Conference Session

FPD 2: Retention

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kristen Strominger, University of Cincinnati - School of Energy, Environmental, Biological and Medical Engineering; Urmila Ghia, University of Cincinnati

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First-Year Programs

project targetsrecruitment and retention of engineering ethnic minorities, women, and economicallydisadvantaged and/or First Generation college-bound students. The strategies include: cohortbuilding, networking, and pathway to graduate school. Cohort building includes buildingproductive academic relationships among students, between students and faculty, and betweenstudents and the university administration. The networking strategies include building andupholding a professional network with all people the students meet within their education andfuture career field, such as advisors, faculty members from whom they take classes, professors intheir major, internship supervisors, employers or administrators, and throughvolunteer/community activities

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

shaping and supportingstudents’ group-learning experiences.6 While faculty practices are important in all group-learningapproaches, they can be particularly important for supporting under-represented students, whooften experience marginalization in such settings. Both faculty and peers can marginalizeindividual students in a variety of ways, including through assignment of work tasks, validationof work tasks, validation of ideas or perspectives, and the nature of the group task itself.First, at the onset of an activity, task assignment biases can often result from unconsciousexpectations about who may be more (or less) suited to certain tasks.7, 8 While each team isdifferent, with a different set of identities and personalities, there is also

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan; Claudia G. Cameratti-Baeza, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Mann Levesque, University of Michigan; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan

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course, focusing on how the incorporation of choice supports the courselearning goals. This analysis will provide insight into how choice may be leveraged withinfirst-year engineering courses to foster self-authorship, decision-making, and the development ofa Personal Action Plan.ENGR 110: Design your Engineering Experience is an introductory, two-credit elective coursethat serves the first-year engineering class at the University of Michigan. The design of thisintroductory course helps foster student autonomy as students explore the breadth ofopportunities available to engineers in both their education and careers. Students learn anengineering design process as a mechanism for making personal and academic decisions, andthrough a scaffolded

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Major Choice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

J.w. Bruce, Tennessee Technological University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

a greater percentage than working engineers.As to persistence in engineering, a number of studies [1], [2], [4], [5], [14] found that students’abilities, perception of abilities, especially in mathematics play a big part. Another largecontributing factor to persistence is student aspirations and how well the discipline – or moreaccurately, their perception of the discipline – lines up with their career aspirations and personalinterest. To improve retention, engineering programs need to ensure that students recognize howtheir career aspirations and personal interests align with their chosen field early in their studies.Toward this end, an accurate picture of student interest is needed.Study PopulationThe authors teach an introductory course

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Melissa Carole Richards, Clarkson University; Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University

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First-Year Programs

-year engineering students and non-engineering majors in the engineering design process. 3. To introduce students to the role and impact of engineering in society. 4. To begin instilling a critical view of information sources impacting engineering analyses and decision making. 5. To begin developing an understanding of potential for conflicting personal, organizational and social values in engineering decision making.As originally conceived, the course learning outcomes (referring to understanding and abilitiesappropriate for first-year, post-secondary students) were: 1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to use the engineering design process. 2. Students will

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Jason Immekus, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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the engineering students get a C in their firstsemester math course. Prior research at this University indicated that students who earned an Aor B in their first semester math course were very likely to be retained, and that students whoearned a D or F were very likely to leave engineering. After two complete years in theengineering school, the students who earned C in their first math course had either completed thefour-semester math sequence (a strong predictor of graduation), were still enrolled in the mathsequence, or were not retained in the engineering school. These prior results are represented inFigure 1 from [28].At J. B. Speed School of Engineering, a survey is administered online at the beginning of the fallsemester to all first

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Jessica Ha, Florida Institute of Technology

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gain an understanding of what is necessary to become asuccessful engineering student and future professional22, 23.Section 3: MethodologyWhat is unique about the current collaboration is the unit in which ASC 1000 is housed.Typically, a department or group of departments within an institution’s academic affairs unit isresponsible for coordinating its first-year seminar program. Student affairs professionals maytake on instructor roles or serve on an instructional team that includes a faculty member as theprimary point of contact. Since the course’s inception, it has been housed under the studentaffairs umbrella. Faculty members teach a few sections of the course every year, however, thelevel of collaboration between academic affairs and

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Maria Perez-Colon, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

Page 26.693.2information about courses and registration procedures, and ensuring that students enroll in thecorrect courses. Developmental advising encourages a two-way relationship with the advisor andstudent working together to help the student make his or her own decisions. Praxis is a hybrid ofprescriptive and developmental advising. Based on their study of millennials, the authorsrecommended dual advising where a professional advisor provides prescriptive advice and amentor, such as a faculty member, provides developmental support. According to Wiseman andMessitt, institutions using faculty advisors should provide specialized support.7 Faculty report (a)advising training helps them use their teaching skills in an advising setting and (b

