Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

and practitioners in the civil engineering community in theUnited States have been calling for reform of civil engineering education. The AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has been working since 1995 on the concept ofadditional education to practice at the professional level in the future. ASCE’s Board-level committee, the Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice(CAP^3) currently has five different constituent committees actively working across thevarious domains related to engineering educational reform. The purpose of this paper isto discuss ASCE’s current plan for implementing these actions including its release of thesecond edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK), modifiedaccreditation

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

designing structuralmembers from common construction materials (wood, masonry, and concrete). This coursetakes the fundamentals developed in CE300 and applies them in the context of design codes.Understanding analysis procedures and current design codes, CE450 serves as an opportunity forthe students to put their knowledge to use in a broader context.CE450 focuses on the engineering design process (see Figure 2). While this process isintroduced in CE300 and reinforced in CE350, it is not until the third course that students areable to apply their knowledge to a large engineering problem. This paper focuses on thesemester-long Engineering Design Project (EDP) in CE450. In this project, students are requiredto design and develop a construction plan

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

“important” category are listed in Table 2. Sixty six percent or more of thesurvey participants identified the topics below as “important.” In examining the data, there isonly a 14 percent spread from the top-ranked to the bottom-ranked item, not a significantvariation, indicating that all topics were considered similarly necessary in determining agraduate’s relevance. The placement of urban and regional planning above wastewater,transportation, and power generation and distribution showed the need for initial planning toenable efficient and correct placement and operation of other critical infrastructure items. Table 2. Important topics for CE in developing nations. Rank Civil Engineering Topic

Conference Session

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

individuals to be successful in their profession, they must ‘fit’ well within the framework oftheir chosen organizations. Such a fit requires an analysis of self. This course opens with such ananalysis. Students are first introduced to the concept that their view of themselves is not,necessarily, the same as the view of others toward them. There are always three distinct, butpossibly differing views: who we are, who we think we are, and who others think we are. Afterconsiderable discussion, students are asked to categorize themselves as Changers, Doers,Floaters, or Non-Doers as members of the global society that they plan to serve. These categoriesare not prioritized and are discussed in a forum related to the overall needs of society and are

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

practices at the university level. TheSustainability Practicum course developed by the authors at the University of Utah aims tointegrate students from multiple disciplines with faculty and design professional mentors, alsofrom multiple disciplines. Multidiscipline student teams are first provided a basic introduction tosustainability concepts and then introduced to an on-going building or development project,environmental assessment, or coupled human-natural process investigation for which they mustincorporate a sustainable feature. By using active projects for the course, students are immerseddirectly into the planning and design experience providing them insight into stakeholder-client-decision maker-professional practice interactions. Students

Conference Session

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

. In the Industrial Engineering Senior Project he worked with Fragrance Manufacturing Incorporated of Bethlehem, PA. Michael was also a member of the Integrated Learning Experience during fall 2007 which provided consulting on Lehigh’s master plan for their athletic campus.Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University Gerard P. Lennon is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He earned a BS from Drexel University, and an MS and a PhD from Cornell University. He authored over 70 papers, and his groundwater research has been funded by five different federal and state agencies, including an NSF investigation of ocean

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma

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Civil Engineering

materials and testingequipment required for the first eight weeks are available on the first day of Camp Concrete. Page 13.272.4To further instill a sense of mission and urgency, each day of the first week is pre-planned withgroup meetings and work. The meeting topics included an orientation to the summer's goals,introduction to the research topics and instruction on completing literature reviews, creating atest matrix, planning work, keeping records of the research in a lab book and writing a researchreport. The work sessions included initial cleaning and organization of their work area andrebuilding several pieces of equipment. Having the students

