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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University; Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech + Autodesk

Course Dr. Cory Brozina Youngstown State University, scbrozina@ysu.edu Mr. Akshay Sharma Autodesk, Inc., akshay.sharma@autodesk.comAbstract - clear solutions [1]. Additionally, utilizing the engineeringIndustry and the world at large is becoming an ever- design process highlights the importance of developing theconnected state where there is greater importance on professional skills, including collaborating on a team [2]. Asatypical collaboration. The type of collaboration needed the

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

programming in its solution. All graphics and programming instruction and PROJECT BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE practice were conducted using a problem-based format. Self-efficacy among engineering students has been This study design is primarily quantitative, since itstudied widely, especially with respect to retention in contains an initial survey about perceived abilities in graphicsengineering programs among under-represented groups, such and programming, treatment in the form of instruction,as women. 1-6 It has been further related to retention through practice and grading in these knowledge areas

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ETD Accreditation and Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

questions are detailed.IntroductionCapstone design courses and projects represent the culmination of an engineering or engineeringtechnology undergraduate curriculum; they are a key aspect of a technical education experience.The goal of these courses is to move students away from theory and more towards the practicalproblem solving that they will encounter in industry 1-3. Capstone projects are oftenmultidisciplinary 4, further replicating the types of projects students will experience in industry.Capstone projects can be defined as project-based learning. Project-based learning brings skillsand knowledge together to solve an ill-defined or poorly formed project 5. This is epitome of thecapstone experience. Students generally have their capstone

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2: Instructional

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bryan Levy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tris Utschig, Kennesaw State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

variety oftopics including assessment instruments and methodologies, using technology in the classroom, facultydevelopment in instructional design, teaching diversity, and peer coaching. Dr. Utschig completed hisPhD in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessing concept generation intervention strategies for creativity using design problems in freshman engineering graphics courseIntroductionIn a learning-centered instruction approach(1), faculty become designers of learningenvironments for students, facilitators of students’ active learning, and modelers of expertthought processes. Students construct knowledge

Conference Session

Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuetong Lin, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, University of Sharjah & Indiana State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

learningare collaborative learning, co-operative learning, and problem-based learning. Various studies,from using interactive, hands-on lessons and activities designed to teach research process toundergraduate engineering students 1 , to preparing manufacturing engineering students throughcompetitions, projects sponsored by industry, capstone projects, laboratory exercises or projectssimulating real-life scenarios 2 , have shown that active learning increases student performance inSTEM subjects.Critical thinking, identified by The U. S. Department of Labor as the raw material of a number ofkey workplace skills such as problem solving, decision making, organizational planning, and riskmanagement, is highly coveted by employers of engineering graduates

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah Matthew Stache P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brock E. Barry PE, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Gregory Martin Freisinger, U.S. Military Academy

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, and judgers outperform perceivers.Given these results, more research is needed to quantify the role of personality indicators andtemperament on group and individual performance. Specifically, investigating the role ofdiversity on group dynamics, particularly when there is one temperament making up a majorityof an engineering team. Due to the preponderance of Guardians found in some engineeringdepartments, this extreme scenario may be quite likely and have a negative impact onperformance, individual retention, and experience.CE350 – Infrastructure Engineering (3 credit hours)Course Scope, Objectives, and Structure. The course has five primary objectives: 1. Identify, assess, and explain critical infrastructure components and cross-sector

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International Educational Experiences (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

contextual competencies: Three categories of methods used to assess a program with coursework and international modulesIntroduction U.S. engineers will represent a minority culture and, thus, will have to be open to different religions, different ways of thinking, and different social values.1 (National Academy of Engineering, 2005)Undergraduate engineering programs must change along with the rapidly changing globallandscape of the engineering profession.1,2,3 Such change is necessary because a more globallyinterdependent society brings with it a host of new complex and interdependent challenges,which engineers will play a vital role in addressing.2,3,4,5,6,7,8

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah Matthew Stache P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Jennifer Gonser, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

: cognitive, affectiveand psychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and hasbeen identified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”3 The taxonomies are a language that describes the progressive development of anindividual in each domain and are defined as follows4:  Cognitive: of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity.  Affective: relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions.  Psychomotor: of or relating to motor action directly proceeding from mental activity.A set of development levels for each domain are shown in Table 1 based on work by Bloom5,Krathwohl et al.6, and Simpson7, respectively. Each column shows

