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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Richard Sheryll, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rustam Stolkin, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

. These projects help expose students to practical design issues in thefreshman year, foster creative problem solving skills and may aid student retention onengineering programs. These projects have also been successfully piloted in pre-collegeprograms, aimed at generating interest in engineering careers among high school students.We describe ongoing work to extend these projects to include computer control and sensoryfeedback, allowing students to develop autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Further, weoutline ongoing work to assess the effectiveness of these modules.1 IntroductionThis paper describes an ongoing effort, at Stevens Institute of Technology, to develop a set ofeducational modules, which will teach fundamental engineering

Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

, and Circuit Analysis.Prof. Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses for Western Washington University’s Electronics Engineering Technology(EET) program for 25 years. He has been the EET program coordinator since 2005 and also served as department chair from 2008-2012. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C programming in small real-time embedded systems and has worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellow. He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saira Anwar, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Damji Heo Stratton, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dayoung Kim, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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First-Year Programs

strategies of self-reflection, and teamcitizenship, we believe that it is pertinent to study and explore these two aspects together. Thus,in this study, we aim to explore the relationship between these two strategies.Research MethodSite The data is collected from a large mid-western university from the first-year engineeringstudents of a required course. In this class, students learn to develop the solutions for engineeringdesigns by attempting modeling challenges and practice evidence-based engineering decisions ondiverse teams. “Students cover topics such as data visualization and analysis, ethics, engineeringdesign, application of basic programming to the solution of engineering problems, developmentof mathematical models to solve

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FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-2404: A DROP-IN TUTORING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERINGDr. Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder BEVERLY LOUIE is the director for teaching and learning initiatives in the Broadening Opportunities through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from CU, and a D.Phil. in mechanical engineer- ing from the University of Oxford, England. Dr. Louie’s research interests are in the areas of engineering student retention and performance, teaching effectiveness and collaborative learning.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder DANIEL W. KNIGHT is the engineering assessment

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anika Coolbaugh Pirkey, West Virginia University; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

, West Virginia University Lizzie Y. Santiago, Ph.D., is a Teaching Associate Professor for the Freshman Engineering Program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and has postdoctoral training in neural tissue engineering and molecular neurosciences. She teaches freshman engineering courses and supports the outreach and recruiting activities of the college. Her research interests include neural tissue engineering, stem cell research, absorption of air pollutants in human upper airways, attrition and university retention, increasing student awareness and interest in research and engineering, STEM education, and recruitment and retention of

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

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Peter M. Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Susan Nesbit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Naoko Ellis P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Gerald Tembrevilla, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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First-Year Programs

interested in sustainability education and transdisciplinary learning.Mr. Gerald Tembrevilla, University of British Columbia c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Developing Metacognition in First-Year Students through Interactive Online VideosAbstractThis complete research paper examines the use and impact of a series of optional interactiveonline videos (“screencasts”) to develop metacognition and learning perspectives in first-yearengineering students. In 2018, eight screencasts were distributed once per week at the start of anintroduction to engineering course; this was expanded to nine screencasts in 2019. Theeffectiveness of the screencasts was assessed using a

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sura Al-Qudah, Western Washington University ; Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Michael Andrew Greiner

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

pedagogies by exploring the effectivenessof small interventions that can be embedded into busy course curriculums without significantlydetracting from classroom time available for content directly connected to course outcomes. Thethree interventions used in this study include a first-day collaborative activity to establishclassroom norms; a mid-quarter activity centered around growth mindset and metacognition; anda one-to-one instructor/student meeting.The effectiveness of the interventions on increasing sense of belonging is assessed using a seriesof five Likert scale questions drawn from other belongingness surveys found in the literature [2].The pre-course survey was administered during the first week of the term with nine questionsembedded in a

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jered H. Dean, Colorado School of Mines; Kristine R. Csavina, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work in Progress: Self-Guided Professional Development as an Enabler for Multidisciplinary ProgramsAbstractThe capstone design program at Colorado School of Mines serves three departments and fourdegree programs, each having their own demands, distinctive industry-specific languages, anddepartmental expectations. Each discipline is looking to the capstone design program to provideABET required capstone projects and assessment, professional practice training, and instructionin multiple discipline specific design tools and techniques to their students. This paper describesthe use of student-specific professional development plans, in

