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Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Elizabeth L Hutchins, Tennessee Tech University

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lessened awareness of engineering as it relates to one’sindividual study habits for each different learning style on his surroundings and to current world events. [11] For ourweb site. [8] Understanding one's individual learning style purposes, it was decided that each presentation shouldand adapting specific habits in regards to the process of incorporate an engineer (or working team of engineers)learning can optimize the time allotted to studying. Further, associated with the student's chosen topic into their project inrecognizing professors who teach using a different style will an effort to build the student's perception of the human factorhelp students to adjust their own efforts in understanding the integral

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Hamid Rad, Washington State University

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., “Engaging Freshman Experience: The Key to Retention?”, Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference on Engineering Topics Covered in this Course: Education, Austin, TX, June 14-17.[6] Sheppard, S. D., 1992, "Mechanical Dissection: An Experience in 1. Overview of Mechanical Engineering Profession How Things Work," Proceedings of the Engineering Education: 2. Engineering problem solving Curriculum Innovation & Integration, Santa Barbara, CA. 3. Forces, Materials, and Stresses[7] Sheppard, S., 1992, "Dissection as a Learning Tool," Proceedings of

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Gunter W. Georgi P.E., NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Paper ID #20882Examples of Free Choice Open-Ended Design Projects in a First-Year Engi-neering CourseDr. Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He studied civil engineering and received his B.S. from the Ohio State University and his M.S and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly in the Introduction to Engineering and Design course at NYU. He is the Webmaster for the ASEE First

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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department, the curriculum studies. Consequently, students feel more engaged in theirof the first-year course entitled “Engineering Graphics education and this open the door to be more passionate aboutand Computing” has been changed through an addition their learning in universities [2].of a design project. This project is based on the Project-Based Service Learning (PBSL) is one of theEngineering without Borders (EWB) Challenge methodologies that have been used to apply the concept of(www.ewbchallenge.org) which lets the first-year service learning in which the students are assigned to workengineering students work on an international project, on a real

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University

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Campbell University’s School of Engineering is in thedevelopment of engineering identity. As part of the first- unique position of developing a new engineering programyear experience, methods employed to foster community within a liberal arts context. In addition to providing high-and identity development included four main avenues quality engineering coursework, the faculty are workingalong with three cross-cutting themes. The four main together to provide consistent messaging and intentionalavenues for development were the first-year engineering departmental norms and practices across an integrated(FYE) design course sequence, an FYE seminar, engineering curriculum. In the 2016

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Classroom Activities

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Shankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Paper ID #20874A competency-based flipped classroom for a first year hands-on engineeringdesign courseShankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Shankar Ramakrishnan received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He is part of the engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently he designs the curriculum for the freshman engineering program. He also designs and teaches engineering design courses in the first and sophomore years. His interests include active teaching methods and pedagogies for increased student

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engineering Design

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2017 FYEE Conference

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FELIX ORLANDO MARTINEZ-RIOS, Universidad Panamericana

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, felix.martinez@up.edu.mxAbstract - The a-k outcomes established by Accreditation All Engineering programs have shared Mathematics andBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for Basic Sciences subjects such as: Differential Calculus,Engineering students in their self-assessment framework, Integral Calculus, Algebra, Vector Calculus, Differentialshould be reflected in the different subjects that taught to Equations, Electricity and Magnetism, Physics, Chemistrythe students of the first two years of the various and other courses of academic areas of humanities andengineering programs. On the other hand, in those first businesses.semesters, the vocation of the students

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mathematics

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Gary LeRoy Hunt, Boise State University

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to both the lecture and laboratory componentsand the focus of the new course is on improving of the course. We modified the lectures to focus on thestudents’ performance and retention in calculus, we mathematics topics emphasized in the Wright Stateevaluated the effectiveness of the new course by curriculum, including trigonometry, vectors, solvinglongitudinally tracking students’ success and persistence systems of equations, and derivatives and integrals. We alsoin subsequent engineering mathematics courses. The incorporated using Matlab, with an emphasis on using it as aresults of these analyses show that students’ tool to solve engineering mathematics problems

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mathematics

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Emily Kate Bierman, The Citadel

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where to find help. With many general problem solving sessions were dedicated time to reinforceeducation requirements in the curriculum, engineering that week’s math topics. Instructors could accomplish thisstudents typically do not experience in depth engineering in the extra one hour block (no lecture or new materialcoursework during the freshman year. However, it has been presented) or in smaller sessions during each class meeting.reported that success in an engineering program was highly The freshman math courses, Pre-calculus, Calculus I, andcorrelated to confidence in math, science, and computer Calculus II were four credit and four contact hours weeklyskills, Litzer et al. [4

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

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John Edward Miller, Baylor University; Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor Univer- sity. 2017 FYEE Conference: Daytona Beach, Florida Aug 6 Session T2C First-year Redesign: LabVIEW, myRIO, EML, and More John Miller and Carolyn Skurla Baylor University, John_Miller1@baylor.edu, Carolyn_Skurla@baylor.eduAbstract - Over the past year, faculty at Baylor previously published [1]. One of the qualifying requirementsimplemented a new curriculum in a pilot course for first- is that

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mathematics

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Sungwon Steven Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Fall 2015 Fall 2016 in their Calculus I course, expressed how interesting it was Avg. S.D. Avg. S.D. to be able to utilize the math that they had learned in solvingDo you feel the Mechanical 3.85 0.67 4.12 0.78 an engineering problem.Engineeringprogram/curriculum is The above is an example of why Calculus I is the mathengaging? course that all engineering programs start with for theirDo you feel the Mechanical 4.22 0.79 4.51 0.62 freshman students. The implication is that the students thatEngineering

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Dani Fadda P.E., University of Texas, Dallas; Oziel Rios, University of Texas, Dallas

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aspect of freshman engineering courses. Gaines et. The students conduct research and brainstorm different trussal. [1] presented an introduction to engineering course with designs. Once they select a design, they generate a set ofhands-on engineering design projects for several engineering equations to model the truss, solve these equations usingdisciplines. Hargather [2] presented and integrated lecture- MATLAB, and determine the load in each of the truss’lab course to replace traditional free-standing lecture and lab members. Finally, they fabricate their prototypes using verycourses. Swenson [3] wrote about freshman engineering simple materials and subject the prototypes to testing. Theycourse where