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Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thuy Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin; William O'Brien, University of Texas at Austin

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2415: TECHNOLOGY SKILL ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONSTUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERSThuy Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin Thuy Nguyen is a research assistant at the University of Texas at Austin. She is pursuing her PhD studies in the program of Construction Engineering and Project Management. Her research interests include project management, instructional design, human resource management and educational psychology.Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The FIC’s mission is to provide faculty with effective instructional tools and

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1282: WATCHING VIDEOS IMPROVES LEARNING?Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy Major Jakob Bruhl is an Instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. MAJ Bruhl received his B.S. and in Civil Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1996). He earned a M.S degree in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri at Rolla (2000) and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (2006). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Missouri.James Klosky, United States Military Academy Led Klosky is an Associate Professor and Director of the Mechanics Group in

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Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Nazila Mokarram, University of Southern California

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Civil Engineering

application of ontologies and web information semantics. These fields ofinformation technology aims at interpreting the vast body of knowledge dispersed throughout theweb. Currently, the information on engineering curriculum web sites is heterogeneouslyorganized with different terminologies. Presently when users want to request information fromweb sites, they issue a search using a word-based search engine (e.g., Google or Yahoo). Theessential problem here is that searches are word-based, and the information is not clearlymeaningful on the web sites. This is where ontologies effectively and practically describeinformation on web sites using a meaning-based as opposed to word-based approach. Theobjective of our research is to support the understanding

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; shannon sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2287: INTERACTIVE LEARNING USING A TABLET PC IN CIVILENGINEERING SOIL MECHANICSKevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologyshannon sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 13.783.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Interactive Learning Using a Tablet PC in Civil Engineering SOIL MECHANICS Kevin Sutterer, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Shannon Sexton, Director of Assessment Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe authors are part of an initiative at

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Himes, United States Military Academy; Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

for a base-camp to house, support and sustain a givenpopulation. Page 13.1163.3 The Engineering Design Process Environment: Technological Design & Economic Analysis Political Alternatives Social Generation Modeling & Analysis

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

expertise include: teacher education and retention, literacy education, teacher education supervision, multimedia literacy, early childhood special education, deaf education, as well as bilingual elementary teacher education.Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy Colonel Karl F. (Fred) Meyer is an Associate Professor and Civil Engineering Program Director in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. COL Meyer received a B.S. degree from USMA in 1984, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993 and 2002

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The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.; Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

statements are as follows: (condensed withthe Bloom’s verb bolded)Level 1: Define key aspects of sustainability…Level 2: Explain key properties of sustainability…Level 3: Apply the principles of sustainability…Level 4: Analyze systems of engineered works…for sustainable performanceLevel 5: Design a complex system, process or project to perform sustainably. Develop new, more sustainable technology. Create new knowledge…Level 6: Evaluate the sustainability…As can be seen, the progression from Level 1 through Level 6 provides for increasing complexityand increasing knowledge of the subject. Also the combination of the Levels and the usage ofthe Bloom’s verbs is intuitively easy to grasp and readily adaptable to all 24 of the

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Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Senro Kuraoka, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1531: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR GEOTECHNICALENGINEERING LABORATORY EXERCISESJames Hanson, California Polytechnic State University Jim Hanson is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University. He is past chair of the Civil Engineering Division of ASEE. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and taught at Lawrence Technological University for 9 years before joining the faculty at Cal Poly.Senro Kuraoka, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Senro Kuraoka is Senior Researcher at the Research and Development Center at Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. in Japan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin

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Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

battalion, a SEABEE Regiment, and all Reserve CEC officers for the Atlantic Division of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. He is a retired Captain in the Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Page 13.1004.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Professional Practices in Civil Engineering: Meeting and Exceeding the New Civil Engineering Program CriteriaIntroductionThe emerging global nature of the worldwide marketplace for products and services coupledwith the exponential rise in technological advancement in the industrialized world has led to thenear-term, long-term, and

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Paul Palazolo, University of Memphis; David J. Russomanno, University of Memphis

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Civil Engineering

Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) YoungerMembers group. The Memphis Canstruction® competition is a unique, non-profit, multi-disciplinary design competition where high-school students interested in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields work in teams with science and math teachers,undergraduate civil engineering student mentors, and faculty members from local universities tobuild structures from unopened cans of food purchased through support of local consulting firms.Section 3: Educational Values, Professional Values, and Life-long Learning SkillsIn addition to ASCE student chapter mentors, each high school team is also provided aprofessional mentor from the Memphis civil engineering consulting community. Theprofessional

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Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2046: THE ROLE OF ADJUNCT FACULTY IN FUTURE ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONAndrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown Andrew T. Rose is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ). Before joining the faculty at UPJ, he was a Staff Engineer with GAI Consultants in Pittsburgh. His teaching interests include soil mechanics, foundation design, structural steel design, structural analysis, and incorporating practical design experience and professional practice issues into the undergraduate civil engineering technology curriculum. Dr. Rose received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1985

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Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Casey, George Mason University; Ellen O'Donnell, George Mason University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-466: MODELS FOR DIRECT INDUSTRY SUPPORT OF US CIVILENGINEERING PROGRAMSMichael Casey, George Mason University Michael J. Casey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University in the area of Construction and Project Management. Dr. Casey's research interests are in sensor networks for infrastructure security and management and civil applications of geospatial technology. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland and a B.S. degree from Rutgers University, all in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer.Ellen O'Donnell, George Mason University

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Karen Lozano, University of Texas-Pan American; Karl Kiefer, Invocon, Inc., Houston, Taxes; Xinqing Ma, Inframat Corp, Farmington, Connecticut.