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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First-Year Programs

five outcome areas. The specific learning objectives are given in Table1 in the Assessment section.Acculturate Students to the College and UniversityBoth the literature and focus groups with SJSU freshmen indicate the importance of engagementon campus to student success. A primary goal of EXCEED was to get the students familiar withthe resources on campus, including current students, staff and faculty. Roughly nine hours ofdirect programming was dedicated to this outcome including the activities detailed below.Peer Mentors: A core part of the program was peer mentors. Five peer mentors each workedwith a small team of the EXCEED students (six to seven students per team) throughout theprogram. The peer mentors had served as peer mentors for the

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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First-Year Programs

compared.6,7 The existing literature about TFIDF describes it as atechnique used to classify documents based on keywords and modifiers. Specifically, TFIDF isused to describe documents using hierarchical subclasses, or other creative methods where thealgorithm is used repeatedly per subclass. For example, a keyword for a computer hardware partmight be described as “comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware”, and this is an example of where thealgorithm is used repeatedly in a loop within each subclass. From a computational perspectivethis puts a large load on the processor(s), and as such is quite intensive, but the results aregenerally accurate. Although we are not using a repeated looping method within subclasses forthis study, we can still use the TFIDF to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University; Brett P. Conner, Youngstown State University; Andrew Scott Morgan

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 3D Printing in a First-Year Engineering Design ProjectAbstractThe current study is a work in progress. First-Year Engineering Students from a medium-sized,urban, public university took part in a semester long design project. The Honors Students (1section or approximately 20% of the class) had an additional design project that utilized 3D printtechnologies. During the 2015-2016 school year the honors students worked in small groups todevelop a concept that was then 3D printed for a design competition and then students had theopportunity to revise their design for a final design competition. Course instructors assessed theexperience to better understand how the use of 3D printing

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emine Celik Foust, York College of Pennsylvania

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First-Year Programs

students in developing certain design qualities. Sheppard andJenison [2] outlined these qualities as communication skills, effective teamwork, reflection,problem-solving skills, being resourceful, and considering various aspects of a problemincluding socioeconomics and environment. Depending on the institution, different approacheshave been taken to achieve these qualities such as weekly labs, class demonstrations, smallprojects, and multi-week large-scale projects. Examples of these projects include a mousetrapvehicle project, a balsa bridge project, building airplane out of a soda can, an egg dropcompetition, a cantilever beam competition, a tennis ball launcher, and building catapults andtrebuchets [3].In fall 2013, the Engineering Practice and

Conference Session

Girls in Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Jagiela, University of St. Thomas; Jenna Laleman, University of St. Thomas; Paige Huschka, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

of the program, with upheld focus on increasing interest, knowledge, andconfidence in STEAM, were as follows: 1. Increase young women students’ interest levels in STEAM fields 2. Provide an opportunity for young women to engage in coding and use coding as a platform for future STEAM inquiry in college and beyond 3. Increase student self-confidence and critical thinking skills in STEAM/coding 4. Incorporate coding into a topic in which students are interested in and experience daily such as music 5. Help students draw connections between their interests, passions, and STEAM disciplinesRationale for the Program and Literature ReviewWhen assessing the global proportion of STEM professional positions between

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University

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First-Year Programs

model or script dominating that situation, and envisioning possible moral conflicts or dilemmas that might arise in that context or as outcomes of the dominating scheme. 2. The ability to imagine new possibilities. These possibilities include those that are not context-dependent and that might involve another mental model. 3. Evaluating from a moral point of view both the original context and its dominating mental models, and the new possibilities one has envisioned.Students, as with many people, have a tendency to see ethical issues as black and white. That is,they quickly assess the problem and come up with a “right” course of action. In this process,they use habitual patterns and frameworks for their moral assessment

Conference Session

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

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brooke Morin, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Kathleen A Harper, Ohio State University; Paul Alan Clingan, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

the first-yearengineering may be a good setting in which to introduce the inverted classroom approach. Thepositive attitude percentage is similar to, or even higher than, the figures given in many reports inthe literature.1,6,7,8Conclusion and Future WorkIn summary, the first-year engineering honors program at Ohio State implemented the invertedclassroom approach as part of switching from the quarter system to semesters. Students wererequired to engage in lightly-assessed preparation activities before each class and to participatein application activities during class time. In-class lecturing was minimal. First-semesterstudents learning computer programming in the first implementation of this approach performedno differently from those who

