Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Giannelli, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-109: PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS FORSERVICE-LEARNING IN ENGINEERINGFrank Giannelli, Lafayette College FRANK R. GIANNELLI graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, PA in May 2007. He received his B.A. in Engineering with a minor in Economics and Business. He is interested in project management and plans to pursue a career in engineering management.Sharon Jones, Lafayette College SHARON A. JONES is an Associate Professor at Lafayette College in the BA Engineering Program. Her research includes environmental and infrastructure policy. Dr. Jones received a BS Civil Engineering from Columbia University, and a PhD Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. She

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Butkus, U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-1129: A SMALL-SCALE DESIGN AND BUILD PROJECT INBIOCHEMICAL TREATMENTMichael Butkus, U.S. Military Academy Page 12.114.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007A Small-Scale Design and Build Project in Biochemical TreatmentIntroductionEnvironmental engineers as well as engineers in other engineering disciplines, apply their skillsin a dynamic environment where single solutions are the exception rather than the rule.Additional “significant experiences” are required to help students develop a holistic appreciationfor professional practice issues and including open ended problem solving to prepare them forthe workplace.1 Such experiences should relate course material to

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-1638: INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL SENIOR DESIGN:HOW SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESSUPPORT ABET ACCREDITATIONLinda Phillips, Michigan Technological University Linda Phillips, P.E. is Lecturer of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University and Director of the International Senior Design program that allows undergraduates to combine the engineering capstone design course with field construction in a developing country. Ms. Phillips brings over 20 years of project and company management experience to her professional practice-type classes.Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University Ann Brady is an Assistant Professor and directs the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

all engineering students. Three of Beth’s current projects are: 1) an NSF planning project for the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research, 2) an NSF Scientific Leadership Scholars project providing 4-year scholarships to 30 students in computer science, environmental recourses engineering and mathematics and 3) a water resources curriculum project using CADSWES software.Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office Jami Montgomery is the executive director of the WATERS (WATer and Environmental Research Systems) Network. She received her bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences and her master's degree in Marine Studies (Biology and

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

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Environmental Engineering

involved in the chapter are inpursuit of undergraduate degrees in Civil, Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering, but there arealso a handful of students pursuing degrees in Economics, Public Health, Spanish, andCommunications. The student chapter is advised by a professionally licensed EnvironmentalEngineer and faculty in the Civil Engineering (CE) Department at the CUNY City College ofNew York (CCNY). The chapter also receives guidance from a licensed Structural Engineer andCE faculty, and from a practicing licensed Environmental Engineer.Our first project is nearing completion. In this project, we are developing a potable water supplyto serve over 350 people, distributed across several valleys in a mountainous region in Honduras.Even by Honduran

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Pines, University of Hartford

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-965: GAUGING STUDENT INTEREST IN A DESIGN FOR DEVELOPINGCOMMUNITIES COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORDDavid Pines, University of Hartford David Pines is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hartford. He completed his Ph.D. studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2000. He is actively involved with student projects sponsored by environmental engineering firms, municipalities, and water utilities, and is involved in international service learning projects in conjunction with EWB

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Bott, Virginia Military Institute

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Environmental Engineering

to submit preliminary engineering reports within one year of the permit renewal date tomeet these very stringent nutrient discharge limits. Based on the activity this is now generatingin Virginia, it is becoming clear that the 2010 deadline will be very difficult to meet simply as aresult of the demands placed on the environmental engineering community, not to mentionconstruction requirements. There have been reports that there are not nearly enough qualifiedengineers in the region to complete this work by 2010, even if all of those available did nothingbut this type of project work. Similar activity is occurring in other regions of the US

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Soerens, University of Arkansas; Charles Adams, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-103: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: ANINTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMThomas Soerens, University of Arkansas Thomas Soerens is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He teaches and performs research in the areas of water quality sampling and data analysis, ground water remediation, and water and sanitation in developing countries. He serves as president of the Northwest Arkansas professional chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA and as faculty advisor for the UA student chapter of EWB. Before entering the academic world, he spent several years working on rural development projects in Pakistan and in the Maldive Islands.Charles Adams

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

and it is project-based. At the University of Colorado, students have an opportunityto take a first-year 3-credit projects course5,6, although this course isn’t required across allmajors. In addition, students are often enrolled in project sections that are not at all related to themajor they are interested in, so keeping the 1-credit courses for major-specific information isimportant. Regardless of the form, first-year courses are generally found to be criticalopportunities to engage students and help retain them in engineering.In Fall 2006, the 1-credit Introduction to Environmental Engineering (EVEN) course wassignificantly revised. The goals were two-fold: (1) increase the ability of the course to recruitand retain students in the EVEN

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

-technical points of view using multimedia presentations by faculty from various areas of expertiseand having the students complete a series of reading and writing assignments. The activity portionof the course brings together students from various disciplines in a term project applying problemdevelopment and analysis to improve real environmental situations. For the project, studentsselect one global environmental issue and a local manifestation of this issue; analyze relevantresources; develop technical recommendations to address the issue at the local level; perform aneconomic analysis to estimate costs and benefits of implementing the technical recommendations;and develop political recommendations regarding strategies necessary to implement the

