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Hands-On Modules for First-Year Civil Engineering Students

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Portland, Oregon

Publication Date

June 23, 2024

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June 23, 2024

End Date

July 12, 2024

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

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Andrew Paul Summerfield Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Will Cashel-Cordo

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Hadi Kazemiroodsari Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Hadi Kazemiroodsari is assistant professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He earned his PhD in Geotechnical engineering from Northeastern University. His area of expertise are Geotechnical engineering and Earthquake engineering.

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Abstract

Student engagement and retention in first-year engineering courses are typically challenging. Many engineering programs offer a general “Introduction to Engineering” course for first-year students, and designing interactive and engaging modules for such courses is essential for retention. We present several new modules for hands-on learning that would be excellent additions to an Introduction to Engineering course. The goal of these modules was for students to gain a qualitative understanding of the basic theoretical concepts relevant to several subdisciplines of civil engineering, including structural, environmental, geotechnical, and transportation. This paper describes the modules in detail and summarizes student feedback and retention data. This paper is a work-in-progress that will continue until the students graduate.

Summerfield, A. P., & Cashel-Cordo, W., & Kazemiroodsari, H. (2024, June), Hands-On Modules for First-Year Civil Engineering Students Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/47521

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