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Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Rachel Margaret Best, University of Memphis; Charles V. Camp, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

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Civil Engineering

University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, M.Sc. (1995) in research methods in psychology from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and a Ph.D. (2003) in psychology from South Bank University, London. She is currently Project Manager for the MemphiSTEP project at the University of Memphis,a project funded by the National Science Foundation, designed to increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates. She is also a Co-PI on the Transforming a Civil Engineering curriculum through Geographic Information Systems Project at the University of Memphis, also funded by the National Sci- ence Foundation. Best has an extensive research background and served as lead researcher on a range of

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique H. Head, Morgan State University

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Civil Engineering

M.S. in civil engineering in 2000 and 2002, respectively, from the University of Delaware. Page 25.1448.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using Wikis to Facilitate Writing Research Abstracts in a Civil Engineering Graduate CourseAbstractThe objective of this study is to assess the impact of student performance and quality of writingresearch abstracts when using wikis to effectively engage students in a graduate course. Studentswill use wikis that are integrated within Blackboard to write an abstract for their project focusedon structural

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American

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Civil Engineering

Page 25.312.4the desired curriculum is not completed. Therefore, it is critical to identify those out of step andget them back in step before the rank and file is lost.Continuous assessment, although required, cannot be allowed to become a burden that interfereswith completing the curriculum! Short quizzes, one liners or verbal questions and in classchallenges may be all that is required to assess a concept and confirm that it has beenaccomplished; confirmed to the instructor and more importantly to the student. Of greaterimportance to the student, is the confirmation that a concept has NOT been accomplished. It isat this point that the student needs to seek out an extra to catch up. If a significant portion of theclass has not yet mastered

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Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

historical case study inclusion, it is anticipated that students will demonstrate anability to understand the processes of invention and design, apply ethics in engineering, anddemonstrate an understanding of the engineer’s role in and their value to society. Students willalso demonstrate a greater depth of knowledge by developing intuition about expected behaviorof engineered systems and better visualizing the interaction of components of engineeredsystems. Finally, students should experience a change in attitudes about quality engineering as aresult of studying the historical development of engineered systems.It is possible an engineering history course of this nature, offered early in the curriculum, canhelp with retention and success of women

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Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Allen Toth, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3554: CONTINUED ASSESSMENT OF INFORMATION TECH-NOLOGY SOFTWARE INTEGRATION IN A CIVIL ENGINEERING PRO-GRAMMajor Jason Allen Toth, U.S. Military Academy Jason Toth is an Instructor in the Civil Engineering Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy; M.S. from University of Missouri, Rolla, MO and M.S. from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. He is an active member of ASEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in Missouri. His research interests include engineering education, development of social responsibility in engineers through Learning Through Service opportunities, and developing world infrastructure assessment and design

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Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-5489: CORE CONCEPTS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN ANINTRODUCTORY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING COURSE: AN EVAL-UATION OF PILOT IMPLEMENTATIONSDr. Rhonda K. Young, University of WyomingDr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette CollegeDr. Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University Since 2007, Shashi Nambisan has been the Director, Institute for Transportation (InTrans) and a professor of civil engineering at Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. He previously served on the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for more than 17 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Nevada. One of Nambisan’s passions is the development of the future transportation work- force. He enjoys working

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The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College; David A. Veshosky, Lafayette College

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3084: INTEGRATING THE CHARRETTE PROCESS INTO EN-GINEERING EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY ON A CIVIL ENGINEER-ING DESIGN CAPSTONE COURSEDr. Michelle Renee Oswald, Bucknell University Michelle Oswald, a LEED AP, is an Assistant Professor at Bucknell University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her focus is in sustainable transportation planning and sustainable engi- neering education. She completed her doctoral degree in civil engineering at the University of Delaware, along with a master’s of civil engineering degree, and a master;s of arts in urban affairs and public policy. She received a bachelor of science in civil and environmental engineering from Lafayette College.Dr. Arthur D. Kney

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas A. Lenox Ph.D., American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

civil engineering curricula and to facilitate broad adoptionof the new BOK concepts in civil engineering education, CAP^3 established the BOKEducational Fulfillment Committee (BOKEdFC) in early 2008. This new committee was chargedwith (1) fostering the creation of a learning community of scholars interested in engineeringeducational reform, (2) reviewing the work products of the Body of Knowledge Committee andproviding feedback, and (3) documenting how programs can incorporate the Body of Knowledgeinto their curriculum. A key input to this work is the second edition of the Civil EngineeringBody of Knowledge for the 21st Century. The “companion paper” by Nelson, Fridley, and Hallprovides an insight into this committee’s work.25The Body of

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Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tom Szymoniak, Portland State University

