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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

projectmanagement skills early in an undergraduate engineering curriculum can reap substantialrewards for graduating engineering students early in their careers and, by extension, alsofor the organizations that choose to employ them.As stated earlier, the first four course modules are built around technical projects. Thefifth module, however, addresses professional development skills directly. For the fifthmodule, the groups of students, working together as groups throughout the semester,must present one of the technical projects associated with the first four modules in astructured oral presentation which is recorded, viewed by the students, critiqued andgraded. A PM is assigned and, once again, that PM receives a double grade for his/herefforts.Prior to

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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

engineering that has todo with cleaning up the effects built systems have had on the environment. Sustainable design“focuses on design that requires fewer natural resources, produces less (or no) waste, andreduces, reuses, or recycles waste produces (p. F1c-2).” One university defines sustainabledesign as having four components, technical, financial, environmental, and societal and these arereinforced throughout the students’ career in a series of courses spanning freshman to sophomoreyear7. James Madison University defines environmental sustainability as an approach to the engineering of processes, products, and structures which has, indefinitely, a less negative, neutral, or benign effect on all environmental systems. Sustainable

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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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Monte L. Phillips P.E., American Society of Civil Engineers; Forrest M. Holly Jr. P.E., University of Iowa

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3182: THE RAISE THE BAR INITIATIVE: CHARTING THE FU-TURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - EXPERI-ENTIAL GUIDELINESDr. Monte L. Phillips P.E., American Society of Civil Engineers Monte L. Phillips is an Emeritus Professor of civil engineering at the University of North Dakota. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois with an emphasis in geotechnical engineering. During a 39-year career as an educator, he served on the faculties of the University of North Dakota, Ohio Northern Univeristy, and the University of Illinois. Phillips has been an active member of the National Society of Professional Engineers serving as National President in 1994-95. He currently serves NSPE on the Board 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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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

with students. His advisees have developed successful professional careers at universities or in the private and public sectors. Many of them serve in leadership positions in profes- sional societies. He has taught 18 different undergraduate and graduate courses related to transportation, as well as undergraduate capstone design courses. Nambisan also has been very active in leadership roles of several professional societies and organizations, such as the American Society of Civil Engi- neers (ASCE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Council of University Transporta- tion Centers (CUTC), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and the Transportation Research Board (TRB). His current

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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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Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

This analysis showed conclusively that the observed decrease inthe number of CPA exam-takers was not due to the 150-hour requirement. Specifically, therewas no statistically significant correlation between the 150-hour requirement and the number ofCPA exam candidates. To cite just one of many examples of data from the study: 8 jurisdictionsnever enacted the 150-hour requirement during the period 1998 to 2008. These constitute 15%of all jurisdictions; and, despite no change in the exam requirements, they experienced about20% of the total decline in exam-takers—a clear indicator that the decline was independent ofthe requirement. In seeking alternative explanations for this decline, Schroeder and Franzsuggested “ignorance about a career in

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terrence L. Chambers P.E., University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

the BS level of achievement and theapplication level of achievement is made up entirely by engineering experience, which arguesthat formal education is not necessary to reach the full performance level of achievement forthose outcomes. It is only in the area of technical specialization that graduate level work isneeded to grow past the application level of achievement and up through four levels ofachievement in Bloom’s taxonomy to reach the full performance level. However, deep technicalspecialization is not needed to pass the FE exam or to begin one’s career in engineering as anEngineering Intern. Technical specialization is something that can well wait until the youngengineer has gained a little experience and identified an area of

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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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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

and 10% in common between Civil :Environmental. Further, the skills and knowledge desired for these engineers also have much incommon. To explore the similarities and differences in these disciplines as perceived bystudents, a Body of Knowledge (BOK2) survey was distributed to senior students as part of thelifelong learning module in the three separate capstone design courses. Students were asked torank the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 24 BOK2 outcomes from most to leastimportant to their future careers. Among students in all three majors, design and problemsolving were by far the top ranked outcomes; communication and teamwork were rankedbetween 3 to 6 by all majors; and there was also consensus among the bottom rated items

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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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Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

