FYEE 2024 Schedule


1	FYEE 2024 Conference Schedule - Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2	All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). All sessions held at the Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC \| Google Maps Link).
3	Sunday July 28, 2024	Event	Authors/Presenters		Location
4	12:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Registration			ISEC Atrium
5	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Workshop I
6		Sponsored Workshop by EMIFY Entrepreneurial Mindset in the First-Year: Socializing a Body of Knowledge	Kaitlin Mallouk, Blake Hylton, Krista Kecskemety, Jack Bringardner		ISEC 136
7		Engineering First Year Advising Best Practices	Lisa Lampe, Esther Tian		ISEC 138
8		Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible (in First Year Engineering)	Nicole Batrouny, Daria Kotys-Schwartz, Micah Lande		ISEC 140
9	3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Break
10	3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Workshop II
11		Post-Pandemic Pedagogical Pivots: Mental Health, AI, and Zoom Zombification in Engineering Education	Susan Freeman, Rich Whalen, Katy Schulte-Grahame, Jennifer Love, Angelina Jay		ISEC 136
12		Social Identity- Back to Basics	Samantha Kennedy		ISEC 138
13		Leveraging Different Scales of Course Feedback for Enhanced Student Learning and Growth	Benjamin Goldschneider, Shaylin Williams, Esther Tian		ISEC 140
14	5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Break
15	5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Panel I			ISEC 102 Auditorium
16	5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Rethinking First-Year Engineering: Management, Collaboration, and Curriculum Alignment	Cory Budischak, Haritha Malladi, Brian O'Connell		ISEC 102 Auditorium
17	6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception Sponsored by EMIFY			ISEC Atrium
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19	Monday July 29, 2024	Event	Authors/Presenters	Moderators	Location
20	7:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Registration			ISEC Atrium
21	7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast			ISEC Atrium
22	8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Welcome Richard Whalen FYEE 2024 Conference Chair, Northeastern University Susan Freeman Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Northeartern University
23	8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote 1: Michael Sweet, Director, Center for Advanced Teaching and Learning through Research, Northeastern University
24	9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Transition Break
25	9:15 AM - 10:00 AM	Work in Progress Presentations WIP paper presentations will start in separate rooms where authors will give a short 5-minute pitch of their work in progress. After the pitches are complete, we will have a combined poster session for all WIP papers.
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27		Work in Progress I: Enhancing First-Year Engineering Education and Practical Skills		Moderators: Kapil Gangwar & Joseph Lyon	ISEC 136
28		Activity Centric Online Teaching and Learning with MATLAB	Lynn Albers
29		Micro-Credentialing for the First Year: Creating a Digital Badge for Engineering Information Literacy	Paul McMonigle
30		Online Modules to Develop Upper-classmen Mentors for a First-Year Biomedical Engineering Course	Gyeongtae Sun Moon
31		Survey Validation to Enable Investigating Community Cultural Wealth in Engineering Students' First Year Experiences (FYE)	Adetoun Yeaman
32		Increasing Maker Space Participation through First-Year Engineering	Kurt Rhoads
33		Pilot of Block Model Delivery of First-Year Engineering	Jeffrey Harris
34		Hands-on Activities to Improve Student Engagement and Learning in an Introductory Programming Course	Carter Hulcher
35		Energy Sustainability for First-Year Engineering Students- Exploring Renewable Energy Production through Hands-on Activities	Mohammad Heshmati
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37		Work in Progress II: Promoting Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Feedback		Moderators: Mohammed El Kihal & Shaz Vijlee	ISEC 138
38		Get Them to Tell You What Works: Exit Surveys for Formative Feedback	Michelle Soledad
39		Integrating DEIBJ and Inclusive Design Concepts in an Introductory Engineering Course Using Stand-alone Modules	Ashish Borgaonkar
40		Cultivating Relationships with Clients in the Community: Enhancing the First-Year Student Experience	Rebecca Krylow
41		Fostering the Development of Engineering Identity in First-Year Women Engineering Students Through First-Year Seminars	Angelika Tamura
42		Piloting a Human-Centered-Design Software Innovation Course for First-Year Engineering & Business Students	James Toney
43		How the STEPS Program Enhances the First-Year Experience for Engineering Students	Cory Budischak
44		Surprises in Student Stress and Academic Support SURVEY	Edward Gatzke
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46	10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Work in Progress Poster Session Common poster presentation session for all WIP papers.	All WIP presenters		ISEC Atrium
47	10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Break
48	10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Workshop III
49		Sponsored Workshop by Onshape CAD Analytics for Responsive Teaching and Education Research	McKenzie Brunelle, Matt Shields		ISEC 136
50		Problem Framing Canvases for Client-Centered Service Learning Design Projects	Todd France, Blake Hylton, Abigail Clark		ISEC 138
51		Fostering Student Identities as Sustainability Changemakers: Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Tools for Change	Caitrin Lynch, Joanne Pratt		ISEC 140
52	12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Group Photo ISEC Stairs Lunch Focus on Exhibits Tour of the Makerspace at EXP			ISEC Atrium
53	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Workshop IV
54		Sponsored Workshop by AutoDesk Autodesk AI: Today’s tools and tomorrow’s vision for design & manufacturing	Gaby Waldman-Fried		ISEC 136
55		Milestones-Based Structured Active Learning Approach to Improve Student Performance in Engineering Courses	Ashish Borgaonkar, Jaskirat Sodhi, Lucie Tchouassi		ISEC 138
56		Sponsored Workshop by MathWorks & Quansar Bridging Theory and Practice: An Interactive Workshop on Control Theory using a Robotic Arm	Neha Sardesai, Noah Roberts, Arian Panah, Zinan Cen		ISEC 140
57	3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Break
58	3:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Full Paper Presentations Full papers will be presented as podium talks. Each presenter has 15 minutes, including time for Q&A.
