Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcin Lukowiak, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andrew Meneely, Rochester Institute of Technology; Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; James R. Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher A. Wood, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

developers,the emphasis is on providing the knowledge they need to select and use cryptographic softwareappropriately.ProjectsThe course contains two major projects: a project case study and a programming assignment.For the case study, students will work in teams of two or three to assess the security of a large,open source software product. Students are required to select a case study that has (a) significantsecurity implications if exploited, (b) a public record of fixed vulnerabilities, and (c) publicly-available source code. The project involves incrementally submitting three parts of a paper:domain analysis, design analysis, and code analysis. As the material is covered in class, studentsanalyze their own case studies to enumerate the threats

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 9: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine E. Hailey, Texas State University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Engineering Education, 2024 Study of Thermodynamics Syllabi as A Step Toward Improving Second- and Third-Year RetentionMechanical engineering is one of the largest and most versatile engineering disciplines, whichoffers graduates opportunities to work in fields that require basic engineering, energy conversion,energy resources, engineering and technology management, environment and transportation,manufacturing, materials and structures, and systems and design [1]. Retaining students tosuccessful completion of their degree programs to support workforce development in thesevarious fields is a priority for mechanical engineering programs.An ASEE survey measured average persistence from the first to the second year of first

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, organization ofideas, and the content information evaluation, fieldwork, and creativity.Course surveys were performed periodically twice every semester, mainly to access thefeedback from the students. The course questionnaire was used at the end of course inwritten form. The five parts of the questionnaire related to the student opinions andsuggestions for improvements on the performance of faculty, learning objectives, workload, student responsibility and independence for learning and, in the final writtenevaluation, also about assessment.Based on assessment, we found in almost all cases that the students performed very welland the reports were of an acceptable quality. We also found that this kind of coursesgive more freedom to students. This large

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri; Eric Durant

systematic and repeatable techniques are used to ensure that therequirements are complete, consistent and relevant. One early intermediate product of RE is theSoftware Requirements Specification (SRS) document [1] that describes all the externallyobservable behaviors and characteristics expected of a software system. A quality SRS is one thatcontributes to successful and cost-effective creation of software that solves real-user needs andusually incorporates the viewpoints of all the stakeholders who have an interest in the product.The cost of discovering a requirement during construction of the product, or, worse when theclient starts using the product, is expensive and inefficient and yet a large number of companiestypically spend only about 10% of

Conference Session

Redefining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Lopes; Ivan Renteria Marquez, University of Texas at El Paso; Tzu-liang Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Md Fashiar Rahman, University of Texas at El Paso; Sergio Luna, University of Texas at El Paso

Dr. Md Fashiar Rahman is a Research Assistant Professor of industrial applied research at The University of Texas at El Paso Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing. He holds a PhD degree in Computational Science Program. He has years of research experience in different projects in the field of image data mining, machine learning and deep learning for industrial and healthcare applications. In addition, Dr. Rahman has taught many different engineering courses in industrial and manufacturing engineering. His research area covers advanced quality technology, AI application in smart manufacturing, health care applications, and computational intelligence/data analytics.Tzu-liang Bill Tseng (Professor and Chair

Conference Session

Faculty Development 2: COVID-19 Impact on Faculty

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

. So for [course], since I started the design challenge, I've been doing away with a final exam. Before online instruction, we will have five mini-exams in the class, plus all the design project deliverables. So I feel like that is enough assessment, you know, without a final exam this semester. How do we deal with classes that have like 60 people instead of a really small one? And I think that if you do this kind of team exam [a colleague discussed], it can help because you're only doing like five of these little discussions instead of 60 of them… And it doesn't matter if they talk to each other, ‘cause you can come up with different questions for different teams and so forth.Throughout the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Newberry, Dakota County Technical College; Marilyn Barger P.E., National Science Foundation ATE Centers

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

spend time on material that may be standard orunnecessary for their specific market segment. Instructors in specific program areas, i.e.photonics or biotechnology, can select appropriate modules and introduce new applicablematerial in classes without significant disruption to the planned course organization or syllabus.For educators, learning a “modules worth” of new content is less time consuming than trying toassess a large amount of new material and integrate it into an existing format. Figure 1 showsthe components of a topical educational module and Table 3 provides a list and status of themodules. The module contents in Figure 1 are based on the results from surveys of high schooland secondary educators as well as industry needs data

