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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

Paper ID #23233Work In Progress: Using Current Crowdfunding Projects as Case Studies toEnhance Students’ Understanding of the Design ProcessDr. Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College Derek Breid is an assistant professor of Engineering Science at Saint Vincent College. His interests in- clude integrating active learning techniques into classic engineering courses, and studying the mechanical behavior of soft materials. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work In Progress: Using current crowdfunding projects as case studies to enhance students’ understanding of the

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First-year Programs Division: Retention

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Binod Tiwari, California State University, Fullerton; Pradeep Nair, California State University, Fullerton; Susamma Barua, California State University, Fullerton

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Paper ID #22913Effectiveness of Freshman Level Multi-disciplinary Hands-on Projects in In-creasing Student Retention Rate and Reducing Graduation Time for Engi-neering Students in a Public Comprehensive UniversityDr. Binod Tiwari, California State University, Fullerton Dr. Tiwari is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at California State University Fuller- ton. His research interest includes geotechnical earthquake engineering, soil behavior, slopes dams and embankment, natural hazard mitigation, and engineering education. He developed and implemented the hands-on project based course, Introduction to

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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jillian Beth Schmidt, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

Paper ID #21307Work in Progress: Development and Implementation of a Self-guided Ar-duino Module in an Introductory Engineering Design CourseDr. Jillian Beth Schmidt, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Jillian Schmidt is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She teaches primarily first and second- year engineering design courses, and her research interests include technology incorporation and team dynamics in project based courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018

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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago; Noe Arroyo; Vincent C.F. Chen, Loyola University Chicago; Allan Beale

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

Paper ID #22177Work in Progress: Building a Functional Cardiograph Over Four SemestersDr. Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago Dr. Gail Baura is a Professor and Director of Engineering Science at Loyola University Chicago. While creating the curriculum for this new program, she embedded multi-semester projects to increase student engagement and performance. Previously, she was a Professor of Medical Devices at Keck Graduate In- stitute of Applied Life Sciences, which is one of the Claremont Colleges. She received her BS Electrical Engineering degree from Loyola Marymount University, her MS Electrical Engineering and MS

Conference Session

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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First-Year Programs

projects. Now in its third year of continued refinement and analysis, theUniversity is offering 5 sections of the 8 credit hour course (Full Cornerstone) and 20 sections ofa version with 2 separate 4 credit hour courses (Split Cornerstone) that run over the fall andspring semester. Each section is populated with approximately 30 first-year students from a totalfirst-year class size exceeding 700 students.With two versions implemented over the past two years, there has been enough redesign towarrant more discussion. The course redesign has been driven by feedback and evidence,fundamentally following the design process we teach in the course. The data used to drive thisredesign has come from four sources: 1) a survey of students in both the

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University

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currently holds the title of Senior Lecturer and focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program. She is also involved in the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, the ASU ProMod project, the Engineering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, and the Global Freshman Academy. Dr. Zhu also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineering at ASU, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Design, Mechanism Analysis and Design, Finite Element Analysis, etc. She was part of a team that designed a largely team and activ- ity based online Introduction to Engineering course, as well as a team that developed a unique MOOC introduction to engineering

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First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

naturally uncomfortable towork on open-ended problems, because it feels risky to proceed along an ambiguous solutionpath. Nevertheless, some students seem to be more confidently uncomfortable, ready and willingto begin working on open-ended problems. We sought in this study to understand the factors thatmake a student better able to begin work on these projects without directed guidance from theinstructor. Here, this student ability is ascribed to, in part, a student’s ambiguity tolerance andself-efficacy on open-ended problems. A survey instrument to measure ambiguity tolerance and self-efficacy on open-endedproblems was created and subject to internal validation. Students taking a 2-course sequence ofrequired, foundational courses over

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; David Andrew Story, Sonoma State University; David Anthony House, Sonoma State University; Robert Evan Rowlands, Gap Wireless

