Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-253: ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY IN INTRODUCTORY COMPUTERSCIENCE PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENTSTammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland Tammy VanDeGrift is an Assistant Professor at the University of Portland. She received a B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington (Seattle). Her research interests include computer science education, educational technology, multimedia, software engineering, and CS theory. Page 12.608.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Encouraging Creativity in Introductory Computer Science

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Satish Ranade; Howard Smolleck

the topic of electricpower (indeed, some other engineering and non-engineering “tracks” face similar challenges),the present paper will summarize our intentions and initial experiences as they relate directly toour area of electric power systems education. The principles can be transferred to otherdisciplines and departmental tracks as well. In fact, the establishment of a set of mentoringprograms ultimately competing for the available pool of students will not only be of value to theprograms involved but will provide an encouragement to students to examine the availableoptions and then choose (and work to succeed in) the program of their choice. In such a“friendly” competitive environment, all should benefit. The Directed Mentoring

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Gail Gotham, SLL BOCES; James Carroll, Clarkson University; Peter Turner, Clarkson University; Douglas Bohl, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-1652: SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF K-12 OUTREACHPROGRAMSSusan Powers, Clarkson University Dr. Susan Powers is a Professor of Environmental Engineering and the Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Graduate Studies at Clarkson University. She has been the PI on two NSF GK-12 grants.Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam Bruce Carl Brydges Ed.D. is the Coordinator of Assessment at the School of Education and Professional Studies, SUNY Potsdam. He has designed and coordinated the assessment program for the Math and STEM Partnership programs.Peter Turner, Clarkson University Dr. Peter Turner is the Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Clarkson

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Keith Clutter; Alberto Arroyo; Amir Karimi

Session 1793 An Example of Course and Program Outcome Assessment Amir Karimi, Keith Clutter, and Alberto Arroyo College of Engineering The University of Texas at San AntonioAbstractThis paper describes a process for systematic evaluation and updating of the undergraduateeducational objectives and outcomes of the engineering programs at the University of Texas atSan Antonio (UTSA). It describes a set of assessment tools, which includes surveyquestionnaires, test results, and interviews. The course objectives are defined and evaluated foreach subject in the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Eleanor Leung, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Unleashed program [3]. In Fall, 2017, these faculty membersintroduced entrepreneurial mindset through collaborative, active pedagogies in several coursesand workshops from sophomore to senior levels. This paper relates their experiences, studentfeedback, and planned next steps. The paper also includes discussion of the preliminary resultsfrom this collaborative effort by faculty to infuse entrepreneurial mindset simultaneously into theengineering curriculum.Purpose of researchThe purpose of this paper is to relate the experiences of faculty and students in the Iron RangeEngineering (IRE) Program in implementing Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML) moduleswith undergraduate student engineers through active learning activities simultaneously

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Stwalley, Purdue University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Engineering Strategic Plan, and the combined input of theFaculty Coordinators from the Colleges of Engineering and Technology. The following keyinitiatives were proposed as a means to accomplish the mission and meet the stated goal ofincreasing the overall participation rate in some form of Professional Practice: 1) Utilize and promote a broader definition of “Practice” that includes Co-Op and other forms of appropriate and directed work experience; 2) Provide improved support, recognition, and resources for the departmental component of the program; 3) Enhance the academic element of the program by adding instruction covering topics that relate to the functional utilization of professional skills within

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chia-Jeng Tseng

Session 1532 Clocking Schedule and Writing VHDL Programs for Synthesis Chia-Jeng Tseng Departmentf of Electrical Engineering Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837AbstractMost of the commercial tools for digital synthesis are designed for Register-Transfer-Level(RTL) and logic synthesis. Numerous wonderful books and papers are available forunderstanding the syntax and semantics of the VHDL language. There are also many books andpapers written for VHDL synthesis; these articles generally

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Romney, Brigham Young University; Ronald Gonzales, Brigham Young University

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Computers in Education

2006-2389: INTEGRATING SCRIPTING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGEINSTRUCTION INTO IT CURRICULAGordon Romney, Brigham Young UniversityRonald Gonzales, Brigham Young University Page 11.791.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integrating Scripting Programming Language Instruction into IT CurriculaIntroductionThe objective of this paper is to offer IT academicians one potential open-source solution to theescalating challenge that confronts each of us regarding how to optimally teach ScriptingProgramming Languages [1] (Web scripting language “WSL”) within severely constrainedteaching curricula. The outcome, additionally, is to promote creativity within academia that willgenerate the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robbie Goins; Kiel Locklear; Gregory Watkins; Chad Spivey