, was that some students watching thevideo reported this to be a decision point in their careers. Some of the comments from students inthis category are shown below.This video really got me thinking. It made me realize how careless I can be sometimes, and howserious that really can be. For example, if I alone pour my used oil into the ground it doesn’t doas much, but when I do it repeatedly along with several others doing the same thing, it becomesa big problem. Not to just look at my actions in everyday life, but to look at how I should act inthe field. It isn’t enough to just design something to the specs. The specifications still allowenergy inefficiency and chemicals to be put into the environment, but what if I go above andbeyond? Instead

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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

construction management, innovative project delivery systems, and construction automation and robotics. He received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wiscon- sin. Russell began his academic career in 1989 as an Assistant Professor in the CEE Department. Over the past 22 years, he has earned a reputation as a leader in education, research, and service to the civil en- gineering profession through championing diversity, leadership, innovation, and enhanced education for future civil engineers.He is Co-founder of the Construction Engineering and Management program at UW, Madison, one of only seven

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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

the material’s use in a blended learning experience for undergraduate students at Cal PolyPomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo universities. A survey instrument was used to capturestudents’ perceptions of the learning modules from several dimensions including: relevance ofcontent to career interests, relevance to course content, pedagogical approach, and usability. Thesurvey results suggest that overall students had a positive experience with the learning modules.They appreciated the functionality that allowed them to control the pace of the content deliveryand felt the materials were a strong contributor to their ability to use the knowledge as part oftheir class activities. While the majority of the comments were positive, there was data

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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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King To Hung, Brigham Young University; Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

financially. The financial situation was projected to retirement:65 years of age. The analysis used a timeline from year zero to year 47. Year zero represents thebeginning of age 18 (presumably when a person graduates from high school). Year 47 representsthe end of a person’s 65th year of age, (or the end of a person’s career). Three sets of analyses Page 25.43.7were performed: 1) simple cash flow; 2) 5% of annual income was invested in some low-riskinvestment, such as a mutual fund, and yields 12% overall annual return; and 3) 10% of annualincome was invested in some low-risk investment, such as a mutual fund, and yields 12% overallannual return

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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

Authors

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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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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Jon D. Nelson P.E., Tetra Tech, Inc; Monte L. Phillips P.E., Americal Society of Civil Engineers; Craig N. Musselman, CMA Engineers, Inc.; Michael J. Conzett, HDR, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

an Emeritus Professor of civil engineering at the University of North Dakota. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois with an emphasis in geothecnical engineering. During a 39-year career as an educator, he served on the faculties of the University of North Dakota, Ohio Northern University, and the University of Illinois. Phillips has been an active member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, serving as National President in 1994-95. He currently serves NSPE on the Board of Ethical Review, as a member of the Licensure and Qualifications for Practice Committee, and as Chair of the Council of Fellows Executive Committee. He served a five-year term, including Chair, of the North Dakota Board

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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

from the National Science Foundation. She has been a program director for the Herff College of Engineering’s targeted outreach program, Girls Experiencing Engineering, since its inception in 2004, and also serves as a Program Director for the Transportation Engineering Careers (TREC) program for high school students. Ivey is the Faculty Advisor for the student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at the university, is part of the ITE Transportation Education Council, and serves as the Past President for the West Tennessee Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers.Dr. Rachel Margaret Best, University of Memphis Rachel M. Best holds a B.Sc. (1994) in social psychology and sociology from the

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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

.20Although CAP3 has not yet initiated the development of BOK2-compliant accreditation criteria,it has formed two committees to study and formulate guidelines for the fulfillment of the CivilEngineering BOK:  The BOK Educational Fulfillment Committee was formed in 2007. Composed of representatives of ten widely varying institutions, this committee investigated the incorporation of the 24 BOK2 outcomes into civil engineering curricula.  The BOK Experiential Fulfillment Committee was formed in early 2009 to address those BOK2 outcomes requiring pre-licensure experience. The committee was charged with developing early-career experience guidelines for engineer interns, supervisors, and mentors.In the course

