Conference Session

FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan; Rodney Johnson, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

intervention as needed.In this paper, we provide details on the teaching of our course, and share insights that shouldhelp others planning to teach a similar course in the future.Course overviewThe outcomes that all students in the “Introduction to Engineering” course are expected toachieve are outlined in Table 1 and shown in more detail in the Appendix.It is worth noting that most of these outcomes do not lend themselves well to a purely cognitiveapproach—that is one that focuses on transferring knowledge from instructor to student. In fact,it is sometimes difficult to specify exactly what the “knowledge” component of design,teamwork or communication should be. Instead, we focus on developing students’ skill andconfidence as practitioners in these

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

idealized habitation plan for permanent residents and visitors that minimizes impact on the Islands’ ecosystems. • 2005-2006 (Mission 2009): Develop a comprehensive plan for tsunami preparedness in the circum-Pacific region, focusing on two developing nations—one in the islands of the western Pacific, and the other on the west coast of South America. Include: quantitative estimation of tsunami risk and hazard; engineering and land-use strategies to limit impact of tsunamis on people and the environment; methods for communicating tsunami warnings and evacuating the populace; and ways to prioritize and coordinate relief efforts.Once the problem has been introduced, it is up to the students in the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

effectiveness of the video and use this analysis to plan thenext steps for continuing the video instruction initiative. The goal for these videos is to provideall students with a fundamental background to get started on their projects and laboratoryexercises. Students are required to watch the videos throughout the semester and this is enforcedthrough a quiz administered at the beginning of the lab session each week – currently, there areonly two lab quizzes based on videos, but all labs have a quiz. With the background provided bythe video, the researchers aim to increase the creativity in student solutions and encourage theirimplementation of a systematic engineering design process.IntroductionThis paper addresses the use of the flipped classroom

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laurel Whisler, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

high school experiences that have not prepared themwith social capital or with academic experiences conducive to success as self-directed learners atthe collegiate level [10]. Metacognition refers to reflective processes by which learners becomeaware of and control their thinking [11], [12]. To become self-directed learners, students mustdevelop the capability to assess what is asked of them by tasks, evaluate their knowledge andability relative to the task, plan an approach using an appropriate strategy, and monitor theirprogress while making adjustments as needed [13]. Thus developing metacognitive ability iscrucial for academic success. This paper will present the context for the learning strategiescourse, describe recent changes, and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; David Jacob Taylor, Arizona State University; Ian Derk

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Individual and Team Performance Lab at Universityof Calgary. This assessment tool contains 81 Likert Scale questions about Team Dynamicscovering the following areas: strategy formulation & planning; role clarity; cooperative conflictmanagement; team monitoring & backup; goal progression; coordination; contribution equity;healthy, fact-driven conflict; lack of personal conflict; trust; constructive controversy;exploitative learning; and exploratory learning. The experimental group consisted of two sectionsof the cohered courses whereas the control group involved students enrolled in four sections ofthe traditional Introduction to Engineering course during the same semester. This assessment toolwas given to both groups three times during the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

the format that these efforts will take. Birdwell et al. [8]recently described efforts encompassing Academic Advising and Student Affairs working togetherto improve first-year experiences of engineering students, by creating and implementing a seminarcourse for first-year engineering students. They concluded that although challenges incommunication and planning between the two offices remain, particularly in training PeerAdvisers, their first-year engineering seminar course helping students in their first two quarters atthe university, help students to form social bonds and learn valuable skills to aid their learning. As of 2017, degrees awarded by the well over 300 schools with ABET-accredited bachelor'sdegrees programs in engineering

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Petra Reinke, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

valuable to me. 3.85 Q2. The book discussion was interesting and engaging. 3.68 Q3. The Common Reading Experience helped me connect with other 3.51 Michigan Engineering students. Q4. The Common Reading Experience helped me feel a stronger 3.47 connection to the Michigan Engineering community. Q5. I plan to attend additional events related to the Common Reading 3.21 Experience during the academic year. Q6. The

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ronald Caffey, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Bruce Chrisman, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Chris Pearson, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ernest Lewis, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

mentors will meet with the students two times eachsemester and will explain what they do as an engineer because many freshmen and sophomorestudents do not understand the role of an engineer. They will explain the importance of math intheir engineering profession and encourage students to successfully complete their math courses.Lastly, they also will provide career advice such as examples of projects they’ve worked on andsuccesses and struggles they’ve had in their career. This mentoring by engineers in industry willprovide motivation to remain in engineering and obtain summer internships later in their collegeeducation, possibly with the same company of the industrial mentor.Assessment:The plans for this project will include ongoing internal

