Work in Progress: Structured Teamwork for Learning Equity in First-year Engineering Design

Work in Progress: Structured Teamwork for Learning Equity in First-Year Engineering Design Dr. Emma Tevaarwerk DeCosta, Northwestern University Dr. Tevaarwerk DeCosta works as a dedicated first year adviser at the McCormick School of Engineering, where she advises incoming first year students and teaches courses in freshmen design and materials science. Kathleen Carmichael PhD, Northwestern University Dr. Lisa M. Davidson, Northwestern University Senior Assessment Associate, Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching Dr. Ordel Brown, Northwestern University Dr. Ordel Brown is an instructional professor in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University, where she currently teaches first-year engineering design courses. Her research interests in engineering education include the identification of variables that impact the firstyear experience and the development of strategies to enhance it, retention of underrepresented populations in STEM fields and service-learning in engineering. Elise Gruneisen, Northwestern University