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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Michael Wolf, Rice University

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Diversity

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40% of undergraduateswho enter college intending to receive a STEM degree graduate in a STEM field1. This issue willbe exacerbated as women, underrepresented minorities (URM), and first-generation collegestudents, who traditionally earn fewer STEM degrees than white men, continue to grow as themajority of collegians. A recent report by the President’s Council on Science and Technologyprojects the United States will need one million more engineers in the next decade than we areon track to produce. Increasing STEM graduation rates from 40% to 50% of interested studentswould create roughly 750,000 of the million-needed engineers.1The percent of underrepresented minorities in engineering and science has historically beendismally low. Based on a

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Goli Nossoni, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven

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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Relationship between Personality Types and Topical Interests of Engineering Students, if Any: A Work in ProgressIntroductionThis paper is a work in progress on a study linking personality types to topics of interest ofengineering students.It is a common perception that engineering students are introverted, like mathematics and science,do not like communication, and so on. We are studying if these assumptions are still true with thecurrent generation of students attending our university. We also would like to determine whethermore current topics like sustainability and entrepreneurship appeal to students who may not fit thebill of a “traditional engineer.” When complete, the

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney Hollar, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #30145Work in Progress: Development of a General Education First-Year DesignCourseDr. Courtney Hollar, Boise State University Dr. Courtney Hollar is a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the College of Engineering at Boise State University. Hollar earned a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Boise State University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho. She is passionate about methods to attract and retain women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.Dr. Sondra M Miller, Boise State University Dr. Sondra M. Miller is an associate professor in the

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First-year Programs: Focus on Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Goli Nossoni, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven

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Diversity

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Haven Ron Harichandran is Dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Relationship between Gen Z Engineering Students’ Personality Types and Topics of Technical InterestIntroduction In this paper we build upon a preliminary work in progress reported last year [1]. A popularpersonality assessment tools is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) test [2]. In thisindicator, people are classified according to 16 different personality types. Results of the MBTIself-assessment test indicates whether the person tends to be sensing (S) or intuitive (N),thinking (T) or feeling (F), judging (J) or perceiving (P), and extroverted (E) or

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Gerold Willing, University of Louisville; Thomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville

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Paper ID #11642Peer-led Team Learning in Early General Engineering CurriculumDr. James E. Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals in the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. His research interests include paral- lel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology (Tablet PCs) used in the classroom.Dr. Gerold Willing, University of LouisvilleThomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville

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FPD XI: Tidbits and Cookies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jesse J. French, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University

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First-Year Programs

. Page 25.1302.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 THE GENESIS OF TRANSFORMATION: Preventing “Failure to Launch” Syndrome in Generation iY First Year Engineering StudentsIntroductionStudents who fail to identify with engineering at the very beginning of their studies will oftenbecome retention statistics. The second semester is already too late to introduce students toengineering activities, and the senior year is too late to introduce professionalism in order forstudents to make the successful transition to workplace engineer. In order to combat highattrition rates and prepare students to be the engineers of 2020, the first course in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurel Whisler, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

an M.A. in Music from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.L.S. from Indiana University.Ms. Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University Abby is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences program at Clemson University. Broadly, her research interests include intergenerational learning in informal settings, self-directed learning, and cultural influ- ences on the learning process. Abby currently works as a graduate assistant for the General Engineering Learning Community (GELC), a program that supports first-year engineering students in their develop- ment of self-regulation and time management skills, effective learning strategies, and positive habits of mind.Dr. Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University Dr

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First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University; Christopher M. Weyant, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Steven Wrenn, Drexel Unviersity, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University, ExCITe Center; Lunal Khuon, Drexel University; Kristin Imhoff, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Kevin Ayers, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Leonid Hrebien, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); James E. Mitchell, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Pennsylvania. His research interests are in radio frequency and analog integrated circuit design, embedded systems, biomed- ical electronics, and engineering education. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.Miss Kristin Imhoff, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Kristin Imhoff graduated from Drexel University with her Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering in 2009. She began her career at Drexel in 2009 as an academic advisor for the Mechanical Engineering & Me- chanics department, serving as a professional academic advisor to over 550 students. In January 2012, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Xochitl Delgado Solorzano, University of Arkansas; Don Nix, University of Arkansas; Jennie S. Popp Ph.D., University of Arkansas ; Michele Cleary, Cleary Scientific Intelligence, LLC; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Paul D. Adams, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #26427Work in Progress: A Path to Graduation: Helping First-Year Low Income,Rural STEM Students SucceedDr. Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas Dr. Carol Gattis is the Associate Dean Emeritus of the Honors College and an adjunct Associate Pro- fessor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her academic research focuses on STEM education, developing programs for the recruitment, retention and graduation of a diverse population of students. Carol also serves as a consultant specializing in new program development and grants. She earned her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical

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FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicky Wolmarans, University of Cape Town, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE); Corrinne Shaw, University of Cape Town, Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE)

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AC 2011-909: ”WEARING THAT HARD HAT AND THOSE BOOTS ANDBEING THERE WITH ALL THE DUST”: STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONSOF BECOMING A CIVIL ENGINEER.Nicky Wolmarans, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE),University of Cape Town I am currently an ”Academic Development Lecturer” in the Civil Engineering Department at the Univer- sity of Cape Town. As an ADL I am part of a programme in the Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty initiated to address issues of student experience and success.Corrinne Shaw, Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Centre for Research in Engineering Education(CREE), University of Cape Town After graduating from the University of Cape Town, I worked

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Kathleen Meehan, California State University, Chico; Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; Webster R. Johnson, California State University, Chico; Joseph Greene, California State University, Chico

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First-Year Programs

received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineeringin 1993 from the University of Michigan. Joe began teaching at California State University, Chico in1998 after a 14-year career with General Motors Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. His research inter-ests include biobased and biodegradable polymers, recycled plastics, marine biodegradation testing, andanaerobic digestion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessing a Summer Engineering Math and Projects Bootcamp to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates in Engineering and Computer ScienceThis complete Evidence-Based Practice paper discusses the efforts made to increase four-yearand six-year graduation rates of students

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First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Binod Tiwari, California State University, Fullerton; Pradeep Nair, California State University, Fullerton; Susamma Barua, California State University, Fullerton

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First-Year Programs

graduate compared to other majors. The student retention ratedepends on several factors including institution selectivity, race, ethnicity, and gender of student,all of which are tied to the student preparedness for undergraduate engineering education [1].Some US institutions admit students as undeclared majors. These students declare their majoreither in the sophomore or in junior year. However, at other institutions, majority of the studentsdeclare their majors during their admission in the freshman year. Until the new “undeclaredengineering” major was introduced in 2011, engineering and computer science students at CSUFwere, generally, admitted with a declared engineering major. Those who were not certain abouttheir majors were admitted as

Conference Session

FPD 6: Transitions and Student Success, Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Holander Gleixner, San Jose State University; Katherine Casey, SJSU College of Engineering; Jared T. Tuberty, San Jose State University; Sanela Latic; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University; Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University

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, introductory materials science, electronic materials, kinetics, and microelectronics processing. She has been involved in a number of innovative curriculum development programs and educational research projects on improving student learning in engineering through the use of active learning and service learning. In 2010, she was awarded the College of Engineering Award for Excellence in Service. In 2007-2008, she was an SJSU Teacher Scholar. In 2002, she was awarded the College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching award.Katherine Casey, SJSU College of Engineering Katherine graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Experimental Psychology from SJSU. She now works in the College of Engineering as Engineering

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Diversity and Multicultural Influences in the First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. Recently, she has joined the expanding Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU to continue teaching Simulation, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She also serves as a Technical Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Challenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of numerous awards in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond.Dr. Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University Dr. Courtney Pfluger received her Doctoral degree

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E S Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Marya H Schnedeker, Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, Tufts University; Sarah Marie Coppola, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Leonardo Andres Madariaga, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach / Federico Santa Maria Technical University

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Paper ID #13847Examining the Influence of an Ill- and Well-defined Problems in a First-YearEngineering Design CourseMs. Jessica E S Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Jessica Swenson is a graduate student at Tufts University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a research focus on engineering education. She received a M.S. from Tufts University in science, technology, engineering and math education and a B.S. from Northwestern University in me- chanical engineering. Her current research involves examining different types of homework problems in mechanical engineering