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cordon, University of Idaho; Barbara Williams, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

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First-Year Programs

knowledge by peers situation is resolved customer or user Undesirable or Needs analysis, Inconsistencies or uncomfortable definition of incompleteness of Starting Point situation requiring specifications current knowledge change Remedial action plan Tested artifact, tool, Theory, model, or that can often be or process with answer to research End Product generalized supporting question submitted documentation for peer review Time

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Mark Embree, Rice University; Maria Oden, Rice University

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First-Year Programs

solutions Preparing oral presentations, graphs, and tables Prototyping, fasteners, and supplies Testing design solutions Role of failure in design Project planning and Gantt charts Manufacturability Environmental issuesClient-Based Projects in ENGI 120In ENGI 120, students learn the engineering design process and use it to solve meaningfulproblems drawn from local hospitals, local community partners, international communities, andaround the Rice University campus. The instructor works with other faculty on campus toestablish relationships with possible clients within and outside the

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, SUSAN FREEMAN, and BEVERLY JAEGER are members of; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Design for the First-Year CurriculumAbstractBuilding a tower out of straws has been used as an activity for many years at all educationallevels. In general terms, teams of students are provided with a fixed number of straws andfasteners (such as paper clips or straight pins) and are instructed to build a structure as tall aspossible within a limited amount of time. Sometimes a constraint is added, usually that the towermust be able to bear a specified load or withstand other mechanical disturbances such as wind orvibration. Lesson plans for this activity are readily available on the Internet; the majority of thempresent the building of a tower of straws by a team of students as a methodology for developingcooperative learning skills

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice-oriented mission of Northeastern University.Dr. B. Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly Kris Jaeger, PhD is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She has also been an

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Jennifer Lynn Schlegel, Florida Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

), and habitual curiosity, a drive to understand how things workand how to make them work better3. Thinking patterns derived from effectual logic canstrengthen an entrepreneurial mindset by helping students leverage current knowledge resourcesand move through uncertainty by developing connections with other people and information inthe pursuit of value creation10. Common learning outcomes that demonstrate entrepreneurialknowledge include opportunity recognition, design iteration and prototyping, projectmanagement, strategic and financial planning, communication and presentation, leadership andethics3.Maker MovementThe Maker Movement in education is broadly characterized by three components – making as aset of activities, makerspaces as

Conference Session

Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rezvan Nazempour; Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois, Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

component is to prepare the Scholars for successful acquisition of an internship and eventually a full-time position. It also provides the Scholars with an opportunity to begin establishing a network, understand the components of a high- quality resume and online professional profile, and evaluate internship opportunities. By participating in this activity prior to entering college, the Scholars are expected to be able to start planning a career path during their first year. A total of three one-hour sessions are scheduled during the two-week program, and are facilitated by professional staff from the university career center. 3.2. WorkshopsThe SBP programming includes a variety of informational and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Cornucopia (Educational Research)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaylee A. Dunnigan, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Gunter W. Georgi, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

microcontroller,breadboard, wires, and some commonly used sensors. Supplemental common materials andsensors were available upon request. Students used their stipend to order all other materials, butrestrictions such as deadlines for orders were put on the purchases. The students were tasked with writing a report to describe their semester plan for theirproject with a schedule, cost estimates, and initial design ideas as an initial deliverable for theproject. While this report is completed by the third week of class and a lot of their initial plan issubject to change, it acted as an initial layout of their project. Following the outline of thepredefined projects, the OEPs also had three deliverables which were due at week 6, 9, and 11 ofthe course

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adia Radecka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Alyssa Bradshaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Javi Cardenas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sara Xochilt Lamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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First-Year Programs

