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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William Travis Horton, Purdue University

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a waiting list for placement as demand has continued toexceed capacity.Service-learning has been integrated as a curricular or co-curricular connection for several of thelearning communities10. Historically, these were self-contained projects within the first-yearprogram. Limitations on the scope of these projects include the capabilities of the first-yearstudents and the short duration of the academic period. While these efforts were beingundertaken, a large service-learning design program was developed that involved students fromall four years, first-year to senior. There were opportunities to link the first-year experience withthe larger program through the learning community.EPICS ProgramEPICS is an engineering-centered

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo G. Perez, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Omar Meza Castillo, Inter American University of Puerto Rico

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #17114Summer Immersion Program for First-Year Engineering Students as a Strat-egy to Increase Retention: First-Year ResultsDr. Eduardo G. Perez, Inter American University of Puerto Rico Mechanical Engineering Associate prof. and chair Co-Director Project MSEIP PhD. in Mechanical Engineering West Virginia University Ms. in Mechanical Engineering University of Puerto Rico Bs. Engineering of Energy - Universidad del Santa - PeruDr. Omar Meza Castillo, Inter American University of Puerto Rico Omar Meza was born in Chimbote-Ancash, Per´u, in 1969. He received the B.E. degree in Energy Engi- neering from the ”Universidad

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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 team  could  be  tasked  to  design  a  new  activity  for  a  spring  carnival  at  a  local  school.    These  situation  are  all  open-­‐ended  and  would  require  non-­‐trivial  problem  formulation.    In  contrast,  none  of  the  prior  studies  nor  the  current  work  presented  in  this  paper    use  the  word  “engineering  design”  to  refer  to  very  constrained  design  optimization-­‐ Page 26.1510.2type  projects.  In  an  ethnographic  study  of  a  third  year  mechanical  engineering  design  class  at  Georgia  Tech,  Wendy  Newstetter  embedded  herself  in  a  design

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FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Prendergast, Rutgers, School of Engineering; Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University

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First-Year Programs

experience affects retention and success of engineeringstudents. Many studies document positive effects of interventions that involve active learningapproaches. In this paper we summarize the factors affecting retention and satisfaction inengineering, provide an overview of active learning methodologies, and describe an interventionthat combines three of such methodologies (project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, andcollaborative learning) in a first-year introduction to engineering course at Rutgers – School ofEngineering, a mid-sized engineering institution. The course had positive effects on retention andsatisfaction of engineering students. Specifically we found that three-year retention increased by19%; and students reported higher

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George James Lamont, University of Waterloo; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo; Rachel Figueiredo, University of Waterloo; Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Andrea Jonahs, University of Waterloo; Heather A. Love, University of Waterloo; Brad Mehlenbacher, University of Waterloo; Carter Neal, University of Waterloo; Katherine Zmetana, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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how people are accessing, understanding and disseminating information.Dr. Andrea Jonahs, University of Waterloo Andrea Jonahs, Ph.D., MFA, is a lecturer at the University of Waterloo. She teaches professional commu- nication to students in STEM fields.Dr. Heather A Love, University of Waterloo Heather Love is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), where she conducts interdisciplinary research on topics related to engineering, technology, literature, and culture. Her current book project argues that early twentieth-century experimental literature is an important part of the ”cultural pre-history” of mid- and later-century cybernetics work. She teaches first-year communi

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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First-Year Programs

of the different engineering disciplines necessary to select a major and, eventually, acareer. Courses at universities such as Vanderbilt2 and Purdue3 provide such backgroundknowledge, helping their students to make an informed decision about their choice of major.Frequently, such courses are designed in a modular structure, such that students can completedifferent modules and different hands-on projects based on their particular interests. Enablingstudents to make an informed choice of major was one of the most important learning objectivesof the first-semester engineering course at Valparaiso University until 2004, and it is still asecondary purpose of the course

Conference Session

FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Everaldo Marques de Aguiar Jr., University of Notre Dame; G. Alex Ambrose, University of Notre Dame; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #9712Integration of ePortfolios in a First Year Engineering Course for MeasuringStudent EngagementDr. Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre DameMr. Everaldo Marques de Aguiar Jr., University of Notre DameDr. G. Alex Ambrose, University of Notre Dame G. Alex Ambrose, the Interim Coordinator of the Notre Dame E-Portfolio Engagement Project (nDEEP), currently serves as an Academic Advisor and Co-director of the Balfour Hesburgh Scholars Program in The First Year of Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Alex is a Google Certified Teacher, Google Apps in Education Certified Trainer, and founder of Googlios.com. He is

