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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

RHITcampus. The summer research experience was funded through an grant program within theinstitute, where the students received a summer stipend for ten weeks of work on this project. Asdescribed herein, the students successfully met the following learning objectives:1. conduct research on constructed treatment wetlands,2. develop multiple solutions to an engineering project and determine the merits and deficiencies of each solution,3. recommend the most appropriate solution based on developed criteria,4. explain and document the solution in writing, and5. construct the final recommended design under the supervision of the advisor.Design RequirementsThe goal of the constructed wetland is to filter water to remove nutrients, suspended solids

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

specifically discuss how re-grades were incorporated into a large 3rd year Introduction toEnvironmental Engineering class. Graded quizzes were returned to students with minimalcomments. The students then had one or two weeks to return the quiz and correct their mistakesand earn up to 50% of their missed points back. No points were returned unless the studentsexplained what they did wrong and how to correct their mistakes. The instructor was availableduring normal office hours to help students with their questions about the quiz.This presentation will address four main research questions based on students’ grades and asurvey: 1. Who are the students that took advantage of the quiz re-grading? We found that about90% of the students turned in at least

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeffrey Alan Cole, Pasadena City College

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Environmental Engineering

classroom 6,7. More specifically, active learning involving researchprojects in the classroom has been widely supported as an effective pedagogical technique 3, 4, .The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has advocated the transformation of thecurriculum in undergraduate teaching institutions from a typical lecture-based setup into aninquiry-based or research-based education. Undergraduate research experiences have beenidentified as a powerful way to enhance student learning and to develop critical thinking. Paststudies have reported the following as common characteristics of successful curricula that haveincorporated undergraduate research experiences: 1) reading of relevant literature, 2) workingwith a mentor or learning community (peer

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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Environmental Engineering

design. The report included an appendix which documents thedesign calculations and preliminary engineering drawings of individual unit operations.The course required students to perform at a variety of cognitive levels as classified by Bloom’staxonomy4. In engineering practice, especially in the engineering design process, higher–orderthinking is required. Too often junior engineering students are accustomed to learning material atlevels 1 through 3 on Bloom’s taxonomy scale (knowledge, comprehension, and application).The assignments in this course were created to facilitate student development as a futureprofessional engineer by working at the six cognitive levels of Bloom’s taxonomy and also someABET criteria (student outcomes a, c, e, f, g, h

Conference Session

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

problem statement and advisement of practicing engineers.Student performance of ABET learning outcomes was evaluated as perceived by students,faculty and practicing engineers. Study objectives include: (1) assessment of how the threeevaluators perceived students understanding of course material and accomplishment of ABETcourse and program outcomes, (2) student self-evaluation of strengths and areas for improvementdeveloped during the capstone design course, and (3) longitudinal study of how studentsperformed once integration of the WEAT prompt with environmental engineering capstonecourse occurred.Capstone Design Course Structure and Project StatementTexas Tech University’s (TTU) Master of Environmental Engineering (MEnvE) is a 5-yearprogram

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivar G. Johannesen, HiOA

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Environmental Engineering

control volume between 1and 2 simplifies to 𝑃1 𝑣1 2 𝑃2 𝑣2 2 𝑃1,𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒 + 𝛼 = + 𝛼 + ℎ𝐿 ⟾ = (𝑧1 − 𝑧2 ) + ℎ𝐿 2𝑔 2𝑔 2𝑔 2𝑔 2𝑔 200000Numerically, ℎ𝐿 = (998∗ 9.81 − 2) 𝑚 = 18.4 𝑚 𝐿 𝑉2The head loss is given by the formula ℎ𝐿 = ( 𝑓 + ∑𝐾𝐿 ) 2 𝑔 . 𝑑 𝜀 1 2.51The friction factor is calculated using Colbrooke’s formula

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

engineering students. The research questionswere: (1) to what extent are incoming environmental engineering students motivated bysustainable engineering, interested in global work, value interdisciplinary skills, and recognizethe importance of consideration for others in the context of engineering; (2) to what extent areenvironmental engineering students similar to or different from civil and architecturalengineering students in these attitudes; and (3) are there correlations between these attitudes. Toanswer these research questions, a survey consisting of 7-point Likert items was given tostudents at the beginning of the semester in courses designed to introduce first year students toenvironmental, civil, and/or architectural engineering at the

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel A Brennan P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Environmental Engineering

andemerging global needs of society, while enabling research by faculty on topics with broadtechnical and scientific impact in the vital area of the water-energy nexus. This goal is directlyin line with the mission of our college, which is to “nurture and train world-class socially-aware,globally-connected, diverse engineers, educators and researchers….to develop innovativesolutions to the world’s most pressing challenges through transformational interdisciplinaryresearch”. The proposed program also aligns and supports several of the institutional thrust areasof our college, including: 1) Innovative Engineering Education through the provision of globalengineering education and experiences; and 2) Sustainable Water-Energy-Food Nexus throughwater

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

concept inventory-stylecognitive learning questions that have been developed by content experts for each course leveland are scaled using Bloom’s Revised Cognitive Taxonomy. Results from fall 2014 freshmencourse are analyzed and presented and results from both levels in the spring 2015 semester willbe included in the presentation.1.0 Introduction In 2008, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced 14 GrandChallenges in engineering that are awaiting solutions in the 21st century. This list includes thechallenge to “Provide Access to Clean Water”1. Water is the critical resource for supplying foodand energy, safeguarding human health and maintaining national security. Increasing pressures

