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Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-2497: FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING DESIGN: INCORPORATINGLEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INTO REAL PROJECT EXPERIENCESKevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyJames Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyJohn Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 12.749.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 First Year Engineering Design: Incorporating Leadership Development into Real Project ExperiencesAbstractFirst year (freshman) engineering students often arrive on campus eager to begin designingengineered systems. Although their engineering design expertise is not nearly developed

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-990: ACTIVE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN STRUCTURALANALYSIS: FIELD INSPECTION OF A STEEL TRUSS BRIDGEShane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University Page 12.174.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Active Project-Based Learning in Structural Analysis: Field Inspection of a Steel Truss BridgeAbstractThe undergraduate civil engineering program at our University offers a project-basedcurriculum. Students have opportunities to engage in projects that develop their understandingof civil engineering practice. Projects are chosen in support of active student engagement, wherethe role of students is as learners, observers, assistants and

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-1513: ENHANCING THE CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE IN CIVILENGINEERINGShashi Nambisan, Iowa State University Shashi Nambisan, PhD, PE: Director of the Center for Transportation Research and Education and Professor of Civil Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, Iowa. Prior to coming to ISU, Shashi was at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from July 1989 to January 2007. He enjoys working with students and he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of Transportation systems as well as the undergraduate capstone design course sequence. An active researcher, Shashi has led efforts on over 130 research projects that have addressed and responded to

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Riddell, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

Locketter is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He recieved his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1999. His interests include the physics or polymers and numerical / computational methods in materials science.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 SOPHOMORE YEAR IN CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AT ROWAN UNIVERSITY: INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION, MECHANICS AND DESIGNAbstractEngineering clinics are a sequence of project-based learning (PBL) courses taken everysemester by all engineering students at Rowan University. The purpose of these coursesis to prepare students for aspects of engineering practice, such as

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering

Criterion 4, producing a product for thebetterment of the community, promoting university goodwill and instilling an ethic of publicservice in the student. In practice, however, poor project selection and poor conceptualdevelopment of service learning activities will negate any of the positive attributes listed above.In fact, the difficulty in creating meaningful service learning projects for the capstone designcourses has limited their use. Fewer than 30% of the 477 campuses that responded to the CampusCompact survey on service learning have used service learning projects as culminating designexperiences in all disciplines. The statistics for engineering disciplines is even lower. In light ofthe proposed “Body of Knowledge” for civil engineering

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristopher Lengieza, Weitz Golf International; Jennifer Caffrey, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Joe Sterrett, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-1092: STUDENT DESIGN OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY GOLF FACILITIESKristopher Lengieza, Weitz Golf International Kristopher M. Lengieza is a Project Engineer at Weitz Golf International. He earned a BS from Lehigh University. He is currently involved in constructing several buildings at Bella Collina, a Ginn Development in Montverde, FL. Kristopher has used his involvement in the 2003 Golf Practice Facility project to springboard his career into the Golf and Resort Construction Industry. Weitz Golf International is considered to be one of the top Golf Course and Hospitality Contracting companies in the world. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randel Dymond, Virginia Tech; Howell Simmons, Paciulli, Simmons & Associates; Derrick Cave, Kimley-Horn Assoc.; Robert Jansen, KB Home

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Civil Engineering

Applications. His latest project is the Land Development Design Initiative (LDDI), a collaborative effort between practitioners and Virginia Tech to increase awareness and educational opportunities for students interested in land development as a career.Howell Simmons, Paciulli, Simmons & Associates Howell Simmons is president of Paciulli, Simmons & Associates, a 70 person consulting engineering firm with offices in Fairfax and Leesburg, Virginia. Howell received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Engineering Administration from George Washington University. He is a licensed professional engineer and surveyor in

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CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

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Civil Engineering

Mines, graduating in 1981. She worked as a Project Engineer for Exxon Co., USA at their Benicia, California refinery until 1983 when she returned to Mines as an Instructor in the Division of Engineering. While at Mines, Candy has served on the McBride Honors Tutorial Committee and is a member of the Affiliated Faculty of the Center for Engineering Education on campus. She currently serves on the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association Board of Directors as a Denver Metro Director. Candy is currently serving as the Faculty Advisor of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student organizations. ASCE at Mines is an

