settings, people with little historyfunctional teams. The sooner students can begin to develop working together and from various disciplinary andgood team skills, the better. “Why do some students experience backgrounds come together to create somethingflounder on their initial job assignments after graduation, that hadn’t existed before. This diversity of perspectivewhile others move quickly up the career ladder? One brings with it the opportunity for unique combinations ofcommon criticism voiced by employers is that new hires do knowledge that could not have occurred separately. It alsonot seem to function well in a team-based environment.” [1] brings with it the risk of an inability to
(Excel, Inventor, and graphingon reviewing an initial cluster analysis performed to calculator).investigate how profiles of students perform in the flipped o Average Flipped Material Quizzes: The averageclassroom. score of all MATLAB quizzes taken over content Participants: Participants in this study include students covered in each lab meeting. enrolled in a first year introduction to computer methods course at a large research university in the southeast. All RESULTS AND DISCUSSION students have been admitted into the college of engineering and participate in an introduction to The results of
Universidad Panamericana from 2009 to 2016. Full time professor and researcher at Engineering School from 1997 to present. Faculty Advisor for international student contests like Imag- ineCup by Microsoft and SAE Aerodesign from 2009 to present. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A A first-year design experience based on SAE Aero Design contest to support ABET learning outcomes and engineering vocation in freshmen student Felix Martinez-Rios Universidad Panamericana, Facultad de Ingeniería, México
occurred during Fall 2016 across three extrinsic motivation and self-efficacy [1]. Shell et al. hassections of the course, with different instructors looked at students initial motivation, goal orientation, andinvolving, slightly different requirements and assignment instrumentality [2]. While not directly tested on computerstructures. Based on instructor assessment and student programming to date, grit has been shown to correlate withfeedback, revisions were made to the structure of the success in higher education as well [3]. The overall goal ofproject and it was rolled out to both the sections in Winter this study is to develop and implement new course materials2017. To ensure consistency
studentsEngineering program has recently completed the third declaring engineering as their major.year of an ongoing initiative to transform it from a ‘make This initial program setup assumed that students enteringor break’ mindset to one more focused on preparing the their freshman year of college were adequately prepared forincoming students for success in their engineering the rigors of the engineering programs. However, over theprograms, which is the focus of this ‘work-in-progress’ ensuing years, it became obvious that this was not the case,report. A number of new active learning pedagogies have as evidenced by high freshman to sophomore attrition ratesbeen implemented in the Introduction
assignments were codedprofessional regulatory skills. Examples of topics in the by the same two members of the research team. The resultscourse would be the development of goals, building discussion focuses on an initial analysis of 10 of the reflectivecommunity, academic skill development, and personal assignments from the pilot data set.development. Based on the topics covered during theiracademic skills course, students are asked to develop a plan RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONfor becoming a successful student by answering the following While the larger study focuses on understanding howprompts: students discuss their
Paper ID #20950Small wins – Big impact: Narratives from behind the scenesDr. Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Kelsey Rodgers is an assistant professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She teaches a MATLAB programming course to mostly first-year engineering students. She primarily investigates how students develop mathematical models and simulations and ef- fective feedback. She graduated from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University with a doctorate in engineering education. She previous conducted research in Purdue
Learning in Toronto. He is currently an Associate Professor at Memorial University, teaching mechanics and design. His research areas are automated modeling, vehicle dynamics and control, vibration-assisted drilling, and nondestructive testing of power transmission line poles.Ms. Thelma E Coley, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Thelma Coley is a Student Engagement Coordinator with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University, NL, Canada. She holds an M. Ed. specializing in teaching and has considerable instructional experience within a variety of educational settings. She has provided professional devel- opment to other teaching specialists and is currently
Citadel Dr. Kevin Bower is the D. Graham Copland Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Bower’s teach- ing research interests are in improving active learning environments and the development of classroom pedagogy to improve moral development in engineering students.Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel Ally Kindel Martin is the Director of Student Engagement, Projects & Finance in the School of Engi- neering. In her position, she has worked with the Supplemental Instruction program, launched STEM Freshmen Outreach initiatives, created an Engineering Mentor Connection program, and revitalized the Engineering
Paper ID #20907Redesigning an Introductory Engineering Course to Address Student Percep-tions About Engineering as a Profession and Field of StudyDr. David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University Dr. Feinauer is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Freshman En- gineering Coordinator at Norwich University. His scholarly work spans a number of areas related to engineering education, including P-12 engineering outreach, the first-year engineering experience, and incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship practice in the engineering classroom. Additionally, he has research experience in the
