Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

benefited all students, faculty, and advisorsinvolved. Through writing assignments that require students to research engineering fieldsand achievements, while reflecting on their own interests and experiences and goals, theE/FEWP creates a substantial picture of students’ own evolving academic and professionalawareness—a picture that is useful to and enhanced by significant freshman advising andmentoring.Freshman Engineering ProgramThe Freshman Program at the University of Pittsburgh has an academic and an advisingcomponent. The mission of both components is to create a first year experience thatpromotes the student’s continued pursuit of an engineering degree. Part of the EngineeringLibrary’s mission has been to work with freshmen in order to give

Conference Session

The 2017 Zone Best Paper Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eileen Haase Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Harry R. Goldberg, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

MoleCell activity this semester was just having a team to work with on activities (not necessarily the quizzes). It was nice to have a group of classmates I could talk to and consult in class and sometimes outside as well. I enjoyed when we talked about diseases in more depth. I also really liked learning about the different signal pathways and how certain breakdowns in the pathways can lead to various diseases. Cancer topics very interesting and relevant. I loved the clicker questions - it really helped with learning and understanding the material.In fact, almost two-thirds of the students in the class arranged study groups which met outside ofclass which could be viewed as a reflection of the student’s perceived value of

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

3 12.0% 3 12.0% Undecided 8 32.0% 8 32.0% Other (Landscape Architecture) 0 0.0% 1 4.0% Total 25 25The failure of the SEI program to achieve its primary goal of recruiting students into engineeringis also reflected in Table 11. Although student enthusiasm for the program increasedsignificantly, there was a statistically significant decrease in student confidence that the Institutewill help them select an appropriate engineering major. The slight increase in student level ofconfidence that they have the necessary