Conference Session

First-year Programs: Core Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wujie Zhang, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Gina Elizabeth Mazzone, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Anne Alexander, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jill Meyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Paper ID #28830Increasing Motivation and Enhancing the chemistry enrichment experienceof incoming students’ through the use of lectures related to chemistryin engineering and ALEKS R systemDr. Wujie Zhang, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Wujie Zhang, a Biomedical and Food Engineer, is an associate professor in the Physics and Chemistry Department at MSOE. He has been recently named ”20 under 40” by the ASEE Prism magazine. With a committed interest in lifelong learning and engineering education, he has been an eager participant in various workshops and programs, such as the ASEE Virtual Communities of Practice (VCP) program

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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Diversity

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Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering as a Career Relate to Their Self-Efficacy, Career Expectations, and Grittiness?AbstractThis complete research paper examines the potential connection between student beliefs aboutengineering as a profession, as well as the perceptions of their family and friends, to their reportedself-efficacy, career expectations, and grittiness.The student responses examined were obtained from non-calculus ready engineering students at alarge land grant institution in the Mid-Atlantic region. The students participated in a well-established program focused on cohort formation, mentorship, professional skill development, andfostering a sense of inclusion and belonging in engineering. The program, consisting of a one-week pre

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Adams, Chandler Gilbert Community College; Mary Beth Burgoyne

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Diversity

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, she is lead faculty for the IFS online Learning Community program, and serves on numerous CGCC committees, Student Learning Outcomes Assess- ment (SLOAC), Student Success Committee, HLC Reaffirmation of Accreditation Quality Assurance Steering Team (QAST), and the Maricopa County Community Colleges District Libraries Electronic Re- sources Committee and is the eResources coordinator for the CGCC Library. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017An Evidence Based Practice: Integrating Humanitarian Engineering DesignProjects to Increase Retention of Underrepresented Minority Students and to Achieve Interpersonal Skill Related Learning OutcomesAbstractThis complete evidence-based

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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Paper ID #23392Bridges and Barriers: A Multi-year Study of Workload-related Learning Ex-periences from Diverse Student and Instructor Perspectives in First-year En-gineering EducationMs. Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto Darlee Gerrard is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Toronto. She received her Hon. B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, B.Ed. from Brock University, and Masters degree from Memorial University. She coordinates leadership and community outreach programs in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include STEM

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney N Hallman, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma

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Paper ID #13312Mentorship Techniques as They Relate to the Retention of First Year Tradi-tional and Non-traditional Engineering StudentsMs. Sydney N Hallman, University of Oklahoma Sydney Hallman is an electrical engineering senior at the University of Oklahoma. She also participates in the Accelerated Degree Program and will continuing her graduate work at the University of Oklahoma in electrical engineering. She has served as the Teaching Assistant for the Transfer Engineering Course and for Engineering Professional Development Course for multiple semesters. She is an active member of the Dean’s Leadership Council Mentor

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Brittany Strachota, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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implemented in the first-year engineering programs. Page 22.1282.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Self-Directed Learning Contention: Student and Faculty ViewsAbstractSelf-directed learning (SDL) is a pedagogical technique that is commonly practiced within theframework of project-based learning (PjBL) SDL has been found to be useful in the developmentof skills necessary for engineering careers, including open-ended problem-solving, life-longlearning, and critical thinking. Implemented in a variety of ways, SDL is primarily characterizedby developing student autonomy. According to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Cornucopia (Educational Research)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaylee A. Dunnigan, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Gunter W. Georgi, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Materials Labs and the University of New Mexico as a research intern. Currently she is a research assistant for the Modestino Group at NYU Tandon help- ing develop and optimize a new type of process system for Nylon 6,6. She is the President of the NYU chapter of Society of Advanced Materials Science and Process Engineering and is the composites lead for the NYU baja competition team.Dr. Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department and Civil Engineer- ing Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He teaches the First-Year Engineering Program course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is also the Director of Vertically