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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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Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-5117: CIVIL ENGINEERING MENTORED LEARNING ENVI-RONMENTDr. Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American Associate Professor and Civil Engineering Program Director Page 25.312.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Civil Engineering Mentored Learning EnvironmentAbstractEarly in their college career, many Civil Engineering students experience problems learning.Their problems may be associated with inadequate study skills, insufficient prerequisiteknowledge, an unfamiliar environment or a host of other things that a program can neitherpredict nor control. Regardless of the cause, the

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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

, Lafayette College Arthur D. Kney has been a resident of Bethlehem, Penn. since 1993. He lives with his lovely wife Linda, their brilliant eight-year-old daughter, and two wonderful cats. Kney received his doctorate of philosophy (Ph.D.) in environmental engineering from Lehigh University in 1999 and his professional engineering li- cense in 2007. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor and Department Head in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Throughout Kney’s career, he has been active in the community, at the local, state, and national level. He has served as chair of the Pennsylvania Water Environment Association (PWEA) research committee, Chair of the Bethlehem

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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

students for engineering practice, the importance of writing isoften emphasized. The need for improved writing skills is a regular finding in surveys ofemployers and graduates.1,2,3 Practicing engineers note the importance of communication skills,including writing, for advancing their careers.4 Accreditation criteria since 2000 have alsoreflected the importance of writing.Within civil engineering practice, writing takes on an even more important role than in manybranches of engineering. There is a vast array of writing behind any civil engineering project –qualifications proposals, cost proposals, scoping notes, technical memos, design reports, site visitreports, reports for regulatory agencies, e-mails among the team, plan sheet notes 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

include these skills into engineering solutions throughout theircourse. This method of using assignments throughout the curriculum allowed faculty tounderstand how students were building their competence throughout their collegiate careers toobtain the final desired level of performance 12.B. Depth of CE ProgramsThere is also motivation to ensure students are obtaining more depth on key topics, particularly Page 25.1217.4engineering design. One university implemented a converging–diverging model of design for asophomore –level course on engineering design and technical writing. This course initially useda semester long design project, but

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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

: the design process.procurement of work; bidding versus quality basedselection processes; how the design professions and Outcome 2: Graduates will We discussed thethe c have an awareness of the licensure and licensure process and the Y responsibility 5 impact of professional associated with the licensure on their career. design process

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Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

eight of these 11 students said that the “ability to helppeople and society was an attractive feature of civil engineering.”15 A majority of the freshmen Page 25.1188.6said they enjoy teamwork or think of it as a personal strength.To assess the seniors, 68 students in a senior capstone design course were asked to complete a 1-page written survey on the outcomes of the BOK2. They ranked the three most importantoutcomes, ranked the outcomes least important to a civil engineering career, ranked the threeoutcomes they were personally weakest at, and ranked the three outcomes within CU’s programthat need the most attention.In addition, five

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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

STEM education pipeline in Texas and nationally and has testified before the Texas SenateHigher Education Committee in that regard. He served on a committee of the Texas Higher EducationCoordinating Board to develop a statewide articulation compact for mechanical engineering and currentlychairs the council for developing articulation compacts in other engineering disciplines. He also served onthe Texas State Board of Education committee preparing the standards for career and technical education. Page 25.1332.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 THE RAISE THE BAR INITIATIVE: RESPONSE

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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

Academy and is ABET accredited. The mission of the Department of Civil and MechanicalEngineering parallels the Academy’s mission, while focusing on educating and inspiring studentsin the fields of civil and mechanical engineering19:To educate students in civil and mechanical engineering, such that each graduate is acommissioned leader of character who can understand, implement, and manage technology;and to inspire students to a career in the United States Army and a lifetime of personal growthand service.The Civil Engineer program recognizes the technology element of the Department’s missionstatement and established a specific ABET program outcome, “Use modern engineering tools tosolve problems.” The program assesses the outcome through a variety

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

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Civil Engineering

Spatial Logical Intuitive Linear HolisticWhy Creativity and Innovation and Why Now?From the beginning of recorded history and all over the earth, individuals we would nowlabel engineers have met the basic needs of communal society.12,13,14,15 While that rolewill remain essentially the same, the stage on which that role is played will changedramatically. The following sections explore that new stage with the hope that we willleverage the education and early career experience of tomorrow’s engineers so that theycan fulfill their role on that new stage. The Grand Challenges for EngineeringThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE