Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Instiutes for Research (AIR); David L Burris, University of Delaware; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

that relate to real-world situations in the discipline – improve learning outcomesand skill transfer in technical communications courses [6, 25]. Industry-aligned capstone designprojects are often cited as examples of authentic, situated technical communication [6]. Althoughthis is true, capstone design is one of the last courses in the undergraduate program, which leaveslittle room for growth and refinement prior to graduation. There is clearly a need to embedindustry-aligned, situated communications experiences earlier in the program of study.In this paper, we build on prior work in engineering education by introducing a within-discipline,large-enrollment GS technical communications course, called Technical Communications, forfirst-year

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

specific approaches to problem solving. Over the last decade, Dr. Sticklen has pursued engineering education research focused on early engineering with an emphasis on hybrid course design and problem-based learning; his current research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE.Dr. Daina Briedis, Michigan State University Dr. Diana Briedis is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University and Assistant Dean for Student Advancement and Program Assessment in the College of Engineering. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Chirag Variawa, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Mark L. Sivak, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

required first-year engineering curriculum atNortheastern University. It will outline the motivation to redesign the curriculum, and includereview of engineering education practice that inspired and directed the change, along withevidence and assessment of the effectiveness of the new approach. In 2012, after acomprehensive curriculum review by a faculty committee at Northeastern University, the first-year engineering program decided to adopt the “cornerstone to capstone” curriculum design.The overarching goal of the cornerstone was the integration of design, programming, graphicalcommunication, and engineering analysis through real world, hands-on design projectspreviously taught in two separate courses. This goal directly supports the

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 3 Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Christina Viau Haden, Lehigh University; Marci J. Levine, Lehigh University

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

: disability, financial aid, dietary, etc. ● Support for individual program ~25 ● coordinators Training for preLUsion peer guides students per program 25% ● ● Assessment tools in place Integration of students into orientation

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Duane B Swigert, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Curriculum and Lab Development

-can solar furnaces for a local marginalizedcommunity in Denver The creation of a humanitarian engineering student club and how that club is increasingstudent involvement in undergraduate research projects and its role in service learning. * Corresponding author. Tel.: 303-556-3083; fax: 303-556-2972 E-mail address: abrow118@msudenver.edu Page 20.38.2Background Metropolitan State University of Denver offers bachelor’s and master's degrees in a large varietyof programs on the Auraria Campus in the heart of downtown Denver. The MSU Denver studentbody is approximately 23,000 students and educates more undergraduate

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Wood , Olin College of Engineering; Selin Arslan, Lawrence Technological University; Jason Barrett, Lawrence Technological University; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Andrew Mark Herbert, Rochester Institute of Technology; Matthew Marshall, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Karen Kashmanian Oates, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Spanagel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James J. Winebrake, Rochester Institute of Technology; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

student levels.3. Integrating Liberal Arts and Engineering through the GCSP: One Community ofPractice, Four Approaches, Four Transformations3.1 Olin College of EngineeringOlin College of Engineering is a small, private engineering college that embeds experientiallearning throughout its curriculum. It occupies a unique position within this community as one ofthe earliest schools to create a GCSP. The original program, designed primarily by students andguided by a faculty advisor, relied heavily on existing programming and student intrinsicmotivation. The premise of the program was that, by virtue of participation in the school’scurriculum, students gained learning and experience in all five of the competencies defined bythe NAE. Thus every student

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

R.A. Layton. Comparing the reliability of two peer evaluation instruments. InProceedings. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, St. Louis, MO, 2000.6 D.F. Baker. Peer assessment in small groups: A comparison of methods. Journal of Management Education,32(2):183, 2008.7 P.G. Dominick, R.R. Reilly, and J.W. McGourty. The effects of peer feedback on team member behavior.Group & Organization Management, 22(4):508, 1997.8 N. Falchikov and J. Goldfinch. Student peer assessment in higher education: A meta-analysis comparingpeer and teacher marks. Review of Educational Research, 70(3):287, 2000.9 L.E. Gueldenzoph and G.L. May. Collaborative peer evaluation: Best practices for group memberassessments. Business