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Civil Engineering

with “The Engineer of 2020”vision. In our proposed recruitment plan, at least 60% of the REU participants will bestudents who belong to under-represented groups in the academia and those from smallercolleges/universities with who have few research opportunities at their home institutions.We were successful in meeting this target in our first year of implementation.2. Proposal Submission and ReviewsThe authors submitted the original proposal in 2004 and resubmitted in 2005 and 2006.The 2006 submission was successful. This section documents panel summary andindividual reviewer’s comments on our successful (final submission) and unsuccessfulproposals. Major evaluation criteria include proposal intellectual merits and broaderimpacts. Unedited

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

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Civil Engineering

the single partner university. This means that the educationcontent of the first three study semesters is not part of the commonly regulated ECEM-program. This also means that there is some space for “individual” national education paths.The experience showed that knowledge gaps, if existing, will be filled by students’ effortsduring their study at the partner university. During the two theoretical semesters abroad all ECEM-partner universities follow thecommon educational frame, which has been fixed during a number of common planning andorganizing meetings. The topics or contents of the respective modules are similarly orientedtoward management skills in the very civil engineering context. They are not mirror like, butat least

Conference Session

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

often benefits student learning, there are concerns as Page 13.1257.5well. Finding appropriately qualified adjuncts may be difficult in certain geographiclocations. Adjuncts working full time in industry may have schedules which conflict withinstitutional and student schedules. This may include scheduling classes in eveningswhich are inconsistent with the program’s usual class times and planning around worktravel requirements that may arise during the course of the semester. Limited office hoursand minimal physical presence on campus may limit student interest and effort in thecourse. Adjuncts that are used to working with qualified peers in industry

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

Extrapolation3.0 Application 4.1 Analysis of Elements4.0 Analysis 4.2 Analysis of Relationships 4.3 Analysis of Organizational Principles 5.1 Production of a Unique Communication5.0 Synthesis 5.2 Production of a Plan, or Proposed Set of Operations 5.3 Derivation of a Set of Abstract Relations 6.1 Judgment in Terms of Internal Evidence6.0 Evaluation 6.2 Judgment in Terms of External Criteria Table 2. Affective Domain Categories and Sub-Categories 23. 1.1 Awareness 1.2 Willingness to Receive1.0 Receiving

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

materials, planned learning activities or lessons, and independent assigned tasks or homework; • provides their time to individual students or small groups outside of planned learning activities on an as-needed basis; and • evaluates the student’s learning.One of the important roles of technology in learning is to assist the mentor in their effort tofacilitate learning. For example, while simple technology such as chalkboards promise highreliability in a classroom setting, few would argue the value of photographs and videos asappropriate classroom learning tools. Even so, photograph or video presentation constitutes ahigher risk of a technology failure. Similarly, students in need of immediate mentoring who arewithin steps of the

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

associated with this teachingmethodologies are described in the paper. Description of formal assessment plans is alsoprovided in the paper.Introduction and BackgroundA teaching method incorporating novel use of video conferencing and video production oflaboratory reports was investigated. The methods were applied to undergraduate CE382Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory at California Polytechnic State University. Videoconferencing was conducted with a Japanese consultancy/research firm (industrial partner) inassociation with a new topic for this course. Time was permitted for a formal presentationfollowed by discussion with the students. The industrial partner assigned a project for thestudents to complete over the following week. Preparation of

Conference Session

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

. Page 13.705.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Implementing a Civil Engineering Program at the National Military Academy of AfghanistanThis paper describes the ongoing implementation of a civil engineering program at the newlycreated National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) in Kabul. We begin with a briefsummary of our respective roles in the project and the current status of program development.We present an interim assessment of the project in the following areas: • Faculty Qualifications and Training • Curriculum Development Process • Course Design Process • Course Implementation • Student Learning OutcomesWe conclude with an overview of future plans for this

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

constructed small structures and tested them, until they failed. The competition centered on getting the best design for a bridge per the West Point Bridge Program. Transportation System Layout – The students were provided with a brief course on surveying for highway planning, design and construction. This involved an introduction to the equipment uses, both land based and remote imagery, for the collection of survey data for proposed roadway sites. They were presented with some trigonometry and geometry pertaining to roadway alignment and staking. The competition project was to load data into the computer-aided drafting (CAD) software and use it to accurately depict a plot layout. System

