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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa K. Murray, Western New England University

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, project management, process improvement, and culturally sustaining pedagogies. She serves as a co-advisor for National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at Western New England University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 GIFTS: Transforming First-Year Engineering Curriculum with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Entrepreneurial-Minded Learning Lisa K. Murray Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119 First Year Program, College of EngineeringAbstractThis Great Ideas For Teaching (and Talking With) Students (GIFTS) paper presents a plan topromote diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 2: Advising & Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelyn Rola, Southern Methodist University; Caitlin Anderson, Southern Methodist University

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) professional development, and 4) personal well-being. Thefirst seminar area, social engagement, is important for first-year students, as belonging to acommunity is critical for developing a sense of belonging and institutional fit [15]. Intentionallybuilding community is particularly important for the persistence of first-generation andunderrepresented racial minorities in the PWI context where they have limited opportunities toengage with diverse peers [6], [16]. The second seminar theme, academic success, supportsstudents’ transition to college and the navigation of the engineering curriculum. These seminarsexpose students to time management skills, course enrollment and degree planning resources,and opportunities to engage with engineering faculty

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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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and a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. His research interests include geotechnical engineering, column-supported embankments, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work in Progress: Developing a Foundational Engineering Course to Improve Students’ Sense of Belonging and Increase DiversityAbstractThis work in progress paper addresses the national imperative to promote involvement inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields across all ethnicities, races,genders, and economic backgrounds. The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) developeda Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan in 2021, which includes an objective

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University

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program – the support of collegemanagement (dean, associate dean, etc.) and faculty is key to the success of a such a program.As you determine the best way to justify and start up an undergraduate research program, takethis into account, as it may influence your justification plan and could heavily influence whetherthe plan is viable at your institution.Financial Support of an Undergraduate Research ProgramThe financial support of any co-curricular program is very important, and as universityemployees we have an obligation to fund the programs that will best benefit our students. TheSURE Program is currently supported by a combination of funding from the Suzanne and WalterScott Foundation and the CSU Provost; the program was initially supported

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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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Azizi Penn, Purdue University ; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University ; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University

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read something about microelectronics. 2. I have had one or more instructors talk about microelectronics. 3. I have watched a video about microelectronics. 4. I have participated in an activity involving microelectronics. 5. I have taken at least one university class about microelectronics.The scale yielded an alpha coefficient of .83 for the full sample. Each student's ranking acrossthe five questions was totaled (minimum 5, maximum 25).The KAM survey included six Likert scale questions (range 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = stronglyagree) to measure students' motivation to learn more about microelectronics. The questions were: 1. I plan to read about microelectronics. 2. I plan to take a class about microelectronics. 3. I

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 2: Advising & Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Trahan, University of California, San Diego; Jessica Baldis, University of California, San Diego; Jasmine L. Sadler, University of California, San Diego; Darren J Lipomi

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strategies for instructional teams. This paper will present a developing conceptualframework that guides these activities, describe each component, present preliminary findings,and discuss potential next steps.Literature ReviewFactors that influence academic successIndividual learning consists of cognitive, metacognitive, and affective components [1] and is asocially-embedded process [2]. Cognitive learning refers to acquiring knowledge at increasinglevels of complexity, as in Bloom’s Taxonomy [3], and is measured through course assessments(e.g., exams). Metacognition refers to awareness and self-assessment of one’s own thinking andabilities [3], and regulation refers to the ability to plan and adjust behaviors accordingly based onthat knowledge [4

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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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Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Kaz Burns; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Rui Li, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Ameya Palav; Elena Rose Hume; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Chris Woods, NYU

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’ assessment of the climatewithin the first-year engineering experience. In this paper, findings from the second year ofpiloting our workshops are described. In this second iteration of training, new teaching assistantsparticipated in our foundational training in GIDBEA, and returning ones built on theirintroductory knowledge to learn about social justice and principles of inclusive leadership. Thedata shows that most of the teaching assistants found the workshop content and activitiesrelevant to them as peer educators. Several teaching assistants shared inclusive leadershipstrategies that they planned to implement in the coming semester. The goal of this study is toinform plans for implementing solutions into training that address deficiencies

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matilde Luz Sánchez-Peña, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jennifer L Zirnheld, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Kevin M. Burke; Julia Latorre; Carl F. Lund, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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the first-year experience.Backward Design and the CAP modelThe backward design of curricular development starts with the basic idea of starting from the end, wherewe envision our students to be after the learning experience we are designing [4]. Its central premise isthat once the educational purposes (i.e., the learning outcomes) of a learning experience areconscientiously selected, the rest of the elements of the experience (i.e., the pedagogical activities, andcorresponding assessments) should be designed toward the achievement of those identified outcomes [5].Therefore, the three main stages of backward design are: (1) identifying desired results, (2) determiningacceptable evidence, and (3) planning learning experiences and instruction

