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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Kiassat, PhD, MBA, PE P.E., Quinnipiac University; Ruby ElKharboutly, Quinnipiac University

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First-Year Programs

pedagogical research that enhances students class experience and interdisciplinary research in which software engineering is used to empower other disciplines. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Lean Manufacturing Initiative to Streamline the Advising Process, A Work-in-progressAbstract In this work-in-progress, we describe a novel advising process that employs student Peer Mentors (PM) to enhance the operational efficiency of academic advisors. A “Lean manufacturing” framework is used to classify all activities as value-added or non-value- added ones. By applying this framework to our current advising process for first-year students within the School of

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FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brophy, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-2498: FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ INITIALS IDEAS FORSOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMSSean Brophy, Purdue University Sean P. Brophy, PhD. is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Brophy is a learning scientist and engineer; his research focuses on the development of learners’ ability to solve complex problems in engineering, mathematics and science contexts. He continues to work on identifying new opportunities to use technology to support learning, formative assessment, and instruction. Page 13.613.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford

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Paper ID #27235Freshman-year Initiative for a Cohort of Largely Engineering Minority Stu-dentsDr. Kamau Wright, University of Hartford Kamau Wright is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Hartford. He spe- cializes in thermo-fluids and plasma engineering. His technical research interests include applications of high voltage plasma discharges to liquids and wastewaters; plasma decomposition of carbon dioxide; foul- ing prevention and mitigation for heat exchangers; oxidation of organic matter in water; and inactivation of bacteria using high voltage plasmas. c

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Clemson University. Broadly, her research interests include self-directed learning and motivation, learning within communities of prac- tice, the cultural influence on informal and formal learning, and intergenerational learning. Abby currently works as a graduate assistant for the General Engineering Learning Community, which supports freshmen engineering students in building effective learning strategies that are transferable to the workforce, includ- ing collaboration, self-regulation, and reflection. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Strategic, Translational Retention Initiatives to Promote Engineering SuccessAbstractThis Work in

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First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenai Kelley Brown, Clemson University; Natalie Stringer, Clemson University; Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

students recognize and connect to their potential.Natalie Stringer, Clemson University Natalie Stringer is a senior at Clemson University, graduating in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences with a minor in Microbiology. She has worked at the Academic Success Center as an organic chemistry tutor for four semesters. After completing CRLA Level 3 certification, Natalie served the tutoring program in a mentoring capacity as well, acting as a liaison between her colleagues in the sciences and the Assistant Coordinator for Tutoring. Natalie will continue her academic career and research efforts at the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Medicine after her time at Clemson.Dr. Rachel K

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ricks, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Loen Graceson-Martin, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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students’ persistence and success has received a great deal of attentionin the literature. According to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)1, “Only 40-60percent of entering engineering students persist to an engineering degree, and women andminorities are at the low end of that range. These retention rates represent an unacceptablesystemic failure to support student learning in the field.” (p. 40).Noteworthy is that research has shown that predictors of retention change throughout the firsttwo years of an engineering program and predictors of graduation vary across universities.2Tinto’s3 Student Integration Theory posits that students enter university with varied backgroundcharacteristics and goal commitments which in turn influences their

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Nazanin Naderi, Youngstown State University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #24955Engineering Time: Learning Analytics Initiative to Understand how First-year Engineering Students Spend their TimeDr. Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University Dr. Cory Brozina is an assistant professor and the Director of First Year Engineering at Youngstown State University. He completed his B.S. and M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his PhD is in Engineering Education, also from Virginia Tech. His research interests include: Learning Analytics, First-Year Engineering and Assessment.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Associate Professor in the

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Exploring Retention

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Sean Mulvenon, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-454: AN INITIAL ANALYSIS OF FRESHMAN-TO-SOPHOMORERETENTION IN A NEW FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAMRichard Cassady, University of Arkansas Dr. Cassady is Director of the Freshman Engineering Program and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas, where he has served on the faculty since August, 2000. Prior to joining the University of Arkansas faculty, he was an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at Mississippi State University (1996-2000). As Director of Freshman Engineering, he is responsible for overseeing the development and operation of both the academic and student services components of this first-year experience program for College of