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2543: ENHANCING ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESTHROUGH INTEGRATION OF NEW VISION FOR CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURESWITH NANOTECHNOLOGY INTO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM ANDITS IMPLEMENTATION RESULTSWei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and has over10-year industrial experience.HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University Dr. HuiRu (H.R.) Shih is a Professor of Technology at Jackson State University (JSU). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering

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Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

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Civil Engineering

Project 4 5 In each of the 5th or 6th semester the students have to study 6 modules. 5 have to be taken from each of both groups 1 and 2. The last 2 modules may be chosen from the normal civil engineering course program. In addition 2 (small) modules in German language education have to beTable 3: Modules at FH-OOW for foreign students (and German students who stay at home) Semester Module GMIT Credits FH-OOW Credits 5/6 Applied Building Studies 5 5 5/6 Construction Technology 5 5

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; Michael Casey, George Mason University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2395: SIMULATING CONSULTING ENGINEER RELATIONSHIPS IN ASENIOR DESIGN COURSE AND ASSESSING THE RESULTSMichael Bronzini, George Mason University Michael S. Bronzini currently holds the Dewberry Chair in Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is also the Chair of the CEIE Department. Prior positions include Director of the Center for Transportation Analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Penn State University, and Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering at the

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky

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Civil Engineering

Percent Responding 1 Geotechnical Engineering 84% 2 Hydraulics and Hydrology 82% 3 Water Resources Engineering and Management 80% 4 Urban and Regional Planning 80% 5 Geomatics (Surveying, GPS and GIS) 78% 6 Wastewater (gray/black) and Solid Waste Management 76% 7 Transportation Engineering 74% 8 Power Generation and Distribution 74% 9 Information Technology

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-532: USING FAILURE CASE STUDIES TO ADDRESS CIVILENGINEERING PROGRAM AND BOK CRITERIANorb Delatte, Cleveland State University Page 13.1338.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using Failure Case Studies to Address Civil Engineering Program and BOK CriteriaAbstract This paper suggests ways that failure case studies may be used to address AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology Engineering Accreditation Commission (ABET EAC)general and civil engineering program specific criteria, as well as Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge (BOK) criteria. The study of engineering failures can offer students

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College

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Civil Engineering

recognize the union of professionalism, technical knowledge, social and historical awareness, and traditions that serve to make engineers competent to address the world’s complex and changing challenges. • We aspire to engineers who will remain well grounded in the basics of mathematics and science, and who will expand their vision of design through solid grounding in the humanities, social sciences, and economics. Emphasis on the creative process will allow more effective leadership in the development and application of next-generation technologies to problems of the future.Fulfillment of the engineering vision requires professional activity supported on a balanced baseof liberal learning. Failure to provide

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Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Tonya Nilsson, San Jose State; Jim O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

in the geotechnical arena. Dennis is a registered professional engineer in the states of Colorado and Arkansas.Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University Debra S. Larson is a Professor and Chair for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. Prior to her faculty appointment at NAU, Debra worked as a structural and civil engineer for various companies. She is a registered Page 13.586.1 Professional Engineer in Arizona. Debra received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University in, respectively

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Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dennis Truax, Mississippi State University; Emma Seiler, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

rising high school sophomores and juniors. The focus of MSTI was how science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are related to transportation and careeropportunities in transportation.The MSTI included hands-on activities, development of communication skills, and utilization oftechnology and skills required in today’s workforce. Field trips to the Nissan plant, MississippiDepartment of Transportation (MDOT), and the Columbus, MS Air Force Base exposed studentsto real-world applications of STEM and introduced them to a wide range of careers intransportation. The curriculum included sessions about structural systems, system illustration(CAD), transportation system layout, hydraulic engineering, environmental and water

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Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Farid Momand, Kabul University; Qaium Fekrat, Kabul University; Aziz Gulistani, Kabul University

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Civil Engineering

institutions use the Islamic calendar as the basis for their school year. Thecourses highlighted in yellow represent the 16-course civil engineering major. All remainingcourses constitute a common core curriculum taken by all NMAA cadets. CE301 (Introductionto Engineering Mechanics and Design) and CE302 (Construction Management) serve as a two-course core engineering sequence taken by all cadets, as well as being part of the civilengineering major. The core curriculum includes nine courses that also serve as prerequisites forthe civil engineering major—Pre-Calculus, Calculus I and II, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics I andII, Information Technology, and Information Systems