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie M. Gratiano, Roger Williams University; William John Palm IV P.E., Roger Williams University

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colleges anduniversities across the United States and elsewhere in the world, with some graduation rates aslow as 35%.11 Fewer students graduating from these programs results in fewer engineers in theworkforce. A growing concern for colleges and universities is to pinpoint the main reasons whystudents leave their programs, as well as to produce methods to increase retention rates.1,18,19,20Numerous studies have used various methods to measure retention and the reasons why studentschoose and leave their programs. Themes explored in the literature vary, but commonly citedfactors include: high school GPA, self-efficacy, personality, academic and non-academic factors,financial support, socioeconomic status, perception of engineers and themselves as

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Perova-Mello, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Paper ID #19588First-Year Engineering Student Perspectives Of Google Docs For Online Col-laborationMs. Natasha Perova-Mello, Oregon State University Natasha Perova-Mello is currently a Postdoctoral researcher at Oregon State University in the School of Civil and Construction engineering. She recieved Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She previously worked at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a Research Assistant focusing on students’ learning algebra and also taught an introductory physics course at Suffolk University, Boston, Mass. Before that, she worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reap, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel A. Louis, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

identities, and faculty development.Miss Rachel A. Louis, Virginia Tech Rachel Louis is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the Ohio State University where she specialized in construction. Her master’s work focused on the concept of sustainable bridge designs using fuzzy logic models. While at Ohio State, she taught for the First-year Engineering program, which lead her to engineering education. Currently at VT, Louis is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow teaching for ENGE 1024, is an ENGE Ambassador, is actively involved in the Graduate Engineering Education Consortium of Students (GEECS), and is serving as the

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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inengineering. Specifically, the course aims to 1. Help students understand and become familiar with engineering professions and careers. 2. Introduce students to the various technical areas and specializations within engineering. 3. Help students form academic and personal support groups and develop the ability to communicate and work effectively with others. 4. Acquaint students with the role of engineers in society and in engineering ethics. 5. Provide students hands-on laboratory projects and theoretical background to appreciate the importance of mathematics in engineering. 6. Guide students in choosing an engineering curriculumCourse Structure and Content :The Introduction to Engineering course is a three-credit course that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Sherry Liao, University of Portland

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First-Year Programs

Choose Engineering? A Qualitative, Longitudinal Investigation of Students’ Motivational Values. Journal of Engineering Education,October.16. Mills, L. R. (2009). Applying social cognitive career theory to college science majors. Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 10703.17. MIT App Inventor. (2017). http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/, last accessed: January 26, 2017.18. Olin College Principles of Engineering Course. (2017). http://poe.olin.edu/, last accessed: January 30, 2017.19. Ortega-Alvarez, J. D., Atiq, S. Z., Rodriguez-Simmonds, H. E. (2016). A Qualitative Study Investigating How First-Year Engineering Students’ Value Beliefs Influence their Choice of Selecting an Engineering Major. In Proceedings of ASEE’s 123

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Chirag Variawa, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Mark L. Sivak, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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popularity and many universities have beenintroducing them into their curriculum.1-10, 14-18 These courses may be taught by a dedicatedgroup of faculty with engineering experience in industry, who may be more design-oriented (asopposed to research-oriented), and who may have demonstrated exemplary teaching abilities thatengage first-year engineering students.11,12 Additional motivations for this approach includebetter career preparation for engineering students and improved engineering education ingeneral.The University of Virginia found that cornerstone courses had better course ratings by studentsthan traditional sections and that graduation retention rates were higher with students who hadtaken the cornerstone courses compared to the traditional

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nora Honken, University of Cincinnati; Angela Boronyak, University of Cincinnati; James Edward Roethler, Spalding University; Aimee M. Frame, University of Cincinnati; Cedrick Kwuimy, University of Cincinnati

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said they were most looking forward to learning, making friends, finding theirpassion, working towards their career and exploring new places [7].Early research on the effects of COVID19 on student populationThere has been an influx of studies that investigated various immediate effects of COVID-19 onstudent populations. Due to the immediacy of the pandemic, there have not been any studieswhich look at the long-term effects of COVID-19 on students and it is unknown whetherstudents who started college during the pandemic were more affected than those who had alreadystarted college. Most papers written thus far have found that students reported increased stress,anxiety, and depression [20][21][22]. This included difficulty in concentrating

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Roberts, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Curtis R. Taylor, University of Florida