Grainger College of Engineering. Sara performs undergrad- uate research in soft robotics and engineering education funded by the IDEA Institute at UIUC. Sara is interested in pursuing a career in Engineering Education as well as furthering her education upon gradu- ating.Mrs. Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ilalee Harrison James is the Associate Director of The Hoeft Technology & Management Program. She serves as a lecturer in addition to leading the strategic plan for the program’s co-curricular outcomes. She is a first-generation college graduate who is passionate about improving career outcomes for underrepre- sented students in STEAM.Prof. Holly M. Golecki, University of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #19497Work in Progress: Living with the Lab: Building a New Implementation ofthe LWTL Project-Based First-Year Engineering Curriculum at CampbellUniversityDr. Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University Dr. Carpenter is Founding Dean of Engineering at Campbell University. She is Chair of the ASEE Long-Rangge Planning Committee and the ASEE Strategic Doing Governance Team. She is a past Vice President of Professional Interest Councils for ASEE and past President of WEPAN. Currently Chair of the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program Steering Committee and an ASEE PEV for General Engineering, Dr

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Collection

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Christopher Peter Scianna, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

learningefforts have enhanced or detracted from students’ engineering education as a whole incomparison to their non-service learning peers, and if the practices and outcomes of thesesections create new trajectories and plans for students, specifically whether it enhances futureinvolvement in community outreach efforts.IntroductionNortheastern University is a top fifty university [1] located adjacent to the Roxburyneighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Thanks to exponential growth and development overthe last decade, Northeastern has become a landmark within the community. For decades, it hasbeen shaped by its urban backdrop and has recently taken innovative steps to use its status in thecommunity to provide an impactful outreach program. The backbone of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Ways to Measure "Things" About Your Course(s)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lilianny Virguez, Virginia Tech; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

defined as “the extent towhich one intends to engage in an activity”4. The choice or the decision to continue doing an activity,for example, is the result of someone’s motivation of doing that activity. Motivation has been exploredin relation to academic performance and career plans. Jones et al. studied the relationship amongexpectancies, values, achievement, and career plans for first year engineering students. They found thatstudents’ expectancy and value related beliefs decreased over the first year3 thus negatively influencingstudents’ retention into the second year of an engineering program. Predicting students’ intention tocontinue within engineering is complex, and the factors associated to this decision are not wellunderstood; however

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wallace Martindell Catanach III, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christopher Stephen Smith, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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First-Year Programs

across Page 24.612.2the tops of the leaves. The rake needs to have a method whereby the customer can applydownward pressure with only one arm. Usual rakes need to have two hands; the one hand downthe rake shaft usually applies the pressure.This is truly a learning experience where the students learn to develop a product without anyoutside influence. Each student in the class goes through the engineering design process anddevelops a prototype. The students learn how to individually brainstorm a product by workingthrough the plan. They identify customer needs, brainstorm concepts, sketch their concepts, anduse a concept screening matrix to decide

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patrick Gee, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Laura Masterson, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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First-Year Programs

that students who participate in a LC at IUPUI have higher firstyear retention rates than students who do not participate. In Fall 2007, 88% of the entering firstyear cohort was enrolled in a LC and one year retention for LC students was 70% as compared tostudents not enrolled in a LC (65%). Differences in retention among participants and non-participants are significant for regular admits to IUPUI 7.Themed Learning Communities (TLCs), which were piloted at IUPUI in 2004, build on theconcepts already present in a regular learning community by adding linked courses that cover acommon topic. A TLC is a group of 3-5 classes connected by a theme in which students enrolltogether. Through planned teamwork, TLC faculty and instructional team members

Conference Session

First-Year Program Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University

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First-Year Programs

difficulty.One tool for promoting first-to-second year undergraduate student retention is the use of a first-year seminar [5]. Most first-year seminars take place in small, discussion based settings and theyconsist of curricular and co-curricular topics that are designed to help students integrate bothacademically and socially into college life [6]. Due to the high number of credit hours requiredfor students in the GVSU School of Engineering, the first year curriculum is being reviewed toidentify how to include a mandatory first year seminar in the program plans. Rather than waitingfor the planning and approving of a fist year seminar, the learning skills modules wereimplemented in an Introduction to Engineering course during the Fall 2018 semester.The

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Oyemayowa Luqman Abioye, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

sound activated switch, could beimplemented in the module. The research group also plan to develop additional modules basedon other engineering discipline (such as chemical, mechanical, or civil engineering).Due to a small sample size and a low percent of underrepresented groups in the course, theauthors were unable to analyze the data by gender, ethnicity, or entry level (first semester versussecond semester or above). However, we plan to implement the module in Fall 2015 in a largernumber of students, which will allow for a more in depth analysis of the data and of the impactof the module in students’ confidence, and interest in engineering.Conclusion:Losing nearly half of talented first year engineering students is not acceptable and more

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College; Polly Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

