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Technical Session III

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2018 FYEE Conference

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BALRAJ SUBRA MANI, New Jersey Institute of Technology; I. Joga Rao, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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. FED-101 isintended to expose them to what to expect when they become an engineer in their chosendiscipline. No common curriculum across various universities dictates how such intendedoutcome would be delivered. Years ago, Mechanical Engineering Department at NJIT hadchosen to use 3Dimensional modeling using Creo Parametric 4.0 [1] solid modelling software,aka Pro/Engineer [1], Wildfire [1] in FED-101. Solid modelling is used as a design tool inmechanical product design. However, product design is not the only career path in MechanicalEngineering. From ideation to product realization, product design has many steps. Apart fromcompetency in product design, time management skills, hands on ability, intellectual-property-exploration skills

Conference Session

Technical Session VIII

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Nora Honken, University of Cincinnati

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Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Workshop - Activities That Help Students Maintain and Develop Interest in Engineering during the First Year of College: A Collaborative Sharing and Brainstorming ActivityIntroductionAccording to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, interest can be defined as “a feeling ofwanting to learn more about something or to be involved in something; a quality that attractsyour attention and makes you want to learn more about something or to be involved insomething. [1] “ Multiple organizations, including federal agencies, universities, companies andscouting organizations, are dedicating efforts and money to increase K-12 students’ interest inengineering, as well as science, technology and math

Conference Session

Technical Session I

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Aysa Galbraith, University of Arkansas; Heath Aren Schluterman, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Brandon Crisel, University of Arkansas

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have shown that attitudes of freshmanbeginning of fall semester and post-survey at the engineering students change over the course of their firstbeginning of spring semester. Typical Freshman academic year and suggested that these attitudes and how theyEngineering students, who are qualified to take Calculus change throughout a student’s undergraduate education canI (on time) or Precalculus (one semester behind), enroll in provide insight into understanding students’ decision toIntroduction to Engineering I in fall semester and remain in engineering and their ability to perform well ifIntroduction to Engineering II in spring semester. Some retained [1-4]. An assessment

Conference Session

Technical Session V

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2018 FYEE Conference

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David Gee, Gannon University

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the positive affordable and clean energy, and good health and well-responses on issues of social awareness for this post- being. The United Nations Development Programmemillennial [1] group of engineering students. (UNDP) is a leader in this global challenge. SERVICE LEARNING AS PART OF FYS As envisioned, the solar food dehydrator (SFD) is designed to extend the shelf life of foods by using solarEarly on in the fall semester, the freshman engineering energy to remove moisture from the fruit or vegetable. Thatcohort is assembled together in order to introduce and is, by moving warm air

Conference Session

Technical Session I

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine; Gregory N. Washington, University of California, Irvine

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applied project-based experiences among lower development, etc. In addition, lectures on entrepreneurshipdivision courses causes many students to lose interest and were integrated during Winter quarter to allow students toleave engineering during the first year, without understanding develop a business plan related to the quadcopter project.the importance of rigorous training in math and physical Lab sessions were designed for students to apply thesciences. Many programs implemented innovative first-year technical contents to their project and were co-instructed bycourses to enhance engineering curriculum and increase graduate teaching assistants and laboratory staff. Studentsstudent retention [1

Conference Session

Technical Session V

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Lunal Khuon, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.) (MERGED)

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had not yet participated in the freshmanfreshman engineering design course that incorporates engineering design laboratory program. The revision had thecoding and manufacturing engineering concepts through following three goals [1].an autonomous robot vehicle project. The course itself is 1. Establish a course structure that emphasizespart of a three-course engineering design sequence that professional skills and engineering design.introduces incoming freshman engineering students to 2. Create a database of “mini-projects” to be integratedthe fundamental concepts of engineering design that will into the new course structure.be applied throughout their undergraduate

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Michelle E Jarvie-Eggart P.E., Michigan Technological University; Laura Kasson Fiss, Michigan Technological University

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engineers thinking and design series common to all engineeringand is included in the new ABET requirements as Criteria 3, majors (ENG1102). Only students who completed bothStudent Outcomes 3, “ability to communicate effectively ENG1102 and UN1015 within their first year of college andwith a range of audiences” [1]. Many programs focus on earned numerical grades were included in this data set.assessing communication within the context of a final report Additionally, not all incoming students submit ELA ACTor senior design project, at the end of a student’s experience, scores to the University. Only students with both math andbut do not measure incoming students’ baseline ELA ACT scores

Conference Session

Technical Session IV

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Jennifer Felder Marley, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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learning objectives. The relatively short attention span of modern college students has long been recognized [1], as have strategies forIndex Terms – First-Year, Laboratory, Circuits, Digital, overcoming this challenge. Substantial evidence exists thatProgramming. active learning provides a significant benefit for helping students to stay focused and to learn material more effectively INTRODUCTION [2]. Traditionally, laboratories have been the primary

