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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

board of the National Society of Black Engineers chapter located at NJIT. He also serves on the executive board of NJIT First Fellows, an organization focused on aiding and guiding first and second-generation college students.Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi is interested in first-year engineering curriculum design and recruitment, retention and success of engineering students. He is the coordinator of ENGR101, an application-oriented course for engineering students placed in pre-calculus courses. He has also developed and co-teaches the Fundamen- tals of Engineering Design course that includes a wide spectra of activities to teach general engineering students the basics of

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

has ABETaccredited majors in Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering. The first semesterengineering course has undergone several changes since the program’s inception, and has evolvedinto three corequisite courses, accompanied by a 2-hour recitation section.The first semester engineering curriculum consists of a 1-hour lecture course (ENGR 2001), a 2-hour ME lab course (ENGR 2002), and a 2-hour ECE lab course (ENGR 2003). Providing thesetwo lab courses allows students to gain basic understanding of the engineering disciplines offeredby the university and affords them tools for exploration of their practice. While lab courses of thissort are not entirely unique to the Anderson University first semester engineering program, someof the

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

orientation across theircurriculum.References[1] W. H. Blanton, “Why a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering technology and why now?,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2005.[2] A. Lozano-Nieto, “New approaches for biomedical engineering technology & clinical engineering education: interactive video conferencing tools,” J. Clin. Eng., vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 117–121, 1998.[3] A. Lozano-Nieto, “Internship experiences in biomedical engineering technology: An overview of students and prospective employers perception,” in American Society for Engineering Education Conference, 1998.[4] L. B. Nilson, Teaching at its best. 2010.[5] E. Butun, H. C. Erkin, and L. Altintas, “A

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

. Jaskirat Sodhi is interested in first-year engineering curriculum design and recruitment, retention and success of engineering students. He is the coordinator of ENGR101, an application-oriented course for engineering students placed in pre-calculus courses. He has also developed and co-teaches the Fundamen- tals of Engineering Design course that includes a wide spectra of activities to teach general engineering students the basics of engineering design using a hands-on approach which is also engaging and fun. He is an Institute for Teaching Excellence Fellow and the recipient of NJIT’s 2018 Saul K. Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education Award.Dr. Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish

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Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Chizhong Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Moshe Kam P.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

decision fusion, and engineering education. He served as IEEE’s Vice President for Educational Activities (2005-2007), and as President and CEO (2011). Kam is a Fellow of IEEE ”for contributions to the theory of decision fusion and distributed detection.” He received the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award and the HKN C. Holmes MacDonald Award ”for the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Educator.”Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi is interested in first-year engineering curriculum design and recruitment, retention and success of engineering students. He is the coordinator of ENGR101, an application-oriented course for engineering students placed in pre-calculus courses. He has also

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

Paper ID #32066Pilot Program: Infusing Rubin Education into First-Year SeminarMr. Ryan Baldwin, NJIT Assistant Director of First-Year Engineering Programs, Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey In- stitute of Technology.Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi is interested in first-year engineering curriculum design and recruitment, retention and success of engineering students. He is the coordinator of ENGR101, an application-oriented course for engineering students placed in pre-calculus courses. He has also developed and co-teaches the Fundamen- tals of Engineering Design

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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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Tribe since 1975. Afew years earlier, Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) began serving their studentsthrough the 1972 charter by the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe.Similar to colleges and universities across the country, CCCC and TMCC are pursuing remedialmath curriculum approaches to best serve their students. In 2017, both institutions beganparticipating in Achieving the Dream, a foundation-supported effort of 277 colleges aiming toincrease graduation rates of students. Nationally, no statistics exist to track remedial math passrates, but within the Achieving the Dream network remedial math pass rates are lower thandesired across the board [2]. Our previous paper [3] addresses in detail the new approaches thatCCCC is pursuing and will

