Conference Session

Faculty and Course Evolution: Teaching With Technology, Online Delivery, and Addressing Emerging Student & Industry Needs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan

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Continuing Professional Development

Director for M-STEM Academies, a program devoted to strengthening and diversifying the cohort of students who receive their baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Page 23.1239.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Teaching Circle for Large Engineering Courses: Clearing the Activation BarrierThe use of active learning techniques and other student centered teaching practices in theclassroom has been demonstrated by research to improve student learning and retention (e.g.,[11, 12]). In spite of this

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suguna Bommaraju

application’ and‘Identification of Unresolved lab problems’. These short writing assignments are incorporatedinto “Introduction to circuit analysis”, a freshman course in a 4-year engineering technologycurriculum at Miami University, OH. These assignments are simple, informal, and easy tocollect, check and/or grade, even for large classes.In addition to end-of-course rating instruments, three classroom assessment techniques are usedto evaluate the reaction to the assignments in ‘real- time’. These are: 1) Weekly questionnaire,2) One minute paper, and 3) Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID).A brief overview of the method, discussion of each writing assignment, grading, including asample assignment is presented in this paper. This paper

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 2 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Equitable Engagement and Transformative Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park; Jennifer Bishop, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Rebecca Kenemuth

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

provides hands-on physicalcomponentry and design challenge curriculum that engages middle and high school studentsfrom historically underrepresented and first-generation-college populations. The program wasinitially conceived during the height of the COVID pandemic, and over 5000 kits have beenmanufactured and distributed in the first 2.5 years. A major feature of the kit program areculminating events, the scope of which varies from large (600-700 participants) to small (60-100participants). Challenge events provide a venue to familiarize participants with the University ofUniversity of Maryland (UMD) and pathways toward higher education while buildingexcitement and school spirit in a team-based engineering competition.This paper discusses the

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Jung-Hoon Sul; Zhongxiao Peng; Nicole Kessissoglou

Blended Learningfor a Large Size ­Engineering Mechanics Courseaerospace and manufacturing engineering. Before undergraduate students enter their specific spe-cialisation in the third year of their degree, all students within the school are required to completea second-year mechanics course that covers both dynamics and mechanical vibration content. Thetraditional delivery of this course involved face-to-face lectures, break out smaller-sized face-to-facetutorial classes, hands-on laboratory exercises in very small groups supervised by a teaching assistant,and a variety of assessments comprising assignments, class tests, laboratory reports and a final exam.All assessments were submitted and marked in hardcopy format. However, the structure and

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Sorby

ENG1102 into ENG1101.)The total amount of time spent on graphics-related (including design) topics over this two-semes-ter sequence is approximately 24-26 sessions. (It should be noted that each class session is 1.5hours in length to allow time for hands-on work during class.) Thus, on face value, it seems thatthe graphics content in the curriculum has been significantly reduced for majors such as civil,environmental, and mechanical engineering.Assessment of Student PerformanceAs part of the assessment of the first-year program, two tools were utilized to determine the effec-tiveness of the graphics component. Both of these tools were utilized in ENG1102, since that iswhere the strongest graphics component was found. To assess improvements in 3-D

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

Your Students AbstractEngineering educators tend to prefer small classes. However, rising enrollments and decliningper-student funding make large classes a reality in many programs. But look on the bright side.Large classes offer many opportunities that small classes do not. If you are prepared to takeadvantage of them, you can make large classes work to advantage for yourself and yourstudents. This paper considers the perceived handicaps of large courses, and contrasts themwith a large number of potential benefits, both to students and faculty.Keywords: large classes, active learning, cooperative learning, assessment, teaching assistants,independent study1. IntroductionHard numbers are difficult

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Unique Projects and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Mary Roth P.E., Lafayette College

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First-Year Programs

including courses with small and large course enrollments varying hours of instruction per week, and different models of faculty oversight of the LCA project. • The implementation of the module does not require any equipment, supplies, or specialized software, and thus, is suitable for online delivery. • Assessment of student work indicates that the module is successful in achieving desired student learning outcomes when offered in an online environment.References[1] “Grand Challenges - 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering.” http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/challenges.aspx (accessed Jan. 15, 2021).[2] “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2021 – 2022 | ABET.” https://www.abet.org/accreditation

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

to develop the integrated theories and methods of these areas; to increase logical thinking, sense of social ethics, social assessment capability; to start thinking without any pre conceived notions; to look for innovative problem solving ideas; to improve communication skills.The expected result of this program is the creation of a number of professionals committed withthe search for social progress not in a demagogic political way but in according to the reality andthe possibilities of the local society. It is necessary to have in mind the idea of a global world andlocal identity. How it is possible to foster such and such community using innovative feasibleways taking into account the impact and try to measure the