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FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

emerging trend. Computing projects that are usedto control physical hardware were added to the Engineering Problem Solving and Computation course inorder to make strong connections to the many embedded computing applications used in students’everyday experience and in society in general. Moreover, witnessing computer instructions produce light,sound, and motion engages the students’ senses and provides the sort of immediate feedback essential forconstructive and memorable learning.In order to accomplish the goal of introducing hands-on laboratory experiences to over 600 students,Northeastern University teamed with the not-for-profit company Machine Science Incorporated toconduct a pilot study using a custom kit of electronic components in the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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, analysis, and management functions. His most challenging task was the responsibility for the Thermal Mission Analysis of the Lunar Module from Project Apollo.Miss Alyssa Marie D’Apice, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering Alyssa D’Apice is a third year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Bio-molecular engineering at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in Brooklyn, New York. She is one of four head teaching assistants for the Introduction to Engineering and Design course where she manages over 100 student workers, making sure that the course moves seamlessly. While on campus, Alyssa has participated in varsity basketball, volleyball, and softball and

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Abigail M. Richards, Montana State University

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

first year of integration, these effortsfocused on technical analyses. In the second year of integration, the focus was on enhancedcommunication skills. In the technical analyses, students in a sophomore level Fluid Mechanicscourse worked in teams to analyze the material balance tables and pump sizing specificationsproduced by twenty Capstone Design groups. Each team was responsible for analyzing oneunique design project. Also, in that year students in a junior level Heat Transfer course used thesame design projects to validate the design specifications of heat transfer equipment pertinent toeach project. Assignments were timed such that the sophomore and junior students had justlearned relevant technical information pertaining to these tasks

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; Kun Zhang P.E., California State University, Chico; Kathleen Meehan, California State University, Chico; Webster R. Johnson, California State University, Chico

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, comprised of practicing Pre-Calculusmath problems with educational software (ALEKS) and developing solutions to engineeringprojects with synchronous video conferencing instruction via Zoom. Students receivedinstruction and assistance (via Zoom) from faculty and student assistants throughout thebootcamp. Finally, students integrated four projects that focused on different disciplines,including programming a robot to detect and circumnavigate obstacles, designing andconstructing a truss bridge, modeling the dynamics of a trebuchet, and programming the robot toimplement a PID Controller. Four out of the seventeen students successfully completed the finalchallenge, which required designing and building a truss bridge capable of handling a certainload

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susanne Wolf, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

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First-Year Programs

, Germany, in 2001. From 2002 until now she works at the Didactic Center of Technische Universität Darmstadt. She is currently working on her doctorate which is part of a broad-based research project of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her interests involve the development, introduction and evaluation of innovative teaching and learning methods as well as quality assurance. She is particularly interested in project-based courses that support the acquirement of soft skills. Page 11.701.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 How to provide first-year students with a really good

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Riggins Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitlin Anna Coffey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Arwen Sadler, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephanos Matsumoto, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Paul Ruvolo, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; C. Jason Woodard, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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widely-used technology. He has several projects that aim to improve the security of the Web public-key infrastructure (PKI) by building on existing technology, and he is currently studying and improving the economic incentives underlying cryptocurrency. He is also interested in computer science education, particularly in the field of security, and focuses on designing courses that build students’ (1) competence in technical fields, (2) confidence to tackle important and interesting problems, and (3) context in non-STEM fields. Before coming to Olin, Steve was a postdoctoral researcher in the Cybercrime group in the Institute for Software Research at Carnegie Mellon University, supervised by Nicolas Christin. He earned

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leila Keyvani, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

University. She teaches the Cornerstone of Engineering courses to first- year students as well as courses within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. She is a recent recipient of the Outstanding Teacher of First-Year Students Award and is interested in research that compliments and informs her teaching. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Preparing First Year Engineering Students for a Career where Communication Skills MatterAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper describes the techniques used in the project basedfirst-year Cornerstone of Engineering courses at Northeastern University to address the need forbuilding communication

Conference Session

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

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Brittany Strachota, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-1727: SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING CONTENTION: FACULTYAND STUDENT VIEWSCasey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering A recent systems engineering graduate from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Class of 2010.Brittany Strachota, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Brittany Strachota is a member of the Class of 2013, studying engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Yevgeniya V. Zastavker is an Associate Professor of Physics at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Her research interests lie at the intersection of project-based learning and gender studies with specific emphasis on the curricula and pedagogies

