Conference Session

Technical Session S2C

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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technical knowledgeas well as the broad set of professional skills needed to succeed in today’s global economy.Efficient, high impact approaches are needed to create efficiencies in the curriculum.Experiential learning is one approach that allows students to develop disciplinary andprofessional skills and can help students transition into professional practice more effectively.Community-engaged learning is a form of experiential education that brings the added benefitsof impact to the broader community. Community-engaged learning, also called service-learning,integrates work within an underserved area of society with academic content. Needs within thelocal or global community are addressed by learning and applying academic content within acourse or

Conference Session

S1B: Workshop II

Collection

14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

Authors

Joshua Fagan, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Amy Katherine Biegalski PE, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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engineering concepts.Participants learn how to implement the workshop leaders’ open source toolbox with raspberrypi controlled Sphero RVR robots, allowing instructors and students to program highlycustomizable robots with MATLAB.The workshop leaders developed a toolbox that implements ROS as a bridge between Pythonrunning on a Sphero RVR’s Raspberry Pi and MATLAB running on a student’s computer. Withthis toolbox, the ROS and Python communications are hidden from the user/student, ensuringbeginners in programming are not burdened by extraneous details and complications. Thisimplementation of MATLAB controlled Sphero RVR’s may be a good fit for other classroomsand institutions; the chassis is commercially available and relatively inexpensive, and the

Conference Session

S4B: Workshop VII

Collection

14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

Authors

Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Petronella A James, Morgan State University

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, and inclusive engineering degree programs and workforces will find this session ofinterest.Background on e4usaEngineering for US All is leading the charge in opening up the world of engineering to a newgeneration of students and educators. As an NSF-funded high school engineering program, ourcore mission is to increase student and teacher access to engineering nationwide, with a focus onreaching populations that have been traditionally underrepresented in the field. With over 6,000students to date, e4usa is making a significant impact on the future of engineering.Our students explore the impact of engineering on society, build professional skills that will servethem well in their future careers, and engage in hands-on design experiences that