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jamie R. Gomez, University of New Mexico; Sophia Bowers, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Paige Prescott, University of New Mexico; James Scacco, University of New Mexico; Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico; Nicolai Loner, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two- strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Jamie R. Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Lecturer Title III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering

Conference Session

The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville; Matthew A. Verleger Ph.D. (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Farshid Marbouti, San Jose State University

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First-Year Programs

programming skills [24, 25].In this study, we investigated the following research questions: (1) In a computer programmingcourse, how does the assessment of students’ written and coded solutions to a complex open-ended problem change over the course of multiple submissions? and (2) How do students’solutions compare across sections that have an emphasis on modeling and others that do not?MethodsSetting and ParticipantsIn Fall 2018, 302 students enrolled in an introductory computer programming course forengineers across 16 sections at a medium-sized, private, STEM+Business only university. Theprogramming language for the course is MATLAB. All mechanical, civil, and aerospaceengineering students are required to take this course. The electrical and

Conference Session

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

Collection

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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First-Year Programs

Page 26.1221.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Peer-Led-Team-Learning in Early General Engineering CurriculumAbstractThe Partnership for Retention Improvement in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (PRIMES)is an NSF STEP program being implemented across nine different departments in three differentschools (Engineering, Education, and Arts and Sciences) at the University of Louisville. Thecornerstone of this program is the development of Peer-Led-Team-Learning (PLTL) communitiesin several of the foundation courses for each of the participating departments. The underlyingconcept of this approach is students will feel more comfortable and are more

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dinehart, Villanova University; Joseph Yost, Villanova University; Shawn Gross, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

engage young engineers. Data on the course outcomes and studentevaluations for all projects will be presented.IntroductionVillanova University is an independent coeducational institution of higher learning founded bythe Augustinian Order of the Roman Catholic Church. A medium-sized Catholic institution andcomprehensive university, Villanova emphasizes undergraduate instruction and is committed to astrong liberal arts component in each of its undergraduate programs, including engineering.The College of Engineering at Villanova University (CoEVU) is comprised of four departments,Civil and Environmental (CEE), Chemical (ChemE), Electrical and Computer (ECE), andMechanical (ME) and three Centers, the Center for Advanced Communications (CAC

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FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan; Rodney Johnson, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-1571: DESIGN, THE NEXT GENERATION: A FIRST-YEAR COURSE INPRODUCT DESIGNSusan Montgomery, University of Michigan Susan Montgomery is a lecturer and program advisor in the Chemical Engineering Dept. at the University of Michigan. She earned a BSEChE from the University of Michigan, and PhD ChE from Princeton University. She is the ASEE Campus representative and faculty advisor to the ASEE graduate student group. She leads a team of students developing educational software for chemical engineering.Rodney Johnson, University of Michigan Rod Johnson is a lecturer in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan College of Engineering. He has a Ph.D in Linguistics from the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sophia Lerner Pink, Stanford University; Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Adrian Piedra, Stanford University; Shivani Alexandra Torres, Stanford University; Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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First-Year Programs

participation in engineering education. He is a Research Scientist and Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and teaches the course ME310x Product Management and ME305 Statistics for Design Researchers. Mark has extensive background in consumer products management, having managed more than 50 con- sumer driven businesses over a 25-year career with The Procter & Gamble Company. In 2005, he joined Intuit, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and initiated a number of consumer package goods marketing best practices, introduced the use of competitive response modeling and ”on- the-fly” A|B testing program to qualify software improvements. Mark is the Co-Founder and Managing

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan K. Donohue, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

/disasters/kansas_city_walkway.html (n.d.).2. Baker Institute, “Poverty, Energy, and Society,” retrieved on 10 October 2011 from http://www.rice.edu/energy/research/poverty&energy/index.html (n.d.).3. Bailey, R. and Szabo, Z., “Validation of Approaches to Assess Design Process Knowledge,” Proceedings of the 112th ASEE Conference and Exposition (2005).4. Bailey, R.; Szabo, Z.; and Sabers, D., “Assessing Student Learning about Engineering Design in Project- Based Courses,” Proceedings of the 111th ASEE Conference and Exposition (2004).5. Brannan, K.P. and Wankat, P.C., “Survey of First-Year Programs,” Proceedings of the 112th ASEE Conference and Exposition (2005).6. Cardella, M.; Oakes, W.C., Zoltowski, C.B

