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The Best of First-Year Programs Division

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Paper ID #18125Incorporation of Ethics and Societal Impact Issues into First-Year Engineer-ing Course:: Results of a National SurveyDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the ABET assessment coordinator for her department since 2008. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University

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education and project-based learning.Dr. Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University Dr. DiBerardino is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University. His teaching and research interests are in first-year engineering, dynamic systems, and musculoskeletal biome- chanics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Impact of Various Pedagogies on Design Confidence, Motivation, and Anxiety of First-Year Engineering StudentsIntroductionThe content and pedagogies of first-year engineering programs vary widely from institution toinstitution. In the content space, efforts are underway to establish a first-year body of knowledge[1][13][14

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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: Monday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville; Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville

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student’s responses reinforce instructional procedures thatmay have crafted student thinking and expression. The researchers found no proclivities withinthe student responses toward identifying professionalism or ethics; a result that has providedanother area for improvement for the First-Year coursework design and implementation.ConclusionThe most popular definitions for the practice of engineering were Problem Solving, Design, andhaving an Outward Perspective. Engineering is known for its problem solving, critical thinking,and designing. Engineering is not as well known for thinking of others and connecting the workto how it will impact people.Creativity, Theoretical, and Connections to People, were less than 50% of the definitions.Teamwork

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The Best of First-Year Programs Division

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Kirstin Newfield, University of Toronto; Narges Balouchestani Asli, University of Toronto; Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto

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Engineering Edu- cation, and is interested in understanding and mitigating learning barriers that affect engineering under- graduate students, especially those of diverse backgrounds. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Are Students Overworked? – Understanding the Workload Expectations and Realities of First-year EngineeringAbstractA study was conducted to investigate first-year engineering undergraduate student workload atthe Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. The study wasprompted by student feedback suggesting high workload, impacting their learning experience infirst-year and motivated by a Faculty whose goal is to

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Joseph Frank, Ohio State University; Kelly Lynn Kolotka, Ohio State University; Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University; Michael Schulz, The Ohio State University; Clare Rigney, Ohio State University, Engineering Education Department; Allen Benjamin Drown, Ohio State University; Robert G. Stricko III, Ohio State University; Kathleen A. Harper, Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University

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student immersion and growth in mind, the programhas developed to include an engineering cornerstone project in which students work in teams todesign, build, and program autonomous robots to complete tasks on an interactive roboticscourse. In support of the project, a variety of technologies were designed and polished as theprogram grew. Classroom methodologies were also evaluated and improved with time inresponse to student feedback and research on best practices.This paper provides a historical review of practice for the program with an emphasis on thetechnologies and methodologies that have been most effective in the program as it hasdeveloped.IntroductionFor 23 years researchers in autonomous robot design have worked on the advancement of

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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: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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and project-based learning pedagogy is a core value and practice for Chandler-GilbertCommunity College. It is integrated in courses, programs, and service learning and crosscurricular initiatives. “PBL is learning that best be an active and contextualized process”allowing students to actively construct their own knowledge and apply it, rather than the passiveexposure of knowledge via the traditional lecture model (Maurer and Neuhold, 2012). Acomprehensive problem or project-based learning approach incorporates multiple skills andmeasurements for content and communication. The engineering design process requiresteamwork, interpersonal, and both oral and written technical communication skills. Workplacereadiness studies have indicated there is

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First-Year Programs: Assessment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brittany Ann Kos, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder

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from Yale University in chemical and environmental engineering, where her doctoral research produced a bio-based water purification system for removing arsenic from developing world water supplies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Grade-a-thons and Divide-and-Conquer: Effective Assessment at ScaleABSTRACTThis complete evidence-based practice paper will describe our successful grading andassessment practices of a large freshmen engineering course. In the Fall of 2016 we taught“Introduction to Engineering”, a course designed to help students transition from high school tocollege and learn strategies to help them become successful engineering students. Over 70% ofthe students had not yet

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First-Year Programs: Assessment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Stephanie Sheffield, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Paper ID #18478Assessment of Peer Mentoring of Teams in a First-Year Design-Build-Test-Communicate ClassMr. James A. Coller, University of Michigan James Coller is an engineering graduate student at the University of Michigan where he also completed his B.S. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 2017. He spent three years during his undergraduate education as an Instructional Assistant for a first year engineering course. His research interests include autonomous robotics for both land and marine environments as well as naval ship design problems.Mr. Magel Su, University of Michigan Magel Su is a current

