Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Philip J. Dacunto, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States Military Academy; Michael Hendricks, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

that the dispersion projectincreased their knowledge of Gaussian dispersion modeling for air pollutants. Students alsoreported that this project increased their familiarity with ArcGIS and that the project is a usefulinterdisciplinary coupling of environmental engineering and GIS. Page 24.52.2(1) Introduction Many introductory air pollution courses incorporate atmospheric dispersion into theircurriculum. One common approach for determining downwind pollutant concentrations is theGaussian dispersion model.4 Due to time constraints and conflicting project requirements, manycourses do not incorporate a laboratory or project concerning

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University ; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

of the program. Qualitative data allows for a better understanding of the instructorseffectiveness as well as the effectiveness of the course. Assessment techniques were used indetermining the effectiveness of summer camp outreach programs on spiking females,international and URMs interest in pursuing STEM related studies at the university level6, 7, 8.The environmental engineering mini-course served three overreaching goals: (1) increase thenumber of females pursuing engineering; (2) recruit academically strong international students toengineering programs, specifically to TTU; and (3) increase the number of Hispanics, AfricanAmericans and other underrepresented minorities (URMs) enrolling in engineering programs.This paper details outreach

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University; Stephen Keith Holland, James Madison University

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Environmental Engineering

science and energy resources is shown in Table1.Table 1: Sample participant schedule for Green Techfacturing three-day camp. Day Timing Activity1 Early morning Check-in Introductions Describe “green” manufacturing Late morning Tour facility with renewable biofuel power plant, solvent recovery and reuse, and wastewater treatment Early Afternoon Environmental Science Project at University Pond and Arboretum Late Afternoon Discussion of days learning activities Review

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Ben Bocher, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Austin Polebitski, University of Wisconsin Platteville

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Environmental Engineering

Low level are deemed “Unacceptable.” The competencieslisted in each outcome level varied slightly for each course and varied as the semester progressed(as will be noted in the “Reflection” section of this paper). The competencies used at the end ofthe Fall 2013 semester for the 4000-level Hydrology course are listed in Table 1. A similar listof competencies was used in the 3000-level Fluid Mechanics course, with adjustments to fit theinstructors’ preferences. These adjustments were relatively minor; for example, in the 4000- Page 24.205.3level courses, two or more comma errors are considered a Low level error, while for the 3000-level courses

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana

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Environmental Engineering

studentspursuing a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) at the University of Southern Indiana, anABET accredited program. It is typically taken by students with a declared emphasis in civilengineering, although it can be taken by any engineering student who has met the prerequisites.Course prerequisites include one semester of general chemistry and fluid mechanics. Anapproximate topical breakdown is provided in Table 1. Fundamental principles comprise 40% ofthe course, including a significant environmental chemistry component. The remainder of thesemester is devoted to applications in the various subfields of environmental engineering, withan emphasis on water and wastewater treatment. The course is 4 credit hours with 3 lectures (50mins) and a single

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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Environmental Engineering

and DiscussionIn the United States there are sixty-four institutions offering ABET-accredited engineering orengineering science degrees with forty-two housing engineering science programs within asingle engineering department (Tables 1-3). Engineering science or general engineeringprograms tend to be found at smaller institutions. Privately funded institutions made up amajority (69%) of these schools (Tables 1 and 2). Of the engineering departments offeringengineering science degrees, only four (9.5%) offer environmental engineering concentrations:Dartmouth College, Geneva College, Mercer University, and Messiah College (Tables 1 and 2).Notably, all of these schools are private institutions. In addition to these, Calvin College andSwarthmore

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College

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Environmental Engineering

Page 24.818.3on how to present complex science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts in a waythat would be understand by the students attending the camp. Examples of the hands-on,interactive modules include Moving Down the Road, during which students explored an electriccar and then assembled their own battery powered vehicles, as well as Is it Getting Hot in Here?,where students learned about global warming and the negative implications of anthropogenicclimate change. Figure #1: Lafayette College S.T.E.M. Camp Activity Summaries depicts thecomplete list of activities that the students participated in throughout the duration of the threeday program.Figure #1: Lafayette College S.T.E.M. Camp Activity SummariesBefore and after

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University; Maria Papadakis, James Madison University; Adebayo Ogundipe, James Madison University; Samuel Albert Morton III, James Madison University

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Environmental Engineering

covered.BackgroundSustainability is important in manufacturing, construction, planning and design. Alleby et. al.state that: “Sustainable engineering is a conceptual and practical challenge to all engineeringdisciplines.1” The concepts of sustainability have often been pigeonholed into graduate levelcourses in Industrial Ecology or Green Engineering.2 Environmental engineering and chemicalengineering textbooks may cover some basics concepts of sustainability, but the extend andbreadth of knowledge is insufficient to meet the multifaceted demand associated withengineering sustainable processes and products.3Crittenden suggests that sustainable solutions include the following important elements/steps: (a)translating and understanding societal needs into engineering

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janie Gina Locklear, NC A&T

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Environmental Engineering

GuilfordCounty middle schools that are labeled as Title I schools . Title I schools are funded with federalmoney to improve the achievement of low-income students. This group is targeted because lowsocioeconomic status girls are less likely to pursue careers in science and math related fields.1The camp was led by two STEM female faculty and an undergraduate female engineeringstudent. Figure 1: Participants of Girls in Science Lab learning to using pipettes. After months of strategy and curriculum planning for the camp, applications to the campwere made available to students currently in the 6th and 7th grade; these applications included astudent essay, parent essay, and a teacher recommendation. Using a rubric, the students thatwould

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Environmental Engineering

groups. Finally we will include thebenefits and costs from the faculty perspective. This will allow us to make suggestions forapplying this technique to other disciplines within engineering and other EnvironmentalEngineering courses.IntroductionSuccessful engineers possess not only technical skills but also the ability to apply these technicalskills to real life problems. In her book The 21st Century Engineer, Patricia D. Galloway statesthat, “While engineers remain strong in terms of their technological skills, they are generallyweak in terms of their management and communication capabilities.”1 (p. 2) In mostengineering curriculums, these management and communication capabilities are best learned inthe capstone, or design courses that students

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MaryShannon Williams, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sara Elizabeth Ringbauer, University of Missouri, Columbia

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Environmental Engineering

design of a problem-based learning (PBL) air quality web-based unit and its incorporation into the lab portion of an environmental engineering course.Research questions include: R1) What themes emerge from student and instructor interviewsabout their PBL experience? R2) How can we use these themes to improve future PBLimplementation? Participants included 7 undergraduate, Introduction to EnvironmentalEngineering students (4 males, 3 females), 1 course instructor, and 2 graduate teaching assistantsfrom a large, Midwestern university. Researchers employed a formative evaluation approach,consisting of semi-structured interviews. Researchers used grounded theory to analyze data.Themes emerged in the following three categories: student implications

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Mladenov, Kansas State University; Tara Kulkarni, Norwich University; Mara London, Gonzaga University

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Environmental Engineering

-class demonstrations and activities to convey fundamentals of environmental engineering to undergraduate students1. IntroductionAwareness of diverse learning styles is now recognized to be a critical step toward producingeffective learning experiences for students. Different learning styles were categorized by Felderand Silverman1 in the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) classification system based on studentperception and understanding of information (Figure 1). In the ILS system, student learning fallswithin a continuum represented by various types of students: students who favor receivinginformation from their senses, by observation, experimentation, and repetition (sensory) andstudents who prefer