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

formats, the Ministry of Defense ultimatelydecided that the new academy would be a four-year degree-producing institution modeled on theU.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point.2 Based on this decision, OMC-A enlisted theassistance of USMA in creating the new academy.Shortly thereafter, OMC-A established a small U.S. liaison team, the Military AcademyImplementation Team (MAIT), based at Camp Eggers in Kabul. Starting in October 2003, asuccession of volunteer USMA faculty and staff members deployed to Afghanistan to augmentthe MAIT with appropriate expertise in institutional governance, strategic planning, admissions,faculty development, military training, physical development, and various academic disciplines.3These advisors were instrumental

Conference Session

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

support multi-firm coordination, and has worked with several leading firms to implement web-tools to support practice. From 1999-2004, he taught in both the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering and the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida. Prior to returning to academia, Dr. O'Brien led product development and planning efforts at Collaborative Structures, a Boston based Internet start-up focused on serving the construction industry. Dr. O'Brien holds a Ph.D. and a M.S. degree in Civil Engineering and a M.S. degree in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University. He also holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Columbia University

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thorsten Wagener, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

couple students said that a little more real world applicationwouldn’t “hurt” but that the course already had a lot of connections. Another reason that thepercentage is still high is that some students misinterpreted the question. While the questionspecifically asked if there needs to be a stronger link to real-world examples in the course, basedon some of the responses, it appears that some students read the question as “Do you think thereneeds to be a strong link to real-world examples?” We plan to revise this item in future surveysto avoid this misinterpretation.While not one of the highest rating items on the rating scale, some students expressed thatincreased interest and attention is one of the benefits of completing the case studies

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

. ExCEEd Teaching Workshop SeminarsI Learning to Teach: Justifies importance of formally learning to teach and introduces a model instructional strategy that will be a road map for the ETWII Principles of Effective Teaching and Learning: Introduces Lowman’s4 two-dimensional model of teaching and provides a compendium of learning principlesIII Introduction to Learning Styles: Examines Felder’s Learning Style Dimensions5 and examines how to accommodate all styles of learnersIV Learning Objectives: Introduces Bloom’s taxonomy6 of educational objectives and shows how to write appropriate and useful learning objectivesV Planning a Class: Offers a structured methodology for organizing a class with emphasis on constructing an

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

-2008 Evaluation Cycle. Baltimore, MD. (http://www.abet.org)4. NAE (National Academy of Engineering). (2004). The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington, D.C., The National Academies Press.5. NAE (National Academy of Engineering). (2005). Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century. Washington, D.C., The National Academies Press.6. National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. (2006) Rising Above the Gathering Storm – Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington D. C., The National Academies Press.7. ASCE Steering Committee to Plan a

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

engineering dealing with the planning, design,construction, maintenance and management of physical infrastructure networks, e.g.,power plants, bridges, roads, railways, structures, water supply, irrigation, the naturalenvironment, sewer, flood control, transportation and traffic19. Educational programs andpractices in civil engineering have been incrementally revised and adapted over the years.Typically a BS program in civil engineering is comprised of a sequence of courses inMathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Humanities, Business, and a few other fieldsof Engineering. Table 3 shows an example of curriculum in civil engineering at theUniversity of Southern California (USC), which is accredited by ABET. This program isrepresentative of many

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

enroll in eighteen structures basedcourses, a fairly even mix of analytical and design based courses. The curriculum preparesstudents for the building industry so graduates are aware of structures related topics, but alsothose of other associated disciplines. When working on a project, students should be cognizantof design, engineering, as well as, constructability so a viable solution is developed. The use ofmodels is one way of infusing these topics into the curriculum.A number of model making activities have been developed for sophomore through senior yearengineering courses that integrate design and construction issues. A sample of the activities isnoted below: Arch and truss behavior Load path, framing plans, and deflection