Conference Session

The Critical First Year in Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pilar Pazos, Northwestern University; Denise Drane, Northwestern University; Gregory Light, Northwestern University; Annette Munkeby, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

evaluating the program’s impact on academic success, we assessed the impact on studentretention in a four course engineering sequence. The Workshop Program itself consists of small,diverse groups of students meeting weekly to tackle conceptually-based, challenging problemsrelated to their classes. The program aims to promote conceptual learning and high academicachievement using a collaborative environment and is optional and complementary to the lectureclasses. Retention was evaluated based on completion of a 4-course required sequence that is acore component of the engineering curriculum. Logistic regression analysis was conducted usingincoming math SAT to control for pre-existing differences in students academic ability. Resultsindicate that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Monica B. Setien, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Tobin N. Walton, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Matthew B. A. McCullough, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Stephen B. Knisley, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

was 383 producing a Response Rate (RR=59%). Table 1includes information on student response to each of the COVID-19 impact items across alldemographic groups. For analytical purposes we have divided the items into two categoriesbased on whether the item was assessing short-term or long-term impacts. In regard to short-term impacts, a very large majority of students reported that their ability to (Q2) focus onschoolwork during the Pandemic is worse (27.5%) or much worse (40.2%) than it was before thepandemic. A similarly large majority reported that their (Q4) learning environment was worseduring the pandemic with 24.1% reporting it was much worse and 50.9% reporting it was worse.A majority of students reported feeling worse or much worse (60

Conference Session

Continuous improvement of programs, practices and people.

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Dirk Joel-Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University; Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University; Astri Briliyanti

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Continuing Professional Development

-making activities cannot bedivorced from the context in which the learning takes place. Building on the idea that knowledgeis constructed in a sociocultural context, the core of the CyberAmbassadors program will be aseries of individual and small-group activities, many of which will incorporate role-playingscenarios. Role-playing encourages active learning [33] and has been used successful to teachcommunication skills in a variety of settings, ranging from healthcare [34]–[37] and business[14], [38], [39] to science and engineering [40], [41]. The CyberAmbassadors curriculum willincorporate role-play scenarios developed from the real-life experiences of CI Professionals andCI Users from science and engineering, all in the context of

Conference Session

International Educational Experiences (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University

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International

leaders.This paper describes the goals and learning objectives of the course, the activities used to achievethese objectives, as well as the assessment of how well these objectives were achieved over thetwelve-year time period. To provide a better understanding of the course, the paper also brieflydescribes representative versions of the course. Finally, administrative and logistical issues arediscussed.The short-term study abroad program described in this paper has been proven successful in twoways. First, the number of engineering students in our college of engineering graduating with astudy abroad experience has increased from an average of less than ten per year to an average ofmore than fifty per year due, in large part, to the availability of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Patterson Shew M.Ed., University of Kansas; Lorin P. Maletsky, University of Kansas; Grace Clark; Molly McVey, University of Kansas

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

for more than one subject. The program took offimmediately; 1,037 unique students were served in Fall 2017 and 968 in Fall 2018. Springattendance tends to be lower than Fall, largely because students have formed new connectionsand have a higher level of comfort taking exams as college students.Measuring Effectiveness. Directly measuring the relationship between the Practice ExamProgram and retention rates are difficult, so other metrics were investigated. DFW rates ofstudents in courses that were supported were measured to assess program success. This measurewas available for all participating students, who were both engineering and non-engineeringstudents. The results were noticeable, as evidenced in the data from Fall 2018 (Table 1). The

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Claudia G. Cameratti-Baeza, University of Michigan; Raven Knudsen, Kennesaw State University; Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Experience” (the focus of this manuscript), he also teaches a number of meteorology courses within the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering and is the Director for an NSF-Funded Re- search Experience for Undergraduates site program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Choose Your Own Adventure: Introducing Student Choice into a First Year Experience CourseIntroduction & BackgroundTraditionally, student assessment in large engineering courses depends upon a systems-levelapproach, such as exams or written assignments, whereby all students are assessed on the samecriteria with limited consideration for individual student needs

Collection

2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

reportindividually and make an oral presentation as a team to their classmates. Thestudents then enter the Senior Chemical Engineering Laboratory and perform anexperiment on the large-scale equipment in teams of three. FRESHMAN ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS Five smaller scale experiments developed for the FED Program were alsoused. This equipment is primarily bench scale. It consists of a flow through pipesexperiment, a double pipe heat exchanger equipped with both parallel andcounter current flow, a small cylindrical agitated, mixing tank, a smalltemperature measurement bench, and two small columns to enable study of bothair and water fluidization. These five experiments are used to perform the sametasks that

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rolfe Josef Sassenfeld, New Mexico State University; John Ross Tapia, New Mexico State University

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First-Year Programs

the course materials. Canvasalso facilitates communication and teamwork through messaging tools and the administration ofonline student teams. The use of Canvas was a beneficial way to communicate and organize allthe materials needed for instructional purposes. According to Brame[3] with the correctimplementation the flipped classroom strategy can be a beneficial layout to encourage students toprepare for class before arriving. Flipping the class via Canvas provided students with theresources for all the units and objectives covered in the class. Students were able to watchvideos, read valuable resources, and work on small assignments prior to coming to class. Theycan also be assessed on content with multiple assessment tools such as quizzes