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FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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First-Year Programs

safety, manufacturability, and sustainability 2. Participate effectively in small teams, 3. Communicate effectively using written and graphical forms and oral presentations, 4. Demonstrate professional and ethical responsibility 5. Use software tools relevant to engineering practice.The course has continued to evolve from one that mainly taught students engineering graphics toone that focuses on the engineering design process, with graphics being one of thecommunication skills supporting the design process. As it is now constructed, the course usestwo significant projects as the context for teaching design. The first project ranges from productdissection and redesign to system design, with different faculty choosing and

Conference Session

COED: Grading Systems

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chenyan Zhao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Silva is known for her teaching innovations and educational studies in large-scale assessments and collaborative learning. She has participated in two major overhauls of large courses in the College of Engineering: she played a key role in the re-structure of the three Me- chanics courses in the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department, and the creation of the new computational-based linear algebra course, which was fully launched in Summer 2021. Silva research fo- cuses on the use of web-tools for class collaborative activities, and on the development of online learning and assessment tools. Silva is passionate about teaching and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Jennifer Lynn Schlegel, Florida Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #19571Implementing an Entrepreneurial Mindset Design Project in an IntroductoryEngineering CourseDr. Matthew James Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Matthew J. Jensen received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2006. Matthew received his doctorate from Clemson University in 2011 in Me- chanical Engineering, focused primarily on automotive control systems and dynamics. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the ProTrack Co-Op Coordinator and Chair of the Gen- eral Engineering Program at Florida Institute of Technology

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FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Elzey, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

-defined problem at the outset, the students are required to work in small teams to carry outresearch and define the problem as they see it. For example, the instructor may state that a certainnumber of people die each year as a result of freezing (hypothermia) in downtown Chicago. Thecauses for these deaths must be researched and, through analysis and discussion, the team must cometo a consensus as to what the ‘real problem’ is. After about the first three weeks, teams present theirview of the problem to their peers as persuasively as they can, and provide an initial solutionconcept. The class then comes to a consensus as to the best problem identification and solutionconcept.During the subsequent phase, in which teams collaborate (see Fig. 1

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Experiential Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandria Steiner, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

-centered learning, and gender and technol- ogy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Investigating task choice in first-year engineeringteam projectsAbstractThis research paper investigates the relationship between the tasks that students take on in teamprojects and changes in their engineering confidence and self-efficacy during project-basedlearning experiences. Project-based learning has become a widely used pedagogy in engineeringprograms at many universities. Courses that involve a hands-on project give engineering studentsa “real world” experience and allow them to work in a setting that mimics a professionalengineering environment: students typically work in small groups to design, build, and

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Focus on Student Success 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Baker A. Martin, Clemson University; Matthew K. Miller, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #33016Exploring Engineering: Peer-sharing Presentations in First-yearEngineering CurriculumDr. Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University Dr. Elizabeth Stephan is the Director of Academics for the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. She holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron. Since 2002, she has taught, developed, and now coordinates the first-year curriculum. She is the lead author of the ”Thinking Like an Engineer” textbook, currently in its 4th edition.Ms. Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University Abigail Stephan is a doctoral candidate in the Learning

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Best of CoED Paper Session (Track 1.B)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesan Ahammed Ovi, Colorado School of Mines; Gabriel Tomas Fierro, Colorado School of Mines; C. Estelle Smith, Colorado School of Mines

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

providing powerful new studentresources. However, these studies have largely been conducted in small subsets of engineeringdisciplines [13, 19, 9]. There is limited prior work that systematically evaluates how the adoptionof GenAI has evolved over time across the population of an entire engineering university, leadingto (RQ1) How have engineering students adopted GenAI, and what motivational anddemographic factors contribute to its usage?Student and Educator Perceptions of Generative AI Research indicates that students tend tohave positive perceptions of GenAI tools like ChatGPT. Students tend to view GenAI asinevitable [17], and also feel that these tools can substantially improve their quality of work andoverall learning [19]. Yet research on

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

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First-Year Programs

analogue phenomenon, sound, signal processing, analogue/digital conversionand bit resolution.These projects have added an interesting variation into the course. The students have foundthese projects challenging, and it has been important to develop aids to help them understandworking with sound. Particularly important is providing materials to help students who havelittle or no musical training. This paper includes a discussion of the various problems andprojects used and the lessons learned in implementing them.IntroductionIn a recent assessment of their first-year engineering program, Notre Dame found that theirgreatest student attrition coincided with a first semester programming module.1 This result isnot unusual. First-year students often