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew C. Hurt, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robert C. Deadman, Ivy Tech Community College; Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel O. Lybrook, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

admittedly many challenges to implementation of this pathway program. As it iscurrently still in development there will undoubtedly be roadblocks. These challenges can beloosely divided into procedural changes and those challenges that are more academic in nature.Every new venture has procedural hurdles. At the foundation of this proposal is a collaborationbetween two large institutions of higher education. While both have successfully collaborated onpast projects, there is nonetheless a potential for significant procedural hurdles. Each institutionhas its own policies, politics, and organizational demands that may influence the implementationof this initiative.In regards to challenges of a more academic nature, this project relies on developing

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Thomas Dodson; Nicholas Mattei; Joshua T. Guerin; Judy Goldsmith; Joan M. Mazur

grade of A or B in Introductory they perceived their advising experiences to be. Computer Programming or a grade of A or B in Calculus Explanation System Survey (ESS): After the development II, you are more likely to receive a grade of A or B in of our advising support system we conducted a large user Introduction to Program Design and Problem Solving, study encompassing both target users of our system and the recommended course. domain experts (advisors). In our target user survey we An additional algorithm was added to later iterations of our surveyed 65 students enrolled

Conference Session

PCEE Session 3: Robotics and Design Competitions

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University; Amanjeet Bagga, Stony Brook University; Cynthia Colón, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University

discussions and problem solving. While students have enough experiencein the lecture format through years at school, this hybrid model helped develop useful skills forpost secondary education, where independent learning is a key component to students’ success.To the authors’ best knowledge, when all such hands-on activities, which were largely seen asoptional and mere enrichment, were halted during the pandemic, the MTRC program successfullyimplemented and delivered a summer robotics program to students deprived of any significant ex-periential learning experience while staying at home. Seeing the success of the program in 2020,the sponsor decided to expand it to include all NY-state students in the summer of 2021. In the virtual offering of this

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

them in the fifth or sixth semester (CVEEN 3100 Technical Communicationsfor Civil Engineers), and culminate their development in the eighth semester (CVEEN 4910Professional Practice & Design, the capstone design experience for the program).3 Response to the NeedOur initial enthusiastic response to the CIT-E summer workshop was tempered once weconsidered that the timing for large-scale change was not ideal. The program had just completedan ABET accreditation self-study and was preparing for a campus visit at the beginning of thenext term (Fall 2015). Simultaneously, we had begun an audit of our program in regards to globallearning outcomes. Given the potential overlap and strong connection to the professional skillscore, we focused on small

Conference Session

Embedded Control and Instrumentation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Thomas Ruch, University of Saint Thomas

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Instrumentation

Engineering StudentsIntroduction – Observatory Mission Small robotic observatories are enhancing educational programs and generatingexcitement around science and engineering at an increasing number of institutions. TheUniversity of Iowa, a pioneer in this area, has been successfully using a remotely operatedtelescope in their undergraduate curriculum for over a decade1. Middle and high school studentsthroughout the United States have shown significant gains in conceptual understanding of mathand science topics through use of the MicroObservatory2, a distributed network of automatedsmall telescopes. Access to such facilities is becoming more common as the hardware andsoftware required to build them becomes less expensive and more readily

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Herbert Holland; Dean Bruckner

the module are explained—how the students learn the basics of time andfrequency, programming in MATLAB®, time domain speech processing and operation of multi-media devices on a Windows® computer. How student teams then complete a MATLAB script fileimplementing a speaker-independent speech recognition system for a two-word vocabulary isalso described. Two exciting demonstrations are outlined, one which displays the signals from anelectronic keyboard in time and frequency domains and another which demonstrates state of theart commercial speech-to-text software using the Gettysburg Address. The module wraps up witha contest pitting each team’s recognition accuracy against the others. Finally, assessment toolsand lessons learned are discussed

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries P.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross P.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Jianpeng Zhou, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Chad Verbais, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Civil Engineering

, J. Innovations in Composition Programs that Educate Engineers: Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges. Journal of Engineering Education 2009, 255-271.38. Yalvac, B.; Smith, H. D.; Troy, J. B.; Hirsch, P. Promoting Advanced Writing Skills in and Upper-Level Engineering Class. Journal of Engineering Education 2007, 117-128.39. Johnson, C. S. The Analytic Assessment of Online Portfolios in Undergraduate Technical Communication: A Model. Journal of Engineering Education 2006, 279-287.40. Rodgers, G. Death by Assessment: How Much Data Are Too Much.41. Estes, A. C.; Lenox, T. A. New Civil Engineering Program Criteria: How the Sausage is Being Made. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Indianapolis, 2014; p 21

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christina McCoy P.E., Oklahoma State University; John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University; Carisa H. Ramming, Oklahoma State University; Charlotte Guyer

