Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Sheldon Levias, University of Washington; Lynne Spencer Ph.D., College of Engineering, University of Washington; Kelsey F Gabel, University of Washington Engineering Academic Center

Tagged Topics

Diversity, GIFTS

Paper ID #36357GIFTS: Engineers in gear: Building a student support model to transcendthe COVID eraDr. Sheldon Levias, University of Washington Dr. Sheldon Levias is an Associate Director from the University of Washington’s College of Engineering (UW CoE) Student Academic Services Team, and he manages the CoE’s Engineering Academic Center, or EAC. Sheldon has strong connections to the UW, the CoE, and the Seattle area. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the UW and an M.A. in Teaching from Seattle Pacific University. Sheldon taught middle school mathematics and science for several years, and went on to obtain

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Sarah Lynn Benson, Northeastern University ; Leila Keyvani Someh, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

GIFTS

Paper ID #36334GIFTS: The secret is in the details. Improving oral presentation skillswith a peer and self-assessed feedback module.Ms. Sarah Lynn Benson, Northeastern University I am a third-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University working towards my degree in chemi- cal engineering. I am passionate about mentoring first-year engineering students.Dr. Leila Keyvani Someh, Northeastern University Dr. Keyvani is an Associate Teaching professor in the First year Engineering program at Northeaster University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Edward P Gatzke, University of South Carolina

Tagged Topics

GIFTS

Paper ID #36373GIFTS: Retention Improvement Efforts in the Undergraduate Living andLearning Community at the University of South CarolinaProf. Edward P Gatzke, University of South Carolina Ed Gatzke is currently the Faculty Principal for the Green Quad Living and Learning Community at the University of South Carolina. For eight years he served as the faculty advisor for the USC Engineering and Computing Living and Learning Community. He has taught a variety of high-school and first-year introductory and professional development courses over the last two decades. American c

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, GIFTS

Paper ID #36392GIFTS: Introducing First Year Students to The Running Track Analogy ofan Electric CircuitDr. Christopher Horne P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Since 2011, Dr. Horne has been a Teaching Professor at NC A&T State University and East Carolina University. He currently teaches freshman a course in problem solving using MATLAB. He combines twenty years’ experience in management and engineering with a passion to help students learn STEM- related material. He is a licensed professional engineer and holds masters and Ph.D. from North Carolina State University and North Carolina A

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Debjani Sarkar; Timothy J Hinds, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

GIFTS

Paper ID #36349Introducing Quad Chart to Reinforce Technical Communication SkillsMs. Debjani Sarkar, Ms Debjani Sarkar is an academic teaching specialist in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. She teaches Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists at MSU. She also leads the com- munications and marketing activities of the first-year engineering CoRe Experience. She supervises the College of Engineering Tutoring Center, which offers free tutoring in foundational courses for under- graduate engineering students. She has over a decade of experience on e-communication, curriculum development, web and

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

Tagged Topics

GIFTS

-the-envelope” calculations. The choices made about whatvariables to consider and how to assign values to them have considerable impact on the solution.In Introduction to Civil Engineering at the University of South Carolina, students practiceestimation skills with Fermi questions, which can be likened to real engineering problems. First,students learn to make assumptions and approximations while understanding how to differentiateone from the other. An assumption is an estimate of the existence of a fact. An approximation isan estimate of the value of some quantity to a desired degree of accuracy. Assumptions arequalitative statements that often answer a “Yes” or “No” question. Numbers should not appear inan assumption, although there are some

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University

Tagged Topics

GIFTS

Paper ID #36389GIFTS: Incorporating Patent Review into First-Year Student DesignProjects to Support Ideation, Concept Selection, and CommercializationDr. Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University Lee Rynearson is the First-Year Engineering Coordinator & Assistant Professor of Engineering at Camp- bell University. He received a B.S. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2008 and earned his PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University in 2016. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 GIFTS

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

Vinayak Vijayan is a Lecturer in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Dayton. He received his bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from University of Dayton in 2015, his MS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan in 2017, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Dayton in 2022. His interests include biomechanics and engineering education.Yucheng Li, University of Dayton Yucheng Li is a Ph.D. candidate in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Dayton. He received his B.S. in Material Forming and Control Engineering from Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, China, in 2014 and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from