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

-Year Students Stephen Roberts, Fazil Najafi, Curtis TaylorAbstractAccording to the National Science Board, an increase in the admission of students fromunderrepresented populations will be needed to improve current enrollment trends at institutionsof higher education. In particular, studies show that enrollment, retention, and graduation rates ofengineering students from underrepresented populations (i.e., women, ethnic minorities) havehistorically been lower than those of other student populations. In addition, studies suggeststudents from underrepresented populations face unique and amplified issues that impede theirpersistence and degree completion. These impediments can include inadequate K-12 preparation,social

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alberta Lipson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rafael Bras, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kip Hodges, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

evaluated by experts from the Greater Boston museumcommunity and by members of the general public (including classes from local schools).Terrascope also includes two optional classes: a January-term class in which students explorehow people learn in museums, and a spring class in which students develop, write, record andproduce a radio program about the year’s theme subject. There is also an optional spring breakfield trip, in which nearly all of the students participate. In addition, students gather at weeklylunches and other social events, and they have exclusive access to a Terrascope classroom,lounge, computer cluster and kitchen. Many upperclassmen who have gone through the programstay actively involved in the Terrascope community, either as

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Francis, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; David John Orser, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Susan Mantell, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Joshua M. Feinberg, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Russell J. Holmes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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First-Year Programs

course that brings exciting, newtechnologies and skills to a first-year PBL course with the aim of enhancing engagement andproviding an authentic multidisciplinary, creative design process that includes student-proposedprojects. At the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, a large R1 research institution, an effort todevelop engagement, community and connections between freshmen and faculty began with thedevelopment of a required, one-credit first semester course. This course covers topics importantto all new university students – selecting a major, exploring extracurricular opportunities, writinga resume, appreciating diversity and understanding ethics – and for three years it was expandedto add a faculty co-instructor, who led a small

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Steven J. Skerlos, University of Michigan; Claudia G. Cameratti-Baeza, University of Michigan; Abby M. Chapin, University of Michigan; Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan

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].Just as race and ethnicity may impact the inner workings of engineering teams [11], issues ofrace and ethnicity may influence who benefits from technology [12]. Hence, it is critical for first-year engineering students to begin to understand engineering and engineering design asprocesses that are inherently social and subject to unconscious bias.Course Description & PartnershipsEngineering 110: Design Your Engineering Experience is an introductory course in whichstudents explore the breadth of opportunities available to engineers in both their education andtheir career. The course is structured around three key themes: What is Engineering?, ExploringMichigan and Michigan Engineering, and Self-Understanding. The complete vision, mission

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

1st year students cognitive and non-cognitive profiles,testing an applied engineering math course, and incrementally shifting faculty andadministrative culture from transactional relationships to higher quality studentengagement for 1st year students. Between Fall 2014 and Fall 2015 qualitative data wascollected measuring new students’ initial “grit”, motivations and career expectations.The total sample (N=509) consisted of 84% freshmen, 16% transfers, 21% women and14% minority students. Quantitative data included an analysis of the high school SATsand initial university math placement scores for Fall 2014-Fall 2015, a comparativeanalysis of the same data for the Fall 2011-Fall 2013 cohorts, and an analysis of studentoutcomes from an adapted

Conference Session

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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theirresidence halls on a Sunday evening and the program starts with a welcome breakfast onMonday morning. The key features of the week include: (a) work sessions and seminars gearedtoward introducing students to campus resources and helping students develop academic,professional and personal success skills; (b) a hands-on engineering design project competition;(c) participation in activities exploring the science and engineering behind select sports (e.g.bowling, biking) and systems (campus monorail system); (d) meet-and-greet from theuniversity’s president and engineering college deans; (e) daily social events that include ateam-building challenge course run and an evening campfire cookout. An overview of theweek’s activities is shown in Table 1 below

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-year Programs and Students, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University; Sandie J. Griffin

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First-Year Programs

whether to actually practice engineering aftergraduation while somewhat smaller, but still significant, percentage had no intention ofpracticing engineering. They mention “the quixotic nature of many students’ decisions abouttheir careers” and also the importance of chance events in career decisions. They report … during the span of students’ tenure as undergraduates, their thoughts about career options were strongly swayed—we could even say disproportionately swayed—by a single experience, such as an internship, interaction with faculty or even staff, or advice from a mentor. The movement could be in either direction.The importance of “third party individuals” in major decisions is reinforced by Degiorgi et al9who

