Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Self-Efficacy

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University

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to understand what impact the CoP As part of the first-year experience, methods employed focus on developing student identity has on student retentionto foster community and identity development included four and persistence over time. As this model incorporates cross-main avenues along with three cross-cutting themes. The four cohort and mentoring roles, this paper does not categorizemain avenues for development are the first-year engineering students using this model. The model was used to inform the(FYE) design course sequence, an FYE seminar, mandatory initiatives discussed in this paper.extracurricular programming in professional development Identity can be viewed and considered

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kevin Joseph Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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. The coaching program has evolved based on students’ commitment to success, level of inquiry, andexperiences and feedback from key stakeholders, leading personal understanding of self and cultural awarenessto the continuous development of new strategies for (http://prospect.uncc.edu/resources).improving participant satisfaction, academic and A student’s personal success in the College ofprofessional success, and retention. These enhancements Engineering is ultimately a function of their motivation,have made a positive impact based on recent assessment decision making, level of communication, work ethic, andresults, to include overwhelmingly positive student ability to overcome adversity

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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test scores of the value of conversations and talking through problems toengineering student responses to ABET soft skill solve their own problems. As educators, it would beknowledge, explores the possibilities for freshman convenient to ‘bottle’ the wisdom of product creation andengineering students to engage meaningfully in six of the pass it along to students. However, students need explicit11 outcomes for engineering graduates. With a focus on instruction on what engineering researchers andmulti-disciplinary teamwork, professional ethical practitioners implicitly understand and use daily. Thisresponsibility, effective communication, engineering

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Donald F. Hayes PE, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Wonjoon Hong, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; MATTHEW L BERNACKI, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Nicholas Voorhees

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. The best prediction model produced Use of digital EGG contenta Kappa value of 0.48 (κ = 0.48) with a recall of 61%, i.e. the Assignment 205.3 143.6model accurately identified ≥ 6 in 10 students who earned Content Folder 165.8 117.3less than 70% of possible points (Table III). This final Link To Content Area 229.7 124.9prediction model developed based on behaviors within the Communication Tool 0.1 0.4first five weeks includes six attributes. Table IV shows the Lecture Notes-Complete 6.1

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engineering Design

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Julian Sosnik PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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, there is little difference between students enrolled incan be utilized to form student teams, replicating the the course, regardless of their chosen major. This workinterdisciplinary design environment that students may studies three years of data on the impact of assigned groupsexperience post-graduation can be achieved thorough in these courses, as they pertain to overall student experience.assigned teams based on complimentary skills [2,3]. While research shows that the various methods ofassigning student teams can be instrumental in developingstudent skills [4], they can also have positive and adverseFirst Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Leotis L. Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Ava W. Dickens, North Carolina A&T State University; Tamara L Fuller, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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in Table IV provided by the Office of Under- for HOME students on the impact of community on student’sgraduate Admissions represents the cumulative grade point success.average for HOME Program Participants and non-Programparticipants at the end of the spring semester each year from RESEARCH LIMITATIONSspring 2013 to spring 2017. To avoid duplication, the data forthe non-HOME Program students does not include the data The research presented in this paper is in the preliminaryfor HOME Program students. This data indicates that the stages. This groundwork approach allows the authors to build upon opportunity for

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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- Service Learning is one of the emerging Index Terms – Project-Based service learning, EWBconcepts that are becoming popular in the education of Challenge, Graduate Teaching Fellows, and First-Yearundergraduate students. Considering the empirical Teaching Experience.approaches, the objective of service learning is to providean opportunity for students to be more engaged in usingtheir engineering concepts and potential for satisfying INTRODUCTIONindividual human, and community needs. Additionally, Learning quality has been one of the crucial aspects that playProject-Based Service Learning (PBSL) has been a major role in students’ future and keeps them

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Elizabeth L Hutchins, Tennessee Tech University

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that indicate college success and are on the job, interpersonal communication strategies,within the power of the individual to adjust. The activities and networking, interview strategies, working on a team, projecttopics covered in the Connections course focus on these six management and working in a global context. Furtherfactors and provide resources to help students improve. The opportunities to become connected are provided through theareas are as follows: academic self-efficacy, organization and Clay N. Hixson College of Engineering Student Success Fairattention to study, stress and time management, involvement where each organization and department shares informationwith college activities

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Hamid Rad, Washington State University

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talk about a particularcovering the engineering fundamentals and problem topic, such as fluid mechanics. In addition, the facultysolving, the students are engaged in two group projects speaker was introducing himself to the students by furtherenhancing their creativity and hands-on skills. One is a talking about his/her area of research. This gave students anterm project, similar to the ones assigned in previous opportunity to get to know the faculty, their area ofyears. The additional project proposed at the freshman expertise, and foresee a chance to develop a relationship forlevel was on reverse engineering. The paper provides potential undergraduate research opportunity during theirdetails of

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University

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areas of automation and control theory, and system identification. His work has been published through the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE); he is an active member of both organizations. He serves as advisor to the student entrepreneurship club and as the State Partner for the FIRST LEGO League Program—a nationally recognized program that incorporates robotics with innovation and community engagement. He holds a PhD and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engineering Design

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

FELIX ORLANDO MARTINEZ-RIOS, Universidad Panamericana

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all the requirements of the competition (humanitarian charges). and have a plane ready to fly, we begin to work with students • The model must have a data acquisition system from July to March or April (depending on when SAE (for example based on GPS) and transmit at all schedules each two competencies: East region and the West times the height. region). • The pilot flies the plane visually, and another The month of July is Mexico is a vacation period for member of the team drop the humanitarian students, but those engaged in this contest begin work during

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Ohbong Kwon, New York City College of Technology; Juanita C But, New York City College of Technology; Sunghoon Jang, NY City College of Technology of CUNY

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(NYCCT),these challenges will be discussed. First, we will review Electromechanical courses primarily equip students withthe correlation between students’ reading proficiency technical knowledge and skills in lecture and lab settings. Inand their performance in the course by analyzing the addition to these traditional teaching and learning settings,results of reading assessments administered in three we perceive a need to enhance students’ disciplinary literacysections (N=66) of EMT1255 from Fall 2015 to Fall 2016. by engaging them in the reading-to-learn process. To do so,This will allow us to identify the impact of students’ we implemented READ (Reading Effectively Across thereading skills on their

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Dani Fadda P.E., University of Texas, Dallas; Oziel Rios, University of Texas, Dallas

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class project to introduce freshman students to the engineering(less than 50 students) and also for a larger class (more design process, working with uncertainty, and improvingthan 200 students). The project was tested during the fall teaming/communication skills. Books are also available tosemester of 2016 on a class of 48 students. It was support the freshman level introductory courses [7, 8, and 9].successfully scaled to a class of 221 students during the Kits are commercially available in abundance andspring semester of 2017. The project is presented in this several have been reviewed. However, these are found highlypaper along with a discussion of the resources (materials

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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TeachingInternational relations X X X Council research project grant. [13]Global citizenship X X X XGlobal product platforms X X In the year studied, the EWB Challenge allowed students toEconomics/outsourcing X X X co-create engineering solutions and management strategies toSocio/political impact on challenges faced by the community living in the X X Xproblem definition Mayukwayukwa refugee settlement in the Kaoma District ofAppreciate cultural valuedifferences