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

dead load effect’s nominal values can be calculated using the available bridge plans. Thedead load is assumed to act as a uniformly distributed load to the focused bridge member. Eachdead load has an associated bias and coefficient of variation (COV). The COV is defined as theratio of the standard deviation to the mean value. The dead load bias, Dbias , is expressed in termsof the nominal dead load effect, Dnom, and the mean dead load effect, Dmean as Dmean Dbias = (10) DnomIn the dead load effects calculations, the students will learn how to interpret bridge architecturaland detail drawings. This will give them the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

collapse. A meeting was held to decide what to do, and the bridgecollapsed just as the meeting was breaking up. The inability to make and implement a timelydecision illustrates the importance of effective communication (outcome g). It has been arguedthat Cooper failed to fulfill his professional and ethical responsibilities (outcome f)5. Mr. Cooper planned for the Quebec Bridge to be the crowning achievement of anillustrious career as a bridge engineer. However, by this time his health was poor and he wasunable to travel to the site. He was also poorly compensated for his work. Cooper’s difficultiesshow some of the realistic constraints (outcome c) inherent in every engineering project. Following the collapse, organizations such as

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

is beneficial, in that the resulting outcome statements can be assessed more effectively and consistently.8 Page 13.743.4 Level Illustrative Verbs 1 Knowledge define, identify, label, list, 2 Comprehension classify, describe, explain, generalize, paraphrase 3 Application apply, calculate, compute, demonstrate, solve 4 Analysis analyze, differentiate, formulate, organize, prioritize 5 Synthesis create, design, develop, devise, integrate, plan 6 Evaluation critique, evaluate, judge, justifyTable 1. Six levels of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

construction was designed with classrooms side by side with the laboratory.This was part of the planning decision during the design phase of the building to support theintegrated lecture lab format in the WSOE at FGCU. Perhaps with the completion of the buildingsuch assignments could be attempted. In addition, integrated lecture lab does not eliminate theconventional format “long lab”, especially when deemed necessary. Instead it promotes a directconnection between the lecture and the laboratory experiment at all times possible. Figure 4. Student’s perspective of integrated lab (IL) i

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University

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Civil Engineering

the Philadelphia area. In allcases the “language of engineering” for each discipline is introduced. The case study culminatedin a visit to the construction site guided by the project’s construction managers. Studentsascended the 11 story building to inspect the structural, mechanical and electrical systems. Atthe time of the visit the building was enclosed; however, key building systems were still visible.Assignments • Drawing – use “Sketch-up” to construct a building with given dimensions on a site. Construct perspective and orthometric views with floor plans and sections. Move the building onto a real site using Google Earth. • Site Conditions – use building layout to determine fraction of site covered by building’s

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engaged in activities that leverage all areas of teaching, scholarship and service.One specific example is the Printery Building in Atascadero, California. The faculty memberwas the lead engineer for assessing the damage and developing the rehabilitation plan for thishistoric structure that was damaged in the 2003 San Simeon earthquake. As a result of this effort,he was able to use this project as a case study in his ARCE 448 Seismic Rehabilitation courseand he arranged several site visits for the students. The faculty member also served as facultyadvisor for undergraduate senior projects on the same topic. In addition, he serves as the Chairof the Structural Engineering Institute Design Practices Committee.A second faculty member has also

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

’ abilities to apply theoretical andconceptual knowledge to “real-time” problem solving activities in a manner that conventionalassessment methods do not.ConclusionsThe educational value associated with the Canstruction® competition has not been limited to thecompetition period alone; instead, the period of preparation and post-project reporting hasexpanded to include a standing committee of ASCE Younger Members in the West TN branch.In addition, both professional engineers and engineering faculty members meet throughout theacademic year with the undergraduate student volunteers to plan and organize the upcomingcompetition. Changes for the 2008 Competition will include assessment measures to obtainfeedback representative of the wide range of