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 5: Supporting Success 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sahar Mari, Northwestern University in Qatar; Sara AlBanna, SLB; Nayef Alyafei, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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created an introductory journal to support incoming first-year students. The journal incorporated organizational tools, information about the university,and available student resources. The journal’s intention was not only to help students hone theirorganizational skills but also to improve learning, prioritize responsibilities, and assist studentsin allocating time to connect with each other.Project ApproachThroughout the planning stages of the journal, the research team, comprising a faculty member,a staff member, and three undergraduate researchers, considered three main features: ● Provide organizational tools such as weekly calendars to help students track their assignment deadlines and other important dates ● Inspire healthy habits

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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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Ingrid Joylyn Paredes, New York University ; Rui Li, New York University; Sooah Kwak, New York University ; Chris Woods, New York University; Dominic Roy Krusniak, New York University

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understand the value that this training provides the teaching assistants, a survey wasconducted of participants before and after participation in the workshops. The goal of this studyis to inform plans for implementing solutions into training that address deficiencies identifiedthrough the survey and provide a set of inclusion best practices and learning objectives forinclusivity training for undergraduate teaching assistants. In this paper, findings from the thirdyear of piloting our workshops are described. The data shows that all teaching assistants overallfound that the workshop content and activities were relevant to them as peer educators. Severalteaching assistants shared inclusive leadership strategies that they planned to implement in

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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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David Crismond, City University of New York, City College

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ties). Thesecond subsystem is a Costume Shell, which also is made up of a PVC-pipe frame that getscovered with PVC sheeting or cardboard and decorated with paint and other materials to meetthe child’s costume request; e.g., Super Mario Cart, Toy Story 3 Claw Machine, Disney Princess.Tools and materials for planning and fabricating prototype frames and decorating costumes wereavailable for students to use during and after module sessions. Teams were given the Design Brief (see Figure 1) in Week 1, and learned that eachcostume needed at least one electrical and/or mechanical “action component,” which the childhad to be able to manipulate easily and safely. The costume design needed to incorporate safetyfeatures, including alerting passers

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Carl Boyet, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

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fit knownopenings in SSP students’ schedules to ensure availability. Content for SI was planned in weeklymeetings between the peer mentors and the SSP students’ engineering and math instructors. SIsessions lasted two hours and were typically offered four days a week in the fall quarter andthree days a week for the winter and spring quarters. Common session types included: ● Homework/Free Study - Informal open-ended sessions where students met on one floor at the University Library designed for study groups or a classroom in the Engineering building. Peer mentors were in the room to answer questions and guide the SS students when needed but did not actively lead content sessions. This session type was offered once a week

Conference Session

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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several that integrate the technical andhuman-centered aspects. Human-centered engineering is emerging as a field; for example,Boston College launched a human-centered engineering program and major in the fall of 2021(Hayward, 2020). At most campuses, however, human-centered design and technical knowledgeare taught in independent courses whereas at our school, human-centered design and technicalaspects are holistically interwoven and integrated. We plan to use that same transdisciplinaryapproach for our new HCE pathway courses. What is Human-Centered Engineering (HCE)? People and societal needs are at the heart of HCE, which is a collection of habits, abilities, frameworks, and processes that enable systematic consideration of human needs and

Conference Session

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sukeerti Shandliya, University of Cincinnati; Gibin Raju, University of Cincinnati; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Cedrick Kwuimy, University of Cincinnati

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., psychic assumptions reassessment of values and self- 4 Recognition that one’s discontent and the process of reflection transformation are shared and that others have negotiated a similar change 5 Exploration of options for new roles, relationships, and actions 6 Planning of a course of action Affirming & Connecting, i.e., shifted 7 Acquisition of knowledge and skills for perspective that allows one to cope implementing one’s plan with those situations more easily in 8 Provisional trying new roles the future 9 Building competence and self-confidence in new roles

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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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Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Arturo A Fuentes, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Javier Ortega, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Laura Benitez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Edna orozco-leonhardt, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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priority in the Hispanic culture, this can be lost opportunity if the family is not involved in the student’s plan. • The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated some challenges such as course knowledge retention, socialization skills, focus and attention, among others. • Existing “welcome day” activities in the university are helpful but limited to general information such as library services, recreation, dining options, and other resources, but there are no explicit CECS immersion events.Boostcamp Building BlocksBased on these observations, the authors designed a series of activities over one week to provideincoming CECS freshman students with a jumpstart and accelerate the learning curve, effectivelypriming the students

