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First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew B. James P.E., Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E.; Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech

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has worked in both the private and public sectors. Prior to her current engineering position, she was on the faculty at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education for over 8 years teaching Foundations of Engineering courses to first year engineering students.Prof. Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has taught multiple first-year engineering courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Changes in Student Perceptions of Engineering Disciplines through Showcasing of Career PathsAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper describes an instructional

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First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #25765Preparing First-Year Engineering Students for a Career where Communica-tion Skills MatterDr. Leila Keyvani, Northeastern University Dr. Keyvani is an assistant teaching professor in the First year engineering program.Dr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University Dr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University and a mem- ber of the first-year engineering team. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice- oriented mission of Northeastern

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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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for Wright State’s engineering college: to develop a first semester course experiencethat addresses the inability of first year engineering students to successfully advance quicklyenough through the traditional calculus sequence, resulting in unacceptably high attrition [3].Like at Wright State, the Engineering Math course is centered on hands-on lab experiences,emphasizing an application-oriented, active approach to studying math topics subsequentlyapplied in core engineering courses. Taught by engineering faculty, course topics includeexamples from physics, engineering mechanics, electric circuits, and programming. A goal of thecourse is for students to demonstrate their prowess in applying mathematics knowledge, so thatthey can begin to

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First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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María del Carmen Garcia-Higuera, Universidad Panamericana; Rocio Chavez-Telleria, Universidad Panamericana; Armando Alemán-Juárez, Universidad Panamericana ; Isabel Joaquina Niembro García P.E., Universidad Panamericana

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inengineering programs. Problem and Project-based Learning (PBL) methodologies were chosento teach the course, and strategies to develop students’ soft skills were included. The course wastaught in the fall of 2017.In this paper, we describe the redesign process that CIE followed in collaboration with threeengineering faculty members teaching the course. Also, we present the results of the qualitativestudy which sought to explore the experiences of the eight professors teaching the redesignedcourse.2. Literature Review2.1 Engineering teaching and learningEngineering colleges and universities face a large number of students leaving their programsbefore graduation, despite years of research and efforts to increase retention rates. In the U.S.over

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

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tracked for five semestersbeyond.Foundationally, this engineering major discernment study is theoretically founded in SocialCognitive Career Theory (SCCT) to consider students decisions14-15. SCCT is used to evaluate thegoals, outcomes expectations, and self-efficacy beliefs14. An engineering education based studyon engineering major discernment used SCCT by VanDeGrift and Lao reported that courseprojects, faculty advisory interactions, and other laboratory experiences were influential inengineering major selection. The current study expects to reveal that other targeted courseexperiences would likewise influence students16.Research Questions: 1. How effective is the engineering informed decision making module at meeting its intended goals

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First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Roberts, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Curtis R. Taylor, University of Florida

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-Year Students Stephen Roberts, Fazil Najafi, Curtis TaylorAbstractAccording to the National Science Board, an increase in the admission of students fromunderrepresented populations will be needed to improve current enrollment trends at institutionsof higher education. In particular, studies show that enrollment, retention, and graduation rates ofengineering students from underrepresented populations (i.e., women, ethnic minorities) havehistorically been lower than those of other student populations. In addition, studies suggeststudents from underrepresented populations face unique and amplified issues that impede theirpersistence and degree completion. These impediments can include inadequate K-12 preparation,social

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorraine Francis, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; David John Orser, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Susan Mantell, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Joshua M. Feinberg, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Russell J. Holmes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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course that brings exciting, newtechnologies and skills to a first-year PBL course with the aim of enhancing engagement andproviding an authentic multidisciplinary, creative design process that includes student-proposedprojects. At the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, a large R1 research institution, an effort todevelop engagement, community and connections between freshmen and faculty began with thedevelopment of a required, one-credit first semester course. This course covers topics importantto all new university students – selecting a major, exploring extracurricular opportunities, writinga resume, appreciating diversity and understanding ethics – and for three years it was expandedto add a faculty co-instructor, who led a small

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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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Janet K. Lumpp, University of Kentucky; Jennifer Lovely, University of Kentucky; Laura Marie Letellier P.E., University of Kentucky; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Derek Lynn Englert, University of Kentucky; John R. Baker P.E., University of Kentucky; Neil Moore, University of Kentucky; John F. Maddox, University of Kentucky; Julie Gordon Whitney, University of Kentucky; Doug Klein, University of Kentucky; Whitney C. Blackburn-Lynch, University of Kentucky

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personal level to the students and their families, those who attempt afour-year degree program but are unsuccessful have expended their limited resources.Additionally, as technology becomes a larger portion of our modern life, the need for individualswith technical skills grows. Therefore, the inability to retain students who could becomedegreed, practicing engineers has a detrimental impact on society as a whole. Retention ofstudents who are interested in a career in engineering is therefore a way to both reduceexpenditure of resources and while also increasing the supply of skilled workers for tomorrow’sjob market.II. The Challenge of Increasing RetentionStudents leave the difficult path of an engineering education for a variety of reasons

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First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; James Moscola, York College of Pennsylvania; James A. Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Eleanor Leung, York College of Pennsylvania; Jason Forsyth, James Madison University

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fields and help them to make an informed decision about theirfuture career. To facilitate this idea, engineering programs at York College of Pennsylvania offer acommon first semester, where all engineering students (and some undeclared students curiousabout engineering) take a design-based engineering course, Engineering Practices and DesignStudio (EPADS), along with other common courses. This design course consists of two modules:an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) module; and a Mechanical and Civil Engineering(MCE) module. Students spend seven weeks working on each module, exploring basic conceptsin each discipline. In the MCE module, students work with Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools,basic hand tools, and machine tools in a machine

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First-Year Programs: Wednesday Cornucopia (Educational Research)

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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requires students to develop a problemstatement of their own. Students evaluate global, personal, ecological, social, technological, andother diverse sets of problems to determine the focus of their project. Students are required tocreate a working prototype, though it is not expected to be as fully functional as the predefinedprojects. The final product is a realistic solution that can be described as marketable,manufacturable, and applicable. At NYU Tandon School of Engineering two types of OEPs are being explored for first-year curriculum. In the Fall of 2018, 13 groups, an increase from the 6 from previoussemesters, participated in free-choice open-ended design projects where students were taskedwith generating their own problem