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Civil Engineering

engineers. Senior engineers commonlymentioned working extra hours on writing tasks when they started in practice, knowing that thehours could not be billed to a client but trusting that the effort would pay off later in being able towrite more quickly and easily. Finally, all the practitioners referred to looking at previousdocuments produced by the firm, using them at first to learn typical organization andexpressions, and later using them as templates for new documents. For most firms, much work isroutine. Thus, it is rare that an entirely new document with new organization and new ways ofdescribing content has to be created from scratch.Teaching ApplicationsBased on the findings of our research, we believe it is important to integrate writing

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Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; David J. Elton, Auburn University

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Civil Engineering

Page 25.957.6 “it’s hard to judge because this was the only lab where was behind the schedule in we hadn’t learned the curriculum yet.” terms of technical status of the Students thought the experience would have been course. better if done later in the course Students thought the experience was a helpful introduction to real world engineering work Students recommended that the experience start with a This method had been whole-class interactive video between campuses to integrated to other aspects of introduce the project the broader project when

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The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

skills instruction provided during the design experience. Thepaper does not evaluate or assess the effectiveness of any one method but rather attempts toprovide a comprehensive look at the variations and possibilities within a major designexperience.IntroductionThe culminating major design experience has been an integral part of selected engineeringcurricula for decades. However, with the introduction of ABET’s EC 2000 it became arequirement for all engineering programs for accreditation. ABET’s current language for the2011-2012 accreditation cycle reads, “Students must be prepared for engineering practicethrough a curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge andskills acquired in earlier course work and

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ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sree Kalyani Lakkaraju, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan M. Morgan, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

to design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context PREVIOUS: an ability to perform civil engineering design by means of design experiences integrated throughout the professional component of the curriculum 4. Breadth Program Criterion: NEW: the ability to explain basic concepts in management, business, public policy, and leadership; and explain the importance of professional licensure PREVIOUS: an understanding of professional practice issues such as: procurement of work, bidding versus quality-based selection processes, how the design professionals and the construction professions interact to construct a

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

, science, and technical communication classroom. (2008). Proceedings of the IEEE international professional communication conference (pp. 1-7). Montreal, QC: IEEE. 978-1-4244-2085-8 5. ABET accreditation. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/DisplayTemplates/NewsAndPubs.aspx?id=57 6. Pappas, E., & Pierrakos, O. (2010). Integrating developmental instruction in sustainability context into an undergraduate engineering design curriculum: level one. Proceedings of the 40th asee/ieee frontiers in education conference (pp. F1c-1-5). Washington, DC: ASEE/IEEE. 7. Prins, R., Kander, R., Moore, T., Pappas, E., & Pierrakos, O. (2008). Special session- engineering for a

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

, general chemistry; general chemistry chemistry, general chemistry statics, strength of materials, thermodynamics, at least one additional an earth science, fluid mechanics, area of basic science a biological science electric circuits, fluid mechanics engineering economicsTechnical proficient in 2 of the 3 basic reach the design level in knowledge of four civil environmental issues associatedBreadth curriculum areas: one of 4

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Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Civil Engineering

curriculum, an increased responsibility for self-directed learning is highly desirable. Students about to embark on a career must independently beable to meet professional development demands in a rapidly changing engineering environment.Students who arrive in class with assigned reading completed, notes reviewed, and prepared forclassroom activities are developing the ability to be self-directed learners. Limited classroomcontact time can be much more effectively utilized by focusing on concepts and applicationsidentified by students as needing further review and explanation. This paper describes changesimplemented to a Civil Engineering “Structural Design of Foundations” course at a Penn StateUniversity’s College of Engineering. These included

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Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf A. Mehta, Rowan University; Leslie Ann McCarthy P.E., Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

from New Jersey Department ofTransportation (NJDOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the pavementindustry were invited during the latter part of the semester to discuss the state-of-practice withthe MEPDG software, real-life case studies, or relevant projects. The guest speakers provided apractical perspective and presented the students with a better appreciation of the subject matter.Capturing Outcomes for Undergraduate Level CoursesThe civil engineering (CE) department at Rowan University developed a new rubric in summer2004 to assess each course according to the ABET outcomes to facilitate assessmentcontinuously throughout the four-year curriculum. As an example, the outcome rubric for thePavement Design course at Rowan

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The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mikhail Gershfeld S.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Charles B. Chadwell, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

NEES Education Outreach and Training(EOT) Team. They developed a mechanism to support online courses to support workforcedevelopment in academic and industrial settings. They integrated the open source coursemanagement system, called Moodle, into the NEEShub architecture creating an import deliverysystem in their NEESacademy. This capability provided an excellent solution to distribute theWEI learning modules. The screen shot of the NEEShub courseware entry point and the firstpage of the online modules access are shown in Figure 5 and 6 respectively.Figure 5 – Wood Education Institute Screen Page 25.1007.10Figure 6 - Wood Education Institute

