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Issues in the First Year - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Lilianny Virguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech

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engineering.wave of revisions in their first-year programs in the last Previous findings suggest that students’ course perceptionsyears. These program modifications are intended to can affect their motivation to persist in an engineeringenhance student success in engineering, including both career [1]. The purpose of this study is to compare students’students’ achievement and students’ motivation to course perceptions in two versions, 1024 versus 1215, of apersist in an engineering degree. This paper will look at required introductory engineering course.students’ perceptions as it compares Traditional versus There is a need to understand how to better supportRevised versions of an

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Issues in the First Year - Focus on Classroom Activities

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Shankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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combined traditional classroom lectures with avarieties in the so called blended techniques [1] [2]. The competency-based learning approach. The fall 2016 semesterflipped classroom technique, primarily, is still a framework used a flipped classroom delivery with traditional evaluation.where content is disseminated outside the classroom and the The spring 2017 semester used a flipped classroom deliveryconcepts are applied inside the classroom in the presence of with the competency-based learning approach. In each ofthe instructor. Many studies have been conducted in all areas these semesters, 44 ±3 students were enrolled in the classesof education by partially [3] or fully flipping a classroom [4] where these techniques

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engineering Design

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2017 FYEE Conference

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FELIX ORLANDO MARTINEZ-RIOS, Universidad Panamericana

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engineering degree [1]-[3]. program must formulate a set of program student outcomes The Universidad Panamericana is a young private (PSO) (knowledge, skills, attitudes) that directly address theuniversity with 50 years of creation. It has three campuses in educational objectives and have specific outcomes. Thesethe main cities of Mexico: Guadalajara, Aguascalientes and PSO must be the ultimate goal acquired by the students whenMexico City. The School of Engineering at Mexico City has they complete the bachelor program. Table I show the PSO36 years of creation and offers the following Engineering in EAC commission [4].programs: Industrial, Mechanical, Innovation and Design

Conference Session

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

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2017 FYEE Conference

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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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fulfill their own teaching or researchas time management, career options, on-campus tutoring objectives [1]. But current literature suggests that faculty areand resource centers to name a few. Based on student moving away from the earlier models in an attempt tofeedback and low retention rates, it was obvious that a increase retention rate by redefining first year engineeringnew model was needed. The focus was to be much more education [1,2,3]. Recently, there has been an emphasis onhands-on and use a project-oriented approach. In engineering design and hands-on, team work based projects.addition, multiple instructors were employed from four Such practices have shown to

Conference Session

WIP: Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Lu Li, Sacramento City College

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-knowledge which is essential to the application of these facts solving flowchart. We use one flowchart per system. Toand procedures in problem solving. (Pawl, 2009)” solve multiple-system problems with multiple flowcharts, simply determine the order in which to solve each system. The S.I.M. (System, Interactions, and Model) [1] physicsproblem solving strategy, created by this MIT educationFirst Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference August 6 – August 8, 2017, Daytona Beach, FL W1A-1

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2017 FYEE Conference

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James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

involves the recording of a class session andworkshop will also have the opportunity to examine the structured annotation of the video classified as video-barriers to the implementation of VAPR and develop annotated peer review (VAPR) [5].actionable solutions to overcome those challenges. VAPR: VIDEO-ANNOTATED PEER REVIEWIndex Terms – evidence-based instruction, teaching Utilizing a commercially available web-based softwareobservations, peer-review platform, such as Swivl (shown in Figure 1), a community FACULTY PEER-REVIEW OF TEACHING of practice of

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WIP: Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

) introduce industry present an overview of different fields and careerprogramming and specifically MATLAB early in our opportunities in electrical engineering. In the second course,program, (iii) stress communication skills, and (iv) attract and ECE 102, students learn to develop algorithms and applyengage more students, in particular from under-represented computational software tools (mainly MATLAB) to solvegroups, into ECE [1]. While we have had some successes – primarily simple electrical engineering problems. They do apopular and engaging team design projects, hands-on lab project using MATLAB programming for data acquisitionexperience, and an alumni mentor program – we still

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WIP: Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Brian Paljug, University of Virginia; Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia

