A Learning Tool For Engineering Freshmen A Model Rocket Project

Engineering curriculums in the past basically ignored these facts. The freshmen engineering students had a difficult schedule of math and science courses along with all the social adjustments required in the transition between high school and college. Without a strong commitment to obtaining an engineering degree many capable engineering students changed majors or left school prior to the sophomore year. Also those sophomores who did survive the engineering freshmen year did not have the necessary background and commitment for the rigorous sophomore level engineering courses. At Youngstown State University, as with many engineering schools, a freshmen engineering program was developed and instituted with the goal to improve retention of freshmen engineering students, to better prepare them for the remainder of the engineering curriculum, and to give them a taste of engineering in the freshman year.