Conference Session

DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Libby Osgood P. Eng, Dalhousie University and University of Prince Edward Island; Clifton R Johnston P.Eng., Dalhousie University

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Design in Engineering Education

Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.2 Gelmon,S.B. (2000). How do we know that our work makes a difference? Metropolitan Universities, 11(2), 28-393 ABET Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (2010). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs. http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents-UPDATE/Criteria%20and%20PP/E001%2008- 09%20EAC%20Criteria%2012-04-07.pdf.4 Schuburt, T. F., Jacobitz, F. G., & Kim. E. M. (2012). Student perceptions and learning of the engineering design process: an assessment at the freshmen level. Research in Engineering Design, 23, 177-190. DOI 10.1007/s00163-011-0121-x5 Carberry A

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech

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Student

understanding. This elaboration can turn into a form ofpeer tutoring where students can correct each other’s misconceptions creating positive learningexperiences both for the learner and for the tutor17.In summary, student-centered instruction and classroom interaction have been found to be at theheart of student engagement and have been found to directly contribute to student learning.These concepts can take many forms such as simple classroom assessment techniques toextensive projects, but whatever the form, they are pedagogical practices that can enhanceinstruction in classrooms of any size.Large Lectures vs. Small LecturesWhile this paper is titled Teaching Your First Large Lecture: Surviving with Attentive andEngaged Students, it is important to

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauge Peter Westergaard Clausen, Technical University of Denmark; Jason Bazylak, University of Toronto; Steffen Foss Hansen, Technical University of Denmark; Redante Delizo Mendoza

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

tools under uncertainty. He has organized and taught continued courses on Risk assessment of nanomaterials for staff of the European Chemical Agency and since 2004 he has taught and coordinated courses at Mas- ter level in 1) Nanotechnology and the Environment and 2) Environmental Management and Ethics and has guest-lectured at Roskilde University, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Northeastern University, and Harvard University.Dr. Redante Delizo Mendoza c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Comparative Analysis of Two Teaching Methods for Large Classes (Research paper)Lauge Peter Westergaard Clausen1, Redante Mendoza2, Jason Bazylak3

Conference Session

Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L Lo, Virginia Tech; Kacie J. Hodges PE, Virginia Tech Dept of Engineering Education; Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

means to better prepare students for industry. He is a Senior Member of AIAA and a member of ASEE. Michael is also a co-inventor on two patents relating to air vehicle design.Prof. Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech Tamara Knott is Associate Professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech. She is the Course Coordi- nator for one of the three first-year engineering courses offered by the department and also teaches in the graduate program. Her interests include assessment and pedagogy. Within ASEE, she is a member of the First-year Programs Division, the Women in Engineering Division, the Educational Research and Meth- ods Division, and the Design in Engineering Education Division. She is also a member of the Society of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

Session 3125 Adapting the Studio Critique to Large Capstone Design Courses Paul Ruchhoeft Department of Electrical Engineering Richard Bannerot Ross Kastor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston AbstractIn this paper we describe the successful adaptation and application of two techniquesused primarily in teaching the visual arts, the studio and the critique, to a large capstonedesign environment. This new

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Bramald, Newcastle University; Sean Wilkinson, Newcastle University

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First-Year Programs

works with schools (students and teachers), professional & trade bodies and small, medium and large companies. A former Marine Construction Surveyor, he has been with the university for five years.Sean Wilkinson, Newcastle University Dr Sean Wilkinson is a Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at Newcastle University's School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. He is the degree programme director for the school's suite of MEng and BEng degree programmes in Civil and Civil & Structural Engineering. His main interests lie in structural design, particularly in the context of Earthquake Engineering and Extreme Loadings

Conference Session

Student Development and Assessment in IE Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

and grants have been supporting initiatives aimed at improvingclassroom teaching.Deming's 14 points The 14 points are a basis for transformation of American industry. Adoption andaction on the 14 points are a signal that management intend to stay in business and aim toprotect investors and jobs. Such a system formed the basis for lessons for topmanagement in Japan in 1950 and in subsequent years. The 14 points apply anywhere, to small organizations as well as to large ones, to theservice industry as well as to manufacturing. They apply to a division within a company.They have been reproduced here for sake of completeness and clarity.Source: http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/dstools/process/deming.html

