First Year Engineering Program Workshop, March 4, 2013
Harut Barsamian Colloquia Room, 2430 Engineering Hall
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
Workshop Opening: J. Michael McCarthy, Professor, University of California, Irvine
8:30 – 8:40 a.m. Welcome, Dean Gregory Washington, University of California, Irvine
Presentations
8:40 – 9:20 a.m. Lorelle Meadows, Ph.D., University of Michigan
“Empowering Students with Choice in the First Year.”
9:20 – 10:00 a.m. Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland
“The Keystone Program: A Model Strategy for Improving Engineering Student Success.”
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Jean VanderGheynst, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
“Introduction to Engineering at UC Davis:
the impact of a 1-unit class on student retention in engineering.”
10:30 – 10:40 a.m. Break
10:40 – 11:20 a.m. John Merrill, Ph.D., Ohio State University
“Evolution of a Large-Scale First-Year Engineering Program:
Can You Feel the Excitement?!”
11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Teri Reed-Rhoads, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
“From Research to Practice: The First-Year Engineering Program.”
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Lily Wu, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
“Building Undergraduate Innovation through Leadership and Design.”
Topic Area Discussions/Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
1. Coordination of First-Year Engineering Programs
with Community Colleges and High Schools
2. Evaluation of content and experience of
First-Year Engineering Programs for Articulation
3. Integration of First-Year Engineering programs
into the remaining Engineering programs
4. Staff, Facilities and Resources Needs for First-Year Engineering Programs
5. Expansion of First Year Engineering Programs to Campus Service Courses
Summary Panel
2:00 – 2:50 p.m. Derek Dunn-Rankin, Chair
Professor, University of California, Irvine
Panelists:
Lorelle Meadows, Kevin Calabro, John Merrill, Teri Reed-Rhoads
2:50 – 3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Dean Gregory Washington, University of California, Irvine