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

accessibility and general usability audit of the websites of local non-profit groups.18 Finally, and of particular note to the research presented within this paper,Widener University incorporated a service learning option in their Introduction to ComputerScience 2 course where students formed teams and used a “learning by teaching” model. In thisapproach, a topic was selected from a list of options, researched, and then presented to middleschool-aged children in the after-school program at a local middle school.19 This project requiredthe students to visit the school three times; for each visit both a lesson plan and related journaldocumentation that included an activity description, list of handouts, and a post-visit reflectivecomponent needed to be

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FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; John Uhran, University of Notre Dame; Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; John Ventura, Christian Brothers University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Rebecca Ladewski, University of Notre Dame

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is currently a chemical engineering graduate student at MIT, where she is interested in research relating to energy or the environment.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Page 13.977.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Some Perspectives on First Year Engineering EducationAbstractIn the engineering education pipeline, the first year of a student’s college experience sets the tonefor the future and, indeed, whether a student decides to remain in the engineering program at all.Engineering programs around the country experience difficulty in assisting students with thetransition from high school to college, and struggle with the delicate

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Using Video, Games, and More in the First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eliza A Banu, Auburn University; Sai Maharaja Swamidason, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE)

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Maharaja Swamidason, Auburn University After graduating from National Institute of Technology. Tiruchirapalli, India with a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, I started working for an automotive company, Mahindra & Mahindra, in India in the field of product design in the 2010. After working there for a couple of years I joined the master’s program in mechanical engineering at Auburn University, USA, where I was involved in developing concept tutors for engineering students. After graduating from Auburn University in December 2014, I started working in Honda R&D Americas Inc.Dr. P.K. Raju, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE) Dr. P. K. Raju is the Thomas Walter

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FPD V: Gender and Engineering Education: A Panel Discussion and Workshop

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lynn Andrea Stein, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs, Women in Engineering

, beliefs, etc. are normal and acceptable; one can take these things forgranted. It also means that members of a dominant group accrue invisible benefits associatedwith that membership, while those not part of the dominant group are typically aware of not Page 22.740.3quite fitting in.Born in the work of Coleman on social class group privilege (1960) and further propelled byPeggy McIntosh’s manuscript on “white privilege” (1988), the general concept of socialprivilege gave rise to a new discourse on male privilege, a topic of particular interest in adiscussion of the male-dominated engineering environment.7,22,23 Male privilege is

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paa Kwasi Adusei, University of Cincinnati; Nora Honken, University of Cincinnati; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #17979Relationship Between The Number of Reasons Students Cited To Study En-gineering and Their Retention and Graduation RatesMr. Paa Kwasi Adusei, University of Cincinnati I am a PhD student with the Materials Science and Engineering department at the University of Cincinnati that has a passion for engineering education. I work as a graduate and research assistant with the Engi- neering Education department. My interests in Engineering education is specifically in student motivation and learning theories.Dr. Nora Honken, University of Cincinnati Nora is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education

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FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janaki Isabella Perera, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Paper ID #7316Faculty Perceptions on Undergraduate Engineering Education in First-YearEngineering, Physics, and Mathematics CoursesMs. Janaki Isabella Perera, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Janaki Perera is a senior at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. She is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Engineering with a concentration in Materials Science.Mr. Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Mr. Brendan Quinlivan is an undergraduate student at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering majoring in General Engineering with a concentration in Biomechanics. Although Biomechanical

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FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University; John Clements, California Polytechnic State University; David Janzen, California Polytechnic State University

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First-Year Programs

are their freshman-level equivalent. Studies show that cornerstone courseshave an even greater impact on the retention of women and minorities6, 17 – in some cases,retention rates improved up to 27% and 56%, respectively.2 The growth of capstone andcornerstone courses may be the result of a 1997 National Science Foundation report5 that calls forengineering educational reform and ABET criteria that emphasize design, teamwork, andcommunication.Unfortunately, one of the major roadblocks to cornerstone courses is faculty involvement. Facultymembers are generally resistant to the amount of effort required to organize and maintain asuccessful PBL course.11 Cornerstone courses involve creating an interesting problem, possiblyin an unfamiliar field

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Nikolaevich Solovyev, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI); Larisa Petrova, MADI; Viatcheslav Prikhodko, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI); Ekaterina Makarenko, MADI