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Architectural Engineering

fundamental understanding of how the structure responds or is designed torespond to these loadings. As such, architectural engineering programs have an obligation toteach the skill set of load determination, application, and analysis within their curriculum.Fortunately, most jurisdictions in the United States have adopted the International BuildingCode [1] and thus ASCE 7 (American Society of Civil Engineering, Minimum Design Loads forBuildings and Other Structures [2]). Based on this adoption, the ASCE 7 code is the naturalchoice to use for the determination of loadings within a course that focuses on the topic ofstructural loadings. However, teaching code procedures alone are not sufficient to gain anunderstanding of how structures behave due to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; Craig Johnson P.E., Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Project for the MET Program at Central Washington University starts in the fall andprogresses through all three quarters of the academic year. Fall quarter is devoted to developingthe student’s engineering proposal. Their proposal includes an introduction to the engineeringproblem, design and analysis, methods and construction, testing method, budget/schedule/projectmanagement, discussion, and conclusion. The aim of the proposal is to convince ‘management’that this is a viable engineering project. This is a lot of information for a student to develop in a10 week period. Therefore, it is imperative that they determine their engineering problem as soonas possible.Students tend towards projects that are too large, too complicated, and very time

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald W. Smith; Robert Bowman; Carole M. Mablekos

successful new program developed through the Shipyard College for thoseemployees interested in starting their own businesses was the Entrepreneurial Training Program.This program, which provides built-in flexibility and mentoring, has been already recognized asa model program that can be replicated elsewhere as the need arises. Funded by the Private Page 2.110.2Industry Council with the support of the City of Philadelphia, PIDC, and Coleman Foundation,the program has been offered three times, with over twenty-four new business start-ups, most ofwhich have stayed in business for over a year--an excellent record for new small businesses. Todate

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Pooja Thakkar Singh, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Debra Ann Pothier, Autodesk, Inc.; Anand Sethupathy, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geraldine Gooding, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; David Soukup P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Jarrett Reich, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Morgan Lamarre, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; James Stewart Warrick

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Diversity

engineering education. This report provides a step-by-step guide onintegrating an Industry 4.0 curriculum into two and four-year institutions alongside outlining theexact content that could be taught in mechanical and manufacturing engineering programs. TheAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Autodesk suggest a modular approachinvolving core themes and concepts, case studies, real-world examples, self-assessments, videos,and hands-on exercises for the six modules covering design for sustainability to advanced AI/MLand automation. By providing projects based in the real world and up-to-date content, professorshave an easier time integrating this curriculum into their classrooms while inspiring the nextgeneration of

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tan-Yu Lee; John Dantzler; Robert Leland; Jim Richardson

of GES 131 Foundations of Engineering I, anexisting introduction to engineering course. The impact of our course was assessed through a pre andpost test and a pre and post math/problem solving self-efficacy questionnaire given to both our sectionand a control section, matched for ACT scores. Students were selected for the experimental and controlsections to avoid the volunteer effect. A key goal of our course is the transfer of problem solving skills tofuture coursework. To assess transfer, we will compare performance of the experimental and controlgroups on certain exam problems in follow-on math and physics courses.2. Rationale for the CourseThe goal of our course is to teach mathematical problem solving in a way that leads to transfer

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2006-1264: EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF INTERACTIVITY ON STUDENTPERFORMANCEDaria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder DARIA KOTYS-SCHWARTZ is a doctoral candidate and instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering at The Ohio State University. Her research interests include polymer processing, development of student assessment measures, gender disparity in engineering and innovative instructional methodology.Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder LAWRENCE E. CARLSON is a founding co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program, as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

been a renewed emphasis on student teams and onstudent-provided formative feedback within an assessment process anchored in learningoutcomes.The authors report on the integration of Calibrated Peer Review™ (CPR™) – a web-deliveredstudent feedback tool – used in three courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Sinceacademic year 2002, the authors have developed course activities that highlight writing and peerevaluation as central components of • RH131 (Rhetoric and Composition): An introductory composition course required of all students at this college of engineering. • ECE 361 (Engineering Practice): A sophomore-level course covering project design specifications, team roles, effective conduct of team

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

mass influences travel on the track, confusing howpotential energy, kinetic energy, force, and speed differentiate. We developed new designmodules for teachers requiring them to build and test ramps at various heights to launch smalland large marbles first to hit a target and later to hit a target with enough force to break a napkin.Measurements from designs with small marbles were used to build mathematical modelspredicting mechanics with large marbles. Scaffolding for mathematical modelling was providedin an Excel file with embedded equations and dynamic trajectory graph. Models were testedagainst observations. We knew scientific and mathematical content in the modules wouldchallenge teachers. Teachers individually completed web-based