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Reid Brown, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Paper ID #19698Work In Progress: From Scratch - The Design of a First-Year EngineeringProgramming CourseDr. Philip Reid Brown, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Philip Brown is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Undergraduate Education at Rutgers University in the School of Engineering. Philip received his PhD from the Department of Engineering Education at Virgnia Tech. His research interests include the use of motivation, cognition and learning theories in engineering education research and practice, pedagogy for programming courses, and better understanding student perspectives in engineering programs

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First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Elizabeth R. Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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’ intentions to persist in STEM disciplines: The role of living-learning programs among other social-cognitive factors. The Journal of Higher Education, 83(3), 311-336.Tinto, V. (2003). Learning better together: The impact of learning communities on student success. Higher Education Monograph Series, 1(8).Wallace, J. E., & Haines, V. A. (2004). The benefits of mentoring for engineering students. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 10(4).Yoder, B. (2012). Going the distance in engineering education: Best practices and strategies for retaining engineering, engineering technology, and computing students. Proceedings of the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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., “The maker movement in education”, Harvard Educational Review, vol. 84, no. 4, pg. 495-565, 2014.12 Fairweather, J., “Linking Evidence and Practices in STEM Undergraduate Education, A Status Report for National Academies National Research Council Board of Sciences”, http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbassesite/documents/webpage/dbasse_0726 37.pdf, Commissioned Papers, Evidence on Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Workshop 2 October 13-14, 2008.13 Kafai, Y., Fields, D., and Searle, K., “Electronic Textiles as Disruptive Designs: Supporting and Challenging Maker Activities in Schools”, Harvard

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First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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learning.The DYP ProgramAn innovative, best practices approach, called the “Design Your Process for Becoming a ‘World-Class’ Engineering Student” (DYP) program, has been developed by Raymond B. Landis14 toincrease the quality of the educational experience of first-year engineering undergraduatestudents. Typically, approaches to increase the nature and quality of undergraduate educationexperience are focused on instructional and/or curricular changes. The DYP program is differentin that it focuses on what the students can do themselves to become self-regulated students andtherefore are not only more likely to graduate with an engineering degree but also with a higherquality, i.e. with a higher GPA. Self-regulated learning (SRL) is the process that a

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First-Year Programs: Tuesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Nanmwa Jeremiah Dala, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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-ended problem solving environments.MethodsThe data collected and analyzed for this study was based on the completion of projects in a first-year engineering course in spring 2015 and began with research conducted by Rodgers (2016).2Participants and SettingTwo sequential required first-year engineering courses at a large Midwestern university utilizeopen-ended mathematical modeling problems and design challenges along with scaffoldingthrough feedback to encourage student learning of modeling and design. This study is set in thesecond course. This course facilitated students’ achievement of four course learning objectives, asstated on the course syllabus:1. Practice making evidence-based engineering decisions on diverse teams, guided by

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First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #18109Helping First-Year Engineering Students Select a MajorDr. Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Portland. Her research interests include computer science education, pedagogy, and best practices for retention and engagement.Miss Sherry Liao, University of Portland A rising software engineer inspired by the ability of technology to connect the world together and make a positive impact on a global level. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Helping First-Year

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First-year Programs Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Yih-Fang Huang, University of Notre Dame

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entering the sophomore year for all students in the College ofEngineering. An optional summer video site was created that would extend some of thepractices of the first year course throughout the summer. Thus, setting up the summer as an idealpreparation time for students where discipline-specific content can now be delivered. In thisprogram, the first year class can continue to serve students using best practices for common firstyear experience courses, but students who are either not confident or lack competence indiscipline-specific skills have a chance to address this before being academically responsible. Inthis paper, we describe the major research questions for this project, the video project design, ourimplementation plan, and briefly

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First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sophia Lerner Pink, Stanford University; Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Adrian Piedra, Stanford University; Shivani Alexandra Torres, Stanford University; Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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participation in engineering education. He is a Research Scientist and 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 is the Co-Founder and Managing

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College; Holly Wilkinson P.E., Dartmouth College; Alicia Betsinger, Dartmouth College

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devices, an optional 4-day course on engineering of musicalinstruments, and an opportunity for students to get together and speak about their experiencesthrough guided storytelling. We will report on the results of these programs at a later date.BibliographyASEE (2014). Going the Distance: Best Practices and Strategies for Retaining Engineering,Engineering Technology, and Computing Students. https://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/college-profiles.Alon, S. (2005). Model mis-specification in assessing the impact of financial aid on academicoutcomes. Research in Higher Education, 46(1), 109–125.Alon, S., & Tienda, M. (2005). Assessing the “mismatch” hypothesis: Differences in collegegraduation rates by institutional