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educational technologies and authored many papers focusing on eLearning and Active Learning models.Mr. David Andrew Story, Sonoma State University David Story is currently a Sophmore Electrical Engineering student at Sonoma State University. He works on a plethora of research projects, mostly working on embedded systems that are used to educate and to improve the human condition. He has lead the development of an educational development board meant to introduce High School and first-year college student to wireless sensor systems. Other projects he has worked on including designing new subsystems for EdgeCube, Sonoma State’s CubeSat, as well as a variety of other personal projects. This summer David will be working as an

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Ely, Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette; Jason E. Bice, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kendra A. Erk, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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, introduce amultidisciplinary project to teach the fundamental principles of engineering, and to introduce awide array of engineering disciplines within a single course.The assumption entering into this project was that core engineering concepts can be graspedthrough practice, as opposed to traditional classroom lecture, to teach students the engineeringdesign loop, intra- and intergroup collaboration and communication, design methodology, andcritical thinking skills [1]. However, the idea of learning through practice in no way eliminatesthe traditional lecture to communicate topics necessary for practicing engineering, such as staticsor basic circuit design. Therefore, the course that was developed incorporates two learningstyles: active learning

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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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First-year Programs Division: Student Success

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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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

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First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline C. McNeil, University of Louisville; Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

programming portion of the course.Statistical analysis revealed no significant difference in overall homework scores between thetwo years, but there was a significant increase in scores on programming projects, which were aset of more challenging problems at the end of Chapters 2-5 homework assignments. Averagenumber of attempts per problem and number of problems completed did not change significantlybetween the two years. Results of the survey show that students generally perceived a lowerworkload and felt that the programming material was more valuable to them with in-classlectures and team activities.Future direction based on this study indicate the potential need for more in-class instruction,either in the form of more team activities or lectures

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First-year Programs Division: Student Success

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Amir Elzawawy , Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Margaret Ducharme, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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. Margaret Ducharme, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology Dr. Ducharme is the Chairman of Arts and Sciences at Vaughn College and the Project Director for the Title V SOAR grant supporting outstanding achievement and retention of Hispanic and other high need students. She is the Vaughn Engineering Learning Community Director and the Liaison of AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) at Vaughn College. She obtained her Ph.D. in English from the University of Toronto; her dissertation is on Henry James. Dr. Ducharme has presented papers recently at the NEMLA (Northeastern Modern Language Association) and the ALSCW (Association of Literary Scholars Critics and Writers) conferences

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First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oziel Rios, University of Texas, Dallas; Dani Fadda, University of Texas, Dallas

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First-Year Programs

simulations on CAD software.The activity was successfully administered to an introduction to mechanical engineering class of221 students during the Spring semester of 2017. A discussion of the resources and personnelrequired (faculty and graduate teaching assistants) is also presented. The activity is consideredsimple to implement only requiring a computer station with installed CAD software offered bymost engineering programs. Continuous improvements to the activity are made based on facultyobservations as well as a survey administered to the students.1. IntroductionIncorporating team-based design projects into first-year engineering courses is beneficial to first-year engineering students [1]. First-year design projects have been proven to increase

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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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and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. His work has been cited more than 2200 times and he has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University. She is a third year student in the Educational Policy and Evaluation program. Her research interests focus on

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First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Caroline Liron, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Li Ding; Lei Gu, Georgia State University; Andrew Calvin Griggs II, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Paper ID #22740Mr. Andrew Calvin Griggs II, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Andrew Griggs is a human factors graduate student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. I worked as an undergraduate research assistant for the SLA-aBLe project from Spring 2014 until the end of 2017.Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Motivating Students to Learn a Programming Language: Applying a Second Language Acquisition Approach in a Blended Learning EnvironmentIntroductionLearning a programming

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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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Qudsia Tahmina, Ohio State University at Marion