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

. Curriculum designers are increasingly more aware of developing coursesthat combine skills from several prior courses to practice systems design. Especially innovativeapproaches introduce students to systems thinking early and continuously through their program,stressing both engineering and business issues6. Programs that have sought to emphasize thisapproach have ranged from small-scale graduate programs7; to departmental8; to large-scalemulti-institutional efforts9. Successful programs supplement traditional engineering science withpractical experience in solving real problems. Though the contributions of these efforts aresignificant, none really addresses the problem of developing a base model for a holisticengineering curriculum

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve York

their MacGyver device tested and students have the opportunity to viewthe designs of other teams. Most students describe the evaluation event as the “best part”of the MacGyver projects. During the fall of 2001 we had about 75 teams (300 students)participating in the MacGyver pilot program and the assessment event lasted about 2.5hours. The assessment sessions turned out to be an enjoyable social event for theengineering students, if somewhat exhausting for the faculty. The event spawned manyengineering discussions concerning the pros and cons of various designs, and thecompetitive atmosphere has the effect of raising the bar of expectation when students seethe effort and creativity of their fellow students.The MacGyver BoxThe contents of the

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, operating under non-equilibrium conditions). Table 2. Characteristics of Complex Systems (Cilliers).Complex Systems……include large number of elements in system…include dynamic interactions between elements…include interactions that are rich (some may be redundant)…include interactions that are non-linear (small causes can generate large results)…include interactions that are mostly short range…include feedback loops…are open ( interact with their environment)…operate under conditions that are far from equilibrium…have a history which is partially responsible for current behavior (evolve)…include elements which are ignorant of behavior of system as a whole (respond only tolocal information)Melanie Mitchell notes that these

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rebekah J. Hammack, Montana State University; Nick Lux, Montana State University; Paul Gannon, Montana State University; Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in ethnographic practices support teachers’ readiness to teach engineering that issituated within locally relevant contexts?ParticipantsParticipants included three elementary teachers and two undergraduate students who wereenrolled in an elementary education certification program. Each participant was assigned apseudonym and detailed information for each is provided belowCourtney. Courtney is a white female with 29 years of classroom teaching experience. Shecurrently teaches 5th grade at a rural school located on a Native American Reservation,approximately an hour drive from the small city where she lives. Courtney is bilingual in Englishand Spanish and taught at a school with a large number of native Spanish speaking students priorto

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Williamson; Randy Winzer

areas took place during the fall of 2001 using thenewly adopted criteria often referred to as the TC2K “outcomes assessment” model. The criteriaaddresses the issue of “how to measure” what is done in the learning process to ensure theprogram is meeting the established goals of the technical area, the department, the college, andthe University. The goals of the program are to be derived from input from a variety of sources,including industry and/or industrial advisory committees. The TC2K accreditation processrequires that the program document how they are measuring their progress towards these goals.The accreditation process is not a traditional “bean counting” or accounting process as used in thepast. The TC2K accreditation process is similar

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Amr Safwat, The University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

of experience in dealing with difficult students or difficultsituations. Formal teaching methods are often not supplied – and practical experience is limited,often resulting in poor and ineffective communication between faculty and students.This paper will address a potential solution towards preparing graduate students in becomingfuture engineering faculty. The paper will focus on several engineering graduate students whoparticipated in a grant linking their education, research, and career development. Thedevelopment of the graduate students in the program is rooted in a 20 hour a week commitmentto develop and implement self-created, engineering and research related lessons in local highschools throughout the academic year. The paper will

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Lee Heyman, United States Military Academy; Wenli Huang, U.S. Military Academy; Guangming Xie, Peking University; Pongpat Taephanitcharoen, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

some opportunities for innovative strategies for interacting with the ball. Weplan to have students explore these opportunities.The second aspect of future work is on an administrative, or Electrical Engineering program,level. In order to capitalize on this success with a relatively small number of students, we needto ensure that the opportunity is known to other students. One possible method is to encourageformer participants in the IAD to discuss their experience with other students. Anotherpossibility is to actively advertise this unique opportunity when hosting department recruitingevents or when discussing choice of majors with potential electrical engineering majors.References:[1] Z. Lee, G. Xie, D. Zhang, and J. Shao, “The Robotic

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charyl Delaney; Alejandro Scalise; Larry J. Shuman; Harvey Wolfe

have alsoobserved [5].Table 3 further examines this population of students who are placed on probation at the end oftheir first semester. For this group, the Table shows that approximately 4/5ths of the attritionoccurs during the first year. Further, a number of these students who remain in engineeringeventually become “inactive.” They no longer register for classes, and hence do not completetheir engineering program. Only small proportions (ranging between 10 to 25%) are able toreturn to “good academic standing” and eventually graduate (or are track to graduate) in Page 4.229.4d Average SAT scores for entering freshmen are