Conference Session

Technical Session IV

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Christopher McComb, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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engineering programs “bookend” design competencies for engineering students, requiringthem to engage with open-ended design principles at the beginning and end of theirundergraduate degree programs. The rationale for most programs to introduce design in the firstyear has been validated by numerous engineering education and engineering design researchers.For example, first-year engineering programs can introduce tools (physical tools, software tools)that students will be required to use in subsequent courses; develop student comfort withreflection [1], [2] creativity [3], [4] and ambiguity in solving ill-structured problems [5], [6];introduce the design process [7], [8]; and serves to socialize engineering students in the habits ofmind and

Conference Session

Technical Session II

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Tiago R Forin, Rowan University

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’ experience within Freshmen Course.Motivations These assignments were developed as a means to create more inclusive materials forfreshmen students in Freshmen Course. In Riley and Claris’s work on inclusive practices, theyencourage faculty to expand students’ understanding of what engineering is and makeconnections on how it is socially relevant. [1] The author believed it was a good challenge toincorporate some of these suggestions into Freshmen Course. Two major examples that Rileyand Claris discusses is de-centering western civilization and showcasing different kinds ofengineers, particularly those who are underrepresented. Riley and Claris also mention howstudents should see the social implications of engineering so that engineering

Conference Session

Technical Session I

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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identity. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Documenting the Redesign and Scaling-up an Ill-Structured Problem Courtney Faber University of Tennessee, cfaber2@utk.edu Engineering education strives to prepare students to solve complex problems within rapidlychanging, multi-disciplinary environments [1]. One approach to address this need is to provide studentswith the opportunity to experience design problems, open-ended problems, and ill-structured problemsthroughout their undergraduate studies [2]. Unlike well-structured problems and exercises, theseproblems require students to collect information

Conference Session

Technical Session II

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Richard Tyler Cimino, ExEEd Department, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University

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addition of “an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility” as a requirement for ABET accreditation [1], there has been renewed interest in thescope and practice of ethics education in engineering curricula. While ethics education is nowmandated for accreditation, the form that education takes varies considerably with each program. Despite the increased awareness and codification of ethics into engineering education overthe last two decades, there is continual debate about the efficacy of ethics education and the abilityof educators to make a positive impact on students’ moral development [2]. At least one prominentstudy [3] has documented skepticism amongst faculty with respect to the (positive) nature andinfluence of the

Conference Session

Technical Session VII

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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the logic circuits. At the start of the session, the write-up, the equipmentto be used, and the laboratory activities to be performed are briefly reviewed. The timercircuit and the logic circuits are assembled with electronic kits which contain electricalcomponents placed on circuit assembly boards and connected using snap connectors.Figure 1(a) displays a timer circuit. Figure 1(b) illustrates the NAND logic gatesimplemented using circuit and electronic components. (a) (b) Figure 1: (a) Timer circuit (b) Logic circuitEngage & StimulateFirst, the students engage in the steps to assemble the circuit shown in Figure 1(a). Tostimulate student recognition of

Conference Session

Technical Session V

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University

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connections between the course exercisesand their expected future studies both during the course and one year after completing the course.IntroductionIn the first-year engineering course sequence at Norwich University, students of civil andenvironmental (CEE), electrical and computer (ECE), and mechanical (ME) engineering, alongwith construction management (CM) learn and practice professional and technical skills thatunite engineers across all disciplines in a common, general introductory course [1]. Historically,students completed a second, common introductory course that was developed around fourmulti-week projects—one predominantly from each discipline. In this operational mode, manyinstructors felt uncomfortable supporting the larger projects

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University Fort Wayne; Kimberly Warren O'Connor, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne; S. Scott Moor P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Sara Marie Thomas

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retention. Some are difficult for educators to addresssuch as family support, a student’s minority status, socio-economic status, etc [1]. However,other areas such as a student’s engagement in the campus community [2][3], relationships withother students [1], and understanding how to use campus resources[3], are addressable withinintroductory courses. For this project, researchers present preliminary results from a studydesigned to increase student retention in a first-year engineering program by implementingcourse activities that encourage students to become engaged in the campus community and betterunderstand how to use existing campus resources.The pilot study occurred during the fall 2017 semester at a regional university that catersprimarily

Conference Session

Technical Session I

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Hyunjae Park, Marquette University