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Paper ID #12465Pre-admission education for better adapt freshmenDr. Alexander Nikolaevich Solovyev, Moscow automobile and road construction state technical university(MADI) Graduated Moscow state University n.a. Lomonosov in1970, speciality mathematician. PhD in math. and physics since 1976. DrSc in pedagogy since 2012. Member of International Society for Engineering Ped- agogy (IGIP), member of IGIP International Monitoring Committee, general secretary of IGIP Russian Monitoring Committee.Prof. Larisa Petrova, MADIProf. Viatcheslav Prikhodko, Moscow State Automobile and Roal Tehnical University (MADI)Mrs. Ekaterina Makarenko

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Mathematics in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Claudia Morello, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs, Mathematics

organizations such as the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). To contact Dr. Long, email: Leroy.Long@erau.edu.Ms. Claudia Morello, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Claudia Morello graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a B.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics in 2018. She is now a graduate student in physics at Kansas State University, where she does light scattering research. She has helped teach many science and engineering classes, and wants to increase the diversity in STEM fields. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Using More Frequent and Formative Assessment When

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reza Kamali, California State University San Marcos

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First-Year Programs

the program, they may not participate in theclassroom and ultimately change majors. Furthermore, engineering education is known as anintense major; If students do not know about the opportunities they will have after graduation, theymay be drawn to fewer challenging majors that offer less lucrative job opportunities. Our proposed changes tackled these issues through two approaches: 1) Teach students the skillsthey need to explore compelling topics in EE as early as their first semester, rather than just thescience and math prerequisites that currently dominate the lower-division curriculum, and 2)Motivate students by showing the higher-level job opportunities and variety of career possibilitiesthat they will have after graduation if they

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manaz Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University; Chandan Dasgupta, Purdue University; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia MSSEC, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #16597Investigating the Impact of an Educational CAD Modeling Tool on StudentDesign ThinkingMiss Manaz Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University Manaz is a Master’s student in Computer Information Technology at Purdue University who’s research is focused on CAD simulations’ effect on students’ design thinking skills when tackling messy problems.Dr. Chandan Dasgupta, Purdue University Dr. Chandan Dasgupta received his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where he was awarded the Chancellor’s graduate research fellowship for his dissertation work on scaffolding students’ productive

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E.S. Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #9724Examining the Engineering Design Process of First-Year Engineering Stu-dents During a Hands-on, In-class Design Challenge.Ms. Jessica E S Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Jessica Swenson is a graduate student at Tufts University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a research focus on engineering education. She received a M.S. from Tufts University in science, technology, engineering and math education and a B.S. from Northwestern University in mechan- ical engineering. Her current research involves examining the design process of undergraduate students

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; Karen Marosi, Bucknell University; Ronald Ziemian, Bucknell University

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First-Year Programs

reasons: a) to reduce functional class size from 200 to a moretypical class size of less than 35; b) Provide students with a more in-depth learningexperience; c) Promote faculty ownership of the course. Now, having graduated our firstclass who experienced this new first-year course format, we are wondering: was thechange effective? In this paper, we assess each of the goals given for the original changein light of student survey data, student retention data, as well as faculty interviews.Results suggest that the change effectively improved student satisfaction with the courseas well as promoting improvements in other areas.Introduction Bucknell University is a primarily undergraduate university with a focus onundergraduate education. The

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto

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First-Year Programs

domestically and internationally. His work spans various engagements with engineering ed- ucation, including collaborations with the Royal Canadian Navy on resiliency projects, graduate students on multi-institutional studies of teaching assistant efficacy and engineering curriculum planning, as well as using sentiment analysis and natural language processing to interpret large-scale student feedback. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Bridges and barriers: A multi-year study of workload-related learning experiences from diverse student and instructor perspectives in first-year engineering educationIntroductionThis paper reports on the work of a multi-year

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srinjita Bhaduri, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Van Horne Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder; Peter Gyory, University of Colorado, Boulder; Hannie Ngo; Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

on these topics, including over 80 peer-reviewed schol- arly publications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Enhancing 3D Modeling with Augmented Reality in an after-school engineering program (Work in Progress)AbstractWe report on a 3-week study which was part of a longer (16-week) after-school engineeringprogram built around Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs/Drones). Participating youth are middleschool students from low income families (n = 8). These youth are tasked with understanding thecapabilities of UAVs and using them to address a societal need: delivering supplies via drone toa remote village impacted by a natural disaster. The UAV curriculum is developed around