Session 1793 NASA KC-135A Reduced Gravity Undergraduate Program G. K. Watkins, K.L. Locklear, R. J. Goins, C.W. Spivey William States Lee College of Engineering The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223AbstractThe Johnson Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) sponsors the Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. Thehighly competitive program affords undergraduate students the opportunity to propose,design, fabricate, execute, and evaluate reduced gravity experiments. NASA s KC-135Aresearch

Conference Session

International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Young-Min Kim, Chungnam National University; Chang-Hoon Lee, Education Center for Creative Future Engineers; Myoung-Hee Oh, Education Center for Creative Future Engineers; Ki-Soo Kim, Chungnam National University

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ASEE International Forum

has been developed that the programs based on engineering and technologyfor middle and high school students. Therefore the programs were instructedthrough team teaching by engineering professors and technology teachers.Second, the programs were consisted with lecture, field trip, problem solving,project and so on.Third, the programs were utilized in various institutes such as engineering andtechnology related colleges, universities, governments, research institutes, andindustries.Fourth, we applied the programs three times in December 2011, February 2012 andMay 2012. Approximately, 100 students participate in all the programs, respectively.It was high that the satisfaction of the participants, their parents, engineeringprofessors and

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

Session 3460 An Innovative Co-op Program at WVU Tech M. Sathyamoorthy Office of the Dean of Engineering West Virginia University Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV 25136AbstractThe paper describes the development and proposed implementation of an industry-university collaboration in experiential learning. West Virginia University Institute ofTechnology (WVU Tech) and various industries in the Upper Kanawha Valley region havedesigned a co-op program for undergraduate students that will require them to spend aday every week of the spring and

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Microprocessors Course1. AbstractLearning to program is difficult and has been documented as a persistent problem not just forcomputer science majors, but also for other engineering majors who use programming as a toolwithin their disciplines. One solution may lie in Knuth’s literate programming paradigm, whichtreats a program as an essay, intermingling code with explanation in a beautifully typeset docu-ment. This stands in contrast to traditional programming pedagogy where difficult-to-understandcode is isolated from its explanation, in a separate file from the flowcharts and text which detailthe operation of the program. Knuth’s literate programming paradigm is consistent with cognitiveload theory, which states that keeping related concepts close

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brij Agrawal

Spacecraft Design Program at the Naval Postgraduate School Brij N. Agrawal Distinguished Professor Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943 agrawal@nps.eduABSTRACT This paper presents a review of the spacecraft design program at the Naval PostgraduateSchool. This program is part of the space systems engineering curriculum. In this curriculum, thestudents take at least one course for each spacecraft subsystem. The spacecraft design is a threecourse design sequence. The first

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Maya Menon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret Webb, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Paper ID #38278Building a Sustainable University-Wide InterdisciplinaryGraduate Program to Address DisastersMarie C. Paretti (Professor) Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she is Associate Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Coastal Studies and Education Director of the interdisciplinary Disaster Resilience and Risk Management graduate program. She received a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on communication and collaboration, design

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert Kavetsky, Office of Naval Research; Robert L. Stiegler, NSWCDD; Peter N. Squire, NSWCDD; Juanita Jo Matkins, College of William and Mary; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; John A. McLaughlin, McLauglin Associates

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-991: VDP--A MENTOR-FOCUSED MIDDLE SCHOOL OUTREACHPROGRAMEugene Brown, Virginia Tech EUGENE F. BROWN -- Dr. Brown is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He has worked with ONR since 2001 on university-centered Navy work force development issues. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics and is the author of many papers and reports describing his research in the areas of computational fluid dynamics and aircraft propulsion.Robert Kavetsky, Office of Naval Research ROBERT A. KAVETSKY -- Mr. Kavetsky is currently on assignment to ONR, where he is the director of the N-STAR program, an initiative focused on revitalizing the S&T

