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First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University

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conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Prof. Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University Robert J. Culbertson is an Associate Professor of Physics. Currently, he teaches introductory mechanics

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noel Kathleen Hennessey, The University of Arizona; Rebecca Primeau, University of Arizona

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the Applied Leadership sphere. As researchers, we are able toconsider how other forms of data collection means might assist with program evaluation,especially for other areas of the program model. References1. Dropout from higher education: A theoretical synthesis of recent research. Tinto, V. 1, s.l. : Review ofEducational Research, 1975, Vol. 45.2. Impacts of good practices on cognitive development, learning orientations, and graduate degree plansduring the first year of college. Cruce, T., Wolniak, G. C., Seifert, T. A., & Pascarella, E. T. s.l. : Journal ofCollege Student Development, 2006, Vol. 47.3. Kuh, G. D. High-impact education practices: What are they, who has access to them, and

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary; Nicole Lynn Larson, University of Calgary; Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Matthew James Walter McLarnon, University of Western Ontario; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary; Bill Rosehart, University of Calgary

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, personality, and assessment. He is director of the Individual and Team Performance Lab and the Virtual Team Performance, Innovation, and Collaboration Lab at the University of Calgary, which was built through a $500K Canada Foundation for Innovation Infrastructure Grant. He also holds operating grants of over $300K to conduct leading-edge research on virtual team effectiveness. Over the past 10 years Tom has worked with organizations in numerous industries includ- ing oil and gas, healthcare, technology, and venture capitals. He is currently engaged with the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary to train, develop, and cultivate soft-skill teamwork competencies in order to equip graduates with strong

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The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates, Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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, mathematics, and engineering and technology teacher, as well as several years of electrical and mechanical engineering design experience as a practicing engineer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College, his Master’s of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, and a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Ms. Ann Delaney, Boise State University Ann Delaney is the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars scholarship program at Boise State University, which is part of the Redshirting in Engineering Consortium. As part of this program, she collaborates with the Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives

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The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder; Kenneth M. Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder

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engineering, science, and technology to include new forms of communication and problem solving for emerging grand challenges. A second vein of Janet’s research seeks to identify the social and cultural impacts of technological choices made by engineers in the process of designing and creating new devices and systems. Her work considers the intentional and unintentional consequences of durable struc- tures, products, architectures, and standards in engineering education, to pinpoint areas for transformative change.Dr. Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder Beth A. Myers is the Director of Analytics, Assessment and Accreditation at the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a BA in biochemistry, ME in engineering

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First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Alicia Betsinger, Dartmouth College; Holly Wilkinson P.E., Dartmouth College; Ray Helm, Dartmouth College; Yanmin Zhang, Dartmouth College; Pritish Ponaka, Dartmouth College

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has published extensively and lectured widely to national and international audiences. Her work has been recognized by the National Science Foundation with numerous research grants. She is equally passion- ate about her teaching and has recently designed and created a seven-MOOC Professional Certificate on C-programming for edX, after previously having designed a MOOC ”Analysis of a Complex Kind” on Coursera. The recipient of the New Hampshire High Tech Council 2018 Tech Teacher of the Year Award, the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Wesleyan University and the Excellence in Teaching Award at the Thayer School of Engineering, Petra has a strong interest in broadening access to high- quality higher

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The Best of First-Year Programs Division

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Pankaj Sharma, Clarkson University

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Paper ID #18459Development and Application of a Questionnaire to Measure Student Atti-tudes Toward and Understanding of EngineeringDr. Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University Jan DeWaters is an Assistant Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University, in Potsdam, New York. She is part of the development team for Clarkson’s First Year Engi- neering/Interdisciplinary course that was the motivation for the work that is described in this paper. Her current research interests include the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based effective learning practices in STEM education, environmental

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First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Chen Qiu M.Sc., University of New Mexico; Christopher Riley

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Paper ID #22582Using Design Challenges to Develop Empathy in First-year CoursesJordan Orion James, University of New Mexico Jordan O. James is a Native American Ph.D. learning sciences student and lecturer at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning in the Community & Regional Planning program. He has served as a graduate research assistant on an NSF-funded project, Revolutionizing Engineering De- partments, and has been recognized as a Graduate Studies student spotlight recipient and teaching scholar. Jordan studies learning in authentic, real-world conditions utilizing Design Based Research

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First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rezvan Nazempour, University of Illinois at Chicago; Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois at Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois at Chicago; Didem Ozevin P.E., University of Illinois at Chicago; Jeremiah T. Abiade, University of Illinois at Chicago