Chair of the IDSA Design for the Majority Professional Interest Section. He has been involved in doing research on Design for the Bottom of the Pyramid and leads the Industrial Design for Learning and Empowerment courses and study abroad initiatives at Virginia Tech. ID4Learning emcompasses projects focused on financial literacy, collective learning environments and using affordable digital technologies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A Workshop: Implementing Cloud Collaboration using Fusion 360 into a First-Year Engineering Design
Session W1A Helping Orient Minorities to Engineering: A Pre- College Bridge Program Dr. Leotis Parrish, Ms. Ava W. Dickens, and Dr. Tamara Fuller North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, parrishL@ncat.edu, avaw@ncat.edu, tfuller@ncat.eduAbstract - This complete evidence-based practice paper university in the nation with over 11,000 undergraduate andwill describe the successes of the Helping Orient Minori- graduate students. NCATSU is an 1890 land-grant doctoralties to Engineering Program in the College of Engineering research institution located in Greensboro, North Caro-at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Uni- lina. The mission of the
Paper ID #20964AN ANALYSIS OF FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ COURSEPERCEPTIONS IN TWO INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING COURSESMiss Lilianny Virguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lilianny Virguez is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has work experience in engineering and has taught engineering courses at the first-year level.Her research interests include motivation to succeed in engineering with a focus on first-year students.Dr. Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech Kenneth Reid is the Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Programs in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is
research question:traced to participants’ initial and final impressions of bothknowledge areas in terms of certain elements of self- • How do first year engineering students’ perceptions engineering design, with a semester-long design project, and of their abilities to solve engineering graphics and instruction and practice in a wider variety of professional and computer programming problems align with their technical skills, including engineering graphics and an eventual proficiency as measured by homework expansion of computer programming knowledge. The design grades and test grades? project requires to use of both graphics and
Paper ID #20930Understanding the Processes and Challenges Students’ Experience Solvingan Open-Ended ProblemDr. Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Courtney is a Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering Honors Program at the University of Tennessee. She completed her Ph.D. in Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University. Prior to her Ph.D. work, she received her B.S. in Bioengineering at Clemson University and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Courtney’s research interests include epistemic cognition in the context of problem solving
Paper ID #20947Work-in-Progress - Emphasizing Human-Centered Design in the FreshmanYear through an Interactive Engineering Design Process ExperienceDr. Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University Dr. Kirsten Dodson is an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department in the Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering at Lipscomb University. She graduated from Lipscomb University with her Bachelors degree before moving on to Vanderbilt to finish her Doctoral degree. Upon completing her research at Vanderbilt, she joined the faculty at her alma mater where she has focused on thermal-fluids topics in teaching and
Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Estell is a Fellow of ASEE, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon. Dr. Estell is active in the assessment community with his work in streamlining and standardizing the outcomes assessment process, and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium. He is also active within the engineering education community, having served ASEE as an officer in the Computers in Education and First-Year Programs Divisions; he and his co-authors have received multiple Best Paper awards at the ASEE Annual Conference. His current research includes examining the nature of constraints in
retention and graduation rates within NCE. Clearly, engineering.if more students perform better on the Placement Test,then higher the retention and graduation rates will be.This work-in-progress paper takes a look at variousreasons due to which students do not do well on thePlacement Test. For each of these reasons identified,NJIT has implemented various initiatives to helpstudents start on track in their first semester. Some ofthese initiatives include 1) developing sample placementtests for students to practice under the sameenvironment as the original test, 2) making a placementcalculator for students to input the scores from thepractice placement tests to determine their likelymathematics placement, 3) establishing a strongoutreach to
, emotional satisfaction with academics, about their activities and research. It is a course requirementand class communication. [2] for freshman engineering students to attend the annual fair Time management and organization are issues that can early in their fall semester.cause stress for many students. Throughout the course, While Class Communication was not found by Krumrei-sessions are offered that address setting priorities, analyzing Mancuso, et al. to be linked to GPA or life satisfaction, thestudy space, test taking skills, and understanding a syllabus. authors suggested it influences other factors like organizationOften simply becoming aware of how their
, after participating in STEP. Supplemental Instruction was implemented as a mandatory intervention for allFYrE@ECST participants (Figure 1), to help them succeed in Calculus and Physics courses,which are high attrition courses. SI was selected because the model had been widely investigatedin engineering education and a great deal of researchers has reported on the positive results of SIworkshops (Martin & Arendale, 1994), since it was initially proposed in 1973 by Dr. DeannaMartin at the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC). But most importantly, SI UMKCmodel goals were aligned with our goals to improve student performance in these high-attritioncourses and to increase retention and graduation rates of engineering students. The
