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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 8: Skill Building

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Haslam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Jonathan M. Adams, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Robert Gerrick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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block of instructiontime.As part of the paired cornerstone courses students completed two engineering design projectsthat were intended to mirror what students are required to do in the capstone courses. The initialindividual assignment asked students to design a 3D-printed water rocket. Students documentedtheir particular design in a written proposal. The second project was team-based, and it involveddesigning a system in response to a provided RFP. The teams were tasked with refining therequirements and then developing possible design concepts, which they presented in a ConceptDesign Review; the presentation was accompanied by a written proposal. Subsequently, teamsdeveloped the details of their design, and they created more refined CAD

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Teamwork

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rui Li, New York University; Jack Bringardner, Colorado School of Mines; Victoria Bill, Colorado School of Mines

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. Palincsar, "Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning," Educational Psychologist, vol. 26, no. 3-4, pp. 369-398, 1991/06/01 1991, doi: 10.1080/00461520.1991.9653139.[19] B. M. Aller, D. M. Lyth, and L. A. Mallak, "Capstone project team formation: Mingling increases performance and motivation," Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 503-507, 2008.[20] M. W. Ohland et al., "The comprehensive assessment of team member effectiveness: Development of a behaviorally anchored rating scale for self-and peer evaluation," Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 609-630, 2012.

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 4: Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Erik A. Johnson, University of Southern California

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Paper ID #40105Work in Progress: Engaging First-year Engineering Students throughMakerspace Project-based PedagogyDr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Dr. Gisele Ragusa is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Southern California. She conducts research on college transitions and retention of underrepresented engineering students, engineer- ing ethics, PreK-12 STEM education, and also research about engineering global preparedness.Dr. Erik A. Johnson, University of Southern California Dr. Erik A. Johnson is a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 4: Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fayekah Assanah, University of Connecticut; Kristina Wagstrom; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Marina Creed

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incorporated into capstone design projects, core engineering classes, orextra-curricular activities as part of the engineering curriculum to improve the achievement ofthe course’s learning outcomes [2]. Therefore, such projects are intentionally designed for allstudents (inclusive of background and cultural groups) to meet the course learning objectives,foster creative and critical thinking, promote engagement and teamwork, and connect to theneeds of the community by developing a socio-economic context, where students can implementengineering solutions to real-world problems. There are profound outcomes associated with PBSL. Studies have shown that PBSLeffectively helps students develop core concepts, technical skills, and critical thinking

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Equity, Inclusion, and Access

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Hicks, Texas A&M University, Kingsville ; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mahesh Hosur, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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engineering students are required to complete a one- or two-semesterlong capstone course sequence that emphasizes integration of concepts and material fromprevious classes in the completion of a substantial design project. Education researchers havealso recognized the potential benefits design experiences can offer at earlier stages of anengineering curriculum, including introductory level courses [24, 35]. An important benefit ishelping to make clear to students at an early stage the importance of and linkage between thesupporting math and science courses they are required to take and the engineering field whichthey have chosen to study [10, 25, 32]. Design experiences completed early in the engineeringcurriculum can also make technical course

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 11: Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Tembrevilla, Mount Saint Vincent University; Andre Phillion, McMaster University

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thinking blooms from multi-level (horizontal andvertical) integration and bridging of course design, projects, and content strengthened from firstyear to fourth year [31, 67]. Scaffolding, as explained by Carroll [68], should mean smoothtransitioning from “seat-of-the-pants” first-year design courses to skills and competencies gainedin second- and third-year courses to capstone projects—the peak of true engineering designexperience for fourth-year students. In addition, feedback on explicit scaffolding, restructuring,and mentoring in team collaborations and projects promoted teamwork and engineering design ininterdisciplinary or multidisciplinary settings [48, 69, 70].3.4) Importance of assessment.Multi-dimensional and multi-stage assessment of

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 11: Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jack Bringardner, New York University ; Elizabeth Castroverde; Paige Charette, New York University ; Salma Moutasim Salaheldin Abuelgasim, New York University Abu Dhabi ; McKenna Yoshinobu; Rui Li, New York University; Victoria Bill, New York University ; Ingrid Paredes, New York University

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enrolled in first-year engineering courses even has theresources to succeed were highlighted by Caroline Baillie. After reviewing different courseapproaches in twelve countries and over seventy institutions a common approach was to developthe first-year introductory subject to aid orientation for students to feel and think like an engineer[7]. Prior research has emphasized the importance of offering project-based tasks for students toapply critical thinking skills.The design canvas tool was used during this study to highlight behavior design and valuetowards the project. Research findings from the paper Development of a Design Canvas withApplication to First Year and Capstone Design Courses discuss the relationship between creatinga design canvas

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 11: Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Ian Meyer Kropp

