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First-year Programs: Computation in the First Year

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati; Teri J. Murphy, University of Cincinnati; Cijy Elizabeth Sunny, Baylor University

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through the use of Information Technology working alongside the research team there in collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Learning a Second Language and Learning a Programming Language: An ExplorationAbstractComputing has become a foundational subject across the engineering disciplines with many first-year engineering curricula either including a course on computing or integrating computingwithin a broader introductory course. However, there is significant evidence that students havedifficulty both learning and applying the computing concepts traditionally covered

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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College of Engineering Withrow Teaching Excellence Award, and being named an MSU Lilly Teaching Fellow.Dr. Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Engineering Edu- cation Research at Michigan State University. Dr. Urban-Lurain is responsible for teaching, research and curriculum development, with emphasis on engineering education and, 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

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FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Pauline schwartz, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Agamemnon Koutsospyros, University of New Haven

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(EAS120) the group of disciplinesrepresented in the development phase included chemistry, biology, and relevant engineeringfields. This new course was developed to balance the requirement to incorporate relevant newcontent into the curriculum with the need to limit curriculum overload. This course wasdesigned to satisfy these constraints by integrating the relevant biological science materials intoan existing chemistry course. Since the new content represented about forty percent as muchmaterial as was included in the existing course, some of the existing content needed to beremoved. An additional constraint was then to make sure that content needed to prepare studentsfor follow-up courses was retained. This could be accomplished in two ways

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Elizabeth Carruthers, The Ohio State University; Paul Alan Clingan, The Ohio State University - EEIC

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visualizationtool which could have supplemented traditional course material throughout their undergraduatecareers. The Ohio State University has created a “cornerstone” design course, available tofreshmen, in which basic micro-fluid dynamics concepts are presented, using CFD software as avisualization and verification tool (5). This allows freshmen to identify and develop an interest influid dynamics at the start of their undergraduate career, perhaps shaping their progressionthroughout the curriculum. Overall, this course is still somewhat a work-in-progress, but also aunique proof of concept for teaching computational modeling early in an undergraduatecurriculum. Results were seen in the high quality of the work produced by students, as well asthe

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University

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. Page 22.1609.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Arduino as a Platform for Programming, Design and Measurement in a Freshman Engineering CourseAbstract Arduino is a compact, inexpensive, open-source electronics prototyping platform builtaround an Atmel AVR microcontroller. The features, cost, and small size makes Arduino apotent tool teaching as well as practical device use in engineering projects. This paper reports onadapting the Living with the Lab (LWTL) curriculum to the Arduino platform. LWTL wasdeveloped with the Boe-Bot mobile robotics platform and the Basic Stamp microcontroller. TheArduino is more modern and has better technical capabilities, but

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sami Khorbotly, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

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efforts in developping educational modules for freshman level classes.Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University Ken Reid is the Director of Freshman Engineering and an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University. He was the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the JETS Board of Directors and 10 years on the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee. He co-developed “The Tsunami Model Eliciting Activity” which was awarded Best Middle School Curriculum by the Engineering Education Service Center in 2009. His research interests include

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly K. Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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solving in an engaging and cost-effective way? It is clear that other programshave invested a prohibitive amount of capital. Space is another limited resource. Without lab benches andstorage, we would need to be creative in developing a hands-on equipment-based module. The finalresource to be considered is time. This precious commodity would also make it challenging to start fromsquare one to develop a curriculum to teach hardware-driven program development. These conditionsinspired a search to determine how to make programming come alive for our students given thelimitations described.Challenge #3: Experience. While there is a core of instructors responsible for the majority of the 20+course sections from year to year, there are also some who

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FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Jonathan Howard Spindel, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University

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offering of the courselacked cohesive integration. These prior course iterations were team taught with individualfaculty having responsibility for four to six week modules taught simultaneously across allsections, and faculty assigned to teach the course were not consistent from year to year. Thispaper represents an initial effort at executing an integrated course offering where course topicareas are interwoven throughout course, and faculty instructors are common throughout theentire semester. The new version of the course was taught experimentally to three coursesections during the Spring 2012 semester.The Introduction to Engineering course is laid out in modules: Engineering Science (ES),Engineering Design Process (EDP), and Components of