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Jane Kulhanek, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Raymond Markovetz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Zachari Lucius Swiecki, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

creativity with technical skills whenapproaching design problems [1]. The design process requires creativity and innovative thought.These qualities cannot be standardized which is why classes that prepare students just to succeedon exams are not the best route to enhance these skills [2]. Innovation is the act or process ofintroducing a new idea, device, or method that creates value [3]. Creativity is harder to define.Creative products are not universally judged as such by all experts, and creativity is different fordifferent people across domains [4]. A consensual blueprint or formula for producing creative,innovative products does not exist, making creativity a difficult subject to teach students.However, there are aspects of creativity and

Conference Session

Construction 3: Beyond the Academy: Leveraging Partnerships, Internships, and Outreach

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University ; Musibau Adeola Shofoluwe, North Carolina A&T State University; Rico Kelley Jr., North Carolina A&T State University ; Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert B. Pyle, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

, whileunderemphasizing the soft skills needed for the industry 4. Consequently, a significant gap existsbetween construction management programs and the demands of current professional practice.Undergraduate programs have to make changes to ensure that their CM graduates are job-readyupon graduation 1. In an effort to advance professional development, accreditation organizationssuch as ABET, Inc. have developed criteria that place emphasis on outcomes associated withteamwork, ethics, communication, understanding of engineering impacts, passion for life-longlearning, and knowledge of contemporary issues. Administrators and faculty members ofConstruction Management programs are actively seeking for effective strategies forstrengthening the soft skills of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelia Chesley, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Dawn Laux, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Tejasvi Parupudi, Purdue University; Asefeh Kardgar, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette; Sarah Knapp, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

from manyperspectives.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Honey, Pearson, & Schweingruber11 summarized much of thecurrent integration research and put forth concrete principles of effective integration. Their reportalso acknowledged the risks and challenges of implementing integrated pedagogy. Others’reports on integration cover various program designs and strategies, and have outlined specificways of assessing such programs. Kellam et al.8 described a curricular integration among design,engineering, and social sciences threaded through 4 years of their engineering program, notingthat the goal was for disciplines to integrate “at both a content level (integration of content acrosscourses) and a meta-level (integration of meta-learning and

Conference Session

Pre-College: Working with Teachers to Improve K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Moe Tajvidi P.E., Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University, Center for Engineering Education Research

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

classrooms (e.g. "I feel confident being able to answer most of my student'sengineering focused questions in a science class.") Participants responded on a 7-pointLikert scale for 6 questions, and a 5-point Likert scale for the remaining 3 questions.Both scales ranged from “Disagree a great deal” to “Agree a great deal”, which wascoded numerically as 1 through 7 respectively. Since the responses on the 5-point scalewere embedded in the 7-point scale, the same numerical coding was used.The second set of questions (9 questions) asked participants to rate aspects ofprofessional development that they felt would benefit their ability to teach engineeringconcepts. This included aspects like “Training on the engineering design process” and“Content

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Simson, University of New Haven; Judy Randi Ed.D., University of New Haven; Amanda Lynn Becker, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

(75 minutes) and a weekly laboratory session (4 hours).Students complete six laboratory modules, each two weeks in duration, during the laboratorysessions (see Table 1). Most modules require two in-class laboratory periods to complete, oneperiod designated as a planning period and the other as an experimental period. Following thefirst laboratory period, students write a planning report (a technical memo) in groups of 3-4 andfollowing the experimental period the students individually write a summary report (a technicalmemo). The final laboratory module requires a 20-minute group presentation and a fulllaboratory report. Thus, the course, as implemented in the past, required 10-14 writtenassignments, but had been lacking instruction in

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Ramon Benitez, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment and Implementation of an Interdisciplinary General Education MinorIntroduction General education, also known as liberal education, is argued to be a key component ofhigher education as it develops the breadth of knowledge and skills individuals need to thrive ina complex society.1 However, as a utilitarian view of higher education gains ground, generaleducation has come under threat, particularly for engineering degrees, which comprise morecredits than most. Balancing the competing purposes of professional and liberal educationintroduces challenges at the university level, particularly at schools housing a variety of degreeprograms. These challenges to liberal