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]. INTRODUCTION TABLE IIt has been recognized that there are two major categories of STUDENT PRIMARY OUTCOME AND EXAMPLE BEHAVIORStechnology or innovation development [1-2]: innovations that WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET [3]are sustaining and those that are disruptive. Sustaining STUDENT OUTCOME EXAMPLE BEHAVIORStechnologies are products and/or services that target high-end CURIOSITYcustomers and offer improved performance over previous DEMONSTRATE constant curiosity about our

Conference Session

Technical Session IV

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Brittney Lynn Masters, Ohio Northern University

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ExperiencePurposeThe national effort to remain a leader in scientific exploration and technological developmenthas redoubled educational efforts to not only introduce students to the field of engineering atyounger and younger grade levels, but also to place more effort on retaining the students whoultimately choose engineering as a career path. As a result, more institutions are placing a highervalue on first-year engineering introductory courses, a key component of retention at theundergraduate level [1].However, with engineering being an incredibly broad field, there is relatively little agreementfrom institution to institution, and often from department to department within the same college,on the content and skills to address in a first-year course [2, 3

Conference Session

Technical Session IX

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Kadri Akinola Akanni Parris, Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University

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exploration of the materials paradigm. It explores the four (4) tenets of material science,namely structure, processing, properties and performance. Figure 1 shows the physical setup forthis lab and the objectives were achieved by using nylon fishing line for processing, by applying arotational force until the line coiled and formed into a spring. This was based on extending workdone initially by Haines et al (2014). Figure 1: Lab setup for the Material Science and Engineering (MSE) LabStudents were able to further investigate what happens to the same material when it is furtherprocessed. The second example of processing was to heat treat the spring with a heat gun underload. After successful treatment which served to alter the entropy

Conference Session

Technical Session I

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University

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them to resources, experiential opportunities, and to eachother. Below are detailed programming descriptions of events and activities that are madeavailable to all first-year undergraduate engineering students. 1. Professional Mentoring Mentoring is a program provided by corporate partners to first-year undergraduate students on a voluntary basis for one academic semester. Mentoring promotes the development of skills and knowledge, both for personal development and for career exploration. Corporate mentors assist with resume reviews, mock interviews, provide advice on how to gain valuable experience through professional student organization membership and how to secure resume building experiential opportunities

Conference Session

Technical Session III

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Jack Bringardner, New York University; Gunter W. Georgi, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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course.There is the potential to extend this Rapid Assembly and Design Challenge to the GrandChallenges for Engineering or student project teams at the university. RAD has the potential toprepare first-year students to tackle a small problem of a larger project that is being worked onby large teams. Surveys were used to determine how effective the in-class training and out-of-class project work has helped students to understand the engineering design process.BackgroundAt California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo incorporated rapid prototypingtechnology in the early 2000s [1]. In their introductory engineering course students would designand 3D print parts for biomedical applications. The course project connected project-basedlearning

Conference Session

Technical Session I

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Chester Levern Miller Jr, North Carolina State University; Rachel Elizabeth Worsham, North Carolina State University; Lori Nero Ghosal, North Carolina State University

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collegeand research shows these college adjustment programs facilitate a smoother transition andpositively impact students’ sense of belonging and success [1]. With a strong emphasis onencouragement and support, first-year students are buoyed up and usually progress to sophomoreyear only to be met with new challenges. The focus of sophomore year is for students to makedecisions on their choice of major and that choice may impact their future success in preparingfor their career [2]. A fundamental building block in this decision is clarifying a sense ofpurpose [3], [4], [5]. At the University in question, the timeline for choice of major is necessarily moved backto freshman year. The institution accepts engineering students into both the

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Rod B. Foist, California Baptist University; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Timothy Gage, California Baptist University; Seth Truitt, California Baptist University; Matthias Hans Schmidt

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video (and image), sound, in another.” [1]-[2]and touch sensors. In this paper, and a companion paper, Brief “Book Highlights” of the study, available online,we present our own design of two new lab projects (within compares a “linear components” curricular model to theirthe video/image theme). Specifically, this paper reports proposed “spiral model”—using two helpful diagrams [3].on the use of a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)- Chu’s work employs the spiral model by introducingbased embedded processor to control a liquid crystal certain lab component themes (in the freshman year) and laysdisplay (LCD). This approach is contrasted with using a out a plan to revisit them with

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Timothy Gage, California Baptist University; Seth Truitt, California Baptist University; Matthias Hans Schmidt

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effective use“spiral model”, adapted from other research, introduces of labs (as design projects):certain lab component themes (in the freshman year) and “… the ideal learning trajectory is a spiral, with allrevisits them with increased sophistication and components revisited at increasing levels of sophisticationinterconnection in the following years. Thus, labs are and interconnection. Learning in one area supports learningused as a “cohesive framework” that connects and in another.” [1]-[2]integrates individual courses. The three themes used in Brief “Book Highlights” of the study, available online,this research are centered on video (and image), sound, compares a