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Professional Development and Skills

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California, Davis

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graduation rate is only 50%, withhalf of these students leaving engineering after the first year. Many of these students lack first-hand knowledge of the wonderfully creative and diverse types of work in which engineers areengaged. The idea is to introduce students to a wide variety of practicing engineers who are verypassionate about and fulfilled in their work – giving the students more reasons why they shouldstick it out early on in the engineering major when the time commitment to their studies issignificant and the first year curriculum is less engineering courses and more math, chemistry,physics and general education courses. As an additional note, we also simultaneously instituted acollege-wide mentoring program in which all of our beginning

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, Ohio State University

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the software design project also plays a role. Students who demonstrated excellentcommunication skills in addition to technical and programming skills are best fit to mentorfreshman. The time requirement is selected such that the mentors are thorough in the content.Since the First-Year Engineering curriculum is revised continuously to improve the quality andrigor, it is critical to have mentors who know the material well. Once the prospective candidatesfor mentoring are determined, an email invitation is sent to all the qualified students prior to thebeginning of the semester. Interested students respond back with their interests and availabilityand are then hired as peer mentors. Usually, the mentors are compensated for the mentoringwork

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen W. McKnight, Northeastern University; Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Paula G. Leventman, Northeastern University

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-time modules that NortheasternUniversity (NU) has introduced in their first-year engineering curriculum using a “High-TechTools & Toys Laboratory” (HTT&TL). At NU, the HTT&TL is used to teach MATLAB andC++ to first-year engineering students through a set of structured exercises leading the studentsto image a shape concealed in opaque gelatin using 1MHz ultrasound (MATLAB) and to use astepper motor mechanism to color-sort dyed Ping-Pong balls imaged by a video-cam (C++). The Page 25.46.3community college faculty members were participants in an NSF-supported STEP grant, andwere supported through ALERT stipends to attend the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focus on Student Success I

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

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Engineering from Notre Dame. Her research focuses primarily on Engineering Education issues with specific interest in the first-year curriculum, experiential learning, and diversity and inclusion.Dr. Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Dr. Kerry Meyers holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (B.S. & M.S. Mechanical Engineering) and is specifically focused on programs that influence student’s experience, affect retention rates, and the factors that determine the overall long term success of students entering an engineering program. She is the Assistant Dean for Student Development in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She is committed to the betterment of the undergraduate curriculum and is

Conference Session

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University; Nova Alexandria Glinski Schauss, Oregon State University

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career as an engineeringstudent. The benefits of this approach can be summarized as follows:  Individual accountability for success as an engineering student  Setting the goal of graduating with an engineering degree and developing a plan to achieve the goal will result in more efficient students, potentially reducing the time to graduation, and reduce the number of students who “drift aimlessly” through a curriculum  Students will perform better in all courses  The skills students develop to be an effective engineering students are the same skills they need in their later career  Learning to apply general student development topics from the course to their personal development planThe focus

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University; Claudia Elena Zapata, Arizona State University; Nasser Hamdan, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics; Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University

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Paper ID #19103Complete Research Paper: Implementation of an Introductory Module onBiogeotechnics in a Freshman Engineering CourseDr. Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University Jean Larson has a Ph.D. in Educational Technology, postgraduate training in Computer Systems Engineer- ing, and many years of experience teaching and developing curriculum in various learning environments. She has taught technology integration and teacher training to undergraduate and graduate students at Ari- zona State University, students at the K-12 level locally and abroad, and various workshops and modules in business and industry. Dr. Larson

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FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Grimm, Wayne State University

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first year of the program, it was identified that many Bridge students lacked some basicskills in areas of Internet usage, technical problem solving, and study skills. Therefore, forstudents entering the program in Fall 2005, an additional course “Skills for Success inEngineering” (BE 0991) was added to the curriculum. This course was developed in cooperationwith the academic advising staff of the College of Engineering along with the University’sAcademic Success Center. Lectures focused on the use of university academic systems (e.g.Pipeline and BlackboardTM); development of an academic plan of work; time management, note Page 12.206.5taking