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria R. Young, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Sara L. Hoffman, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Madeline A. Gilleran, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

constraints, respectively[1]–[3]. Non-traditional engineering methods, including qualitativeresearch methods such as interviewing and observing, are important methods frequently used by designpractitioners to generate data throughout the design process; this is particularly true during the front-end phases ofdesign, and former studies have shown that the success of new products depends upon how well the front-enddesign phases are executed. These non-traditional engineering skills cannot typically be mastered throughstandard undergraduate engineering curricula. Although recognized as core to human-, user-, and context-centered design processes, engineering students often gain surface-level theoretical exposure to these topics anddon’t have access to

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University; La Shon N. Lowe, Jackson State University; Josie H. Latham, Jackson State University, Undergraduate Studies and CyberLearning

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

%) offtf engineering majors prior to 2009 were in this population. Students with an ACT Math scorebelow 17 must take a developmental math course before enrolling in College Algebra and almostall these students change majors or leave the university without graduating. Students with ACTMath scores of 26 and above are deemed calculus ready and do not need a bridge program. Theoriginal bridge program objective was to substantially increase the historical six year engineeringgraduation rate and decrease the time to graduate. Many summer bridge programs have beendeveloped and implemented. Some are described in references [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], and [7].The bridge program, named the Summer Engineering Enrichment Program (SEEP) [8], wasinitiated

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary H. Bernstein, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

significant way, namely that it is designed toprepare students for their upcoming courses more so than directly for their intended careers. Theemphasis in the readings is on both the relevance of EE as it pertains to technology that studentscan relate to, e.g., MP3 players, and to global problems, e.g., energy efficiency, as well as whatwill be taught in various courses that they will see in their next two or three semesters, and lesson “what an electrical engineer does in her/his career.”The course goals are listed and discussed below:1. Expose students to a wide range of EE-related topics. The choice of topics is necessarily limited by the constraints of a single semester, so it is not possible to discuss many of the areas of electrical

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Todd DeLong, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

development of "Introduction to Embedded Computing," which provided avaluable model for both pedagogical approaches as well as laboratory and instructor resourcesthat would be required.7 All of these courses are taught in a studio style in which the laboratoryand lecture material are combined into a single cohesive period and in the same physical space,as shown in Figure 1. Each class meeting typically consists of a short lecture in which conceptsthat are relevant to the experiment are introduced followed by the experimental section of themeeting; all classes have both experimental, and lecture components and each course in thesequence is taught each semester. Educational research has demonstrated the effectiveness of hands-on project-based learning

Conference Session

Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie E. Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

performance and student perception of theflipped classroom with a control group experiencing the same upper level undergraduateengineering course in a traditional lecture-based format over the course of an entire semester.The main research questions for this study include: 1) are short-term student learning gainsimproved when comparing flipped vs traditional lecture methods, 2) what aspects of the flippedclassroom are contributing to the difference in learning gains?, and 3) how do students perceivetheir learning gains in flipped vs traditional lecture styles? Comparison of quiz and exam gradeswill be used to address student performance. Weekly student recordings of the amount of timespent on different aspects of the course, student confidence

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Stephanie Sheffield, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

). She particularly enjoys coaching students through the difficult rhetorical situations of open-ended design projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Assessment of Peer Mentoring of Teams in a First Year Design-Build-Test-Communicate ClassAbstractPeer mentoring has been associated with beneficial outcomes in higher education, from increasedretention of minority students[1] and women[2] to learning gains for both mentors and mentees[3].Most of the peer mentoring relationships investigated in the literature are of mentors not tied to aspecific course [e.g.,2]. This paper reports on how one section of a first year, intensive, project-based learning class uses peer mentors to guide student teams

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. The laboratory exam measured student ability to work with an air track or with electric field equipment, both commonly used in undergraduate physics education. Results illustrate that large percentages of students majoring in technology, and in the health sciences, need to improve their basic math skills and their ability to use laboratory equipment to meet the expected learning outcomes. 1) Introduction This paper presents assessment results on how well three groups of STEM students learned aparticular set of outcomes expected across physics courses. The assessment was conducted atthe end of the fall semester of 2014 at the Queensborough Community College (QCC); QCC ispart of the City University of New York (CUNY). In the fall

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

academia for more than 15 years.Dr. Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University Nicholas B. Conklin received a B.S. in applied physics from Grove City College in 2001, and a Ph.D. in physics from Penn State University in 2009. He is currently an associate professor and chair of the Physics Department at Gannon University, Erie, PA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of Student Learning Experience in Two Exemplary Engineering ProjectsAbstractIn this paper, we examine and quantify similarities of two engineering projects each of which iseither 1) an undergraduate research project primarily integrating off-the-shelf devices and referredto as the