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Biomedical

between the goal of the Clinical Immersion programin formalizing a methodical approach to needs assessment based on user-centered research, andless emphasis on needs assessment in the traditional Senior Design course.It must be noted that self-reported survey data, while informative, does not sufficiently connectexperience in the Clinical Immersion Program with student outcomes in the Senior Designcapstone experience on its own. The survey data indicates that the students’ perceptions are thatthe program is good preparation for Senior Design capstone, but more detailed assessment onhow students perform as it relates to specific learning outcomes must be conducted in 2016.Feedback was requested from the clinical mentors about the performance of

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

be evaluated. Some strategists evaluate theability of social businesses to capture market share of the large emerging consumer class foundin countries like India and Brazil. These strategists10, 11 speak of finding “the fortune at theBottom of the Pyramid” and target consumers earning less than 4USD/day. Other strategists12evaluate the ability of social businesses to alleviate poverty. These strategists argue businessesfocused on meeting people’s needs can create a world without poverty. Social entrepreneursposition their businesses within larger social systems to encourage large-scale positive socialchange.13 In this paper, I seek to improve engineering design instruction and assessment byintegrating theoretical frameworks of wellbeing14-16

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Soohyun Yi, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Programalso focused on the graduate education and preparing students to be leaders in science and engineeringdisciplines (Newswander & Borrego, 2021). Like the NRT, it emphasized collaborative research thattranscended traditional disciplinary boundaries and was founded on the belief that diversity amongparticipants contributed to their ability to solve “large and complex problems of significant scientific andsocietal importance at the national and international level” (NSF http://www.igert.org/public/about.html).From its inception in 1998, the IGERT program made 278 awards and funded approximately 6500graduate students. The last call for proposals for the IGERT took place in 2013.Assessment and evaluation activities, designed to measure impacts

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

Mechanical Engineering Technology atIUPUI attracts a large percentage of non-traditional students. The average student in the METand CIMT program is approximately 27 years of age. Additionally, the usual percentage of part-time students in these two degree programs is 60% (part-time is less than 12 credit hours persemester). However, analysis shows that the assessment exam score and time to degreecompletion measured in days has essentially no correlation with an R2 = 0.0142 for the threeofferings of the exam. However, the trend line for the data does exhibit a small negative slope.This can be interpreted that there is a very slight decrease in expected graduation examinationscore with extended time to complete degree. Chart 2 shows the relationship

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Empathy, Metacognitive Skills, and Perceptions of Success

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Ghanat, The Citadel; Dena Garner; Todd Wittman, The Citadel; M. Kristen Hefner, The Citadel; Deirdre Ragan, The Citadel; Thad Le-Vasicek, The Citadel; Emily Bierman, The Citadel; Blakely Adair-Hudson, The Citadel

. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Assessing Students’ Metacognitive Skills in a Summer Undergraduate Research ProgramAbstractUndergraduate research experiences are cited to improve soft skills that include oral and writtencommunication skills, leadership, problem solving, and teamwork. Additionally, literature citesincreases in critical thinking skills and retention in the field of discipline, with the latter aspectattributed to the rigorous and ongoing mentoring that occurs between student and faculty in thecontext of these experiences. The objective of this study is to assess the degree to which thissummer undergraduate research program

Collection

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Ben Juliano, California State University, Chico

Data visualization and faculty engagement in program assessmentAbstractOne of the biggest challenges of program assessment is how to engage program faculty in theassessment process. The author describes how his department took advantage of the ABETComputing Accreditation Commission (CAC) Criterion 3 (Student Outcomes) changes to reviewtheir program assessment process and make changes to make the process more actionable andmeaningful to the faculty. The changes include the use of performance indicators (PIs) for eachstudent outcome, and the use of data visualization techniques to get faculty involved inevaluating the assessment data. First, the university-level and department-level programassessment processes are described. Next, the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Louis Nadelson, Utah State University; Rick Ubic, Boise State University

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Materials

and five local middle and high school teacherson campus for an 8-week research experiences working with different lab groups. Given therelatively small number of participants, we chose qualitative interviews as our primary source ofdata for assessing the effectiveness of this program.The participants identified numerous positive aspects of participating in the summer researchprogram. Students appreciated the sense of community they developed with both the otherparticipants in the research program and the other members of their lab groups. Although most ofthe participants did not report the summer research experience as having a strong influence ontheir decisions to pursue graduate school or careers involving research, they did report

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft

Session 2251 The Use of Portfolios as Assessment Tools in an Engineering Program Francis J. Hopcroft Associate Professor Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MAAbstractPortfolios have long been the pride of other disciplines, including the Architecture and InteriorDesign Programs, at most universities and colleges. Students compile master portfoliosthroughout their education to demonstrate to prospective employers, and accreditors, the depth oftheir skills and the

