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Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl J.K. Desha, Queensland University of Technology; Charlie Hargroves, The Natural Edge Project

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2012-4314: APPLYING THRESHOLD LEARNING THEORY TO TEACHSUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICE IN POST-GRADUATE ENGINEER-ING EDUCATIONDr. Cheryl J.K. Desha, Queensland University of Technology Cheryl Desha is a lecturer in sustainable development in the faculty of engineering and science (School of Earth, Environment and Biological Systems), Queensland University of Technology. She is also a Principal Researcher in the Natural Edge Project (TNEP) research group, a non-profit academic network for research, education, and innovation for sustainable prosperity. Desha graduated in 1999 from envi- ronmental engineering and worked for consulting engineering firm Arup for four years, also undertaking work placement within the

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Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

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Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Mara London, Gonzaga University; Andrew Douglas Matsumoto, Gonzaga University; Melanie Ruth Walter; Spencer Joseph Fry

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2012-5102: UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEM: SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTSINCREASE STUDENT INTEREST AND LEARNINGDr. Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University Noel E. Bormann is a professor and Chair, Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258.Dr. Mara London, Gonzaga UniversityMr. Andrew Douglas Matsumoto, Gonzaga University School of EngineeringMs. Melanie Ruth WalterMr. Spencer Joseph Fry Page 25.1399.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Understanding the System: Sustainability projects increase

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2012-3782: COMPETITIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER-ING CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS: STUDENT PREFERENCES ANDLEARNING OUTCOMESDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU). She was attracted into environ- mental engineering as a high school student participating in a summer research program at Iowa State University. While at CU, she has mentored more than 30 undergraduate student research projects. Page 25.336.1

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Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., U.S. Military Academy; David-Michael P. Roux, U.S. Army; Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy

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programs at other universities.This work presents an indoor air pollution project that provides students an opportunity todevelop and test a hypothesis related to an indoor air quality issue that interests them. Themethods and materials required to implement this educational experience in environmentalengineering programs to meet ABET accreditation requirements are also presented. Preparationfor the project requires student teams (3-4 students) to develop a basic evaluation and samplingprotocol to test a potential indoor air pollution problem. Students identify a pollutant of concern,either a gas (CO, Cl, VOC, Radon, O3, etc.) or particulate matter, and identify a feasible and safelocation on campus for testing. Student teams are required to

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Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University

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AC 2012-5212: USING A P3 FUNDED PROJECT AS PART OF A CAP-STONE DESIGN CLASS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGProf. Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University Stefan J. Grimberg completed his PhD in 1995 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since that time he has been a faculty member of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University. He received his Diplom in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany (1987) and his Masters in Environmental Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1989). Dr. Grimberg’s research focuses on delineating the role of microorganisms on contaminant transport in atmospheric and aqueous systems. Most

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Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Dunia Tania Periverzov, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2012-4161: A WIRELESS SENSOR NODE POWERED BY SOLAR HAR-VESTER FOR MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING AS A SENIORDESIGN PROJECTDr. Radian G. Belu, Drexel University Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding the second position as Research Assistant Professor at Desert Research Institute, Renewable Energy Center, Reno, Nev. Before joining Drexel University, Belu held faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada, and the United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager and senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate

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Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Brian H. Dennis, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Madhu Rani, University of Texas, Arlington; Ketwalee Kositkanawuth

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2012-4251: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE CUR-RICULUM: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERSDr. Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Melanie Sattler serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington, where she teaches courses and conducts research related to air quality and sustainable energy. Her research has been spon- sored by the National Science Foundation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Luminant Power, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. She has published more than 60 peer- reviewed papers and conference proceedings. In 2010, she received UT, Arlington’s Lockheed Martin Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching. She is a registered

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Sarah Kathryn Bauer, Rowan University; Andrea Rose McFarland, Rowan University; Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

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undergraduatecurriculum, and address pressing societal needs. In recent years, spurred by the decliningcondition of the environment, engineering educators have begun to incorporate concepts of greenengineering and sustainability into undergraduate education. Through the perspectives ofundergraduate students who are enrolled in the newly developed, environmentally consciouscurriculum of Rowan University’s College of Engineering, early experiences in engineeringeducation will be showcased.The hallmark of Rowan University’s Engineering program is its Engineering Clinic: a requiredeight-semester sequence for engineering majors that brings real-world engineering into theclassroom through interdisciplinary, project-based learning. Undergraduate students are engagedin

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Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University

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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) including theability to conduct laboratory experiments and the ability to critically analyze and interpret data inmore than one major environmental engineering focus area. This paper discusses threeenvironmental engineering undergraduate research projects that were funded through internalgrants and completed between 2009 and 2011 by individual students under the mentorship ofenvironmental engineering faculty. At the completion of their research projects, studentspresented their research work through a variety of poster presentations at symposiums andconferences and through publication in peer reviewed technical journals. The researchexperience, research methodology, problem formulation

