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Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel

at the U.S. Naval Academy, his MS in Military Studies from the Marine Corps University Command and Staff College, and his PhD in Mechanical Engi- neering from Clemson University. His research interests include design methods, engineering leadership, collaborative design, and engineering education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Full Paper: Teaching Engineering in the General Education CurriculumMany engineering students are excited and motivated when they begin as freshman students, butmany change majors or leave early in the first year, having limited exposure to engineering andan abundance to

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

highlight the outcomes of this pilot program, explorethe benefits of incorporating an online education resource, in this case Rubin Education and, areasfor future improvement. Over time, multiple stakeholders, including employers, have identifiedthat recent graduates of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programscould improve their communication and professional skills to be better prepared to enter theworkforce. This feedback refers to both written and oral communication skills.In an effort to improve the communication and professional skills of first-year engineering studentswe collaborated with Danny Rubin of Rubin Education. In Spring 2020 we piloted the use of theRubin Education learning resource in two sections of our

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Amanda Marie Singer, Michigan Technological University; Jason Mathews, Michigan Technological University; Michelle E Jarvie-Eggart P.E., Michigan Technological University

Technological University Dr. Jarvie-Eggart is a registered professional engineer with over a decade of experience as an environ- mental engineer. She lectures in the Engineering Fundamentals department at Michigan Technological University. Her research interests include online learning, active and collaborative learning, first year engineering programs, sustainability and diversity in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Understanding First-Year Engineering Student Definitions of Systems EngineeringIntroductionThis work-in-progress paper examines first-year engineering students’ definitions of engineeringdisciplines. In this study, 178 second

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Elizabeth Kurban, Women in Engineering, University of Maryland College Park; Mary L Bowden, University of Maryland College Park

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Paper ID #32032Facilitating Pathways to Engineering: First Year Summer ExperienceDr. Elizabeth Kurban, Women in Engineering, University of Maryland College Park Elizabeth Kurban serves as the Assistant Director of Retention for the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering. Elizabeth’s professional and research interests broadly surround STEM-field access and persistence for women and underrepresented minoritized student populations. She is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion in higher education, particularly in the context of engineering. Elizabeth earned her

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Victor Alonso Bradford, University of Missouri - College of Engineering; Tojan Rahhal, University of Missouri - Columbia; Hani Salim P.E., University of Missouri - Columbia

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engineering.Dr. Hani Salim P.E., University of Missouri - Columbia Dr. Salim is a professor of Civil Engineering and served at the associate dean for academic programs and student success at the college of engineering between 2015 and 2019. Through a collaboration with the provost office, the engineering summer bridge programs was developed to improve the educational experience and retention of incoming engineering students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work In Progress: Engineering Success Bridge Program: Creating Sense of Belonging through Campus and Industry Supported Summer Bridge ProgramIntroductionThis work-in

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Sherif Abdelhamid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Paper ID #32050Using Chatbots as Smart Teaching Assistants for First-Year EngineeringStudentsDr. Sherif Abdelhamid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Sherif E. Abdelhamid served as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the College of Comput- ing and Information Technology (CCIT). Before joining CCIT in 2018, he was an Infrastructure Software Engineer at the Center for Open Science, Virginia, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. and MSc in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and his current research work lies at the intersection of computation and education. In particular, he is interested in building

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Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Stephen Otondi, New Jersey Institute of Technology ; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

in pre-calculus remedial courses.These findings will inform future revisions of the offered course and subsequent assessment ofthe revised instruction.AcknowledgementsStephen Otondi gratefully acknowledges receiving a research stipend from the National ScienceFoundation through the Garden State-LSAMP (NSF Award 1909824). 3References[1] Klingbeil, N., Rattan, K., Raymer, M., Reynolds, D., Mercer, R., Kukreti, A. and Randolph,B., 2008, “The WSU Model for Engineering Mathematics Education: A Multiyear Assessmentand Expansion to Collaborating Institutions,” Proceedings 2008 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, June, 2008.[2

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; Blakeley Calhoun

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Education at the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia.Blakeley Calhoun Blakeley Calhoun is the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Success in the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, joining in July 2018. Blakeley has previously worked in Residence Life as an Assistant Community Director at Michigan State where she also completed her Master of Arts in Student Affairs Administration. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Full Paper: First Year Academic Co-Advising Improvement Lisa Lampe

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Benjamin D McPheron, Anderson University; Willis Troy, Anderson University; Caroline Baker, Anderson University

Engineering and various courses in Electrical Engineering including Circuit Theory, Electronics, Controls, and Mechatronics. His research interests include Engineering Education, Control Systems, Mechatronics, and Signal Processing.Dr. Willis Troy, Anderson UniversityDr. Caroline Baker, Anderson University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Allowing Freshman Engineering Students to Encounter Multiple Disciplines: Discipline Oriented Labs in the First Semester Engineering CurriculumAbstractAnderson University is a small liberal arts university established in the Church of God movement,located in Anderson, Indiana. The engineering program started in 2013, and now

