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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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GIFTS

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Technical Session T2

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Allison L. Kinney, University of Dayton; Vinayak Vijayan, University of Dayton; Yucheng Li, University of Dayton; Shanpu Fang, University of Dayton

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GIFTS

GIFTS: Engaging First-Year Mechanical Engineering Students in Spreadsheets and ProgrammingIntroductionIn a course focused on introducing first-year mechanical engineering students to spreadsheetsand programming, there are many challenges to engaging students in the material. By nature,introductory programming courses are considered difficult by students [1] and student learningcan depend on the strategies employed to support the learning process [2]. This paper focuses onthe MEE 114L Introduction to Programming course at the University of Dayton and changes tothe course structure designed to improve student engagement and learning.Changes to Course StructureThe Introduction to Programming course is a 1 credit hour course for

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Technical Session T2

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Sheldon Levias, University of Washington; Lynne Spencer Ph.D., College of Engineering, University of Washington; Kelsey F Gabel, University of Washington Engineering Academic Center

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Diversity, GIFTS

the course of Winter and Spring quarters,there were 726 total student registrations for our midterm 1, 2 and finals EIG sessions. A commonsentiment expressed in student feedback is that they appreciate seeing additional practiceproblems, and there is easy access to a tutor to get instant feedback in their problem solving.Our hope is that by sharing our experiences, other engineering educators can utilize this virtualEIG model to expand their repertoire of resources for student success.

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Technical Session T2

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Christopher Horne P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity, GIFTS

&T State University, respectively. His current research is in novel pedagogical methods for enhancing student learning of math and engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 GIFTS: Introducing First Year Students to The Running Track Analogy of an Electric CircuitIntroductionThis Great Idea for Teaching Students (GIFTS) describes a teaching method used for introducingthe series electric circuit to under-represented minority engineering students. It is unique becauseof its teaching method for mathematics, and historically, is not used in FYEE programs [1]. Toooften a struggling first semester student has limited knowledge

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Technical Session T2

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Debjani Sarkar; Timothy J Hinds, Michigan State University

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GIFTS

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Edward P Gatzke, University of South Carolina

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GIFTS

3D printing work? Along withdiscussions related to computer programming and circuits, one lecture focused on what technology is required to live inspace / grand challenge problems. The course was offered concurrently as both 0-hour and 1-hour versions. Exampleassignments included using Scratch to create a simple video game and using software to make art. Food, snacks, or prizeswere sometimes provided by housing to attract additional students beyond those enrolled in the course. The special eventsfor Spring 2022 included: Introduction to TinkerCAD / 3D Printing, Scratch Game Design Competition, Breadboardingwith Arduino Nano, and a Team Bridge Competition. The Scratch coding environment from MIT serves as a glue for someof the assignments in

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Technical Session T2

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Sarah Lynn Benson, Northeastern University ; Leila Keyvani Someh, Northeastern University

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GIFTS

GIFTS: The secret is in the details. Improving oral presentation skills with a peer and self-assessed feedback module.Studies show that there is a need for effective oral communication for engineers in twoworkplace settings: a formal setting to advocate for products and ideas to upper personnel orclients and an informal setting to have confidence in voicing suggestions to a team [1]. AtNortheastern University, the Cornerstone of Engineering course is designed to teach first-yearengineering students fundamental skills including oral communication. Instructors have observedstudents come in with different background experiences, and many have notable weaknesses inoral presentation. As a result of this, a module was created to

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Technical Session T2

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University

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GIFTS

: Incorporating Patent Review into First-Year Student Design Projects to Support Ideation, Concept Selection, and CommercializationCampbell University requires every engineering student to take a rigorous 3-credit semester-length design course, typically in their second semester of study. Student teams of 3-5 pursue adesign problem of their selection from problem finding through prototyping and the presentationof prototypes and the results of testing to engineers from local industry. Integration of patentreview into the course presented the opportunity to enhance design instruction and projectoutcomes by providing students with 1) an additional source of potentially relevant mechanismsand design inspiration, 2