59		Full Papers I: Sense of Belonging and Self-Efficacy		Moderators: Rui Li & Akua Oppong-Anane	ISEC 136
60		Enhancing Sense of Belonging in First-Year Engineering Students through Integrated Project-Based Learning and Communication Skills Development	Song Wang
61		Sense of Belonging in a First-Year Engineering Program: Analyzing Differences Across Design Project Courses	Heather Schwab
62		Continued exploration of the relevance of self-efficacy, self-determination and agency in describing the first-year African engineering student's experience	Heather Beem
63		Building on the First-Year Engineering programming experience: Understanding the motivation and self-efficacy of students in a follow-on programming course	Joseph Lyon
64		Examining first-year students' nascent disciplinary identities and epistemological orientations	Juval Racelis
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66		Full Papers II: Teaching Methods and Assessment Approaches		Moderators: Lucie Tchouassi & Lauren Falco	ISEC 138
67		Implementing Exam Wrappers in a First-Year Engineering Course	Andrew Bartolini
68		Future-Ready Students: Survey Analysis Utilizing Natural Language Processing	Toluwani Olukanni
69		Tinkering and Making to Engage Students in a First-Year Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Course	Micah Lande
70		One Tool to Support Attendance, Engagement, Metacognition, and Exam Preparation	Kathleen Harper
71		A Generative AI Approach to Better Teamwork in First-Year Engineering	Ethan Danahy
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73		Full Papers III: Wellness and Student Success		Moderators: Kemi Akintewe & Aysa Galbraith	ISEC 140
74		Impacts of a Wellness-Focused First-Year Course on Student Retention and Academic Success	Matthew Cavalli
75		Impact of Math Placement on Persistence and Time to Graduation In Engineering	David Gray
76		Self-Regulated Learning in First Year Engineering: Opportunities for Practical Implementation	Mohammed El Kihal
77		Students' Self-Reported Self-Regulated Learning Skills Across a First-Year Engineering Program	Cassondra Wallwey
78	5:00 PM - 5:15 PM	Break
79	5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	Panel II			ISEC 102 Auditorium
80	5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	Unlocking the Power of Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in the First-Year Experience	Blake Hylton, Jack Bringardner, Kaitlin Mallouk, Krista Kecskemety		ISEC 102 Auditorium
81	6:15 - 7:00 PM	Keynote 2 Reception & Networking Sponsored by Northeastern University College of Engineering			ISEC Atrium
82	7:00 - 7:30 PM	Keynote 2: Navigating Neurodiversity in Engineering Ernst VanBergeijk, Ph.D., M.S.W, Senior Director of Local Educational Agencies, Elwyn President and Founder Ernst Equitable Education Services			ISEC 102 Auditorium
83	7:30 - 9:00 PM	Keynote 2 Dinner Sponsored by Northeastern University College of Engineering			ISEC Atrium
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85	Tuesday July 30, 2024	Event	Authors/Presenters	Moderators	Location
86	7:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Registration			ISEC Atrium
87	7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast			ISEC Atrium
88	8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Transition Break
89	8:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Great Ideas for Teaching, or Talking With, Students! GIFTS presenters will present their ideas in a lightning-talk format with 3-minutes per persentation with time for Q&A. Online resouces will also be shared with attendees.			ISEC 102 Auditorium
90		A Hands-on Activity for Improving the Students' Understanding of Centroids in a Freshmen Engineering Mechanics Course	Roshina Babu	Moderators: Kaitlin Mallouk & Jaskirat Sodhi
91		Concrete Is My Jam!	Christopher Frishcosy
92		Expanding Laboratory Experiences in Circuits and Networks	Mark Cambron
93		Matching 2D Engineering Drawings and 3D Objects	Danielle Barker
94		Tools to Help Students Prototype and Test Autonomous Robot Navigation Algorithms	Giang-Nam Facchetti
95		Three Methods to use Podcasts as Effective Learning Tools	Haritha Malladi