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The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, ASCE; James O'Brien

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Civil Engineering

of life, civil engineers serve competently, collaboratively, and ethically as master: • planners, designers, constructors, and operators of society’s economic and social engine, the built environment; • stewards of the natural environment and its resources; • innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across the public, private, and academic sectors; • managers of risk and uncertainty caused by natural events, accidents, and other threats; and • leaders in discussions and decisions shaping public environmental and infrastructure policy.As used in the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, “master” means to possess widely

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reynaldo Pablo, Jr., Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1012: RELIABILITY OF BRIDGES: SIGNIFICANT ADDITION TO CIVILENGINEERING CURRICULUMReynaldo Pablo, Jr., Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Reynaldo M. Pablo, Jr. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing & Construction Engineering Technology and Interior Design at Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He also earned his M.S. in Structural Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Mindanao State University, Philippines. His expertise lies in the areas of bridge design loading

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Seybert, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2163: A FIRST YEAR SEMINAR FOR SURVEYING ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS AND THE EFFECTS ON RETENTIONThomas Seybert, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre Thomas A. Seybert is Associate Professor of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State Univeristy, Wilkes-Barre Campus. He teaches surveying measurements, stormwater management, and land development design in the surveying program. He is the author of Stormwater Management for Land Development (Wiley, 2006). Address: Penn State Wilkes-Barre, P.O. Box PSU, Lehman, PA, 18627; e-mail:tseybert@psu.edu. Page 13.38.1© American Society for Engineering Education

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Richard Weisman, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University; Joseph Sterrett, Lehigh University

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Civil Engineering

methods used and to recommend newassessment methods in future ILE sports courses to improve assessment.A. ABET Accreditation RequirementsABET, Inc. is the recognized organization responsible for accreditation of over 2700education programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology at over550 colleges and universities in the USA. Accreditation (1) helps students and theirparents choose quality college programs, (2) enables employers to recruit graduates theyknow are well-prepared, (3) is used by registration, licensure, and certification boards toscreen applicants and (4) gives colleges and universities a structured mechanism toassess, evaluate, and improve the quality of their programs. Recently ABET added a newcriterion on

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

anassessment plan in preparation for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) accreditation, and start offering courses4.Objective of the studyThe objective of the study is to modify the proposed curriculum of the new Civil Engineering(CE) program developed by mechanical engineering faculty at the Engineering department. Thegoal of the proposed modification is to make the program comparable to curricula offered at CEprograms in the US in general and the State of Indiana and nearby schools in Michigan and Ohioin particular. Moreover, the program should serve the needs of Indiana as presented in the surveyof 27 civil engineering firms in the State. The proposed modification would fortify the programwith the same resources listed in

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

values of Duty, Honor, Country, and prepared for acareer of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United StatesArmy.The mission of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at USMA parallels theAcademy’s mission, while focusing on educating and inspiring students in the fields of civil andmechanical engineering 19:To educate cadets in civil and mechanical engineering, such that each graduate is acommissioned leader of character who can understand, implement, and manage technology;and to inspire cadets to a career in the United States Army and a lifetime of personal growthand service.The mission includes educating and inspiring, and training at the Academy level. The threeelements of the mission

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Burian, University of Utah; William Johnson, University of Utah; Fred Montague, University of Utah; Arrin Holt, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Jim Nielson, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Rachel David, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates

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Civil Engineering

commission on environment and development. Oxford Press, Oxford.2. Mays, L.W. (editor). (2007). Water resources sustainability. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.3. ASCE (1996). Code of Ethics. http://www.asce.org (January 13, 2008).4. Steinemann, A. (2003). “Implementing sustainable development through problem-based learning: Pedagogy and practice.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 129(4), 216-224.5. ASCE (2002). Engineers and sustainable development (report summarized in publication of Sustainable engineering practice: an introduction). Prepared by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations’ Committee on Technology.6. Turner, C.D., Li, W.-W., Martinez, A. (2001). “Developing

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The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

: Entrusted by society to create a sustainable world and enhance the global quality of life, civil engineers serve competently, collaboratively, and ethically as master: • planners, designers, constructors, and operators of society’s economic and social engine, the built environment; • stewards of the natural environment and its resources; • innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across the public, private, and academic sectors; • managers of risk and uncertainty caused by natural events, accidents, and other threats; and • leaders in discussions and decisions shaping public environmental and infrastructure policy.6The

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

physical world with the analytical world of engineering. And based on both student andalumni feedback, the models played a significant role in their learning process.It is the hope of the author that using models helps students better understand structures andbetter understand the role of the architectural engineer. There is no scientific method to proclaimthis is the answer for training young architectural engineering minds about structures andbuilding technology, but in all of the courses the students become engaged when they work withtheir hands and minds in a creative environment. And personally, this is the first hurdle tolearning. If these classes were taught in a pure lecture setting, topics such as tolerances andconcrete finishes could be