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Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; John Matusik, The Engineering Groupe

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Civil Engineering

in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at Mason for the past decade. Page 12.1574.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using the Senior Design Jury to Directly Assess Program OutcomesAbstractThe senior design project course that is required for the B.S. degree in civil and infrastructureengineering at George Mason University is built around teams of students completing landdesign projects. Final projects are presented in a public forum, and various aspects of studentperformance are graded by a design jury. This paper describes the methods used for this seniordesign course, presents the assessment process, and shows

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Maccariella, Urban Engineers, Inc. / Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

, inspection, and design projects. He is an adjunct instructor for both Rowan University and Norwich University, teaching Senior Design I, Senior Design II, Civil Engineering Practice, and Advanced Structural Analysis II. He is active in the American Society of Civil Engineers (serves on the Bridge Security Committee), and the American Society of Highway Engineers (serves on the Southern New Jersey Board of Directors). Page 12.1459.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Role of Adjuncts In Teaching ASCE’s Body of KnowledgeAbstractThe National Research Council (NRC

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

education in general, and those of the Middle East and the Arab Gulf States, in particular Page 12.92.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Practitioner - Faculty Collaboration in Teaching Civil Engineering DesignAbstractTeaching civil engineering design through senior projects or capstone design courses, withindustry involvement and support, has increased in recent years. The general trend towardincreasing the design component in engineering curricula is part of an effort to better preparegraduates for engineering practice. While some design projects are still of the “made up

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CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; Stephan Durham, University of Colorado at Denver

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-2802: STUDENT FEEDBACK AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM ADDINGLABORATORY EXPERIENCES TO THE REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGNCOURSEMicah Hale, University of ArkansasSeamus Freyne, Manhattan CollegeStephan Durham, University of Colorado at Denver Page 12.1311.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Student Feedback and Lessons Learned from Adding Laboratory Experiences to the Reinforced Concrete Design CourseAbstractIn an effort to demonstrate lecture course material, a class project was added to the seniorlevel Reinforced Concrete Design course that incorporated beam testing. The concept ofbeam testing is not new. Many universities test reinforced concrete

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Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Engineer of 2020 and highlights their callsfor what we term “inspiring students.” The paper then analyzes various effects and parts of acivil engineering program to include guest speakers, case studies, field trips, summer enrichmentopportunities, ASCE Student Chapter events, and service learning projects that can be used to domore than merely educate and train students, but also to inspire them.IntroductionThe purpose of any educational endeavor is to impart learning; for engineering education, anadditional practical element is included to provide students with the necessary skills andattributes to prepare them for their future applications of engineering. At this point, the exactneeds of the future are not known; but we do know that engineers of

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CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clara Fang; David Pines, University of Hartford

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Civil Engineering

transportation networks, and test hypotheses aboutthe effects of various driver behavioral, land use, and network decision on resulting traffic levelsand future network improvement decisions. As part of the learning experience offered by thiscourse, students have also applied their skills and knowledge gained from classrooms into a real-life service-learning project. The project was to use the learned theory in traffic models andemploy simulation to evaluate traffic operations along an important urban corridor in Hartford interms of existing, future, and future with improvement scenarios. The study results werepresented and communicated to the community public. It is believed that the simulationtechnology-enhanced learning activities can de-emphasize

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hanus, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

(BOK 15). Effectivecommunication skills are inherent to all the skills in the professional domain (BOK 7, ABET g).These skills are commonly addressed in engineering programs in separate courses and/or an end-of-program team project design course, i.e., capstone course. However, simply having arequisite capstone course with these skills included does not guarantee successful developmentof these skills, and potentially a negative experience could be detrimental in an individual’sprofessional development. Many programs recognize this challenge and try to address thedevelopment of these skills through passive knowledge infusion within the capstone course.Several techniques commonly used to provide information to the students include lectures by

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Subhi Bazlamit, Ohio Northern University; Farhad Reza, Ohio Northern University