96		An example implementation of web-based, in-class polling as an active learning and formative assessment tool	Paul Anderson
97		Integrating MATLAB Grader into an Engineering Computing Course	Andrew Bartolini
98		Helping Students to Advise Themselves Using a Graded Curricular Map in the First Year	Melissa Kenny
99		Team Safety Brief: A tool to promote and enhance teamwork	Mirna Mattjik
100		Trial by Fire: GIFTS for Stress-Testing Student Project Management Tools	David Gray
101		15-minute Q&A with GIFTS presenters
102		Marching LEGO Ducks towards Critical Ideation	Brian O'Connell
103		Crushing Cardboard: A Technical Design Challenge for First-Year Students	Melissa Kenny
104		Designing and Making an Olympic Cauldron: A First-Year Mechanical Engineering Design Challenge	Micah Lande
105		A Multi-Disciplinary First-Year Design Project with Systems Integration, Standard Requirements, Creativity, and Impact	Shaz Vijlee
106		Getting Aloft in Engineering	Mary Bowden
107		Awards & Recognition to Shape Values & Drive Behavior	Lee Rynearson
108		Career Guidance 101	Katherine Pettrey
109		“What’s Your Superpower?”: Connecting Entrepreneurial Mindset, DEI, and Character	Krista Kecskemety
110		Implementing High Impact Practices to Support Transition from High School to First-Year Engineering Courses	Gretchen Scroggin
111		Developing a Community of Learners with Incoming Engineering Students that Initially Were Not Calculus Ready	Leah Rineck
112		First Year Foundations Learning Community	Edward Bednarz
113		15-minute Q&A with GIFTS presenters
114	10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Break
115	11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Full Paper Presentations Full papers will be presented as podium talks. Each presenter has 15 minutes, including time for Q&A.
116		Full Papers IV: Curriculum and Course Design		Moderators: Andrew Bartolini & Adetoun Yeaman	ISEC 136
117		Comprehensive Analysis and Assessment of An Introduction to Engineering and Computing Course	Longfei Zhou
118		Nurturing Interdisciplinary Engagement: A Case Study of Resourcing and Recruiting Strategies in an Early Academic Career Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning Course	David Gray
119		Assessing transformative learning outcomes of a First-Year Engineering Program using TROPOS	Sukeerti Shandliya
120		Future-Ready Students: Providing Opportunities for Remote Collaboration on an Engineering Design Project	David Feinauer
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122		Full Papers V: Professional Development and Skill Building		Moderators: Kathy Harper & Tela Favaloro	ISEC 138
123		Applying Vertically-integrated Project as a Sustainable Pathway for First-year Student Professional Development	Rui Li
124		The Professional and Technical skills that engineering students find most important for success in their major	Atheer Almasri
125		Gender and First-Generation Status Impacts on the Perceived Importance of Technical and Non-Technical Skills for Upper-Level Undergraduate Engineering and Computer Science Courses	Carter Hulcher
126		A new procedural laboratory to demonstrate tool utilization for first-year engineering students	Raymond Brooks
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128		Full Papers VI: Tools for Learning and Engagement		Moderators: Roshina Babu & Song Wang	ISEC 140
129		Exploring Instructors Insight' to a MATLAB Code Critiquer	Laura Albrant
130		A Cloud-Based Approach to Introducing Machine Learning in Project-Based Learning Environments	Joshua Stone
131		Integration of Digital Tools and Technologies in First-Year Engineering Courses	Kapil Gangwar
132		Supporting Students' Educational Robotics Experiences through Generative AI Chatbots	Ethan Danahy
133	12:00 PM - 12:15 PM	Transition Break
134	12:15 PM - 12:45 PM	Rapporteurs Presentations, Awards, & Closing Remarks			ISEC 102 Auditorium
135	12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Boxed lunches			ISEC Atrium
136	1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	First-Year Administrators Community of Practice Administrators of first-year engineering programs are invited to attend this discussion to network and exchange ideas.			ISEC 136