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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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Incorporating SECMsLearning OutcomesImplementation of the current approach incorporates two new learning objectives and removesone, as shown in table 2.Table 2. Affected Learning outcomes and assessment Learning Outcomes Affected by Current Approach Assessment Read and create engineering drawings and models Added HW, Q, P, Ex Use plastic 3D printing to create functional objects Added HW, P Develop and implement simple algorithms and programs Removed HW, Q, PThe assessment methods listed in table 2 are: HW-Homework, Q-Quizzes, P-Team Projects, Ex-Exam.Future PlansThis course has been met with a high level of enthusiasm from both students and faculty. Thestudents had the

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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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Technological University Jon Sticklen was the chairperson of the Engineering Fundamentals Department, Michigan Technological University from August 2014 through June 2020. In the decade of the 90s, Dr. Sticklen founded and led a computer science laboratory in knowledge-based systems in the College of Engineering, Michigan State University that focused on task-specific approaches to problem-solving, better known as expert systems. Over the last fifteen years, Dr. Sticklen has pursued engineering education research focused on early engineering with an emphasis on hybrid course design and problem-based learning. Dr. Sticklen assumed the chairperson of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech on August 1, 2014. His research has

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

first year students. The results of these findingswill provide the first-year program with an understanding of the effectiveness of its approach atintroducing first-year students to the various engineering disciplines and will be used in internaluniversity advertising efforts. Information about common misconceptions or lack ofunderstanding of disciplines will direct future efforts at exploring the engineering majors. Datapresented here details students’ perceptions of systems engineering, a new pathway within theuniversity’s Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. In addition to the systems degreepathway, a minor in systems engineering is also offered to students. ABET began accreditingsystems engineering curriculum in 2017, the same year in

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Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; Blakeley Calhoun

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assessment intop of a high graduation rate, the school of engineering 2013 had included student demographic information.had an impressive first year retention rate, retaining Under the co-advising model and withoutstudents within engineering who started in critically examining differences in experience byengineering. In 2015 and 2016, the school first-year ethnicity, academic advisors were charged toretention rate was 96% and 97% respectively. While implement new approaches to academic advising.CRT could be used to assess many areas of the Given a new role and dedicated facetime, academicinstitution, including the above retention rates, this advisors were able to weave

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

, engineering design principles were introduced tofirst-year engineering students using Lego® robotics systems. To create an environment thathelps students learn through projects more resembling industrial trends, the transition fromLego® robotics to Computer Aided Design (CAD) and 3D printing began in the Fall semesterof 2017. Our new class is required for mechanical engineering students but is open to alldisciplines. This usually makes the class composition 75% mechanical engineers. Because thiscourse is inclusive, included in the curriculum is an overview of all engineering disciplines, as wellas a project on engineering ethics.The benefits of this approach are generally two-fold. First, this course allows for an earlyintroduction to CAD, and the

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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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

. Researchers can have access to a web-based interfacewhere they can use the harvested tweets in their studies and get the latest tweets and news feeds.1 Introduction1.1 Background and MotivationEvery day millions of tweets are sent all over the world, carrying large amounts of data onvarious topics. Some of these tweets are related to engineering education in general, andfirst-year engineering students specifically. These tweets can be created by students, universities,governments, policymakers, among others. Tweets may contain information about dailyactivities, important announcements, learning content or resources, discussions on a specifictopic, locations, and much more. Additionally, tweets can show interactions between tweetcreators and other

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University; Joshua Brandel

engineering design, it becomes clear that there are fartoo many topics to cover in the span of a semester. As a result, instructors face the challenge ofdeciding which elements to include or omit in their curriculum. This problem is magnified in afirst-year engineering design course, where in addition to teaching the engineering designprocess, an alternate goal is often to provide students fundamental skills that may be useful intheir academic and professional careers. Therefore, first-year design teachers must be highlydeliberate in allocating their limited time and resources.Research on cognitive load theory suggests that the way information is presented impacts notonly how rapidly students can learn new concepts, but also how long students retain