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, where he currently teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses, and serves on the college’s Capstone Design Committee. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including for- mative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects through student engagement in educational software development. Estell earned his BS in Computer Science and Engineering degree from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University Dr. Stephany

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Identity & Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma; Moses Olayemi, University of Oklahoma; Tierney Harvey, University of Oklahoma; Haley Taffe, University of Oklahoma

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. Additionally, CPPs offer several student benefits includingacquiring and applying new knowledge, improving skills in problem-solving, building aconnection with the community partner, etc. CPPs are found in many engineering capstone coursestaught at senior year; however, little research lies in CPPs when implemented within first-yearengineering courses. In this research study, we are interested in assessing students’ perceptions ofworking on a community-partnered project in their first year of engineering. At a large publicuniversity in the United States, we have designed a first-year engineering course that providesopportunities for students to work with CPP. In this course, students are tasked with solving aproblem that arises somewhere in the local

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - GIFTS

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aditya T. Vadlamani, The Ohio State University; Laine Rumreich, The Ohio State University; Andrew H. Phillips, The Ohio State University

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from OSU in Electrical and Computer Engineering with research focus in integrated nonlinear optics. His engineering education research interests include Teaching Assistants (TAs), first-year engineering, systematic literature reviews, personality theory, and instrument validation. As a TA he has taught first- year engineering for 10 years. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 GIFTS: Exploration Activities for Just-in-Time Learning in a First-Year Engineering Robotics Design-Build Project Abstract This GIFTS paper will provide an example of how Just-in-Time (JIT) learning can be used as a technique in a first-year

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 1: Programs & Curricula

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jacqueline Callihan Linnes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Timothy M. Whalen

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Paper ID #38369WIP: Designing disciplinary projects in an honors first-year engineeringcourse to improve retention and participation of first-year students.Dr. Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Joseph A. Lyon is a lecturer in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering education, an M.S. in industrial engineering, and a B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include models and modeling, computational thinking, and computation in engineering education.Dr. Jacqueline Callihan Linnes, Purdue University at West

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rodrigo Cutri, Maua Institute of Techonology; Hector Alexandre Chaves Gil, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Cristiane Maria Barra Da Matta; Octavio Mattasoglio Neto

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and Challenges Students’ Experience Solving an Open-Ended Problem” Paper presented at 2017 FYEE Conference, Daytona Beach, Florida. https://peer.asee.org/29440[17] Phelan, M. A., & Guha, A., & Harrison, B. K., & Moukarzel, G., & Tetteh, A. A., & Har-El, Y., & Ochia, R., “Design-thinking Concepts in Undergraduate Engineering Capstone Projects” Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2—34399[18] Sadeghipour, K., & Brookstein, D., & Fagan, S., & Budischak, C., Work in Progress: “Introducing Design Thinking in First-Year Engineering Education” Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 7: Making

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sherri Youssef, The Ohio State University; Meagan Eleanor Ita, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University

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sequences and capstone courses. We standardized the EML coursework implemented inthe standard course sequence so that it could readily apply to these other courses. This involvedthe development of direct and indirect assessments for each of the 3Cs [16]. With thisdevelopment, we modified our learning objectives to meet our EML goals and created rubrics tomeasure student performance with each assessment type [17]. As it currently stands, the honorscourse sequence also consists of two courses where the second course (ENGR 1282) is designedto provide students with the knowledge of engineering fundamentals as well. Much like ENGR1182, ENGR 1282 is divided into two segments: (1) Graphics and (2) Design project where thedesign project is primarily how

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa M. Simonik, State University of New York at Binghamton; Koenraad E. Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton

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Paper ID #42092GIFTS: Improved Team Skill Development through a Semester-Long TeamworkReportDr. Melissa M. Simonik, State University of New York at Binghamton Melissa received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Union College (Schenectady, NY) in 2014 and her M.Eng. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) in 2015. Melissa started at Binghamton University in 2015 as a Mechanical Engineering doctoral student. She served as a teaching assistant (TA) for Watson Capstone Projects for two years. She continued as a TA for the Engineering Design Division in 2017 where she taught both Introduction to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 1: Course Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catalina Cortazar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile; Gabriel Astudillo, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile

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.[9] J. McManus, P. Costello, “Project-based learning in computer science: a student and researchadvisor's perspective,” Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 34(3), 38–46, 2019.[10] N. Ismail, N. A. Aziz, C. K. Hong, M. Z. Zainal, Assessing Teamwork Value in Project-Based Learning of Capstone Project Course. Atlantis Press, 2020.https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200921.025[11] C. Cortázar, M. Nussbaum, J. Harcha, D. Alvares, F. López, J. Goñi, V. Cabezas.“Promoting Critical Thinking in an Online, Project-Based Course.” Computers in HumanBehavior 119, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106705[12] K. Kuladinithi, L. Fisser, K. Fuger, D. Stolpmann, Z. Vatandas, A. Timm-Giel, A. Dürkop.“Online teaching of project-based learning courses