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Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Corey M. Taylor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathleen Toohey, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael S. DeVasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rebecca Booth DeVasher Ph.D., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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and geographical sites, from ancient Greece to contemporary Nairobi,using analytical tools from various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The fourthcourse, EM103, Introduction to Design, is required of most engineering majors. All majors inthe cohort are combined into 2 sections of EM103 with the goal of enabling students to work inmultidisciplinary teams to solve actual sustainability problems on the RHIT campus. Thestudent learning outcomes for this course are supported by the multidisciplinary, project-basedapproach. All four courses meet existing graduation requirements for all majors. Students do notlose electives or lose ground in their progress towards a major. Because all four courses areinterdisciplinary and

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Elizabeth Butler, University of Oklahoma

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the value placed by students on sustainability andenvironmental issues.IntroductionThe “Bodies of Knowledge” (BOKs) of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers(AAEE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) identify the skill sets needed topractice environmental and civil engineering at various points in an engineer’s career, includingafter completing the B.S. degree. Outcome 8 of the AAEE BOK calls for the ability to recognizelife cycle principles, to identify non sustainable components in engineered systems, to explainhow and why to integrate sustainability into engineering projects, and to quantify emissions andresource consumption associated with engineering processes (paraphrased from AAEE (2009)1).Outcome 10 in the ASCE

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Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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AC 2012-3783: STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FROM AN ENVI-RONMENTAL ENGINEERING SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAMDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU). She was attracted into environ- mental engineering as a high school student participating in a summer research program at Iowa State University. While at CU, she has mentored more than 30 undergraduate student research projects. Page 25.1186.1 c American

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Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Paris College of Art; Michael Hollis, U.S. Air Force Academy; John Anthony Christ, U.S. Air Force Academy; C. Andrew Ramsburg, Tufts University

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AC 2012-3158: A STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING LAB TO INCREASEMOTIVATION AND INTEREST IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGMr. Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Tufts University Sandeep Sathyamoorthy is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University. Prior to this, Sathyamoorthy was a Project Engineer at AECOM Water, focusing on BNR/ENR wastewater treatment plant design and water reuse treatment processes.Dr. Linda Jarvin, Paris College of Art Linda Jarvin, Ph.D., is the Dean of Paris College of Art in Paris, France, and an Adjunct Professor at Tufts University, Mass. She received her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of Paris V and her postdoctoral training at Yale

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Francis J. Hopcroft, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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that inform and influence those feelings and discusses ways to beginto change those attitudes within the student bodies.IntroductionIt has been observed that students taking similar classes in college often project a wide range ofacademic skills, interest in the subject matter, and personal justifications for class attendance,among other things. Since people are inherently different, there is no shock or surprise generatedby these observations; merely academic curiosity and fodder for research by those so inclined.Academic research can take many forms. It can be highly rigorous, purely anecdotal, primarilyliterature-based, or empirical, based on personal experimentation or observation. The dataprovided in this report are based solely on direct

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Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University; Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University

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Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Summer Merit Camp and Environmental Communication Week: Targeted Approaches to Environmental Engineering EducationAbstract:This paper discusses the effectiveness of two targeted approaches, a three-week paid summercamp for high school junior and senior students selected based upon proficiency in high schoolmath and science classes and teacher recommendations and an environmental communicationweek targeted toward general university students, in promoting environmental education ispresented. The environmental communication week was a cross-collaborative environmentaleducation project involving lectures from experts in related fields and interactive activitieshighlighting the importance of green

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Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Environmental Engineering

reform and engineering education research grant,Departmental Level Reform (DLR), awarded to a group of engineering and education faculty inthe university [4, 5, 6]. The first course in the program, Engineering Exploration (ENGE 1024),is the most affected course by the DLR project. This course primarily focuses on hands-ondesign, problem solving, professional ethics and skills, contemporary issues like sustainability,globalization, nanotechnology, and critical thinking skills [7]. This course is taken byapproximately 1700 freshmen every year. The course delivery format includes one 50-minutelecture followed by one 110-minute hands-on workshop every week.One of the learning objectives of this course is gaining the ability to develop and

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Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida; Julie Beth Zimmerman, Yale University; Simona Platukyte, University of South Florida

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Environmental Engineering

respondents, 80% were teaching coursesrelated to sustainability. Among the courses being taught in sustainable engineering,approximately 50% focus on evaluation tools such as Life Cycle Assessment. About 25%integrate sustainability concepts into traditional engineering courses in order to broaden thestudents’ skill set and awareness. Only 15% are cross-disciplinary courses taught in conjunctionwith other departments that address economic, political, and social aspects of sustainableengineering. It was also reported that 70% of survey respondents have some research activityrelated to sustainability in engineering. Additionally, about a quarter of a billion dollars wasidentified in funding for sustainability-related projects in the United States with