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address the research question: Willproviding peer mentoring sessions help improve the performance in Fundamentals ofEngineering course offered at a regional campus? The concepts covered in the course integratethe scientific principles and mathematical problem solving with practical applications utilizingengineering tools. Data analysis in Excel, application based programming in MATLAB andsoftware design project are three main components of the course. Although most of theapplication assignments encourage teamwork, students find it difficult to learn and implementthe functionality of tools and lack confidence in accomplishing the tasks in a timely manner. Therationale behind peer mentoring approach is to provide support and a medium for students

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sura Al-Qudah, Western Washington University ; Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Michael Andrew Greiner

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Technical College Jill Davishahl is a faculty member in the engineering department at Bellingham Technical College where she teaches courses ranging from Intro to Engineering Design to Engineering Statics. Outside of teach- ing, Jill is working on the development of a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Technology and is currently PI on the NSF funded ATE project grant in renewable energy as well as PI on an NSF funded S-STEM project. She holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.Mr. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl is faculty and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College. His teaching and research interests include

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First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine; Christian Fischer, University of California, Irvine; Fernando Rodriguez, University of California, Irvine; Gregory N. Washington, University of California, Irvine

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Education, 2018 Evaluation of Online Learning in a First-year Engineering Design CourseABSTRACTThis evidence based practice paper evaluates an online project-based design engineering course.Because of increasing enrollments in engineering courses, class facilities on campus cannotaccommodate for additional students. Adding to this problem is that universities may simply nothave enough instructors to offer additional course sections to accommodate class growth.Therefore, online learning may be one pathway to address this problem. We examined a first-year engineering course, which consisted of both lecture and lab sections. In this course, studentsdesigned, built and tested a remote controlled and an autonomous device over the duration of

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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen A. Harper, Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University; Lauren Corrigan, Parker School Hawaii

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

solid waste design, construction quality assurance, and computer aided design in support of various environmental projects. At Ohio State, Lauren engaged in teaching and curriculum development within the First-Year Engineering Program. Her research interests included the retention and success of students in STEM fields, with a particular focus on under-represented populations. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Introduction of Failure Analysis to a First-Year Robotics CourseAbstractThis work-in-progress paper describes the first implementation of a failure analysis componentadded to an existing first-year cornerstone project

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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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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

engineering projects course at theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder, Knight et al. found that students who took the coursedemonstrated increased retention when compared with their peers who did not take the course [3].When Knight et al. discussed possible explanations for this increased retention, they attributed itto “the impact of active hands-on pedagogy, creation of student learning communities, an earlyexperience on the human side of engineering, self-directed acquisition of knowledge by students,instructor mentoring, and the success orientation of the course” [3]. It has been shown that ifstudents have a strong, positive conviction about their knowledge in engineering, then they aremore likely to succeed academically in the specific subject, as

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First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College; Stacey L. Zimmerman, Elizabethtown College

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First-Year Programs

ofthe ABET a-k outcomes. We frame developing the required engineering skills from thefoundation of their individual strengths. Our “One-Minute Engineer” assignment requiresstudents to describe why they are pursuing engineering as a career path. Again, the frameworkof StrengthsFinder helps students clearly express their motivations.Team projects form the framework for ItE course sequence. We sort students into teams withdiverse Strengths [2]. Students utilize team contracts in which they develop team roles based onindividual Strengths [3]. A team mapping exercise reveals that our engineering students tend tooverpopulate the executing and strategic thinking domains of Strengths. Less stereotypicalengineering students with Strengths in

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First-Year Programs Division - Visualization and Mathematics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt P.E., Lafayette College; Mary Roth P.E., Lafayette College

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First-Year Programs, Mathematics

that apply to multiple areas ofengineering (e.g., that students will understand the engineering design process), each section ofthe course may take different pedagogical approaches to achieving those outcomes. In addition,each professor selects his/her own topic and adds specific student learning outcomes to thecommon outcomes that are related to his/her area of disciplinary expertise. The sections of thecourse that serve as the foundation for the work presented in this paper are taught by facultymembers in chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering.The authors are motivated by a desire to understand how the different approaches faculty used inthis introductory course impact student learning. In a pilot project in fall