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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Paper ID #19528Evaluating a Flipped Lab Approach in a First-Year Engineering Design CourseDr. Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He studied civil engineering and received his B.S. from the Ohio State University and his M.S and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary focus is developing curriculum and pedagogical techniques for engineering education, particularly in the Introduction to Engineering and Design course at NYU. He has a background in Transportation

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Uma Lakshman, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

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Barrier Change. She currently is the Vice President of her school’s chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers and oversees the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge competition teams. She will be the president of the chapter next year.Dr. Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is the Assistant Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He is also an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department and Civil Engineer- ing Department where he teaches the First-Year Engineering Program course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is the Director of Vertically Integrated Projects at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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14.867.8expose them to alternative conceptions of teaching and learning.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the Spencer Foundation Small Grants program for its support of ourinitial pilot study, which provided the dataset for this paper (Spencer Grant #200500077). Wewould also like to thank Maria Ong of TERC for her invaluable contributions during the stagesof study design, data collection, and initial analytical conceptualization. Finally, we would liketo send our thanks to Lindsay Page, Dana Wright, and Esther Hurh who were involved in datacollection.Bibliography1. Rimer, Sara. “At M.I.T., Large Lectures are Going the Way of the Blackboard.” The New York Times, 12 Jan. 2009. 2. Basken, Paul. “Why Engineering Schools Are Slow to Change

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Riggins Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitlin Anna Coffey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Arwen Sadler, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephanos Matsumoto, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Paul Ruvolo, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; C. Jason Woodard, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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complex systems. Dr. Wood is also pursuing her interests in the areas of equity and justice through education and engagement with context and values. She serves as the Director of Olin’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program and the Director of the Babson-Olin-Wellesley Sustainability Certificate program, and she recently led the creation of Olin’s new Sustainability concentration, among many other internal and external engagements. After graduating from Harvard University with a B.A. in Dramatic Literature, Dr. Wood worked pro- fessionally in theater and wrote and recorded two musical albums. She then returned to school to study engineering, earning a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University. Dr. Wood went on to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Paper ID #15069Video Instruction to Complement All Learning Styles in a First-Year Intro-duction to Engineering CourseDr. Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He studied civil engineering and received his B.S. from the Ohio State University and his M.S and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary focus is developing curriculum and pedagogical techniques for engineering education, particularly in the Introduction to Engineering and Design course at NYU. He has a background in

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Introductory Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George List, North Carolina State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-1478: INTRODUCING CIVIL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS THROUGHPROGRAMMINGGeorge List, North Carolina State University George List is Head of the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department at NC State University Page 12.961.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing Civil Engineering Analysis through ProgrammingAbstractThis paper describes a course in computer programming that is being offered to freshmen andsophomores in civil engineering at NC State. Visual Basic (VBA in Excel) and MATLAB arebeing used as the programming languages. Much of the learning occurs through

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Abraham Lachowsky, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-1460: A SUCCESSFUL ENGINEERING PEER MENTORING PROGRAMCarol Gattis, University of Arkansas Carol S. Gattis, Ph.D. is an associate professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She also directs and develops new programs for the college-wide efforts of recruitment, retention and diversity.Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas Bryan Hill, an industrial engineer, is the associate director of recruitment, retention and diversity for the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Bryan managed the 2005-2006 pilot engineering peer mentoring program.Abraham Lachowsky, University of Arkansas Abraham Lachowsky is a senior undergraduate student in the Industrial

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University; Elsie Elford, Grant MacEwan University

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First-Year Programs

literature onstrengths and the use of strengths as a mechanism for enhancing self understanding andimproving team performance. It was clear from the outset of this course that this process mightbe useful as an educational tool (for the students) and as a research tool (engineering educationalresearch) in analyzing the first-year engineering educational experience. As a result,StrengthsFinder was introduced in our first-year program as a part of the curriculum in a courseentitled “An Introduction to the Engineering Profession”. This initiative has evolved into anongoing longitudinal study examining the StrengthsFinder talent themes of first-year engineeringstudents, to determine whether or not each engineering group possesses a unique talent

