Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-892: EXPERIENCES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AMONG PRACTICINGENGINEERS ? IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLlewellyn Mann, University of Queensland LLEWELLYN MANN is a PhD student in the School of Engineering at the University of Queensland and a member of the Catalyst Research Centre for Society and Technology. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical & Space) and a Bachelor of Science (Physics) from UQ, as well as a Graduate Certificate of Education (Higher Education). Major research interests include; Engineering Education, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning, Engineering Design, Technology and Society.David Radcliffe, University of Queensland DAVID RADCLIFFE is the

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helene Hilger, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Francis De Los Reyes, North Carolina State University; Warren DiBiase, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Len Holmes, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Siva Mandjiny, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Todd Steck, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Environmental Engineering

Professor of Educational Research at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. Dr. Wang teaches educational research and statistics courses. Dr. Wang received a master of applied statistics degree and a PhD degree in educational research from The Ohio State University. Page 12.1083.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MULTI-CAMPUS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROBLEM-BASED-LEARNING COURSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY WITH INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNINGIntroductionThe project described here began with a civil engineering and biology laboratory

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gena Kovalcik, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Ries, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh; Laura Schaefer, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Environmental Engineering

ERCs:8 • There is a national need for education of interdisciplinary, team-oriented PhDs. There is a collective alarm at the continued production of graduates at all levels who are totally untrained in team research and often openly antagonistic to industrially relevant research. • The goal of the ERC education programs is to develop a team-based, research- inspired, and industrial practice-oriented culture for the education of graduate and undergraduate students that will produce engineering leaders for the future.We propose that our program is directed at doing exactly that – creating interdisciplinary,team-oriented BS and PhD programs in which students will design the innovative,sustainability related products

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bott, Virginia Military Institute

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Environmental Engineering

Recruitment into the Field of Environmental EngineeringAbstractThere is a tremendous and rapidly growing demand for mid- and entry-level EnvironmentalEngineers at consulting/engineering firms and utilities in many regions of the United States, andwhat seems to be a considerable increase in starting salaries offered by engineering consultingfirms in the last two to three years is apparent. Furthermore, a Masters degree has becomealmost a necessity for entry-level engineers practicing in the areas of water and wastewatertreatment and industrial waste management, particularly as more complex systems are evaluatedand designed. The Environmental Engineering field seems to be moving to a point where aMasters degree is required

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

Scientific and Technical Communication program at Michigan Technological University. Her research interests include interdisciplinary theory and practice as well as the intersections of rhetorical theory and communication in the workplace.Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University Karina Jousma is an undergraduate student earning a Bachelor of Science in Scientific and Technical Communication at Michigan Technological University. Her concentrations include writing and engineering. She joined Civil and Environmental Engineering International Senior Design this summer. Page 12.944.1

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

introductory Chemical Engineering (CHEN) course, the best part is that the students get tomeet all of the CHEN faculty members and briefly hear about their research areas (15 min perclass period). The course is 75-min long instead of 50-minutes, with a typical period broken into2 to 3 topics, rather than a single lecture for the entire period. Students go on a field trip,compete in the E-days egg drop contest as teams, and complete journals and personal papers.There is also a good range of panels to inform students about various options in the curriculum,extracurricular opportunities, and post-graduation career paths.The Mechanical Engineering (MCEN) course model is unique, with both a lecture (1 hr/wk) anda lab ~4 hrs/wk (as of Fall 2006). The course

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office; James Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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Environmental Engineering

Committee has four strategic goals for WATERS Network • Bring together educators, scientists, engineers, administrators, and citizens to form a powerful collaborative that will transform the current state of formal and informal education in environmental engineering and hydrologic science. • Propagate “best practices” in education that are informed by rigorous cognitive and pedagogical research in order to create a diverse, internationally competitive workforce. • Enable synergistic interactions among scientists and pre-collegiate/collegiate/graduate educators in setting research agendas and distributing results for the benefit of society. • Provide broadly accessible, state-of-the-art information bases and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-1012: PODCAST-ENHANCED LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERINGKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson has been on the Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty at Michigan Tech since 1993. His research interests include public health, engineering and social justice, effective teaching methods, and multimedia-based learning. His teaching repertoire ranges from first-year students to graduate students, all his classes are designed along best learning practices. Kurt is coordinator for several international study programs at Tech, and is co-director of the International Sustainable Engineering Initiative there. He is involved in many engineering projects