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%, respectively, for the Fall 2019 to Fall 2021 cohorts.A comparison of the demographics for the Fall 2022 cohort is provided in Table 3 along withcomparisons of the success in ENGR 122 and MATH 242 by the subsequent Fall quarter of thesophomore year. Although ACT scores have risen slightly since the 2014-2018 cohort, thefemale population was stable in 2019-2022 and rose slightly for 2022. The URM droppedslightly during the recovery from COVID but was slightly higher than previous years for Fall2022.Table 3. Demographics of comparison students. ENGR 122 and MATH 242 percentagesare students that passed by summer plus one academic quarter. Number ENGR 122 MATH 242 Female URM ACT Fall 2022 - Selected
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Design Process to First-Year Students with a Project Focused on Offshore Wind EnergyAbstractThis is a complete evidence-based practice paper. In 2019, a new semester-long course projectwas developed for our university’s first-year engineering program that aimed to introducestudents to the engineering design process (EDP) in an engaging and relevant way. Students inour small undergraduate-only engineering program earn Bachelors of Science degrees inEngineering, with a specialization in civil, computer, electrical, environmental, mechanical, or acustom area. Offshore wind energy was chosen as the project topic both for its relevance to theuniversity’s coastal location and because it touches upon many of the subareas of
differences instudent background would help determine whether elements of the course should be adjusted toachieve a suitable balance of challenge and support for the students.This paper shares some of the motivation in developing the course structure, outlines the exercisedeveloped to gather information from the students, details an initial analysis of the data thatresulted, and describes next steps.Context: History and Structure of the ProgramCourse History and Student PopulationThe first-year engineering experience at CWRU began as a pilot course in 2019. The motivationbehind developing the program was to improve student satisfaction and retention, as has beenexperienced at other universities implementing similar programs [1, 2]. There were
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first-year course.Projects in first year engineering coursesThe authors performed a brief review of the literature to explore projects utilized in first-yearcourses and the results where sufficient project details were provided was limited. The mostprevalent location for publications highlighting the first-year project details is the proceedings ofthe annual American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) conference and KEEN cards(engineeringunleashed.com/card).Projects ranged from solar-powered food dehydrators [4], re-engineering a mini-drone [5],reverse engineering of a simple household appliance or medical device [6], energy efficiencyassessment of windows [7], or more general problem prompts such as food insecurity or theopioid epidemic
University at Buffalo. She was awarded her doctorate and masters from Tufts University in mechanical engineering and STEM education respectively, and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan. Her research work aims to improve the learning experience for undergraduate students by examining conceptual knowledge gains, affect, identity development, engineering judgment, and problem solving.Dr. Emma Treadway, Trinity University Emma Treadway received the B.S. degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University in 2011, and her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
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and support tools, such as CATME and Tandem, is essential in monitoring andimproving student teamwork experience through insight obtained from various analyses [5], [6]. This study leverages data from an institutional database and Tandem. Tandem is a tooldesigned for assessing team dynamics and providing formative feedback. Since Tandem’s firstimplementation in 2019, it has collected responses from more than 13,000 students. For thisstudy, only data from the “beginning-of-term” survey (BoT) in Tandem and the responses to onequestion in the Midterm survey were studied. In this study, we explored patterns and types ofpre-semester concerns reported by first-year engineering students, investigating the followingfour research questions (RQs
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barriers to the involvement of traditionally underrepresented communities in STEM fields (e.g., minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, military veterans, and individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds). This will ensure that all citizens can fully engage in a globally competitive, knowledge- and technology-intensive economy [14]. The COVID-19 epidemic made a significant impact on fall 2020 enrollments. As per data from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, college and university enrollment decreased by 651,774 students (i.e., more than 3%) from fall 2019 to fall 2020 [15]. Total undergraduate enrollment at degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States declined by 9
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