Conference Session

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

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Rouzbeh Tehrani, Temple University; Mohammad F. Kiani, Temple University; Evangelia Bellas, Temple University; John Joseph Helferty, Temple University; Won H Suh, Bioengineering Department, College of Engineering, Temple University

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

Paper ID #20953A Project Based Approach To Introduction To EngineeringDr. Rouzbeh Tehrani, Temple University Rouzbeh Tehrani is the graduate coordinator of the civil and environmental engineering department and an assistant professor at Temple University. He also serves as the co-chair of AEESP education committee. He has been involved in teaching and developing labs and teaching materials for several courses such as Introduction to Engineering, science GenEds, Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, and Water Quality and Treatment since 2013.Dr. Mohammad F. Kiani, Temple UniversityDr. Evangelia Bellas , Temple

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Self-Efficacy

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

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

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

Campbell University’s School of Engineering is in thedevelopment of engineering identity. As part of the first- unique position of developing a new engineering programyear experience, methods employed to foster community within a liberal arts context. In addition to providing high-and identity development included four main avenues quality engineering coursework, the faculty are workingalong with three cross-cutting themes. The four main together to provide consistent messaging and intentionalavenues for development were the first-year engineering departmental norms and practices across an integrated(FYE) design course sequence, an FYE seminar, engineering curriculum. In the 2016

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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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

grade) was on a group project to make the course fun, soresearch to the students. Based on their availability, that the students coming with diverse backgrounds in termsmechanical engineers from local industry were invited as of science and math, do not face an overwhelming schoolguest speakers to talk to the students about “a day in an work load in their first year of engineering experience.engineer’s life.” These approaches have had various The course was set up so that in addition to coveringoutcomes and instructors have varied methods to meet some fundamentals by the course instructor, one session wasthe needs of students. In the new approach, in addition to devoted to another faculty member to

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

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

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

interested inrecognized as an effective active learning tool in their education and professional life. Consequently, aengineering education. The College of Engineering at different methodology has been introduced to assist studentsColorado State University has developed a new program staying passionate about their studies. Service learning is oneentitled the Graduate Teaching Fellowship for ten of them. Service Learning (SL) is defined as: “course-based,graduate students to provide additional assistance in First credit-bearing educational experience in which students (a)Year Engineering courses and to do research about participate in an organized service activity that meetsretention

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Classroom Activities

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Shankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

Paper ID #20874A competency-based flipped classroom for a first year hands-on engineeringdesign courseShankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Shankar Ramakrishnan received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He is 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. He also designs and teaches engineering design courses in the first and sophomore years. His interests include active teaching methods and pedagogies for increased student

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mathematics

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Gary LeRoy Hunt, Boise State University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

to both the lecture and laboratory componentsand the focus of the new course is on improving of the course. We modified the lectures to focus on thestudents’ performance and retention in calculus, we mathematics topics emphasized in the Wright Stateevaluated the effectiveness of the new course by curriculum, including trigonometry, vectors, solvinglongitudinally tracking students’ success and persistence systems of equations, and derivatives and integrals. We alsoin subsequent engineering mathematics courses. The incorporated using Matlab, with an emphasis on using it as aresults of these analyses show that students’ tool to solve engineering mathematics problems

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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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

Statics Project for a First-Year Mechanical Engineering Course Dani Fadda, Ph.D., P.E. and Oziel Rios, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Dallas fadda@utdallas.edu and oziel.rios@utdallas.eduAbstract - A project, presented in this paper, is designed awaken the passions of freshman students who expect to befor a freshman-level class to introduce the mechanical the new innovators. Goodrich and McWilliams [6] used twoengineering subject of statics in four weeks. The project projects: a Lego Robotics project and a flotation platformis designed to be suitable for a small or medium sized

Conference Session

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

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

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

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classes [11]. COMPETENT ENGINEER Engineers Without Borders-Australia founded the EWB Challenge in 2007. Today the EWB Challenge is aSKILLS & ATTRIBUTES sophisticated program embedded into the curriculum at 52OF THE GLOBALLY ALLERT PARKINSON GREGG HUNTLEYCOMPETENT ENGINEER [8] [7] [9] [10] universities in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malaysia, and Dubai, reaching over 10,000

Conference Session

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

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

John Edward Miller, Baylor University; Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor Univer- sity. 2017 FYEE Conference: Daytona Beach, Florida Aug 6 Session T2C First-year Redesign: LabVIEW, myRIO, EML, and More John Miller and Carolyn Skurla Baylor University, John_Miller1@baylor.edu, Carolyn_Skurla@baylor.eduAbstract - Over the past year, faculty at Baylor previously published [1]. One of the qualifying requirementsimplemented a new curriculum in a pilot course for first- is that

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

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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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sections of EGG 101 Introduction to Engineering to satisfymultimedia content to learners, managing discussions, the requirement. EGG 101 introduces students to engineeringorganizing collaborative and problem-based learning and the UNLV engineering curriculum while developingactivities, and conducting assessments. This project skills essential for academic success. The course currentlyutilized a LMS to provide digital content to students in a consists of a 1 semester-hour lecture portion and a 1 semesterface-to-face lecture course and improve the efficacy of hour laboratory component with smaller sessions. This studyearly warnings to struggling