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Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy; Phil Dacunto P.E., United States Military Academy; Emily Arija Ezerins, United States Military Academy; Dalton Jefferson Alexander Combs, United States Military Academy; Jacob Neil Palmer, United States Army

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Environmental Engineering

environmental engineering and conducted an independent study on anaerobic digestion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Nexus of Science and Engineering: Structuring Individual Studies to Inform Senior Design Projects(1) Introduction Engineering can be described as the application of science to identify and solve problems.1An engineering student spends years learning about how the universe works then builds uponthis knowledge constructing a mental framework of engineering principles. Ideally, uponcompletion of an accredited engineering program, the student’s mental framework will be robustand flexible enough to process and respond to any problem within their specialized

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, U.S. Military Academy; Phil Dacunto P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Kimberly Quell

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Environmental Engineering

Waste Technologies, and Environmental Engineering Seminar. LTC Starke has published over 10 peer reviewed research arti- cles and has presented his research at national and international meetings (most recently Portugal). Most recently, he led a service learning project with 5 students to build a latrine-based biogas system in west- ern Uganda for an elementary school of 1400 students. LTC Starke is a registered Professional Engineer (Delaware), member of several professional associations, and is a member of the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES).Lt. Col. Phil Dacunto P.E., U.S. Military Academy LTC Phil Dacunto is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at the United States

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Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Andrew R. Mech, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

electrical engineering. In addition, eachfaculty member had some limited amount of experience overseas. The consulting engineer hadextensive experience with EWB teams and in developing engineering solutions worldwide.The concept of “Do No Harm” was woven throughout the course by exposing students tointernational case studies. One class per week was dedicated to considering success ofhumanitarian engineering projects and the unfortunate frequency of failed – though well-intended – projects. Assignments forced the students to reflect upon positives and negatives andincorporate the best in their plans. Additionally, the students were challenged to develop a designand prototype to transport water from a creek on campus considering appropriateness

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Alvarez Pino, UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center; Andrew J. Sullivan; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama - Birmingham

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #16227Sustainability Education in a Global EraMiss Paula Alvarez Pino, UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center Paula Alvarez Pino is the Center Coordinator and Research Assistant of the Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center at University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB). Paula coordinates and communicates work effort and development within the center. She obtains, evaluates and processes materials related to different research projects, as well as, assists in publication of papers and grant proposals. Paula constantly collaborates with the City of Birmingham as liaison in several projects related to the

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Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prahlad Murthy, Wilkes University

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Environmental Engineering

“computer intensive (CI)”. In the ENV programcurriculum, the two senior capstone project courses satisfy the WI and OPO requirements;Hydrology and Air Quality are the two courses that are designated as CI and satisfy thegraduation requirements.Engineering topics that are part of the curriculum are appropriate to the discipline ofenvironmental engineering in many ways. Courses like CADD Laboratory, Engineering ProjectAnalysis, and Professionalism & Ethics, Statics, Strength of Materials, EngineeringThermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics support material and concepts in courses such asEnvironmental Engineering Hydraulics, Water Quality, Water and Wastewater Treatment, AirQuality, and Air Pollution Control. Moreover, topics covered in the above

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Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University; Jodi Reeves, National University; Jeremiah Jack Ninteman, National University; Charles Hahm

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Environmental Engineering

control manager, engineering project manager, and senior scientist responsible for failure analysis of thin film materials. She invented new quality control tools and supervised interns from local universities and community colleges as part of a $5.0 million technical workforce development initiative funded by New York State. She has pub- lished diverse articles on topics ranging from engineering education to high temperature superconductors and has spoken at many national and international conferences. Her doctorate in materials science and engineering are from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and she holds five patents.Mr. Jeremiah Jack Ninteman, National University Mr. Ninteman is a graduate of National

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Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #15845Scientific Thinking and the Logic of Environmental Engineering ExperimentsDr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University Veera Gnaneswar Gude is a faculty member of civil and environmental engineering department at Mis- sissippi State University. He has degrees in chemical (B.S.) and environmental engineering (M.S., Ph.D.) disciplines with over 10 years of academic, industrial, and research experiences on various chemical and environmental engineering projects. He is a licensed professional engineer and a board certified environ- mental engineer. His passion for teaching continues for over 10

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

affective outcomes related tosustainable engineering. This project was aimed at beginning to fill this gap.Research QuestionsThis research explored the following questions: (1) At the beginning of the courses, to what extent did students vary in their motivation toward sustainable engineering, appreciation for interdisciplinary skills, consideration of others in the context of engineering, and interest in global work? a. Were there differences between institutions? b. Were there differences between the students enrolled in different courses at the same institution? (2) Did student attitudes on these issues change over the course of a semester when taking courses that included

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

hands-on sustainable design courseSustainability Module in Engineering CourseThe introductory course for civil and architectural engineering (CAE) students (2-credits)included sustainability as one of five main topics in the course. The course learning goals relatedto sustainability were: define sustainability, describe its importance to engineering, and identifyaspects of sustainability in civil & architectural engineering projects. A sustainability module hasbeen included in the introductory civil engineering course since 2008.12 In 2012 the civilengineering course merged with the introductory architectural engineering course. This studywas conducted with the fall 2015 course. The first day of class, students were introduced to theidea of

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Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ran Du P.E., United States Military Academy ; Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

Engineering Seminar. LTC Starke has published over 10 peer reviewed research arti- cles and has presented his research at national and international meetings (most recently Portugal). Most recently, he led a service learning project with 5 students to build a latrine-based biogas system in west- ern Uganda for an elementary school of 1400 students. LTC Starke is a registered Professional Engineer (Delaware), member of several professional associations, and is a member of the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank Dr. Ed Bouwer (Johns Hopkins

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Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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Environmental Engineering

as food and transportation made amajor difference. One student commented, “I was surprised by how much food productioncontributes to water footprints. When we buy food that’s been shipped from other states andcountries, we’re tapping into distant and often limited water supplies.” Another student noted,“One of the major things I did not factor in was all the water needed to process the food I eat.”Following the discussion of the class’s results, the instructor described the World HealthOrganization’s quantity of water required for life in the developing world at 7.5 L/d.15 Studentswere surprised to learn how little water was considered necessary given their own calculations ofpersonal use. One student commented, “I think this project did a

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Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Willietta Gibson

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

and math-driven nature of engineering students.Intuitive learners prefer to investigate possibilities and relationships. These learners are morecomfortable with abstractions and mathematical formulations. Intuitive learners can use the casestudies to investigate “what if” scenarios in their projects. The sequential preference by thestudents would suggest use of cases that present facts where students can use well-establishedmethods such as laboratory procedures to solve a problem that could enhance learning. This isconsistent with the model we chose to use for the cases combined with the laboratory exercises. The majority of the students represented visual learners (95%). The mean score for verballearners was 6.8 and the mean for

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Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado - Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado - Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

- project management, 17 - business and public administration, and 18 -leadership.Given the background related to individuals’ needs for autonomy and the importance thatengineers possess both technical and non-technical skills, the following research questionsmotivated this study:(1) To what extent do top-ranked environmental engineering programs allow students to make choices in their courses (such as free electives and technical electives)? a. How do choice opportunities in EnvE compare to chemical and civil engineering degrees? b. How do choice opportunities in EnvE compare to non-engineering degrees in chemistry, math, and physics?(2) What is the balance of required technical and non-technical courses in top