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UVA studentsstudents who receive tutoring benefit from the individualized, who receive tutoring, as well as provide a model foractive learning experience, as well as the increased comfort continuing this assessment in future semesters.and understanding that comes from working with a peer [1]. METHODOLOGYTutoring also offers financial advantages, as supporting apeer tutoring program is generally more cost efficient than The tutoring survey (Appendix) was distributed as a Qualtricshiring professional tutors or additional TAs. Engineering and web survey via email to students tutored in the spring 2017applied science programs have adopted peer tutoring semester; the survey was

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

instructors can facilitate the transition from PCE to FYE.students arriving in first-year engineering programs Table 1 provides an overview of the workshop.with significant prior engineering experience. To assistfirst-year engineering faculty and staff with improving TABLE Ithe alignment of their programs with their students’ pre- WORKSHOP OVERVIEW Topic Descriptioncollege engineering experiences, in the first part of this Introduction Introductions and workshop objectivesworkshop we present a framework we developed to

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WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Problem Solving

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2017 FYEE Conference

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David Joseph Ewing, The University of Texas at Arlington

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become a primary focus at the University of economic backgrounds, and prior knowledge among studentsTexas at Arlington (UTA). UTA conducted a study that at UTA, ENGR 1300 utilizes the Student-Centered Activefound students were ill-equipped in the areas of problem Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogiessolving, professional writing, and computer (SCALE-UP) method. This method, developed at NC Stateprogramming. Therefore, UTA has recently created a University [1] and now utilized in many universities [2],new first year engineering course focused on improving focuses on creating a highly active and collaborativethese specific skill areas using the Student-Centered

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engineering Design

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Akhan Almagambetov, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; John M. Pavlina, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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found [1] that most students could not connect the conceptsthe semester, culminating in a laboratory final that in- from the laboratory to any practical applications and hadvolves applying concepts learned in a practical setting low perceptions of applicability of the material to their ma-under strict timing constraints. jor, based on an exit survey administered at the end of the Data show that students attained a more even level semester.of understanding across multiple topics, could apply Addressing these concerns, we designed a new labora-digital logic design concepts to real-world design prob- tory sequence that was piloted across two sections of thelems, and

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

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Dani Fadda P.E., University of Texas, Dallas; Oziel Rios, University of Texas, Dallas

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) task-specific and not customizable. They can also be veryand personnel (faculty and graduate teaching assistants) costly when applied to a large class desiring hands-onrequired. The statics project is considered simple to experience.implement at a low-cost but effective and appreciated by Some course learning outcomes for the two creditthe students. Continuous improvements to the project are freshman course are stated as follows and the projectmade based on faculty observations and assessments, as discussed here relates to one part of outcome 1. It also relateswell as a survey administered to the students. to outcomes 2 and 3

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University

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with University’s context and initial efforts, including [1]-[3].concentrations in chemical and mechanical engineering. Reference [1] reports on Campbell University’s efforts toThis paper describes efforts to intentionally support the recruit a diverse cohort of students, [2] reports on thedevelopment of engineering identity in students during facilities prepared for and used by the incoming engineeringtheir first year through the formation of a community of students, and [3] discusses some elements of the origins andpractice. Faculty managed and supported a variety of in- adaptation of the first-year engineering curriculum.class and extracurricular activities to encourage the

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Thelma E Coley, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University

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” to provide after-hours support. ESEPs support One courses specific to the Faculty of Engineering.the instructional team by developing and focus-grouping Involving students as active participants in teaching andcourse materials, administering extra problem sets learning is growing in popularity. Healey et al. [1] suggestthrough on-line rooms, and informing instructors of that successful approaches take advantage of sharedstudent difficulties. Finally, the ESEPs support the engagement between students and academics seeking to learnadministration through research into best practices in together and enact changes to enhance student learningfirst-year engineering

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Sharri Lee Kornblum, CSULA engineering department; Zanj Kano Avery El; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles

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, 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

Conference Session

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

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Gunter W. Georgi P.E., NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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-definedgenerating their own idea. projects in Lego robotics, computer-aided design (CAD) of a building, and a LabVIEW digital logic problem. The firstThe project combines entrepreneurial thinking and weeks of the pilot section were devoted to studentsmaker technology to allow students to address large-scale identifying a problem, then they spent the rest of the semestermultidisciplinary engineering problems. In addition to designing and building their solution. Teams were instructedthe introduction to engineering course, a 1 credit hour on design thinking and consumer-oriented design. Studentsfirst-year course, called the