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research. Cambridge University Press, 2014.[23] B. Yoder, “Going the distance in engineering education: Best practices and strategies for retaining engineering, engineering technology, and computing students,” in American Society for Engineering Education, 2012.[24] L. Tsui, “Effective strategies to increase diversity in STEM fields: A review of the research literature,” J. Negro Educ., pp. 555–581, 2007.[25] J. D. Bransford, A. L. Brown, R. R. Cocking, and others, How people learn, vol. 11. Washington, DC: National academy press, 2000.[26] H. Darabi, E. Douzali, S. Harford, P. Nelson, and F. Karim, “Beyond Grade Point Average and Standardized Testing: Incorporating a Socio-Economic Factor in Admissions

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First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Kathleen Meehan, California State University, Chico; Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; Webster R. Johnson, California State University, Chico; Joseph Greene, California State University, Chico

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received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineeringin 1993 from the University of Michigan. Joe began teaching at California State University, Chico in1998 after a 14-year career with General Motors Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. His research inter-ests include biobased and biodegradable polymers, recycled plastics, marine biodegradation testing, andanaerobic digestion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessing a Summer Engineering Math and Projects Bootcamp to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates in Engineering and Computer ScienceThis complete Evidence-Based Practice paper discusses the efforts made to increase four-yearand six-year graduation rates of students

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The Best of First-year Programs Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sydney Anne Morris, Northeastern University; Hannah Boyce, Northeastern University; Caroline Ghio, Northeastern University; Amanda Dee, Northeastern University; Alexis Pathwick-Paszyc, Northeastern University; Paul DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Laboratory on campus where she works with lithium ion coin cells. She has completed two co-ops, where she has worked on grid-scale energy storage technologies and electrochemically medi- ated CO2 capture devices. She is an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient and will begin pursuing a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Brown University this Fall.Ms. Hannah Boyce, Northeastern University Hannah Boyce is a fourth year undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at North- eastern University. She has been involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program for a three years, is a peer mentor, President of AIChE and Conference Chair for the 2021 AIChE Northeast Regional Con- ference. She

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Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Surveys, Dimensions of Success (DoS) Observation tool, pre/post topic self-efficacy, and survey student interviews. The results showed that engineering design activitieshad a positive impact on attitude towards STEM learning and careers. Integration ofengineering design principles, student demographics and evaluation instruments and resultsare discussed in this paper.IntroductionEngineering is a natural platform for the integration of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) content into K-12 classrooms, while sparking creativity amongst youngminds. Research around effective learning in K-12 classrooms demonstrates that anengineering approach to identifying and solving problems is valuable across all disciplines.Educators and

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Xochitl Delgado Solorzano, University of Arkansas; Don Nix, University of Arkansas; Jennie S. Popp Ph.D., University of Arkansas ; Michele Cleary, Cleary Scientific Intelligence, LLC; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Paul D. Adams, University of Arkansas

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Paper ID #26427Work in Progress: A Path to Graduation: Helping First-Year Low Income,Rural STEM Students SucceedDr. Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas Dr. Carol Gattis is the Associate Dean Emeritus of the Honors College and an adjunct Associate Pro- fessor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her academic research focuses on STEM education, developing programs for the recruitment, retention and graduation of a diverse population of students. Carol also serves as a consultant specializing in new program development and grants. She earned her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical

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First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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friends [4]. One factorwhich has been shown to help students through this transition is a sense of belonging, and linkshave been shown between summer bridge programs and increasing this sense of belonging [6].Summer bridge programs have been shown to be an effective practice for decreasing attrition inSTEM students, especially URM students [7].Mentoring and Peer NetworksA student’s level of involvement in both the academic and social realms of college can mean thedifference between staying in college and leaving [8]. Research clearly outlines that a student’sinteraction with their peers, faculty and staff is one of the strongest predictors of persistence [8],[9]. Moreover, peer and faculty mentoring can positively impact academic success

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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problems, understanding of the design process, multidisciplinary thinking, teamcollaboration, communication and appreciation of the impact of engineering on our society.Students met once a week for fifty minutes and from the start students were assigned in teams offour. The class was designed around three modules (Design Process, Team Collaborations,Communications) and two major team projects. The design process module covered traditionalmaterial such as need statement, project scope, design requirements, design concept generationand evaluation, baseline design, milestones and schedule but also introduced students to theconcepts of human centered design. Students had the opportunity to practice these skills on twomajor projects. For team

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First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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study based on data from the Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD), reporting thatstudents at institutions that were required to take an Introduction to Engineering Course were more likelyto graduate with a degree in engineering than students at institutions that do not require an Introduction toEngineering Course9. Required First-Year Engineering courses do help students either affirm a prior choiceof an engineering discipline or help students to select a major best suited to them, and also influences whichengineering disciplines students are more likely to select9-10.TheorySocial Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) recognizes career development as a process related to self-exploration and