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Joie Marhefka, Penn State New Kensington; Dalynn D Park, Penn State New Kensington; Laura E Cruz, Penn State

of three teaching-related journals, as elected member of the national board for faculty developers in the United States, and as principle in- vestigator for four externally funded grants. Her publications and invited presentations include work in her first discipline (history) as well as the areas of instructional design, educational development, organi- zational change, and educational innovation. Her most recent co-authored book, Taking Flight: Making your Center for Teaching and Learning Soar was just published by Stylus Press. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Full Paper: Ready, Set, Go: Fostering Student Success in an

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AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Norma L Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University

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Program Chair and is currently serving as the Division Chair. Dr. Hamlin has also served as the Associate Editor and the Director of Publications/ Journal Editor of the Engineering Design Graphics Journal.Ms. Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University Ms. Kemppainen is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals. Her research interests include the improvement of STEM education and online/blended learning methods.Dr. Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological University Brett Hamlin is a student centered educator who focuses his effort in active collaborative discovery based learning designed around student driven interests. Dr. Hamlin spends much of his time engaging and mentoring students to

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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McKayla Kleinschrodt; James Lenn, Wayne State University; Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

doctorate from Rutgers University for his work on combustion diagnostics and infrared imaging. He is a registered Pro- fessional Engineer (P.E.). Jansons has authored over forty peer-reviewed, engine-related publications, and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and on the Board of Associates of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Internal Combustion Engine Division (ICED). He is a 2012 recipient of SAE’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, conferred in recognition of significant contributions to teaching, research and student development and a 2015-16 Fulbright Scholar. Jansons has twenty years’ experience working with optical engines, and leads a research group of qualified and expe

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Danny Luecke; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Ann Vallie; Teri Ann Allery; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Karl Haefner

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Community College in Belcourt,N.D. where he taught Math and Engineering classes. This is the basis for his current interest in Native Americans into Engineering. Bob, originally from the northeast area of the USA, has been a resident of Fargo, ND since 1996. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Efforts to Improve Mathematical Preparation for a Pre-Engineering Program at Tribal Colleges in North DakotaAbstract Developmental math preparation is integral in a pre-engineering pathway. This paperanalyzes the efforts to improve remedial math passing rates at two tribal colleges in NorthDakota participating in a pre-engineering collaborative

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Sherif Abdelhamid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mona Aly, Arab Academy for Science,Technology and Maritime Transport; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

users or accounts who retweet, comment on, or like the tweet. This type ofinformation creates networks of interactions or collaboration that can reveal patterns or themesof interest. These tweets are already archived and maintained by Twitter and provide a valuablesource of knowledge for engineering education researchers to understand different topics relatedto engineering education in general and first-year engineering experiences in particular. Thismotivated us to dig into the Twitter archive, harvest, and analyze tweets relevant to our topic ofinterest. In addition to this analysis, we made the retrieved tweet datasets publicly available toother researchers for further analyses. Our approach is a multi-method one that involves

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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James Lenn, Wayne State University; Fatmir Menkulasi P.E., Wayne State University; Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University; Jessie Mazin Yousif-Dickow; McKayla Kleinschrodt; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

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Engineering, earning his doctorate from Rutgers University for his work on combustion diagnostics and infrared imaging. He is a registered Pro- fessional Engineer (P.E.). Jansons has authored over forty peer-reviewed, engine-related publications, and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and on the Board of Associates of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Internal Combustion Engine Division (ICED). He is a 2012 recipient of SAE’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, conferred in recognition of significant contributions to teaching, research and student development and a 2015-16 Fulbright Scholar. Jansons has twenty years’ experience working with optical engines, and leads a research group

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Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside

Paper ID #32034An online course for freshmen? The evolution of a successful online CS1courseProf. Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside Frank Vahid is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Univ. of California, Riverside. His research interests include CS/engineering education, and embedded systems. He is a co-founder of zyBooks.com.Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside Joe Michael Allen is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of California, Riverside. His current research focuses on finding ways to improve CS education, specifically focusing on introductory

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Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside; Alex Daniel Edgcomb, zyBooks; Roman Lysecky, University of Arizona

Paper ID #32046Using the free Coral language and simulator to simplify first-yearprogramming coursesProf. Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside Frank Vahid is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Univ. of California, Riverside. His research interests include CS/engineering education, and embedded systems. He is a co-founder of zyBooks.com.Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside Joe Michael Allen is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of California, Riverside. His current research focuses on finding ways to improve CS education, specifically focusing on