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; James G. Ryan, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

and proficient with the principles and practicesof engineering at the nanoscale to harness the unique and enabling aspects of nanoengineeredmaterials, structures and their characteristics in engineering applications enabling them todirectly enter industrial, government and private enterprises in the areas of nanoengineeringdesign, research and development, manufacturing, or commercialization. The proposed program meshes well with both institutions educational and researchthrusts in engineering, physical and biological sciences, and computational science andengineering. Most of the courses for this program will be drawn from courses currently offeredby the two Universities. The proposed program also relates well to the doctoral program

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

-reportedbenefits differed in key areas. The paper concludes with recommendations for using MATLABLive and similar programs derived from the results of the study.IntroductionModeling and simulation are becoming a more fundamental skillset across engineeringdisciplines and other disciplines more broadly. There have been multiple national calls forincreased computation and computational thinking within the classroom [1], [2]. However,within engineering contexts, it has been shown that computation and computational thinking arebest taught when embedded within disciplinary contexts [3], [4]. With the national calls fordiscipline-based education research, the time has never been better to understand howcomputation can be taught in new and innovative ways within

Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Theodore Demetrius Caldwell M.Ed., Diversity Programs Office/College of Engineering/Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Subashini Nagendran Sivakumar, Michigan State University; Kyle P. Foster, Michigan State University College of Engineering; Tonisha Brandy Lane, Michigan State University; Rickey Alfred Caldwell Jr.; Lisa R. Henry, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #9648Increasing Retention of Under-represented Minority Students in Engineer-ing: The Diversity Programs Office - Scholars Program (DPO-SP)Dr. Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University Claudia Elena Vergara is a Research Scientist in The Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER). She received her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Purdue University. Her scholarly interests include: improve- ment of STEM teaching and learning processes in higher education, and institutional change strategies to address the problems and solutions of educational reforms considering the situational context of the par

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, NC A&T State University; Brianna Shani Benedict, Industrial & Systems Engineering; Garner Ted Stewart II, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering; Elaine Smith Vinson, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #9928Use of Front-end Evaluation to Design an Ambassador Program (ISEAmP)Dr. Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, NC A&T State University 4 authors in this order Brianna Benedict is a senior in Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Car- olina A&T State University. She is an ISE Ambassador and is active in several organizations including IIE. She is also in the Accelerated Bachelors to Masters Program in ISE. Garner Stewart- Industrial and System Engineering junior at North Carolina A&T State University. Along with working as an ambas- sador for his department, he also works as a tutor for the Center

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Farison

engineering (although the institution may have doctoral programs inother disciplines).A third institutional variable is its public or private status. There are also five U.S. militaryinstitutions in the list that are identified as a third group. Since these classifications are notnumerical, they were assigned numbers to facilitate the visualization. Solely because the highestranked programs followed that order, but otherwise arbitrarily, the numerical assignment shownin Figure 4 is: 3 = private, 2 = military, and 1 = public. Based on the relatively frequency ofoccurrence, one could say that the private and military institutions dominate the higher rankings.An interesting aspect of this graph is whether any of this effect is related to the relative

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 6: Mentors & Teams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Kaz Burns; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Rui Li, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Ameya Palav; Elena Rose Hume; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Chris Woods, NYU

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #38776Developing Inclusive Leadership Training for Undergraduate EngineeringTeaching AssistantsDr. Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering Dr. Ingrid J. Paredes is an Industry Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She studied chemical engineering and received her B.S. and M.S. at Rut- gers, the State University of New Jersey, and her Ph.D. at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Her interests include diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education and sustainability education for engi- neers.Kaz BurnsDr. Jack Bringardner, New

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University; Ekundayo Shittu, George Washington University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #23331Nanotechnology Fellows Program: Integrating Interdisciplinary Education,Professional Development, and OutreachProf. Saniya LeBlanc, George Washington University Dr. Saniya LeBlanc obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering with a minor in materials science at Stan- ford University. She earned her BS from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master’s of Philosophy in Engineering from Cambridge University as a Churchill Scholar. With a strong commitment to educa- tional equity, she served in Teach For America as a high school math and physics teacher in Washington, D.C., and she was co-founder of the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Lee Ann Jerome Clements, Jacksonville University; Cindy Leong; Misha M. Chalkley; Crandall Maines, Jacksonville University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