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The Best of First-year Programs Division

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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system.Ms. Abigail T Stephan, Clemson University Abby is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences program at Clemson University. Broadly, her research interests include intergenerational learning in informal settings, self-directed learning, and cultural influ- ences on the learning process. Abby currently works as a graduate assistant for the General Engineering Learning Community (GELC), a program that supports first-year engineering students in their develop- ment of self-regulation and time management skills, effective learning strategies, and positive habits of mind.Laurel Whisler, Clemson University Laurel Whisler is Assistant Director and Coordinator of Course Support Programs in Clemson Univer- sity’s

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary E. Goodwin, University of South Florida; John Pharo Morgan III, University of South Florida; Yan Wang, University of South Florida; Michelle King, University of South Florida College of Engineering; Blake A Burton, University of South Florida

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change higher education. Its 10threcommendation states: Page 26.907.2 Research universities should foster a community of learners. Large universities must find ways to create a sense of place and to help students develop small communities within the larger whole4. (p.34)The Boyer report served as a call to action for colleges to reform their educational practices andrestructure classrooms to increase active learning among students.Scholarly research in the 1980s and 1990s provided the underpinnings of the learningcommunity concept. Vincent Tinto who studied the causes of attrition in college found thatstudents were more likely

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina H Paguyo, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Jennifer Francis, West Virginia University

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-year project to develop, implement, and studyoutcomes from the curriculum to promote development of inclusive engineering identities. Todevelop our experimental curricula of inclusive engineering practices, we draw on this literaturereview as well as survey data collected from the baseline year of this research project. Thefollowing section reports on baseline findings from students in two first-year engineering coursesthat did not include diversity or identity specific curriculum.Baseline SurveyTo assess the impact of the inclusive engineering identities curriculum, a quasi-experimentalresearch design was adopted. Data collection took place at a large public university with astudent body comprised of 17% underrepresented minorities, 51% women

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First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heather Kathleen Klok Bacon; J. Alex Birdwell, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Emma Tevaarwerk, Northwestern University; Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Ken Gentry, Northwestern University; Amanda Rose Pokryfky

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] Permzadian, V., Credé, M. (2016). Do First-Year Seminars Improve College Grades andRetention? A Quantitative Review of Their Overall Effectiveness and an Examination ofModerators of Effectiveness. Review of Educational Research, 86, 277-316.[10] Young, D. G., & Hopp, J. M. (2014). 2012–2013 National survey of first-year seminars:Exploring high-impact practices in the first college year (Research Report No. 4). Columbia:University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for the FirstYear Experience andStudents in Transition.[11] Wintre, M. G., & Bowers, C. D. (2007). Predictors of persistence to graduation: Extending amodel and data on the transition to university model. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science,39, 220–234. doi:10.1037

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2A: Using Alternative Measurements to Look at Students and Their Success

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Schar, Stanford University; Angela Harris, Stanford University; Robert J. Witt, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Robert Rice, University of California - Merced; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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mindfulness and its impact on gender participation in engineering education. He is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and teaches the course ME310x Product Management and ME305 Statistics for Design Researchers. Mark has extensive background in consumer products management, having managed more than 50 con- sumer driven businesses over a 25-year career with The Procter & Gamble Company. In 2005, he joined Intuit, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and initiated a number of consumer package goods marketing best practices, introduced the use of competitive response modeling and ”on- the-fly” A|B testing program to qualify software improvements. Mark has a BSS from

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First-year Programs: Research and Spatial Skills

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Susan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University

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impact practice.) With 90% or more of student respondentsindicating they have strengthened their desire to pursue an engineering degree, feel moreconnected to CSU Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, and would recommend the SUREprogram to their fellow students, CSU has designated SURE as a high priority program tocontinue to fund in future years. While faculty input was not statistically significant, results didshow a strong interest in continued participation in the SURE program, with some faculty evenwilling to foot part of the bill for their SURE student in the future.Additional observations:While many students are willing to volunteer in research labs in order to get experience, bypaying the students for their research hours, SURE is

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First-year Programs: Teams and Teamwork

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Emma Tevaarwerk DeCosta, Northwestern University; Kathleen Carmichael, Northwestern University; Lisa M. Davidson, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Elise Gruneisen, Northwestern University

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, ethnicity, gender, first-generation status, national origin). Informed by the context surrounding our inquiry, this wouldhave allowed us to observe any differences in pre-college knowledge and experience, learningoutcome achievement, and role rotations. Going forward, researchers hope to increase thesurvey response rates to more closely examine the role of minoritized identities in students’experiences across control and experimental sections.References[1] J. Peters, “Designing Inclusion into engineering education: A fresh, practical look at how diversity impacts on engineering and strategies for change,” Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK. July 2018.[2] C. Leicht-scholten, A. Weheliye, and A. Wolffram, “Institutionalization