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida

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will have classes in the future,establishing a community earlier than the typical junior year when students enter the major22.Institutions implement learning communities as a way to increase student involvement, buildcommunity, create a connection to the curriculum, enhance student-student and student-facultyinteraction, and ultimately retain students24, 30-31.Students living in residential learning communities have been shown to have higher levels of (a)social interaction with faculty and peers, (b) persistence, (c) satisfaction with the institution, and(d) commitment to the institution23. Students have the opportunity to carry their conversationsoutside the classroom and into their living environment which allows for an overlap

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year II

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas at Austin; Nisha Abraham, University of Texas at Austin; Mohana Seelan, University of Texas at Austin; Ramakrishna Sai Annaluru, University of Texas at Austin

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programmingexperience, a variable which was explored in our study. The ability to increase performance ingroups across all prior programming experiences, especially groups with low prior programmingexperiences is an important step to increasing the graduation rate of underrepresented groupswithin computing majors.Online modality of teachingThe coronavirus pandemic that hit the globe in 2020, required all our first year engineeringcourses in our school to be offered online. Prior to the fall 2020 semester, none of our first yearcourses had online offerings, and none of the instructors teaching first year engineering courseshad any experience with online teaching, or incorporating active learning components into thecourse curriculum. This added another dimension

Conference Session

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

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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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Michigan State. McDonough’s areas of interest include educational theory, student development and engineering education.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University DAINA BRIEDIS is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research includ- ing 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 retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2012-4040: CHOCOLATE CHALLENGE: THE MOTIVATIONAL EF-FECTS OF OPTIONAL PROJECTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEER-ING CLASSDr. John Reap, Virginia Tech John Reap currently serves Virginia Tech’s educational mission as an instructor in the Department of Engineering Education. He primarily teaches introductory engineering courses as part of the freshman year engineering program. Research interests include topics in sustainable design and manufacturing (SDM) life cycle assessment, design for environment, green manufacturing, renewable energy, and system efficiency (energy and material). He specializes in approaching SDM problems from the perspective of holistic biomimicry, which encompasses identification, development, and

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Leslie, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic University); Gunter W. Georgi, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering; Alyssa Marie D'Apice, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering

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during her freshman year she earned the basketball Rookie of the Year award for her conference. Page 26.112.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Student-Led Approach to Promoting Teamwork in an Introductory Engineering PresentationAt the Polytechnic School of Engineering of New York University, formerly known asPolytechnic University, a first-year required course, Introduction to Engineering and Design, hasbeen a core part of the curriculum for many years. As part of this course, student teams areexpected to solve one of eight independent

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Amena Shermadou, Ohio State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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Engineering from Wright State University, in Day- ton, Ohio. Her experience with teaching first-year engineering students has led to research interests in curriculum development, student empowerment and the development of holistic engineers through the collaboration with engineering stakeholders.Prof. Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University Dr. Amy Betz is an Assistant Professor and the director of the Multiphase Microfluidics Laboratory at Kansas State University. She received her PhD from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University. Her research aims to acquire new fundamental understanding of phase-change processes. She is passionate about research

Conference Session

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

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Warren Bucks, Ohio Northern University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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computing and designconcepts. LabVIEW was chosen due to the familiarity of the instructors and staff, the ease withwhich it can integrate with hardware systems, as well as its availability on campus.LabVIEW is a graphical programming language in which an individual creates a program byconnecting different graphical blocks together, similar to a circuit diagram or block diagram.The programmer creates both the user interface for the program as well as the codesimultaneously. The user interface is created using the Front Panel window, on which differentobjects, such as numeric inputs and outputs, graphs, and text displays are placed to allow a userto provide inputs to and receive outputs from the program. Objects placed on the Front Panel

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Sevier, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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the SL method in engineering classrooms. ≠ Integration of SL into a curriculum requires careful planning.15 Before implementing SL in a curriculum, assess needs of the local community while establishing positive rapport with the community, plan for overcoming potential challenges to be faced during the application of SL, and estimate resources required to successfully integrate SL into teaching and learning. ≠ Finding adequate projects suitable for freshman engineering students to complete can be a limiting factor. The client problems need to be of an appropriate scope and level of complexity; freshman engineering students have little to no experience with electronic design, 3D drawing and the

