Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Boyle, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

senior design project, aneducational device was created to teach students in developed and developing nations about theenvironmental impacts of water contamination and to promote sustainable water utilization. Toaccomplish this goal an interactive, educational, cost-effective water purification system, knownas the Adaptive Water Treatment for Education and Research Laboratory (Adaptive WaTERLab), was developed. The design includes six different purification methods contained inindividual housings that can be connected and reordered to create multiple purification solutions.The purification methods selected for this project include: sediment filtration, carbon filtration,chemical disinfection, reverse osmosis, forward osmosis, and ultraviolet

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

and wastewater. Laboratory analysis to evaluate water qualitywill be performed, such as biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, alkalinity,and others. A minimum of one laboratory exercise will involve the use of the computerto evaluate laboratory data.Civl 422 – Comprehensive Design Project in Environmental EngineeringApplication to civil engineering principles, through group studies and lecture, to developa solution for a comprehensive engineering problem devoted to water resources/environmental engineering.Course Closure Reports and Assessment Item TrackingA major emphasis of the Departmental assessment process is specifically focused onsystematic evaluation of all required Civil Engineering courses within the curriculum. Acourse

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-204: THE USE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A LONG-TERMAIR POLLUTION REDUCTION RESEARCH PROJECTJohn Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee John R. Reisel is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM.) He serves as Director of the Combustion Diagnostics Lab, Associate Director of the Center for Alternative Fuels, and co-Director of the Energy Conversion Efficiency Lab. His research efforts focus on combustion and energy utilization. Dr. Reisel was a 2005 recipient of the UWM Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, the 2000 UWM-College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Teaching Award, and a 1998 recipient

Conference Session

Sustainability and Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiong Zhang, Michigan Technological University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

introductory course.The concept of incorporating and leveraging Fink's taxonomy of significant learning in thetextbook and the course design is introduced and discussed. The paper also discusses how thetextbook and the teaching/learning practices employed in the green engineering courses alignwith principles for good practice in undergraduate education and demonstrated successfulteaching methods in engineering education.IntroductionSustainability has been receiving an increasing amount of attention by the global community inthe past decade. Sustainability is often defined as “meeting the needs of the current generationwithout compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”1. This is oftenpractically interpreted as mutually

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

area.Catherine Peters proposed that civil/environmental engineering curricula should “teach studentsthe fundamentals of sustainable energy, in addition to incorporating sustainable engineering andglobal warming issues14. To effectively engineer sustainable systems, energy flow must beunderstood. For example, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has estimated that about4% of all electricity consumption in the U.S. is consumed by water and wastewater treatment andtransmission, and that electricity accounts for 80% of municipal water treatment and distributioncosts2. Environmental engineers have the potential to lead systematic analysis of products andprocesses from a life-cycle perspective. Environmental engineers may be the best suited of allthe

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Wright, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

planSite reclamation & · Developed area reclamation and solid waste management plansolid wastemanagementSince ISD’s inception, 13.7% of our civil and environmental engineering undergraduate seniors Page 13.793.4have selected this course over conventional senior design, even though the laboratory fee andtime requirements are much greater. Ownership of the student design projects is so great that18% of ISD alumni have returned for additional ISD in-country experiences as mentors and classassistants. Table 2 provides a comparison of ISD participants and mentors by major and gender.The ISD model also meets all of the U.S. Accreditation Board