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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 9: Hands-On Foundations - Building Confidence, Belonging, and Engagement in First-Year Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mullin, UC San Diego; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego

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design, build andanalyze a personalized pendulum clock. Midway through the course, after students have acquiredthe necessary design and fabrication skills, they are presented with a team-based robotic designchallenge. The unique thematic robotic challenge is developed by the instructional team eachquarter to give students an opportunity to work in teams and to apply their engineering skills toan open-ended challenge. While the competition rules, scoring criteria and project milestones arewell-defined, the term specified challenge, and the unique theme adds an element of excitementand an opportunity for the teams to be creative and strategic in their robot design. During finalsweek, a course-wide robot competition takes place where all teams

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 4: Pathways, Belonging, and Early Experiences

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelyn Rola, Southern Methodist University; Zeira Emiline Galindo, Southern Methodist University; Arath Dominguez, Southern Methodist University; Zoe Mukendi, Southern Methodist University; Alain Mota, Southern Methodist University

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professional efforts focus on promoting equity, inclusion, and student success in higher education. Her research projects center on supporting traditionally underrepresented students in engineering, social justice education in predominantly White contexts, student well-being and thriving, critical reasoning in the age of AI, and navigating the hidden curriculum as a first-generation student.Zeira Emiline Galindo, Southern Methodist University Zeira Galindo is a graduate student at Southern Methodist University pursuing a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Her passion for aerospace and full-cycle project development grew during university, where coursework, hands-on projects, and leadership roles deepened a desire

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 2: Designing Creativity - Innovation Through First-Year Maker Projects

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Artre Reginald Turner, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jason Morphew, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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recognized for his teaching in the First Year Engineering program and is the Dr. Morphew has also recently taught courses focused on the pedagogy of integrated STEM and educational research methodology. Dr. Morphew’s research focuses on the application of principles of learning derived from cognitive science and the learning sciences to the design and evaluate technology-enhanced learning environments. More specifically, his research examines the impact of technologies such as augmented-reality, gesture-based digital environments, microelectronics, and artificial intelligence on learning, interest, identity, motivation, and decision making in STEM. His research views learning through self-regulated learning

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 5: Academic Support, Retention, and Success Strategies

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hiba Assi, University of Detroit Mercy; E. Prasad Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Dawn Archey, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Andrew Steffka, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke P.E., University of Detroit Mercy

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://www.ideou.com/pages/design-thinking?srsltid=AfmBOoq0AnwpRk7WHT1426G6uhw7ISZHAYS_PuIZGba1GXEtXtCHue4U. [Accessed: Jan. 14, 2025].[50] S. Costanza-Chock, Design justice: Community-led practices to build the worlds we need,The MIT Press, 2020.[51] Design Justice Network, "Design Justice," https://designjustice.org. [Accessed: Jan. 14,2025].[52] K. I. Matón and F. A. Hrabowski, "Increasing the number of African American PhDs in thesciences and engineering: A strengths-based approach," American Psychologist, vol. 59, no. 6,pp. 547-556, 2004.[53] M. K. Eagan, A. L. Romero, and S. Zhong, "BUILDing an early advantage: An examinationof the role of strategic interventions in developing first-year undergraduate students’ scienceidentity," Res. High Educ., vol. 65

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 3: Session 3: Curriculum in Motion - Redesigning the First-Year Experience

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Abbie Canale, Pennsylvania State University; Erin A Hostetler, The Pennsylvania State University; Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University

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coupling [17]) has led to non-uniform first year experiences for students and has also posed challenges for instructors. Thisabsence of standardization means first-year engineering students are not exposed to similar FYSexperiences, and new instructors lacked access to minimum standard learning objectives andenduring content for the course. Recognizing these issues, the Penn State COE established a task force tocomprehensively review and redesign its FYS courses. The outcomes of this initiative, asdetailed in this paper, resulted in the development of a new FYS model structured around 12 keymodules organized into three core themes: identity, possibility, and community. Byimplementing this redesigned FYS model, the COE at Penn State seeks to

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 1: Tech-Forward Teaching - Digital Tools to Enhance Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Madison Christine Fanning, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Shreya Khosla Gustafson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sarah Meece, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Divya Bendigeri, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Trisha Patnaik, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Trisha Patnaik, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Experiential Activities Demonstrating Mass Transfer in Porous Materials in an Introductory Bioengineering CourseAbstractThis Complete Evidence Based Practice paper describes how hands-on experiential learning canbe utilized in an introductory bioengineering course to teach complex topics and help studentsfeel a sense of identity and belonging to the field. Bioengineering encompasses manymultidisciplinary concepts, techniques, and applications from other disciplines; as such, studentscan feel underqualified or ‘othered’ compared to their peers. This is

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 3: Session 3: Curriculum in Motion - Redesigning the First-Year Experience

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Ruhala, Kennesaw State University; Turaj Ashuri, Kennesaw State University; Lance Crimm, Kennesaw State University; Charles Richard Kennedy, Kennesaw State University; Margaret L Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Matthew Quincy Marshall, Kennesaw State University; Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University; Gregory L. Wiles PE, Kennesaw State University; Roneisha Wynette Worthy, Kennesaw State University

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engineering degree programs to Southern Polytechnic in 2007 and 2008. Crimm has been a professor at Southern Polytechnic since 1997, serving in a multitude of roles as he continually seeks to savor the joys of teaching and learning from faculty, staff, and students. Crimm earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and is also a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia having been recognized by this GSPE organization in 2019 as the overall ”Engineer of the Year” among the several highly competitive categories such as Education, Private Practice, Industry, Government, etc.Charles Richard Kennedy, Kennesaw State University Charles (Richard