Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Allison L. Kinney, University of Dayton; Vinayak Vijayan, University of Dayton; Yucheng Li, University of Dayton; Shanpu Fang, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

GIFTS

University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA, in 2017. His current research interests include modeling of continuum robots and shape-changing mechanisms.Shanpu Fang, University of Dayton Shanpu Fang is a PhD Candidate from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Univeristy of Dayton. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering and Automation from the Wuhan University of Science and Technology, in China, in 2016, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton in 2018. His reasearch interests include biomechanical analysis of human movement and musculoskeletal simulation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Christopher Horne P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity, GIFTS

&T State University, respectively. His current research is in novel pedagogical methods for enhancing student learning of math and engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 GIFTS: Introducing First Year Students to The Running Track Analogy of an Electric CircuitIntroductionThis Great Idea for Teaching Students (GIFTS) describes a teaching method used for introducingthe series electric circuit to under-represented minority engineering students. It is unique becauseof its teaching method for mathematics, and historically, is not used in FYEE programs [1]. Toooften a struggling first semester student has limited knowledge

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Debjani Sarkar; Timothy J Hinds, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

GIFTS

, mechanics, computational tools and international product design as well as graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He has conducted research in the areas of environmentally-responsible manufacturing, globally-distributed engineering teaming and early engi- neering education development and has over 30 years of combined academic and industrial management experience. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 GIFTS: Introducing Quad Chart to Reinforce Technical Communication Skills Debjani Sarkar and