Conference Session

Technical Session IV

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Cecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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2017 and 2018. In addition, two student teams presented their work at the 2017ASEE Zone II Conference and one team, composed of engineering students and an art student,presented a design solution at the spring 2018 ASEE SE Conference.Project Substantiation and ImportanceIn the 1980’s, research introduced that disability is socially created rather than rooted in theindividual [1]. More recent studies indicate that persons with disabilities may move through aprocess of seven types of identities: isolated affirmation, apathy, resignation, situationalidentification, affirmation, crusadership, and normalization [2]. Studies also indicate that the arts,including the visual arts, can be a tool to aid transition through these identities to enhance

Conference Session

Technical Session II

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University

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management, design and creativity, engineeringcommunication, engineering as a career, ethics, and engineering estimations and calculationswith an emphasis on unit conversions. Grit is also a topic covered in the course with reference tothe retention of the students in the college of engineering, through to their completion of theengineering degree.Material pertaining to grit was introduced in the course and then an examination of how thismaterial may have increased student grit was conducted. Duckworth et al. (2007) [1] created atwo-factor, twelve item, self-reporting measure of grit. The foundation of this study was basedon the theory of grit as a compound trait. This compound trait was comprised of stamina in twodimensions, and these dimensions

Conference Session

Technical Session I

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.

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the college experience of first-generation students who participate in the First-Generation Program and those who do not. Theauthors would like to incorporate some of the activities from the First-Generation Program intoother programs to help other first-generation students.IntroductionWest Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) is a school with approximately1600 students that heavily recruits from the local area (historically Montgomery, WV andcurrently Beckley, WV) [1]. Approximately 35% of the student population of WVU Tech arefirst-generation and 66% are either first-generation or low income. Of the students admitted inFall 2017, only 19.38% had a general ACT score above 23 [1]. The goal of this research is toidentify and

Conference Session

Technical Session V

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Aubrey Wigner, Michigan State University; Megan K Halpern, Michigan State University; Isaac Record, Michigan State University

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in their ability to succeed and a sense of isolation cited as major factors. Women, firstgeneration college students, underrepresented minorities and students from low-income familiesare most at risk for leaving STEM fields [1]. One way to address non-persistence among theabove groups is to equip students with the psychological tools needed to succeed. One such toolis the growth mindset, a conceptualization of one’s own learning ability and intelligence as afluid quality capable of growing through work, failure, and iteration [2]. For underrepresentedgroups in STEM this vision of intelligence as fluid runs counter to the myths (implicit theories)many students internalize that they are either naturally talented or not in math, good at biology

Conference Session

Technical Session II

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Scott Steiner, Rowan University

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Effective Web-books for Introductory Engineering CoursesPathFinder Web-booksThe PathFinder web site (https://pathfinder.rowan.edu) is supported by a group of engineeringprofessors at a public four-year university in the northeast. PathFinder professors are interestedin providing affordable, but effective, web-books to students. The purpose of this paper is todescribe PathFinder and promote a discussion concerning affordable web-books in first-yearengineering classes via PathFinder or similar website. PathFinder is different from otherLearning Management Systems--e.g., Backboard, Moodle, Canvas, etc.--because it provides aplatform to: (1) grow a database of course content in modular form; (2) use that database tocreate

Conference Session

Technical Session IV

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Roger J Marino P.E., Drexel University; Rosie Sullivan, Drexel University; Alison Stoute, Drexel University

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in-class UNIV 101 experience satisfies those factors.introductionThe ease of transition from high school to college for First Year Engineering Students has beenthe subject of much research [1], [2], [3], [5]. Much of the focus on “student success” has beencentered on student retention and the implementation of actions to encourage such [1], [3], [4],[5]. Due to logistical and budgetary constraints, the Freshman Orientation Course (UNIV 101) atDrexel University was taught in recent years both online and in a lecture hall setting during theFall term. A review of the course metrics showed that the students in the online classes exhibiteda much lower rate of success than their “face-to-face” in-class student counterparts. In otherwords, the face

Conference Session

Technical Session III

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida

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based outreach program that uses undergraduate students to mentor middle school youth. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Full Paper: Re-imagining a first year design course to incorporate service-learning while minimizing traditional challengesIntroductionFoundations of Engineering Lab (EGN3000L) is a 1 credit hour introduction to engineeringcourse taught to interdisciplinary first year students in the College of Engineering at theUniversity of South Florida. Traditionally, the course is taught as non-service-learning throughmultiple, unrelated design projects. The projects prior to the Fall 2017 semester were simple,exposing students to engineering design with limited