Conference Session

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

Collection

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

Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. He also holds an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and served for 26 years in the USAF. Dr. Mitchell is a registered Professional Engineer, a LEED AP BD+C, and a Project Management Professional. Page 24.304.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Competitive Problem Based Learning in an Environmental Engineering Laboratory CourseAbstractThe Problem-based learning (PBL) pedagogical approach to instruction has become widely

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #8583Examining water quality in the Chesapeake Bay: A hands-on sustainabilityactivity for 5th to 7th gradersDr. Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Striebig is a founding faculty member and first full professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Striebig came to the JMU School of from Gonzaga University where he developed the WATER program in cooperation with other faculty members. Dr. Striebig is also the former Head of the Environmental Technology Group at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory. In addition to Dr’ Striebig’s engineering work, he is also a published

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

University of Wisconsin-Platteville are required to complete a large number of diverse writing assignments. Theycomplete ten laboratory courses, many of which require weekly lab reports. Senior-level coursesare focused on design, and students prepare many technical design reports in these courses; alarge design paper is the final deliverable for the capstone Senior Design course. Moreover,given the undergraduate-only nature of the university, all student writing is assessed by facultymembers. The traditional model for grading student writing is to mark up the writing withcorrections and suggestions for improvements and assign a grade between 0 and 100%.Despite the extensive practice students carry out and despite the frequent, thorough, and well

Conference Session

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie Gina Locklear, NC A&T

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Environmental Engineering

are especially prevalent in the middle school grades for female students. Therefore,before peer pressure and popular culture lures them away from self-efficacy in math and science,outreach to females outside of the traditional classroom is crucial. For this research project,thirteen middle school students were invited to attend a summer camp hosted in theenvironmental engineering laboratory at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical StateUniversity. Three environmental and public health “cases” or stories were developed to increasethe student interest in science and environmental engineering. The girls were grouped into teamsand each group was assigned one of the three cases in which a community member or petbecame sick due to an unknown

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

Paper ID #8582Lesson in implementing sustainability courses into the engineering curricu-lumDr. Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Striebig is a founding faculty member and first full professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Striebig is a founder and member of Water for Africa a 501c3 non-profit organization. Dr. Striebig came to the JMU School of from Gonzaga University where he developed the WATER program in cooperation with other faculty members. Dr. Striebig is also the former Head of the Environmental Technology Group at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory. In