Conference Session

WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engagement

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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mathematics. Another reason is students placed intohurting students’ chances to make satisfactory progress Calculus I lose their drive to do well in the course as theytowards their degree and ultimately graduate within find it difficult to establish a connection betweeneven six years. In order to address these serious issues, in mathematics and engineering [1-3]. Therefore, they struggleFall of 2016, New Jersey Institute of Technology offered to keep up with the coursework. In addition to loss ofENGR 101 – an application oriented course based on motivation, any delay in entry to Calculus I or failure inWright State University model to engineering students Calculus I is almost automatically

Conference Session

WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Problem Solving

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2017 FYEE Conference

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James Lloyd Long, Liberty University; Carolyn Ziebart, Liberty University

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and pedagogies2011, with the first Computer Engineering graduates implemented in the first-year engineering programs over thefollowing in 2012. Although the Software Engineering past three years include:program was subsequently dropped, the Electrical and • Adoption of Studying Engineering: A Road Map to aIndustrial & Systems Engineering programs received ABET Rewarding Career. Ray Landis’ seminal work [1] wasaccreditation in 2012, followed by Computer Engineering in established as a foundational text in the Introduction to2013. The Mechanical Engineering program was started in Engineering course. In-class discussions and out-of-2014 and is on track to have its

Conference Session

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

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2017 FYEE Conference

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John Edward Miller, Baylor University; Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor Univer- sity. 2017 FYEE Conference: Daytona Beach, Florida Aug 6 Session T2C First-year Redesign: LabVIEW, myRIO, EML, and More John Miller and Carolyn Skurla Baylor University, John_Miller1@baylor.edu, Carolyn_Skurla@baylor.eduAbstract - Over the past year, faculty at Baylor previously published [1]. One of the qualifying requirementsimplemented a new curriculum in a pilot course for first- is that

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Classroom Activities

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Hyunjae Park, Marquette University

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potentially transform a student’s pedagogical approaches along with the engineeringmindset. It was discovered that freshman engineering entrepreneurial mindset defined by the Kern Entrepreneurialstudents frequently re-examine their values and motivations Engineering Network (KEEN) [4-5], this paper describesduring their first year in college [1]. Thrown into unfamiliar how the Freshman Engineering Discovery courses have beensituations with a new environment and expectations, integrated with the EML. And it also shows the primaryundergraduate engineering programs become a crucible in outcomes obtained by implementing the EML in the courses,which engineering students have an opportunity to

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Kevin Joseph Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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two separateQuality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The MAPS program support initiatives: 1) Transition, academic success, andserves as indoctrination for engineering, engineering professional development coaching, and 2) Specific first-technology, and construction management students to and second-year engineering course Supplementallearn, understand, and establish personal connections to Instruction (SI) selection and funding. The focus of thisacademic success and professional development paper is on the transition, academic success, andstrategies, campus-wide resources, networking professional development coaching component of theopportunities, and organizations. The MAPS program

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Matthew Pierce, Embry-Riddle Human Factors and Systems; Andrew Calvin Griggs, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ; Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Li Ding, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

to select from whenare also becoming increasingly popular in course teaching programming; however there is little evidence toframeworks. This workshop will discuss the application support which is best for teaching students introductoryof second language acquisition in a blended learning programming concepts [1]. The goal in these courses is notenvironment (SLA-aBLe) and will examine the to teach students Python or Java, for example, as there areeffectiveness of using SLA techniques to teach other courses which specialize in those languages;introductory programming. The proposed workshop will introductory programming courses’ overarching goal is toalso share

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Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Paper ID #20927Hardening Freshman Engineering Student Soft SkillsDr. Andrea Carneal Burrows, University of Wyoming Andrea C. Burrows is currently an associate professor in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Wyoming, where she teaches courses in science methods and pedagogy. Dr. Burrows taught at Northern Kentucky University for five years. In 2010, she was hired as an external evaluator to con- duct research on community/university partnership relations at the University of Cincinnati. She has re- ceived several awards including the: 1) Lillian C. Sherman Award for outstanding academic achievement

