intact as the course shifted from second-year to first-year.It is important to note that Fundamentals was designed by the faculty to be an in-person courseand it was taught as such for the second-year iteration. However, the first-year iteration wastaught during the Spring 2020 semester and was transitioned to an online course for the lastseven weeks of the fifteen-week semester due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Possible implicationsof this transition on the results of this study will be discussed. In addition, future research will beconducted when the course transitions back to full in-person learning to determine the

Conference Session

FPD 5: Transitions and Student Success, Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Timothy J Hinds, Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff P.E., Michigan State University

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, more broadly, STEM education. His research interests are in theories of cognition, how these theories inform the design of instruction, how we might best design instructional technology within those frameworks, and how the research and development of instructional technologies can inform our theories of cognition. He is also interested in preparing future STEM faculty for teaching, incorporating instructional technology as part of instructional design, and STEM education improvement and reform.Mr. Timothy J Hinds, Michigan State University Timothy J. Hinds is the Academic Director of the Michigan State University College of Engineering CoRe (Cornerstone & Residential) Experience program and a Senior Academic

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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First-Year Programs

engineering; his current research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE.Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University Thomas F. Wolff is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University. From 1970 to 1985, he was a geotechnical engineer with the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Since 1985, on the faculty of MSU, he has taught undergradaute and graduate courses in geotechnical engineering and reliability analysis. His research and consulting has focused on the design and evaluation of dams, levees and hydraulic structures, and he has been involved in several studies related to the failure of New Orleans levees

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin B. Wheatley, Colarado State University; Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University

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the Journal of Biomechanics. She is Chair of the Orthopaedic Research Society Meniscus Section, and is a member of the Bioengineering Executive Committee for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Haut Donahue’s research includes analytical and experimental biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system with ongoing research in orthopedic biomechanics and post-traumatic osteoarthritis. An emphasis is put on prevention, treatment, and repair of injuries to the soft tissue structures of the knee, focusing primarily on the meniscus. With over $15 million in funding from Whitaker Foundation, CDMRP, NIH, NSF, as well as industrial sponsorship her research program has had more than 60 mentees and has national

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida Ngambeki, Purdue University; Odesma Dalrymple, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

information about the main elements and processesinfluencing the choice of a particular discipline or that to leave engineering altogether, the thirdsection was a questionnaire designed to discover one’s orientation on a person/thing scale, andthe fourth section outlined opportunities for further participation in the study and invitedrespondents to participate further. Partial results from the analysis of four questions from thesecond portion of the survey are presented below.This study used qualitative research methods to understand the participants’ explanations of theirchoices. An inductive methodology was used whereby the data were analyzed for emergingpatterns and themes. This was done iteratively by identifying core factors from

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

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Bracey, Temple University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University; Carnell Baugh, Independent; Shawn Fagan, Temple University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

college faculty and staffin developing a summer residential “Intro to Engineering” bridge to provide informationon the nature and context of engineering programs of study to help parents and studentsto make the best decision before committing precious resources.The case can be made that engineering students may be willing and able to persist inengineering if they are better prepared through the first few courses to understand the fullrequirements to graduate. For students who enter underprepared, emerging evidencefrom this study suggests those students who desire the engineering degree and have thefortitude to persist may do so, in spite of initial academic deficiencies, as long as theyunderstand it may take longer or be harder than they

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee, Virginia Tech ; John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech; Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

ofworkshops and nature of having a graduate student as an instructor allows students to interactwith peers and the workshop leader more effortlessly. On the contrary, the larger lectures andhaving a faculty member as an instructor produces a more intimidating environment. The studyshows that there are practices that can be implemented to further contribute to students’ feelingsof autonomy, competence, relatedness, and subsequently course engagement. For example,students found it easier to relate to professors that provided background information aboutthemselves at the beginning of the semester.IntroductionIn response to calls to implement engineering and design activities across the undergraduatecurriculum, first-year engineering courses are changing

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Teams and Teamwork

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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First-Year Programs

engineer. She holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Bradley University, and a MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Effectiveness of Techniques to Develop and Assess the Teamwork Skills of First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractThis Complete Evidence-Based Practice paper explores the advantages and impact oftechniques used to improve teamwork in an introduction to engineering course. Themain goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of methods used to develop andassess teamwork skills based on student performance and perception. This studyintegrates, interprets and contrasts quantitative and qualitative

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicolas N. Brown, University of Utah; Joy Velarde, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #16841Using Peer Mentoring to Enhance Student Experience and Increase Reten-tion in Mechanical EngineeringMr. Nicolas N. Brown, University of Utah Nicolas is a senior in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Utah. He is the peer mentoring coordinator for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as well as an Undergraduate Re- search Assistant for the Ergonomics and Safety Lab. His current area of research involves designing and integrating control systems on recreational equipment for high-level spinal cord injury patients. Nicolas’ senior design project is the Rodent Tracker; a mechatronics

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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of the Year 2005, and won the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 14.1294.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Understanding Engineering Freshman Study Habits: the Transition from

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Professional Development and Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Anna Maria Bateman, University of South Florida; Lynn Chisholm, University of South Florida

