Conference Session

M2A: Learning By Design 1

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Breigh Nonte Roszelle, University of Denver

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Year Design Project: Focusing on Creativity, Independence, and Design UnderstandingIntroduction:Over the past several years the engineering departments at the University of Denver (DU) haveredeveloped the first-year curriculum to focus on engineering design, mostly using project-basedlearning. The importance of introducing students to engineering design has been welldocumented[1,2], however it was noticed by faculty that more and more students had knowledgeof basic engineering design previous to entering college. This gave an opportunity for theintroductory courses to expand beyond the “basics” of engineering design, allowing for morecreativity and independence of the students. Green and Kennedy stated it well when they claimedthat an

Conference Session

M3B: Learning in Context 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University; Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University

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senior systems engineer at General Dynamics C4 Systems. She is now part of the freshman engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State Uni- versity. Currently, she focuses on enhancing the curriculum for the freshman engineering program to incorporate industry standards into hands-on design projects. She is an instructor for the Introduction to Engineering program, Engineering Transfer Success program, Engineering Futures program, and the Electrical Engineering department at ASU. She is a multi-year winner of the Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award and Badass Women of ASU. Her philosophy boasts incorporating large scale systems engineering techniques into collegiate engineering

Conference Session

T1B: Developing foundations in Science

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Stephany Coffman-Wolph, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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steps over and over, to introduce theconcept of loops. These activities work very well when paired with scratch or Lego Mindstorms,but can be done independently as well.Additional kits are being developed to cover basic engineering concepts that explain some of thedifferences and similarities between engineering disciplines. These activities also focus on thedesign process in engineering as well as provide background on many engineering ideas such ascreep, electrical resistance, and separation of materials.Assessing the KitsTwo levels of assessment will be completed for this project. First, teachers will complete end ofworkshop assessment assignments to determine (1) their understanding of the key concept, (2)their understanding of the kit, (3