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Demetrius Caldwell, Michigan State University, Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering; Kyle P. Foster, Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering, Michigan State University; Tonisha Brandy Lane, Michigan State University; Rickey Alfred Caldwell Jr, Michigan State University; Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE. Page 22.1681.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 What Happens After a Summer Bridge Program: The DPO Scholars ProgramIntroductionThe current state of retention as it relates to underrepresented minorities (URM) and at-riskstudents in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors is welldocumented.1-­‐3 Failure to retain these students in STEM will have far-reaching, negativeimplications for the U.S. economy and for the U.S. in general.4 We will need a diverse group ofpeople to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focus on Student Success I

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; Tom Tretter, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Measuring First-Year Engineering Majors Interest in EngineeringAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper is focused on measuring the individual/maintained interestconstruct for first-year engineering students at a Southeastern university with a strongengineering program. A major contributing factor to ongoing low-level retention rates in STEMfields is the nature of many first- and second-year gateway courses, resulting in an undesirablylarge number of student attrition. The authors hypothesize first-year student experiences thatsignificantly enhance interest in engineering, if effectively implemented, can outweigh thediscouragement resulting from

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College; Stacey L. Zimmerman, Elizabethtown College

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courses and the first-year introduction to engineering course. He is also developing a collaborative study abroad program in West Africa built around social enterprise initiatives.Stacey L. Zimmerman, Elizabethtown College Stacey Zimmerman is a Gallup-certified strengths coach who believes in the powerful combination of honoring our natural talents while uncovering our unique purpose in life. She currently directs strengths education, coaching, and leadership development at Elizabethtown College, and she was a former human resources professional. Through the lens of strengths and leadership development, she is able to mentor and coach individuals with the goal of living authentic lives. c

Conference Session

FPD 1: The Path to Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Marisa K. Orr, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University

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enrollment began their college careers outside engineering.1Many programs have been put in place to recruit students into engineering fromunderrepresented groups,2,3 but fewer programs exist to recruit from among students alreadyenrolled in universities and the nature of the engineering curriculum makes it difficult for manystudents to switch into engineering once they have chosen a different academic pathway.Most people who apply to colleges of engineering “always wanted” to be engineers or at leastthey had decided by the time they were seniors in high school that engineering was going to betheir career path. Many identify as being “good at math and science” and therefore engineeringmade sense to them.4 Others like to build things or got involved

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jill Anne Folkerts, Purdue University; Taylor V. Williams, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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engineering courses covera variety of learning objectives. An important and common component of first-year courses inengineering programs is introducing students to engineering concepts, practices, and theengineering profession as well as motivating the students towards engineering.1 According to aDelphi study by Reid and colleagues,2 these courses cover four main areas: engineering skills(e.g., design process, programming), professional skills (e.g., teamwork, technicalcommunication), orientation to the engineering program (e.g., discipline selection), andorientation to the engineering profession (e.g., professional societies). Hence, these coursesaddress both technical and professional outcomes outlined by ABET as well as orientations toengineering

Conference Session

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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Engineering is his main area of study, Brendan also has a vested interest in working to advance the field of engineering education.Dr. Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Yevgeniya V. Zastavker is an Associate Professor of Physics at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Her research interests lie at the intersection of project-based learning and gender studies with specic emphasis on the curricula and pedagogies implemented in the rst-year engineering programs. Page 23.595.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Faculty Perceptions on

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Leslie, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic University); Gunter W. Georgi, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering; Alyssa Marie D'Apice, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering

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Paper ID #12690A Student-Led Approach to Promoting Teamwork in an Introductory Engi-neering PresentationDr. Christopher Leslie, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic Univer-sity) Christopher Leslie is a Lecturer of Science, Technology and Media Studies at the New York Univer- sity Polytechnic School of Engineering in Brooklyn, New York, and he is codirector of the Science and Technology Studies program there. Dr. Leslie’s research considers the cultural formations that surround technology, science, and media in the 19th- and 20th-century United States. He is the head writing con