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Deana R. Delp Ph.D., Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

classroom accommodations. A typicalfreshman engineering class will utilize teamwork on large design projects. Teamwork can bedaunting for a student with ASD in terms of the social aspects and the organization of a largeassignment with multiple due dates. However, many ASD students are visual learners and dowell with “hands-on” projects, and may just need assistance keeping track of assignments.Faculty members should have direct communication with the students and provideaccommodations with guided group work, a consistent format for assignments, breakingprojects in to smaller assignments, and making slides/lectures available before class.Currently, a freshman engineering class has implemented these adjustments andaccommodations. This work in

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claribel Bonilla, University of San Diego; Leonard Perry, University of San Diego

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First-Year Programs

positions at John Deere and Amkor Technology. Her research interests are in the area of quality, productivity improvement, supply chain, lean manufacturing and engineering education. Dr. Bonilla consults, instructs, and collaborates on quality improvement projects with representatives from healthcare, as well as traditional manufacturing operations. She is an ASQ certified Six-Sigma Black-Belt.Leonard Perry, University of San Diego Leonard Perry is an Associate Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of San Diego. He has research interests in the area of system improvement via quality improvement methods especially in the area of applied statistics, statistical

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Mohammad Moshirpour, University of Calgary; Mahmood Moussavi, University of Calgary

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First-Year Programs

. Mahmood Moussavi is currently a faculty member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the University of Calgary. He has over 25 years research and teaching experience in different areas of software engineering and information technology, and he has served over 11 year as Director of the Software Engineering at the above-mentioned department. His general research interest and expertise are summarized as follows: Distributed and multi-agent soft- ware systems Software design and architecture Data mining and database management Dr. Moussavi’s most recent research projects involves: A simulation-based study on software design for connected vehicles and traffic infrastructures, applying agent-based

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-1625: IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION IN STEM DISCI-PLINES: A MODEL THAT HAS WORKEDAndrew Kline, Western Michigan University Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering PhD, Michigan Technological UniversityBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches first-year engineering and coordinates capstone design project courses. Dr. Aller’s research interests include professional development of students to enter and succeed in the engineering workplace, and enhancing engineering and technology-related experiences for women and minorities.Dr. Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Silverstein, University of California, Los Angeles

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First-Year Programs

every class.What students need to know about careers in engineeringThe Syllabus for Engineering 98, “What students need to know about careers inengineering” (hereafter referred to as E98) is contained in Appendix 4. This course is a series ofweekly lectures and outside of class projects. The lectures provide the background to support theproject activities, and the projects permit the students to experience the concepts and lessonspresented in the lectures. Each week includes an ungraded assignment.There are no grades, tests or exams. Passing the Pass/No Pass course is based upon subjectiveevaluation of participation. On the other hand, students have many opportunities to judge theirperformance relative to the other students from data presented

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Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-944: DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A REVISEDINTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING COURSEPhilip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Page 15.392.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development and Assessment of a Revised Introductory Engineering Course: Work in ProgressIntroduction GE1030 (Introduction to Engineering Projects) is required of all engineering students atthe University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and is taken by most students in their second semester.Students who enroll in engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville enter the GeneralEngineering Department, and do not matriculate into the degree-granting

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

to the first year Introduction toEngineering course at Arizona State University in order to promote the entrepreneurial mindset.The changes were made to the team-based hands-on design projects to involve customers usingthree different approaches including fictional customers, real world customers but no directstudent-customer interactions, and real world customers with direct student-customerinteractions. Preliminary assessment shows that all three approaches are effective at raisingstudents’ customer awareness, though the third approach which involves real world customer andprovides opportunities for students to engage with customers throughout the design process hasbeen found to be the most effective approach for instilling the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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First-Year Programs

helpalongside an engineering faculty member and for open build time (currently all day Fridays),where individual students or student teams can come into the makerspace for peer assisted helpwith any aspect of their projects.3) Human-Centered Design & Societal Needs: Utilizing human-centered design for societalneeds was chosen to engage first-year students through the impact engineering can make to helpsociety. The goal was to engage and excite students by bringing them into being part of thesolution for designing and prototyping for the purpose of helping humanity. The 7-step human-centered design process shown in Figure 2 was created for the Engineering Design & Societycourse [1] to support both integration of human centered design and cover