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abigail M. Clark, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

’ experiences and develop a futureprotocol and establish a baseline of identity and community development for FYE students. Thesurvey is part of a multi-year project, and this initial understanding will shape future interviewsallowing the impact of the FYE experience to be further explored. Ultimately, the larger studyseeks to understand the impact various decisions made regarding FYE have on community andidentity development as student move through multiple pathways. The baseline survey will guidethe development of future aspects of this project while providing insights about FYE students’communities and views of themselves.IntroductionOver the last several years, there have been calls for changes to engineering education in order toensure that

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First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Munden, Fairfield University; Marcia Arambulo Rodriguez, Fairfield University; Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Michael Zabinski, Fairfield University

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First-Year Programs

thinking, guide development of aresearched writing piece, and as a rubric instrument to assess student critical thinking throughwriting. Student oral communication is another key outcome. A subjective rubric has beenreplaced with a transparent, straightforward, binary check sheet rubric.Another signature assignment in the course is a team-based design challenge. Evaluation ofstudent performance was difficult and subjective. Through continuous improvement built onstudent feedback we developed a transparent method of evaluating the design challenge. Wedemonstrate the effectiveness of a simple check-sheet style rubric for evaluation of demonstrateddesign thinking and project management skills in the team-based design challenge.Results of this 6-year

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; Dakota Ryan Edmonds, University of Colorado, Denver

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application of those fundamentals in solving engineering problems. Thus, wehave created a first-year learning community as a solution to low retention rates in engineering.In this learning community, the first-year students take the following courses together: ● An interdisciplinary freshman experiences course, in which we teach the concept of "Design-Build-Test-Improve-Collaborate" to the students. The students take the ownership of their group projects, while working together and building friendships that last. ● An appropriate Math course (Calculus or Pre-Calculus), which is specifically designed to address the applications of math in engineering. ● An English composition class, which focuses on "Writing

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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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Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University

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. Each courseconsists of different key engineering concepts are taught through the combination of lectures andhand-on projects. The content focuses on student centered-learning with emphasis onengineering fundamental concepts, design, fabrication, programming, and using amicrocontroller to provide a more engaging way to empower students to learn engineering. Table1 provides a condensed summary of the LWTL curriculum content. Table 1. Summary of LWTL content Course Engineering Fundamental Projects Concepts ENGR 120 Electricity, Conservation of Energy, Pump Fabrication, Pump Testing and Engineering Problem Efficiency, Linear Regression Analysis, Robotics Challenge

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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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First-Year Programs

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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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anas Chalah, Harvard University; Fawwaz Habbal, Harvard University; Michael Raspuzzi, Harvard University

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

Fawwaz HabbalPre-Collegiate Program Background and Direct ObjectiveAs new experiments and design-based projects are envisioned, they must be evaluated andassessed before they become part of the curriculum. Initially, we introduced such new items to asmall group of the Harvard College students, but as the demands for new experiments increased,it became difficult to have a thorough evaluation through the small sample of students. Wedecided to engage a different student body of diverse backgrounds by establishing a pre-collegiate program. This program attempts to prototype and develop multiple new activelearning initiatives before integrating them into the full curriculum. Indeed, the program becamea valuable platform to develop, to experiment, and

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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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First-Year Programs

interpretations of experiences and project forward on possible changestowards a growth mindset. Students understood that growth mindset was not an all or nothingswitch to be flipped.These findings are useful for educators interested in promoting productive beliefs about thenature of intelligence. Future work in this area will include an exploration of how these beliefschange over the undergraduate experience and the development of concrete strategies forstudents to begin to implement growth mindset within an engineering education context.BackgroundThe National Academy of Engineering provides us with a particular vision for the Engineer of2020, and these students will be graduating in just a few short years. As engineering educators,we are called to