Engineering 110: Design Your Engineering Experience

Lead Instructor:  Frank Marsik, Faculty Director of First Year Student Engagement,  Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Curriculum Designer & Facilitation Lead: Stacie Edington, Director, Honors & Engagement Programs

AdministrationKrista Quinn, Ryan Latimer [email protected] (Please send questions about course registration to this e-mail address)

Course Description:

Through online modules, faculty and alumni engagements, and discussion sessions led by upper-level engineering undergraduates, students learn about: the foundations of engineering and its influence on society; the engineering majors, minors and co-curricular opportunities offered at Michigan; and, the roles that personal strengths, values, ethics, and social identity play in personal and professional decision-making. Students incorporate this information into a personalized plan for their educational experience in Michigan Engineering.

    Work with ENGR 110 as a Departmental Ambassador

    If you are interested in working with ENGR 110 as a Departmental Ambassador, please fill out this form, and your name will be added to our list of interested students. We will contact you with how to apply. The application window is roughly mid-March. If you have any questions about this process, please contact the Office of First Year Programs at [email protected].

     

    GSI Information

    Understanding of the course content and structure is necessary, thus GSI positions are only offered to incoming and current graduate students that taught the course as undergraduates. Qualified students are contacted by the Office of First Year Programs with a link to the application. If you are a qualified student, you will receive an email roughly mid-February. GSIs are hired for either a full academic year, or the fall semester only. All offers are contingent upon a successful background check. Please see the ADUE Class Size Policy for the GSI to student ratio in ENGR courses. Information on the university’s GSI policies and procedures is found on this page .

    Publications

    Recent Publications

    Competency-based Engineering Leadership Development using a Bookend Approach

    S. Edington, M. Dailey. Competency-based Engineering Leadership Development using a Bookend Approach. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, June 2024.

    WIP: Engineering As a Social Discipline: Shaping First-Year Students' Understanding

    S. Edington, S. J. Skerlos, C. G. Cameratti-Baeza, A.M. Chapin, F. J. Marsik. WIP: Engineering As a Social Discipline: Shaping First-Year Students’ Understanding. American Society for Engineering Education Virtual Annual Conference, July 2021.

    Acknowledging Unique Needs: Empowering Student Choice in the Creation of Their Pathway Through a First-year Experience Course

    F. M. Marsik, C. G. Cameratti-Baeza, E. M. Levesque, S. Edington. Acknowledging Unique Needs: Empowering Student Choice in the Creation of Their Pathway Through a First-year Experience Course. American Society for Engineering Education Virtual Annual Conference, July 2021. Selected for “The Best of First-year Programs Division” session

    Choose Your Own Adventure: Introducing Student Choice into a First-year Experience Course

    S. Edington, C. G. Cameratti-Baeza, R. Knudsen, F. J. Marsik. Choose Your Own Adventure: Introducing Student Choice into a First-year Experience Course. American Society for Engineering Education Virtual Annual Conference, June 2020.

    Educating the Whole Engineer: Transforming an Introductory Engineering Survey Course

    J. D. Vernon, L. A. Meadows, S. Edington, Educating the Whole Engineer: Transforming an Introductory Engineering Survey Course. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, June 2015.