Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

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

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

the General and Basic Engineering (GBE) department thattalk about an engineering topic. This exercise serves to serve students in General Engineering, Computer Science,connect the students to their discipline of study, to explore Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering.the human factor associated with engineering, and to have These course sections are coordinated by the Chair of thean informal introduction to public speaking. Our paper GBE department. Faculty include members of the GBEwill help to better explain the reasons behind our chosen

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Leotis L. Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Ava W. Dickens, North Carolina A&T State University; Tamara L Fuller, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

building strategies The weekends are reserved for working on the team project,prior to the beginning of the academic year and an opportunity social development activities and free time. Ideally, theto network with college of engineering faculty and HOME Program is designed to model the activities of a typi-staff. Fourth, HOME Program students work on developing cal semester.and enhancing their study and time management skills andparticipate in seminars on career preparation topics such as RETENTION RATESinterviewing skills, resume writing and communicationskills. The retention and graduation of STEM students is

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mathematics

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Sungwon Steven Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

” students for correlate ACT Math scores with student success largelyengineering study is explored. The question of how we stemmed from the author’s personal conversation andcan provide academic and advising support to the group interaction with graduating senior students that spannedof students who are identified to be “marginally throughout the students’ entire academic career at MSU,prepared” is raised and discussed. Effective strategies of Mankato. The number graduating senior students has heldusing ACT Math scores to identify this group of steady at approximately 25 students, while the number of“marginally prepared” students so that their probability students registering for the ME 101

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Rouzbeh Tehrani, Temple University; Mohammad F. Kiani, Temple University; Evangelia Bellas, Temple University; John Joseph Helferty, Temple University; Won H Suh, Bioengineering Department, College of Engineering, Temple University

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

perform coordinated tasks. Other NASA projects include high altitude ballooning experiments and payload design for sounding rockets flown out of Wallops Island Flight Facility.Prof. Won H Suh, Bioengineering Department, College of Engineering, Temple University Dr. Won H. (Jon) Suh is an assistant professor in the Bioengineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Prior to joining Temple as a faculty member, Dr. Suh was an assistant project scien- tist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley (2009-2012) in the Department of Bioengineering. He was an Otis Williams Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2008-2010), which is where he