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.w. Bruce, Tennessee Technological University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

more, carry a less positive score than wordsused by EE and others.CONCLUSIONSThe authors teach an introductory discipline-specific course in electrical and computerengineering, in which most students have declared their intended major in either electrical orcomputer engineering. A small number of students enrolled have not declared their desiredengineering program, or are currently declared as some other non-engineering major.Furthermore, while the course used in this study is a freshmen/first-year introductory course, thecourse is required of all electrical and computer engineering programs, and enrolls students of allclassifications. The authors collected data on student career aspirations from almost 600 studentsover a four-year period with

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Chase, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

project-based population?These results also motivates future work in understanding if and how choices around engineeringpedagogy influence students’ development of an identity as an engineering and choice ofengineering career.One limitation of this work is our small sample size, both absolutely and in comparison with thatof Jensen and Cross. Even with small N, however, these results show that student perceptions ofthe relationships between aspect of mental health, professional identity, and department inclusionvary across the contexts studied by Jensen and Cross [14] and our three project-based programs.As the programs studied here grow and evolve, our future work will examine changes inoutcomes as a function of time and population size, as well

Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oksana Zhirosh, Innopolis University; Joseph Alexander Brown, Innopolis University; David Tickner, Faculty professional development consultant

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

tostrengthen instructors' skills through intensive and practical exercises in learning-centeredteaching. Mixing opportunities for small and large group interaction, the ISW program engagesparticipants in: ● planning and delivering 10-minute lessons ● developing participatory instructional techniques ● listening actively ● learning and teaching collaboratively ● modelling adult learning principles ● generating effective feedback and discussionThe ISW was first developed in British Columbia, Canada in 1979 as a response to requests forprofessional development programming for instructors of the newly created colleges. The ISWhas since grown and expanded across Canada as well as into the United States and many othercountries

Conference Session

Bridging and Freshman Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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Mathematics

students can improve their math placementhopefully gain greater understanding of fundamental concepts.While we see merit in both approaches, we focus here on the latter approach of the summerbridge program. This is largely motivated by circumstance at UW-Milwaukee, where we teach;academic placement of new students is math-driven (and will be so for the foreseeable future),and most of our students – nearly 70% – matriculate with math placement below calculus12.Similar circumstances exist at many other schools as well.To respond to our needs, our College of Engineering & Applied Science (CEAS) instituted asummer bridge program during Summer 2007 to help new freshmen engineering studentsimprove their math placement, study skills, and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arezoo Sadrinezhad; Lalita G. Oka, California State University, Fresno; Kimberly Stillmaker, P.E., California State University, Fresno; Lizabeth L. Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Catalina Eleonora Cardenas Arriaga; Feruza Amirkulova; Maryam Nazari; Kira Abercromby; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Paper ID #38055Work in Progress: The Power of Cross-Institutional ”Speed” Mentoring andNetworking Program in Advancement of Women, URM, and ForeignBorn/Trained Engineering FacultyDr. Arezoo SadrinezhadDr. Lalita G. Oka, California State University, Fresno Dr. Lalita Oka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering at the California State University, Fresno. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Geotechnical Engineering. Her research interests include experimental geotechnics, numerical modeling, liquefaction assessments, and dam safety. She is also interested in issues related to

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Queen Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kelly Summerford Ellenburg, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

program. This commitment ensures that a majority of graduatingundergraduate senior students participate in the UT SCI program. Currently, as a means ofevaluation, a small number of CEE senior design students engage in alternative experientiallearning projects. Over the next years, assessment of program outcomes and student learningobjectives will be measured to evaluate the inclusion in the SCI program. All current researchindicates that the university-led program will provide more consistent resources and managerialsupport leading to a more sustainable program framework for the UT CEE department. Once thisis confirmed, curricular changes will be recommended to formally integrate service-learningobligations as a component of the graduation

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alexander Friess, University of Maine; Muhieddin Amer, RIT-Dubai