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

first in Pittsburgh and then in Brazil. AnNSF IGERT provides graduate education and research opportunities; a US Department ofEducation GAANN project provides additional graduate fellowships. A University of PittsburghGAP (Global Academic Partnership) will provide funding to bring US and Brazilian researcherstogether to develop additional research initiatives. Finally, the School of Engineering isestablishing student chapters of both Engineers without Borders (EWB) and Engineers for aSustainable World (ESW) that will enable students and faculty to address problems of thedeveloping world through global service learning.The following sections will present more details of our current and planned activities focusing onthe progress at the end of the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Environmental Engineering

serviceability requirements, but they must also be conscientious of how these projectsimpact the environment. Rarely do civil engineering courses address issues of sustainability, andwhile it may be unrealistic to introduce new courses into an already crowded curriculum, somecourses can easily be amended to include new “green” ideas. One such course, CivilEngineering Materials, is required in almost all curriculums at the sophomore or junior level andis one of the first true engineering courses in the degree sequence. In this article, threeprofessors at different universities in different regions of the country share three projects whichcan help students learn how concrete can be an environmentally friendly material.IntroductionProtecting the

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Jesse Cooper, Tufts University; Amanda Stockwell, Tufts University

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Environmental Engineering

. Students who participate inthis advising program receive one-half course credit (pass/fail grade) for their efforts. The finaldeliverable is for the students to develop and present a poster at the WORS Spring symposium.As is the case for all first-year advising programs, students are assigned a new academic adviserwhen they must choose an engineering major at the end of their first year. They may keep theirfirst-year advisor if their current advisor advises students in their chosen major, but this is notautomatic and must be requested.In Fall 2004, another student cohort worked on various research efforts involving material reuse.None of the projects had been undertaken by the advisor prior to the student’s efforts. The fourefforts, performed by

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stanley Greenwald, New York Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

ofScience in Environmental Technology and is required for the Master of Science in Energy Managementprograms at New York Institute of Technology in addition to a six-credit thesis and studies in airpollution, waste management, law, risk analysis, auditing, groundwater contamination, GIS, OSHA-Hazwopper and many more. Each student is required to submit a feasibility study for the development ofa Distributed Generation system in their homeland including a demographic analysis of the local area inquestion and estimation of electric load requirements for residential, commercial and industrial customers.The course and project outcomes include a site plan, type of power plant, quantities of fuel, generatingcapacity, construction and generating costs. The

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khosrow Farahbakhsh, School of Engineering, University of Guelph; Warren Stiver, University of Guelph

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Environmental Engineering

understanding, better retention of concepts, increasedinterest on the subject matter among the students, and stronger problem solving skills. Severalapproaches have been practiced by educators to ensure meaningful participation of students inlearning including problem-based learning1, “learning by doing”2, and “project-orientededucation”3 to name a few. All these approaches emphasize a “learner-centered approach” and amove from a “content-based” to a more “context-based” education4.In addition to sharpening student’s laboratory skills, most undergraduate lab-based courses areused to promote some type of hands-on learning. In conventional laboratory course students areprovided with detailed instructions on how to perform the work and, in many cases, how

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracy Thatcher, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Environmental Engineering

with colleagues, the most commonly cited concern hasbeen that time devoted to active and cooperative learning will reduce the amount of material thatcan be covered in class. Since this type of introductory course typically has a large number oftopics that need to be covered, it can be difficult to see how “additional” activities can beincorporated. However, it has not been our experience that this concern is a significant issue.The time required for the activities was balanced by increased comprehension, less time neededfor repetition of ideas, better attentiveness during lecture periods, and an increase in preparationrequirements for students before lectures.This paper discusses a project which developed and implemented a series of active

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

in context (EIC), through a semester long project. EIC emphasizes the “applicationof the engineering problem-solving method to a current challenge or opportunity, coupled withmore focused consideration of problem identification and definition and the potential impact of asolution.” The EIC class replaced a traditional class based on the engineering science model,which focuses on the classroom presentation of technical knowledge and skills out of the contextin which they are applied. Students taking this class provided a higher overall course rating andexhibited a slightly higher retention rate than previous students under a more traditional format13.First year experiential learning courses should address the various disciplines in an effort

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Environmental Engineering

, alternately, that can return to industrial cycles to supply high-quality raw materials for new products; • Transportation that improves the quality of life while delivering goods and services; • A world of abundance, not one of limits, pollution, and waste.Building on this, McLennan2 puts forward the following definition of sustainable design:“Sustainable Design is a design philosophy that seeks to maximize the quality of the builtenvironment, while minimizing or eliminating negative impact to the natural environment.”Sustainable design is seen as a philosophy, an approach to design that can be applied to anyobject or project. It tries to enhance quality which as McLennan (p5) argues is about “creatingbetter buildings for people, better

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

UNESCO U.S. Hazardous Waste U.S. Solid WasteReadings reader = journal 80% text; 20% 90% text; 10% articles, chapters, etc supplemental supplemental (EPA)Lectures, hrs 45 33 ~30Homeworks 5 (exercises; largely 6 8 in class)Team Projects 1 2 0Tours 3 0 ~4Exams 1 2 2Changes in U.S. Hazardous

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University; Raj Chowdhury, Kent State University

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Environmental Engineering

airbornenanoparticles. These units must be designed for an extremely high efficiency to capture thesmallest nanoparticles (<2nm). Many research projects are currently under consideration todevelop new filtration system for collecting nanoparticles. Electrostatic precipitators (ESP) canalso be used to control the emission of nanoparticles effectively.There are several existing federal laws (The Substances Control Act, The Occupational Safetyand Health Act, The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, The Clean Air Act, The Clean Water Act,and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) that can provide a legal bias for controlling andregulating engineered nanomaterials. However, these laws lacks specific guidelines fornanoparticles production, handling or labeling. New