Conference Session

Technical Session M5C

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University

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] outlined the essential requirement of the application-based projects in complex tasksand learnings, as it requires scaffolding to help students engage in sense-making, managing their investigation& problem-solving processes, and encouraging them to articulate their thinking, while reflecting on theirlearning. However, a completely different perspective in terms of fighting social stigmatization amongstudents, using application-based projects was presented by K. Koutrouba et al. [6]. They held the application-based projects responsible for the successful acquisition of skills such as persistence, willingness,cooperativeness, creativity and self-starters, while the student’s personal experiences, traits, needs, interestsand objectives were

Conference Session

Technical Session T1A

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Christopher John Brigham, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Afsaneh Ghanavati, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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EngineeringIntroductionIt is well established that first-year engineering programs have far reaching impacts on the overall qualityof and student persistence in first-year engineering programs. Most of the attrition occurs during aprogram’s first year wherein approximately 24% leave for a non-engineering major or college altogether[1]. In addition, student performance in first-year courses can serve as a predictor for overall studentsuccess regardless of their understanding of course material [2,3]. The impact of student attrition on thefinances of academic institutions is well documented, however the impact on the students departing thediscipline can be far more drastic for the actual students. The financial burden on the withdrawn studentsgoes beyond just the

Conference Session

Technical Session M1

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University; Harry T Ingle Jr., Tennessee Technological University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Tennessee Technological University

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Professional Engineers (SHPE), and Engineer- ing Joint Council (EJC) at Tennessee Tech University. Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of the Putnam County Library Board of Trustees and the Chief Financial Officer for Cookeville IMPACT Inc., a non-profit organization in Cookeville, TN, that works to motivate and empower people of color in the Upper Cumberland region and beyond. Mr. Ingle is also an Ambassador for the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce and works to serve his community year-round.Dr. Kumar Yelamarthi, Tennessee Technological University Kumar Yelamarthi received his Ph.D. and M.S degree from Wright State University in 2008 and 2004, and B.E. from University of Madras, India in 2000. He is currently the

Conference Session

Technical Session M5B

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Roger J Marino P.E., Drexel University; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Johanna P Casale, Drexel University

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to serve as pre-lab assignments, for improved student exploration, or forstudents to compare data collected in the laboratory to expected/theoretical results. It was alsofound that remote/online tasks administered through a learning management system (LMS) canbe effective at building community regardless of the course modality. By starting those tasks inthe online environment, even for an in-person class, the resultant student engagement andconnection-making can continue beyond the limited duration of an in-class exercise. Thesubmission of student-narrated video explanations of their homework problem solutions or labexercise results helps to promote student understanding of the subject matter and can serve as alearning resource that is

Conference Session

Technical Session S2C

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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learning experience. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Special Edition(Fall), 2013, pp. 1-28.[11] K. Litchfield, A. Javernick‐Will, and A. Maul. "Technical and professional skills of engineers involved and not involved in engineering service." Journal of Engineering Education 105.1, 2016, pp. 70-92.[12] J. L. Huff, C. B. Zoltowski, and W. C. Oakes, “Preparing Engineers for the Workplace through Service Learning: Perceptions of EPICS Alumni”, ”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 105, No. 1, January 2015, pp. 43-69[13] L. Piket-May, and J. Avery, Service-learning First Year Design Retention Results, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. October 10-13, 2001, Reno, NV.[14

Conference Session

Technical Session T1A

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jessica Martin, Baylor University; Jana Roste, Baylor University; Austin T. Smith, Baylor University; Shane Michael Meyer, Baylor University; Emma G Cartisano, Baylor University; Emily Sandvall, Baylor University; Andrea Pouso Morales, Baylor University

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a growing number of STEM roles.Marginalized populations are disproportionately absent from these fields, which NationalScience Foundation (NSF) has sought to address through the funding of programs aimed atimproving STEM students’ success [1]-[2]. Thus, Baylor University created the Engineering andComputer Science (ECS) Scholars Program—a NSF-funded program to support the success ofhigh achieving, low income (HALI) STEM students. Because student success literatureoverwhelmingly evidences the positive relationship between involvement and success [3]-[4],this study explored how HALI STEM students in the ECS Scholars Program perceive andexperience involvement and success as related to their most salient identities.Guiding Research Question(s