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Civil Engineering

Learning through Work Study Opportunities in Civil EngineeringAbstractPavement management systems are used by many agencies as a tool for making informeddecisions about pavements in the area of construction, design and maintenance. Since funds arelimited, it is only possible, in many instances, to rehabilitate a limited number of pavementprojects. Hence, the need for priority allocation of funds to projects and the appropriate timing ofsuch allocations becomes a challenge that has to be dealt with. In this country, preserving andmanaging existing pavements is a task that needs to be undertaken to preserve a vital componentof the nation’s infrastructure.The Pavement Management Center for Counties, Cities and Villages (PMC-CCV) at OhioNorthern

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Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Kevin Rens, University of Colorado-Denver; Kenneth Carper, Washington State University; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

. Lessons learned from failures have substantiallyaffected civil engineering practice. For the student, study of these cases can help place designand analysis procedures into historical context and reinforce the necessity of life-long learning.Three approaches for bringing forensics and failure case studies into the civil engineeringcurriculum are possible. These are stand-alone forensic engineering or failure case studycourses, capstone design projects, and integration of case studies into the curriculum. The ASCETCFE Education Committee held four annual one-day workshops in Birmingham, Alabama andin Cleveland, Ohio for a total of approximately 75 engineering educators. The participantsestimated that over 135 courses and nearly 4,000 students

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Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma

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Civil Engineering

. Challenges for the facultyand staff include; providing enough raw materials to keep up with the students' phenomenalvolume of work, helping make the work fun and exciting, and expanding the students horizonsbeyond the immediate research focus of their team. As the summer progresses, the students takeover day-to-day management of the projects. To ensure that all the students are engaged in theresearch and understand its goals and challenges, weekly meetings are held to discuss progress,difficulties and preliminary results. Keeping the work fun and exciting, while granting thestudents control of the research process, encourages the students to pursue graduate study. Several research sponsors make this challenging program possible. Each of the

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Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock Barry, Purdue University; Sybil Sharvelle, Purdue University; M Katherine Banks, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

Graduate Competencies through an Authentic Design Experience in a Wastewater Treatment CourseAbstractDeveloping professional competencies require learning experiences that simulate authenticpractice. A wastewater treatment course at a large, research university converted a portion of itstraditional lecture and homework model of instruction to a challenge-based model of instructionculminating in a redesign project. The course used a series of challenge-based modules as aprecursor to learners’ synthesis of a design report and presentation to a corporate client. Anearby pharmaceutical company acted as a “perspective client” and issued a formal request forproposal (RFP) to the students, who were organized into “consulting companies.” In

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Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Evers, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; James Ledlie Klosky

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Civil Engineering

work will be extended and integrated with structural engineering, construction managementand other aspects of the project as the students work to complete their capstone experience. The other useful feature of the course is that it is also proving to be a convenient vehiclefor discussing or incorporating advances in technology and discussing current events. CE390 isan excellent method for introducing and evaluating some of the American Society of CivilEngineers developed Body of Knowledge outcomes that are more difficult to judge performancein with more traditional CE courses. Page 12.980.2Why teach a Site Design course? Recent

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Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Christina Curras, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Michael Penn, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Max Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

our curriculum with the goal of educating “citizen engineers.”3 Citizen engineers will bemore in tune with the needs of their communities and of the nation, and will be able to effec-tively address the technical and non-technical issues related to the infrastructure. To meet thisend, we are infusing an infrastructure theme throughout the curriculum. The revised curricu-lum will include at least one new course (i.e. “Introduction to Infrastructure I”), which willspecifically address infrastructure needs and the non-technical issues (such as financing, po-litical process, etc.) that are often crucial to successful engineering projects. However, unlikemany implementations of curriculum reform4, our proposed changes will go well beyond

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University; John Norris, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

Management, studying Management Science / Quantitative Methods. He received his MBA at Purdue University and his Bachelor of Science at the University of Richmond. He has worked at Information Resources Inc. and IBM Global Services. He has worked on consulting projects at Lucent Technologies and the New York State Department of Transportation. John is a member of the Academy of Management (AOM), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Page 12.294.1© American Society for

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Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Michael Chajes, University of Delaware; David Mongan, Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani

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Civil Engineering

engineers provide the essentialunderpinnings of design and project oversight, produces hundreds of thousands of jobs anddrives community development. From the functional and beautiful Golden Gate Bridge in theU.S., Petronas Towers in Malaysia, and Pont du Gard in France to the largely hidden watersupply and sanitary sewer systems, civil engineers have made their mark, day in and day out, inmany aspects of the daily life of essentially everyone around the globe.Civil engineers know they cannot rest on their laurels. An ever-increasing global population thatcontinues to shift to urban areas will require widespread adoption of sustainability. Demands forenergy, drinking water, clean air, safe waste disposal, and transportation will driveenvironmental

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Large Seagrave, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

, includinginstructors from Communication, Writing and Engineering in order to accomplish them byfollowing the collaboration in one department-required technical communication course overfour semesters.The BOK and Traditional Engineering FacultyThe idea that multi-disciplinary collaborations might infuse engineering classrooms withmultiple perspectives and expertise is not new. However, the implementation of such multi-disciplinarity in required Civil Engineering courses has largely been confined to multipleengineering disciplines, e.g. geotechnical, structural, and water resource engineers comingtogether to complete a project. These multi-disciplinary experiences help students demonstrate“an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams,” satisfying one of

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Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Michael Robinson, Rose-Hulman Institute; Charles Glagola, University of Florida; James Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler

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Civil Engineering

12. Knowledge in a Specialized Area 3 13. Elements of Project Management 5 14. Business and Public Policy 4 15. Leadership and Role of the Leader 4 Current Status—Undergraduate Focused Programs Predominant undergraduate focused engineering programs have as their primary mission theeducation of undergraduate civil engineering students. A civil engineering program, then, at apredominantly undergraduate institution will typically have the following characteristics: ‚ No graduate program or a limited Master’s program ‚ Smaller enrollments and

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Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akhter Hossain, University of South Alabama; Kevin White, University of South Alabama

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Civil Engineering

available budget. Since buying a chamber wasnot feasible, a decision was made to have one built. A student was asked to design and build thechamber as a part of his undergraduate summer research project. The 10 week-long summerresearch was sponsored by the University Committee on Undergraduate Research (UCUR) at theUniversity of South Alabama. The student received a summer stipend of $2500. Under thesupervision of his faculty mentor, the student spent two weeks to survey the related literature andcome up with a suitable design and a cost estimate. Page 12.962.3After the design was approved by the faculty mentor, the student spent three weeks to

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Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

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Civil Engineering

‚ the role of learning, teaching, assessment and performance in relation to quality assurance and evaluation. Page 12.1398.6In the first phase of the Tuning project the emphasis has been on the first three lines. Thefourth line received less attention due to time constraints, but was central in the second phaseof the project. Each line has been developed according to a defined process. The starting pointwas updated information about the current situation at European level. This information wasthen reflected upon and discussed by teams of experts in the seven subject related areas. It isthe work in these teams validated by related European

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Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blake Tullis, Utah State University; Steven Barfuss, Utah Stat University

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Civil Engineering

paper come from theauthors’ experiences associated with developing and teaching a design-based hydraulicstructures course over the last six years at Utah State University.Engineering design projects, in practice, can include a large variety of activities. Tullis1identifies key aspects of project feasibility studies, which include: a preliminary design,legal aspects, social aspects, and environmental concerns. The skill set required forengineers to master all of these areas cannot be acquired in a single engineering designcourse. In addition to academic experience, real-world, professional engineeringexperience is also required. As such, most hydraulic structure design courses focus onthe system design itself through the use of example problems

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Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

requirements and ethical expectationsSkills: • Apply basic engineering tools such as statistical analysis, computer models, design codes and standards, and project monitoring methods • Learn about, assess, and, as appropriate, master new technology to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness and efficiency • Communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, convincingly and with passion, via listening, speaking, writing, mathematics, and visuals • Collaborate on intra-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary traditional and virtual teams • Manage tasks, projects, and programs so as to provide expected deliverables while satisfying budget, schedule, and other

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Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

, component, or process to meet desired project needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams including participation in a senior- level design project sequence (e) an ability to identify, formulate, analyze, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding and appreciation of all aspects of professionalism including ethical responsibility, participation in professional organizations, and service (g) an ability to communicate effectively developed through report writing and in-class presentations (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, sustainable, and societal context (i) a recognition of