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The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Roberts P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

out under that grant includedthe planning of a civil engineering curriculum with an infrastructure theme. As part of the plan-ning process for the new curriculum, the team of faculty members created a framework of the I2Iclass to be taken by sophomores. This class was intended to provide students with a better un-derstanding of the challenges to be faced in improving, securing, and maintaining the nationalinfrastructure. Part of the planned course included student evaluation of infrastructure compo-nents in local communities from direct observation.In 2008, three faculty members from the department were awarded an NSF Course, Curriculum,and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant (DUE 0837530) to create and teach the I2I courseplanned under the

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Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Samuel Holton Lee, University of California, San Diego; Jacqueline Linh Le, University of California, San Diego

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Civil Engineering

the effective amount of lecture time, resulting in an increased chance that the instructoris not capable of fully covering the material in the original course syllabus. In the two case studycourses, this impact was negligible because a significant amount of fundamental conceptspresented were synthesized from other courses in the curriculum. SE 1 provided an introduction(roadmap) to concepts students would learn in future courses, while SE 103 synthesized topicslearned in previous courses. Instead of classes in which lectures are primarily used to restate thetextbook and students are taught procedures to solve a limited set of problem types, these twocourses aim to get the students to understand and apply concepts to general problems and

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The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

,construction and landscape architecture students to complete the schematic level designof an actual building for a real client.The challenges in creating and executing such a course fall into three major areas:institutional, logistical and pedagogical. Institutional issues include university supportand concurrence from four different department heads. Logistical issues range fromfinding open time within the four schedules to offer the course and securing physicallocations for small and large group meeting areas to the seemingly mundane tasks ofensuring all students are in the correct location and finding common times for theinstructors to meet. Pedagogically, the course needs a unified and integrated approachthat must be agreed to and implemented by

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Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea L. Welker PE, Villanova University; Leslie Ann McCarthy P.E., Villanova University; John Komlos, Villanova University; Alfred Andrew Fry

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Civil Engineering

more successfully embark upon thepath of life-long learning. To ensure that information literacy skills were adequately imparted tostudents, six modules were introduced into the civil and environmental engineering (CEE)curriculum at Villanova University. These modules, which were first introduced in 2005 and areintegrated throughout six courses in the curriculum, were developed jointly by faculty andlibrarians. Since the initial development of these modules, there have been several changes to thecurriculum and the faculty teaching the courses, and some of our assessment tools have beenimproved. Educational outcomes based on Association of College and Research Libraries(ACRL) outcomes were developed and an assessment protocol was implemented

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

the department’s external advisory council, which was composed of private andpublic employers as well as a dean from another institution outside of Texas. Employers and theexternal advisory council, as well as the students and faculty, continue to be an integral part ofthe assessment process. The sources of input provided by the different constituencies, internaland external, are shown all considered during assessment for continuous improvement.Following publication of BOK2 report in 2008, a comprehensive review of the BSCE curriculumwas conducted to ensure that it embodied the revised program outcomes contained in thatdocument. The curriculum as it exists today is also presented in Appendix III and the breakdownof credit hours is shown in

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-4616: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SOPHOMOREENGINEERING STUDENTSDr. Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University Ed Glynn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova University.Prof. Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University Page 25.1074.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Professional Development for Sophomore Engineering StudentsAbstractThe development of project management skills and interaction with the regional professionalengineering community are integral parts of Civil Engineering Fundamentals, a required

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

. civil engineering community:  faculty development,  integration of the civil engineering curriculum,  practitioner involvement in education, and  the professional degree.1The fourth of these issue areas—the professional degree—reflected a growing consensus that thetraditional four-year baccalaureate degree was becoming increasingly inadequate as formalacademic preparation for the professional practice of civil engineering. In October 1998, the callfor action issued at the CEEC ’95 resulted in the passage of ASCE Policy Statement 465—Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice. The initial version of thispolicy stated that the Society “supports the concept of the master’s degree as the FirstProfessional Degree

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Civil Engineering

an engineering specialty” as the “basic professional degree for engineers.”  1985 NAE report:24 Offer broad engineering education, stronger non-technical education, exposure to realities of the work world, personal career management, and greater management skills.  1974-1995 ASCE Education Conferences: The 1995 conference recommended professional degrees (more formal education), integrated curriculum, faculty development, and practitioner involvement.Other Lessons LearnedThis paper highlights nine LLL as a result of contemplating the process used to develop andbegin the implementation of the civil engineering BOK. The LLL reflect insights provided by adecade of various Raise the Bar activities and the

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

study would be required to support that theory.17In an effort to determine whether open-book or closed-book testing more effectively enhancedlearning, Agarwal returned to the topic of retention and the two assessment methods in 2011.18In order to strengthen potential weaknesses in his previous work regarding the comparison oftesting methods, he changed the experiment in two key ways: 1) used material specificallydesigned for open-book testing that involved comprehension and integration and transferquestions to determine “differences in memorial benefits” and 2) looked at the effect of testexpectancy with relationship to time spent studying to determine if students spend less timestudying for open-book tests. Again, when study participants were