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Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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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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university is dedicated to learning,versity. This 5-1/2-week residential pre-college bridge pro- discovery, and community engagement. NCATSU is the na-gram is used to recruit, retain, and graduate minor- tion's largest producer of African American bachelor of sci-ity freshmen engineering and computer science students ence graduates in engineering and computer science. The en-and to provide a sense of community. Since the inception gineering and computer science programs are housed in thein 2005, the HOME Program has recruited 189 students College of Engineering (COE).into the program. Each summer, a cohort of approxi- The COE at NCATSU is home to seven different depart-mately 20 students are

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Student Success & Development - Focus on Mathematics

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Sungwon Steven Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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anticipated GPA in such as Statics (ME 212) or Dynamics (ME 214) dropsthe semester, the current math course that they were down even further to approximately 30 students. In aregistered for, the math course that they were planning previous paper [1], the author attempted to correlateto register for in the following semester, and their high freshman engineering students’ ACT Math scores withschool ACT Math score. Preliminary results for the students’ academic performance in the Mechanicalsurvey conducted during Fall semester 2015 suggested Engineering program by conducting a voluntary studentthat students making good progress towards their survey in Fall 2015 which asked students in the ME

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Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Ohbong Kwon, New York City College of Technology; Juanita C But, New York City College of Technology; Sunghoon Jang, NY City College of Technology of CUNY

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human knowledgeNew York City College of Technology. EMT1255 multiplying in an accelerated rate [1]. To meet the 21stintroduces semiconductor devices and their applications Century workplace demands, employers are looking forin electronic-circuits. Students are expected to candidates who are not only equipped with technical skillsunderstand the structures and principles of semi- and knowledge, but also other competencies, includingconductor devices and the configuration and principles effective communication, teamwork, and problem-solvingof basic electronic circuits. They also learn to analyze skills. Therefore, college engineering programs must seekand design electronic circuits. In

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engineering Design

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2017 FYEE Conference

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James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Julian Sosnik PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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significant modifications to the overall course structure since 2011, thepart of this is in the preparation of students to work in varied course has evolved into the current project-based format. Thedesign environments that often require working in teams details of the evolution of this course, along with the detailedcomprised of individuals with diverse skills and background description of the course content, lab structure, and design[1]. The opportunity to develop the skills necessary to work projects, can be reviewed in [7].in this type of environment can be addressed early in an Despite the fact that ENGR1500 is comprised of studentsengineering curriculum though first year engineering design

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2017 FYEE Conference

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; James Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University

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outcomes, including:conceptually based on four characteristics traditionally (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process toassociated with the entrepreneurial engineering mindset: meet desired needs within realistic constraints such astechnical fundamentals, customer needs, business economic, environmental, social, political, ethical,acumen, and societal values. Our hypotheses are that, by health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainabilitycategorizing constraints such that the source of a (emphasis added). [1]constraint is also included, an engineering student can(1) examine each constraint from the point of view of a Although the phrase

Conference Session

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

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Shankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Deana Delp

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Session W1A Work-in-Progress - Instilling Entrepreneurial Mindset by Vertical Integration of Engineering Projects Shankar Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., Deana Delp, Ph.D. Arizona State University, sramakr5@asu.edu, ddelp@asu.eduAbstract - The goal of this research project is to instill an TABLE I ASU’S FRAMEWORK FOR DOCUMENTING STUDENT AND FACULTYentrepreneurial mindset by vertically integrating a single OUTCOMES RELATED TO THE THREE C’S [1]design project among two consecutive freshmen

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Hamid Rad, Washington State University

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. Historically, the majority of the freshman comedetails of a reformed freshmen course offered in the directly from local high schools, while a small percentagemechanical engineering (ME) program at Washington return from the work-force.State University-Vancouver (WSU-V). It is a semester Reported numbers vary from one source to another, butlong two-credit course with a primary purpose of giving a national average of about 55% is in reasonable agreementthe students an opportunity to explore the mechanical with the sources identified [1]-[7]. The first group ofengineering discipline topics that they are going to learn freshman mechanical engineering students were admitted toin their four-year study