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Okan Caglayan, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreedevi Ande P.E., University of the Incarnate Word; Erik Coronado; Max Joseph Martinez, University of the Incarnate Word; Samuel Jacob Handowski

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First-Year Programs

analysis ● An ability to design and conduct and Aurdino music projects experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data● Designing and building a roller coaster ● an ability to design a system, component, or using PASCO bridge set and designing a process to meet desired needs within realistic gate at the end of the track to avoid the constraints such as economic, environmental, falling of the car. social, political, ethical, health and safety,● Recognizing that there is more than one manufacturability, and sustainability solution to a problem. ● An ability to identify, formulate, and solve

Conference Session

Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Robin Renee Mangham, Elizabeth City State University; Orestes Devino Gooden, Elizabeth City State University; Elton L. Stone, Elizabeth City State University

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First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

and evaluation of an engineering design-themed SummerAcademy program geared towards exposing high school students, especiallyunderrepresented and underserved groups, to science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) fields and careers. The goals of the engineering design activities wereto (i) improve students’ competence in science and engineering, (ii) nurture students’enthusiasm for science and engineering, and (iii) create student interest in research or otherscience and engineering-related careers. The program targeted rural counties surroundingproject site and served eighty-one (81) students who received thirty-six (36) hours of hands-on STEM learning experience. Project evaluation data was gathered through StudentFeedback

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Cynthia Helman, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

Programs at Michigan State University. In that role, she works with academic units, housing and residence life to create and sustain living-learning programs. She has worked in residence life in various capacities for over 25 years. Cindy is also an adjunct assistant professor in the higher education program at Michigan© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 State and teaches courses in student affairs administration and higher education. She has been involved with several research projects related to student outcomes through participation in living-learning programs and faculty involvement in living-learning programs

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan K. Donohue, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

structure and content. A hybrid instructional design for a cornerstone course is presentedand its efficacy in promoting student understanding of the engineering design processinvestigated. The instructional design is called a “hybrid” because it uses both short-term andlong-term projects to provide coverage that explores topics in both depth and breadth instead ofjust short-term or just long-term projects. A review of relevant artifacts from the Fall, 2011semester indicates that the research goal was achieved.IntroductionIn first-year engineering undergraduate programs with a design component, students are typicallyintroduced to the concept and practice of engineering design primarily through lecture,discussion, and project-based/design-build-test

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida

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First-Year Programs

may be a useful means to introduce valuable engineering skills. Aservice-learning course structure developed to achieve engineering skill development ispresented along with course evaluation data from the first semester of its implementation.A problem-based course model [2] is used to demonstrate service-learning’s potential. Courseoutcomes aim to provide project management and engineering skills. An evaluation wascompleted using an adapted form of Gelmon et al. [3] pre- and post- test service-learning surveyto better understand student perceptions of the course on 1. Engineering skills, 2. Learning, 3.Aspirations, and 4. Social responsibility. The data suggests that students who completed boththe pre- and post- surveys thought the course was

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catalina Cortazar, P. Univ. Católica de Chile

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First-Year Programs

, New York. At DiLab Catalina teaches and coordi- nates the Engineering Challenges course which aims to initiate freshmen students in to engineering design practices by encouraging students to develop a project following a user-centered design process. She also teaches Visual Thinking, the exploratory course of the Major in Engineering, Design, and Innovation. This course addresses the theories and ideas that sustain the visual thinking process as well as method- ologies and practical implementation of visual representation through infographics, computer graphics, and physical computing. The course focus on representing the narrative of the findings using visual tools. Catalina has been directing FabLabUC

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leila Keyvani Someh, Northeastern University; Brian Patrick O'Connell, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Jake Levi, Northeastern University; Whitney Elise Hansberry; Vishrudan Swami

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First-Year Programs

Cornerstone course at Northeastern University, students are tasked with a team-based design project spanning over 2 courses in one semester that integrates hands-on design andprogramming. The resulting product from this course is a tangible product, designed, built, andprogrammed by students who may or may not have experience in any or all of these areas. Theaim of Cornerstone is to teach students a baseline of technical skills and prepare them with theuniversal problem-solving and teamwork skills they need to enter any major within the Collegeof Engineering.Beginning in 2017, undergraduate peer-mentors were employed to better support the first-yearstudents in developing some institutional knowledge and achieving the tasks required of them