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C.J. Egelhoff, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Susan Donner Bibeau, U.S. Coast Guard; K.L. Burns, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Officer and the Construction Officer. In this latter capacity, she was the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) as well as Civil Engineering Project Manager for the Academy’s $5.2 million dollar construction program. In 2003, she was selected for graduate school and attended the University of Texas, Austin where she earned a M.S.C.E with an emphasis on Construction Engineering and Project Management. In December 2004, she joined the USCGA faculty as an Instructor. During her time at the Academy, she has been the advisor for both the American Society of Civil Engineering and Society of American Military Engineers student chapters, a member of the SUPT Gender Policy Group, and worked with CGA Admissions

Conference Session

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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Poly PomonaMechanical Engineering Department’s YouTube Channel as an open educational resource [23].The title, length, and description of each episode are listed below: • Episode 1, What’s it like to be an early career engineer? (1 hr, 12 min) Two former mechanical engineering students from Cal Poly Pomona discuss their experiences working in industry during the past four years • Episode 2, What is Civil Engineering? (38 min) Two Cal Poly Pomona civil engineering faculty members discuss fundamental information about their discipline and the career paths available to civil engineers • Episode 3, What’s it like to be an engineering instructor? (1 hr, 21 min) Two engineering faculty members discuss their path to

Conference Session

FPD XI: Tidbits and Cookies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse J. French, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University

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Cavalry Company Commander, Installation Commander, and as a Maintenance Test Pilot. His engineering and industry experience is in the repair of gas and oil pipelines with non-metallic materials and in the fabrication and testing of composite and lightweight structures, primarily aircraft and wind energy devices. French and his wife have served as full-time missionaries in Korea, China, and Mongolia and have lead student missions teams to several countries to conduct engi- neering missions support work. French joined the LETU faculty in the fall of 2010 and teaches design and engineering science courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in addition to advising graduate students and directing two senior projects.Dr

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet K. Lumpp, University of Kentucky; Jennifer Lovely, University of Kentucky; Laura Marie Letellier P.E., University of Kentucky; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Derek Lynn Englert, University of Kentucky; John R. Baker P.E., University of Kentucky; Neil Moore, University of Kentucky; John F. Maddox, University of Kentucky; Julie Gordon Whitney, University of Kentucky; Doug Klein, University of Kentucky; Whitney C. Blackburn-Lynch, University of Kentucky

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personal level to the students and their families, those who attempt afour-year degree program but are unsuccessful have expended their limited resources.Additionally, as technology becomes a larger portion of our modern life, the need for individualswith technical skills grows. Therefore, the inability to retain students who could becomedegreed, practicing engineers has a detrimental impact on society as a whole. Retention ofstudents who are interested in a career in engineering is therefore a way to both reduceexpenditure of resources and while also increasing the supply of skilled workers for tomorrow’sjob market.II. The Challenge of Increasing RetentionStudents leave the difficult path of an engineering education for a variety of reasons

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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supervising graduate students in dynamics and control systems. He was awarded the Early Career Teaching Excellence Award in 2007 from the Faculty of Engineering.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Award in 2007 from the Faculty of Engineering. Page 14.736.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Innovation and Integration in an In-house First-Year Engineering Program: A fast track to Engineering EnculturationAbstractThe first-year of the four-year Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) program at the Universityof Auckland has been taught entirely in-house by the School of Engineering since 1996,when university-wide structural

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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tosupport the development of self-understanding needed to make academic and personal decisions.During Fall 2018 and Fall 2019, the course enrolled 300-350 students each semester and utilizeda single lecture, single discussion session format each week. The lecture portion of the coursewas led by two faculty instructors and focused upon faculty presentations intended to introducestudents to different engineering disciplines, majors and careers, along with guestpresentations/panels intended to explore broader perspectives of engineering and the engineeringstudent experience. The discussion portion of the course, led by upper-level undergraduateengineering students, focused on the introduction of experiential learning opportunities, as wellas topics

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Traum, University of North Texas; Sharon Karackattu, University of North Texas

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underpinning principles and ethosadhered to by engineers in research, academia, and industry. Subsequent classes were team-taughtby the MEE faculty in concert with five practicing engineers from local industry. Faculty membersshared their careers as research engineers, and practicing engineers exposed students to projectsencountered in the professional workplace.Participating engineers from industry and government were recruited from local companies throughthree techniques: personal contacts made at university-sponsored conferences and career fairs;telephone calls to local firms’ outreach coordinators; and members of the industrial advisory boardof the College of Engineering. Practicing engineers generally responded favorably to requests toshare their

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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First-Year Programs

also teaches courses in Computer Engineering for the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Sys- tems Engineering at Arizona State University Page 26.259.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessment of Communication, Teamwork, and Engineering Motivation in Inter-Disciplinary Projects Implemented in an Introduction to Engineering CourseIntroductionInter-disciplinary project teams are a fact of engineering careers. Inter-disciplinary thought andaction are required to solve many of today’s technological and social challenges