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FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Stan Cronk, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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Engineering.” NSF Award Number 0127422, NSF Project Report, June 3, 2003. https://www.ehr.nsf.gov/pirs_prs_web/search/RetrieveRecord.asp?Awd_Id=012742214. Pomalaza-Ráez, C. and Groff, B.H., “Retention 101: Where Robots Go . . . Students Follow.” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2003, pages 85-90.15. Verner, I.M. and Ahlgren, 2004, “Conceptualising Educational Approaches in Introductory Robotics.” Page 13.855.18 International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 41 (3), July 2004, 183-201.16. Nelson, J. and Napper, S., “Ramping Up to an Integrated Curriculum to Full Implementation.” Frontiers in Education

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First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. Adams, Chandler Gilbert Community College; Mary Beth Burgoyne

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five of the NAE’s 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering and integrates project-based learning and information literacy strategies into an application experience that challengesthe students’ worldviews and perception of engineering.Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) is one of ten colleges in the Maricopa CountyCommunity College District (MCCCD) and has a student annualized headcount of 14,630,drawing students primarily from east valley communities in the Phoenix area. According to theMaricopa Trends Report (2016), 72% of CGCC student body is part-time credit seeking, and81% of the student population is 24 years of age and under. Females constitute 53% of totalstudent population and males at 47% of the total student population. American

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Introducing Programming in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso

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modified course designed to introduce studentsto computer programming including an intense hands-on introduction to Python, C and electriccircuits. Continuing evaluation of introductory programming offerings at UTEP has motivatedevolutions in curriculum, course objectives, and evaluation strategies. Interestingly, the resultingcourse, which engages students in “computational reasoning,” integrates both programming and Page 15.1382.8mathematics, and is engaging students with weak math skills. Results from early evaluationefforts are encouraging and have lead to adoptions into other areas. We anticipate that studentswho attend the Electrical

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First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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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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assist students. Rhee etal.9 assessed their program using surveys, focus groups, and interviews.There is strong potential for integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum to improve studentlearning and experience. Transforming engineering curricula to more thoroughly andconsistently integrate core principles of engineering design with communication and criticalthinking skills can make engineering education more valuable and more effective overall;however, such integration efforts may not always succeed. Often the work of integration ishighly demanding in terms of logistical planning, institutional support, and instructorcommitment, as Hirsch et al.12 recognized. Guthrie et al.6 noted that collaborative, integratedpedagogy “requires significant

Conference Session

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan W. Krauss, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Cem Karacal, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

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University, Ankara, Turkey in 1982. He has experience in industry and academia. His main research and teaching interest areas are simulation modeling, quality control, operations research, and facilities layout. Before joining to SIUE he worked at Rochester Institute of Technology as a faculty member and Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT’s integrated circuit factory. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Evaluating the Impact of a Revised Introductory Engineering Course: Student Retention and Success as an IndicatorAbstractThis work in progress

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manaz Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University; Chandan Dasgupta, Purdue University; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia MSSEC, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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understanding the development of the ability to deal with problems in Engineering complex socio-technical systems via variation theory. Other interests are curriculum devel- opment for mathematical thinking, design thinking, and human-centered design. He is currently on a leave of absence from the department of systems engineering at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. He worked as a software engineer in different companies for seven years before transitioning to academia.Dr. Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alejandra Magana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology and an affiliated faculty at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julianne D. Vernon, University of Michigan; Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan

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highest gain of 0.41 wasshown for the intervention group and was significantly higher than the pre to post increase forthe control (p-value<0.001). This shows that the restructure and inclusion of the discussionsession increases the student’s confidence in declaring major.6.0 ConclusionPreliminary results from our pilot study, modifying an elective first year survey course to includediscussion intended to initiate development of self-authorship and integrative learning, showpositive development of students in their confidence in choosing a major and linking this to theirinterests, values and strengths. This was a significant focus of the pilot course and shows thatthe curriculum is affecting students in a positive way as designed. Because