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Howard, East Carolina University; Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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programs have freshman-level courses that are designed to introduce studentsto the engineering profession, teach problem-solving and design skills, and motivate the students.Engineering graphics is a subject that is also usually taught at the freshman level, sometimesintegrated with the introduction to engineering course, other times as a stand-alone course. Solidmodeling software has become widely used in education over the past decade, primarily inexisting engineering graphics courses. Because solid modeling is an integral part of the productdesign cycle, it can be used as a gateway to explore engineering design and to relate courseworkto real world applications. The use of solid modeling software at the freshman level also has thepotential for

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

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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 Problems in a   First­Year Engineering Design Course     Many first­year programs begin with a course that includes one or a few projects to excite and  1​engage students in engineering. These projects vary from real world clients based​  to socially  2​ 3​ 4​relevant discipline based​  to design­build­test­compete​  to robotics based challenges​ . Each of these courses contain various learning goals including the engineering design process

Conference Session

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

Collection

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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she is getting into,struggling with the academic requirements of the course, and becoming more and morealienated from it. She has since registered in a journalism program and the following quoteexpresses the strong contrast with her engineering experience: I think if that is your profession from the start - cause I now am telling my friends I'm a journalist, I’m relating to what I am doing. I never thought of myself, I never called myself an engineer last year. So I think from this side if that is your profession if that's what you really want to do. If you know enough of what engineers do, and what you are doing then you can start from the beginning to call yourself an engineer.The second student had anticipated

Conference Session

FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Prendergast, Rutgers, School of Engineering; Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University

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First-Year Programs

concepts, thefoundations of the engineering design process, and professional skills like team work, leadership,and communication before they enter the workforce.15,16,17,18,19 ABET’s Criterion 3 addresses thetraditional STEM related skills (a-e) and professional skills (f-k).ABET Criterion 3. Student Outcomes: The program must have documented student outcomesthat prepare graduates to attain the program educational objectives.(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering;(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realisticconstraints such as economic, environmental, social, political

Conference Session

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

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

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encouraging student participationand perspectives, and William Knight (8) stresses the importance of learning communities thatlink courses together to encourage deeper understanding of the course material. This study wasinformed by these proposals as it attempted to create a transformative classroom experience forfirst-year students enrolled in a composition class for engineering students.The Classroom ContextThe composition course of this study is part of the first-year experience in the College ofEngineering that is offered within the Technical Communication Program. The coursedescription in the catalog includes the following: Page 22.5.3 “Emphasis

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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engineering but do notfeel like they belong there. This can be the result of external pressures from family or others topursue a degree in engineering or students not knowing what else to do besides engineering.These students recognize that an engineering degree has value and can be a pathway to a stablecareer but lack passion or inspiration related to engineering.Frustration includes the many ways that students may struggle when transitioning from pre-college to first-year engineering. This includes being unprepared for the level of mathematicsand science integration and requirements present in undergraduate engineering programs, fewerhands-on activities, and issues with the relevance and authenticity of what is being learned in thefirst-year

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Paper ID #19692A Learning Trajectory for Developing Computational Thinking and Program-mingDr. Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Sean Brophy is a mechanical engineer, computer scientist and learning scientists. His research in engineering education and learning sciences explores how undergraduate engineering students develop skills in design, troubleshooting and analytical reasoning. He is particularly interested in how these skills develop through students’ interaction with technology.Prof. Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Tony

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The Ever-Changing Course

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Thompson, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven

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graphical programming.6. Develop a basic understanding of engineering terminology. Define the basic terminology related to the engineering pillars and engineering professionalism.Incorporating New System Engineering Methods within Current Curriculum: Issues ofClass Time ConstraintsBy infusing system engineering concepts and methods into curriculum, instructors do not have toeliminate any of the existing projects or assignments, and can still introduce system engineeringprinciples and practices as part of existing projects. Some minor modifications to the projects areproposed to demonstrate system engineering methods. The posing of questions for discussionconcerning the system engineering implications for each project, adds only a small