MEP scholar program. These activitieshave helped to build up and strengthen close connections between scholars and faculty. Theconnections have translated into an improved retention rate and enhancing recruitment of newstudents to STEM programs.KeywordsCo-curricular, Extra-curricular, Undergraduate research, NSF S-STEM MEP. 1. Introduction We are a small predominantly undergraduate institution (PUI) and liberal arts (LIA) privateuniversity. We received this NSF award in July 2014. The award has three goals:1. Improve the enrollment of students in engineering-related degrees;2. Improve enrollment of underrepresented groups in engineering-related disciplines;3. Improve retention through graduation or transfer to an affiliated institution

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Moll Weisbrook, University of Missouri; William Schonberg, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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New Engineering Educators

the new statements. The refined version should be presented to additionalconstituents via email, to the department faculty at a faculty meeting and to the department’sadvisory board for review and comment. If warranted, the statements should be modified inresponse to this additional feedback. The finalized statements are then presented to the Page 22.104.7department faculty for approval. Educational Objectives for the Engineering Management Program at Missouri S&TGraduates of the Engineering Management Program will exhibit proficiency and excellence in the areas oftechnology, finance, human relations, communications, and

Conference Session

Program Evaluation Studies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally T. Wei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Trish Wonch Hill, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

vast majority of people have only a minimal understanding of engineering and technologyand its ubiquitous presence in their lives. The importance of instilling these principles at a youngage is the focus of many engineering outreach programs today. But how do we quantify andmeasure the outcomes of such efforts? This paper focuses on one such program, the Nebraskachapter of the Engineering Ambassador Network (EAN) and an evaluation study developed togather preliminary quantifiable data for this initiative.EAN is a national professional development program with an outreach mission. The Universityof Nebraska chapter of EAN (N-EAN) consists of a team of talented, highly motivated, andpassionate engineering undergraduate leaders, who seek to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #26748Promoting Metacognitive Awareness in a First-Year Learning Strategies Coursefor Cohorted General Engineering StudentsLaurel Whisler, Clemson University Laurel Whisler is Assistant Director and Coordinator of Course Support Programs in Clemson Univer- sity’s Westmoreland Academic Success Program. In this capacity, she provides vision and direction for the Tutoring and Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programs and provides support to the General Engineer- ing Learning Community. She is also co-developer of Entangled Learning, a framework of rigorously- documented, self-directed collaborative learning. She has

Conference Session

New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University; Dale S.L. Dolan, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

design.IntroductionMagnetic components have been used extensively through the practice of electrical engineering,yet there exist few courses in the U.S. that deal in any comprehensive manner with the subject ofmagnetic design1. One example of a widely used magnetic component in engineering systems isinductor. Despite their thread of use in engineering applications, inductors are commonlycovered in undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum with emphasis in their functionalitiesin circuits. Hence, electrical engineering students typically possess the skill to determine theproper rating and size of inductor given a particular circuit application. However, the expectationfrom industry for electrical engineering graduates related to skills and knowledge on

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Katharine Golding, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

accomplishments. From this richdataset, a relational database was created to store details about the school,entrepreneurship program, and to a lesser extent, associated courses. Following this, theprograms were categorized in the following manner: • undergraduate or graduate focused • program type: certificate, concentration, major, minor, other • administrative home • area(s) of focus: engineering/technology/science, medical, sustainability, social entrepreneurship, other.When available and applicable, the following program details were also noted: • number of credits required to complete the program • number of students enrolled annually • number of engineering students enrolled annually.Required and Elective Courses

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 6: Mentors & Teams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui Li, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #39098Data-driven Strategy for Maintaining an Effective Team Collaboration ina First-year Engineering CourseDr. Rui Li, New York University Tandon School of Engineering Dr. Rui Li earned his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from Imperial College of London and his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2020 from the University of Georgia, College of Engineering. He is currently an industrial assistant professor, who works in General Engineering program at New York University. He taught first-year engineering course as well as vertically integrated project. He has strong interests in

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

2006-982: FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW FORMAT FOR FRESHMANENGINEERING COURSE AT VIRGINIA TECHJenny Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She is the co-coordinator of the first semester engineering course and has been involved with educational projects related to freshmen programs, engineering ethics, and undergraduate research.Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod Lohani is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is the co-coordinator of the first semester engineering course and has been involved in many educational research projects including a departmental level reform