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moustapha Diab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Uche Ezechi, University of Delaware; Mohamad Dyab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Ocean and Marine

, enabling scientists to assess environmental health of lakes,bays, and estuaries. This will provide a background for the eventual protection and conservationof endangered species and ecosystem health of water bodies.Prevailing monitoring techniques are expensive, time consuming, and sometimes do not providein-situ data analysis, increasing the possibility of sample contamination. Water ways inaccessibleto humans and bigger boats are also largely ignored and seldom monitored.An autonomous monitoring platform with in-situ data collection method will limit the chances ofsample contamination, and provide an easy means of data collection. Inaccessible water wayscan also be monitored with small devices such as SAMPLE as it can be launched from

Conference Session

MET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

T. Sean Tavares Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #19055Performance Testing of Small Water Pumps: A Versatile and EconomicalLaboratory Exercise for Engineering Technology StudentsProf. T. Sean Tavares Ph.D., University of New Hampshire The author is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program located at the Manchester campus of the University of New Hampshire. He has held this position since the fall of 2014 following more than 20 years of industry experience. His industry experience has included performance testing of compressors and gas turbine engines; vibration and pulsation testing and troubleshooting of rotating machinery, piping

Conference Session

Aerospace Hot Topic: Unmanned Aerial Systems

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Hudson, Western Michigan University; Kristina Lemmer, Western Michigan University

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Aerospace

-altitude balloon flights. WALI’s founding members deliberately chose the team name andmission statement to encompass all types of high-altitude projects.More than 100 universities currently host small satellite programs and more than 50 universitieshave launched multiple satellites. At the time of this paper, 166 university-class CubeSats havebeen launched [2]. In the last decade, an industry has emerged around small satellite design, withmany startup and large companies entering the market. Many of the students who participate inuniversity small satellite teams hope to work at one of these companies upon graduation, andstudent leaders from successful teams are often highly recruited.Literature on Small-Satellite-Based Education ProgramsSwartwout

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Margaret Hyland, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Karl Stol, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

changes enabled the fulfillment of “a strong desire to movestudents straight into the engineering way of thinking”. The changes made were seen asmatching well with international calls for engineering education curriculum reform. This in-house program is very rare in an international landscape where the majority of first-yearengineering courses, are taught as service courses by faculty from mathematics and sciencedepartments with one or two design or hands-on introduction-to-engineering coursesproviding a taste of “real” engineering. This paper charts the evolution of that program, itsstrengths, challenges, weaknesses and ongoing evaluations with particular reference toinnovations in delivery and assessment in the context of an integrated

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #9801An energy assessment of a large grain storage and transfer facility in Michi-gan: An industry, university and public utility company collaborative effortresulting in energy savings outcomesDr. Robert W Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University Robert W. Fletcher joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Lawrence Techno- logical University in the summer of 2003, after several years of continuous industrial research, product development and manufacturing experience. Dr. Fletcher earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, in Seattle

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Avery Noren, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; Kendra Lynne Andersen, Texas A&M University; Kanika Gakhar, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems and Control Laboratory; Angela Olinger, Texas A&M University; Preetam Palchuru, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; Scott Thien Tran, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; John Valasek, Texas A&M University

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Student

program served as the basis from which this team was developed,and as such the team follows many guidelines that are listed in Lagoudas and Froyd’s [1] workon multidisciplinary teams. Some of these guidelines include: Small Team size,Multi-disciplinary Team Construction, and Faculty, Industry, and Graduate Student teamsupport. In short, this team may be seen as an instance of the AggiE-Challenge program as thebenefits derived reflect those discussed in Lagoudas and Froyd’s work [1]. In addition to thisframework, a semester long research course focusing on aspects of Systems Engineering (SE)similar to that taken in Valasek and Shyrock’s work [2] on capstone design at TAMU wasadopted for the Railbot program.Team Size: Small TeamIt has been the

Conference Session

FPD XI: Assessing First-Year Programs, Experiences, and Communities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech University

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First-Year Programs

Page 22.240.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessing First-Year Programs: Outcomes, Methods, and FindingsAbstractFirst-year programs reflect a wide array of approaches, from general engineering programs todiscipline-specific introductions to the major spanning one or two semesters; many of theseprograms have published descriptions of their approaches to assessment and the effects ofvarious intervention strategies on student retention or specialized outcomes. Yet much of thiswork remains localized; little research to date has examined assessment across multiple programsto identify large-scale trends, locate similarities and differences in targeted learning outcomes,analyze methods of