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Theiss, The Ohio State University; John E Robertson, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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Paper ID #14866Engineering Major Selection: An Examination of Initial Choice and Switch-ing Throughout the First YearAndrew Theiss, The Ohio State University Andrew Theiss is a Ph.D. student in the biomedical engineering graduate program at The Ohio State University. Andrew received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2009. He currently works as a graduate research associate in the Wexner Medical Center and is in his third year as a graduate teaching associate in the Engineering Education Innovation Center (EEIC). His engineering research interests are focused on the development of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division - Visualization and Mathematics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Moshe Kam P.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology; Edwin Hou, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs, Mathematics

. Holmes MacDonald Award ”for the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Educator.”Dr. Edwin Hou, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Edwin Hou is a professor in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research interests include embedded systems, autonomous vehicles, nonlinear optimization, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Impact of Initiatives for Helping First Year Students Start on Track in Mathematics SequenceAbstractThis is an evidence-based practice paper. New Jersey Institute of Technology, located inNewark, NJ, administers

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Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Jed Marquart, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-197: ADDRESSING THIRD WORLD POVERTY IN FIRST-YEARENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROJECTS: INITIAL FINDINGSJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi

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First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #25154Engineering Major Certainty: A Look at Major Discernment Initiatives Preand PostDr. Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Dr. Kerry Meyers holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (B.S. & M.S. Mechanical Engineering) and is specifically focused on programs that influence student’s experience, affect retention rates, and the factors that determine the overall long term success of students entering an engineering program. She is the Assistant Dean for Student Development in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She is committed to the betterment of the undergraduate curriculum and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Nicholas A. Baine, Grand Valley State University; Samhita Rhodes, Grand Valley State University

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First-Year Programs

institutions anda solution was proposed and developed through support from the National Science Foundation[6]. The result was the development of an introductory applied mathematics course, whichfocuses on the use of math in engineering courses. Material from this research initiative is taughtin a new engineering course titled “Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving” and is taughtin parallel with the precalculus math course, which is the prerequisite for calculus.Beyond the need to provide academic support is to facilitate the engagement of students with thatsupport. To improve engagement, the first step was the introduction of a welcome luncheonbefore the beginning of the Fall semester, allowing the students to meet other incoming studentsas well

Conference Session

The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates, Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

- search and experiential learning opportunities for students traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields.Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University Donna Crystal Llewellyn received her BA (major in Mathematics and minor in Economics) with High Honors from Swarthmore College in 1980. She went on to earn an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1984. After 30 years at Georgia Tech in a variety of roles, Donna became the Executive Director of the new Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives at Boise State University in January 2015. Donna’s current interests center around education issues in general, and in particular on increasing

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University; Abigail Clark, Ohio State University; Jane Petrie, Ohio State University ; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

pedagogical uses of digital systems. She also investigates fundamental questions critical to improving undergraduate engineering degree pathways. . She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. In 2013, Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh was honored as a promising new engineering education researcher when she was selected as an ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 WIP: Initial Interviews to Understand the Formation of Engineering Communities of Practice and Identity during the First YearAbstractThis Work in Progress paper reports on our efforts to understand the development of engineeringidentity and

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First-year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Yih-Fang Huang, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #18510Work in Progress: Development of Optional Summer Video Content for Prepa-ration for Sophomore Year, with Initial FindingsDr. Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame Dr. Victoria Goodrich is the Director of the First-Year Engineering Program at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Notre Dame. Her research focuses primarily on Engineering Education issues, especially focused within the first-year engineering experience.Dr. Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame Dr. Leo H. McWilliams is