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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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of awareness about engineering, the Program forEngineering Access, Retention, and LIATS Success (PEARLS) introduced a pilot one-creditIntroduction to Engineering course for first- and second-year students. Although first-yearintroductory courses are commonplace in many engineering schools [4][5], the UPRM doesnot offer such a course in a consistent manner to all first-year engineering students.PEARLS is a college-wide initiative that seeks to increase success statistics among low-income, academically talented students (LIATS) in the College of Engineering (CoE) [6]. Itincorporates multiple strategies, including talks and workshops, faculty and peer mentoring,and career planning. PEARLS’ initiative of an Introduction to Engineering course

Conference Session

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University and A&M College; Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Louisiana State University and A&M College

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BEE program continue to collect student, tutor, and instructor feedbackand plan to implement changes to the program annually. One change for the 2023 BEE programis to limit the number of assigned problems solved during class. Doing this will allow the tutorsto have more material to cover with the students in a smaller setting. This will also encouragestudents to work more problems on their own, thereby helping them to retain the math topicsbeing taught and should result in increased scores in their first calculus course.The academic team plans to develop an educational research plan for the program and gauge theeffectiveness of aspects of the program, particularly for underrepresented groups. One hurdle forthis endeavor (and institutional

Conference Session

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Libby Flanagan, Clemson University; Madison Pollock, Clemson University ; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University

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undergraduate researcher at the Clemson University Institute for Engaged Aging. Here, she works under the SHARRP Lab’s Dr. Lesley Ross and Dr. Christine Phillips on studies involving healthy aging. Outside of research, she works as a certified nursing assistant and is currently training to be a registered behavioral technician in order to perform ABA therapy for children diagnosed with Autism. As a student hoping to pursue a future career in the medical field she enjoys being able to see how these studies directly affect those who participate in them. She believes that seeing participants take something new away from a research study is a reward in and of itself. After graduation from Clemson, she plans to attend medical

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 2: Advising & Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Anna Wolff; Pat Burnett, Whatcom Community College; Anna Fay Booker; Tran M. Phung; Mei P. Luu; Seth Greendale

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students [35].Contextualized instruction can also improve student engagement in English composition.Students planning to enter STEM fields often find connecting their work in first-yearcomposition to their chosen disciplines challenging. Driscoll [36] found that 45.9% of studentsfeel either “uncertain” or “disconnected” when asked to connect their learning to their plannedfields of study and careers. Further, this disconnect can create a false dichotomy in whichstudents believe themselves to be “bad at writing” because they are “more of a science person.”Contextualized learning, which focuses on authentic contexts, problem solving, and cognitiveapprenticeship, has a strong track record of combatting this disconnect and motivating students

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Peers as Mentors & Instructors

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin

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Nolan & Louis Emily & Anna Learning Internal/Personal: Experience hosting External: Evolution of the program events, socially connecting with (how it changed over time); impact on others, learning to use makerspace student participants; student experiences tools and equipment, development of in engineering; culture of engineering communication & leadership skills Agency Planning focused: Making progress Student gocused: Supporting with projects & event planning underserved students, Promoting

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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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Gordon Stewart, Roger Williams University; Maija A. Benitz, Roger Williams University; Lillian Clark Jeznach, Roger Williams University; Charles R. Thomas, Roger Williams University

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. Each sketch should be accompanied by a brief written description and credit to the artist/creator. Your report should demonstrate contributions from all group members.3: Compare A typed mini-report with a description of the process used to select the best possibleDesigns and solutions among the multiple presented. Your selected designs will be used during milestoneMake 5, so the report should also include detailed documentation of your plan for parameterDecisions testing. You must also describe the planned construction process in words.4: Hand Deliver hand drawn dimensioned sketches of your team’s alpha designs that will be used inDrawings parameter testing. The hand drawings

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 9: Identity & Belonging 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Newsome Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lakshmi Raju

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planning and degree pathways. ECE Discovery Studio, a requiredone-credit hour discipline-specific extended orientation course, is central to the School’s holisticapproach to student success in the absence of an institute-level general first-year engineeringprogram. All undergraduate electrical engineering (EE) and computer engineering (CmpE)majors are required to take ECE Discovery Studio, ideally within the first academic year enteringthe program regardless of matriculation pathway, which may be true first-year students, transfersfrom another university, non-traditional students returning from a stop-out, change-of-majors,career changers, and dual-degree engineering students.Given the diversity of entry points to ECE’s undergraduate program and

Conference Session

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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to work on and frame the problem by creating design criteria for the problem. They must identify at least one social, economic, and environmental design criteria.Step Three: Explore Lots of Using their design criteria developed in step two, the groups use a multicriteriaOptions assessment tool to explore solutions and how well they solve the problem using the design criteria to measure success.Step Four: Justify your Students justify what solution idea solves their problem most effectively andRecommendation comes up with an implementation plan for their solution including predicted