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International

based on GPA or class rank in high school (the SAT beingoptional). However, the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign language) is a test that is wellknown and universally administered in the UAE, and can be (and is typically) included as anadmissions requirement.In addition to assessing the academic readiness, which is a systemic admissions challenge, theprofessors in the freshman courses are confronted with students who struggle with the behavioralcomponents required to succeed in a US-style engineering program. These components includestudy skills, time management skills, communication and teamwork skills, as well as a differentnotion of what constitutes plagiarism and cheating, and require a deliberate effort by the facultyand institution to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rita Manco Powell, University of Pennsylvania; Henry Towsner, University of Pennsylvania; Brett Frankel, University of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

encouraging innovation [8].Previous WorkIntroductory courses serve as gateways to many majors in science and engineering. A key barrierto success in the STEM curriculum is very high rates of failure or withdrawal in introductorySTEM courses. Traditionally the format for instruction is lecture oriented, often in large lecturehalls not conducive to student interchange and discussion, so students work in isolation and areunable to engage in course discussion with peers outside of class [2], [5], [9], [10]. Peer LedTeam Learning (PLTL) and Emerging Scholars Programs (ESP) offer a small-group discussionapproach to support student learning in math, the physical sciences, computer science andengineering at institutions such as the University of Texas

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

challenges that lie ahead of them at college [1] [2] [3] [4]. Mostexisting programs are on-campus, small-scale programs that focus on one or two areas of studentpreparation, such as mathematics or science. An on-campus summer bridge program for theentire College of Engineering freshman class would be cost prohibitive. Instead, in an effort toincrease the retention and success rate of its engineering students, the University of NorthCarolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) Lee College of Engineering implemented an onlinesummer bridge program for all incoming freshmen. This work explores the program anddiscusses its early results.Identifying the ProblemEngineers are the problem solvers of the future. The President’s Council of Advisors onScience and

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tolga Duman; Cihan Tepedelenlioglu; Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

A COMBINED RESEARCH AND CURRICULUM PROGRAM IN SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR COMMUNICATIONS* Andreas Spanias, Venkatraman Atti, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu, Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola, and Tolga Duman Department of Electrical Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5706, USA. e-mail: [spanias, atti, cihan, papandreou, and duman]@asu.edu Abstract This paper describes a combined curriculum and research program that aims to provide scientificand investigative experiences to undergraduate (UG) students by

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Curriculum and Lab Development

project components of their curricula [8-10].In most countries, significant time constraints play a large role in adding cooperative work modulesto the general academic curriculum. However, practical experience through embedding internshipalong with standard professional education programs will constitute a superior comprehensivetraining for the biomedical studentss for international adoption.Alongside time constraints, the availability of suitable sites that have available positions andfunding for co-op students is a difficult problem. Possible co-op models and potential collaborationopportunities are described in the following sections.Experiential Learning with Co-op/InternshipMany institutions offer and encourage internship or co-op, but it

Conference Session

The Ever-Changing Course

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Thompson, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven

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First-Year Programs

Engineering at the University of New Haven, received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is currently serving as the Coordinator of the First Year Program. Her professional interests include modeling the transport and fate of contaminants in groundwater and surface water systems, as well as engineering education reform. Page 14.735.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Infusing System Engineering Concepts and System Engineering Approaches into a Multidisciplinary Freshman Project-Based Introduction to Engineering CourseAbstractThe

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Stan Cronk, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

, students purchase a Parallax Boe-Bot kit that serves as a platform forlaboratory and design projects, allowing students to quickly develop skills in programming andcircuit prototyping. Students also purchase a set of tools for completing electromechanicalprojects and several software programs for facilitating engineering analysis and 3D modeling. AFreshman Projects Classroom was designed to promote team-based learning.The faculty and students are challenged by the new curriculum and are now more motivated andengaged in learning than with the prior curriculum. Assessments from this academic year suggestthat the curriculum does accomplish our primary goal of preparing students to meet the attributesof “The Engineer of 2020

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Amy Thompson, University of New Haven; Carl Barratt, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven

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First-Year Programs

burden for administering andcoordinating these first year courses rests with disciplinary programs when dedicated faculty arenot assigned to First Year Programs.New ApproachThe University of New Haven is a small, private institution with an undergraduate population ofabout 3000 students. The Tagliatela College of Engineering at the University of New Haven hasapproximately 350 engineering students and offers programs in Civil, Chemical, Mechanical,Systems, Electrical and Computer Engineering. During the 2004-05 academic year, faculty atthe University of New Haven began the implementation of a new curriculum that stressesdevelopment of professional and technical skills during the first two years, while introducingbasic engineering concepts. The

Conference Session

Installation, Integration, and Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

predict significantjob opportunities for graduates in the Energy Engineering profession due to energy economicsand the age of the current work force in the field. Surveys of members of the Association ofEnergy Engineers show relatively large numbers nearing retirement, an anticipated growth inemployment opportunities, and overall strong career opportunities(http://www.aeecenter.org/files/reports/2015EnergyManagementJobs.pdf ).At the university level, many graduates of chemical, electrical, mechanical, and otherundergraduate engineering disciplines specialize in energy through technical electives andresearch projects. There are also specialized degree programs, although they are somewhatlimited at the undergraduate level. Penn State’s Energy