Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

. Page 26.1268.6 The group had two full-scale prototypes of the filters constructed in order to test the design.The filter body was a plastic tank 122 cm high purchased off-the-shelf, which was then modifiedto fit the design. The rest of the materials consisted of PVC pipe and hardware fittings whichwere purchased at a local hardware store. Since the group was uncertain of the type of sand that could be obtained in Uganda, theyinvestigated the impact of different sands on filter performance. They looked for types of sandthat might be commonly available for different construction needs, and thus would be availablein the developing world. Specifically, they obtained a fine “mortar sand” as well as an “all-purpose concrete sand” from a

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

awareness(including “an ability to use what you know about different cultures, social values, or politicalsystems in engineering solutions) and interdisciplinary skills. However, in their analysiscontextual awareness clustered with design skills, while interdisciplinary skills clustered withreflective behavior practice, and recognizing disciplinary perspectives. A small pilot study at theUniversity of Canterbury among students majoring in civil engineering and natural resourcesengineering in fall 2013 found correlations between sustainable engineering motivation andconcern for others (Bielefeldt unpublished data).The research questions explored in this study were: (1) to what extent are incomingenvironmental engineering students motivated by

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

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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Environmental Engineering

in water in which we might focus our program could be divided in a fewways. For the large programs, most of the specialty areas devoted to water are divided betweenwater quality and water quantity. In many cases, these specialty areas are sub-divided further.In practice, especially for thesis-based graduate work, cross-pollination can occur between thesesub-specialty areas and it may not always be entirely clear which track a student is pursuing.However, it appears that there are tracks devoted to water quality and tracks devoted to waterquantity. For our program, we developed a set of classes devoted to water quality designated aschemical movement and a set of classes devoted to water quantity designated as watermovement, summarized in

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

the LEWAS into freshman- level courses at Virginia Western Community College and a senior level hydrology course at Virginia Tech.Mr. Daniel S Brogan, VIrginia Tech Daniel S. Brogan is a PhD student, advised by Dr. Lohani, in Engineering Education with BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering. He has completed several graduate courses in engineering education pertinent to this research. He is the key developer of the OWLS and leads the LEWAS lab development and implementation work. He has mentored two NSF/REU Site students in the LEWAS lab. He assisted in the development and implementation of curricula for introducing the LEWAS at VWCC including the development of pre-test and post-test assessment questions