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First-Year Programs

makes timely effective assessment and feedback a logisticalchallenge. As a result, building a knowledge base for how to successfully implement PD intolarge first-year engineering programs is appealing.Several universities are now structuring programs to include PD components earlier becausethe impact on pluralistic outcomes is clear [12]. First-year engineering and computing studentsare being exposed to environments that contextualize the curriculum. Many large universitieshave taken steps to afford their students opportunities to work with real stakeholders andindustry partners – taking part in engineering design processes, rapid prototyping, problemsolving, organizational leadership, and systems communication. But, for large lecture courses

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Diversity and Multicultural Influences in the First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Ryan J Meuth, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

studentsare asked to rate their confidence to perform the following tasks by selecting a number between 0and 100, conduct engineering design, identify a design need, research a design need, developdesign solutions, select the best possible design, construct a prototype, evaluate and test a design,communicate a design, redesign, work as part of a team, most students selected the same score foreach task (they clicked down the line for each grid question). This is possibly due to the fact thatall survey questions were presented on one page via google forms and the survey was given tostudents at the beginning of labs each time using about 10 minutes. Students might have beenoverwhelmed by the amount of questions included and thus did not carefully

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Unique Projects and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

five key changes for practice, including:(1) the balance of power, (2) the function of content, (3) the role of the teacher, (4) theresponsibility for learning, and (5) the purpose and process of evaluation. As a source of bestSangster, J. Page 1practices in pedagogy, this book was the first of its kind encountered by the author, andsubsequently has had the greatest impact on practice. The discussion on the balance of power introduces the idea that students should haveagency in what they are learning and how they are learning it. Not that the instructor shouldabdicate authority entirely, but that it is possible to meet the learning needs of more

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Siqing Wei, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Chuhan Zhou; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #32931Longitudinal Effects of Team-Based Training on Students’ Peer RatingQualityMr. Siqing Wei, Purdue University at West Lafayette Siqing Wei received BSEE and MSEE from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience of serving the peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year-engineering courses, he is now a research assistant at CATME research group studying how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by interventions

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Teams and Teamwork

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Siqing Wei, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rui Wang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gaurav Nanda, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received for the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008, 2011, and 2019 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011 and 2015. Dr. Ohland is an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS.Dr. Gaurav Nanda, Purdue University at West Lafayette Dr. Gaurav Nanda

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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First-Year Programs

Chair in Ethics and Acting Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Perceptions of First-Year Engineering Justice CurriculumAbstractThis complete research paper will describe our qualitative analysis of the impacts of a first-yearengineering course which includes curricular elements of social justice, social responsibility, andethics. We present our interpretation of four interesting results that came out of our mixed-methods study (n=231) in which we surveyed students taking a first-year engineering course ontheir perceptions of the role of engineering in society and the world. We find that while a

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Kim M. B. Tucker, Boise State University; Samantha Schauer, Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

will be further advanced by obtaining the InstitutionalReview Board approval to carry out the research with human subjects. The researchers hope toquantify the value generated for the students by participating in the EIRC to further bolster thesupport for this program. The dissemination of the results may encourage participants to continuein their value creation after they leave the EIRC.Once the results from this study are obtained and analyzed, the future work of the researchersinvolves answering another research question: How do we translate the value proposition tostudents who are not part of a community of practice? Translating some of the best practices inthe EIRC to students who are not part of it will surely impact the recruitment and

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joanne Kay Beckwith, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

address the practical challenges that students face when theyadapt to life in a larger city and how it impacts their pursuit of becoming an engineer.BackgroundTinto’s theory of student attrition asserts that student success in higher education can beattributed to two factors: personal characteristics the student brings with them, such as skills andabilities, and interactions using these characteristics across a range of college experiences [7].Early retention research tended to focus on the first factor: personal characteristics of students.Several student characteristics have typically been found to be predictors of student success, suchas high school GPA, standardized test scores and high school class rank [8]. However, a morerecent body of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joanne Kay Beckwith, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan

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University of Michigan. Her research interests lie in assessing and amending curricula to help students transition from undergraduate to professional practice. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Motivating factors that encourage rural students to pursue engineeringIntroductionThis complete research paper describes a qualitative study conducted at a large midwesternuniversity exploring the motivations rural students cite as reasons for pursuing engineering.According to the United States Department of Education, rural communities account for 32% ofpublic elementary and secondary schools, serving 24% of students in the United States [1].27.1% of rural students

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney N Hallman, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma

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at Uponor (Tulsa, OK), McElroy Manufacturing (Tulsa, OK), Lucent (Oklahoma City, OK), Celestica (Oklahoma City, OK), and Boeing (Midwest City, OK). His work experience ranges from electromechanical system design to automation of manufacturing and test processes. His research at OU involves GPS ground-based augmentation systems utilizing feedback control. Dr. Davis holds a professional engineering license in the state of Oklahoma. He currently serves as the faculty advisor for Robotics Club, the Loyal Knights of Old Trusty, and Sooner Competitive Robotics at OU and he serves as the recruitment and outreach coordinator for OU-ECE. He received the Provost’s Outstanding Academic Advising Award in 2010 and the