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Session Description

Presenters will share initiatives to support retention and performance of first-year students.

Moderated by

1. Prof. Shinae Jang P.E. and Dr. Charles Riley P.E.

Papers Presented

1. A Question of When Students Select the Civil Engineering Major [view paper]
   Dr. Brock E. Barry P.E. (United States Military Academy), Col. Aaron T Hill Jr. P.E. (United States Military Academy), and Kevin Taylor Scruggs (Affiliation unknown)


2. Assessing Student Learning in Collaborative First-Year Engineering Projects Through Mind Maps [view paper]
   Dr. Elin Jensen (Lawrence Technological University)


3. Exploring Civil and Environmental Engineering for First-Year Students [view paper]
   Dr. Kevin Haas (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dr. Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Jennifer Kaiser (Georgia Institute of Technology)


4. You’re not on your own kid: Integrating General Education into a First Year Civil Engineering Introductory Course [view paper]
   Dr. Angel Ari Perez-Mejia (Quinnipiac University)


5. Math Preparedness: How first year civil engineering, construction engineering, and construction management students approach math-based design challenges [view paper]
   Sydney Donohue Jobe (University of New Mexico), Paris Eisenman (University of New Mexico), Ethan Kapp (University of New Mexico), James Joseph Rawson (University of New Mexico), MADISON JO COX (University of New Mexico), John Caleb Orr (University of New Mexico), Jose Cerrato (University of New Mexico), and Anjali Mulchandani (University of New Mexico)