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FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin- Madison; Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Murphy, University of Wisconsin- Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-2627: STUDENT-INITIATED DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OFSUPPLEMENTAL HANDS-ON FABRICATION TRAINING CURRICULUM IN ANINTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE: A TQM APPROACHSilas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin- Madison Silas Bernardoni is a fifth year senior studying Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison, College of Engineering. Design and fabrication has been one of his main activities and hobbies his entire life while growing up on a farm in rural Wisconsin. He has been on the Intro to Engineering Design teaching team for two years and is currently the Lead Student Assistant in charge of planning and coordinating all fabrication training and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville; Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

that predict student success, including academic preparedness [25],[26] and the psychological factors of motivation, self-efficacy, and attitude [27]–[30]. Ouruniversity’s school of engineering mirrors that of many engineering schools across the country asefforts of research to improve teaching and learning are made in hopes of retaining engineeringstudents into engineering careers. The longitudinal interdisciplinary research group, GEARS,that initially assembled around the research goal of focusing on first-year engineering studentretention and academic achievement has sustained in their efforts, while expanding theirexploration of first-year student retention through innovative, interdisciplinary viewpoints. Ourgroup is now poised to look at

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zane Mitchell, University of Southern Indiana; Marco Lara Gracia, University of Southern Indiana; Ronald Diersing, University of Southern Indiana; Glen Kissel, University of Southern Indiana

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First-Year Programs

majorsearly in their undergraduate education, to improve K-12 STEM outreach programs in the region,and to provide better training for K-16 teachers in the STEM fields.It is particularly important to USI that we increase our retention and graduation rates within ourSTEM programs. Data indicate that only 13% of STEM freshmen actually graduate with STEMdegrees from our institution by the 6 year point. Roughly 50% of incoming STEM freshmenhave transferred out of the STEM programs by the end of their freshman year. A further 20% ofthose incoming STEM majors have transferred out by the end of their sophomore year.This paper will focus on the initial successes of the early undergraduate research program in theEngineering Department. The early undergraduate

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adia Radecka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Alyssa Bradshaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Javi Cardenas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sara Xochilt Lamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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from the three cohorts of the Academic Redshirt in Science and Engineering(ARISE) program at UIUC participated in research. Based on student initiative to gain researchexposure, a group of students, faculty, and staff co-developed an undergraduate researchmentorship program focused on work in the field of soft robotics. The program is aimed atproviding exposure to research within the first undergraduate years. The goal is to involvestudents in the culture of research - publishing papers, attending conferences, and mentoringother students, all shown to have positive outcomes for undergraduate students and promotefurther exploration of research opportunities. To do so, we created a cohort-based, fundedresearch opportunity for students from the

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FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

participants were members of the University’s Honors College and completed the coursein their first or second year on campus.In the initial offering, the course focused on a single problem: how to increase the sustainabilityof the supercomputer center on campus? Students enrolled in this problem-based researchseminar learned about the problem area through in-class instruction and homework assignments,and then worked with the instructors to develop individual projects examining various solutionsto the shared research problem. In the second year the course was offered, the focus shifted froma specific problem to the broader topic of image analysis workflows, which are used in manySTEM disciplines to analyze data from photos and videos. In this workflow

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cordon, University of Idaho; Barbara Williams, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

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First-Year Programs

solving, design, and research are presented to studentswho are then asked how this framework could benefit their project work. In addition to thequalitative feedback, comprehension of the three definitions was measured by asking students toclassify common engineering challenges as primarily problem solving, design, or research. Page 12.555.2Students were also prompted to think about skills that limited their performance in problemsolving, design, and research. This was initiated by asking students to process a Venn diagramprepared by the authors that highlighted learning skills likely to be associated with each process.Skills that are common to

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #6845What’s Trust Got to Do with It? Assessing a Research-Based Mentoring Pro-gram for Novice EngineersMs. Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder Alyssa is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her focus is primarily on energy and the environment.Ms. Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder Janet Y. Tsai is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, whose work examines and develops initiatives to encourage more students, especially women, into the eld of engineering. Currently, Tsai’s research focuses on understanding

Conference Session

FPD 5: Transitions and Student Success, Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Laura Darrah, Residence Life, Western Michigan University; Paul V. Engelmann, Western Michigan University; Cynthia Halderson, Western Michigan University; Bryan W. Thumme, Western Michigan University; Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University

