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First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan L. Hart, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering

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Civil Engineering

Everyday Life – Due December 17thAs you walk through campus and go through your daily routine, think about the involvement ofinfrastructure on your daily life. From the roadways you take to get here, the buildings you take classesin, to how you get water out of the tap civil engineering impacts almost every aspect of your life. Most ofthe time we take this infrastructure for granted until it inconveniences us like road construction causingtraffic flow problems, the sidewalk being closed to fix water lines, or a natural disaster causingwidespread destruction of buildings, cars, roadways, etc.Infrastructure is designed by a civil engineer with an immediate goal in mind; i.e. the client needs a 500car, three level parking garage and this is the spot

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Kathryn Purchase, U.S. Military Academy; Marc J. Sanborn, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

engineeringeducation.IntroductionConsider for a moment what steps you would use in the performance of engineering researchwithin your discipline of expertise. Perhaps such things as a clearly formulated hypothesis, astrong grounding in the related literature, a defined methodology, and a concern for validity andreliability come to mind as expectations within your field of practice. A minimum level ofscholarship is expected in the performance of research in all engineering disciplines. Anindividual undertaking serious research would not attempt to publish a technical manuscript in ajournal or present findings at a conference without meeting the rigorous expectations asestablished by the academic community. Then why is it that these commonly understoodrigorous standards are so

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Mark Laingen, Iowa State University; Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-1499: INTRODUCING SYSTEMS THINKING TO THE ENGI-NEER OF 2020Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University Chris R. Rehmann is an associate professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University. He has served as assistant chair for undergraduate affairs since 2010. His teaching mainly involves hydrology, hydraulics, and environmental fluid mechanics, and his research focuses on mixing in lakes, rivers, and oceans. He has served as an associate editor of Limnology and Oceanography and the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering since 2005.Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University Diane T. Rover received the B.S. degree in computer science in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L. Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

following comments: • This assignment led me to see how fluid mechanics plays a role in many topics across engineering. • …very good in opening my mind to how fluid mechanics plays a part in many topics of engineering. • …involved different conceptual thoughts that I did not realize. • Did improve my understanding of the some basic fluid mechanics. It really showed me how the basic properties of a fluid are studied to design the clean-up of oil spills. • It is a good tool to improve our understanding of fluid mechanics. • It was hard for me to do the paper because I have problem seeing the whole picture. But, it was worth it. • …because it applies it to the real world. I think that most of us just look at

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haluk M. Aktan, Western Michigan University; John Stephen Polasek P.E., Western Michigan University; Kevin James Phillips

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Civil Engineering

risk investigation of “back-burner” ideas  Corporate exposure on campus  Project management experience for junior staff engineers  The mental stimulation of interacting with bright, energetic, creative young minds  Networking with other companies and Western Michigan University facultyProject Solicitation ProcessThe first step is to partner with engineering companies, contractors and governmental agenciesfrom around the State. During the first semester of Senior Design these partnerships producereal life projects sponsored by the various firms and agencies. Each prospective sponsor isdirectly contacted by our Senior Project Design faculty to solicit a candidate project. If theindustry agrees to sponsor a project, then a packet of

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-533: INCORPORATING TECHNICAL PEER REVIEW OF CIVILENGINEERING STUDENT PROJECTSLuciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Luciana R. Barroso, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She has been with Texas A&M University for more than 10 years, and in that time has taught over a dozen different courses ranging from the freshman to graduate levels. She has received funding for her engineering education research from the Department of Education FIPSE program and from the NSF CCLI program. She also has been involved in several professional developments that were provided by the NT

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Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University; Rema Nilakanta, Iowa State University; Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

closely with secondary school students through the NSF-funded FREE project at ISU (Female Recruits Explore Engineering), and she has a broad background in designing and using technology for outreach and learning in secondary schools. In addition, Rema has also worked on projects funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the US Department of Education.Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University Shauna Hallmark is an Associate Professor in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at ISU. She is currently serving as the director of the Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC), a Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC

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Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camilla M. Saviz, University of the Pacific; Abel A. Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Elizabeth A. Basha, University of the Pacific; Andria Patricia Ellis, University of the Pacific, School of Engineering and Computer Science ; Kristina Hammarstrom; Feliciano Leon; Jerry Bruce Hildebrand; Spencer Ton

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-748: ENGINEERING INTERNSHIPS IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP: DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND STUDENT PERSPECTIVESCamilla M. Saviz, University of the Pacific Camilla M. Saviz is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, an M.B.A. from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis in the area of hydrodynamic and water quality modeling. She joined the University of the Pacific in 1999 and is a registered Professional Engineer in California. Her current research interests include sustainable engineering and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lauren Seabury, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Lee; Gregory Alan Payne; John A. Hoopes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Civil Engineering

, 2009.8 Luo, Q., Qi, C., and Zhou, S. (Dec. 2009) Multimedia Application for Fluid Mechanics Teaching.ComputationalIntelligence and Software Engineering (CiSE). December, 2009.9 Beauchamp, G.& Kennewell, S. (2010) Interactivity in the Classroom and Its Impact on Learning,Computers &Education, 54(3) 759-766.10 Wiggins, G. P., McTighe, J. (2005). Ch. 1, Backward Design? in Understanding By Design, Wiggins andMcTighe, eds. Expanded 2nd edition. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.11 The National Academy of Sciences (2000) How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: ExpandedEdition. USA.12 Qualtrics Website: http://www.qualtrics.com

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Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Jason Allen Toth; Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-293: AN INTRODUCTION TO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALLDISCIPLINESSteven D Hart, U.S. Military Academy Steven D. Hart is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Corps of Engineers with over 22 years of service in both command and staff positions in Iraq, Kuwait, Panama, Germany, Korea, and the United States. He is currently assigned as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at West Point where he is currently teach courses on Infrastructure Engineering and Critical Infrastructure Protection.J. Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point J. Ledlie Klosky, P.E., is an associate professor of civil engineering in the Department of Civil and Me- chanical Engineering at

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University; Rollin H. Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

each team in front of their poster and listened to the sales pitch, whiletaking notes on a score sheet. After reviewing all of the proposed instructional projects, thejudges gathered privately to compare notes and scores. The top three winning project proposalswere identified and announced the following day in class. The top three teams won prize moneyof $150 for 1st place, $75 for 2nd place, and $60 for third place (thanks to the generosity ofBYU’s College of Engineering to sponsor these cash awards). Additionally, the winning projectlanded the commitment from BYU’s CTL to professionally produce, free of charge, the proposalas an instructional video project.With the students’ end product in mind we’ll roll the clock back to describe what we