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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Daniels; Sophia T. Santillan, Duke University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University

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Paper ID #21542Tracking Skills Development and Self-efficacy in a New First-year Engineer-ing Design CourseJessica DanielsDr. Sophia T. Santillan, Duke University Sophia Santillan joined Duke as an assistant professor of the practice in summer 2017 and will work with the First Year Design experience for first-year engineering majors. As a STEM teacher and professor, she is interested in the effect of emerging technology and research on student learning and classroom practice. After earning her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Duke, Santillan taught at the United States Naval Academy as an assistant professor

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth R. Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Kurubel Belay, University of Maryland

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, S. P. (1991). The benefits of summer bridge programs for underrepresented and low income transfer students. Community/Junior college quarterly of research and practice, 15(2), 211-224.Cabrera, N. L., Miner, D. D., & Milem, J. F. (2013). Can a summer bridge program impact first-year persistence and performance?: A case study of the New Start Summer Program. Research in Higher Education, 54(5), 481-498.Garcia, P. (1991). Summer bridge: Improving retention rates for underprepared students. Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 3(2), 91-105.Gleason, J., Boykin, K., Johnson, P., Bowen, L., Whitaker, K. W., Micu, C., ... & Slappey, C. (2010). Integrated Engineering Math

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First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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development.The Cornerstone courses are currently offered in 5 sections of the 8 credit hour course (FullCornerstone) and 20 sections of the 2 separate 4 credit hour course (Split Cornerstone). Eachsection is populated with approximately 30 first-year students from a total first-year class sizeexceeding 700 students. Following the design process taught in the course, there has beencontinual reevaluation and redesign of the course over the past two years. This redesign has beenthose iterative steps of identifying new problems with the delivery and implementation, doingmore research, finding many creative options for improvement, working as a team to pilot andevaluate each, and repeating the process. The data used to drive this redesign has come from

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First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Mark Tufenkjian, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Eva Schiorring, Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges

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-based interventions. In the United States, less than 40%of incoming engineering freshman will actually complete an engineering degree. At Cal StateLA, where more than 65% are from underrepresented groups and the vast majority is first-generation college students, the retention and graduation rates are lower than the nationalaverage. For many years, faculty and staff at the College of Engineering, Computer Science, andTechnology (ECST), Cal State LA, have implemented a number of evidence-based practices inthe summer and first-year to help students transition into college and succeed in their engineeringprogram. However, integration and systemization of these interventions have proven to bechallenging. The summer bridge program (STEP) was

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First-Year Programs: Wednesday Cornucopia (Educational Research)

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Yatchmeneff, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Matthew E. Calhoun, University of Alaska, Anchorage

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issues with engineering identity. Therefore, the professors should also look into other areasto improve retention such as mentoring and tutoring [2], [3].Bibliography[1] M. Matthews, “Keeping students in engineering: A research-to-practice brief.” American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC, pp. 1–7, 2016.[2] B. L. Yoder, “Going the distance: Best practices and strategies for retaining engineering, engineering technology and computing students,” Washington, DC, 2012.[3] M. Atwater, “Why students leave engineering,” Engineering.com, Mississauga, Ontario, Jul-2013.[4] M. Yatchmeneff and M. Calhoun, “Exploring engineering identity in a common introduction to engineering course to improve retention,” in

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University; Brett P. Conner, Youngstown State University; Andrew Scott Morgan

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development and implementation of courses that utilizelow-cost, entry level 3D printers for K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and distance educationstudents has the potential for significant impact [26]. With only a few prior educational studieson the use of low-cost, entry level 3D printers in design project experiences, the current studysought to assess student perceptions in a First-Year Engineering Cornerstone design coursewhich address the following research questions.Research Questions 1. Is the use of 3D printing technologies in a First-Year Engineering design project interesting to students? (male / female and honors / non-honors) 2. Is the use of 3D printing in a First-Year Engineering design project deemed relevant from a

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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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diverse individuals and more in alignment with current research on decision-making. With a focus on qualitative research methods, she is working to better understand the ways in which undergraduate engineering students experience design and ill-structured problem solving. Her interests also include neuroscience, growth mindset, engineering ethics, and race and gender in engineering. In general, Dr. Dringenberg is always excited to learn new things and work with motivated individuals from diverse backgrounds to improve engineering education.Amena Shermadou, Ohio State University Amena Shermadou is an Engineering Education graduate student at The Ohio State University. She received her Bachelors and Masters in Biomedical