Paper ID #20920Improving Disciplinary Literacy in an Electronics courseDr. Ohbong Kwon, New York City College of Technology Ohbong Kwon is an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Engineering Technology Depart- ment at New York City College of Technology of City University of New York. He received his B.S. and M.S. in the department of Electrical Engineering from Hanyang University in Korea and his M.S. and Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. His area of research includes digital signal processing, digital design and control systems.Dr. Juanita C But, New
Paper ID #20894Freshman Peer Mentoring: Successful Continuous Improvement of the Tran-sition ExperienceMr. Kevin Joseph Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Kevin J. Lindsay Freshman Lecturer and Advisor; MAPS Program Director B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1999 M.S. in Physics, Clemson University, 2003 MBA, Loyola University in Maryland, 2010 I came to UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. My 10 years of experience at STScI culminated in my final duties as a Senior Research
include active teaching methods and pedagogies for increased student motivation as well as encouraging innovative thinking through user- centered projects.Deana Delp Deana R. Delp has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. She is currently a lecturer at Arizona State University for Engineering Academic and Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. She has industry experience as a systems engineer for General Dynamics Mission Systems, and as a research and development product engineer for Test Acuity Solutions. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
). Before joining MSU Mankato, Dr. Kim was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Purdue University, teaching courses in the thermal fluid sciences, and conducting research in nanotechnol- ogy. His research expertise and interests lie in the controlled synthesis of CNTs for thermal and biological applications. While at Purdue, he was actively involved in research sponsored by DARPA (Defense Ad- vanced Research Projects Agency) in the development of carbon nanotube (CNT) enhanced wicks for vapor chambers (Thermal Ground Plane Program), and in enhancement of thermal interfaces using CNTs (Nano Thermal Interface Program). Currently, his research activities are concentrated in the area of engineering
and values towards their studies. We approached this lastoutcomes related to study skills and learning attitudes, topic from the perspective of deep learning versus surfacespecifically regarding deep versus surface learning. This learning [4]. In short, surface learning is when knowledge ispaper details the pilot test of this assessment, initial received and reproduced, while deep learning is whenresults, and lessons learned from the experience. The goal knowledge is understood, interpreted, and transformed.is to provide resources for other institutions pursuing Research suggests that deep learning is associated withpeer tutoring programs by providing sample methods higher
INTRODUCTION Baylor’s newest engineering students.Baylor University, located in Waco, Texas, is a private BACKGROUNDChristian University and a nationally ranked researchinstitution. Nearly 17,000 students from all 50 states and Research on mentoring includes several definitions usedmore than 80 countries call this vibrant campus community throughout literature to define this concept. Reference [1]home. With more than 10 percent of Baylor University’s defined mentoring for their study as a relationship involvingfreshman class pursuing major courses of study in the a passage of information and knowledge from an individualSchool of Engineering and Computer Science each
Paper ID #20904Development of Engineering Professional Identity and Formation of a Com-munity of Practice in a New Engineering ProgramDr. Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University Lee Rynearson an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Campbell University. He received a B.S. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2008 and earned his PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University in 2016. He also has previous experience as an instructor of engineering at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, in Kanazawa, Japan. His current research interests focus on instruction for
interaction and logistics for assessing the project.This initial pilot section confirms previous research thatsuggests a small fraction, 5-15%, of students are capable and This type of project requires much more interpersonalinterested in a free-choice open-ended project. This pilot interaction than a typical first-year engineering coursesection started with 5% of the student population. This project. A pilot section with a free-choice open-ended designfraction is a good starting point to work out issues with a new project requires an involved and dedicated professor. Theproject like this. The pilot section at NYU will continue with professor will be required to make judgments about theat least one section in the
Paper ID #20906Designing a Scalable Statics Project for a First-Year Mechanical EngineeringCourseProf. Dani Fadda P.E., University of Texas, Dallas Dr. Fadda is Clinical Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. His background includes two decades of professional engineering practice in the energy industry where he has held numerous positions. Dr. Fadda has worked in product research and developed patented products for chemical, petrochemical, and nuclear applications. He is involved with professional organizations and was named the 2016 ASME North Texas Engineer of the Year.Dr. Oziel Rios, University of Texas
Northern Arizona University. His educational research interests include freshmen STEM programs and the development of Scientific Reasoning in students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A Modification and Assessment of a First-Year Engineering Course to Improve Students’ Calculus Readiness Noah Salzman and Gary Hunt Boise State University, noahsalzman@boisestate.edu, garyhunt@boisestate.eduAbstract - In this paper, we describe the modification students at Wright State University, we