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First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenell Wilmot, University of Texas, Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin

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encouraged to draw from their own junior and senior level coursework(especially their senior design projects) to help students gain perspective, and learn how to applyfundamental laws to more difficult and complex circuits. The purpose was to help thesefreshman students understand why EE 302 is a foundational course in the curriculum, and SIleaders participated in weekly professional development meetings to discuss best practices indirecting student learning of both the content and study skills. Leaders maintained detailed lessonplans and were asked to identify content and study skill objectives for each week’s lesson. FourSI sessions were offered weekly and efforts were made to ensure that the sessions did notconflict with lecture or lab timesIII

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First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin B. Wheatley, Colarado State University; Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University

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the Journal of Biomechanics. She is Chair of the Orthopaedic Research Society Meniscus Section, and is a member of the Bioengineering Executive Committee for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Haut Donahue’s research includes analytical and experimental biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system with ongoing research in orthopedic biomechanics and post-traumatic osteoarthritis. An emphasis is put on prevention, treatment, and repair of injuries to the soft tissue structures of the knee, focusing primarily on the meniscus. With over $15 million in funding from Whitaker Foundation, CDMRP, NIH, NSF, as well as industrial sponsorship her research program has had more than 60 mentees and has national

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University; Christopher M. Weyant, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Steven Wrenn, Drexel Unviersity, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University, ExCITe Center; Lunal Khuon, Drexel University; Kristin Imhoff, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Kevin Ayers, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Leonid Hrebien, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); James E. Mitchell, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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, including eight years as a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Festival Chorus.Dr. Lunal Khuon, Drexel University Dr. Lunal Khuon is an Associate Clinical Professor at Drexel University in the Engineering Technology (ET) Department. He also serves as the Assistant Department Head for Graduate Studies and Director of Research for the ET Department, as well as oversees the Biomedical Engineering Technology concentra- tion. Prior to Drexel, Dr. Khuon had previously held design and system positions at Texas Instruments, Motorola, Hughes, and IBM and faculty positions as an Assistant Professor at Villanova University and Delaware State University and an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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, such as Solid Mechanics, Mechanism Analysis and Design, Mechanical Design, Computer Aided Engineering, etc. Her interests include inno- vative teaching pedagogies for increased retention and student motivation, innovations in non-traditional delivery methods, as well as structured reflective practices throughout the engineering curriculum.Dr. Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University Dr. Benjamin Mertz received his Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2010 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005. He is currently a part of a lecturer team at Arizona State University that focuses on the first-year engineering experience, including

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First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue University - Engineering Education; Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Kyle Patrick Vealey, West Chester University of Pennsylvania; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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of class, the topic of diversity was introduced and a whole class discussion ondiversity in the engineering classroom is facilitated. Throughout the semester, diversity wasrevisited in teaming assignments, roles, and engineering design scenarios. A key learningobjective of the courses was contributing effectively to team products and discussions. As apart of working in teams, students were expected to take on alternative perspectives inlistening, working, and communicating effectively with one another. These approaches areconsistent with best practices outlined in prior research and highlighted by Tonso18.Data CollectedThroughout the Fall 2015 semester, we collected quantitative survey data (pre and post) as wellas conducted three

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First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University

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involved in the classroom, teaching students in the First-Year Engineering Program.Dr. Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University Dr. Cory Brozina is an assistant professor and the Director of First-Year Engineering at Youngstown State University. He completed his B.S. and M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his PhD is in Engineering Education, also from Virginia Tech. His research interests include: Learning Analytics, First-Year Engineering and Assessment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Supporting an Informed Selection of an Engineering MajorAbstractThe following evidence based practice study investigates the impact of a First-Year

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First-Year Programs: Assessment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenell Wilmot, University of Texas, Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin

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SI.Qualitative data was used to answer research questions regarding trends in student attendanceand grade performance, DFQW percentages, and background for the fall 2015 and spring 2016.This information provided course and SI administrators with a better understanding of whichstudent populations were attending the study sessions, qualitative data helped to identify specificfactors that may have influenced both their choice to attend and their grade performance. Thenext sections will answer our research questions by further outlining the impact of SI on studentperformance, what specific aspects of the SI program may have facilitated change, andrecommendations for future practice and study of SI for this course.Findings and discussionThis study uses a

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First-Year Programs: Assessment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011 and 2015. Dr. Ohland is Chair of the IEEE Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee and an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS.Dr. Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Monica E. Cardella is the Director of the INSPIRE