Conference Session

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Jeunnette, University of Auckland; Enrique del Rey Castillo

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for evaluation, corresponding to particular student competencies the authors hope toimprove.Student creativity and comfort with uncertaintyAs described above, the redesign of ENGGEN 115 attempts to strike a new (for the course)balance between concrete and open-ended design problems in PBL. Yang found that sketchvolume generated in the first quarter of the design cycle correlates significantly with designoutcome.[5] To assess students’ willingness to sit in uncertainty at the beginning of a designproject, a study is planned focused on the number of initial concepts a student or student teamgenerates before moving on to concept selection and prototyping.Teaching staff surveysBecause performance in ENGGEN 115 helps determine the rank order in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 9: Identity & Belonging 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Wonch Hill, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Lance C. Pérez, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Sohrab Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Zachary George Short, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jennifer N. Rutt, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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,encountered a variety of policies aimed at limiting the spread of the virus including requiredmasking, mandatory COVID testing, social distancing, de-densification of classrooms andhousing, and greatly curtailed extra-curricular activities [20]. While many large universities hadoptions for in-person classes, remote learning and modifications to attendance policies werewidespread [20].In addition, college students who were already enrolled before the pandemic also had to consideraltering their academic course-taking in the wake of online/remote learning [21]. In a study ofurban low-income college students conducted in the summer of 2020, researchers found thatmany enrolled college students considered dropping classes and changing graduation plans

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Best Of FPD

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware; Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware

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-College Engineering Education Division, a division she has chaired. Her current research includes investigating how K-5 students plan, fail, and productively persist, and how simulated classroom environments can be used to help pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and other educators (e.g., teaching assistants in engineering design courses) practice facilitating discussions in science and engineering.Prof. Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware Dr. Buckley is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Delaware. She received her Bachelorˆa C™s of Engineering (2001) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, and her MS (2004) and PhD (2006) in Mechanical Engine

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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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Matthew B. James, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University / Universidad EAFIT; Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny L Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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to plan for equitableteamwork in an upcoming team project. The team then identifies specific tasks that are needed tocomplete an upcoming team project assignment, and then to assign two people to each task. Oneperson assigned to each task should have assets related to that task, and the other person shouldhave an interest in growth in that area. The asset chart effectively helps student teams to bothtake advantage of assets each individual team member brings to their work and allow students tolearn and grow.The Team Processing Document assignment gives student teams an opportunity for guidedreflection and discussion on various characteristics of equitable and effective teaming andprompts student teams to develop an action plan for their

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 5: Supporting Success 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sunai Kim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Andrew Forney, Loyola Marymount University; Christopher Cappelli, Loyola Marymount University; Lambert Doezema; Vanessa Corinne Morales, Loyola Marymount University; Pornchanok Ruengvirayudh Ph.D., Chiang Mai University

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studying or doing homework earlier on, to spread out homework, and towork on tasks step by step. Students discovered that having a planner to plan and to organizetheir schedule strategically was very helpful. Furthermore, adequate amount of sleep, allowing 6time for self-care, and limiting social media and cellphone use by placing it out of reach, werecrucial in helping to study more effectively.Social ChangesStudent interviewees acknowledged the social changes they implemented to aid their success.First, they started forming new relationships with their fellow students in STEM. Beyond that,students said they broadened their networks by joining clubs on campus, which supported theformation of new

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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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Stephanie Weeden-Wright; John M Hutson, Lipscomb University; Amy Nelson, Lipscomb University; Max David Collao, Lipscomb University; Jordan Wilson P.E., Lipscomb University; Monica Sartain, Lipscomb University

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, and non-traditional students(veterans and returning learners) with over a year gap in the last math course they have taken.This bridge program provides individualized math plans, rigorous math review, and hands-on,project-based learning (PBLs). Program participants showed improvement in math performanceand math persistence as compared to the baseline data and showed a promising starting point foraddressing the obstacles facing these at-risk student populations.Baseline student populationThe baseline student population includes any students at Lipscomb University with an intendedmajor of Computer Science (CS), or Civil (CE), Electrical and Computer (ECE), Mechanical(ME), or Software Engineering (SE) beginning with cohorts starting at the

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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Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University

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engineering work can potentially influence career choices inteenagers. The First-Year Seminar at Campbell University approaches helping studentsunderstand engineering with a ‘something for everyone’ approach that examines engineeringfrom many perspectives and asks students to identify and build on whichever set of perspectivesconnects best to their interests and career plans. To this end, a set of activities examining beautyand elegance in engineering was created to focus on creative and aesthetic aspects ofengineering, and other positive impacts of engineering related to experiences of beauty.While not typically considered a core first-year topic [2], exploring the concepts of beauty andelegance with first-year engineers broadens and enhances their