Receipt of a grant from CRLT will allow me to attend the conference and co-present our project,which surveyed first-year engineering students on their evolving levels of motivation. Wespecifically looked at how types of motivation (including self-efficacy and feeling of belonging)differ by gender and according to a student's course experiences. This project helps me both in my roles as aspiring researcher of engineering education and as instructor of first yearengineering students (I typically co-teach three sections of "Introduction to Engineering," arequired course, each year). Findings from the survey could be used to develop first-yearcurricula, and they have implications for pedagogical decisions instructors make in their courses,such as whether to emphasize hands-on components of the project and how to construct teams.