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Western Michigan University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences for since 2010. Page 23.1041.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Research Pilots Assess Enhanced Student Success Resulting from Student Affairs Collaboration with Engineering and Applied SciencesAbstractThree research pilots to enhance student success were implemented through the collaborationbetween engineering and applied sciences and student affairs in 2010 to 2012. The researchpilots are Engineering House (EH), Mandatory Math Tutoring, and At-Risk Student Intervention.Preliminary results show

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Research and Spatial Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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- in the spring of 2019. Spoiler alert: yes, you can put asuccessful and valuable undergraduate research program in place without offering a series ofthree course (not to diminish this approach, rather to confirm an undergraduate research programcan take many different forms and still be very valuable to everyone involved.) CSU is an R1land-grant institution, whereby faculty members have access to graduate as well asundergraduate students to work in research labs. This paper will describe the process used andresources required to initiate and run an undergraduate research program, and these artifactsshould be scalable to an undergraduate-only institution as well. Details specific to adapting thisprocess to an undergraduate-only institution

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern University; Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University

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Engineering in 2010. His research interests include success in first-year engineering, introducing entrepreneurship into engineering, international service and engineering in K-12.Mr. Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University Tyler is a sophomore studying engineering education at Ohio Northern University, where he currently resides as president and co-founder of a student chapter of ASEE. Previously, Tyler has co-authored two papers for the 2012 ASEE North-Central conference. At ONU, tyler is also involved in the Dean’s advisory team, Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, the yearly STEM day, and Northern Engineers without Boundaries.Mr. Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern UniversityElizabeth Marie Spingola

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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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First-Year Programs

Integrated Projects at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on Smart Cities Technology with a focus on trans- portation. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly for project-based curriculum, first-year engineering, and transportation. He is ac- tive in the American Society for Engineering Education and is the Webmaster for the ASEE First-Year Programs Division and the First-Year Engineering Experience Conference. He is affiliated with the Trans- portation Engineering program in the NYU Civil and Urban Engineering Department, and is the Associate Director for Education and Workforce Development Initiatives for the Connected Cities for

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Tarnisha Green, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Robert Ricks, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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order to meet thisobjective the COE is focusing on improving retention rates at the freshman and sophomore levelsbecause the attrition rate is highest during the first two years. The COE is implementing aholistic program to address common reasons for students leaving the engineering program,including lack of academic preparation; financial difficulties; difficulty in adjusting to collegelife; lack of a community atmosphere; and disappointment at not being able to experienceengineering principles during the first two years. Following an initial planning period, the COElaunched seven major initiatives in 2007 to achieve project goals. These initiatives include (1) anEngineering Residential College that forms the foundation of a new living

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Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Rebecca Payne, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

practices.Susan Freeman, Northeastern UniversityRichard Whalen, Northeastern UniversityRebecca Payne, Northeastern University Rebecca Payne is a junior in the Industrial Engineering Program at NU and is voluntarily assisting with this undergraduate research initiative. She is also an Honors student minoring in Mathematics while pursuing a dual degree MBA at Northeastern. She has worked for several years as a mentor teaching science and engineering at several local high schools. Page 15.1143.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Successful Students

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FPD 3: Research on First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Renée S DeGraaf M.A., Lansing Community College; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College; Ruth Heckman, Lansing Community College; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff P.E., Michigan State University

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admitted students. ๏ Incoming ACT scores were slightly higher for participants in CF than the group as a whole.4.2. Major Findings4.2.1. Admission DataIn the Fall 2010, the Office for Survey Research [OSR] surveyed students who had declaredthemselves intenders for admission to the COE in the academic year 2008-2009. These studentswere the first to have any exposure to the CF program in its initial form, and they are, to thispoint, the only students who could have gained admission to the college.There was statistically significant evidence that those students who had been involved with CFwere more likely to have been admitted. The greater their involvement, the higher the percentageof admissions. ๏ 65% of the students who