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University; Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

broad goal of this endeavor is to engage undergraduate students and exceltheir 21st Century Skills 1 through the implementation of relevant project-based experientiallearning sites in a variety of classrooms. The 21st century skills include: increased understandingof core STEM content; increased competency with critical thinking skills (systems thinking,problem solving, self-confidence using real world data); and, increased competency withtechnology skills.1CLICS (cyber-learning infrastructure for campus sustainability) is a cyber-learning tooldeveloped to integrate data from campus sustainability projects into a form that can be used in awide variety of classes for relevant, experiential learning opportunities. The broad goal of thisendeavor

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johanna Lönngren, Chalmers University of Technology; Magdalena Svanström, Chalmers University of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

’ approaches to WSPs2. Sofar, the study has proceeded in four stages: Stage 1. Empirical research about engineering students’ approaches to WSPs Stage 2. Conversations with engineering educators about possible implications of the empirical research for engineering education practice Stage 3. Workshop with engineering educators to formulate ILOs Stage 4. Workshop with engineering educators to design assessment methods for ILOsThe stages build on each other: the results from one stage provide input for the next stage.Therefore, we describe the design and outcomes from each stage together rather than providingseparate descriptions of research methodology and research results for the entire project.Stage 1: Empirical research about

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Semih Aslan, Texas State University, San Marcos; Jesus Alejandro Jimenez, Texas State University; Yoo-Jae Kim, Texas State University; Hassan Salamy, Texas State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

) involves the inclusion of “keysustainable development issues into teaching and learning such as climate change, disaster riskreduction, biodiversity, poverty reduction, and sustainable consumption.”1 Education about greendesign and building is defined by the US Environmental Protection Agency as “the practice ofcreating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation,maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.” 2 Therefore, sustainability education has to do withteaching about using less energy and fewer resources, recycling, about buying locally andorganically, designing and building with environmentally mindful or “green

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Environmental Engineering

value in the course material.During the first week of an Introduction to Environmental Engineering class, students are askedto imagine themselves in one of three real-life engineering scenarios: 1. As an engineer in thePeace Corp who is asked to provide a treatment process for “turbid water that is making peoplesick” in the developing world. 2. As an engineer asked to design a process to removecontaminants from groundwater in Toms River, NJ. 3. As an engineer designing a statementbefore a board to defend a switch from coal to natural gas as a fuel source. First students areasked individually to write down all the questions they would need to ask before they designtheir process (and to whom they would ask them). Then they are asked to share

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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Environmental Engineering

, Page 26.601.2exacerbating blight and decline in the neighborhoods where they are present. McKeesport hasover 2,000 plots of vacant land. This project is unique in that it is the first time the nonprofit hasworked outside of the nearby city of Pittsburgh for a community partnership, as well as with asmall campus population rather than a large university pool. The partnership is novel as it isstudent driven in a working class community where academics are not traditionally prized.Many of those involved have never participated in a service learning project and have littleexperience in volunteer work in the community.Background:Service learning refers to the method of teaching in which classroom instruction is integratedwith community service 1

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University

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Environmental Engineering

experience with the course, Introduction to Water Resources Management.Introduction to Water Resources Management has been taught for fifteen years as a GeDC in thetraditional textbook based teaching and evaluation. The fundamentals of hydrology were taughtwith an introductory level book. The students were evaluated with the textbook assignments,three closed book examinations and class participation. In this approach, six drawbacks wereidentified: 1. Although students learned the concepts of hydrology, they lacked the stimulatinglearning of their practical applications; 2. They did not get enough information about theemerging water issues pertinent to them; 3. Students had limited opportunities to learn about thesocial, economic, administrative and

Conference Session

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Dacunto P.E., United States Military Academy; Victoria Rose Varriano, United States Military Academy; Jason Ko, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

successful construction andcustomer handoff relies upon (1) having a good partnership with a local non-governmentalorganization; (2) including local labor and materials in the construction; and (3) getting supportfrom local leaders on emplacement, operation, and maintenance of the system. Page 26.1268.2(1) Introduction Engineering education presents many opportunities for project-based learning, sincestudents can readily apply classroom knowledge to the creation of a tangible product. A project-based learning approach to engineering education has several advantages. For example,“inductive learning” methods such as this have been found to be

Conference Session

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

sections, with a total of students 47 overall.The surveyed course is a 1 hour credit, junior/senior level Introduction to EnvironmentalEngineering laboratory (CE 3171) course taken concurrently with the 3 hour credit Introductionto Environmental Engineering lecture (CE 3309) course. Students in the laboratory are junior orseniors in the civil engineering degree program who are concentrating their studies in structural,geotechnical, construction or transportation engineering. Students concentrating inenvironmental engineering are not required to take the Introduction to EnvironmentalEngineering laboratory as similar, more advanced lab courses are taken later in their curriculum

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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category of the Top 10 BestGraduate Programs in Environmental Engineering2 (Table 1). The Top 10 Best GraduatePrograms in Environmental Engineering category was chosen to gain insight from the bestprograms in the U.S. which are specifically ranked because of their environmental engineeringgraduate program. Page 26.484.3Table 1. Universities included in the survey of existing programs3-12 listed in order of U.S. Newsand World Report ranked order2. Thesis- Course- Best Environmental Engineering Graduate Programs based based Stanford

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

designprinciples that could not be covered effectively in a traditional classroom teaching environment.Laboratory instruction can be used as a tool to promote cooperative (team learning) learning toteach engineering design. In cooperative learning, students work in teams toward the attainmentof some superordinate goal where the labor is divided between team members, such that eachindividual takes responsibility for a different sub-goal and individual contributions are pooledinto a composite product to ensure that the goal is reached. To be successful, five factors areparamount to the cooperative learning process: 1) Positive interdependence, 2) Face-to-faceinteraction, 3) Individual accountability, 4) Small group and interpersonal skills, and 5) Groupself