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University; Ricardo Cummings, University of Michigan; Valentina Tafurt, University of Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students. Especially in engineering, entrepreneurship hasreceived significant attention in the last decade. As reported by Shartrand, Weilerstein,Besterfield-Sacre, & Golding (2010), in 2010, more than 50% of universities affiliated to ASEEwere offering entrepreneurship through formal courses and informal programs such as pitchcompetitions. This urgency has been fueled by recurrent national calls for fostering an   1  entrepreneurial and innovate economy and the need to develop innovative engineering graduatesto compete successfully in a global economy (National Academy of Engineering, 2005).Advances in Entrepreneurship EducationRecent initiatives

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Work

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Allen III, University of Evansville; Jared Fulcher, University of Evansville; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville

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Educational Research and Methods

in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineeringat the University of Evansville have undertaken a similar, multi-year study, in an attempt tofurther quantify and support the findings of these studies.Method and Study ParametersData from three different courses in the Mechanical and Civil Engineering curriculum werecollected for this study. Table 1 contains information regarding the study parameters and thethree instructors (listed as A, B, C) associated with each course included in this semester. Foreach of the courses in this study, there are typically 3-4 exams each semester, approximately 20-25 homework assignments and 8-10 quizzes. Average enrollment for ENGR prefix classes isapproximately 20 students per section. For CE prefix

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

measures are not sufficiently robust8. The challenge is to find a balancebetween credible assessment and efficient deployment and analysis.This project explores the well-documented methodology of concept maps used in more than 500prior educational studies9 can be repurposed to gather and analyze student learning with the goal oflarge-scale and efficient assessment in mind. This research seeks to address: 1. How can semi-structured instruments, such as concept maps, provide evidence for knowledge acquisition in non-technical fields where ‘perfect’ answers are not the desired student-outcome, such as understanding and recognition for social context? 2. Can the results from concept mapping activities be linked

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Bucknell University; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

now a Geotechnical Engineering Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Bucknell University. He teaches the traditional geotechnical courses of soil mechanics and foundation engineering, but also teaches unsaturated soil mechanics, introduction to transportation and mechanics of materials. HIs research area is in unsaturated soil mechanics, energy geotechnics, and transportation infrastructure resiliency. Address: 1 Dent Drive, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewis- burg, PA 17837Dr. Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology Matthew Sleep is an assistant professor of civil engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology. Prior to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenell Wilmot, University of Texas, Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin

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First-Year Programs

school to college, and to assist with difficult coursework.Some institutions have implemented the SI program for freshman level engineering coursework[1-10]. Most studies have looked at the correlation between SI attendance and studentperformance in the course offering the SI program. There is only limited literature on the effectof SI on the transferability of the skills gained to upper level engineering coursework. Analysisof SI attendance and grade performance has shown that SI attendance may have a relationship to    improved persistence in the degree program with fewer leaving the degree [4, 10] andcompleting more credits in their first year

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenell Wilmot, University of Texas, Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

semester enrollment issmaller and mainly populated by transfer students or those who did not successfully complete thecourse in the fall. This paper will investigate the differences in academic performance betweenthose attending SI or not, and explore the differences in SI usage and academic performancebetween students enrolled in fall and spring semesters.I. Review of LiteratureCurrent studies of SI in engineering courses show that students attending SI sessions perform    better on exams and SI attendance was positively correlated with final course grades [1]-[8]. SIattendance improves persistence in the degree program with fewer leaving the degree [3] andstudents attending SI complete more

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jamie R. Gomez, University of New Mexico; Sophia Bowers, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Paige Prescott, University of New Mexico; James Scacco, University of New Mexico; Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico; Nicolai Loner, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two- strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Jamie R. Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Lecturer Title III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Lynn A. Albers, Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, the program waslaunched with an initial class of approximately 100 first-year students in fall of2016.Building a new school of engineering affords a number of unique opportunities,including the chance to develop a program based on best practices, engineeringeducation research, and the recommendations of national reports such as"Educating the Engineer of 2020,"1 among others. It also provides the opportunityto recruit and graduate a more diverse cohort of engineers, by taking into accountresearch on attracting and retaining a broad spectrum of students. Given the dean’spersonal passion about and expertise in creating a culture of success for a broadspectrum of students, diversity was quickly added to the list of program goals.Those goals