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 6: Mentors & Teams

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rui Li, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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Paper ID #39098Data-driven Strategy for Maintaining an Effective Team Collaboration ina First-year Engineering CourseDr. Rui Li, New York University Tandon School of Engineering Dr. Rui Li earned his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from Imperial College of London and his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2020 from the University of Georgia, College of Engineering. He is currently an industrial assistant professor, who works in General Engineering program at New York University. He taught first-year engineering course as well as vertically integrated project. He has strong interests in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 8: Skill Building

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin B. Wheatley, Bucknell University; Katsuyuki Wakabayashi, Bucknell University; Kelly Salyards P.E., Bucknell University

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strategies include: ● Introduction to codes or rules ● Case Study Exposure ● Discussion or debate ● Individual written assignments ● Ethical tools, processes, or heuristics ● Philosophical ethics ● Team project/position paperDespite the improvements in content and pedagogical strategies, educators are often still stymiedby the structural barriers that exist within their course, program, or institution [8]. The mostnoted barrier noted that engineering ethics is typically relegated to the overcrowded first-yearand capstone courses. This is often attributed to the belief that ethics is an “add-on” rather than acore competency of engineering. There is also a dearth of faculty eager to teach or develop newethics-related content. In

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First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Vicki V. May P.E., Dartmouth College

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survey (AWE, perceptions of engineering 2009) before students take HCEP and again after they are higher in students taking complete HCE courses. As a control, students will also be HCE than Math courses and surveyed before and after taking the standard mathematics significant gains are seen prerequisite courses. from pre to post.3. Apply and Longitudinally track student performance in later math, Students on the HCE retain key science, and engineering courses. Evaluate students’ ability pathway are better able to math to apply key math concepts in their capstone project. apply and retain key math

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4: Design Thinking & Entrepreneurship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Anjali Mulchandani, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas at Austin; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Purdue University ; Sydney Donohue Jobe, University of New Mexico; Paris Eisenman, University of New Mexico; Ethan Kapp, University of New Mexico

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. Accessed: Feb. 08, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/scaffolding-provided-to-engineering-students-in-cornerstone-design- project-scenarios-related-to-practices-of-expert-designers[22] N. Phanthanousy and Y. Allam, “First-year / senior year design data: Preliminary results from ongoing research on post-secondary design student activities,” in 2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Oct. 2013, pp. 1118–1120. doi: 10.1109/FIE.2013.6685003.[23] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A review of literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented Capstone courses,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 17–28, 1997, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1997.tb00260.x.[24] M. D

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 3: Identity & Belonging

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evelyn Walters, Temple University; Cory Budischak, Temple University

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racism.Collaborative problem-solving experience is a key quality sought by most employers. It is welldocumented that effective teamwork can facilitate career progression, often leads to moreinnovative solutions, and has the potential to increase job satisfaction. Throughout theirundergraduate education, students are tasked with team-based projects to provide this requiredexperience, however they are rarely provided with the skills to be a successful team member andleader. Ambrose et al. [3] highlight that in addition to content knowledge, teamwork furtherrequires higher-order qualitative skills such as task delegation, conflict resolution, and contentsynthesis. Furthermore, research shows that stereotypes and biases towards women and studentsof color can

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 3: Identity & Belonging

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Frank, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daphne DePorres, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joel Sloan, United States Air Force Academy

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matter who they are, theyare not alone, and they belong in engineering if that is what they choose to study. Additionally,there will be at least two touchpoints during the semester where freshmen and upperclassstudents see each other’s work. For example, at lesson 15, freshmen will be invited to observe asenior capstone project design review of an engineering discipline of their choice. Theinteraction with seniors, only three years removed from their freshman year, are expected to beanother means to nurture belonging in those taking the first-year course.Helping students connect their personal identities to their engineering identity is one way toincrease persistence [27]. There are several opportunities within the course to highlight thebenefit

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 4: Supporting Success 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martinez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus

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incorporated theories on social cognitive career choices and student attrition mitigation to investigate the effectiveness of institutional interventions in increasing the retention and academic success of talented engineering students from economically disadvantaged families. She’s also involved in a project that explores the relationship between the institutional policies at UPRM and faculty and graduate students’ motivation to create good relationships between advisors and advisees.Dr. Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Nayda G. Santiago is professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) where she teaches the Capstone Course in

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 2: Program Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jacqueline Callihan Linnes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Callihan Linnes is the Marta E. Gross Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the College of Engineering Honors Program at Purdue University. Her work advances pa- per microfluidics, molecular biosensors, and human-centered instrumentation design for translation into point-of-care diagnostics for global health and health disparities research. She teaches undergraduate design courses for first year engineering honors and capstone design, graduate level instrumentation mea- surement and point-of-care diagnostics, and human-centered design workshops to practitioners around the world. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A systematic review of pedagogical

