Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Perova-Mello, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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documentation. In addition, technology can also be a learning tool for team members topractice communication in a “virtual teamwork” context to help better prepare them forengineering practice in industry or research settings (Anagnos, Lyman-Holt & Brophy, 2015). The focus of this study was to explore how teams of engineering students used GoogleDocs to support their collaborative work flow during the initial stages of requirements finding,ideation, research and analysis of potential design options. Students’ familiarity with the tool andGoogle Docs’ built-in affordances for knowledge management made it a practical solution forsupporting complex interaction patterns among team members. Research question that guided theexploration of Google

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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theunknown motives and actions of the other team members. While effective and appropriate teamleadership is often identified by students as a major factor in team success, a more fundamentalattribute of a successful team is trust among its members.This research study will identify and explore the role of trust in the dynamics of successful firstyear engineering design teams at our multidisciplinary university in the eastern United States.We are using a conceptual framework for the formation of trust in a team-based environment,which has been formed by studies of successful business, technical and sports teams. Despitedifferences in maturity and experience, engineering students have a lot in common with theseolder team members, because both groups

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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engineeringeducation methodologies such as cooperative learning and taking a student-centered approachhave improved first-year engineering student engagement and retention into the second year1.Specifically, one major aim of the coalition is for first-year engineering students to participate ina full design project. The freshman honors engineering program at this university includes a 10week-long robotics design project in the second semester which follows these guidelines of thecoalition. This honors robotics design project is unique among other design projects by the largescope and infinite possibilities for students to tackle the problem and design a solution. Forexample, students have the opportunities to build their own robot structures and