(“Engineering Student Engagement(ESEPs) were hired at the beginning of the 2016-17 Partners”, or “ESEPs”) were hired at the beginning of theacademic year to help maximize first-year student success 2016-17 academic year to help maximize first-year studentand to involve junior students in curriculum development success, engagement and motivation; and to increase Engfor first-year engineering courses. ESEPs support One students’ sense of belonging to an engineeringstudents by attending lectures, providing tutoring, community. The ESEP program was also initiated to involvedirecting students to support services, and hosting “online junior students in curriculum development for the four Engrooms
become a primary focus at the University of economic backgrounds, and prior knowledge among studentsTexas at Arlington (UTA). UTA conducted a study that at UTA, ENGR 1300 utilizes the Student-Centered Activefound students were ill-equipped in the areas of problem Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogiessolving, professional writing, and computer (SCALE-UP) method. This method, developed at NC Stateprogramming. Therefore, UTA has recently created a University [1] and now utilized in many universities [2],new first year engineering course focused on improving focuses on creating a highly active and collaborativethese specific skill areas using the Student-Centered
lab implement the math theory covered in class. For example, aexperiments, and ability to complete a team project. MATLAB simulation of a robot arm uses trigonometry.However, students were much less confident in their ability While it is too early to assess the impact of these new labs,to solve engineering problems. Among seven different class we feel it is a promising approach. We are also exploring theactivities, students ranked labs, project and homework as idea of two tracks in ECE 102. One would be at the same pacemost helpful in their learning. The last one is puzzling as the current course, but we would offer a second trackbecause we do not emphasize homework in this course
Paper ID #20913Instilling Entrepreneurial Mindset by Vertical Integration of Engineering ProjectsShankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Shankar Ramakrishnan received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He is currently part of the engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently he designs the curriculum for the freshman engineering program at the Polytechnic campus of the Arizona State University. He also designs and teaches engineering design courses in the first and sophomore years at ASU. His interests
year.Dr. Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Steffen Peuker holds the James L. Bartlett, Jr. Assistant Professor position in the Mechanical Engi- neering Department at the California State University in San Luis Obispo. He is teaching courses, includ- ing laboratories, in the HVAC concentration and mechanical engineering including first-year courses. Dr. Peuker’s educational research focuses on increasing student retention and success in engineering through implementation of a student success focused approach in introduction to engineering courses. In addi- tion, his work in engineering education focuses on collaborative learning, student-industry cooperation, and developing