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 1: Programs & Curricula

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John William Lynch, University of Cincinnati; Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati

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undergraduate engineering course.AbstractThis evidence-based Work in Progress research paper will explore how collaborative technologyimpacts student engagement with teams and programming activities in an introductory first-yearengineering course. Introduction to engineering has been a historically difficult course forundergraduates as they are introduced to algorithmic thinking, design processes, and problem-solvingmethodologies. To assist students, a variety of approaches can be employed in the classroom; team-based capstone projects with end of course demonstrations, synchronous collaborative technology thatsupports teamwork and communication in and out of class, pair-programming, and visual-basedprogramming languages. Each of these provides

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmy Mohandas, Purdue University ; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University

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course is highly groupbased and has three projects throughout the semester. The first two projects are small in scopeand is focused to help students learn the design thinking process. The final capstone project is 8weeks long is where students work on solving an open-ended engineering grand challenge. Thefinal deliverable for the course includes a functional prototype for the problem space the studentsare working on, and a final presentation related to the same. There are multiple low stakeassignments in the form of quizzes, reflections and fieldworks embedded throughout the courseadding to their final grade. Since Spring 2020 with the onset of COVID-19, the course alsofollows a HyFlex modality where students are given the autonomy to attend

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 3: Evaluation & Assessment

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clodagh Reid, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest; Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Gibin Raju, University of Cincinnati; Jeffrey Buckley, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH); Niall Seery, Technological University of the Shannon

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a core skill that graduates should be equipped with upongraduation. To foster the development of these skills, design projects have been incorporatedinto the first year of many engineering programs in addition to capstone senior designprojects [1], [3].While there have been significant endeavors to incorporate design into engineering programs,an issue remains with the assessment of design tasks and projects. These forms of activitieshave traditionally been assessed through portfolios, rubrics, and criterion grading tools [4]–[7], which have some limitations when assessing open-ended design projects. Some of theselimitations include excessive time investment in grading, timeliness of feedback, validityissues, and low levels of reliability [8

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First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina ; Ehssan Nazockdast, University of North Carolina ; Daphne Klotsa , University of North Carolina

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included a foundational course with nopre-requisites, a three-course sequence of classic engineering courses that had some STEM pre-requisites, and a capstone design class that was open to seniors in all majors. While these classesfulfilled general education requirements, they were not specifically required for all engineeringstudents, as they had alternative options.We built on this history by creating two first-year engineering courses that were required for allengineering students, but also fulfilled general education requirements for all students at ourinstitution. With a mix of students in the course, the engineering students will learn to worktogether with liberal arts students on engineering projects, while the liberal arts students

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Teamwork

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., Oklahoma Baptist University

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[1]. Today, manyfirst-year students typically have little hands-on experience related to engineering [2]. Manyhave never used common tools before and do not know how common devices, such as carengines, actually work. Stephen Belkoff, an engineering professor at Johns Hopkins, noted thelack of practical skills for incoming freshmen, “These are all A students, and it took two days tobuild a shelf from Home Depot and get it @$$-backwards” [3]. While they are generally verycomputer savvy, incoming freshmen have little experience with engineered equipment. Studentsdo get experience with equipment in a variety of labs and in their capstone projects during thecourse of their college careers, but neither of these may be with actual equipment used

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 10: Identity & Belonging 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Chloe Grace Hincher, North Carolina State University; Ton Nguyen; Nicholas Goodwin

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is required to tackle the engineering grand challenges that ourworld faces. They must complete a Capstone experience and utilize one or more of the followingopportunities provided by our institution: 1. Engage in undergraduate research experience in an approved team or individual research or design project with a university faculty member, focusing on one of the fourteen NAE grand challenges. 2. Complete an Entrepreneurial Initiative project approved by the instructor and the scholar’s grand challenges mentor, focusing on one of the grand challenges. 3. Complete an approved independent study project focusing on one of the four grand challenges’ themes (sustainability, security, health, and joy of living).As

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Curricular & Program Design

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven; Stephanie M Gillespie, University of New Haven

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evaluating specific characteristics of thementorship experience itself [7]. Other mentorship within engineering programs is designed to support career or industrymentoring, usually for upper-level students. While industry mentors focusing on technical andproject mentorship through capstone projects is sometimes considered mentorship [21,22],mentorship programs with less curricular integration often focus on broader career readiness.Industry mentors are sometimes expected to assist with helping students find internships and jobs[3] or to develop professional skills that aren’t usually taught as a part of the engineeringcurriculum [23]. Evaluation of these programs is often driven by surveys and may explore whichcareer-readiness topics are being