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First-Year Programs

development is the result of an evolving experience that began over 15 yearsago at Lafayette College. The introductory course, ES 101, was originally designed tohelp Lafayette recruit, retain, and inform our engineering students. Early versions of thecourse included a major design experience that included a multidisciplinary experienceinvolving mechanical, electrical and computer, civil, and chemical engineeringdisciplines2. The original plans for the course, though successful, proved costly andresource intensive. With the advent of ABET engineering criterion 2000 and theemphasis on outcomes driven curriculum, the engineering division identified threeimportant outcomes for this first year engineering course. These outcomes includecommunications

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Doina Bein, California State University, Fullerton; Jidong Huang, California State University, Fullerton; Yu Bai, California State University, Fullerton; Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, California State University, Fullerton; Paulina Reina, California State University, Fullerton

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). Her research interests include traffic flow modeling, statistical methods for transportation data analysis, and sustainable transportation planning. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journal publications and conference papers, and presented at numerous academic conferences. Dr. Reina has also served as an advisor of undergraduate research and applied projects such as those conducted by the student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and awardees of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship. American c Society

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; M. Kevin Parfitt, Pennsylvania State University; Sez Atamturktur Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; Moses Ling P.E., Pennsylvania State University

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First-Year Programs

projects, campus scavengerhunts, themed hands on activities, and strategies for academic and career planning will be used tohighlight student engagement and course improvements.Summary of Related Literature A consistent factor that influences learning is the powerful impact of engagement,defined as the level at which students invest physical, psychological, emotional, and intellectualenergy in educationally related activities [1]. Successful engagement early in a student’s courseof study is critical as early engagement is sometimes insufficient at large universities, wherestudents do not normally feel “belonged” early due to large class sizes or lack of interactionamong students for a variety of reasons [2]. FYS classes have a statistically

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Peter L.L. Walls, Dunwoody College of Technology; Jonathan Aurand P.E., Dunwoody College of Technology

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First-Year Programs

develop a plan tomitigate the risk. Asking the teams for pitfalls in several deliverables was another way to give usvisibility to challenges and offer feedback throughout the project. Note that asking for challengeswas a theme throughout the deliverables, but we won’t explicitly mention each time it was askedin the remaining short descriptions.PR2: Conceptual Design Candidates – Due week 7At this point in the project, we asked each team to identify which design or pair of designs theyare continuing to pursue, along with rationale for both the continuation and abandonment ofother options. In the lecture portion of the class, we discussed techniques for effective decisionmaking and design narrowing. To reinforce the value of these techniques, we

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Arthur L. Chlebowski, University of Southern Indiana; David J. Ellert PE, University of Southern Indiana

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First-Year Programs

machine.This paper discusses the results of a carefully crafted project in a freshman engineering designcourse that maintains multiple avenues of technical communication (between and among groups)through reports, presentations, and technical graphics. It also provides students opportunities tolearn time and team management. Finally, the project requires students to proceed through arigorous design process while allowing for creativity within the design. The irony of the fact thattypically Rube Goldberg Machines are designed to do a simple task through an inefficientprocess is well understood and accepted; engineers should search for efficient designs andsolutions to problems. Overall, the project was warmly received. We will also touch on plans

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Matthew Stimpson, Virginia Tech; Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

Programs (now the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity,CEED), with additional associated costs provided largely through industrial sponsorship. Thecommunity is physically located in Slusher Hall, currently occupying the fourth floor of the“Wing.” The floor plan design in Slusher Hall creates pods, which are common outer areas thatsix to eight resident rooms open to. These pods function as small gathering spaces for theresidents of the connecting rooms, and they are often utilized for socializing and as study zones.The Hypatia community for freshmen is in its sixth run during the 2006-07 academic year. Earlyparticipants who had developed a strong sense of community petitioned the CEED office toimplement a second-year component to

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-2550: FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE AND BEYOND: USING THEENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS TO SUPPORT LEARNING ANDENGINEERING SKILL DEVELOPMENTPaul Pagano, Western Michigan University Paul Pagano is a second-year student in Civil Engineering at Western Michigan University. He is active in the student ASCE chapter, assists student teams in the Student Projects Lab, and plans to gain his professional engineers license and employment in a geotechnical engineering firm after graduation.Amanda Rossman, Western Michigan University Amanda Rossman is a second-year student in Civil and Construction Engineering at Western Michigan University. She serves as a tutor to first-year, at-risk students, and is